dealing with ethics on campus,
Drea responded by describing
her experience as a team leader
of the University organization
America Reads Tutoring Corps.
“I’m a team leader, so one
thing that is interesting about
that is rule enforcement and
making sure I’m not partial to
people because I know them,
so as a team leader I make sure
they’re following the code of
conduct,” Somers said. “I have
experience in terms of rule
enforcement, in terms of, ‘Oh,
hey, let’s have a conversation,’
and I don’t think conflict is
something we should be shy of.”
When
discussing
new
business
occurring
around
campus,
Law
student
Jacob Podell spoke about a
constitutional
amendment
regarding the selection of the
University’s
Central
Student
Judiciary justices.
Adam Glass, speaker of the
Assembly, commented on CSG’s
efforts to improve the selection
process.
“It seems that a lot of
branches of CSG are coming
together right now and are
saying, ‘Let’s try and rethink
this nomination process to make
sure it allows for a diverse pool
of applicants,’ and it effectively
allows members of each of the
three branches of government to
be involved in the process early
on,” Glass said. “This allows any
red flags to be spotted early.”
According to Podell, two of
the main reasons for proposing
these adjustments include a lack
of efficiency in the nominating
process and a lack of diversity in
the nominations pool.
“I think the biggest problem
with the current system and
the old system is diversity in
recruitment,” Podell said. “I
personally think the reason CSG
is incapable of recruiting diverse
candidates is our network is
small. We are nine (justices) and
need a system that incorporates
the legislature and executive
branch as a larger network to get
more candidates.”
Under the current justice
nomination process, the justices
of the judiciary bring together a
pool of potential nominees to fill
an empty seat. They then present
that list to the president, who
selects and brings the nominee
to the Assembly to advise,
consent
to
and
eventually
confirm the nominee.
Under
the
new
system,
instead of the justices choosing
a pool on their own and the
executive branch subsequently
vetting and choosing a nominee,
both branches would complete
the tasks at the same time.
In the proposed system, the
committee for nominating a
justice would have six members,
four of which would have voting
power. Two of those voting
members would be justices
and the other two would be
appointed from the Assembly
by the CSG president and
vice president. The final two
members would be the chief
justice, who would break ties
if necessary, and an observing
member
of
the
Legislative
Assembly. The full Assembly
then
discussed
potentially
having the current chair of
the
Executive
Nominations
Committee
serve
as
the
observer.
Glass
did
not
discuss
his personal opinion of the
measure, but said the authors
of the proposed system believe
improvements to the existing
nomination
process
were
needed.
“So
under
the
current
nomination
process,
the
authors believe it needs some
work,” Glass said. “Changes by
the Assembly to the compiled
code have indicated that the
people necessary for an optimal
restaurant staff.
“We started interviewing back
in April, and didn’t stop until we
opened,” Behler said. “We had
over 700 people apply, probably
about 500 interviews and ended
up hiring about 120 people.”
Executive
chef
Ian
Hockenberger
attributed
the
attention
drawn
in
by
the
restaurant
thus
far
to
the
restaurant’s quality food and
ingredients.
“We’re using a lot of local
ingredients,
a
lot
of
local
purveyors,” Hockenberger said.
“We like to have fun with our
menu. The food’s all really high
quality.”
Hockenberger also credited
the success of Jim Brady’s to the
general retro ambiance of the
restaurant.
“The visuals that you get inside
the restaurant are great,” he said.
“It’s really a stunning place to eat,
especially the upper floors.”
Despite the consumer traffic
the location and aesthetics of
Jim Brady’s has brought since
its opening, Brady still credits
the majority of his restaurant’s
success to the energy of his staff
and the Ann Arbor community.
“My dad told me a long time
ago: The secret to the restaurant
business is people, people, people,
location,”
Brady
explained.
“Without the people and the
energy that our team brings and
that the community brings, it’s
nothing.”
The Ross School of Business’
Case Competition team took first
place at the ninth annual MBA
National Case Competition, held
Jan. 3-5 at Deloitte University in
Westlake, Texas according to PR
Newswire.
Business graduate students
Thomas
Corness,
Jessica
McClain,
Jason
Rock
and
Andrea Schiff earned a total
of $20,000 in scholarships for
their win. The competition,
which challenges students to
develop
innovative
solutions
to business problems, hosted
1,000 students from top MBA
programs across the country in
the regional competitions, with
only 64 advancing to national
finals.
