Earlier this month, when 
California passed its Fair Pay 
to Play Act, allowing college 
athletes to profit off their 
name, 
image 
and 
likeness 
starting in 2023, mum was 
the word among Michigan’s 
football players.
The would-be beneficiaries 
generally claimed ignorance. 
Some, like senior left tackle 
Jon Runyan Jr., were more 
forthcoming, 
saying 
they 
understand why some would 
benefit from the extra money 
that would come with the bill.
On Tuesday night, hours 
after the NCAA’s Board of 
Directors voted to start moving 
its rules towards becoming 
consistent with the California 
law, there was little ambiguity 
in the response.
“Everybody’s 
getting 
richer,” said senior cornerback 
Lavert Hill. “We need a piece 
of the pie, too, I guess. That’s 

about it.”
The 
NCAA’s 
vote 
shouldn’t 
be 
mistaken 
for 
actual legislation or action. 
The 
organization, 
which 
threatened to sue over the 
California law when it was 
passed, merely signaled more 
openness to the idea. That’s 
not nothing, but it’s not paying 
athletes.
In a statement released 
Tuesday, 
the 
NCAA 
said 
that 
rule 
changes 
could 
occur immediately, but with 
guidelines that include keeping 
much of the current system 
intact.
“I don’t really know what 
the NCAA is really proposing,” 
said 
fifth-year 
senior 
linebacker Jordan Glasgow. 
“Just saying that we’re gonna 
get money based off of our 
likeness is pretty ambiguous. 
Do I feel like some people need 
more, possibly, to sustain a 
good lifestyle? Probably, yeah. 
But it’s difficult for me to say at 
this moment.”

A group of seven students and 
community members gathered 
silently outside of McDonald’s 
on Plymouth Rd. Tuesday in 
protest 
against 
the 
fast-food 
chain’s history of cruelty to 
chickens. The protest was hosted 
by the University of Michigan’s 
Michigan Animal Respect Society 

as part of The Humane League’s 
Student Alliance for Animals.
This 
week, 
The 
Humane 
League is holding a national 
Halloween week of action to put 
pressure on fast-food chains and 
other companies to adopt more 
sustainable and ethical practices. 
MARS joined student groups 
across the country in the “I’m 
Not Lovin’ It” campaign aimed at 
McDonald’s and the mistreatment 
of chickens in their supply chain.

Art & Design senior Sam 
Plouff, president of MARS, helped 
organize 
Tuesday’s 
protest. 
Plouff said MARS worked in 
conjunction with The Humane 
League to urge McDonald’s to 
implement more ethical animal 
treatment methods, especially 
since other fast-food chains have 
begun to listen to consumer 
demand on the topic. 
“We’re 
just 
looking 
for 
(McDonald’s) to improve on their 

standards, because they are a 
leader in the food industry and 
usually things that they improve 
on are usually pushed in other 
aspects of the industry,” Plouff 
said. “They’re actually behind a 
lot of other big food services right 
now. Wendy’s, Starbucks, Subway, 
all of them have adopted better 
animal welfare standards in the 
last few years and McDonald’s 
has really been lagging.”

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The Center for the Education 
of Women + hosted its annual 
CEW+ Advocacy Symposium on 
Tuesday. This year, the theme 
centered around “Redefining 
Leadership,” 
and 
the 
symposium schedule comprised 
keynote speakers, development 

workshops and a roundtable 
discussion. 
The center supports the 
University 
of 
Michigan 
community by providing events, 
workshops, counseling, as well 
as scholarships and emergency 
funding to help individuals 
finance their degrees. The goal 
of CEW+ is to empower women 
and underserved individuals 
to help them reach their full 

potential.
According to CEW+ Director 
Tiffany Marra, CEW+ first 
launched 
the 
symposium 
to empower students, staff 
and community members to 
advocate for themselves when 
faced with a lack of resources, 
training, 
and 
supportive 
community.
During her opening speech, 
Marra 
highlighted 
the 

different leadership styles the 
symposium explores.
“There’s no single definition 
of leadership — there’s no 
one way to lead,” Marra said. 
“Today’s 
symposium 
will 
challenge normative ideas of 
leadership, and our presenters 
will provide alternative models 
of leadership that you can look 
towards for inspiration.”
The University of Michigan 
and Speech First, an organization 
dedicated to promoting and 
upholding freedom of speech 
on college campuses, agreed 
to settle an ongoing lawsuit 
related to freedom of speech and 
the University’s Bias Response 
Team. The agreement to settle, 
which effectively dismissed the 
lawsuit, was reached between 
Oct. 24 and 25.
Since 
May 
8, 
2018, 
the 
University and Speech First have 
been engaged in a dispute over 
whether the University’s Bias 
Response Team stifled freedom 
of 
speech 
on 
campus 
and 
violated the First Amendment. 
The University created the Bias 
Response Team during the 2010-
2011 academic year to investigate 
claims of racism, sexism and 
other forms of discrimination 
put 
forth 
anonymously 
by 
students, 
faculty 
and 
staff. 
Speech First declared the team 
unconstitutional.
According to the settlement 
agreement, 
the 
University 
replaced 
the 
Bias 
Response 
Team with Campus Climate 
Support beginning in the 2019-
2020 school year with no plans 
to reinstate the Bias Response 
Team in the future. 

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