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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Students call for climate action from
UMich, demands ‘People Over Profit’
Over 15 environmental advocacy groups sign open letter for admin to prioritize sustainability
Over 100 students gathered on
the Diag Friday afternoon as part
of a global climate strike organized
by Fridays for Future, a youth-led
organization dedicated to fighting
climate change. The theme of
Friday’s strike was “People Over
Profit” and featured speakers
calling for climate action centering
around social justice.
The event kicked off with live
music and educational booths
on topics such as the United
Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC), the
ongoing
indigenous
Landback
movement and ways to address
climate change through public
policy.
Speakers from various student
and
local
organizations
then
addressed attendees, emphasizing
the importance of clean energy and
climate justice.
LSA sophomore Lexi Crilley
emphasized the “People Over
Profit” theme in her speech Friday
afternoon.
“Climate
justice
is
social,
economic and political justice on
all fronts,” Crilley said. “It is racial
justice, it is gender equality — and
it cannot be achieved without
addressing the complex systems of
oppression that have created all of
these issues.”
Greg
Woodring,
president
of Ann Arbor for Public Power
(AAPP), discussed the importance
of transitioning to a publicly owned
utility instead of relying on a private
company. The AAPP organization
advocates for a switch to an energy
grid that is clean, renewable and
owned by the city of Ann Arbor.
Currently, the city’s electricity is
supplied by Detroit-based DTE
Energy, with about half of the
company’s electricity supply being
generated by coal.
“We can say that we are no
longer going to allow a private
corporation controlled by a small
group of callous and indifferent
people to determine what the fate
of this world will be,” Woodring
said. “We can invest in our future,
we can build a new paradigm and
we can say that we are no longer
going to accept the world as it is.”
SAMANTHA RICH &
IRENA LI
Daily Staff Reporters
ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily
The
University
of
Michigan
Board
of
Regents met at University
Hall
in
the
Ruthven
Building
Thursday
to
discuss
progress
in
the search for a new
University
president,
renovations to the Central
Campus
Recreation
Building
(CCRB)
and
upgrades to University
athletic facilities.
Interim
University
President
Mary
Sue
Coleman
began
the
meeting
by
addressing
the
recently
created
Coordinated Community
Response Team (CCRT)
which
is
designed
to
address sexual violence
at the University. The
formation of the CCRT
was included in the terms
of settlement of a class-
action
lawsuit
brought
against
the
University
by LSA senior Josephine
Graham in May 2021.
Graham
alleged
the
University
was
not
adequately
protecting
students
from
sexual
abuse
and
said
the
formation of the CCRT is a
critical step in addressing
this failure at a Wednesday
press conference.
Graham’s
lawsuit
is
separate from the 2020
class-action
suit
filed
by survivors of former
University doctor Robert
Anderson, which recently
reached a settlement of
$490 million for over a 1,000
survivors.
The
regents
also
approved Dentistry Dean
Laurie K. McCauley as the
University’s next provost
and president of academic
affairs.
McCauley
will
replace outgoing Provost
Susan Collins, who will
leave the position on May
15 to become the next
President of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston.
The
board
voted
unanimously
to
bestow
Collins with a Regents
Citation of Honor for her
service to the University.
Collins thanked the board
for this honor, reflecting
on her time as University
Provost.
“Serving
as
provost,
particularly
during
a
difficult time, it’s really been
a privilege,” Collins said. “It’s
also been a privilege to work
with so many wonderful
leaders at this university …
It has been a team effort,
and together I do believe we
have gone far.”
Collins then provided
an update on how the
University is supporting
students affected by Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine. Collins
said the University has
been in touch with students
from Russia and Ukraine,
and it has taken a number
of measures to ensure the
safety
and
educational
security of these students.
“We
have
responded
by providing them with
information about support
services and by taking
action
to
ensure
that
they can continue their
education
here,
despite
financial constraints and
other difficulties in their
home countries,” Collins
said. “(We) will continue to
monitor this situation and
to support our students
throughout
this
very
challenging time.”
On
March
15,
the
University
announced
it will no longer make
investments
in
Russia
and will pull all current
investments from 2009
Board of Regents talk
presidential search,
athletic facility and Big
House upgrades
U-M administrators approve $41 million project
for replacing video scoreboards
ANNA FIFELSKI &
SAMANTHA RICH
Daily Staff Reporters
Read more at MichiganDaily.com
CSG executive candidates sit down for Q&A ahead of elections
EnvisionBLUE, Diverse&Dedicated platforms running in 2022
The University of Michigan Central
Student Government will be hosting its
annual election for the CSG assembly
and the Police Department Oversight
Committee on March 30 and 31. Two
platforms — EnvisionBLUE and
Diverse&Dedicated — are running in
the executive ticket for CSG President
and Vice President. The Michigan
Daily sat down with the members
from both parties to discuss their
platforms and goals for campus if
elected.
This
conversation
has
been
condensed and edited for clarity.
