will be composed of students 
from 
across 
campus, 
with 
inclusion and equity in mind. 
Gerstein told The Daily the 
CCAC application will soon be 
sent to all students by email, 
and the Council will 
select 
students 
with 
the goal of representing 
a diversity of student 
voices. 
“The main thing we’re 
trying to ensure … with 
the selection of groups 
and the way we’ve sort 
of 
put 
together 
the 
CCAC, 
we 
hope 
it’s 
representative 
of 
the 
larger 
organizations 
on campus that already 
reach 
hundreds 
and 
thousands of students,” 
Gerstein said. “Our goal 
would be for those who are 
members of this who aren’t 
in any of those organizations, 
who do not have access through 
any of those organizations, 
to represent the individual 
student 
experience, 
maybe 
that’s not in the organizations 
represented.” 
Gerstein said many decisions 

regarding student participation 
and 
engagement, 
including 
debate day transportation and 
class attendance, will not be 
decided without student input. 
The CCAC will begin biweekly 
meetings 
in 
February 
and 
transition to weekly meetings 
in the fall. 
John Seto, deputy director of 

operations for the Department 
of Public Safety and Security, 
emphasized the importance of 
collaboration in the process of 
securing the campus. 
Seto 
said 
partnerships 
with other law enforcement 
organizations 
have 
already 
been established at the local, 
state and national levels and 

that DPSS plans on utilizing 
student input in the process. 
He also said student concerns 
about residence hall security 
will be integrated into safety 
planning. 
In response to a student 
question about how political 
demonstrations 
will 
be 
handled, 
Seto 
said 
law 

enforcement 
will 
protect 
free speech and the right to 
associate, but will not tolerate 
destruction 
of 
property 
or 
harm to students. Seto also 
stressed 
the 
nuances 
in 
policing the event. 
“A large police presence 
does not always equal feeling 
safer, especially with a lot of 

our communities that are on 
the margins or people that may 
feel the extra police presence is 
actually a threat,” Seto said.
Austin 
Glass, 
Rackham 
student and CSG representative, 
attended the town hall to learn 
more about what will be done 
to ensure a sense of safety for 
students. In an interview with 
The Daily, Glass said he 
appreciates the level of 
planning thus far, but 
urged students to keep a 
close eye on the process.
“Academically 
and 
educationally, 
(the 
debate) provides a lot 
of opportunities, but 
there are a lot of safety 
and cultural challenges 
… There are a lot of 
students, and I’m one 
of them, who have a 
lot of questions and a 
lot of concerns,” Glass 
said. “And that’s not 
to say they’re showstopping 
concerns, red flag, call-the-
show-off concerns, but I think 
that their concerns deserve 
the level of planning that’s 
going into this right now, and 
it deserves our attention to 
make sure that doesn’t fall off.” 

The homes were all built 
before 1944. When acquired 
by 
the 
University, 
the 
houses all served as various 
administrative buildings. 
The home located at 1007 E. 
Huron, currently serves as a 
supplemental building for the 
LSA administration. Charles 
Whitman, 
railroad 
tycoon 
and State Commissioner of 
Railroads, built it in 1891 and 
the University bought the home 
in 1936. 
Wineberg 
said 
the 
community was largely kept 
in the dark on the discussion 
about plans for demolishing the 
houses before the University 
confirmed this location for the 
College of Pharmacy.
“One of the things I wish 
they had done was let us know 
of other sites that would be 
considered for the Pharmacy 

School,” 
Wineberg 
said. 
“I 
still think there might be more 
appropriate places to look for a 
School of Pharmacy than in a 
neighborhood of houses.”
The second house, located 
at 1015 E. Huron, was the 
first place of residence for the 
University’s 
Alpha 
Chapter 
of Nu Sigma Nu, which is the 
oldest medical fraternity in the 
United States. Spier and Rohns, 
a famous Detroit architectural 
firm that also designed the 
University’s Kelsey Museum 
of Archaeology and the Gandy 
Dancer restaurant, built the 
second home. The house is 
currently unoccupied. 
Wineberg said she believes 
the demolition of these homes 
would be contradictory to the 
University’s 
commitment 
to 
sustainability.
“The 
whole 
question 
of 
sustainability 
is 
something 
that they’re (the University) 
proposing 
and 
yet 
this 
is 
not a sustainable behavior,” 

