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. 

Judge rules Harvard 
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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Daily Staff Reporter

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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 
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One University 
at Flint meeting

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