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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

