A
court
case
focusing
on
Harvard
University’s
consideration of race in their
admissions
process
could
impact
the
University
of
Michigan’s future admissions
policy. On Oct. 1, U.S. District
Court
Judge
Allison
D.
Burroughs ruled that Harvard
University’s admissions policy,
which accounts for race, did
not discriminate against Asian
American
applications
and
would be allowed to stay in
place.
Students for Fair Admissions,
the organization that represents
a group of Asian-American
students rejected by Harvard,
has filed for appeal with the
First Circuit Court of Appeals.
If the case reaches the Supreme
Court and the court rules in
favor of Harvard University, it
would reverse precedent and
result in policy changes for the
nine states that have banned
affirmative action.
The Independent Community
Police Oversight Commission
met Thursday night to hold
elections
for
leadership
positions. Former acting Chair
Commissioner Lisa Jackson and
Former Commissioner Frances
Todoro-Hargreaves
were
elected as Chair and Vice-Chair,
respectively.
The
commissioners
also
passed a resolution to establish
social
media
platforms
and
discussed
the
budget
and
workplan for the commission in
the 2020 fiscal year. There were
eight commissioners and two
non-voting county liaisons in
attendance; two commissioners
were absent and one seat is
currently vacant.
The
Police
Oversight
Commission was founded in
March in order to increase
transparency in the Ann Arbor
Police Department.
The
2019
Hanes
Walton
Jr. lecture featured Dianne
Pinderhughes, political science
and Africana studies professor
at the University of Notre
Dame. About 50 people were
in attendance for the event
Thursday afternoon.
The lecture is given annually
in honor of the late Hanes
Walton Jr., former political
science
professor
at
the
University of Michigan.
Pinderhughes gave a lecture
titled “Racial Dynamics in the
American Context: A Second
Century of Civil Rights and
Protest”
and
covered
the
historical
progression
of
racial dynamics in relation to
governmental structures in the
United States. She discussed
the development of U.S. racial
politics, Black politics after civil
rights reform, the 2018 midterm
election and the unexpected
politics surrounding the Obama
and Trump presidencies.
Citing
historian
Rayford
Logan,
Pinderhughes
said
the
19th
to
20th
century
represented the “nadir,” or
lowest point for Black political
development
in
the
United
States.
“...After the Civil War, after
abolition, African Americans
had begun to exercise some
power. They’d been able to
register to vote. They’d been
able
to
elect
numbers
of
Blacks to office at the local
level and the national level,”
Pinderhughes said.
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Thirty-five people came out
to Weill Hall to hear media
entrepreneur
Mike
Muse
talk about the intersection
between public policy and
pop culture Thursday. Muse
is the host of radio show “The
Mike Muse Show,” co-host of
“Sway in the Morning” and
is also an ABC News political
contributor. Throughout the
event, he analyzed politics
and pop culture topics such as
film, environment, music and
sports.
Muse
started
the
conversation
by
talking
about film and television,
specifically the movies “When
They See Us,” “The Kill Team”
and
the
“Dave
Chapelle”
series. He discussed their
effectiveness
in
creating
conversation by addressing
topics that are controversial
and come off as offensive. He
also said film can illustrate
stories that have been hard for
others to understand, which
was the case for “When They
See Us.”
“We heard the story of the
‘Central Park Five,’ but we
never got a chance to witness
it for those who may have been
too young, including myself,”
Muse said. “To see it on the
big screen, it takes on a whole
new narrative. When you see
it, you can feel it. The policies,
law, the courtroom become
humans, and then it becomes
lives at stake. You can see how
lives are impacted, so when
you see it on the big screen
that allows you to say: ‘OK,
how can we change things?’”
Before his media work,
Muse
was
an
industrial
engineer.
He
said
his
engineering background led
to an opportunity to serve as
a Google NextGen Tech Policy
Fellow.
The
intersection
between
technology
and
climate change came into
the
conversation
when
Muse talked about his time
at Formula E, a car race
consisting entirely of electric
cars.
“These (Formula E workers)
are climate fanatics and they
wanted to make a better
impact on the world, but it
was a marketing strategy,”
Muse said. “Businesses are
not rocking with electric cars
and hybrid vehicles because
it’s not sexy enough.
They don’t see them as
strong cars with the ability to
go fast. So, what they decided
to do was create an entire
racing industry to impact
climate, and I thought that
was the coolest thing.”
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The University of Michigan
Board of Regents approved a
number
of
finance
property
agreements,
listened
to
an
investment
and
endowment
report and appointed Valeria
Bertacco,
associate
professor
of electrical engineering and
computer science in the College
of Engineering, as vice provost
for engaged learning on the Ann
Arbor campus during a meeting
in the Northbank Center Grand
Ballroom on the University’s Flint
campus Thursday afternoon.
University
President
Mark
Schlissel opened the meeting
by
congratulating
Elizabeth
Anderson,
professor
of
philosophy at the University’s
Ann Arbor campus, for being
named a 2019 MacArthur finalist.
The MacArthur fellowship, also
known as a “genius grant,” awards
people of “outstanding talent”
$625,000 to pursue independent
projects.
Schlissel also mentioned the
recent announcement that the
University’s Ann Arbor campus
will host a presidential debate
in October 2020, saying he and
other University officials will
work to plan debate watch parties
and other activities in the months
before the debate takes place.
“This
event
places
the
University and state squarely
at the center of next year’s
presidential election,” Schlissel
said. “It provides a tremendous
opportunity
for
our
entire
community to do as we always
have, which is to lead the way
examining major national issues
while advancing democracy in
the United States.”
Schlissel told the board the
University
began
to
collect
feedback from the community
on their draft policy in the
Standard Practice Guide relating
to sexual misconduct. According
to Schlissel, the external review
committee that first evaluated
the
University
recommended
they create a single policy that
could apply to all sectors of the
University,
including
faculty,
staff and students on all three
campuses.
“Though the procedures for
different groups will remain
distinct,
we
are
seeking
community input on the draft
policy,” Schlissel said.
Erik
Lundberg,
the
chief
investment
officer
at
the
University, then presented the
latest investment and endowment
report for the three campuses.
Lundberg spoke about the state
of the University’s investments
and said while the University
is ranked among the top 10
schools based on the size of its
endowment, it is ranked lower
in terms of endowment per
student.
Public commentators express concerns
regarding three campuses, climate change
Radio host discusses intersection
of politics and popular culture
Mike Muse explains how government affects sports, music and film
Harvard
case may
affect ‘U’
policies
A2 police
oversight
group has
elections
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Radio host Mike Muse speaks at the Getting Stuff Done Workshop about climate change and its impact on college students
at the Ford School Thursday evening.
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affirmative action not
discriminatory, could
impact admissions at ‘U’
Commission elects vice
chair and chair, works
to increase social media
presence, transparency
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Political science expert
talks US racial dynamics
Notre Dame professor gives lecture on political history surrounding race
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Notre Dame Professor Dianne Pinderhughes speaks to audience members about the growing political incorporation of African Americans into electoral politics at the ISR
building Thursday afternoon.
Regents talk
endowment,
One University
at Flint meeting
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