The
University
of
Michigan’s
Board of Regents convened Thursday
afternoon for the last meeting of the
winter 2019 term. Regents Michael
Behm (D) and Mark Bernstein (D)
were not present but called into the
meeting, while Chair Ron Weiser was
unable to attend or call in.
University President Mark Schlissel
began the meeting by addressing the
March 16 active shooter scare. He
acknowledged that though there was
no actual shooter, the fear community
members felt was real. He thanked
responders from the Division of Public
Safety and Security and external law
enforcement partners. He further said
while many parts of their response
went well, some had issues.
“While many aspects of our
response went according to plan,
we know we must improve others,”
Schlissel
said.
“Communications
during this crisis proved to be
problematic with some notifications
delayed and others not delivered
as expected. We are committed to
rectifying this critical deficiency.”
The shooter scare occurred on
the Diag during a vigil for victims
of the shooting in two New Zealand
mosques. Schlissel said the University
has worked with Department of
Public Safety Security to make it
easier to receive alerts and to widely
share information about what to do
in active shooter situations and about
opportunities for in-person training.
Additionally, he wrote an email to
students that is also available online.
Schlissel also shared the four
individuals — Randy Schekman,
University of California, Berkeley
professor and Nobel Prize winner;
Mark di Suvero, sculptor and peace
activist;
Leslie
Uggams,
award-
winning actress and singer; and
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
— he recommended for honorary
degrees.
These
individuals
will
receive their honorary degrees at
the
University’s
commencement
ceremony in May.
Additionally, Schlissel commended
S. Jack Hu, vice president for research
at the University, for his work to
elevate campus research with an
unwavering commitment to integrity
and public impact. Hu is leaving the
University in July to be the next senior
vice president for academic affairs and
provost at the University of Georgia.
Outside Room 2436 in Mason
Hall, thousands of orange and
beige tags consume the wall in an
exhibition titled “Hostile Terrain:
Exploring Border Security and
Migration in 2019.”
The exhibit is a prototype
of a project by Jason De León,
associate professor and director
of
undergraduate
studies
of
anthropology at the University
of Michigan; Los Angeles-based
photographer
Michael
Wells;
artist Lucy Cahill, a U-M alum
and a team of six University of
Michigan students.
“I would say that this project
is just one of many translations of
the anthropological work that we
do,” De León said. “We’ve taken
the data on migrant deaths and
we’ve just translated it for a public
audience.”
“Hostile Terrain” is composed
of over 3,000 toe tags, which
are tags morgues use for the
identification of deceased bodies.
The toe tags sit atop a map of the
Arizona-Mexico border, in the
exact location where the remains
of the individual they represent
were recovered.
The
current
exhibition
in
Mason Hall is a prototype of
the pop-up installations that 94
communities will host for one
week in late September 2020. The
number of toe tags featured in
these installations will reflect the
projected number of deaths in the
Sonoran Desert in 2020.
The
tags
in
the
exhibit
reflect the names, locations and
conditions of the people who died
in the border crossing — beige tags
denote identified remains and
orange tags denote unidentified
remains.
They
represent
the
bodies of migrants who will have
died between 2000 and 2020 in
the process of crossing the border
between Mexico and Arizona.
Their bodies are sometimes found
only after bodily decomposition
has made them too difficult to
identify.
On
Thursday
evening,
Michigan Movement hosted a
banquet featuring speakers who
had
previously
experienced
homelessness but were able
to surpass hardship and move
forward. About 100 students
and
community
members
attended the event.
Michigan Movement began
after
Public
Health
senior
Hussain Ali, co-founder of the
organization, was offered a
newspaper on the street by a
homeless man.
“When I was just going to
classes or going out to dinner
with friends, I always would
see people on the sides and
corners of the street with
Groundcover newspapers,” Ali
said. “I looked into it, and found
out … they were vendors selling
these papers for an income, and
these vendors actually were
experiencing homelessness or
poverty. That really inspired
me to look into this problem in
Ann Arbor.”
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Gerstein &
Blanchard to
win executive
seats of CSG
Running as Engage Michigan, the two
hope to broaden reach, impact of CSG
Judy Kelly was the first woman in
her community to study a profession
in college other than nursing or
teaching — she decided to study
business. She began her career at
International Business Machines, a
global technology company, stuffing
envelopes.
Kelly
received
seven
promotions over 10 years, and after
32 years of working for IBM, Kelly
is now the vice president of sales
for IBM government and education
clients, responsible for profit and client
satisfaction regarding IBM software
and services sold to government and
education institutions across the U.S.
Kelly spoke at the second annual
“Women Who Win” event hosted by
Michigan Business Women — BBA on
Thursday at Tauber Colloquium. Kelly,
as well as Sage Klapper, a 26-year-old
U-M alum who is currently one of the
youngest brand managers at Tiffany
and Co., spoke to an audience of more
than 200 women, who were mostly
students, about their experiences as
women in the world of business, their
journey to success and the lessons
they have learned along the way.
‘Women
Who Win’
event hosts
Judy Kelly
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to lives lost across US-Mexico border
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Previously
homeless
people talk
inspiration
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The Michigan Movement
banquet features speakers’
journeys with moving forward
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An initial voting count
by CSG election director
Victoria Allen, a Law student,
indicates
LSA
sophomore
Benjamin Gerstein and LSA
junior
Isabelle
Blanchard
will serve as the 2019-20
University
of
Michigan
Central Student Government
president and vice president.
Gerstein and Blanchard,
running
on
the
Engage
Michigan
ticket,
earned
2,226
votes,
beating
Engineering freshman Shub
Argha by 1,294 votes. Dylan
Haugh-Ewald, a candidate
confused by his placement on
the ballot, earned 166 votes.
Finally, Reggie Bee the corgi
— who sparked controversy
last year by starting a CSG
campaign — came in fourth
place.
By The Daily’s count, the
Engage
Michigan
Party
elected 31 students to CSG
representative positions.
In an Engage Michigan
Party profile published by The
Daily, Gerstein and Blanchard
said their overarching goal is
to increase the impact and
reach CSG has on campus by
providing more resources for
students. To do this, they hope
to create a comprehensive
resource guide and institute
Diag Days, monthly resource
fairs on North and Central
campuses.
Engage
also
hopes
to
outline
a
five-year
sustainability plan, and to
work with the administration
to extend Thanksgiving Break
by including the Wednesday
before Thanksgiving.
Following the release of
the unofficial results to the
CSG
candidates,
current
representatives
and
The
Daily at 12:51 a.m., Gerstein
and
Blanchard
told
The
Daily in an email statement
how thankful they are for
their campaign team and the
passion of the student body.
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Protesters denouncing the University’s inaction on climate change, new felony disclosure policy and financial support for undocumented students during the Regents meeting
held in the University Golf Course Clubhouse Thursday afternoon.