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Dr. John Garcia, a research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research, speaks at the “Latinas/os and the 2016 Election” forum at North Quad Thursday.
Panelists discuss how Latinos can mobilize in the upcoming election
Event centers on issues ranging from immigration to Donald Trump’s rhetoric KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
With the election rapidly approaching, about 20 people gathered Thursday in North Quad to listen to three panelists explain what Latinos can do to mobilize in response to Donald
Trump’s campaign. Panelists also discussed how the community can engage with policy debates regarding immigration, using various studies and statistics. “Latinas/os and the 2016 Election,” was the second forum in a series of five, organized by the Latina/o
Studies Program this year with the aim of creating a space where faculty, students and the Ann Arbor community can come together with speakers from outside organizations to discuss a range of issues most pertinent to the Latino community. The panel’s participants
included John García, a research professor emeritus with the Institute for Social Research, Political Science Prof. Mara Ostfeld and Rackham graduate student Vanessa Cruz Nichols. García began by outlining five key elements of a analysis See FORUM, Page 3A
Washtenaw County race focuses on mental health, substance abuse JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter
Though the presidential election has drawn a lot of the focus on campus, local elections are ramping up in the building to Nov. 8 as well. The Washtenaw County sheriff’s race between incumbent Sheriff Jerry Clayton (D), who has now served two four-year terms, and Ken Magee (R) will culminate with residents casting their votes on Election Day. Clayton previously served in the sheriff’s office for 20 years prior to retiring in 2006. He served as the Washtenaw County Jail administrator, a
CSG initiative aims to build awareness University, state aim to about issues of discrimination at ‘U’
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cut opioid addiction
“It Starts With Me” campaign highlights solidarity, inclusivity and allyhood
Partnership focuses on preventing post-surgery dependency
aThe University of Michigan’s Central Student Government officially launched its new “It Starts With Me” initiative Tuesday to bring issues around discrimination on campus into the spotlight. CSG Vice President Micah Griggs, an LSA senior, is leading the campaign, which will last through the academic year. The initiative was initially kicked off this past Tuesday during CSG Diag Day. Griggs said the campaign originally stemmed from the antiBlack, anti-Muslim and antiLGBTQ posters seen around campus several weeks ago but has since taken a proactive approach to raising awareness about these issues in the campus community. CSG members are launching the “It Starts With Me” campaign by reaching out to student organizations on campus to sign its banner. According to Griggs, the banner, symbolizing solidarity for the cause, was first revealed at the Diag day but will now be circulating each week to a different student organization. “We really just wanted to call in students to be an ally through their actions, and it can just be something
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The University of Michigan is working to cut the number of opioid addictions that result from post-surgical opioid prescriptions, which make up 40 percent of opioid painkillers prescribed overall in Michigan. Researchers have found that about one in 10 patients who are prescribed opioid painkillers post-surgery become dependent on them. To counter this statistic, as well as an overall high number of prescriptions being given out, the University is working alongside the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to create the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network. The Michigan-OPEN initiative is being funded with a $1.4 million per year, five-year grant from the state and equal funding from the University with a goal to cut in half both the number of opioids prescribed to postsurgery patients and the See OPIOD, Page 3A
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symbolic like signing a poster but also to bring awareness to these issues,” Griggs said. “Sometimes events on campus occur and students just brush them under the rug or they forget about it, but communities are hurting.” CSG Communications Director Joe Shea, a Public Policy senior, said each student holds an individual responsibility as a part of the
University community. “It’s an introspective thing — it starts with you, it starts with me, personally,” Shea said. “In order to change on-campus apathy, we need to do it on an individual level, and once we get there, we are excited to build on that.” In addition to signing the banner, Griggs said the campaign will pass out blue wristbands displaying “It
Starts With Me.” Both the banner and wristbands will allow students to recognize other allies around campus and hold one another responsible to the promise they’ve made toward creating a more inclusive community. “When events happen on campus, we aren’t always taking a reactive motion to these things,” Griggs said. See CSG, Page 3A
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LSA senior Michelle Vosters donates blood to the American Red Cross in the Michigan Union Thursday.
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corrections officer, a deputy sheriff and in several other law enforcement positions in the county. Magee was a part of U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for 24 years, where he worked on the Pablo Escobar case — a high-profile drug trafficking investigation — and served as a DEA unit chief in Washington, D.C. He also served as the University of Michigan police chief for three years before resigning in 2011 after a 12-month sick leave. Addressing mental health and substance abuse in the county Mental health and substance abuse are priorities for both See PROSECUTER, Page 3A
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Election causes stress on campus CAPS provides services to address student voter anxieties CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter
Currently outside of the Michigan Union Starbucks, a dozen or so photographs depict University of Michigan students and messages they chalked on the Diag. The Unviersity exhibit is strategically placed at one of the most frequented places on campus to remind students to take care of themselves mentally throughout not only their academic requirements but also throughout the 2016 presidential election, and it’s far from the only effort in place. This year’s election features the two most unpopular candidates in history, as well as derogatory comments targeted toward minority groups and general hostility between candidates. In a recent study the American Psychological Association, more than half of all American adults said they feel very or somewhat stressed by this election. Michael Traugott, research professor at the University’s See ELECTION, Page 3A
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