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Larry Rubin, a past member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and a Freedom Summer activist, talks about his experiences demonstrating for equal rights and how it resonates with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy on Monday.
1960s civil rights activists discuss current movements Open Hillel hosts panel on ties to Palestinian human rights issues By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
A panel of three Jewish civil rights activists discussed their experiences combatting racism in
the segregated South with about 100 members of the University community in Weill Hall Monday evening. The speakers paralleled their activism 50 years ago to current activist work centered around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The event is part of a nationwide tour sponsored by Open Hillel, a national student group advocating for increased inclusivity of political viewpoints within the Hillel International organization. The event was sponsored
by Jews Allied for Social Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace, the Community Action and Social Change program, the Organizational Studies Program and Open Hillel. Rackham student Sam Shuman, one of the event’s organizers, said the purpose of the event was not to sway views as much as it was to open discussion. “The goal of this panel is not to agree with everything that is said, but to be open to hearing,” Shuman said.
The panelists included Larry Rubin, Dorothy Zellner and Ira Grupper, who were all members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s. Rubin said his drive to work with the civil rights movement in the South stemmed from his belief that freedom cannot exist until it is experienced by everyone. He said he did not leave this belief behind when he left the South, he sees these injustices See 1960S, Page 3
Pollack declines to discuss specific OIE cases questioned by SACUA report By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter
After members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs raised concerns earlier this month with the University’s Office of Institutional Equity, University Provost Martha Pollack addressed the issue at the body’s meeting Monday. A significant portion of the meeting focused on the status of a SACUA report released earlier this month that detailed what the committee saw as major flaws with OIE’s process. OIE is the University unit tasked with investigating and resolving incidents of discrimination and discriminatory harassment at the University.
The report expressed concerns with the adequacy of due process as employed in OIE procedures. The report specifically considered the application of OIE procedures in the cases of three faculty members who submitted complaints about the process to SACUA. “The evidence available to us, examined in the course of reviewing OIE’s practices, raises serious doubts about the validity of the OIE findings in these cases,” the report read. “SACUA does not take a position on the outcome of these cases. But our findings regarding lack of due process necessitate reconsideration of these cases.” Pollack noted she would not discuss the three individual cases mentioned in the report, but said the University must now move forward and think about how the process can be improved. During the meeting, she discussed the committee’s See SACUA, Page 3
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Reps. debate Snyder budget
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The Michigan Legislature’s House and Senate Sub-Appropriation Committees on Higher Education each met Thursday morning to discuss the budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal calendar year. Gov. Rick Snyder (R) delivered budget recommendations in midFebruary. While the Senate committee agreed with the proposed budget in full, the House made several changes. The budget is still in the committee phase and has yet to be presented to either full chamber. The recommendations of the two chamber’s appropriations committees must be brought before the full Senate and House. If the full chambers disagree on the details, the budget will go before a conference committee to work out the differences between the two versions of the budget. Dave Murray, Snyder’s deputy press secretary, said the final budget is far from finished and there remains room for compromise. “Now’s the period where each See BUDGET, Page 3
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Ann Arbor’s historic Old West Side maintains distinctive heritage, significant architecture By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Daily will be exploring Ann Arbor’s most quirky, lively, and student populated neighborhoods during the next month to see what makes this city tick. Read the first installment about the Old Fourth Ward and the second installment about the Ebel and Yost neighborhoods. Old West Side The Old West Side of Ann Arbor is a relatively quiet residential area on the edge of the city’s lively downtown restau-
rant, shopping and bar scene. The neighborhood is bounded by the South Main and Ann Arbor railroad tracks to the east; Crest, Soule and South Seventh streets to the west; West Washington Street to the north; and Pauline Boulevard to the south. Designated as a historical district in 1972, the Old West Side offers a collection of homes of different styles and ages. Characteristic of the neighborhood are one-family homes, many of which have front porches that sit along tree-lined streets. According to the National Parks Service, a district earns
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historical designation if it “possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.” Barbara Murphy, vice president of the Old West Side Association Board — an organization that seeks to preserve the historical integrity of the district — said the Old West Side was named a National Historic District for its iconic streetscape and overall atmosphere. Murphy said that the treelined streets of the Old West
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Side resemble those of American neighborhoods circa 1900. She also said the neighborhood is significant in part because it was one of the first neighborhoods settled in Ann Arbor around 1840. Those who lived there were predominantly German. All architectural styles popular in the United States from 1860 to 1914 are represented in the section’s mansions, located mainly on West Liberty and West Huron streets, according to the OWSA’s website. Home models in the neighborhood include Gothic cottages, Romanesque villas, Tudor and Colonial homes.
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The neighborhood today is composed of a mixture of older couples, young couples, graduate students and University faculty members. “We try to keep some cohesion in the neighborhood,” Murphy said, citing the Children’s Festival, Old West Side Garage Sale and a Lurie Terrace Concert to name a few neighborhood events. Lurie Terrace is a senior citizen’s home in the Old West Side. Murphy, who moved to the Old West Side neighborhood in 1964, recalled having several elderly German couples or widSee WEST SIDE, Page 3
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