In a race that took until
Wednesday morning to call,
Democratic
challengers
Jordan Acker and Paul Brown
have
unseated
Republican
incumbents
Andrea
Fischer
Newman and Andrew Richner
on the University of Michigan
Board of Regents.
Acker’s main focus is on the
affordability of attending the
University,
emphasizing
the
cost is not reflected accurately
by tuition alone but also housing
and other expenses. Specifically,
Acker said he wants students to
graduate debt-free. He also said
he believes in making the board
more transparent in their actions
and more accessible to members
of the University community.
During the campaign, Acker
added his perspective as a
younger person would greatly
benefit the current viewpoints
of the board. Acker is an alum
of the University and resides in
Oakland County with his wife
and two daughters where he
works as a lawyer.
“I am honored and humbled
On Wednesday, as part of a
series to promote the success
of
first-generation
college
students, the Office of the
Vice President for Student Life
hosted a symposium called
“Blazing a Trail to First-Gen
Success” at Rackham Assembly
Hall,
attended
mainly
by
faculty and staff.
Approximately 13.89 percent
of the undergraduate student
body and 9.8 percent of the
graduate
student
body
is
considered “first generation,”
defined as being the first in
their family to attend a four-
year
college
or
university.
Fifty-two
percent
of
first-
generation students also fall
below the $50,000 annual
household
income
bracket,
according to the presentation.
Terra
Molengraff,
a
success coach for the Office
of
Academic
Multicultural
Initiatives, introduced Javier
Solorzano
Parada,
program
manager for the Office of
Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs
and
the
event’s
keynote
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GOVERNMENT
Several
University
of
Michigan students were turned
away from polling stations on
Tuesday due to issues with their
voter registration. Some students
who used TurboVote to register
experienced issues, while other
students who registered with
on-campus volunteers were also
unable to vote.
Ann Arbor poll monitor John
Yohdes said they had to turn
away about five people who
thought they were registered
vote. Though not entirely sure
why each person was not on
the registration list, he said it
is possible that students who
experienced
problems
with
TurboVote failed to send in paper
documentation to the Michigan
secretary of state’s office or
city clerk’s office. Online voter
registration is not accepted in
the state of Michigan.
“What I think is happening is
that those people fill it out and
it says that they are registered,”
Yohdes said. “At some place
online, it says that they have to
make a paper copy and send it
to the secretary of state or to the
city clerk — and that’s what they
didn’t do. So technically, as far
as the secretary of state or the
city clerk are concerned, they’re
not registered, so that’s been the
problem, and that’s why all of
these people have been taking
provisional ballots.”
Difficulties
at the polls
due to voter
registration
Late to the game on climate action,
University begins work to catch up
DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN
Several students realized at polls that their
voter registration had not gone through
Schlissel to appoint commission to develop strategies in working towards carbon neutrality
Starting in 2008 and 2009, a
wave of universities mobilized
around the nation to aim for
carbon-neutral campuses. The
University of Michigan, however,
lagged behind until early October,
when University President Mark
Schlissel announcedhis goal to
set a trajectory toward carbon
neutrality, though details of how
and when this goal will be met
have yet to be released. Within
a few months, Schlissel plans to
appoint a commission to develop
strategies and a timeline for
carbon neutrality.
But in October, the United
Nations’
Intergovernmental
Panel
on
Climate
Change
also published a report that
predicted a high probability of
food shortages, wildfires and
coral reef depletion by 2040. The
warning of an imminent future
without
essential
resources
spurred many ongoing efforts at
international, nationaland local
levels, including at universities,
to reaffirm their commitment to
reduce the effects anthropogenic
climate change.
KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter
When Students for Fair
Admissions filed a lawsuit
against Harvard University
alleging that its competitive
admissions
process
discriminated against Asian-
American
students,
the
organization
thrust
itself
into the national spotlight
and ignited a debate about
the
future
of
affirmative
action.
In
light
of
these
events,
panelists
ranging
from admissions officers to
law professors gathered in the
University of Michigan Law
School Wednesday evening to
discuss the ethics and legality
of
using
race
in
college
admissions decisions.
Event organizer Jasmine
Wang,
a
Law
student,
opened
the
discussion
by
noting
the
controversy
surrounding the lawsuit and
the conflicting feelings many
people
experience
when
approaching
the
subject.
Wang, who serves as the
political action chair for the
Asian Pacific American Law
Students
Association,
said
offering a legal perspective
on affirmative action would
dispel
misinformation
and
give
students
a
deeper
understanding of the policy’s
history.
“I think this lawsuit, SFFA
v. Harvard, has been really
painful for a lot of people
in
the
Asian-American
community
and
between
the racial minorities,” Wang
said. “For me, it’s more of an
imperative to clarify what’s
going on and hear from people
who can be a guiding voice
and really take control of the
narrative.”
Though
this
case
specifically
targets
the
admission
processes
at
Harvard,
the
University
of Michigan has also been
involved
in
numerous
cases
surrounding
the
constitutionality
of
race-
conscious admissions policies.
In 2003, Grutter v. Bollinger
upheld the use of affirmative
action at the Law School in a
5 to 4 decision. The decision
was overturned three years
later as a result of Proposition
2, which prohibited racial
discrimination in all forms
and
led
to
a
significant
drop
in
the
number
of
underrepresented students at
the University.
Nicole
Gon
Ochi,
the
supervising
attorney
for
Asian Americans Advancing
Justice
–
Los
Angeles,
a
non-profit
civil
rights
organization
that
provides
legal
advice
for
members
of the Asian-American and
Pacific-Islander
community
Incumbents
unseated in
‘U’ Board of
Regents race
ADMINISTRATION
Jordan Acker, Paul Brown
ran on platform of greater
transparency, affordability
MATT HARMON
Daily News Edtior
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Dr. Kendra Ishop, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, speaks about Michigan’s affirmative action policy at the
panel on Asian American and Affirmative Action at Hutchins Hall Wednesday night.
Law professors discuss ethics, legality
of using race in admissions process
Event held in light of the Student for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ‘U’ lawsuit
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Symposium
sheds light
on first-gen
experience
CAMPUS LIFE
University faculty and
staff made up most of
the event attendees
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