Evelyn
Alsultany,
admired professor, author,
advocate,
mentor
and
administrator,
will
be
leaving the roles she has held
at the University of Michigan
for over 14 years for a new
opportunity at the University
of Southern California in just
a few days.
Alsultany has played a
prominent role on campus
since her days as a student
in
the
1990s.
Alsultany
attended
the
University
as an undergrad, attended
Stanford
University
as
a
graduate
student
and
returned to the University
of Michigan as a faculty
member in 2005.
Now an Arthur F. Thurnau
professor and an associate
professor in the Department
of
American
Culture,
Alsultany’s most significant
role has been as co-founder
and
outgoing
director
of the Arab and Muslim
American Studies program.
Alsultany
has
taught
courses in the department
including “From Harems to
Terrorists: Representing the
Middle East in Hollywood
Cinema,” “Introduction to
Arab
American
Studies,”
“Islamophobia” and “Why Do
They Hate US?: Perspectives
on 9/11”.
Throughout her tenure,
Alsultany has been a leader
in establishing AMAS — one
of only three programs in the
country to focus on Arab-
American identity — and
collaborating
with
others
to create the Islamophobia
Working Group — a group
of students, faculty and staff
dedicated to advising the
University administration on
how to make campus more
inclusive for those affected
The University of Michigan
Senate
Assembly
convened
Monday to discuss affordability,
equity, sustainability, sexual
misconduct and free speech on
campus.
The
Senate
Assembly
planned to vote on a new Faculty
Senate Secretary and electronic
voting
at
future
meetings.
However, with between 60 and
70 members in attendance and
a required quorum of 100, they
were unable to vote, Senate
Assembly Chair Neil Marsh
said. As a result, LSA professor
David
Potter
will
remain
the interim Faculty Senate
Secretary.
Marsh then addressed the
Senate Advisory Committee on
University Affairs’ interest in
allowing electronic voting in
future Senate Assemblies.
“What we would like to be
able to do is change the rules so
that we can put forward items of
concern to the Senate through
electronic means,” Marsh said.
Electronic voting has been
the subject of debate for several
years and is seen as a way to
facilitate remote participation
to achieve the necessary to
quorum to vote on issues
before the Senate Assembly.
On Nov. 6, in conjunction
with the midterm elections, Ann
Arbor residents voted in favor
of Proposal A. Prop A called for
the city charter to be amended
to require the currently public-
owned Library Lot to remain in
public hands and to be developed
into a city park.
Previously, the City Council had
already voted to sell the Library
Lot to real estate developer Core
Spaces for $10 million. $5 million of
the proceeds from the sale would
have been dedicated to affordable
housing efforts in the city.
Core Spaces had planned to
use the Library Lot to build a
17-story high-rise with a hotel,
apartments, office and retail space.
Additionally, they had planned to
build a plaza that would be slightly
bigger than Liberty Plaza.
Mayor Christopher Taylor, who
had the support of the Downtown
Development
Authority,
the
Washtenaw Housing Alliance and
the Ann Arbor District Library for
the sale, had been against the
passage of Prop A.
But a number of community
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CAMPUS LIFE
Community
bids farewell to
Prof. Evelyn
Alsultany
FBI finds ‘U’ second highest in hate
crimes of universities surveyed
CHRISTINE MONTALBANO/Daily
Longtime Arab and Muslim mentor
leaving the ‘U’ for new position at USC
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Editor-in-Chief
FBI, UMPD research shows increase in reported incidents in the last several years
The University of Michigan
has the second highest number
of reported hate crimes in
2017 of all universities surveyed
a recent FBI report found.
The data, obtained from 110
colleges and universities in the
United States, both public and
private, states 15 hate crimes
were reported at the University
of Michigan-Ann Arbor right
behind 25 hate crimes reported
at
Rutgers
University-New
Brunswick
in
New
Jersey.
Other area schools, such as
U-M Dearborn and Michigan
State University, reported only
one hate crime.
The FBI report, released
last month is less holistic
than the U.S. Department of
Education’s
report,
which
includes
hate
crime
data
from all institutions of higher
education, as required by the
Clery Act.
The FBI claims hate crimes
nationally have increased by
17 percent in 2017, compared
to the year prior. The data
indicates a trend where campus
hate crimes have increased
substantially since 2016. Nearly
280 hate crimes were reported
in 2017 — an increase from the
257 reported in 2016 and 194
reported in 2015.
According to the University’s
Deputy Chief of Police Melissa
Overton,
the
upsurge
in
reported hate crimes could also
indicate that more students are
familiar with and willing to
report hate crimes.
“As
with
most
other
jurisdictions, especially college
campuses, our numbers started
to rise dramatically starting in
2016 due to the larger numbers
of bias incidents occurring, as
well as an increased awareness
and reporting of such incidents
by our community,” Overton
said.
“I
cannot
speak
on
comparison to other schools.”
ZAYNA SYED
Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan
released
revisions
to
its
policies
on
student
sexual
misconduct
and
faculty-
student relationships Monday
morning. The new regulations
place a presumptive ban on
relationships between faculty
and undergraduate students,
and cases in which a graduate
student either works in the
same department as, or has
academic oversight over, an
undergraduate student.
The policy also now outlines
processes for student cross-
examinations in the wake of
a decision made by the U.S.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
that public universities “must
give the accused student or
his agent an opportunity to
cross-examine
the
accuser.”
The University appealed for a
rehearing after the initial case,
but their request was denied.
The updates focus on creating
two avenues for settling cases,
either
through
adaptable
resolution
or
investigative
resolution. In addition to an
Faculty &
undergrad
relations to
be banned
ADMINISTRATION
Changes also reflect 6th
Circuit Court on direct
in-person OIE hearings
ZACH BLUMBERG
Daily Staff Reporter
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University President Mark Schlissel discusses financial aid for in-state students during the University of Michigan Senate Assembly meeting in the Michigan
League Monday afternoon.
‘U’ President talks sexual misconduct,
equity concerns at Senate Assembly
Schlissel says Go Blue Guarantee increased target pop. attendance by 6 percent
EMMA STEIN
Daily Staff Reporter
A2 Council
discusses
next steps
on Prop A
ANN ARBOR
Bannister, Eaton, Smith
weigh in on aftermath of
Library Lot debate, suits
MICHAEL ZHANG
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