Wednesday, July 3, 2019

INDEX

Vol. CXXVIII, No. 116
 © 2019 The Michigan Daily 

NEWS ....................................
OPINION ............................... 
ARTS......................................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................

MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Identity abroad

Lorna Brown reflects upon 

her cultural identity and ho er 

self-view has changed while 

abroad

 
 >> SEE PAGE 9

NEWS
Washtenaw Dairy

‘The Dairy’ celebrates 85 

years with a birthday

celebration

>> SEE PAGE 3

OPINION
British politics

Zack Blumberg 

analyzes the problem 

currently facing British 

conservatives

 
 >> SEE PAGE 4

ARTS
The National

Band disappoints at Hill 

Auditorium, but Courtney 

Barnett picks up the slack 

with standout performance
 >> SEE PAGE 7

SPORTS
Baseball

The wins that shaped the 

Michigan baseball team’s 

run to the College World 

Series finals

 
 >> SEE PAGE 12

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Activists call for 
termination of 
Rick Snyder
on social media

Former 
Michigan 
Governor 
Rick Snyder has been awarded a 
senior research fellowship at the 
Taubman Center for State and 
Local Government, which operates 
under Harvard University’s John 
F. Kennedy School of Government, 
the school announced Friday. 
Snyder, a University of Michigan 
alum, will work with students, 
faculty and other fellows in the 
school’s Taubman Center for 
State 
and 
Local 
Government 
to research, write and teach, 
according to a press release from 
the Kennedy School. Snyder began 
his fellowship on Monday despite 
backlash over his appointment. 
In the release, Taubman Center 
director Jeffrey Liebman wrote 
he is confident Snyder will bring 
“tremendous value” to the school.
“Governor 
Snyder 
brings 
his 
significant 
expertise 
in 
management, public policy and 

promoting civility to Harvard 
Kennedy School,” Liebman said.
Snyder was quoted in the press 
release saying he was excited to 
spread his insight of government 
at the state level. 
“I look forward to sharing 
my experiences in helping take 
Michigan to national leadership 
in 
job 
creation, 
improved 
government 
performance, 
and 
civility,” Snyder said. 
The 
release 
cited 
Snyder’s 
leadership 
guiding 
Detroit 
through the “largest municipal 
bankruptcy in U.S. history,” as 
well as his support of autonomous 
vehicles, expansion of Michigan 
workforce and STEM training, 
investments in infrastructure and 
improvements to the finances and 
pension system. 
Snyder’s 
appointment 
has 
prompted 
backlash 
on 
social 
media by those who note his 
administration’s role in the Flint 
water crisis. 
Using 
#NoSnyderFellowship, 
the trending hashtag started by 
activist Mariame Kaba, activists 
on Twitter urged their followers 
to 
directly 
contact 
Liebman 
asking him to rescind Snyder’s 
fellowship. Readers were also 
advised to post about the issue, get 
Harvard alumni to support their 
cause and donate to Mari Copeny’s 
fundraising efforts for Flint. 

Those engaged in the social 
media 
effort 
include 
Piper 
Kerman, author of the book 
“Orange is the New Black,” which 
was the basis of Netflix’s show of 
the same name, and Copeny, also 
known as “Little Miss Flint.”
Abdul El-Sayed, the second-
place 2018 Michigan Democrat 
gubernatorial 
candidate, 
also 
questioned on Twitter why Snyder 
was 
awarded 
the 
fellowship. 
El-Sayed’s press team directed 
The Daily to Adam Joseph, a 
graduate of the Kennedy School 
and 
former 
communications 
director 
for 
El-Sayed’s 
gubernatorial campaign, when 
asked for comment.
On Sunday, Joseph tweeted 
Snyder’s fellowship appointment 
was “beyond astounding” and 
criticized the school’s decision. 
El-Sayed 
retweeted 
Joseph’s 
sentiments. 
University alum Hoai An Pham 
said she joined Kaba’s social media 
organizing by posting her own 
email to Liebman as a template 
for others. Having graduated from 
the University in the spring, Pham 
is still active in her collegiate 
organizing communities, and said 
she has seen success with email 
templates in the past.

City Council 
appoints new 
A2 police chief

Council selects 
Michael Cox for 
position at Monday 
night meeting

Ann Arbor City Council gathered 
Monday evening in Larcom City Hall. 
The meeting, which marked the start 
of a new fiscal year, was met with 
conversations regarding nonpartisan 
voting practices, housing development 
plans and approval of a new Ann Arbor 
Chief of Police.
Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2, introduced 
a resolution for the November ballot 
to add the option to convert local Ann 
Arbor elections to a nonpartisan system 
in which all candidates would run 
for two general election nominations 
regardless of party affiliation.
“Passing this tonight is to place the 
question on the ballot for voters to 
determine, but I do think there are 
very strong arguments for conducting 
local elections on a nonpartisan basis,” 
Lumm said.
Ann 
Arbor 
currently 
stands 
alongside Ypsilanti and Ionia as one 
of the state’s three cities which still 
participate in partisan local elections. 
Lumm, the only non-Democrat on the 
council and having previously served 
as a Republican, has been calling for a 
move away from partisan elections for 
almost four years.
Because the city of Ann Arbor and 
Washtenaw County as a whole is 
saturated with historically Democratic 
voters, 
Lumm 
said 
she 
believes 
the August primary elections are 
essentially the only competitive races. 
In November, when voter turnout 
is 
higher, 
Democrats 
often 
run 
unopposed. Rosemary Bogden, resident 
of Ann Arbor’s Ward 3, spoke to the 
council, compelling them to leave the 
issue to the voters.
“I think this could make for a much 
more fair, democratic, exciting and 
intelligent election,” Bogden said. 

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Former Michigan Gov. begins 
Harvard fellowship to backlash

ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily
Former Governor Rick Snyder was given a senior research fellowship at Harvard College’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Friday. 

