The University of Michigan
Central Student Government
met
in
Pierpont
Commons
Tuesday
night
to
appoint
new
representatives,
discuss
executive
projects
regarding
mental
health
and student accessibility to
campus resources, as well as
accommodations
for
student
absences on election days.
Kate Stenvig voiced concerns
regarding deportations to Iraq
during the community concerns
portion of the meeting. She
highlighted the urgency of CSG
passing a resolution to mandate
the
University
boycott
its
partnership with Delta Airlines
in order to prevent deportation
flights.
Stenvig
also
spoke
about
the deportation case of Oliver
Awshana, who came to the U.S.
as a teenage refugee. When
immigration officials tried to
deport him over the summer,
the pilot refused to fly the
plane. Awshana pleaded his case
again, though he was directed
to be deported again. Awshana
lost the lawsuit, which Stenvig
said she sees as a sign of what
the Senate is planning to do
in regard to President Donald
Trump’s impeachment.
“We just got the decision
today, and what that tells us is
that the judge was waiting to
see what happened with the
situation with Trump,” Stenvig
said. “And it’s clear that what’s
going to happen is that the
Senate is going to acquit him
and that he was going to get
away with everything.”
Medical
student
Solomon
Rajput, a Democrat running
for U.S. Congress in the 12th
District
against
incumbent
Debbie Dingell, updated the
Assembly on the progress of his
campaign and his reasons for
running.
“I feel like we are on the
cusp of a huge moment in this
country, where if we don’t mess
up we could really address some
of these human rights issues,”
Rajput said. “At this point, it is
clear to the American people
that we can’t just abandon our
political systems and expect
there to be change. We need to
go out there and fight for world
policies that will solve problems
at a fundamental level.”
CSG President Ben Gerstein,
Public Policy junior, gave the
biannual State of the Students
report, informing the Assembly
of the University’s Board of
Regents’ creation of a $9.19
semesterly student fee to fund
CSG. He noted students with
certain financial aid packages
would be exempt from these fees.
Gerstein also notified the
Assembly of the progress of
the Affordability Task Force’s
five-year plan and their success
in increasing advertising for
the Maize and Blue Cupboard,
creating a microwave map and
installing microwaves at campus
cafes. He also mentioned the
task force’s future plans of
establishing how the housing
cost of attendance is calculated
and linking it to off-campus
market situations.
Gerstein also spoke about
CSG
initiatives
to
increase
accessibility and affordability
for students such as discounted
meal
plans
for
off-campus
students, funding microwaves
in the Shapiro Library and the
Michigan League and increasing
MCard swiping hours.
His address highlighted CSG’s
plans to provide students with a
platform to acquire iClickers,
calculators and textbooks as
opposed to relying on Facebook.
Gerstein spoke about CSG’s
agenda to create a guide for
mental health services available
on campus, creating a fund for
the Spectrum Center to support
the LGBTQ+ community and
plans to increase the hours of
the Oxford Housing shuttle to
better accommodate students’
needs.
Gerstein discussed ongoing
efforts to improve students’
lives.
“I
am
currently
working
with President Schlissel and a
students’ round table to figure
out better ways to enhance
student well-being on campus,”
Gerstein said.
The Assembly used a secret
ballot to elect the Chair of the
Communications
Committee.
Out of the two nominees, LSA
representatives Drishaan Jain
and Sam Burnstein, Jain was
elected.
Additionally, the Assembly
unanimously recalled Business
representatives Jonah Cuenca
and Mohamed Omran because
of their excessive absences.
The Assembly also passed a
resolution to support excused
absences
on
election
days
and urge professors to amend
syllabi to provide reasonable
accommodations
to
students
who do not attend class on
election
day
provided
that
attendance in the course would
restrict students’ participation
in civic affairs.
Following a debate regarding
CSG
attendance,
Treasurer
Taylor Lansey, LSA junior, said
it was important for committee
members to be respectful of one
another.
“We all have opinions here
— opinions that matter — and
other people also have the
right to voice their opinions
and be respected when they do
so,” Lansey said. “I think that a
lot of people might appreciate
speaking a cordial tone. I think it
might be beneficial for all of us to
be a little bit, for lack of a better
term, nicer to one another.”
Reporter Navya Gupta can
be reached at itznavya@umich.
edu.
