On a Monday afternoon
in late October, Ann Arbor
resident Brian Young and his
girlfriend drove up to a house
on State Street across the street
from Yost Ice Arena. Young
had driven by the property
a few days prior and noticed
a sign that read “Rooms for
Rent/No Lease.” He was on
the search for a new home and
the sign immediately caught
his attention.
It was not the first time
Young looked to rent a room
without a lease. Growing up
in Detroit and Ypsilanti, he
said the no-lease, rental rooms
phenomena
was
somewhat
common.
In
the
state
of
Michigan, landlords are not
required to provide a written
lease if the tenant is renting
month-to-month
for
less
than one year, although the
agreement can be terminated
with 30 days notice.
Having
had
good
experiences in the past, Young
decided to give the house a shot
and take a tour. The liability
of not having a written lease
didn’t bother him.
“I feel like it wouldn’t
be smart for somebody to
jeopardize (their) business,”
Young
said.
“To
mistreat
people
or
do
somebody
wrong. So I kind of overlook
Youngju
Ryu,
Institute
for the Humanities Hunting
Family Faculty Fellow and
associate professor of Asian
Languages
and
Cultures,
spoke
to
approximately
40 students and faculty in
Osterman
Common
Room
Tuesday afternoon about the
role of new media in South
Korea’s protest culture.
The talk was part of the
FellowSpeak series, a program
allowing faculty and visiting
fellows to discuss their area of
study outside the classroom.
Ryu discussed the history
of political activism in South
Korea and the relatively new
influence of cultural texts in
helping citizens be informed
and mobilized, specifically
in regards to the transition of
power in South Korea in 2017.
“It
was
all
very,
very
peaceful and was celebrated
by press around the world,”
Ryu said. “An example of
very robust people’s power
and democracy at a time
when there is so much hand-
wringing over the crisis on
liberal democracy around the
world and the rise of corrosive
nationalism in those parts of
the world where we are used
to thinking about democracy.”
In May 2017, South Koreans
voted a new president into
office after the impeachment
of Park Geun-hye on charges
of
political
corruption.
Dubbed
the
Candlelight
Revolution, the shift toward
democracy was a result of
street demonstrations.
Scholars, including Ryu,
credit
the
spark
of
the
Candlelight
Revolution
to
new media types, specifically
the podcast. South Korean
government mass censorship
skipped
over
podcasts,
meaning
the
people
had
more access to unregulated
information and news than
ever before. This, in turn,
energized
the
people
of
South Korea and lead to the
formation of “poli-tainment,”
the
practice
of
bringing
politics into entertainment
programs.
Business
freshman
Madeline Adler said she was
interested in the talk because
of its focus on how media
engages citizens in politics.
“I’ve always been interested
in program politics, especially
things like this, how digital
media gets people involved
in their politics more,” Adler
said. “I was really interested
in her talk about accessibility
and just talking about how
the use of podcasts and satire
are
making
politics
more
accessible
to
people
and
making
people
understand
their politics more.”
Noah Bland, an Institute
for the Humanities fellow,
introduced
Ryu
at
the
event. Bland said this talk
had a bigger turnout than
similar events and noted her
expertise in the area of study
and her book, “Writers of the
Winter Republic.”
“A
few
days
before
Thanksgiving
break,
we
appreciate
this
enormous,
huge crowd. It’s wonderful,”
Bland said. “Her areas of
research include aesthetics
of
dissidence,
cultures
of
authoritarianism
and
philosophies of reconciliation
in 20th-century Korea.”
Ryu
said
there
was
significant
movement
in
two areas in recent history:
K-Protests,
a
form
of
grassroots political activism,
and K-Pop. Protestors weaved
elements of K-Pop into the
revolution’s message.
During
the
Candlelight
Lou Anna Simon, former
president of Michigan State
University, was charged on
Tuesday
by
the
Michigan
Attorney General’s Office for
lying to police regarding the
investigation of Larry Nassar,
former USA Gymnastics and
MSU doctor.
Simon
was
arraigned
in
Eaton
County
District
Court
on
two
felony
and
two misdemeanor counts. If
convicted, she faces up to four
years in prison. Authorities
say
Simon
allegedly
knew
Nassar was the subject of a
Title IX investigation but lied
to police on her knowledge of
the manner.
Nassar was sentenced to
40-175 years in jail in January
after more than 150 survivors
came forward accusing him of
sexual abuse.
Simon resigned as MSU
president on Jan. 24 following
Nassar’s sentencing, saying the
scandal was “politicized” and
it was “understandable” why
she was the focus of public
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Spectrum
Center
hosted
its
annual
memorial
to
honor
and commemorate the lives of
transgender
individuals
lost
in acts of transphobia and cis-
sexism at the Michigan League
on Tuesday night. The event
recognized the impacts of anti-
trans discrimination, as well as to
reflect on the power of the trans
and non-binary community.
The
Transgender
Day
of
Remembrance was created in
1999
by
transgender
activist
Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to
remember the life of Rita Hester,
a
Black
transgender
woman
who was murdered in her own
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charged in
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Lou Anna Simon lied to
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Youngju Ryu, associate professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, speaks about South Korea’s podcast revolution in
Osterman Common Room Tuesday afternoon.
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new media in South Korean protests
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The University of Michigan’s
office of Multi-Ethnic Student
Affairs held its 11th event for
Native
American
Heritage
Month this year, sponsoring a
food drive with the American
Indian
Health
and
Family
Services on Tuesday afternoon.
The drive took place at the
AIHFS community center in
Detroit and was sponsored by
the Native American Student
Association. The event marked
the first collaboration between
the University and AIHFS.
AIHFS is celebrating its
40th anniversary this year, and
provides medical services in the
greater Detroit area including
women’s care maternal health,
diabetes care and substance
abuse counseling. The clinic
is open to all, and caters
specifically towards uninsured
individuals
identifying
as
American
Indian/Alaska
native. The center also offers
outreach
programs
and
provides community-centered
activities such as a garden, a
kitchen and cultural events.
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Food drive
organized
to benefit
Native org
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Drive was co-sponsored
by MESA and Native
American student org
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