On 
Tuesday 
night, 
the 
University 
of 
Michigan’s 
Central Student Government 
met to discuss candidate criteria 
for the new vice president of 
Student Life and updates on 
the renovation of the Michigan 
Union.
Members 
of 
the 
Vice 
President 
for 
Student 
Life 
Search 
Advisory 
Committee 
attended the 12th CSG of the 
year meeting to hear comments 
and concerns about replacement 
candidates 
for 
E. 
Royster 
Harper, who will be retiring in 
January. Robert Sellers, vice 
provost for equity and inclusion 
and chief diversity officer, sat in 
place of Committee Chair Alec 
Gallimore. 
Presidential Mark Schissel 
launched the search on Oct. 10, 

to find a new vice president of 
Student Life. The committee 
has already held two town halls 
to gather student input for the 
search and plans to meet with 
Harper’s 
student 
advisory 
board next week and eventually, 
Harper herself. 
Sellers 
shared 
the 
committee 
has 
decided 
to 
make the candidates’ identities 
confidential in order to find 
the most qualified person and 
protect them from retaliation at 
their current career positions. 
“The 
reason 
for 
confidentiality 
is 
to 
really 
make sure that we get the very 
best candidates to apply and 
participate in the process,” 
Sellers said. “Many of the 
candidates that we will be 
looking 
at 
are 
currently 
employed in very important, 
interesting positions, and the 
idea of a public search that 

they may actually not end up 
as the number one case could 
potentially 
jeopardize 
their 
standing 
in 
their 
current 
institution.”
Assembly members shared 
concerns regarding what they 
wanted the new vice president 
to be aware of once they take 
over. Ben Gerstein, Public Policy 
junior and CSG president, told 
the search committee he wanted 
the new vice president to be 
prepared to handle the political 
climate on campus, especially in 
light of the University hosting 
the 
presidential 
debate 
in 
October 2020. 
“I think that’s important 
to keep in mind that, given 
we are entering an election 
year, that there are going to 
be 
controversial 
discussions 
on 
campus, 
and 
to 
make 
sure 
that 
they 
have 
an 
understanding of that and have 
prior experience dealing 
with issues in a political 
campus climate,” Gerstein 
said. “Understanding the 
importance 
of 
involving 
students in issues about the 
election when they come up, 
especially around security, 
and the fact that we are 
holding 
a 
presidential 
debate next year will add to 
that issue as well.”
Taylor Lansey, LSA junior 
and CSG treasurer, told 
the search committee the 
candidate should focus on 
improving Counseling and 
Psychological Services, as 
well as students’ awareness 
of campus resources. 
“In terms of CAPS, I 
think that someone who 
values 
the 
integration 
of that into our general 
community 
might 
be 
beneficial,” 
Lansey 
said. 
“Somebody who values the 
integration of that because 
we are saying we don’t want 
students to be afraid to go 
to CAPS, but I would say a 
large number of students 
actually haven’t met anyone 

from CAPS.”
In addition, Director of the 
Michigan Union Amy White 
spoke to CSG about the new 
renovations and goals of the 
Michigan Union. The Michigan 
Union has been closed for 
renovation since April 2018 and 
will reopen in January 2020. 
She gave a presentation about 
the history of the union and its 
renovation plans.
Student 
organizations 
will be housed on the second 
floor of the Union, along with 
the IdeaHub, an open space 
for 
student 
organization 
meetings. 
Previously, 
there 
were only 80 offices for student 
organizations, 
but 
the 
new 
building will provide enough 
space 
for 
all 
the 
student 
organizations 
on 
campus. 
Student Life’s office will be 
located on the third floor. CAPS 
and SAPAC will be on the fourth 
floor, allowing more private 
space for counselors to meet 
with students.
White said feedback from 
students has been essential 
in renovating the Union, and 
many of those concerns were 
addressed in the renovations, 
including creating more space 
for student organizations.
“Those 
of 
you 
who 
experienced the Union before 
we closed might remember that 
the student organization office 
in the building were tucked 
in former hotel rooms on the 
fourth floor,” White said. “...
What we heard was that we 
need to look at a different model 
for that. The other thing that 
we heard was there are 1,600 
student organizations on this 
campus. We have 80 office 
spaces on the fourth floor, that 
doesn’t even begin to look at 
the equity across organizations 
and the needs that exist. So 
what we’ve looked to do is really 
design a new space.”

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Spooky festivities brew on Halloween

October 31, 1990
Ghastly ghouls and spooky 
sights are sure to attract 
scary 
souls 
tonight.That 
is if you’re not too old for 
Halloween. Unfortunately 
for 
horrific-minded 
but 
responsible 
students, 
Halloween 
falls 
on 
a 
midweek evening amidst 
midterm 
anxiety. 
As 
a 
result, some of the fun has 
to wait until the weekend.
“Halloween comes at a 
bad time this year,” said 
LSA sophomore Jonathon 
Marx. 
“I 
haven’t 
even 
thought 
of 
going 
out, 

especially since I have a 
midterm. 
Besides, 
most 
people either celebrated it 
last weekend or will this 
weekend.”
Last weekend did not 
lack activities. East Quad 
did the “Halloween Thang” 
and 
R.O.T.C. 
sponsored 
its annual Haunted House 
before hundreds of scary 
souls.
In spite of midterms, 
a 
multitude 
of 
parties 
have 
worked 
their 
way 
into 
students’ 
calendars 
this 
week. 
Among 
the 
Halloween 
personalities 

appearing this week are 
Phantom 
of 
the 
Opera, 
Medussa and the New Kids 
on the Block.
Fantasy Attic, a popular 
customer in Ann Arbor, 
is not surprised by their 
excellent sales this season. 
Lindsay 
James, 
a 
sales 
assistant, said “Dick Tracy, 
Breathless Mahoney and 
the Teenage Mutant Ninja 
Turtles are the hot in 
demand this year. Pirates 
are always a favorite, too.”
Big kids aren’t holding 
a monopoly on fun in Ann 
Arbor this week. Residence 

halls, such as Mary Markley, 
East Quad and Stockwell, 
are taking part in Trick-or-
Treating activities for local 
children. Student residents 
who signed up are visited 
by area kids making the 
candy rounds.
First-year LSA student 
and East Quad resident Jun 
Pangilinan is taking part in 
the festivities. He said “I 
thought it’d be nice to watch 
the kids Trick-or-Treating 
since I’m no longer doing it 
myself.” His intentions are 
less than noble, however, as 
he added, “Besides, I get to 

keep the candy left-overs.”
Music enthusiasts eagerly 
await the School of Music’s 
annual Halloween Concert 
tonight. The fun is slated 
to begin at 9 p.m. as the 
University 
Philharmonic 
Orchestra performs skits 
and ensembles before a 
sold-out audience at Hill 
Auditorium. Free tickets 
were 
distributed 
within 
two hours of availability 
weeks ago.
“It 
should 
be 
really 
fun,” said School of Music 
sophomore 
Jennifer 
Fari 
Ansel. 
“Everyone, 

including 
some 
of 
the 
audience, comes dressed 
in costumes. Some of the 
sections are coming as a 
group. I’m excited to see 
the flutes in their ZZ Top 
skit.”
Yet, amidst the fun, the 
environmental concerns of 
the 1990’s are not forgotten. 
LSA senior Elizabeth Steel 
said “the weirdest costume 
At East Quad’s Halloween 
Thang would have to be the 
guy who came dressed in 
non-recyclable plastic.” 
It must have been a scary 
sight to behold.

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