The U-M team came in
first place for their innovative
presentation
on
a
growth
strategy
for
sweetgreen,
a
healthy fast food chain. The
restaurant model would value
transparency,
nutritional
value of menu offerings and
environmentally
sustainable
business
practices.
The
company, which operates in
almost 100 locations throughout
the U.S., sent leaders to judge the
competition in addition to other
industry and Deloitte leaders.
“This year, we challenged
the teams with a case focused
on creating a growth strategy
for a startup health-conscious
restaurant chain,” Bill Lam,
principal of Deloitte Consulting
LLP, said to PR Newswire.
“The participants approached
the case with passion and
determination for helping guide
a socially conscious, purpose-
driven brand. The competition
provided the MBA students
great exposure to the realities
of working in a dynamic, ever-
changing business world.”
Competing teams suggested
business development growth
through
expanding
product
offerings, creating innovative
formats for target consumers,
utilizing digital opportunities
and
identifying
the
requirements needed to execute
those strategies.
Runners-up
included
Carnegie
Mellon
Tepper
School of Business, University
of
Virginia
Darden
School
of Business and New York
University
Stern
School
of
Business, which came in fourth
place.
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her the Charles Rufus Morey Book
Award — an award acknowledging
distinguished books that have
contributed meaningfully to the
field.
Elizabeth Sears, chair of the
History of Art Department, said
Forsyth’s commitment to creating
a global and wide-ranging history
department made her a celebrated
professor for more than 30 years.
“She was a really famous teacher
in the day,” Sears said. “Very
conscientious, (she) put together
beautiful art history lectures
where words and texts worked so
well. She really helped people to
learn to look, to see. I think she
was very devoted to the University
of Michigan, to art history and to
her own field —medieval.”
As
a
result
of
Forsyth’s
donation, the University became
the second in the country to offer
a professorship in the specialty
of medieval art. Sears noted how
medieval history is sometimes
misused by contemporary politics
to discuss ideas of racial purity.
She said the professorship allows
the department to shed light on an
often neglected or misunderstood
historical period.
“The Michigan department has
always believed in the importance
of studying many cultures and
deep history,” Sears said. “Whereas
some departments are focusing
more exclusively on modern and
contemporary,
we
believe
in
having a full chronological as well
as geographical range. Medieval
has been one of our great strengths
for decades. This (gift) preserves
it.”
Jeffrey
Craft,
chief
administrator of the department,
said the donation allows the
department to “transcend” its
previous
research
and
study
abroad programs. Craft noted how
Forsyth’s gift will positively impact
the history of art department as
well as LSA as a whole.
“As for LSA, I think (the
donation) will help them because
there are things where we would
go to them and ask them for
funding, and that we now can be
more self-sufficient,” Craft said.
“That frees up the funds to be used
for other departments and other
initiatives. It’s a win not only for us
as a department, but for LSA.”
Craft said the introduction
of postdoctoral fellowships and
faculty research projects allows
the department to stand among
national
programs.
He
also
mentioned how the donation,
one of the largest ever given to a
humanities department in LSA,
must be distributed carefully in
order to ensure the money will
support different projects for
undergraduates, graduates and
faculty members.
“With such an endowment,
there comes responsibilities on
making sure we utilize the funds
how Professor Forsyth wanted
them to be used, while following
all the regulations from the
University,” Craft said.
The department has not decided
on how to allocate the funds, but
hopes the donation will incentivize
new talented professors join the
University.
Rackham
student
Michelle
Al-Ferzly, whose research focuses
on medieval Islamic art, considers
Forsyth’s donation instrumental
in guaranteeing the future of
medieval studies at the University.
“If there is a professor in a
certain discipline in a department
and they retire, sometimes it is
really hard to replace them because
there aren’t funds devoted to that
specific field,” Al-Ferzly said.
“Having that professorship will
just ensure that our department
will continue to have expertise in
the medieval field.”
Sears echoed this statement,
noting how the gift will attract
faculty members with a history
of strong teaching and innovative
research.
“It’s
also
very
good
for
recruiting because it makes it very
attractive for a faculty member to
come to a place where they know
that they have serious research
money that is dedicated to their
field of interest,” Sears said.
“Of course, as you go outside,
particularly in the humanities,
there is a great deal of competition
for limited resources. It’s also a
world in which we’re realizing the
advantages of collaborative work.
