The University of Michigan
Museum of Natural History
reopened on Sunday at its
new location in the Biological
Sciences Building. This marks
the second of three phases
of officially reopening the
museum, with the third to
occur in fall 2019.
Plans to build the new
Biological Sciences Building
began
in
2011,
and
the
University decided to move
the museum into the new
building. The museum was
housed
in
the
Ruthven
Museums Building starting in
1928 and officially closed its
doors at the end of 2017.
The University’s Board of
Regents approved the $261
million construction of the
Biological Sciences Building in
2014. The building houses the
museum in addition to research
laboratories,
department
offices, classrooms and study
spaces.
Lori
Ann
Dick,
manager of marketing and
communications
for
the
museum,
cited
modern
research needs as one of the
reasons
the
museum
was
moved
from
its
previous
location
at
the
Ruthven
Building. About half of the
specimens are from the old
museum, while the other half
are new.
Another purpose of moving
the museum to the new
Biological Sciences Building,
Dick said, was to show the
work of University scientists
and researchers to the public.
“(The University) decided
to also include the museum
so that we could be the public
face of the research that goes
on at U of M,” Dick said.
“The museum winds its way
through the labs … and the
museum’s on three floors, so
visitors do get the opportunity
to look into labs and see actual
scientists work.”
LSA
senior
Jianella
Macalino
began
working
as a student docent at the
Museum of Natural History
her sophomore year when
it was still located at the
Ruthven Building. Macalino
said she appreciates the new
perspective
the
museum
offered her, in terms of both
the exhibits and the visitors.
“I am one of the lucky ones
who worked in Ruthven and
then transitioned over to here,
so I experienced every step of
the move from over there to
over here … and seeing how
differently we can interact
with the same specimens from
that building to this building
and different ways we can
teach people and learn and
interact with the public has
been super interesting to me,”
Macalino said.
The museum employed a
wristband distribution system
to accommodate over 3,000
guests who visited the museum
for its grand opening. Although
exhibits and attractions like
the planetarium and student
showcase
opened
Sunday,
three more major exhibits will
be opening in November in the
third phase of the museum’s
relocation. In addition to the
exhibits and labs, guests can
also dine at Darwin’s Cafe
or purchase gifts from the
museum store.
LSA
sophomore
Leanne
Olona
is
also
a
student
docent
at
the
museum.
Olona described the positive
ambiance of the museum and
of her fellow employees, which
she said enriches the guests’
experience.
“I genuinely think this is
a really good student job, the
staff here is really supportive,”
Olona said.
Presidential
hopeful
Sen.
Bernie
Sanders,
D-Vermont,
returned to the campaign trail in
Michigan on Saturday, pitching
himself as an alternative to
President Donald Trump in
2020. Sanders spoke to more
than a thousand people at a rally
at Macomb Community College
in
Warren,
criticizing
the
Trump administration while
calling for universal healthcare
and economic policy to confront
stagnating wages and declining
mobility.
His
campaign
stop
in
Michigan was part of a tour
of
Midwestern
states
that
voted
for
Trump
in
2016,
including Wisconsin, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. Sanders said he
intended to build on his victory
in
Michigan’s
Democratic
primary in 2016, when he
defeated
former
Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton to
the surprise of pollsters and
pundits.
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The Survivor Empowerment
and Ally Support program of
the Sexual Assault Prevention
and
Awareness
Center
held
their 14th annual art show,
“rEVOLUTION:
Making
Art
for
Change,”
on
Sunday
in
Rackham’s
East
Conference
Room. The show featured themes
of gender, sexism, sexualized
violence, empowerment, healing
and growth. It also exhibited
numerous art mediums, including
photography, paintings, mixed-
media installations, written word,
sculpture and video. Submission
of art in the show were open to
University of Michigan students,
faculty and staff.
Engineering senior Camille
Gilbert and LSA senior Danielle
Hunter are the co-coordinators
of SEAS and in charge of
coordinating the main events run
by the program.
Gilbert
said
the
purpose
of the event was to creatively
demonstrate survivors of sexual
assault.
Sanders to
build on his
MI victory
from 2016
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Over 100 residents of Grand
Rapids, Detroit and Washtenaw
County gathered at the new Trotter
Multicultural
Center
Saturday
for the third annual Men of Color
Symposium. This year’s theme was
“Finding Your Flow.”
The symposium’s co-coordinator,
Andrew Ward, an interim program
manager for Multi-Ethnic Student
Affairs, said the idea for the
symposium grew from another
MESA
program,
My
Brothers
Empowerment, a monthly lunch
series for men of color. Ward said the
participants decided three years ago
that they wanted a more expansive
outlet for their work.
“The Men of Color Symposium
was created just to create space for
people to come together and build
community and have an opportunity
to foster relationships and grow and
create space where conversations
could happen to essentially support
one another,” Ward said.
There are participants from across
the campus and across the state who
come together for a day to recognize
their position in higher education.
Ward said because he has only held his
position at MESA for a few months,
the symposium has been his biggest
undertaking so far.
“This is a concept that was created
to invite other community members,
other interest groups who are looking
for a space to connect with other people
of color to talk about different diversity
issues and initiatives that affect being
a person of color on campus, especially
here at U of M being a predominantly
white institution,” Ward said.
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Symposium
creates space
for dialogue
Clintons visit Detroit to discuss
voter engagement, current politics
“Find Your Flow” theme encourages
building community, relationships
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Fox Theater hosts former president, former Secretary of State as part of national tour
In front of an audience of more
than 5,000 at Fox Theater in Detroit
Friday evening, former President
Bill Clinton and former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton spoke to a
crowd about the state of American
democracy, growing resentment
toward present-day political figures
and life as retired public servants.
The talk, which was moderated
by actor Ben Stiller, was part of a
nationwide tour titled “An Evening
With the Clintons” that aimed to
give attendees an inside look into
the workings of the American gov-
ernment. The Clintons also gave
voters advice on how to proceed in
today’s political climate, which they
said was increasingly polarized..
During the 75-minute show, Bill
Clinton urged voters to advocate for
their beliefs ethically without criti-
cizing or berating the other side. He
noted how the tense political situa-
tion today is a result of this kind of
“us against them” mentality.
“If you spend all of your time
just dumping on people because
they’re the object of your resent-
ment, it won’t make you happy, it
won’t empower you, it won’t change
somebody else’s life for the better,”
Bill Clinton said.
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