Michael Cox, Ann Arbor’s
new chief of police, was officially
sworn in on Tuesday afternoon.
The ceremony took place. in
the
City
Council
chambers
and the audience consisted of
several citizens, police officials,
government officials and Cox’s
close family and friends.
At the start of the ceremony,
Mayor
Christopher
Taylor
welcomed the crowd and shared
opening remarks. He began his
speech by addressing the goals
of the Ann Arbor municipal
department in general.
“It is at this time in this political
environment, and this social
and cultural environment, that
policing receives an incredible
amount of scrutiny,” Taylor said.
“That scrutiny is appropriate …
because of the intimacy and force
of this service (and) because of
the need of the service … We in
the municipal organization are
delighted to tell people more
about what we’re doing and why
we’re doing it, because we have
a department that is professional
and disciplined and staffed by
people who come to work every
day to do their best to provide
law enforcement safety services
without bias or favor.”
After
explaining
the
overarching goals of the Ann
Arbor
municipal
department,
Taylor expressed his enthusiasm
for Cox’s new role.
“I am particularly delighted
that we have Chief Cox coming
and joining us,” Taylor said. “I
know and am confident that
policing in Ann Arbor is in good
hands when Chief Cox comes on
board.”
Taylor then invited Assistant
City Administrator John Fournier
to the podium. Fournier mirrored
many of Taylor’s sentiments and
spoke highly of Cox’s work ethic
and character.
Ben Gerstein, Central Student
Government
president
and
Public Policy junior, addressed
the Assembly Tuesday in his
Fall 2019 State of Students
Address. Gerstein highlighted
his administration’s focus on
increasing
Counseling
and
Psychological Services support
throughout campus, as well as
expanding wellness resources
for students on North Campus.
In
the
address,
Gerstein
described how he and CSG Vice
President Isabelle Blanchard,
LSA senior, have created two
new executive positions thus
far. The new roles include
Director of Outreach, which will
serve as a facilitator between
CSG
and
student
groups,
as well as the Government
Relations Coordinator. The role
of the Government Relations
Coordinator
is
intended
to
ensure student voices are heard
on the local, state and federal
level.
The
Assembly
approved
LSA junior Evelyn Winter as
the Director of Outreach in
today’s meeting but has yet to
fill the position for Government
Relations
Coordinator.
According to Gerstein, this
position is crucial, as it bridges
the policy gap between students
at the University and state and
national government.
In
their
administration,
Gerstein
and
Blanchard
have chosen to focus on nine
issue areas: accessibility and
affordability, academic affairs,
sustainability, diversity, equity,
inclusion, sexual misconduct
prevention
and
awareness,
survivor empowerment, student
health and wellness, student
support/resources and internal
CSG improvements.
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The
Institute
for
the
Humanities
hosted
“The
Power of Pronouns” as part
of their High Stakes Culture
series
Tuesday
evening.
Panelists spoke about the
linguistics behind gendered
pronouns
and
what
language may be used in
the future. However, some
students in attendance took
issue with the framing of
the discussion and felt the
academic
language
used
shrouded more important
human
elements
of
the
subject,
with
the
event
failing
to
disclose
why
pronouns were so important
in the first place.
According
to
Kristin
Hass, faculty coordinator
of
the
Humanities
Collaboratory,
the
event
was intended to discuss
linguistic
and
historical
research of pronouns.
“We
were
asked
by
undergraduates
for
a
conversation
about
pronouns that turned on
research of faculty who are
interested in the linguistic
and the historical nature
of
pronouns
that,
kind
of, bring us to where we
are in this moment on the
question of pronouns, and
how they get used, and why
they are high stakes to all of
us,” Hass said.
Panelists
American
culture
professor
Scott
Larson,
who
identifies
as a trans person, and
linguistics professor Robin
Queen, who identifies as
a cis person — or someone
who identifies with the
gender they were assigned
at birth — and a lesbian,
talked about the history
of pronouns in the United
States,
the
evolution
of
language, the linguistics
behind
gender
neutral
pronouns and how future
generations might approach
pronouns.
As of Tuesday, all of Michigan’s
House Democrats have supported
calls for an impeachment inquiry
for President Donald Trump.
Michigan U.S. Reps. Haley
Stevens, Elissa Slotkin and Debbie
Dingell
joined
the
growing
contingent of House Democrats
calling
for
the
President’s
impeachment Tuesday.
In a statement, Stevens, who
was the last of the seven to
announce her support, said an
investigation into the president is
important for national security.
“I urge both the Judiciary
Committee
and
Intelligence
Committee to act quickly to
independently investigate these
matters as part of ongoing
efforts to investigate numerous
unethical and potentially illegal
acts by the president and his
administration,” the statement
read. “I do not make this request
lightly but rather out of a sober
obligation to stand up for the rule
of law and our national security.”
Dingell
announced
her
stance Monday evening, citing
similar reasons and adding
a moral responsibility to the
decision in a statement released
Tuesday.
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celebrate and express their support
University
of
Michigan
LSA senior Jacob Chludzinski
and Michigan alum Grant
Strobl launched ThinkRight
Strategies over the summer
with one simple goal: “two
advance
conservative
principles of free enterprise.”
Their
political
consulting
firm
provides
counsel
to
conservative
politicians,
lawmakers
and
special
interest groups.
However, their intention
to provide political counsel
to
conservative
actors
quickly progressed into a
legal conflict in July, after
the Chludzinski and Strobl
sued the city in federal court
over
Ann
Arbor’s
public
accommodations laws.
Ann Arbor’s city ordinance
stipulates
businesses
cannot
discriminate
based
on political beliefs. Strobl
and
Chludzinski,
aiming
to establish a conservative
firm, were concerned the
law would force them to
promote political viewpoints
and support clients who held
views antithetical to their
own.
Right wing
firm sues
A2 for bill
exemption
ANN ARBOR
Conservative consulting
group earns a special
status from the city
Institute for Humanities hosts panel
about power of gender pronouns
Panel covers lingustics of identifying language, faces student backlash
US Reps
back call
to impeach
president
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Tuesday.
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Students address at assembly meeting
Ben Gerstein details upcoming plans for the year, including additional funding
Dingell, Stevens, Slotkin
announce support for
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