LSA senior Bradley Ebenhoeh
was in a residence hall when
unfounded reports of an active
shooter in Mason Hall surfaced
March 16.
“I was in East Quad, and they
(the Resident Advisors) ... told
us there was an active shooter
and recommended to us to get
downstairs,”
Ebenhoeh
said.
“That made me feel frightened
because there was no response
from the University.”
Ebenhoeh,
who
uses
a
wheelchair, said he felt especially
frightened because he had not
been previously informed of any
protocol regarding the ‘run, hide,
fight’ notification that was later
administered by the University
of Michigan on March 16 —
specifically for students with
disabilities, faculty and staff.
“I move slower than everybody
else, so when they said, ‘run,
hide and fight,’ I could not run,”
Ebenhoeh said.
According to the Division
of Public Safety and Security
website, ‘run, hide, fight’ is a
three-step protocol for an active
attacker situation. Run — the first
step — means to get away from
the threat as soon as possible.
If a clear path of escape is not
possible, the second step — hide —
says to find a secure place to hide
and barricade yourself. The final
step — fight — says to distract
and/or incapacitate the attacker.
This step is only recommended if
one’s life is in imminent danger.
However, the online policy
only briefly addresses individuals
such as Ebenhoeh, who cannot
run from the situation. The
section ‘Other Circumstances
to Consider’ on the ‘Active
Attacker’ page of the DPSS
website says to contact DPSS
with specific concerns regarding
disabled people or other special
circumstances.
“How you respond to an active
attacker will be dictated by the
specific circumstances of the
encounter,” the page reads. “In
addition, many in our community
may need to respond differently
as a result of a disability, caregiver
relationship,
leadership
role,
unique workspace location, or a
variety of other reasons. Please
contact us to discuss any specific
concerns you may have. Always
remember your options: run, hide
or fight.”
Ebenhoeh said he did not get
any official notification from the
University until approximately
20 to 30 minutes after the reports
surfaced. He said he was only
informed of policy regarding fire
drills — another policy he does
not think is accomodating to
disabled people.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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On Monday, the University
of
Michigan
LSA
Student
Government hosted a candidate
debate ahead of the upcoming
election on March 27 and
28.
Three
presidential-vice
presidential candidate tickets
debated
issues
regarding
community
outreach,
the
LSA
language
requirement,
inclusivity and diversity of the
Assembly. The event consisted
of eight questions asked by
Michigan Daily Senior News
Editor Remy Farkas, followed by
questions from the audience. The
questions, compiled by The Daily,
included challenging the LSA SG
budget, current resolutions and
the SG’s internal and external
relations.
The 2019 LSA executive board
elections are contested for the
first time since 2014 with three
tickets of a presidential and
vice-presidential
candidate:
Brian Wang and Mary McKillop;
Nicholas
Bonde
and
Kevan
Casson; and Jon Reid and Wyatt
Puscas.
The
debate
began
with
opening statements from each
ticket. LSA sophomore Mary
McKillop said she would like
to focus on creating a more
representative government that
listens to its constituents on her
platform with Wang.
“We’re both extremely proud
of the platform we put together
and we hope the other students
in LSA see the commitment we’re
prepared to bring,” McKillop
said. “We also believe that the
government itself deserves to be
more represented by people who
understand the common issues
on campus, not just by those who
say they want to fix things on
campus.”
Tenisha
Yancey,
a
representative from the 1st
District
of
the
Michigan
House
of
Representatives
who has two felonies and two
misdemeanors on her record,
spoke on Saturday about how
she became successful despite
her criminal record. As the
first keynote speaker at the
Confined Minds II: Education,
Programming,
Incarceration
conference, Yancey explained
how she was able to use
her
education
to
become
a
successful
attorney
and
Michigan
congresswoman,
despite the numerous people
who told her she couldn’t due
to her criminal history.
Alongside
Yancey,
state
legislators,
educators,
students
and
community
leaders
joined
inmates
at
Macomb Correctional Facility
to discuss the importance of
education and programming
in prisons.
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SCOPE event
“Here to Stay”
talks financial
aid resources
Undocumented, “DACAmented” students
share experiences, focus on new initiatives
Starting in the fall of 2019,
the
University
of
Michigan
Department
of
Recreational
Sports will offer a competitive
e-sports program for students
interested in competitive video
gaming.
E-sports
are
multiplayer
competitive video games that are
played in a team format. According
to CNN, e-sports is a billion dollar
industry with millions of fans who
tune in to watch the streamed
gaming.
The
Recreational
Sports
Department
is
incorporating
e-sports into their program to
provide professional development,
resources and a community for
students seeking to play e-sports
on a University club team.
Cybbi
Barton,
program
manager of club sports and
e-sports for the Recreational
Sports Department, said the
department has decided to create
an e-sports team due to student
demand.
U-M to add
Esports to
rec sports
program
CAMPUS LIFE
The decision to include
competitive video gaming
will be enacted in Fall 2019
CALLIE TEITELBAUM
Daily Staff Reporter
LSA Student Government debate talks
inclusivity, language requirement
Three tickets also focus on community outreach at first SG debate since 2014
Conference
discusses
programs
in prisons
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
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Daily Staff Reporter
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The names of some sources
have been excluded due to
their undocumented status.
Monday
night,
the
Student
Community
of
Progressive
Empowerment,
a University of Michigan
organization that aims to
support undocumented and
“DACAmented”
students
on campus, held their first
public event with about 50
people in attendance in the
Student Activities Building.
The
event,
entitled
Here
to
Stay:
Undocumented
Students at U-M focused
on
the
experiences
of
undocumented students at
the University and initiatives
SCOPE is hoping to achieve
in the coming years. They
also
discussed
resources
for undocumented students
and how allies can become
involved in advocacy.
Before the event, SCOPE
member Barbara Diaz, an
LSA senior, explained the
importance of the event and
what she wished more people
knew about undocumented
students.
“Undocumented
students
are students here,” Diaz said.
“I think a lot of the time
people forget that we kind of
exist and that we’re part of
this campus community.”
The
event
began
with
a
video
produced
by
SCOPE
about
the
effect
the
organization
had
on
its
members.
Those
who
appeared
in
the
video
gave advice to prospective
students, urging them to “not
to give up when applying to
U-M,” and to “have courage
and be brave.”
The first student member
of SCOPE who spoke at the
event discussed the difficulty
of being ineligible for certain
financial
assistance.
He
explained how in previous
years
the
University
has
not given in-state tuition
to undocumented students,
despite them having lived and
attending school in Michigan
for the majority of their life.
“They’re good enough to
attend U-M, but don’t think
they can,” he said. “They
claim to be the leaders and
the best — let’s see it.”
Another SCOPE member
who spoke later in the event
also discussed the struggles
surrounding financial aid for
undocumented students.
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LSA Student Government candidates share their platforms at the LSA Student Government debate in Palmer Commons Monday.
“Run, hide, fight” policy difficult
for individuals with disabilities
Community members reflect on how false active shooter incident impacted their search to find safety
See INCARCERATION , Page 3
See SCOPE, Page 3
EMMA RUBERG
Daily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Theory
Group hosts talk about
restorative justice, education
BARBARA COLLINS
Daily Staff Reporter
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