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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Local “Out Loud Chorus” performs at annual memorial hosted by Spectrum Center

The University of Michigan 

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 
apartment in 1998. Since then, 

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The Price of Experience:

Unpaid internships and the student job market

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Ex-MSU
president 
charged in 
Nassar case

CRIME

Attorney General claims 
Lou Anna Simon lied to 
police about Nassar case

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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. 

Professor examines role of podcasting, 
new media in South Korean protests

After shift in power, citizens reportedly used new tech to stay informed, mobilize

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The price of 
experience 

Statement Magazine dives 

into the estimated 40 percent 

of internships that are 

unpaid

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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

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

Drive was co-sponsored 
by MESA and Native 
American student org

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Daily Staff Reporter

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