Thursday, June 27, 2019
INDEX
Vol. CXXVIII, No. 115
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MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Guava Island
Devak Nanua writes about
the significance of the Donald
Glover’s Film, writes to his
brother
>> SEE PAGE 9
NEWS
Katie Bouman
The ‘U’ alum talks her time
on campus, capturing
picture of black hole
>> SEE PAGE 8
OPINION
From the Daily
The Michigan Daily
Editorial board addresses
‘U’ proceedings in Doe v.
University of Michigan
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
Childish Gambino
Tracking the trajectory and
musical evolution of the
Bonnaroo headliner
>> SEE PAGE 6
SPORTS
Baseball
Michigan loses game
three of College World
Series final, 8-2
>> SEE PAGE 12
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Community
shows support for
Sudanese people
Sunday afternoon
In the wake of a violent
attack in Sudan leading to at
least 30 deaths, students and
activists packed the Diag on
Sunday to demand action and to
show support for the Sudanese
people. The rally consisted of a
recapitulation of the events, a
prayer and an open discussion
which followed shortly after in
North Quad Residence Hall.
The
humanitarian
crisis
in
Sudan
first
began
when
protesters
demanded
long-
time president of Sudan, Omar
al-Bashir, be removed from office
after remaining in power for
more than 30 years. Protests were
first provoked when President
Bashir’s
government
imposed
emergency austerity measures in
an attempt to save the Country’s
failing economy in December
2018. Protesters succeeded in
forcing Bashir out of the office,
and a seven-member Transitional
Military Council replaced him.
Despite the removal of the
president, the TMC struggled
to appease the tension in Sudan.
Protesters continued to demand
a civilian-led government, in
response, the TMC launched a
violent attack on protesters on
June 3, resulting in at least 30
deaths.
Khadega Mohammed, Wayne
State University junior and one of
the organizers of the event, said
her goal is to help the community
become aware of the current
situation in the country and the
severity of the crisis.
“I
think
it
is
especially
important
that
we
organize
something
like
this
because
what is happening in Sudan
is not just a Sudanese cause,
it is a humanitarian cause,”
Mohammed said. “I’ve noticed
that a lot of people are silent
about this, there is nothing
happening in Michigan, there is
no awareness event for it.”
Because
of
her
Sudanese
heritage,
the
situation
was
personal for Mohammed. With
this connection, she felt the
obligation to spread awareness.
“If nobody is going to do it,
then I’m going to have to do it,”
Mohammed said. “This is my
people, this is my country that
I care about. So I’m going to do
an event to raise awareness and
to echo the scream of Sudanese
people.”
During the rally, Mohammed
led the chanting of phrases such
as “Who are we? Sudanese. What
do we want? Justice. When do
we want it? Right now” and “No
justice, no peace” to voice the
struggle for justice in Sudan.
Zaynab Elkolaly, an incoming
freshman to the University, said
she believes regardless of race
and ethnicity, everyone should
feel obligated to show their
support for those affected.
“You don’t have to be Sudanese
to care about a humanitarian
crisis,” Elkolaly said. “People are
too motivated by the fact that it
would be their family or someone
they care personally involved,
but I don’t think that should be
a factor, it should be the people
who need help, and we need to
respond to that.”
Elkolaly also criticized what
she believes to be the ignorance
and stereotypical assumptions
Americans tend to have when it
comes to crisis in underdeveloped
nations.
“In this region of the world,
Middle East and Africa, there
is this tendency for people to
believe that, ‘Oh, it’s a third world
developing country, there is going
to be violence,’” Elkolaly said.
Faculty assist
in victorious
project design
Three professors, ‘U’
alum win competiton
with proposal
‘Detroit Square’
Over the past two years, the DIA
Plaza/Midtown Cultural Connections
international
design
competition
accepted project proposals that could
transform the Midtown district of
Detroit. The goal of the competition
is to unite 12 cultural institutions,
including the Charles H. Wright
Museum of African American History,
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Public
Library and University of Michigan.
More than forty project submissions
were narrowed down to three finalists
and a winner titled “Detroit Square.”
The project has a core team of Olivier
Phillippe from Agence Ter (based in
Paris, France); Anya Sirota and Jean
Louis Farges from Akoaki (Detroit);
Cezanne Charles and John Marshall
from rootoftwo (Detroit); and Harley
Etienne, an assistant professor of
urban and regional planning at the
University
Taubman
College
of
Architecture and Urban Planning.
In addition to Etienne, three other
of these team members have ties to
the University. Sirota is an associate
professor
of
architecture
at
the
Taubman College, Marshall is an
associate professor at the School of
Art & Design and Taubman College
and Charles is an alum of the School of
Public Policy.
Sirota said she believes her team’s
key to success was their plan being
more fluid and adaptable instead of
concrete and decisive.
“It is not a finished plan; it is not
a masterplan in and of itself,” Sirota
said. “It is a framework to engage the
12 institutions. It proceeds with a very
clear, strong diagram of its shared
parts, but then assumes they will
need to be adjusted to conform to the
material reality of the institutions’
needs.”
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Students and activists gather on
Diag, demand peace for Sudan
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Community members raise awareness for the victims of the attack in Sudan on the Diag Sunday.