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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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ELECTION
Daily poll shows low to no change in student opinions on 2016 candidates
Sample of campus maintains support for Clinton, Trump despite incidents LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
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University of Michigan Housing residential advisors and other staff members hold signs that read “You Belong Here” as they gather at the final meeting point of the march on the Diag Monday.
Residential staff organizes march in solidarity with students of color
Around 400 walk dorm to dorm, holding signs and chanting “you belong here” ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
About 400 University of Michigan Housing residential advisers, peer academic success specialists, diversity peer educators and other staff members participated in three collaborative marches across Central Campus, North Campus and the Hill Neighborhood Monday evening. March participants walked through the community centers of every campus dorm in a
stance of solidarity for dorm residents in light of the antiBlack, anti-LGBTQ and antiIslam posters found in Mason and Haven Halls and current discussions surrounding the release of University President Mark Schlissel’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Plan earlier this month. Participants walked from dorm to dorm, holding signs and chanting “You belong here.” LSA senior Kim Ellsworth, community center manager for West Quad Residence Hall, said the march was
STATE
Prof. looks at jail system in new book on Detroit Prof. Thompson talks legal, societal roots of mass incarceration WILL FEUER
Daily Staff Reporter
In an interview, Thompson said her research has largely led her to conclude that the slow downfall and ultimate economic collapse of Detroit can be traced back to former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Law Enforcement Assistance Act, which, Thompson argues, started the so-called war on crime and the incentivization of incarceration that came with it. “As important as deindustrialization and ‘white flight’ are, we have also given short shrift to the punitive turn the embrace of mass incarceration had in destroying cities like Detroit,” she said. The Act intended to strengthen See RESEARCH, Page 2A
organized in a collaborative effort for dorm residents to feel more included on campus, she noted that residential life had been raised as an issue in community discussions held by the University around the DEI plan. “We heard during the open forums of President Schlissel that students couldn’t express (their feelings) and they weren’t feeling safe in the residence halls, so we wanted to come together as a res staff to show that we’re a physical presence in the halls and on campus and show that we
stand with our residents and that they belong here in our communities,” Ellsworth said. Stressing the importance of visibility, Ellsworth said University Housing was not asking for an administrative response, but rather was working in support of their diversity strategies. “One of the core values of Housing and of the University is to make this be a diverse and inclusive space for all residents because this is their home, and when they’re not in class, they’re at home,” Ellsworth See MARCH, Page 3A
This period, the Daily’s survey was sent to 1,000 University of Michigan students and received 175 responses over a period of two days. The sample was chosen randomly from University undergraduates and is reported in the aggregate. Support remained largely the same for most candidates from the previous surveys, with 70 percent of respondents expressing
Projected Student Candidate Choice 7%
.6%
Other
Jill Stein
9%
Gary Johnson
13%
Donald Trump
70% Source: Michigan Daily student survey (rounded to nearest percent
Panelists discuss the ongoing effects of Flint water crisis on city residents Activists, government official say still more work to be done by the state KAELA THEUT For the Daily
reviewed the state, federal and municipal actions leading to the crisis. “We worked for five months to come up with the report,” Kolb said. “When we held our press conference in March of this year, I said that I thought the Flint water
crisis was a toxic brew of intolerance, incompetence and ignorance.” The report was a consensus document that contained 36 findings about the crisis and placed the majority of the blame on the Michigan Department of Environmental
support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, 13 percent for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and 9 percent for Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson. However, support dropped notably for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, to 0.61 percent, down from 3 percent in the previous survey. Seven percent of respondents opted for “other.” Following the passage of the voter registration See POLL, Page 3A
Quality, a state government agency meant to ensure water and air quality are up to healthy standards. The emergency manager, Snyder and the ill-prepared Flint water treatment plant were also to blame for the disaster. See FLINT, Page 3A
About 100 people gathered in the Ford School of Public Policy Monday to hear personal experiences and reactions to the Flint water crisis from a diverse group of panelists, including activists and government workers. The Flint water crisis occurred after a stateappointed emergency manager decided to cut costs by changing the source of city water to more corrosive sources, which caused lead from the pipes to leach into the water, poisioning Flint’s residents. It was not publicly addressed until nearly two years after the initial notice of potential lead in the the water. Panelist Chris Kolb, president of the Michigan Environmental Council, started the discussion with comments on his work on KEVIN ZHENG/Daily Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) Flint Kent Key, director of the Office of Community Scholars and Partnerships at Michigan State University’s College of Water Task Force, which Human Medicine, discusses the Flint water crisis at the Ford School of Public Policy Monday.
Hillary Clinton
CAMPUS LIFE
Little action taken after new alt-right fliers found Students express concerns about third incident of offensive posters TIM COHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Anti-Black and anti-Islam fliers attributed to the alt-right movement were found on campus Friday morning — the third discovery of similarly offensive posters found on University of Michigan property this semester. Three of the posters found Friday were displayed outside South Quad Residence Hall and included headlines like “Black and White IQ Distributions,” as well as text that portrayed differences in rates of sexually transmitted diseases, intelligence and welfare usage between white and Black men and women. Some posters included a frog meme that has come to be associated with the alt-right, See FLIERS, Page 3A
Thank your defense The Michigan football team relied on its defense to get back into the game in its 45-28 win Saturday.
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INDEX
Vol. CXXVI, No. 16 ©2016 The Michigan Daily
NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A S P O RT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7A
SUDOKU.....................2A ARTS.................5A FACEOFF..........1B