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,” 
hosted by the University of Michigan Latino/a Studies Department at Tisch Hall Tuesday night. 

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ELIZABETH LAWRENCE

Daily Staff Reporter

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

See SUSTAINABILITY, Page 3A

Panel talks 
identity & 
equity in 
businesses

CAMPUS LIFE

Panelists discuss diversity 
at event organized by Erb 
Institute through DEI

ALEX HARRING
Daily Staff Reporter

NOLAN FELICIDARIO/Daily

Anthropology department revamps 
intro course to include IGR discussion

New section format added to address concerns of superficial R&E content in class

SAM SMALL

Daily Staff Reporter

Scientologists, 

rocks and 

personality tests 
A Daily writer visits the 

new Church of Scientology 

building in downtown 

Detroit 

» Page 4B

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, 

See MIDTERMS, Page 3A

Academics 
pick apart 
results of 
midterms

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Expert panel talks plans
for Democrat candidates 
in trends among voters

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