About
100
students,
faculty
and
community
members came to Rackham
Auditorium
on
Wednesday
afternoon to hear Charles
W.
Mills,
a
distinguished
philosophy professor at the
City University of New York,
speak on the concept of racial
justice and why it has been
historically ignored within
the field of philosophy.
Mills was featured as the
guest speaker of the 2019-
2020
Tanner
Lecture
on
Human Values sponsored by
the University of Michigan
Department
of
Philosophy.
The
Tanner
Lectures
are
funded by Obert Clark Tanner,
a late philosophy professor
who hoped the series would
contribute
to
an
ongoing
dialogue on human morality.
The University was the first
to host a Tanner Lecture and
is one of nine institutions
worldwide to participate in
the tradition.
University President Mark
Schlissel lauded the lecture
series as an opportunity to
consider
important
issues
demanding our intellectual
attention.
“With Dr. Mills, we have a
pioneering scholar who has
added
new
dimensions
of
thought to the examination of
human values,” Schlissel said.
Mills opened by framing his
lecture with the question of
why racial justice has been so
rarely addressed in Western,
and particularly American,
political
philosophy
when
justice is a main idea of
debate within the discipline.
To lay the groundwork of his
argument,
Mills
explained
the
theories
of
classical
liberalism, a set of ideals
from the Enlightenment era
advocating for free markets,
rule of law, private property,
individual
freedom
and
equality based on free trade.
As Mills explained, classical
liberalism was the dominant
political ideology of modern
Western
countries
including
the United States prior to the
20th century. Classical liberals
claimed to break from oppressive,
undemocratic political systems
such as feudalism, a hierarchical
medieval-era system in which
peasants worked on the lands of
nobility, and absolutism, a belief
in the absolute power of a king
who owned by divine right.
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Volunteering in a clinical
setting
is
an
important
part of pre-med students’
medical school applications.
Each semester, there is a
high demand for positions at
the University of Michigan
Hospital, the biggest and
most
accessible
hospital
on campus, with slots for
attending
an
information
session filling up within five
minutes.
After
attending
an
information
session,
students
are
offered
an
interview
on
a
lottery
basis and then assigned a
volunteer
position
based
on their top three choices
and time availability. Some
students told The Daily they
have found this process to
be too long and sometimes
frustrating.
LSA
sophomore
Sadie
Mauger said she has applied
twice to volunteer through
Michigan
Medicine,
but
did not get an interview
despite
attending
an
information
session.
According
to
Mauger,
the problem lies not only
with capacity but with the
process itself. She said the
hospital was unclear when
sharing
interview
times
over the past year and was
assigning time slots before
people had finalized their
schedules.
“I
think
the
most
frustrating thing is that
there
is
no
seniority
in
terms
of
volunteer
preference,” Mauger said.
“I am applying to medical
school, and I need that
experience to apply, and I
know that there are a lot of
freshmen that are already
volunteering, so seniority
is something that would
help the process.”
Though
first-semester
freshmen are not eligible
to apply, the hospital does
not
have
a
preference
among the other students
during the hiring process.
Returning
volunteers
have first pick at available
positions at the beginning
of each semester before
new
volunteers
are
registered.
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Dr. Charles Mills discusses racial justice at Rackham Auditorium Wedneday afternoon.
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Charles W. Mills highlights issues of oppression inherent in classical liberalism
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Admin was aware of
Philbert complaints,
Free Press reports
University of Michigan
administrators and faculty
were
aware
of
several
complaints about Provost
Martin Philbert while he
served
in
various
roles
within
the
School
of
Public Health, according
to The Detroit Free Press.
Philbert
was
placed
on
paid
administrative
leave
on
Wednesday,
Jan. 22 following several
allegations
of
sexual
misconduct.
Thomas Komorowski, a
former research associate
for
the
University
who
worked in Philbert’s lab at
the School of Public Health
in 2003, claimed in a 2004
lawsuit he was wrongfully
terminated because of an
inappropriate relationship
between Philbert and a
female researcher. Philbert
denied that Komorowski
was laid off due to his
relationship
with
the
female
researcher
and
claimed
Komorowski’s
grant aid had run out.
In 2005, the University
settled the lawsuit for an
unknown amount.
The Detroit Free Press
reported that more than
20
women
have
filed
complaints
of
sexual
misconduct
against
Philbert,
according
to
anonymous
sources.
In
2009, when Philbert was
leading research at the
School of Public Health,
an
anonymous
woman
notified
her
supervisor
in the dean’s office that
Philbert
had
sexually
harassed her.
Philbert
was
one
of
several
candidates
who
applied
to
be
dean
of
the
School
of
Public
Health in 2010. When the
search committee moved
Philbert’s
candidacy
forward,
an
anonymous
email
accusing
the
committee of manipulating
the process was sent to the
leader of the committee
and copied to the entire
school. Then-Provost Phil
Hanlon replied with an
email to the school.
“This kind of vicious,
personalized
and
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Linh
Song,
board
president
of
Ann
Arbor
District Library, announced
her
bid
for
Ann
Arbor
City Council on Monday.
She will run in Ward 2 as
a Democrat for the seat
that Councilmember Jane
Lumm,
an
Independent,
currently holds.
Lumm has represented
Ward 2 since November
2011 and has been the only
non-Democrat
on
City
Council for several years.
She also served as Ward
2
Councilmember
from
1993 through 1997 as a
Republican.
Lumm
has
said
she
does
not
plan
to
run
again in 2020, citing her
slim chances of winning
with many people voting
straight-ticket when filling
out their ballot, particularly
in a Democratic stronghold
like Ann Arbor. Both Lumm
and Song did not respond to
multiple phone calls seeking
comment.
The Ross School of Business’s
+Impact Studio and the MBA
Finance Club co-hosted Adrienne
Harris,
Towsley
Foundation
Policymaker in Residence at the
Ford School of Public Policy, at the
Business School for a discussion on
financial technology, or fintech, and
financial inclusion in the U.S. About
90 people attended the event on
Monday.
Harris is currently a Gates
Foundation
Research
Fellow
and advises fintech companies,
incumbent financial institutions
and venture capital firms. Harris
has worked in the government
and corporate realms developing
strategies to address financial
inclusion and fintech availability
to underserved populations. Most
recently, she worked with a San
Francisco-based inter-tech startup.
Harris shared her expertise
on fintech and engaged in a Q&A
dialogue with Business professor
Jeffrey
Sanchez-Burks,
faculty
director of the +Impact Studio
and Business graduate student
Gabrielle Alves, the vice president
of diversity and inclusion for the
MBA Finance Club.
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