The School of Music, Theatre
& Dance at the University of
Michigan hosted a forum for
students and faculty Tuesday
night, shedding light on University
sexual misconduct policies. The
forum also offered a space for
students to voice concerns, and
included a panel of representatives
from University offices dealing
with cases of misconduct. Despite
the discussion, some students said
they still left the event with more
questions.
The event came amid piling
accusations against Prof. David
Daniels,
a
world-renowned
countertenor singer, and the
University’s alleged inaction in
addressing them, as well as
The
Daily’s
account
of
an
Music,
Theatre
&
Dance
student’s experience navigating a
painful investigation process.
Jason Corey, associate dean of
Graduate Studies at the School of
Music, Theatre & Dance, opened
up the event by citing the need for
transparency between students
and the offices that handle sexual
misconduct allegations at the
University.
“We heard from many of you
that there was a need for face-to-
face opportunities for students to
voice concerns and ask questions
about how sexual misconduct
incidents are handled,” Corey
said. “We thought it best to have
One of the most popular
classes that fulfills the Race
and
Ethnicity
requirement,
Cultural Anthropology 101, or
Introduction to Anthropology,
is
moving
away
from
its
previous
honors
discussion
course to pilot a new section
similar to the Program on
Intergroup
Relations
this
upcoming winter semester.
Last spring, students filed
their
grievances
toward
the previously altered Race
and
Ethnicity
requirement,
highlighting
that
major
lectures
including
Cultural
Anthropology
101
and
History
101
merely
graze
over these topics and make
“vague connections to race
and
ethnicity
rather
than
a
structured
focus.”
The
problem,
they
reported,
was the size of these classes
hindered the students’ ability
to
cultivate
effective
and
critical discussions. Students
sought a more consolidated
class where race and ethnicity
was the main thread.
LSA
sophomore
Hannah
Walsh said she found this
problem to be present within
her race and ethnicity course,
History 105, Introduction to
Religion.
“I was really excited to learn
more about different religions,
cultures and different parts of
the world and how everyone
thinks and acts differently —
which is what the requirement
is for,” Walsh said. “Yet, I
learned
about
Christianity,
cults and other random vague
terms that did not fit one
religion or another. It was
all very abstract; I came out
knowing how to define sacred
and profane but not even
learning the slightest bit of
history about Buddhism or
Islam.”
With
these
problems
in
mind,
Stephanie
Hicks,
a
lecturer within the Program of
Intergroup Relations, reached
out to Cultural Anthropology
prof. Jason De Leon to find a
way to foster more centralized
discussion
and
to
provide
a more dialogic experience
within their courses.
“IGR is unique because it
allows students to learn in
different ways as it isn’t a
traditional
lecture
course,”
Hicks said. “Students get to
engage
with
experimental
learning, they get to take part
in various activities, they get
to focus on their own learning
experiences — so I think there
is a real possibility to help
the students understand the
concepts they’re learning in
Anthro in a really different
way.”
Taking into consideration
the current political climate,
De Leon—who won a coveted
MacArthur
genius
grant
last year for his research on
immigration—
believes
the
new discussion section will not
only be more beneficial toward
students
looking
to
create
connections between race and
ethnicity and anthropology, but
will also help the University as
a whole in its attempt to create
a more inclusive and diverse
community.
“In general, I think more
sustained and official venues
that can provide students
an opportunity to discuss
issues od (Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion) are always
needed, especially in this
current political climate,” De
Leon wrote in an email to The
Daily.
Gloria Hwang, CEO of a
bike helmet company called
Thousand,
Boma
Brown-
West, senior manager of the
Environmental Defense Fund
and Erin Patten, CEO of hair
product company DāO Detroit
and spoke to about 50 students
and faculty at the University of
Michigan Tuesday night for a
panel of business professionals
on
sustainability-focused
workplaces.
The
panel,
titled “The Voice of Business
Sustainability,” was moderated
by Taryn Petryk, director of
Diversity and Inclusion at the
Ross School of Business.
The event was hosted by
the Frederic A. & Barbara M.
Erb Institute, a dual-degree
program
and
partnership
organization
between
the
Business
School
and
the
School for Environment and
Sustainability.
Petryk started the discussion
by saying the goal of the panel
was to bring awareness to
and normalize conversations
around diversity and identity.
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LSA junior Ayah Kutmah speaks about false discourses regarding immigration at a teach-in regarding immigration and nativism titled, “Against New Nativism,”
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Event organized in response to lecture by director of SPLC-designated hate group
The University of Michigan
Latino/a
Studies
Department
hosted a teach-in Tuesday night
regarding
immigration
and
nativism, titled, “Against the New
Nativism.” The event was organized
by the University’s Migration &
Displacement
Interdisciplinary
Workshop,
Global
Solidarity
After
Colonialism
RIW
and
TriContinental Solidarity Network.
The
organizers
aimed
to
frame the immigration debate
on nativism, which panelist and
third-year law student Melissa
Peña described as “a term which
reflects a Euro-American project to
indigenize white settlers,
to frame them as the real natives
SARAH THONG
For The Daily
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Panel talks
identity &
equity in
businesses
CAMPUS LIFE
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at event organized by Erb
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Anthropology department revamps
intro course to include IGR discussion
New section format added to address concerns of superficial R&E content in class
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Daily Staff Reporter
Scientologists,
rocks and
personality tests
A Daily writer visits the
new Church of Scientology
building in downtown
Detroit
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In the week since the midterm
election, close races around
the country that have yet to be
decided continue to raise the
stakes for partisan competition
in the House and Senate. These
surprising races and unlikely
results were the focus of the
panel discussion held Tuesday
night
titled
“Election
2018:
What Happened?” sponsored
by the University of Michigan‘s
Institute for Social Research.
Three
election
experts
attempted to break down last
week’s results, highlighting the
role of progressive candidates
and social media in the races.
In Michigan, voters elected
Democrat Gretchen Whitmer as
governor
by
an
8-point
margin, and passed all three
policy proposals on the ballot
including legalizing recreational
marijuana and the establishment
of an independent redistricting
commission. Additionally, two
Republican
incumbents
lost
their seats on the University of
Michigan Board of Regents to
Democratic challengers,
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Academics
pick apart
results of
midterms
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for Democrat candidates
in trends among voters
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