FE ATU RE
2A — Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
News
MADDIE FOX/Daily
Stamps professor Catherine Van Voorhis exhibits her paintings in the Rotunda Gallery at the North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Tuesday
afternoon.
TUESDAY:
By Design
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
Behind the Story
MONDAY:
Looking at the Numbers
WEDNESDAY:
This Week in History
NAVYA GUPTA
Daily Staff Reporter
Assembly hears from Ben Gerstein, congressional candidate Solomon Rajput at Tuesday meeting
Central Student Government President
delivers State of the Students address
Feb. 5, 1970: Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs
hits Students for a Democratic Society’s disruptive actions
The
Senate
Advisory
Committee
on
University
Affairs (SACUA) yesterday
condemned recent vandalism
at the University and said
it would not hesitate to
recommend
strengthening
University
disciplinary
procedures if the present
ones prove inadequate.
The statement approved
unanimously at a special
meeting
of
the
faculty
executive
committee,
came just one day after
President Robben Fleming
announced
a
three-point
disciplinary
program
aimed at persons involved
in
recent
disruptions
at
the
University.
SACUA’s
statement
expressed
a
concern about “the recent
series of events involving
violent tactics by a few
persons at the University.”
In an apparent expression of
concern with the harassment
of corporation and military
recruiters over the last two
weeks. The release called on
the University community
to
reaffirm
support
and
enforcement of the principle
of academic freedom.
The special session was
called by SACUA Chairman
Joseph
Payne,
who
said
the group was concerned
about the recent vandalism
at
North
Hall
and
SDS
demonstrations against the
recruiters.
The three-point SACUA
statement first calls upon “all
elements in the University
community to reaffirm and
maintain their support of the
principle that the campus
must be a free market place
of ideas.”
It further asks that the
“University resist the efforts
of all outside and inside
forces that would restrict
its freedom, let alone the
civil liberties of some of its
members.”
The
second
section
is
concerned with the “Strain on
the disciplinary and judicial
processes of the University”
created by disturbances. The
statement said SACUA would
recommend new University
judicial
institutions
if
the
present
ones
prove
inadequate.
“No
specific
proposals
were discussed,” said history
Prof.
Gerhard
Weinberg.
“Just the feeling that the
existing
procedures
will
obviously be put to a severe
test.”
“Those
interested
in
maintaining
a
free
University
are
concerned
about seeing whether the
existing
institutions
can
hold up,” he added.
The
last
section
of
the
SACUA
statement
condemned the vandalism
because of the expense it
causes the University.
The
statement
charged
that vandalism takes funds
urgently needed “for the
support of larger numbers of
students from disadvantaged
sectors of the population.”
The
statement
concludes
by suggesting a “reordering
of priorities right here and
now.”
The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during
the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is
available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the
Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long
subscriptions are $275. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription
rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid.
ERIN WHITE
Managing Editor
ekwhite@michigandaily.com
SAYALI AMIN and LEAH GRAHAM
Managing News Editors news@michigandaily.com
Senior News Editors: Barbara Collins, Claire Hao, Alex Harring, Ben Rosenfeld,
Emma Stein, Liat Weinstein
Assistant News Editors: Francesca Duong, Julia Forrest, Brayden Hirsh, Jasmin
Lee, Hannah Mackay, Parnia Mazhar, Alyssa McMurtry, Emma Ruberg, Julia
Rubin, Michal Ruprecht, Arjun Thakkar
EMILY CONSIDINE and MILES STEPHENSON
Editorial Page Editors tothedaily@michigandaily.com
Senior Opinion Editors: Alanna Berger, Brittany Bowman, Zack Blumberg,
Timothy Spurlin, Joel Weiner
JOHN DECKER and JULIANNA MORANO
Managing Arts Editors
arts@michigandaily.com
ALLISON ENGKVIST and ANNIE KLUSENDORF
Managing Photo Editors photo@michigandaily.com
