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Victims protest in celebration at UMMA 

Anderson survivors commended for 100 days of advocacy

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Tyler, The Creator performs at Little Caesar’s Arena Monday evening as part of his ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ tour.

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“Killing other people never brings 

peace, and that’s why I try to support 
Ukrainians,” Korneev said. “I really 
hope that the war will end as soon as 
possible. Ukrainians have the right 
to live as they want … Many Russians 
are really afraid of (publicly opposing 
the war), but many of us share the 
view that peace should be brought to 
Ukraine.”

Taylor also acknowledged the 

presence of Russian members of the 

Ann Arbor community and their 

support for Ukraine.

“It’s important that we acknowledge 

and support Ann Arborites who are 
from Russia,” Taylor said. “You are 
not to blame for this … Thank you for 
standing up for what is right. Thank 
you for helping and standing up to 
support the people of Ukraine.”

U-M alum Natalia Kujan Gentry, 

Ukrainian-American attorney and 
former president of the University’s 
Ukrainian Students’ Club, spoke about 
the cultural suppression Ukraine 
faced under Russian occupation 
and shared stories from her family 
that narrated life under Soviet rule. 
She emphasized the importance 
of combating misinformation with 

storytelling.

“These are the stories that we 

must tell,” Gentry said. “We must 
grab a hold of the narrative, and we 
must control (it). Our only weapon 
against misinformation is anecdotal 
storytelling.”

Mykola Murskyj, chairman of the 

Ukrainian-American Crisis Response 
Committee of Michigan, said he 
was concerned about his friends and 
family and Ukrainian statehood, but 
said he had faith Ukraine would come 
out victorious.

“But I know for a fact that Vladimir 

Putin cannot win,” Murskyj said. 
“The insurgency that he will face will 
be bloody, it’ll be the worst in history. 

There is no way that the Russian 
leadership can continue to oppress 
the Ukrainian people. There’s no 
way that Vladimir Putin’s gonna 
win. It’s not gonna happen.”

Ann 
Arbor 
resident 
Vlada 

Zviagina, who is Ukrainian, spoke 
to the crowd about how Ann 
Arbor residents could help support 
Ukrainian citizens, such as donating 
to trusted humanitarian funds. 

“(There are) at least three things 

that you can do: sign petitions, call 
your elected officials and donate to 
the cause,” Zviagina said. 

Daily Staff Reporters Irena Li and 

Nirali Patel can be reached at irenayli@
umich.edu and nirpat@umich.edu.

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LSA 
professor 
Silke-Maria 

Weineck 
introduced 
Jonathan 

Vaughn, a former University of 

Michigan football player and sexual 

assault survivor, at the beginning of 

a celebration commemorating 100 

days of protest organized by faculty to 

show support of the survivors of the 

late former University doctor Robert 

Anderson. The event was planned 

by Art & Design Professor Rebekah 

Modrak. The School of Art & Design 

partially funded the commemoration.

Speaking at the University of 

Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 

Wednesday night, Weineck and LSA 

professor Allison Alexy granted 

Vaughn an honorary “Bachelor of 

Justice” degree, conferred to him on 

behalf of 302 faculty, and an unofficial 

honorary diploma commemorating 

his work on behalf of the survivors.

“It is my great joy to present you 

with the People’s degree,” Weineck 

said. “Hereby it is certified that 

upon recommendation of the rules 

of decency, the undersigned faculty 

of 
the 
University 
of 
Michigan 

have 
conferred 
upon 
Jonathan 

Stewart 
Vaughn, 
in 
recognition 

of his unflinching courage, public 

leadership and dedication to the cause 

of the institution’s integrity, the degree 

of honorary Bachelor of Justice.” 

Applause from a standing ovation 

filled the room as Vaughn accepted 

his degree, along with a black felt 

graduation cap and trophy. He tried to 

speak but was overcome by tears and 

emotion. Fellow Anderson survivor 

Chuck Christian comforted Vaughn 

with a pat on the back. 

When Vaughn was able to speak, 

he began by thanking his mother, 

family, colleagues and supporters for 

helping to make the protest a success. 

He followed with critiques of the 

University’s leadership and their 

handling of Dr. Anderson’s abuse. 

“Nothing has changed in this toxic 

culture,” Vaughn said. “Ex-president 

Schlissel just got caught, and Mary 

Sue Coleman knows where all the 

bodies are buried. We will not let that 

stand.”

He 
continued 
to 
condemn 

other members of the University 

administration, including the Board of 

Regents, for their “persistent silence” 

on abuse scandals in the University 

community. Vaughn called out each 

regent by name for their failure to 

meet with him individually to discuss 

systematic change on campus.

“Your constructive knowledge, 

functional blindness and incredible 

guilt needs no introduction,” Vaughn 

said. “I will not be the scapegoat. You 

need to prove that you are serious and 

committed to not allowing this type of 

atrocity to ever happen again.” 

Vaughn also called for the removal 

of the Bo Schembechler statue and 

renaming of Schembechler Hall. 

Others in the community have also 

called for removal of the statue; last 

November, 
an 
anonymous 
local 

resident splattered red paint over the 

statue. Vaughn told The Michigan 

Daily last semester that the act was not 

associated with his protest.

Vaughn said he is willing to testify 

before Congress like the survivors 

of Larry Nassar, a former Michigan 

State University gymnastics coach. 

He then requested a meeting with 

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. 

Garlin Gilchrist to discuss the legacy 

of Anderson and his abuse at the 

University. Vaughn ended his speech 

by stressing the importance of the 

unification and empowerment of 

sexual abuse survivors everywhere. 

“We are sons and daughters, fathers 

and mothers, brothers and sisters,” 

Vaughn said. “We are teammates. We 

are citizens in your districts (and) in 

your states. But most importantly, we 

are all survivors of something. We 

stand together as victorious victims. 

And whether they speak it or not, none 

of my brothers or sisters are John or 

Jane Doe. I will never be John Doe, I 

will always be Jon Vaughn.”

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Black History 
Month closing 

ceremony 
highlights 

accomlishments 

of all 

Black people

Dance performances, 
vocal music numbers 

featured at 2022 festivity

RACHEL MINTZ
Daily Staff Reporter

Throughout the month of February, 

the University of Michigan and the 

Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs Office 

(MESA) organized events to celebrate 

Black History Month (BHM) and 

the 50th anniversary of the Trotter 

Multicultural Center and MESA. The 

BHM Planning Committee decided on 

the theme BLACK JOY! with events 

ranging from a celebratory round table on 

singer Eileen Southern and the music of 

Black Americans to a dance workshop for 

ballroom dancing.

MESA and the BHM Planning 

Committee organized a closing ceremony 

for the month, which included dance 

ensemble performances, vocal music 

numbers and a keynote presentation 

by Robin Wilson, associate professor 

of dance and associate professor in the 

department of african american studies. 

LSA senior Kori Tucker, a member of 

the BHM Planning Committee member, 

began the ceremony by welcoming guests 

and explained why the planning 

committee chose “BLACK JOY!” as 

the theme for this year’s Black History 

Month.

“Throughout this month, we have 

made it a mission to celebrate ourselves,” 

Tucker said. “We realized that Black 

people experienced many hardships, 

therefore we didn’t want to focus on 

that. As the planning committee was 

brainstorming ideas for what this year’s 

Black History Month theme should be, 

we decided that this campus in particular 

was overdue for a celebration of our joy, 

which is how we came up with BLACK 

JOY!.”

Business 
junior 
Omar 

Elrashid,another 
member 
of 
the 

committee, spoke about the priorities for 

the celebration of “BLACK JOY!”

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