Wineberg said. “Lots of things 
have been dismissed about 
demolition not being a green 
thing to do, so wanting to 
be green and tearing down 
buildings are contradictory.”
The house located at 1027 E. 
Huron was built in 1895 and 
purchased by the University in 
1938. It was built for Josephine 
Murfin, whose son later became 
a regent for the University. 
It is currently the location 
of 
University’s 
Telefund, 
a 
fundraising initiative as part of 
the Annual Giving Department. 
Wineberg 
expressed 
her 
displeasure at the University’s 
decision to destroy historical 
buildings she has worked for 
years to protect, especially as 
these houses are a few blocks 
away from her own home.
“It affects me personally, 
too because I’m thinking ‘Oh, 
they’re creeping down Huron 
and pretty soon they’re going to 
be in my backyard,’” Wineberg 
said. “The last of my 30 years 

of life have been devoted 
to 
preserving 
Ann 
Arbor’s 
historic buildings, so of course 
it’s important to me. I think 
they’re unusually important 
buildings that represent what 
the town was like in the 19th 
century and its connections to 
the University.” 
Pharmacy 
student 
Kevin 
Hosseini said since the College 
of 
Pharmacy’s 
teaching, 
research and office spaces are 
distributed 
across 
different 
locations on campus, a new 
building in the historic district 
will be helpful in meeting 
students’ needs.
“The building is very old, so of 
course I am excited for the new 
building and believe it will help 
future students focus on their 
studies by having their own 
building rather than sharing 
with the LSA college,” Hosseini 
said. “The one limitation to 
the current building is simply 
limited studying space.”

Services conducts a lottery if 
the cap is hit within the first 
five business days to choose 
which petitions for visas are 
processed.
Because of his frustrating 
experience at the career fair 
and finding internships, Chen 
said he does not plan to attend 
another fair. To open up his 
job prospects and cultivate 
his interests, Chen said he is 
planning on attending graduate 
school and has been focusing on 
using his summers for research 
instead. 
According 
to 
Chen, 
his 
struggle is shared by many 
international students. Though 
some are able to find jobs at big 
companies, the opportunities 
are few.
Some 
large 
companies, 
like Google, have branches in 
multiple countries. Rackham 
student Siyin Zheng said she 
tried applying to the U.S. 
branch of global organizations 
but found she was discouraged 
from doing so by the companies.
“Some specific companies 
will tell you that they have 
branches in China or in other 
countries,” Zheng said. “So, 
if you are an international 
student, 
unfortunately, 
we 
encourage you to apply to those 

positions in your own country.” 
LSA freshman Lola Yang 
is from Canada and said she 
is already facing difficulties 
gaining 
work 
experience 
through 
internships. 
Yang 
said she is looking to find 
internships in the U.S. because 
there are more opportunities 
aligned 
with 
her 
interests 
in journalism and language 
immersion.
“Canada is a good country, 
but 
there 
aren’t 
as 
many 
opportunities,” Yang said. “For 
opportunities I’m looking for ... 
there just isn’t an environment 
like that.”
Yang and Chen both said it is 
important to find internships 
in the U.S. if someone wants to 
continue living and working in 
the country after graduation. 
Yang said going home could put 
one at a cultural disadvantage. 
“For international students, 
once you go home, you can be 
really out of touch from the 
country that you attend college 
in,” Yang said. “If you do want 
to gain experience and grow, 
you need to start looking out 
for opportunities early on.”
Engineering 
junior 
Sara 
Bashir is a Canadian citizen 
and green card holder. As a 
nuclear engineering major, she 
said many of the jobs she seeks 
are government contracted and 
require U.S. citizenship. 
“It’s just frustrating because 

