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The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967)
is published Monday through Friday
during the fall and winter terms by
students at the University of Michigan.
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City Council talks
oversight, Superfund
Council reviews
commission makeup,
EPA collaboration
The Ann Arbor City Council
discussed
involving
the
Environmental Protection Agency
in cleaning up the Gelman dioxane
plume as well as altering the makeup
of the Independent Community
Police Oversight Commission at a
meeting on Monday.
City Council moved to replace
Councilmember
Zachary
Ackerman,
D-Ward
3,
with
Councilmember
Ali
Ramlawi,
D-Ward 5, as one of the body’s
two liaisons to the ICPOC. Calls
for a police oversight commission
became more prominent following
the 2014 shooting death of resident
Aura Rosser at the hands of Ann
Arbor police officers, and City
Council adopted an ordinance in
October establishing the ICPOC
after
months
of
debate
and
controversy.
Ramlawi, who is one of City
Council’s liaisons to the Human
Rights
Commission,
said
the
success of the commission was
important to him.
“I felt that in the current state
of affairs, it would strengthen the
commission and also would tie the
two commissions in our city — the
Human Rights Commission and
the Police Oversight Commission
— in a way that would allow for
more communication between the
transition and for the newly formed
body to do its work,” Ramlawi said.
Ramlawi noted an argument
made by a resident during public
comment that he would be better
suited to sit on the ICPOC than
Ackerman, who is white.
“This is a great personal interest
of mine,” Ramlawi said. “I was
referred to as a person of color
earlier. It is true, I identify with
being a minority, being Palestinian,
but born and raised in this country,
I do have a great empathy for people
who get the raw end of the stick.”
‘U’ president
reflects on school
year, looks ahead
Each month, The Michigan Daily
sits down with University President
Mark Schlissel to discuss events
and issues on campus. During this
month’s interview, Schlissel touched
on topics related to minority inclusion
on campus, emergency preparedness,
One University, carbon neutrality
efforts and future goals.
The Michigan Daily:
The
development of the new Trotter
Center on State Street was one of
seven demands listed by #BBUM
in 2013. While many students
voiced their appreciation for the
center, there was also criticism for
the lack of fulfillment in regards
to the other demands. In addition
to BSU’s requests, La Casa also
released a list of demands for
the University in terms of hiring
practices, spaces and more. What
does the fact that certain student
groups need to release demands
to the University say about the
overall campus climate? How does
the University plan to continue
meeting the needs of marginalized
communities? Are any of the other
demands from either BSU or La
Casa being addressed? If so, how?
Mark Schlissel: I think the
advocacy by student groups like
BBUM, like La Casa is really
important for the University. It
helps us understand better how
all different types of students are
experiencing the campus. It helps
us identify students that we can try
to work together with to figure out
the best way forward, and I think
the new Trotter is a great example
of that. So, students from BBUM,
but also from many other groups,
were part of discussions that led
to the design of what turned out
to be an absolutely spectacular
project …. The BBUM demands
preceded my arrival on campus
but provoked what continue to
be ongoing discussions between
representatives of my office, the
Vice President for Student Life
Royster Harper, the Dean of the
college Laura Blake Jones and
others about how best to serve all
different types of students on the
campus.
Demands
are
particularly
difficult; it’s not really an opening
for discussion, it’s a demand. I
think where things work the best
is where students who feel strongly
about things express their strength
of feelings, then — as in the case
of Trotter — are willing to work
together to actualize a solution.
We don’t have the capacity to
do everything that every group
demands of us, but we do have the
capacity to meet with every group
on an ongoing basis.
Schlissel: Advocacy
“important” to ‘U’
Read more at MichiganDaily.com
ALEC COHEN / Daily
University president Mark Schlissel discusses various events and issues on campus with
The Michigan Daily in the Fleming Administration Building Monday.
Read more at MichiganDaily.com
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