MAGDALENA MIHAYLOVA
Statement Editor statement@michigandaily.com
Deputy Editors: Emily Stillman, Marisa Wright
MADISON GAGNE and SADIA JIBAN
Managing Copy Editors copydesk@michigandaily.com
Senior Copy Editors: Olivia Bradish, Sophie Kephart, Silas Lee, Olivia Sedlacek,
Ellie Scott
TIM CHO and SIMRAN PUJJI
Managing Online Editors
webteam@michigandaily.com
Senior Web Developers: Parth Dhyani, Abha Panda, Rohan Prashant, Jonathan
Liu
ALEC COHEN and ELI SIDER
Managing Video Editors video@michigandaily.com
Senior Michigan in Color Editors: Zoha Bharwani, Lora Faraj, Ayomide
Okunade, Gabrijela Skoko
Assistant Michigan in Color Editors: Cheryn Hong, Anamkia Kannan, Vaishali
Nambiar, Sean Tran, Angela Zhang
Senior Sports Editors: Aria Gerson, Bailey Johnson, Ben Katz, Jacob Kopnick,
Anna Marcus, Rian Ratnavale
Assistant Sports Editors: Connor Brennan, Lily Friedman, Lane Kizziah,
Brendan Roose, Kent Schwartz, Molly Shea
Senior Video Editors: Ryan O’Connor, Joseph Sim
Senior Social Media Editors: Jessie Norris, Mya Steir, Kristina Zheng
Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building
420 Maynard St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327
www.michigandaily.com
ARTS SECTION
arts@michigandaily.com
SPORTS SECTION
sports@michigandaily.com
ADVERTISING
dailydisplay@gmail.com
NEWS TIPS
news@michigandaily.com
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
tothedaily@michigandaily.com
EDITORIAL PAGE
opinion@michigandaily.com
ANITA MICHAUD
Business Manager
734-418-4115 ext. 1241
ammichau@michigandaily.com
ELIZABETH LAWRENCE
Editor in Chief
734-418-4115 ext. 1251
esla@michigandaily.com
PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION
photo@michigandaily.com
NEWSROOM
734-418-4115 opt. 3
CORRECTIONS
corrections@michigandaily.com
THEO MACKIE and ETHAN SEARS
Managing Sports Editors sportseditors@michigandaily.com
Senior Arts Editors: Jo Chang, Elise Godfryd, Zoe Phillips, Jonah Mendelson,
Ally Owens
Arts Beat Editors: Samantha Cantie, Dana Pierangeli, Andrew Pluta, Cassandra
Mansuetti, Anish Tamhaney, Sophia Yoon
SHERRY CHEN and CHRISTINE JEGARL
Managing Design Editors
design@michigandaily.com
Senior Design Editor: Lizzy Rueppel
MAYA MOKH and ANA MARIA SANCHEZ CASTILLO
Michigan in Color Editors michiganincolor@michigandaily.com
JACK GRIEVE and BEN KORN
Managing Social Media Editors
Editorial Staff
Business Staff
RYAN KELLY
Sales Manager
Senior Photo Editors: Keemya Esmael, Asha Lewis, Miles Macklin
Assistant Photo Editors: Olivia Cell, Ryan Little, Emma Mati, Alexandria
Pompei, Alexis Rankin
MOLLY WU
Creative Director
SAMANTHA SMALL and SONYA VOGEL
Managing Podcast Editors
LILLY HANSON
Senior Account Executive
ANALISE DOORHY
Senior Account Executive
TARA MOORE
Senior Account Exeucutive
CORRECTION: In yesterday’s issue of The Michigan Daily, a graphic on Page 2 incorrectly stated that Rosa Park’s birthday was Feb. 13, 1913. Her birthday is Feb. 4, 1913.
a
University
sustainability
initiative.
“We’re
looking
at
a
spectrum of reinforcing the
Planet Blue online system,
as kind of the shallow end
of the pool, to the deep end
of the pool, where there’s an
academic three-credit course
for every school and college
which
would
be
difficult
to implement, but could be
really pivotal in changing the
culture of the University,”
Trumpey said.
Students
at
the
town
hall noted that it may be
difficult for the University
to require students to take
a three-credit course. As an
alternative, Rackham student
Akash Shah, Climate Blue
member, asked about adding a
sustainability curriculum into
the mandatory online modules
University freshmen have to
complete on sexual assault
and alcohol consumption.
Members of the audience
nodded in response.
Students focused on the
positive and negative aspects
of both the top-down culture
and the bottom-up culture
at the University. The main
issue they uncovered through
these
conversations
was
a
lack
of
communication
among
different
student
organizations,
as
well
as a need for expanding
educational
efforts
and
overcoming
institutional
barriers across campus.
Specifically,
several
of
the
student
groups
expressed
concerns
about
the
administration’s
sustainability efforts.
CARBON
From Page 1A
See CARBON, Page 3A