EnvisionBLUE
LSA junior Noah Zimmerman
is running for President of the
EnvisionBLUE
Party
with
LSA
junior Jacqueline Hillman as the
vice presidential candidate. The
EnvisionBlue platform consists of 30
action items and 15 advocacy projects
in collaboration with CSG and
campus organizations. Zimmerman
said that one of the party’s main
goals is to strengthen leadership and
representation on campus.
Zimmerman previously served as
LSA representative and Chair of the
Rules Committee of the CSG assembly.
Hillman has not held a position on
CSG prior to running this year.
Diverse&Dedicated
LSA
junior
Erica
Nelson
is
running
for
President
of
the
Diverse&Dedicated party with LSA
sophomore Ronald Burgaj as the
vice presidential candidate. Nelson
said that Diverse&Dedicated aims
to promote diverse experiences and
backgrounds while uplifting unique
student perspectives on campus.
Nelson and Burgaj have served as
LSA representatives for LSA student
government.
Both
Burgaj
and
Nelson are also currently running
for LSA student government as
president
and
Vice
President
respectively.
TMD: What inspired you to
run this year for CSG?
Noah Zimmerman: Through
our
past
experiences,
Jackie
and I got to learn a lot about the
structure of CSG. I saw myself as
someone who got a lot done, but
at the same time, I felt CSG was
missing something. I had a lot of
projects that I really wanted to
get done, but I wasn’t able to get
those implemented in the (CSG)
assembly. That’s when I started
to think about running for CSG
president. Jackie and I came
together and talked about our
vision for CSG, the mission that
we wanted to create, and that
determined that we wanted to
run.
Jacqueline
Hillman:
I’ve
actually done a lot of political work.
So it’s been really rewarding just to
experience politics in the real world
and on campus. So I wanted to
bring that perspective into campus
politics and bring a fresh pair of
eyes to CSG and the way it operates.
I think that’s reflected not only in
our platform, but it really centers
well with what Noah is doing in
his perspectives from a historical
standpoint. Then I can come in and
bring in my own approach for my
NIRALI PATEL,
RACHEL MINTZ, &
ASHNA MEHRA
Daily Staff Reporters
See CSG, Page 3
See BOARD OF
REGENTS, Page 3
‘U’ hosts 26th annual exhibition of art
by Michigan prisoners at Duderstadt
Over 700 pieces on display from March 22 to April 5
The 26th Annual Exhibition of
Art by Michigan Prisoners opening
gallery was held on Tuesday evening
at the Duderstadt Center Gallery. The
exhibition was put together by the
Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP)
in coordination with the Michigan
Department of Corrections (MDOC).
The gallery is open to the public from
March 22-April 5.
The first exhibition was held in
the University of Michigan Rackham
Galleries in February 1996; seventy pieces
of art from 50 artists were featured in the
first exhibition. This year, all 26 Michigan
prisons sent in artwork by people who
are incarcerated there – 714 pieces were
displayed from 392 artists.
Nora Krinitsky, PCAP director and
lecturer in the Residential College, said
this year’s exhibition would be the first
one in three years. Krinitsky said people
who are incarcerated face isolation and
unimaginable loss over the years and are
excited to share their work with the public.
“Viewing another person’s art is
absolutely fascinating,” Krinitsky said. “A
population that has been almost entirely
cut off from human contact over the past
two years really deserves our attention … I
think you’ll also find incredible examples
of resilience in the artwork. Looking at
the pieces and spending time with that is
uplifting in ways that I couldn’t have even
imagined.”
The artists work independently using
supplies they have obtained themselves.
Various media were used by the
artists such as acrylic, colored pencil,
watercolor, embroidery floss with
glue and more. Art selection teams,
consisting of curators, staff, students
and volunteers, travel to each prison to
meet artists to select work for display
and provide general feedback and
support to the artists.
KEITH MELONG/Daily
Read more at MichiganDaily.com
SEJAL PATIL
Daily Staff Reporter
University reaches
settlement in lawsuit
over handling of
sexual misconduct
New Coordinated Community
Response Team to work on transparency,
accountability in policies
The University of Michigan
and
attorneys
representing
U-M students have reached a
settlement in a class action lawsuit
and have agreed to the creation
of a Coordinated Community
Response Team (CCRT). This
comprehensive
group
will
work to add transparency to the
University’s response to sexual
violence on campus and ensure
students’ safety.
The lawsuit was filed in May
2021 by LSA senior Josephine
Graham, a student representative,
accusing the University of their
failure to protect students on
campus from sexual violence.
This settlement follows the $490
million agreement with survivors
of the late University doctor
Robert Anderson. The financial
agreement for Graham’s case
is still being finalized, but the
implementation of the CCRT will
begin. Graham said that the CCRT
is the capstone of the settlement
and spoke to her excitement of the
process beginning.
“I’m really excited about the
potential of this Coordinated
Community Response Team,
and it’s really a first step in
establishing more accountability,
transparency
and,
really
importantly, community decision
making,” Graham said at a press
conference Wednesday. “When
it comes to U of M’s, history
of sexual misconduct and the
policies and procedures and all
those programs that are being
implemented, the CCRT (will
further this innovation) which
is the main focal point of the
settlement.”
SHANNON
STOCKING
Daily News Editor
Read more at MichiganDaily.
com