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A public university should not be in the business of deciding 
which of their students get to host speakers or speak their minds. It is 
the government’s responsibility to ensure that our rights are protected, 
and if the First Amendment is being trampled on or amended by speech 
codes or unfair treatment, then it is absolutely within their purview to 
stop that from happening.”

LSA senior Kate Westa, former vice chair of the University’s chapter of Young America’s Foundation and current co-president 
of political organization WeListen

Every Friday, one Daily news staffer will give a behind the 
scenes look at one of this week’s stories. This week, LSA junior 
Emma Stein wrote about Michigan’s ban on flavored e-cigarette 
products.

“I think my favorite part of the story was that the sources were able 
to be anonymous, and they were able to be fully open with what they 
wanted to say. Because vaping is a super important part of the social 
scene here… but it’s not talked about. Everyone’s talking about the ban, 
but no one’s talking about what’s going to happen next. So I think that 
starting an open dialogue about it was really important, and I liked 
being a part of that.”

Emma Stein: “Whitmer’s ban of flavored vape products could lead 
to jail time, cause students to turn to cigarettes”

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Earthfest welcomes environmentally 
conscious organizations, nonprofits

Event provides platform for students to interact with groups fighting climate change

The Diag was packed 
with 
students 
walking 
from 
table 
to 
table 
participating in Earthfest 
Thursday afternoon. The 
event was hosted by Planet 
Blue, an institution at the 
University 
of 
Michigan 
that leads, organizes and 
manages the University’s 
Sustainability Initiative.
Earthfest 
is 
centered 
around the four themes 
of 
the 
University’s 
Campus 
Sustainability 
Goals: 
climate 
action, 
waste prevention, healthy 
environments 
and 
community 
awareness. 
Earthfest hosts academic 
departments, 
student 
organizations 
and 

community 
non-profit 
groups 
focused 
on 
sustainability, promoting 
their 
work 
on 
campus 
and in the Ann Arbor 
community.
The 
brightly 
colored, 
sustainability-themed 
stands on the Diag included 
clubs and organizations 
that 
educate 
students 
on 
food 
sustainability, 
promote 
environmental 
sustainability 
and 
organize 
athletic 
adventures 
and 
trips 
around Michigan.
Earthfest 
incentivized 
students to talk to orgs 
by 
offering 
free 
food 
depending on the number 
of stamps they received at 
different tables. 
In the midst of the 

growing 
impact 
of 
climate change on the 
planet, Earthfest seemed 
more 
pertinent 
than 
ever on campus to some 
participating 
students. 
LSA senior Vanessa Dinh 
noted how as a prominent 
university, the University 
should 
be 
increasing 
awareness of the climate 
crisis in light of a lack 
of change coming from 
political officials.
“As a big university, 
we 
should 
be 
leading 
the 
change 
to 
more 
environmental 
issues 
because of a lot of the 
leadership in politics … 
they aren’t really thinking 
about that,” Dinh said. “It’s 
up to us and up to students 
and young leaders to take 
up that charge.”
LSA senior Caroline 
Baloga, 
who 
is 
in 
the Program in the 
Environment, 
echoed 
Dinh’s 
sentiments 
but was hopeful that 
students seemed to be 
engaging 
more 
with 
environmental issues.
“I 
think 
the 
University of Michigan 
as a Big Ten school is 
kind of falling behind 
on sustainability, and 
I think that students 
are recognizing that,” 
Baloga said. “So, it’s 
really cool that there 
are all sorts of different 
organizations 
that 
are kind of focusing 
in 
on 
an 
issue 
of 
sustainability.”
Students said they 
were 
interested 
in 
educating 
themselves 
and finding ways to 
make a difference in 
reducing their carbon 
footprint.

LSA 
senior 
Kenzie 
Dalton was tabling for 
Camp Michigania and said 
she was impressed not 
only with the turnout for 
the event, but also with 
the commitment students 
were exhibiting.
“I think it shows our 
faith in science, and that 
we trust the scientists, 
and that we are ready 
to move forward and do 
some policy changes to 
protect the earth,” Dalton 
said. “And the popularity 
of Earthfest shows that 
it’s important to a lot of 
students.”
 
Several 
Earthfest 
participants, 
including 
LSA 
senior 
Isabel 
Nakisher, 
said 
they 
planned on joining the 
Washtenaw 
County 
Climate Strike tomorrow. 
The 
strike 
will 
take 
place Friday morning on 
Ingalls 
Mall. 
Students, 
faculty 
and 
community 
members are invited to 
walk out at 11 a.m. from 
their classes and jobs. The 
strike will culminate with 
a rally at noon, followed 
by 
workshops 
and 
performances throughout 
the afternoon. 
“I recently went abroad 
to Ecuador and learned 
about a lot of these things 
that activists are pushing 
for and that our strike is 
pushing 
for 
tomorrow,” 
Nakisher said. “So, I think 
doing it right now is a great 
opportunity for people to 
see and learn about things 
that they might not realize 
that’s happening in their 
everyday lives.”

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