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 

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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 

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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

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Daily Staff Reporter

The Michigan Theory 
Group hosts talk about 
restorative justice, education

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