a lot of times my advisor 
will forward us emails about 
internships or opportunities, 
and the first thing I do is check 
— does it say that you have to be 
a U.S. citizen?” Bashir said.
Bashir is now looking for 
work in Canada since she 
is barred from government 
jobs in the U.S. To open up 
more opportunities, she has 
worked at Michigan Medicine 
because it doesn’t require U.S. 
citizenship.
“Because medical physics is 
the least restrictive in terms 
of clearance levels, it kind 
of guided me into the field,” 
Bashir said. 
Mariella 
Mecozzi, 
senior 
assistant 
director 
of 
Pre-
Professional Services at the 
University Career Center, said 
in an email to The Daily that 
international 
students 
face 
unique challenges during job or 
internship search processes.
“Job searching is hard for 
all students, but international 
students have the additional 
challenge of having to operate 
within the restrictions and 
timelines dictated by their 
visa type and having to adapt 
to different cultural norms,” 
Mecozzi wrote. “As for the 
reasons why things are the 
way they are, the U.S. is not 
alone in having rules governing 
employment 
eligibility. 
U.S. 
employers 
are 
required 
to 

check the work authorization 
of every worker they hire or 
they can face stiff penalties.”
The 
job 
or 
internship 
application form can also prove 
to be a frustrating process for 
international students. Zheng 
said 
her 
past 
experiences 
with these online applications 
were frustrating because they 
asked whether she was an 
international student or not.
“When 
you 
apply 
for 
a 
job and fill out a form, there 
is an option that you need 
sponsorship in the future or 
not, are you an international 
student?” 
Zheng 
said. 
“If 
you click yes, sometimes the 
computer will automatically 
kick you out. You may not even 
have the opportunity to do the 
next step.”
Mustafa said she encountered 
similar experiences and heard 
that 
once 
students 
check 
the 
box 
marking 
them 
as 
international, their application 
can get filtered out of the 
system.
“It’s 
really 
frustrating, 
right?” Mustafa said. “Because 
you cannot lie, but then you 
know that by checking that 
box, you’re probably getting an 
automatic out.”
Outside 
of 
status, 
international 
students 
said 
they also face another barrier 
— language. 
In an email to The Daily, 

Kerri 
Boivin, 
director 
of 
the 
Michigan 
Engineering 
Career Resource Center, said 
international 
students 
often 
struggle with language and 
lack of awareness about U.S. 
business culture. 
“We encourage international 
students to immerse themselves 
in 
campus-based 
cultural 
experiences such as intramural 
sports, residence hall activities, 
student 
organizations 
and 
project teams,” Boivin said. 
“We’ve seen that those who 
take tangible steps to step 
outside of their comfort zone in 
some of these areas have been 
able to navigate the U.S. job 
search with more effectiveness 
than others.”
Zheng said she has felt 
overlooked as an applicant 
because English is not her first 
language.
“I’m not native speaker,” 
Zheng said. “In this case, I 
might not be as competitive as 
other native speakers. I feel like 
those companies may feel like, 
‘Okay, those native speakers 
meet my needs, so why bother 
other international students?’’”
To 
better 
improve 
her 
prospects, Zheng is involved 
in 
Graduate 
Rackham 
International 
and 
uses 
the 
University 
Career 
Alumni Network to conduct 
informational 
interviews. 
She 
also 
attends 
company 

