Amid 
concerns 
about 
health 
with 
the 
rise 
of 
COVID-19, also known as 
the coronavirus, University 
of Michigan students have 
altered 
travel 
plans 
for 
spring break.
Preeti Malani, University 
chief health officer; Lindsey 
Mortenson, medical director 
of University Health Service; 
and Robert D. Ernst, executive 
director of University Health 
Service, sent an email to 
University 
students 
and 
faculty Thursday morning 
noting 
the 
University 
has 
expanded 
its 
travel 
restrictions to South Korea, 
moving 
beyond 
previous 
warnings regarding China. 
The additional restrictions 
align the University with 
guidance from the Center for 
Disease Control.
“Consistent 
with 
travel 
warnings from the Centers 
for 
Disease 
Control 
and 
Prevention, the University 
of Michigan has expanded 
its travel restrictions beyond 
China 
to 
include 
South 
Korea,” the email stated. 
“All U-M related travel to 
these countries, including 

for faculty and staff, is 
discouraged. Personal travel 
to these countries also is 
discouraged.”
According to the email, all 
University-related travel to 
China and South Korea are 
discouraged, and international 
travelers are encouraged to 
build flexibility into their 
plans. However, while current 
travel within the United States 
is not restricted, the email 
does suggest precautionary 
measures.
As of Thursday, there are 
no confirmed cases of the 
virus in Michigan. However, 
according to the CDC, there 
are more than a dozen in 
the 
United 
States. 
The 
University will continue to 
monitor the situation along 
with health officials at the 
local, 
state 
and 
national 
levels to monitor the spread 
of the virus, the email said.
There are currently 400 
cases of COVID-19 in Italy 
as of Feb. 26. So far, 11 towns 
have 
been 
quarantined 
and 
numerous 
schools, 
universities and public events 
have been canceled due to 
fears related to the virus.

“I spoke up by letter in July 
of 1975 and it was ignored and 
denigrated by the University 
of Michigan,” said Tad Deluca, 
former University of Michigan 
wrestler. “I spoke up again by 
letter in 2018 after hearing 
an NPR story about the MSU 
gymnasts, women who I am 
in awe of. Once again, the 
University of Michigan ignored 
me. I’m here today to speak up 
again to let the University of 
Michigan know that I will not 
be ignored again.”

Deluca, who alleged the late 
Dr. Robert Anderson of sexual 
misconduct, along with other 
alleged 
survivors 
Thomas 
Evashevski, former University 
wrestler, and Andy Hrovat, 
Olympic wrestler and U-M 
alum, spoke publicly for the 
first time at a press conference 
in 
Southfield 
Thursday 
morning. 
Deluca submitted a letter 
in 1975 accusing Anderson of 
sexual abuse when he was a 
University student from 1972-
1976. The late Don Canham 
was the athletic director at 
the time. 

In 2018, Deluca submitted 
another 
letter 
with 
the 
same allegations to current 
University athletic director 
Warde Manuel. 
Parker 
Stinar, 
a 
lawyer 
with 
Wahlberg, 
Woodruff, 
Nimmo and Stone, facilitated 
the conference. He described 
Deluca’s 
experience 
with 
Anderson and the University. 
“Tad was also a victim of 
sexual abuse,” Stinar said. 
“From his freshman year to 
junior 
year, 
Dr. 
Anderson 
performed 
unnecessary 
examinations 
on 
Tad, 
including testicle and rectal 

examinations. 
Tad 
knew 
what 
Dr. 
Anderson 
was 
doing was wrong. And as a 
19-year-old, he wrote a letter 
to the individuals who are 
responsible 
for 
protecting 
him when he was away from 
his parents — his coach, Bill 
Johannesen … included in his 
letter, Tad has statements such 
as ‘Doctor drop your drawers 
Anderson’ and ‘something is 
wrong with Doctor Anderson. 
Regardless of what you go in 
there for, he always makes you 
drop your drawers.”’

As the Michigan Democratic 
primary approaches, student 
campaign 
organizations 
are 
working to spread the word 
about their candidate before 
the election on March 10. These 
efforts rely on members of those 
organizations tabling and phone 
banking to reach voters both 
on campus and in the greater 
Washtenaw County area.
The University of Michigan’s 
chapter of College Democrats 
has hosted some debate watch 
parties, which were attended by 
members of multiple politically 

affiliated student organizations. 
While College Democrats does 
not endorse primary candidates, 
four other political groups — 
Students for Bernie, Students 
for Biden, Students for Pete 
and Students for Warren — are 
working to elect their preferred 
candidates. 
According to LSA freshman 
Andrew 
Schaeffler, 
who 
is 
co-founder 
and 
campus 
organizer for Students for Biden, 
the group is focused on reaching 
out to Michigan voters as the 
primary approaches, especially 
those with absentee ballots. 
Schaeffler said he started 
the group in October 2019 
when he saw there was no 

