Content warning: Sexual assault More than one hundred protesters gathered outside the Postma Family Clubhouse at the University of Michigan Golf Course Sept. 23, where the Board of Regents were meeting in person for the first time since March 2020. The crowd protested the University’s handling of allegations of sexual abuse against late University athletic doctor Robert Anderson and demanded stronger accountability from the administration on behalf of survivors. The protest, which was organized by the student organization Michigan Students Against Sexual Assault, took place an hour before the Board of Regents meeting started. The general protest session was followed by speeches from some survivors of Anderson’s abuse. Later, the attendees protested on the sidewalk as the Regents entered the building. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LSA junior Porter Hughes, press secretary for MSASA, said one of the goals of the protest was to raise awareness about sexual misconduct at the University to try to prevent other people from having to experience what the Anderson victims went through. “We hope to bring awareness to the greater public about this issue — it really has not gotten the press coverage it deserves,” Hughes said. “Also to pressure for more reforms and push for more action and more community dialogue on what changes are necessary to make sure something like this never happens again.” In May, hundreds of survivors of Anderson’s abuse filed a class action lawsuit against the University, calling on the University to rethink how it approaches sexual misconduct and abuse. The complaint, led by LSA senior Josephine Graham, says the University’s lack of action against Anderson allowed his behavior to continue for decades. The University filed a response to the suit in August, where it argued to dismiss the case on the grounds that Graham needed “to wait until she has experienced sexual violence before bringing her injunctive relief claims.” A Target location officially opened at 231 S. State Street in downtown Ann Arbor on Sept. 21, the former location of an Urban Outfitters. The “small format” store, standing at 12,000 square feet, was first announced in December 2020. These scaled-down stores provide a specifically curated selection of goods designed to appeal to students on campus, according to A Bullseye View. Similar stores have opened on college campuses across the nation, including at Michigan State University, New York University and the University of Southern California. University of Michigan students have previously raised concerns about the lack of a more affordable grocery store within a walkable distance to campus. The addition of this Target will offer students a walkable, convenient grocery option, according to Tricia George, a team lead for Target. “I think it’s going to have a huge impact,” George said. “What I’ve been hearing just in the last half hour, I’ve talked to some of the guests, the grocery is the biggest thing that they’re so excited about because there’s not really a grocery store within walking distance for a lot of the students.” Store Director James Newbill said he hopes the new Target will not only be a place where the students can buy groceries but where they can find community as well. “It was really important to us that we entered this community, because the students don’t have a place that’s really quick for them to get those fresh food options, and we’re able to provide them,” Newbill said. “The service piece is super important to me in our entire store, making sure that students are being helped because sometimes it is really fast-paced around here. And they don’t really get that service that they need.” Newbill said he encourages students to be actively engaged in the process of curating Target’s product collections so that the store satisfies customers’ needs. “I want people to tell me the collection that they want because we can order things,” Newbill said. “We can get a different assortment, but it’s literally just to serve students on campus. We can get items that they normally can’t get shipped here or to their dorms.” LSA freshman Jessi Hinterman said she is looking forward to having a grocery store within walking distance from her dorm. “I’m excited to not wait in Walgreens for anything,” Hinterman said. “I mean, we have (a Target) at home, and it’s the nicest thing. I’m there all the time. Honestly, (it’s) convenient. So having one here is amazing.” Daily Staff Reporter Emily Blumberg can be reached at emilybl@ umich.edu. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah- Jones, founder of The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project, spoke to more than 250 members of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor communities in Rackham Auditorium on Sept. 22. The event was hosted by the Ann Arbor District Library and touched on the impact of the project two years after its release. The 1619 Project is a multimedia initiative aiming to reframe the United States’ history of slavery and the ongoing consequences of nearly 200 years of legal enslavement. Jones discussed the criticism she has faced since the project’s release, most notably its common conflation with critical race theory. Much of the backlash — such as former President Donald Trump’s creation of a 1776 commission to promote “patriotic education” in response to the 1619 project — has resulted in various attempts to pass bills prohibiting the teaching of the project, or critical race theory, in public schools. Michigan state Sen. Lana Theis, R-Brighton, introduced a bill in May to decrease annual funding of public schools by 5% if critical race theory, or related content like The 1619 Project, is included in school curriculum. U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., one critic of the project, has tried to prohibit it from being taught in public schools and introduced a federal bill to do so in July 2020.