information sessions to network 
and visits the University Career 
Center to have her resume 
critiqued when gearing up for 
the career fair.
When 
asked 
how 
international 
students 
could 
better 
improve 
their 
application prospects despite 
the 
challenges, 
Mecozzi 
emphasized 
the 
importance 
of using University resources, 
creating 
strong 
connections 
and researching the field when 
job hunting.
“Take 
a 
multi-pronged 
approach to your job search by 
becoming more knowledgeable 
about the type of opportunities 
you are pursuing,” Mecozzi 
wrote. 
“But 
perhaps 
more 
important 
than 
anything, 
(leverage) online networks and 
mechanisms to connect with 
alumni and other individuals 
currently 
working 
in 
your 
chosen industry or job function, 
like 
the 
University 
Career 
Alumni 
Network, 
LinkedIn, 
etc.”
While 
these 
approaches 
work 
for 
some, 
Mustafa 
said the University could do 
more 
to 
help 
international 
graduate students. She said 
she 
believes 
the 
current 
resources are targeted towards 
the domestic students rather 
than 
international 
students, 
particularly when it comes to 
graduate students. 

the presidential debates into 
our already existing classes 
and 
thinking 
about 
the 
themes of participation and 
democracy,” Beatty said.
The 
committee 
also 
discussed 
lighting 
standards for the University 
and 
Ann 
Arbor 
light 
pollution. The city of Ann 
Arbor is in the final stages of 
its light pollution policies. 
The committee said the 
University needs to keep up 
with the city’s policies and 
outline the steps they are 
taking to address this issue.
Senate Assembly Member 
Neil 
Marsh 
brought 
up 
electronic 
voting 
as 
a 
potential agenda item. The 
members 
also 
discussed 
the 
policies 
surrounding 
the proper use of e-voting 
and whether e-voting was 
a good way to carry out 
SACUA elections. MaryJo 
Banasik, director of the 
Faculty 
Senate 
Office, 
outlined the issues that 
need 
to 
be 
addressed 
before the electronic voting 
platform is in place. 
“I just want to make sure 
that the system is up and 
ready 
in 
time,” 
Banasik 
said. “If we’re going to use 
the voting platform then 
it needs to be set up so 
that there’s a U-M login, 
so that it’s secure and our 
IT surfaces are working 
on securing that and may 
have to have a contract for 
procurement services and 
they have been working 
on finalizing that. So if all 
those items are done then it 
should be available to use.” 
The 
committee 
also 
addressed the possibility of 
reorganizing underutilized 
committees. 
Members 
drafted their reasons for 

merging, discontinuing or 
starting new committees 
and sent those concerns out 
to other senate advisory 
committee members. 
The committees discussed 
merging 
the 
committees 
that are not as active, like 
the Tri-Campus Committee 
and CIU, with those that 
are more productive like the 
Committee on Civil Rights 
and Liberties. They said 
this would increase their 
overall reach and give them 
more of a mandate to act on 
issues. 
“We thought if we could 
put those three together 
that would be a way to make 
sure that there would be 
enough meat for all of them 
to sink their teeth into,” 
Beatty said.
Senate Assembly member 
David 
Potter 
led 
the 
discussion 
on 
 
forming 
a committee for judicial 
review. They acknowledged 
these mergers would also 
result in some members 
being bumped off of certain 
committees due to lack of 
space.
“A 
faculty 
judicial 
committee 
is 
a 
pretty 
standard 
feature 
on 
campuses,” 
Potter 
said. 
“Potentially we might be 
able to find a way to expand 
the curve especially in cases 
of grievances.”

Senate 
Assembly 

member Sara Ahbel-Rappe 
reintroduced 
the 
One 
University Campaign and 
supporting the Dearborn 
and Flint campuses, which 
was brought up in previous 
SACUA meetings. 
“It seems like a time we 
really need to try to think 
about the One University 
issue and how to support 
the 
other 
campuses,” 
Ahbel-Rappe 
said. 
“We 
should devote some love to 
answering this question.”

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of safety and cultural challenges … There are a lot 
of students, and I’m one of them, who have a lot 
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provided halal foods for her and 
friends when dining hall options 
were not available. Khan said 
Elevation had become a regular 
hangout spot for the past three 
years. 
“A lot of me and my friends, our 
freshman year, when the dining 
halls weren’t halal, would always go 
there to eat because they were one of 
the two restaurants on campus that 
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