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Graduate students, faculty and staff talk impacts of Trump win
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters at at a campaign fundraiser at the Expo Center in Birch Run August 16, 2015.
Students worry about higher education policies under Trump
President-elect outlined few specific policies on college debt, access during campaign CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter
President-elect Donald Trump’s unexpected victory Tuesday left some wondering how he will address a variety of policy issues — as Trump’s campaign was frequently criticized for a lack
of detail on his ideas — including higher education. On the University of Michigan’s campus, many students said they were concerned in particular about student debt and dwindling government funding for public colleges. Millennial beliefs most frequently align with the
Democratic Party, and according to CNN, with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. This trend also reflected beliefs of the student population at the University — in the most recent polling conducted by the Michigan Daily, 76 percent of respondents said they planned to
vote for Clinton. During her campaign, Clinton made a point to emphasize issues that would help her secure the youth vote, including detailed proposals to address rising student debt and increase access to higher education as a whole. In comparison, Trump See TRUMP, Page 3A
CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter
Many staffers from the Ginsberg Center, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and the Office of Student Life joined graduate students to discuss responses to the presidential election results Thursday afternoon. The discussion, labeled the “Post-Election Dialogue: Impact, Perspective-taking and Moving Forward,” took place at the Michigan League ballroom as part of the 10th annual Professional Development Conference. Though the general conference — an in-house
professional development opportunity for Student Life staff — required a fee and registration in advance, the election response portion, facilitated by the Ginsberg Center and Counseling and Psychological Services, was free and open to all students, faculty and staff. Allie Harte, organizational development and talent management specialist at Student Life Human Resources, said the election dialogue portion was added to the event prior to Election Day, but received more attention following an email from President Mark Schlissel on Thursday regarding election See GINSBERG, Page 3A
Panel of female veterans highlights Knowledge Event looks of regents challenges during and after service at roots of
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Sexism, lack of recognition among topics addressed by students
Campus unfamiliar with governing body’s role in administrative affairs
Organizers had to add extra chairs to the Pond Room in the Michigan Union Thursday to accommodate an audience of about 40 students, veterans and other Ann Arbor community members for the Women in the Military Panel. The seven panelists were all female veterans and students at the University of Michigan or Eastern Michigan University, and spoke as part of the University’s Veterans Week, which honors military service leading up to Veteran’s Day Friday. The panel was facilitated by Melissa Spaulding, a counselor with VetSuccess on campus, a program that helps veterans transition to college life. She asked panelists to share the ways they confronted stereotypes in their experiences both in the military and in life after their service. Many panelists cited instances in which they were asked if they’d served even while attending veterans events. Others described times during their military service in which men believed they couldn’t perform tasks at the same level as men. LSA sophomore Cassaundra Peterson, a panelist who served in the U.S. Air Force, outlined her experiences performing maintenance
KATHERINE CURRAN Daily Staff Reporter
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel is often the most visible decision-maker on campus, but many students are unaware of the extent to which the school is controlled by a governing body called the Board of Regents. Over the past few years, the Board of Regents has faced criticism for its lack of transparency. In interviews, some students expressed confusion about Regents and how they function institutionally within the framework of the University, as well as continued concerns with the transparency between students and regents. “I always knew they were the bosses of the president, and thinking about it, yeah, we probably should know,” said LSA sophomore Kate Roush. “But I have never been in an institution where there has been transparency about the existing ‘board.’ ” Similarly, LSA sophomore Joseph Cohen said though he has been on campus for two years, he See REGENTS, Page 3A
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tasks, and said men often offered to carry her tool box because they assumed she wasn’t capable. “There was a brief time where people assumed I didn’t know my job or I couldn’t do my job as well as someone else, despite having the roles that I had taken on or the things I had volunteered for,” she said. “I remember thinking ‘OK, I have two choices: I’m
everything they want me to be and say that I am or I put my nose to the ground and I grind it out.’ ” She said despite these prejudices, she was able to prove that she was competent and change the viewpoints of those around her. “It was a good lesson for me, and at the time I didn’t know I was learning it,” Peterson said. “But those kind of stereotypes,
and that viewpoint, it is what you make of it, you can find positives, spin it, and you can change people’s minds. It’s not something that I feel like you have to give in to.” Another panelist, LSA senior Riva Szostkowski, who served in the U.S. Air Force, said one supervisor told her to “grow a thicker skin” regarding the discussion of See MILITARY, Page 3A
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Female veterans and students at the University of Michigan or Eastern Michigan University speak about gender stereotypes for a panel as a part of the University’s Veterans Week in the Michigan Union Thursday.
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Executive director of Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative gives talk JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter
Namira Islam, a University of Michigan alum and co-founder and executive director of the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, a group devoted to ending racist incidents against minorities, advised approximately 30 students to be allies to one another and emphasized education Thursday night during a talk entitled “Racial Roots.” The event was sponsored by the University’s Muslim Student Association to educate students on the history of systemic racism in the United States. In her talk, Islam encouraged attendees to take action in their own communities. “The importance of education and unlearning some of what we have been taught and re-learning and then using that education to act is just crucial,” she said. In addition to discussing racism, Islam said she hoped the talk would provide a safe space for students to ask questions and share their feelings. She See RACISM, Page 3A
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