“(The) 1619 Project is a racially divisive, revisionist account of history that denies the noble principles of freedom and equality on which our nation was founded,” the bill says. Jones dismissed the project’s critics, defending the research behind her project. “I have to say I think I’m a pretty good journalist, but I didn’t know how a single word of journalism in the New York Times could threaten the very integrity of the United States of America,” Hannah-Jones said. Jones criticized the American education system for inadequately critiquing the social inequities that underlie the country’s history. “They really want propagandistic history to be taught in the classroom,” Hannah-Jones said. “A classroom that teaches American exceptionalism, when really, of course, the classroom should be teaching us to question and have skepticism.” LSA freshman April Hamilton, who attended the discussion, said she is frustrated with the hyper- focus on critical race theory in conversations about public school curriculum. “There’s so many other issues that we could be focusing on,” Hamilton said. “But this is something that the Right has really fixated on.” Public Policy graduate student Jessica Hartshorn said she thinks the reality of American history that Hannah-Jones portrayed cannot be disputed. I f the city of Ann Arbor needed any further indication, the musical “Heat Waves” radiating from the Crisler Center on Sept. 23 made it official: The Wolverines are back on campus. As the first “Welcome to Michigan” Concert in recent years, Thursday night’s event featured British indie rock band Glass Animals and was completely free for the more than 8,000 University of Michigan students in attendance. Darin Martin, assistant director for the Center for Campus Involvement, wrote in an email to The Michigan Daily that Big Ticket Productions — the University’s concert production organization — chose Glass Animals to play at the Crisler because of their rising popularity worldwide. “Big Ticket Productions’ mission is to bring quality, big name entertainment to campus that students want to see and can enjoy at an affordable rate,” Martin wrote. The concert was a stop on the band’s international “Dreamland” Tour, showcasing Glass Animals’ latest album released Aug. 7, 2020. On Sep. 11 of this year, their song “Heat Waves” peaked at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot Alternative Songs list. Glass Animals performed “Heat Waves” as the final song of the night, turning the mic to the crowd during the chorus to encourage students to sing along. LSA sophomore Rié Vander Schuur attended the concert and said she was only familiar with “Heat Waves” and one other Glass Animals song going in. Still, Vander Schuur said she enjoyed watching Daya’s opening performance and being exposed to some of the lesser- known numbers on Glass Animals’ setlist. “My favorite part was definitely the ending because ‘Heat Waves’ … is their most popular song, so it was fun for everyone to sing along and jump around,” Vander Shuur said. The University first announced the concert Sept. 12, with tickets — one per student — at first only being available for first- and second- year undergraduate students at the Michigan Union Ticket Office and online beginning at 10 a.m. on Sept. 14. michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 29, 2021 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXXI, No. 52 ©2021 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 2 ARTS.............................4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OPINION ...................... 8 STAT E M ENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 SPORTS........................10 michigandaily.com For more stories and coverage, visit Follow The Daily on Instagram, @michigandaily British band Glass Animals performs for new students at Crisler Center More than 100 people demand accountability for allegations against former athletic doctor GEORGE WEYKAMP Daily Staff Reporter CAMPUS LIFE Nikole Hannah-Jones gives talk on 1619 Project NYT journalist talks impact of digital initiative GABBY CERITANO/Daily BUSINESS ‘Welcome to Michigan’ concert was free for 8,000 undergrads in attendance NIRALI PATEL & ELISSA WELLE Daily Staff Reporters BECCA MAHON/Daily Glass Animals perform for 8,000 undergraduates on Sept. 23 in a University-sponsored concert. ‘No one on campus should have to fear’: Anderson survivors protest outside of Regents meeting Target officially opens ‘small-format’ store at 231 S. State St. New location provides groceries close to campus RONI KANE Daily Staff Reporter EMILY BLUMBERG Daily Staff Reporter Read more at MichiganDaily.com CAMPUS LIFE Read more at MichiganDaily.com R A Y E 1 S 3 1 GEORGE WEYKAMP Daily Staff Reporter Read more at MichiganDaily.com Protestors stand outside of the Board of Regents meeting on Sept. 23 to demand better protections for survivors of sexual assault.