Thursday, June 20, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 114 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR My name Subarna Bhattacharya shares sentiments behind her Bengali name, which trans- lates to “the color of gold” >> SEE PAGE 9 NEWS Flu vaccine Researcher leads team in finding universal influenza vaccine >> SEE PAGE 3 OPINION Pura Vida Anne Else highlights Costa Rica’s commitment to environmental policy >> SEE PAGE 5 ARTS Hippo Campus The band sat down with the Daily after their energetic Bonnaroo performance >> SEE PAGE 6 SPORTS Baseball Team is one win away from College World Series Final >> SEE PAGE 12 inside 2 4 6 9 10 Arraignment results in Sept. 9 date for pre-trial On Monday morning, six demonstrators charged with trespassing from March’s Climate Strike appeared in court for the first time. All parties pleaded not guilty to the charges and the pre-trial was set for Sept. 9 at 9 a.m. On March 15, 2019, 10 individuals, including two minors, were arrested and given citations for trespassing following a seven-hour sit- in at Fleming Administration Building. Demonstrators, who came from the Washtenaw County Climate Strike earlier that day, refused to leave until administration addressed a list of demands, which included a one-hour public meeting with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel in which questions regarding the University’s plan to address climate change and carbon neutrality were not screened beforehand. In a March 21 letter addressed to members of the Climate Action Movement, Schlissel responded to the requests of the demonstrators, where he said the University has been “actively engaging” with community members and Climate Action Movement organizers on issues regarding carbon neutrality. “To achieve our shared goal of carbon neutrality as soon as possible, it is essential that the community engage in identifying and understanding the challenges and contributing to the solutions necessary to convert from fossil fuels to non-carbon sources of energy,” Schlissel wrote. “I will continue to look for opportunities to engage with your membership and the broader community on these issues — everyone has a role to play.” Following the Climate Strike, Schlissel held a public meeting on April 9 to discuss the University’s actions to address climate change. Issues discussed at the meeting included divesting from fossil fuels and the makeup of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, which includes energy industry representatives. Two months after the Climate Strike, all individuals except the two minors were charged with trespassing misdemeanors. The trespassing complaint is identical in all cases, and the maximum sentence that can be imposed is $250 fine and/or 30 days in jail. When asked about the decision to charge demonstrators, University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen wrote in an email to The Daily the University does not decide whether to bring criminal charges and directed The Daily to the Washtenaw County prosecutor’s office. “Thousands of students participate in the climate action rally without incident,” Broekhuizen wrote. “Hundreds others protested in the president’s office in the following weeks. Still others addressed the Board of Regents in public meetings. Only a small number are now facing charges because they refused to leave the Fleming Building.” In response to why the office pressed charges, Steven Hiller, chief assistant Washtenaw County prosecuting attorney, wrote in an email to The Daily the prosecutor’s office cannot discuss the facts of a case before it is adjudicated to respect the defendant’s right to a fair trial. District judge files response to ‘U’ petition Response criticizes attempts from ‘U’ lawyers to excuse Schlissel from court U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow responded to an order from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday afternoon, criticizing University of Michigan attorneys for not participating in “good faith” and accusing the University of going “extraordinary” lengths to ensure President Mark Schlissel did not have to publicly appear in court during the ongoing Doe v. University of Michigan lawsuit. “The University’s attorneys appear to be more concerned with keeping the President out of the public eye than with prompt resolution of this case and providing a fair process for adjudicating sexual misconduct claims,” Tarnow wrote. Tarnow’s response is filed after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a last-minute appeal by the University to delay the June 13 public settlement conference for the lawsuit at which Schlissel was scheduled to appear. In the response, Tarnow addressed a University petition filed at the same time asking the Sixth Circuit Court to not require Schlissel’s attendance and move the conference off-the-record and closed to the public. Deborah Gordon, the plaintiff’s attorney, has not yet filed a response. In the order, Raymond Kethledge, circuit judge for the U.S. Sixth District Court of Appeals, requested responses from Gordon and Tarnow within 10 days and wrote the settlement conference would be delayed until further notice. ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Read more at michigandaily.com ALEX HARRING & CLAIRE HAO Summer Managing News Editor & Summer News Editor BARBARA COLLINS & CLAIRE HAO Summer Managing News Editor & Summer News Editor Read more at michigandaily.com michigandaily.com Climate Strike demonstrators appear in court for trespassing Photos by DARBY STIPE/Daily & BARBARA COLLINS The University students and other demonstrators are arrested and given citations during a sit-in in President Mark Schlissel’s office on March 19 (left) and attend their arraignment hearing on Monday morning (right).