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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‘U’ students
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on campus

Schlissel responds to concerns at 
carbon neutrality public session

See AFFORDABILITY, Page 3A

CAMPUS LIFE

Over a year after CSG’s 2018 Affordability 
Guide controversy, campus reflects

After arrests during climate strike, University president holds open dialogue

See SHAKE, Page 3A

Shaking it 
up: Shake 
Shack set to 
open in A2

BUSINESS

Burger chain recieves 
approval from city to 
move into new location

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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

NIKKI KIM
Daily Staff Reporter

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

ALEX HARRING
Daily Staff Reporter

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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. 

MADELINE MCLAUGHLIN 
& CALLIE TEITELBAUM
Daily Staff Reporters

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Daily Staff Reporter

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