On
Monday
evening,
about 50 students attended a
fireside chat hosted by Lean
In at University of Michigan
in the Ross School of Business.
The event discussed women
in
politics,
and
panelists
included
local
Michigan
state representatives as well
as politically active campus
leaders.
The event began with each
panelist
talking
about
her
own
background.
Michigan
state Rep. Rebekah Warren,
D-Ann Arbor, discussed the
inspiration
she
gets
from
politics.
She
talked
about
the power and impact the
legislature
has
on
people’s
lives. Despite her background
in
chemical
engineering,
Warren said her role in politics
started when she realized her
passion
for
problem-solving
and building coalitions.
Warren
wasn’t
the
only
panelist to begin her career
outside of the field of politics.
Michigan state Rep. Donna
Lasinski,
D-Ann
Arbor,
discussed
her
career
in
business after graduating from
the Business School.
Lasinski said her interest
in
politics
came
directly
from her personal life and
experiences as a mother. Her
children attended a Title 1
school, meaning the school
receives
additional
funds
due to large concentrations
of
low-income
students
in
need of supplemental aid in
order
to
meet
educational
goals.
Lasinski
said
she
recognized
the
challenges
that come from learning in
such an environment, where
opportunities and resources
were scarce. She began her
professional (political) career
in padvocating for low-income
students on the school board,
which ultimately led her to the
legislature.
“If you see a problem in your
community, complaining is not
your job,” Lasinski said. “Your
job is to step forward and offer
a political solution.”
For others, it was their
environment which inspired
them. LSA junior, Kate Westa,
who
is
the
co-president
of
WeListen,
a
student
organization on campus focused
on
fostering
conversations
between political parties, cited
her experience growing up
with a family member in the
Air Force. Westa said she had
an opportunity to meet with
former President George H.W.
Bush and explained it was a
pivotal moment in her life.
“I remember it so clearly,”
Westa said. “He seemed to
genuinely
care
about
the
country and his dedication
to being a public servant.
Everything since then has been
in the political realm.”
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Monday evening, about 50
students, faculty and community
members attended a vigil on
the Diag to show solidarity and
honor the lives of those impacted
by the bombing in Quetta,
Pakistan on April 12.
The attack was on an open-air
market and targeted the Hazara
population, an ethnic minority
that includes many followers of
the Shia sect of Islam. At least
20 people were killed and 40
were wounded as a result of the
bombing.
The ceremony was presented
by
the
Pakistani
Student
Association, the Islamic Society
of Ahl-ul-Bayt and the Muslim
Students’ Association. Former
ISA President and LSA junior
Syed Rizvi was the emcee of
the vigil. He opened with a
description of the events that
occurred in Quetta and the
people who were impacted by
the attack.
“These victims were simply
regular people going about their
lives,” Rizvi said.
Gene Sperling, economist
and
policy
adviser
to
Presidents Bill Clinton and
Barack Obama, reflected on
his professional career and
discussed economic dignity in
an event Monday coordinated
by the Ford School of Public
Policy and the Center on
Finance, Law and Policy as
part of its Policy Talks series.
This series brings prominent
leaders in varying policy fields
to campus to discuss their
opinions on specific issues.
Sperling served as the director
and national economic adviser
of
the
National
Economic
Council.
Public Policy Dean Michael
Barr, a friend of Sperling,
moderated the event as an
informal
discussion.
Barr
spoke
about
Sperling’s
impressive
professional
repertoire and history.
City Council
bans use of
Bird scooters
in Ann Arbor
Council passes resolutions to license Spin,
Inc., install first two-way protected bike lane
CATHERINE NOUHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
In its final meeting of the
semester, the University of
Michigan
Senate
Assembly
voted to table a resolution
that would support the faculty
open letter on climate change
action.
Marschall
Runge,
executive vice president for
medical affairs, also spoke to
the assembly about the Medical
School and University health
system.
If passed, the resolution
would
have
expressed
the
assembly’s
support
for
the
faculty open letter on climate
action and encourage members
of the University community
to
sign
it.
However,
the
resolution was tabled during
the meeting. The letter, written
by
Deborah
Goldberg
and
Knute Nadelhoffer, professors
of ecology and evolutionary
biology, currently has 30 pages
of signatures.
‘U’ faculty
table vote in
support of
open letter
ACADEMICS
Senate Assembly postpones
decision on letter condemning
climate goals at final meeting
Community members gather for vigil
after bombing attack in Quetta, Pakistan
Ceremony honors the lives lost during an assault on an open-air market
Economic
advisor to
politicians
talks work
CAMPUS LIFE
City Council voted on two
resolutions Monday night that
will alter public transportation
in Ann Arbor this summer.
The
first
resolution
addressed was the licensing
of Spin, Inc. as the only
serviceable electric scooter
in Ann Arbor. The exclusive
contract
is
effective
immediately,
eliminating
electric scooter competition in
Ann Arbor during the three-
month license period. Aside
from Bird scooters, which
appeared
throughout
the
city in August, other electric
scooter companies that would
also be banned from the city
include Lime and Lyft.
The resolution to license
only Spin comes amid the
concern over other electric
scooter companies’ inability
to cooperate with the local
government on restrictions
and maintenance. When the
Bird scooters were deployed in
Ann Arbor at the start of the
University’s academic year,
the city responded later in
September by seizing scooters
left in the middle of sidewalks
or city walkways. Neither
the University of Michigan
nor the city of Ann Arbor
were aware of Bird’s plans to
drop scooters in the city, and
many community members
expressed
concerns
over
pedestrian safety, questioning
whether people should be
allowed to ride scooters on
sidewalks.
Councilmember
Jeff
Hayner,
D-Ward
1,
was
unclear what this resolution
would
do
with
the
impounded
Bird
scooters
still possessed by the city of
Ann Arbor. Spin spokesman
Frank
Speek,
government
partnerships manager, said
they are attempting to work in
collaboration with Bird.
“We’re working out those
details with Bird right now,
and the intent is to return
them to the company,” Speek
said.
Spin
said
they
do
not
surprise cities with loads of
scooters — according their
website,
they
collaborate
with college campuses and
city
governments
before
launching.
“Our
partnerships
team
works
closely
with
the
administration and student
government,”
the
Spin
website states. “Unlike some
competitors, we never dump
scooters without permission.”
Spin
will
deploy
200
scooters, comparable to the
number of Birds that were
initially placed in Ann Arbor
in August.
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CLAIRE MEINGAST/Daily
Students gather at a vigil for the Quetta attack on the Diag Monday evening.
Lean In panel looks at role of women
in politics with local representatives
Panelists discuss their journey to political involvement, challenges of the field
Gene Sperling reflects
on his political career,
financial responsibility
See POLITICS, Page 3
HANNAH ALLBERY
Daily Staff Reporter
KAYLEAH SON/Daily
Lean In hosts their final event of the semester, a Fireside Chat focused on Women in Politics, with panelists including state Rep. Donna Lasinski, D-Ann Arbor, state Rep.
Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, as well as Kate Westa, Co-President of WeListen, at Ross Monday evening.
NIKKI KIM
Daily Staff Reporter
PARNIA MAZHAR
Daily Staff Reporter
See ECONOMICS, Page 3
BARBARA COLLINS
Daily Staff Reporter
See VIGIL, Page 3