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A SNAPSHOT OF CAMPUS CLIMATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN OCTOBER 30, 2013 Theta Xi plans to hold racialized party draw ire NOVEMBER 19, 2013 Being Black at UM movement on social media launches NOVEMBER 21, 2013 Regents and faculty vow to take action in response to #BBUM movement
JANUARY 20, 2014 Students protest, make seven demands for change JULY 14, 2014 Kedra Ishop hired to lead University enrollment management SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Schlissel becomes president, vows to prioritize diversity
AUGUST 29, 2015 High Achieving Involved Leader scholarship announced PAUL AHNN/Daily
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION PLAN ANNOUNCED
Motivational speaker Steve Robbins speaks at the unveiling of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion plan as the keynote speaker at the Power Center Thursday.
DECEMBER 17, 2015 Regents approve new multicultural center
DEI keynote speaker invites activists on stage after protest
JANUARY 9, 2016 Schlissel announces town hall diversity forums
Steve Robbins talks importance of open-mindedness and student engagement
OCTOBER 12, 2015 University enrolls most diverse freshman class since 2005
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 Week-long diversity summit
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 Colleges begin months-long plan brainstorming, such as LSA plan-a-thon SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 Racially charged posters found on campus, mor e than 200 protest in the Fishbowl
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 More than 400 protest debate on merits of Black Lives Matter
OCTOBER 2, 2016 Community gathering to discuss racial issues on campus
OCTOBER 6, 2016
LAUNCH OF UNIVERSITY-WIDE PLAN
$40 MILLION Amount of money currently dedicated to DEI plans per year.
$85 MILLION Additional funds allocated for DEI plans over the next 5 years
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KATHERINE CURRAN & RIYAH BASHA Daily Staff Reporters
Thursday’s rollout of the University of Michigan’s new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan finished with a keynote speech delivered by Steve Robbins at the Power Center, highlighting the experience of being an outsider. Robbins, an immigrant from Vietnam, is a motivational speaker with a degree in Communication Science from Michigan State University. The event was disrupted early on by students affiliated with the activist group Students4Justice, who attended the event in silent protest of a perceived lack of student input into the DEI planning process. About
20 students walked in at the beginning of the lecture with tape over their mouths and passed out handouts with the hashtag #schlisselwya, a campaign that aims to ask University President Mark Schlissel “Schlissel, where you at?” The group created the campaign in response to Schlissel’s absence at protests over the discovery of racially charged flyers targeting Black, Muslim and LGBTQ populations on campus in the last two weeks. According to a now-deleted Facebook event, the group had originally planned to actively disrupt the events earlier on, but found the student session held before the keynote in the afternoon to be too productive to leave early. The students also stood and turned their backs to Robbins halfway through the lecture,
which prompted him to invite them to stand on stage with him. “I want to hear your voice,” Robbins said, as students took the stage. “I think it is important that the people here hear your voice.” Though other DEI-related events were at full capacity attendance earlier in the day, only about 120 attendees in the halffull auditorium participated in Robbins’ interactive presentation. The demonstrators left the auditorium after standing on stage for close to half an hour. LSA junior Lakyrra Magee, an organizer with Students4Justice, voiced her frustration with the DEI events being scheduled at times inconvenient for students. “The reason we are protesting this particular event is because ... student voices weren’t as inputted as they should have been,” Magee See KEYNOTE, Page 3
Senator Bernie Sanders campaigns for ‘U’ officials Ceremony introduce Hillary Clinton in visit to University marks IM
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strategic plan goals
Former presidential candidate supports Democratic nominee, progressive agenda
Vice provost promotes ongoing student and faculty engagement
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and Ann Arbor community members congregated at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Thursday to hear U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. During his speech, Sanders emphasized the need to make college tuition-free and to lower the unemployment rate, as well as the importance of an economy that works for the middle class. “Our job is to create an economy that works for the middle class and not just for Donald Trump and his billionaire friends,” he said. “To make that happen, we need millions of Americans to stand together and fight back around a progressive agenda.” Speaking to the economy as a whole, he noted it has improved since Obama took office, but there are still millions of people who are unemployed or underemployed. “Hillary has a very specific plan to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure,” he said. “And create millions of decent paying jobs.” Sanders also addressed issues around climate change, pointing to tweets and statements made by Republican nominee Donald Trump that
ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
Multiple University administrators gave a talk Thursday afternoon to an audience of about 200 students, faculty and staff as part of a series of events held for the official launch of University President Mark Schlissel’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan. Rob Sellers, the University of Michigan’s vice provost for equity, inclusion and academic affairs, later accompanied by Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones, discussed the main goals of the five-year plan, which is intended to increase diversity on campus and provide a welcoming environment for all demographics. Schlissel and University Provost Martha Pollack were also present. The DEI plan, initiated a year ago and launched Thursday morning, will allocate $85 million in resources to implement a series of specialized strategies throughout all 19 University colleges and other units across campus. The diversity plan will include campus climate-related See SELLERS, Page 3
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CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter
state it isn’t happening. Clinton, he said, respects scientific arguments and will work to use this information to improve environmental efficiency. This is Sanders’ second time on campus — in March, while campaigning to be the Democratic nominee, he spoke at the Crisler Center on issues including the wage gap, high incarceration rates, and his views on college tuition.
Engineering junior Ron Keenan said Thursday he was excited to get the opportunity to hear from Sanders because he voted for him in the primary but is planning to vote for Clinton in the election, so he’s interested in how their ideas compare. “I’m also just really excited to listen to him, here what he has to say, hear how he compares his views to Hillary’s,” Keenan said.
LSA senior Miranda Henry said she came to the speech because she is inspired by Sanders’ views. “I felt really inspired by him as a candidate, and what he stood for, and the way he spoke,” she said. “It’s also exciting to see him here on the campaign to support Hillary too.” She also said she appreciated that he is still advocating his See SANDERS, Page 2
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sander (I-VT) speaks to audience members while campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Thursday.
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Vol. CXXVI, No. 7 ©2016 The Michigan Daily
Building reopening
Renovated facility aims to further goals of inclusivity on campus LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
The Intramural Sports Building held its official ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon, with remarks from E. Royster Harper, the University of Michigan’s vice president for student life; Mike Widen, director of recreational sports; LSA senior Anna Wibbelman, president of Building a Better Michigan; and University Regent Michael Behm. The IM Building first opened to students on Sept. 28, two months later than the original estimated date. In total, the renovations were projected to cost the University $21.4 million, which exceeded the original budget of $18.7 million. The changes largely focused on facility enhancements, maintaining much of the original architecture from when the building was constructed in 1928. Widen said it was important throughout the renovation process to preserve the original character of the facility while making necessary See INTRAMURAL, Page 3
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