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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creative expressions on 
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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

GOVERNMENT

1000 people gathered 
for presidential hopeful’s 
rally hosted in Warren

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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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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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President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton share stories on stage during “An Evening with the Cliintons,” held 
at the Fox Theatre in Detroit Friday evening. 

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