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

ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily

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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