The number of reported sexual 

assault, sexual harassment, dating 
violence and stalking cases at the 
University of Michigan increased 
from 2017 to 2019, according to two 
reports released in January, one by 
the University’s Division of Public 
Safety and Security and the other 
from the Office of Institutional 
Equity. In this article, the term 
“sexual misconduct” will refer to a 
grouping of sexual assault, sexual 
harassment, stalking and dating 
violence cases, unless otherwise 
noted. 

According to the DPSS report, 

from 2017 to 2019, the number 
of reported sexual misconduct 
incidents increased from 96 to 
140. The greatest increase was in 
reports of stalking, which grew from 
24 incidents in 2017 to 50 in 2019. 
Incidents of fondling and domestic 
violence also increased between 
2017 and 2019. 

DPSS used data from OIE and 

the Sexual Assault Prevention and 
Awareness Center, as well as its 
own data, to formulate the Annual 
Security and Fire Safety Report. 
This report, released in January, 
includes statistics not only on sexual 
misconduct but also other types of 

crime.

While the total number of 

sexual misconduct incidents per 
year reported to Sexual Assault 
Prevention and Awareness Center 
from 2017 to 2019 stayed around the 
mid- to low-300’s, sexual harassment 
cases specifically sharply increased, 
according to the DPSS report. While 
there were 45 sexual harassment 

cases reported to SAPAC in 2017 and 
10 in 2018, this number grew to 89 in 
2019. The number of stalking cases 
reported to OIE also grew, from 40 
in 2017 and 31 in 2018 to 52 in 2019.

OIE also released its own January 

report separate from DPSS only on 
statistics of the cases reported to 
OIE, which, like the DPSS report, 
show the total number of sexual 

misconduct cases reported went up 
significantly starting in 2017 and 
has continued to rise since then. 
Starting in 2014, there were 134 OIE 
violations, which increased to 322 
in 2020. Between 2014 and 2020, 
annual OIE violations increased 
almost every year. 

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VACCINE

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All adults in Michigan will become eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on April 5.
All Michigan adults eligible for 
COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5

All Michigan adults will be 

eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations 
beginning April 5, Gov. Gretchen 
Whitmer announced Friday. 

Whitmer also announced Friday 

the opening of an eight-week mass 
vaccination site at Ford Field in 
Detroit on March 24. The mass 
vaccination site was selected by 
the Biden administration and the 
Federal Emergency Management 
Agency 
under 
the 
federal 

government’s 
vaccination 
pilot 

program. The site will have the 
capacity to administer 6,000 doses 
per day to what the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention 
determined to be a hard-hit and 
vulnerable population.

The announcement comes after 

Whitmer previously reported that 
all adults 50 years old and older will 
be eligible to receive the vaccine 
beginning on March 22. Under the 
new guidelines announced Friday, 
adults ages 16 to 49 with underlying 
medical conditions will now also be 
eligible for the vaccine on the same 
date.

“I want to thank President Biden 

and FEMA for the opportunity 
to build one of the nation’s first 
community 
vaccination 
sites 

to service the entire Southeast 
Michigan region,” Whitmer said 
in a press release Friday. “Over one 
million Michiganders of all races 
have already been safely vaccinated, 
and this site will help us to reach 
our goal of equitably vaccinating 70 
percent of Michiganders who are 16 
years or older more quickly.”

As of March 5, roughly 26% 

of 
University 
of 
Michigan 

students 
and 
employees 
have 

been vaccinated. As of March 

11, 
Michigan 
Medicine 
has 

delivered nearly 74,000 total first- 
and 
second-dose 
vaccinations. 

Currently, 
Michigan 
Medicine 

is in Phases 1A and 1B of vaccine 
prioritization, which include all 
Michigan Medicine employees, 
frontline and essential workers and 
adults 65 years old and older. 

During 
a 
pandemic 
that 

disproportionately affects minority 
communities — particularly Black 
communities — and individuals 
with lower social vulnerability 
indexes, the Detroit vaccination site 
aims to serve those who are most 
vulnerable to infection, Lieutenant 
Governor Garlin Gilchrist said. 
The vaccination site was chosen 
in accordance with the CDC’s 
prioritization 
recommendations 

and aims to serve all southeastern 
Michigan communities. 

“After a year of tremendous 

challenges and heartache, the new 
vaccine site at Ford Field will be a 

beacon of hope in a community that 
was hit hard by the devastating 
impacts of this deadly virus,” 
Gilchrist said in the press release. 
“When we saw this virus targeting 
Black and Brown communities, 
Michigan got to work setting up 
one of the nation’s first task forces 
to help reduce the staggering, 
disproportionate rate of COVID-19 
cases and deaths in communities of 
color.”

During its first three weeks, 

the 
site 
will 
administer 
the 

Pfizer vaccine to individuals who 
qualify according to the social 
vulnerability index, guaranteeing 
them a second dose in the fourth, 
fifth and sixth weeks of operation. 
The social vulnerability index is 
a tool developed by the CDC to 
analyze how social factors impact a 
community’s health risk. 

Detroit to open 8-week mass vaccination site with FEMA at Ford Field

LILY GOODING &

 HANNAH MACKAY

Daily Staff Reporter &

 Daily News Editor

U-M to have most classes
in-person, open residence

halls at nearly 80% 

capacity for fall semester 

Plan is predicated on assumption that faculty, 
staff and GSIs will be vaccinated by August

Most classes will be taught 

in-person, residence halls will be 
open at almost 80% capacity and fans 
will be allowed to attend sporting 
events in-person “as allowed by the 
public health measures” during the 
Fall 2021 semester, the University 
of Michigan announced Friday 
afternoon. 

