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THE SEX ISSUE
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ADMINISTRATION
‘U’ receives state funds for assault prevention
THE SEX ISSUE
Three campuses to share $100,000 grant to combat sexual misconduct
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A group of students led by Music, Theatre & Dance Prof. Ashley Lucas, leader of the Latino/a Theatre for Social Change program, present a performance about the Flint water crisis at a Central Student Government meeting in the Michigan Union Tuesday
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Theatre group performs at CSG to advocate for long-term aid for Flint
Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan will receive about $100,000 in state grant funding to combat sexual assault, according to a Tuesday press release. This is the second year funding from Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and first lady Sue Snyder’s initiative to end sexual assault on college campuses in Michigan has been allocated to the University. The funding will be split between all three University campuses, with $53,505 for the Ann Arbor campus, $9,840 for UM-Dearborn and $34,150 for UM-Flint.
Members of the body, guest speakers suggest creating a resolution to support the city NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
A group of students from School of Music, Theatre & Dance Prof. Ashley Lucas’s Latino/a theater program for social change came to Central Student Government’s Tuesday meeting to perform a
short skit on the Flint water crisis, urging the student body to create a resolution to help install long-term institutional plans to help the city. Flint water was contaminated with lead after the city switched to the Flint River as a water source in April 2014 without introducing the necessary chemicals to stop the water from corroding the pipes
and letting lead leach into the water, sparking significant health concerns for residents and gaining national attention and outcry. Recently, a judge has mandated that the state must provide 395,000 bottles of water to the city. The skit took a spin on “A Christmas Carol,” following an average concerned but uninvolved
student who was taken to the city of Flint during its time of crisis. The story touched upon the lack of clean water for children, and charged that there is a lack of response from Michigan’s government. The play also emphasized the lack of available washing water for high schools and retirement homes. See CSG, Page 3A
Students discuss mental health at first Professor examines speak out hosted by Greek Life leaders
The Snyders announced the continuation of the state grant in October at the second annual “Inform. Empower. Prevent. Let’s End Campus Sexual Assault” summit at the North Campus Research Complex. Last year, the Ann Arbor campus received $20,003, which it used for the Raise the Barprogram — an initiative in which local bar employees participated in bystander intervention training to increase their knowledge of sexual assault and provide them with the skills to intervene in high-risk situations. This year’s $53,505 will go toward creating an See FUNDS, Page 3A
SCIENCE
CAMPUS LIFE
race in the visual arts
Around 150 attend event to share stories, address stigma on campus
Author talks new book on gender and sexuality
Research highlights racialization of characters in horror genre of film
About 150 students gathered in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union Monday night for a mental health speak out sponsored by all four councils of the University of Michigan Greek life. During the event, students shared personal stories regarding mental health and discussed how to manage stress during finals week. Students who did not want to speak out publicly were also able to submit their stories through an anonymous portal for event leaders to read. The speak out was the first event centered around mental health University Greek life has held — similar to the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and Panhellenic Association’s first speak out last February regarding sexual assault — with the goal of raising awareness about mental health and allowing for open discussions among students and faculty. Students discussed a number of concerns such as issues with depression, anxiety and body image. Due to the nature of the event, The Michigan Daily was asked not to record or photograph speakers who shared personal anecdotes.
MADELEINE GERSON Daily Staff Reporter
Growing up in Pittsburgh — a city often referred to as a horror movie capital — Robin Coleman, professor of communication studies and Afroamerican and African studies, spent her early years watching horror movies such as “Frankenstein” and “Godzilla.” Coleman’s relationship with the media throughout her childhood, including the portrayal of Black people on television shows, inspired her interest in studying the role of African Americans in the visual arts. She said over time, she grew increasingly uncomfortable with how her peers perceived the representations of African Americans in television and film. “I would hate that we were represented this way,” Coleman said. “It was so embarrassing and I really fretted how others viewed me based on those representations.” In Coleman’s novel, “Horror See FILM, Page 3A
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LSA senior Lexi Wung, Panhellenic Association Executive Board president, said before the event that on a personal level, she felt it was important to host a speak out. “Specifically in our community, I feel like (mental health) is so stigmatized, especially in Greek life,” Wung said. “Having mental concerns, having mental health problems, is seen as
debilitating, is seen as something that you want to hide … We think that there hasn’t been enough done on campus to start (breaking down the stigma).” Other organizations on campus have held mental health speak outs in recent years to emphasize the importance of self-care and destigmatize mental health, such as LSA Student
Government and the University’s chapter of Active Minds. In addition, University President Mark Schlissel has spoken about increasing mental health resources on campus alongside the student-launched Help CAPS Catch Up campaign. Many of these events came in response to the 2014-2015 Counseling and Psychological See SPEAKOUT, Page 3A
B R A C E YO U R S E LV E S
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LSA junior Sejal Mehta prepares for her Physical Chemistry final in the Hatcher Graduate Library Tuesday.
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Vol. CXXVI, No. 42 ©2016 The Michigan Daily
Lecture shares stories of cisgender women who date transgender men NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
About 25 students, faculty and staff members gathered Tuesday evening in Lane Hall for “Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender Men,” a lecture that focused on the unique perspectives of cisgender women who are in relationships with transgender men. Carla Pfeffer, assistant professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of South Carolina, discussed her recent book, “Queering Families,” that describes experiences from 50 cisgender women who are in relationships with transgender males. “I studied these partnerships because I wanted to get the express vantage points of cisgender women partners of transgender men since so little was written about that group and from their perspectives at the time I began studying them,” Pfeffer See AUTHOR, Page 3A
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