When
LSA
sophomore
Aidan Sova transferred from
Michigan State University this
school year, he didn’t expect
an increase in his cost of living.
Sova, who self-identifies as a
student of low socioeconomic
status, said upon his arrival to
campus, the major economic
disparities between students at
University of Michigan became
abundantly clear to him.
Sova is an associate director
of the Association of Big Ten
Students, a forum for student
representatives from each Big
Ten college to address student
needs and concerns. He served
on
student
government
at
Michigan State and was on
Michigan’s
Central
Student
Government
Executive
Team as a policy adviser last
semester.
Journalists
convened
in
Haven Hall Tuesday afternoon
for a panel to discuss the
representation
of
Latinx
issues, perspectives and voices
in
American
journalism.
More than 50 students and
faculty attended the event,
which featured two Knight-
Wallace fellows, Luis Trelles
and Aaron Nelsen, and two
local journalists from Detroit,
Serena Maria Daniels and
Sarah Alvarez.
The
University
of
Michigan
Latina/o
Studies
Program hosted the panel, in
collaboration
with
Wallace
House and the Department of
American Culture. Larry La
Fountain-Stokes, the interim
director of the Latina/o Studies
Program in the Department
of American Culture, was the
main organizer behind the
event.
“This event came about as a
collaboration with the Wallace
House to take advantage of
the fact that so many of the
fellows this year were either
Latino or Latina, or covering
topics pertaining to Latinos or
Latinas in the United States,”
La Fountain-Stokes said.
With
President
Donald
Trump’s
administration’s
focus on immigration laws
and
the
president’s
often
generalized negative remarks
towards
the
Mexican
population,
La
Fountain-
Stokes noted the relevance
of this panel in the current
political climate.
“This is a complex, historical
moment
to
be
covering
Latino/a people and Latin
America,” La Fountain-Stokes
said. “You could argue that it
is a hostile environment.”
The panel opened with
a discussion of the term
“Latino.” According to Trelles,
despite its common usage by
media outlets and in news
articles, it generalizes the
diversity of Latin America and
glosses over the cultural and
regional differences.
“Latino issues — It can be
a very convenient label for
politicians and for marketing,
but very often the issues that
affect
a
third
generation
Puerto Rican from the Bronx
are very different from the
issues that affect Cubanos in
South Florida,” Trelles said.
Kinesiology
sophomore
Kim Morales is a member of La
Casa and identifies as Latinx.
She said she found the panel to
be a fresh take on the modern
discourse
surrounding
the
Latinx identity.
Shake Shack is set to shake up
the fast food scene in Ann Arbor.
The company will be opening an
Ann Arbor location in fall 2019,
according to an email statement
from the burger chain. This will
be Shake Shack’s third location in
Michigan, joining one in downtown
Detroit and another in Troy.
The New York-based burger and
shake restaurant will be located
at 3030 Washtenaw Ave. #107 in
the Arbor Hills shopping center,
replacing Brooks Brothers. The
restaurant will occupy more than
3,000 square feet of Arbor Hills
including outdoor seating, Shake
Shack said. The city of Ann Arbor
approved the permits for the space,
which will include structural,
plumbing, electric and mechanical
alterations which is estimated to
cost $575,000, according to city
records.
In an email to The Daily,
Shake Shack spokeswoman Meg
Castranova said the menu will
consist of “Shack classics” like
the
ShackBurger,
crinkle-cut
fries, shakes and frozen custard
concretes.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Over a year after CSG’s 2018 Affordability
Guide controversy, campus reflects
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See SHAKE, Page 3A
Shaking it
up: Shake
Shack set to
open in A2
BUSINESS
Burger chain recieves
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Panelists discuss the current representation of Latinx identity in journalism at the “Representing Latinx Voices in American Journalism” event in Haven Hall
Tuesday.
Journalists discuss representation,
inclusion of Latinx voices in reporting
Panel focuses on how diversity in newsrooms impacts coverage, storytelling
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See CARBON, Page 3A
A Residence Halls Association’s
assembly resolution to compensate
its executive board has prompted
criticism
from
the
executive
branch
of
the
LSA
Student
Government.
The resolution was approved
by RHA on April 4 with 27 out of
30 members in favor. If approved
by the director of housing,
$20,700 of RHA funds will be
earmarked
as
compensation
for its seven-member executive
board.
An April 8 executive statement
from
LSA
SG
affirmed
the
organization supports the goal
behind compensating executive
board members as the proposal
removes financial barriers for
students interested in joining
the board. However, LSA SG
executives
feel
the
problem
lies with the fact that the
compensation would come from
the RHA funds, which are largely
collected through student fees.
LSA SG President Brian Wang,
an LSA junior, said students pay
$24.75 in student fees that are
allocated to the RHA.
See RHA, Page 3A
Residence
Halls Assoc.
asks for pay
for officers
CAMPUS LIFE
Resolution calls for more
than $20,000 allotment
for salaries for executives
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Daily Staff Reporter
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A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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See LATINX, Page 3A
Approximately
150
students,
faculty
and
community members attended
a special public session with
the President’s Commission
on Carbon Neutrality Tuesday
in
Rackham
Auditorium.
Featuring
University
President
Mark
Schlissel
as the main speaker, the
event
was
moderated
by
three commission members:
Jonathan Overpeck, dean of
the School for Environment
and
Sustainability;
Engineering
junior
Logan
Vear; and Rackham student
Austin Glass.
The public session followed
the arrest of 10 people during
a climate strike in March,
during
which
students
requested an open dialogue
with
Schlissel
and
other
administrative members. All
members of the commission
were present at the event. The
event started with opening
remarks
before
moving
into a question and answer
format,
where
attendees
could directly ask Schlissel
questions or submit cards
with questions to be read by
the moderators.
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University President Mark Schlissel answers questions about future emmisions reductions and climate change solutions from the University community at Rackham
Auditorium Tuesday.
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