While 
most 
small 
classes, 

seminars and discussion sections 
will be in person, most large lecture 
classes will continue to be remote, 
though the announcement said this 
could vary by school and college for 
pedagogical purposes. On-campus 
dining halls will offer in-person 
and 
carry-out 
meal 
options. 

Residence halls and living-learning 
communities will be open to 
students. Libraries, museums, study 
spaces, gyms and student support 
centers will have more in-person 
components available while still 
offering some remote options.

Additionally, campus employees 

who have been working remotely 
throughout the pandemic will 
return to campus in a phased 
manner over the summer. Some 
will continue to work remotely for 
some of the workweek. Research 
opportunities for graduate and 
undergraduate 
students 
will 

continue expanding gradually as 
well. 

The plan presumes that all faculty, 

graduate student instructors and 
staff will have access to a COVID-
19 vaccine before the fall semester 
and that a significant proportion 
of students will have also been 
vaccinated, according to University 
President Mark Schlissel. 

According to the announcement, 

“this will all be accomplished within 
the boundaries of the state and local 
public health safety measures in 
place at that time.” At a COVID-
19 
briefing 
Friday 
afternoon, 

Schlissel noted recent COVID-19 
developments such as lowering case 
numbers and improving vaccination 

rates. 

“A third highly effective and 

safe COVID-19 vaccine has been 
approved, President Biden has 
called for all adults to be eligible 
for vaccination by May 1, we’re 
seeing fewer cases on campus and 
across the nation, and forecasts for 
hospitalizations are decreasing,” 
Schlissel said. 

Furthermore, 
the 
state 
of 

Michigan 
announced 
Friday 

morning that all adults in the state 
will be eligible for a COVID-19 
vaccine starting April 5, tossing 
out the phased approach the state 
planned while vaccine supply was 
more limited.

Chief 
Health 
officer 
Preeti 

Malani 
said 
weekly 
COVID-

19 testing would continue to be 
offered throughout the summer 
and possibly the fall semesters and 
urged all U-M community members 
who are eligible to get vaccinated 
wherever possible.

“I’m very optimistic that the fall 

will look and feel more like a typical 
semester on campus,” Malani said. 
“We’ll all need to continue doing 
our part by remaining flexible and 
vigilant. I encourage everyone to 
get vaccinated against COVID-19 
whenever you become eligible.”

By the end of the summer, 

Schlissel said the vast majority of the 
U-M community will be vaccinated. 
As of March 5, The Michigan 
Daily found that 26% of the U-M 
community has been vaccinated. 
Dr. Sandro Cinti said that 22% of the 
state is fully vaccinated in Friday’s 
COVID briefing.

“We will be moving quickly to a 

safer environment,” Schlissel said.

Still, Malani said students should 

expect face coverings and social 
distance to continue to some extent 
in the fall. 

The fall semester plan is still 

flexible, so if vaccinations exceed 
expectations, in-person activities 
will expand and public health 
measures will be modified, Schlissel 
said. 

HANNAH MACKAY & 

CALDER LEWIS
Daily News Editors

Order of Angell votes to 
permanently disband

CAMPUS LIFE

Order of Angell, a controversial 

exclusive society for seniors at the 
University of Michigan, announced 
on March 12 their vote to officially 
disband in a letter signed by Order’s 
class of 2021. Order — previously 
an all-male secret society known as 
Michiguama — is often criticized 
for its elitist behavior and past 
appropriation of Native American 
culture. 

In the letter, the class said its 

decision to disband, which the 
organization says occurred on 
Feb. 22, came after months of 
discussion and reflection on the 
society’s history of harm, racism 
and elitism.

“Order of Angell was founded on 

the mission to make the Michigan 
campus a better place for students,” 
the letter reads. “We realized that 
any actions we could take would 
not be adequate in healing the 
past and improving the future of 
the organization. Ultimately, the 
historical lack of transparency 
and sufficient action prevent the 
achievement of this core mission.”

The letter said the organization’s 

class 
of 
2021 
learned 
about 

Order’s 
past 
“misappropriation 

of Indigenous cultures, exclusion 
of certain social identities, and 
perpetuation of white patriarchal 
structures of power” upon being 
initiated and looked to reform 
the society. However, the class 
of 2021 wrote they recognize 
their complacency in joining and 
continuing Order caused further 
harm.

“In the strongest terms possible, 

we condemn any attempts to keep 
the organization alive in secret, 
restart the group, or build a new 
one that seeks to erase the history 
of the Order of Angell,” the letter 
reads.

The announcement of Order’s 

vote to disband comes after the 
current 2021 class sent an email 
to the society’s alumni on Feb. 17 
asking for feedback on Order’s 
value to the University and on if 
Order should continue on campus. 
According to the email, a copy 
of which was obtained by The 
Michigan 
Daily, 
Order’s 
class 

of 2021 did not start “on a solid 
footing” due to the COVID-19 
pandemic, small class size and 
being perceived as racist, among 
other reasons. 

Exclusive honor society was often criticized for elitist 
behavior, past appropriation of Native American culture

BARBARA COLLINS &

 LIAT WEINSTEIN
Managing News Editors

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Graphic by Alex Cotignola, Naitian Zhou, Eric Lau

Source: University of Michigan DPSS

The number of sexual misconduct cases reported has increased from 2017-2019

The overall number of sexual misconduct incidents has steadily increased from 96 to 116 to 

140 from 2017-2019, driven by increases in Fondling, Stalking and Domestic Violence.

Annual reports show increase in number of U-M 
sexual misconduct cases from 2017-2019

CRIME

Reported sexual harassment, stalking , domestic violence and fondling instances up from years past

CAROLINE WANG

Daily Staff Reporter

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