student organization for Biden 
at the University.
“In general, I think a lot of 
people are like, ‘Oh, (Biden) is 
a member of the establishment. 
What has he actually done?’” 
Schaeffler 
said. 
“That’s 
been pretty much the main 
conversation that we’ve had 
with students.”
Schaeffler 
said 
Students 
for Biden has been working 
with both the national and 
state campaigns to expand its 
voter reach. He felt the group’s 
outreach efforts had a generally 
positive response from students.
“It’s no secret that Joe Biden 
isn’t the most liked candidate 
among 
students,” 
Schaeffler 

said. “But I do think that given 
that, we’ve had a very good 
response among students. When 
they leave, we’ve had people that 
have been like ‘You know what, I 
don’t agree with you, but at least 
now I understand your point.’”
Though both supporters of 
Biden, LSA freshmen Adam 
Grimes and Kenny Larson 
joined Students for Biden for 
different reasons. Grimes said 
he felt personally connected to 
the senator because of his own 
involvement in Philadelphia 
politics, which he said Biden 
influenced when he was a 
senator of nearby Delaware. 

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Seventy University of Michigan 
students and Ann Arbor residents 
gathered in the Regency Ballroom 
at the Graduate Ann Arbor hotel 
on Thursday evening for an event 
titled “Home Is Where the Heart 
Is.” Hosted by SAPAC’s Consent, 
Outreach & Relationship Education 
program and sponsored by Multi-
Ethnic Student Affairs and Central 
Student Government, the event 
was intended to encourage love and 
healthy relationships. 
The event featured performance 
duo Nia & Ness, a couple based in 
Rosendale, N.Y., performing their 
piece “home.” Through their work 
in poetry and dance, they address 
themes such as trauma, self-harm, 
self-love, healing and happiness. 
The pair has toured nationwide 
and received multiple honors for 
their work. 
The opening piece of the 
program delved into the problems 
within the world of Black lesbians, 
from within the Black community 
and from the outside. Ness’s 
poetry, paired with Nia’s sharp and 
striking dance told a story of all the 
people who have either sexualized, 
threatened or became aggressively 
jealous toward the couple. 

With the Michigan primary 
coming up March 10, University 
of 
Michigan 
administrative 
initiatives and student groups are 
spearheading efforts to mobilize 
student 
voters 
and 
increase 
turnout. 
One 
of 
the 
larger-scale 
initiatives is the Big Ten Voting 
Challenge, a nonpartisan coalition 
among the Big Ten Conference 
schools. 
The 
challenge 
was 
launched at the University in 2017 
through the Edward Ginsberg 
Center and recorded an average 
24 percent increase in the turnout 
rate among Big Ten schools from 
the 2014 to 2018 midterms. The 
University showed a 27 percent 
increase, nearly tripling voter 
turnout. 
According to Erin Byrnes, Lead 
of Democratic Engagement at the 
Ginsberg Center, this growth can 
be attributed to a combination 
of a strong digital and physical 
presence on campus. The challenge 
also 
works 
with 
nonpartisan 
student group Turn up Turnout to 
execute voter registration events, 
use social media for outreach and 
be physically present at the polls 
on voting day. 

Coalitions 
 
mobilize 
voters for 
elections

GOVERNMENT

KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter

Student campaign organizations 
prepare for Democratic primary
Supporters of Sanders, Biden, Buttigieg, Warren table, phone bank

CAMPUS LIFE

Bipartisan and partisan 
groups aim to increase 
votes before presidential 
primary on March 10th

Nia & Ness share poetry 
to encourage healthy 
relationships, discuss 
stories of self-acceptance

KARA WARNKE 
For The Daily 

See REGISTRATION, Page 3
See SAPAC, Page 3

Dance duo 
talks love
at event 
by SAPAC 

JASMIN LEE & 
IULIA DOBRIN
Daily Staff Reporters

University expands travel restrictions 
beyond China to include South Korea

Spring break 
plans altered 
by worries of 
coronavirus

FRANCESCA DUONG
Daily Staff Reporter

See CAMPAIGN, Page 3

See ALLEGATIONS, Page 3

‘I will not be ignored again’: Former 
wrestler speaks on alleged assault
Tad Deluca alerted ‘U’ in 1975 about Anderson sexual misconduct

ALEC COHEN/Daily
Tad Deluca, former UM wrestler who alleged sexual assault by Dr. Robert Anderson, speaks publicaly for the first time at a press conference in 
Southfield, MI, Thursday morning. 

EMMA STEIN 
Daily News Editor

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