Central Student Government
Assembly discussed the University’s
sexual misconduct policy, funding
for student organizations and the
CSG calendar at their meeting
Tuesday night.
The Assembly began with a
presentation led by Erik Wessel,
director of the Office of Student
Conflict resolution and member of
a task force created by President
Schlissel to work on the umbrella
policy for sexual misconduct at
the University. Wessel was joined
by Patty Petrowski, University
associate vice president and deputy
general counsel, and University
Title IX coordinator Elizabeth
Seney.
An
external
review
of
University
sexual
misconduct
policies earlier this year resulted
in recommendations to adopt an
umbrella policy to address sexual
misconduct broadly and to revise
employee and student procedures.
Following this, Schlissel created
a task force to implement these
recommendations. On Oct. 15, they
released a draft of the policy and
requested community feedback,
which they will accept until Nov. 22.
Wessel summarized the key
provisions of the drafted policy,
which defines prohibited conduct
and responsible employees and
expands confidential resources on
campus. It also includes student
procedures consistent with the
interim student sexual misconduct
policy, which has been in effect
since January and remains under
review. These procedures offer
students
the
opportunity
to
resolve matters either through an
investigative resolution, consisting
of an investigation and hearing,
or an adaptable resolution, a non-
disciplinary approach that must
be agreed on by both students
and approved by the Title IX
coordinator.
“One of the strengths of our
policy as it’s currently written is that
our policy doesn’t prescribe just one,
singular pathway for resolution,”
Wessel said. “What’s somewhat
unique here at the University of
Michigan that isn’t the case at many
institutions across the country
is that we have the opportunity
to engage in an investigatory
process. That is a very important
and legitimate process to offer.
We also have the opportunity to
offer voluntary, adaptive resolution
options as well, because we also
know that the range of needs and
the range of interests of students
being expansive is also something
we’re taking into consideration.”
After presenting the policy draft,
Wessel called for feedback from
CSG members. Some members of
the Assembly expressed concern
surrounding
the
cross-
examination portion of the
hearing. Wessel clarified the
policy allows participants to
choose to attend hearings from
separate
locations
through
video assisted technology, a
method that has been chosen
for 100 percent of cross-
examinations thus far. He added
if parties mutually agree, the
cross-examination can occur in
written form through the chat
function of BlueJeans, a video
conferencing platform.
Patrowski
also
explained
after the Doe v. Baum decision
required the cross-examination
component of the investigatory
resolution, the University filed
a petition for a rehearing. The
petition sought to avoid direct
confrontation between both
parties by allowing the hearing
officer to conduct the cross-
examination.
However,
the
petition was denied by the Sixth
Circuit Court.
Many members’ questions
centered
around
students’
ability to select an adviser for
support during the hearing
process. These advisers are silent
participants who can confer with
students
during
breaks.
Some
students worried differences in
access to legal counsel as advisers
could
create
inequity
in
the
investigative resolution.
LSA
sophomore
Sujin
Kim
recommended
the
University
provide access to legal counsel for
all students in order to mitigate
these concerns.
“One thing I’ve heard from my
constituents regarding this issue
is that people would feel a lot more
comfortable coming forward and
saying something if there was some
form… or some way that students
could access legal representation,
even if they personally can’t afford
it,” Kim said.
During the executive report, Ben
Gerstein, CSG president and Public
Policy
junior,
discussed
CSG’s
subsidization of 75 Group-X passes
to increase access to Recreational
Sports fitness classes. Gerstein
said CSG has received many
applications, but there are still some
passes available. Applications will
close Nov. 11.
CSG then discussed a resolution
to reimburse the Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity for money previously
authorized to fund the group’s
travel and lodging at a national
convention over the summer. Due
to delayed submission of some of
the information required to process
reimbursement,
CSG
had
not
supplied this funding. The resolution
to supply the funding passed.
LSA sophomore Sam Braden put
forth a resolution to allocate funding
to support The Michigan Gayly,
an LGBTQ+ student publication.
Some members expressed concern
over using legislative discretionary
funds for a student organization, as
funding for student organizations
is usually provided through the
Student
Organization
Funding
Committee, a subcommittee within
CSG to which student organizations
apply for funding.
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‘Army’ of students mobilizes to encourage high youth turnout
Nov. 6, 2000
With
voter
drives
on
campus
registering
nearly
7,000
students
in
the
past
year,
the
University ranks as one
of the top three colleges
nationwide in terms of
new voter registration.
And with one day left
until
the
polls
open,
volunteers
are
making
sure those students turn
out to cast their ballots.
Efforts by the Michigan
Student Assembly’s Voice
Your
Vote
commission
have given the University
one of the largest student
voting
populations
in
the country along with
the University of Oregon
and
the
University
of
California at Santa Cruz.
“You
have
an
army
in
Ann
Arbor,”
said
YouthVote 2000 deputy
campaign manager Ryan
Friedrichs,
a
recent
University
graduate.
“Nobody in the country
is as good as this stuff
here.”
Voice
Your
Vote,
a
nonpartisan
effort
to
register students, is out
to
make
sure
student
voter
turnout
is
high,
regardless of who they
support.
Today
and
tomorrow
teams of volunteers are
knocking on doors and
staffing phone banks to
remind people to vote.
An MTV tent will be set
up in the Diag today to
distribute
information
and
encourage
voter
turnout.
Volunteers
are
not
allowed into University
residence
halls,
where
solicitation is prohibited.
“Thankfully,
most
of
the
dorms
are
polling
places,” said a Voice Your
Vote team leader, Michael
Gold, an LSA sophomore.
YouthVote
2000,
a
nationwide organization
to
encourage
political
participation
among
young
voters,
helped
organize
and
provide
resources for the voter
registration
drive
and
this week’s events.
Friedrichs said one of
the goals of YouthVote
2000
is
that
enough
people vote this year so
candidates,
pay
more
attention to the age group
in 2004.
“Ann Arbor can become
a model of how to break
the cycle of neglect of
this country,” he said.
Voice Your Vote team
leader Mike Pearson, an
Engineering sophomore,
said he plans to vote for
Republican
candidate
George
W.
Bush
but
decided
to
join
the
turnout
effort
rather
than the partisan effort.
“I also felt and do feel
that if this organization is
going to be non-partisan,
it’s
important
to
have
people from all sides of
the
political
spectrum.
Voice
Your
Vote’s
remaining
nonpartisan
is crucial to its success,”
Pearson
said.
“We’ve
worked very hard to do
that, and I think we’ve
done a good job.”
Volunteers said they are
mostly
concerned
with
the perception that young
people are apathetic to
the political process.
“People
our
age
are
informed and know what’s
going on, so they need to
demonstrate that,” said
Voice Your Vote volunteer
Shira
Tolins,
an
LSA
sophomore.
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