The fact that this can supply the
seed money for more ambitious,
long-term projects is extremely
attractive.”
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“My favorite thing is to connect
with people and that’s what I love
about doing this sort of work,”
Woolf said. “What’s challenging
is seeing the people you start to
care about hurting in a way that I
wish I could do more. I think the
most challenging is that all I can
do it limited to a point. I can do
everything I can and she is still in
Mexico.”
Bautista has lived in Ann
Arbor for the past 20 years with
her three children, Pamela, 19,
Lourdes, 16, nicknamed “Lulys,”
and Bryan, 14, who were all
born in the United States. After
their permission to remain in
the U.S. was denied, Bautista
was forced to return to Mexico
with her two youngest children.
There, Bautista reunited with
her
husband,
Luis
Quintana
Chaparro, who was deported
in 2010. Lulys stayed in Mexico
for one year and returned to the
U.S. to be with her older sister
Pamela, who chose to continue
her education at Michigan State
University.
The exhibit consisted of four
panels of Woolf’s photographs
and direct quotes from Bautista
and
her
family
members.
One
image
showed
Bryan’s
schoolteacher wiping tears from
his face as he waited in the airport
security line to Mexico. Others
depicted Pamela embracing her
mother, Bautista and her husband
cooking in a small kitchen and
Bryan throwing old schoolwork
into a fire in anticipation of his
mom’s deportation.
Woolf said she hopes that
by looking at the photographs
viewers will understand the
positive
characteristics
of
Bautista and her family.
“The hardest thing is that a lot
of times it’s a preconceived notion
that being an undocumented
immigrant comes with a bad
connotation, so I want someone to
look at this and see that Lourdes
and her family are wonderful
people that are doing the best
they can in a difficult situation,”
Woolf said.
Hannah Smotrich, associate
professor in the School of Art &
Design, designed the exhibit and
collaborated with Public Policy
professors Ann Lin and Fabiana
Silva to give the photographs
historical and political context.
The exhibit included a timeline
of changing immigration law
enforcement policies from former
president Ronald Reagan through
President Donald Trump, as
well as a graph representing
the number of undocumented
immigrants over several decades.
“I’m interested in how we can
embed information in ways that
allow you to access it at different
levels,” Smotrich said. “I’ve done
a fair amount of exhibition work
with narrative, all of which have
another layer of intent...the goal is
not only to work on a visual level,
but also to inform, whether it’s a
social justice oriented story or
just understanding a particular
person’s story in a larger societal
context.”
Kinesiology
sophomore
Rachel Rodriguez attended the
event for her Latino/a American
Studies class on Literature of
the Undocumented. Rodriguez
said she hoped the exhibit would
raise awareness of the challenges
undocumented individuals face.
“I just hope more people
become aware of what’s going
on
with
other
individuals,”
Rodriguez said. “Some people
have
the
privilege
to
stay
in this country and to have
documentation and apply to
jobs, internships, schools. I just
hope people are aware that
undocumented people also try in
this country.”
Similarly, LSA junior Gabriela
Paniagua noted the importance of
bringing attention to these issues.
“I think this art and this
exhibit really brings to light all
the sacrifices people have to make
to just make sure their children
get what they deserve,” Paniagua
said. “Looking around, there is
a diverse group of people here
having conversations about this
art. I think exhibits like this and
conversations like this — creating
a discussion — can’t be bad. It’s
good to be talking about the
current policy going on right now.
Real families are being affected
by it.”
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for Eduardo and opened the
discussion by asking Eduardo
how it feels being the grand-
son of an activist, and if there
are feelings of guilt for not be-
ing more active in United Farm
Workers, the organization his
grandfather created.
“Growing up, I always felt a
little disconnected and it was
something that I pushed to the
side,” Eduardo said. “I could
give a memorized spiel about
who he was and what he did
but I didn’t feel a personal con-
nection.”
The son of a Mexican father
and a Cuban mother, Eduardo
confessed he has come to iden-
tify more with his Cuban heri-
tage.
“I actually feel more Cuban
than I do Mexican,” Eduardo
said. “I grew up more with my
mom’s side of the family, always
visiting my Cuban grandpar-
ents in Miami.”
However, he found that he grew
closer to his father through this
experience.
“I definitely feel through the
process of this film closer to my
dad and that side of the family,”
Eduardo said.
Eduardo’s father gave him the
advice that if he were to take
on an activist role, it should
come naturally. Through this
film, Eduardo was able to find
both his passion and his sense
of duty.
