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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STUDENT GOVERNMENT 
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

BUSINESS

Lecture hosted by Michigan 
Women in Business talked 
about suceeding in any job

CALLIE TEITELBAUM
Daily Staff Reporter 

Anthropology exhibit draws attention 
to lives lost across US-Mexico border

“Hostile Terrain 94” reflects efforts of U-M professor, students, alumnus to document deaths

Previously 
homeless 
people talk 
inspiration 

CAMPUS LIFE 

The Michigan Movement 
banquet features speakers’ 
journeys with moving forward 

MADELINE MCLAUGHLIN
Daily Staff Reporter

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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.

REMY FARKAS
Daily News Editor 

ALEX HARRING &
EMMA STEIN
Daily Staff Reporters

MARIA SOBRINO 
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Hostile Terrain Exhibit displayed outside room 2436 in Mason Hall.

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Speakers address student aid, 
climate action at Regents meeting

Activists also discuss felony disclosure policy, support for undocumented individuals

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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 
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