“After making this film, I found
my passion was filmmaking,”
Eduardo said. “I get the best of
both worlds — that I can make
films and educate people at the
same time. I can pursue my
own creative endeavors.”
His grandfather shared the
same approach to life. When
asked by an audience member
what question he would ask
Cesar today, Eduardo stated he
would want to know what kept
him going despite all the obsta-
cles he faced. Eduardo shared
that he already knew the an-
swer and that his grandfather
believed the key to succeeding
in life is having a passion for
what you do.
“My grandfather used to always
say ‘I’m not any different than
anyone else, I just have a pas-
sion and I see what’s wrong and
I try my hardest to fix it,’” Edu-
ardo said.
This statement resonated with
LSA freshman Justin Hutchins,
who said he believes it is imper-
ative the general public learn
more about historical figures
and discover how human they
really are.
“There’s so much more you can
learn about these historical fig-
ures and the human aspect of
it,” Hutchins said. “They seem
like not normal people, but
even Cesar said he himself is
just a normal guy.”
Overall, the members of La
Casa found the event both in-
spiring and essential for the
Latinx community. Julianna
Collado, external director of La
Casa, believed the documentary
showing helped bring the com-
munity together and fostered a
friendly environment.
“We thought this was a really
important event to help center
our community as Latinx stu-
dents on campus,” Collado said.
“We really just wanted to focus
on empowering our students,
getting an education, getting a
piece of their history, because
so many people [in this group]
identify as Mexican.”
Ronnie Alvarez, lead director of
La Casa, agreed and added the
event helped with strengthen-
ing the Latinx community on
campus.
“This event and what it was for
aligns a lot with the goals of La
Casa, which is a student organi-
zation that was created as not
only a platform for political ad-
vocacy, but also to create a com-
munity,” Alvarez said.
while the plaintiffs “previously
enjoyed
the
peace
of
mind
and repose which comes from
having dry basements and no
water
problems,”
after
they
went through the program, they
“experienced the inconvenience
associated with the installation
of the sump pump and related
equipment, the ongoing burdens
associated with the maintenance
and operation of the sump pumps
and, in general, the diminution in
their quality of life attributable to
the FDDP.”
Irvin Mermelstein, a local
attorney, and Dan O’Brien, a
contract lawyer from New York,
worked together on the 2014
effort, which ultimately failed.
Mermelstein
also
represented
Lynn Lumbard, who in 2015 filed
a complaint against the city on
identical grounds. It, too, was
thrown out. In 2016, the two cases
were consolidated and brought
before the Court of Appeals, which
upheld the lower court’s ruling in
favor of the city.
Mermelstein
and
O’Brien
collaborated on the most recent
case against the city, which
involved the same four plaintiffs
as
the
previous
challenges.
The federal lawsuit, filed in the
Eastern District of Michigan
in 2017, alleged violations of
the
Constitution’s
anti-slavery
provisions and the Takings Clause.
The
plaintiffs
complained
the
program
“destroyed
the
foundation drainage system at
houses that had been constructed
decades ago and appeared to be
functioning as designed” and
“replaced it with a system of
unwanted operating equipment,
inside and outside their homes,
that is burdensome, costly, unsafe,
noisy and incompatible with the
peace of mind and comfort the
Plaintiffs enjoyed.” The circuit
court heard oral arguments in
early December 2018.
Mermelstein said despite the
circuit court’s ruling, the case was
not yet over.
“This case is still in active
litigation,” Mermelstein said. “It
would be inappropriate for us
to comment any further on the
record at this time.”
Circuit
Judge
Kethledge
issued a concurring opinion. He
noted the plaintiffs had received
compensation, as they owned the
sump pumps the city installed in
their homes.
“But the Takings Clause does
not say that private property
shall not ‘be taken for public use,
without just compensation, and
without remedy in state court,’” he
wrote in his opinion. “Instead the
Clause says that private property
shall not ‘be taken for public
use, without just compensation’
period. And that plainly means
that, if the taking has happened
and the compensation has not,
the property owner already has
a constitutional entitlement to
relief.”
He said he wished the circuit
court had decided to hear the
matter, as the residents were
entitled to make their case in
court.
“Federal courts have a ‘virtually
unflagging’ obligation to exercise
the jurisdiction that Congress has
given them,” he wrote.
“Let’s try and
rethink this
nomination
process,” Glass
said.
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