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Monday, February 12, 2018

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Badgers, beaten Thanks to some hot shooting, the Michigan men’s basketball team beat Wisconsin, 83-72, on Sunday.

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ADMINISTRATION

La Casa list of demands notes years of ‘U’ neglect ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily

Latino community calls for reformed hiring practices, greater faculty representation

John Pollack speaks at the Tedx University of Michigan event at the Power Center Friday evening.

Ninth annual TEDxUofM event features students, entrepreneurs

Themed “Black Box: Into the Unknown,” speakers discuss to sold-out crowd conference, Black Box: Into the Unknown, on Friday with a soldDANIELLE PASEKOFF, out crowd at the Power Center. RHEA CHEETI, Eight speakers from the University RACHEL CUNNINGHAM of Michigan and Ann Arbor & ABBY TAKAS community presented, focusing on Daily Staff Reporters how their experiences and choices have shaped their lives. The event was livestreamed on TEDxUofM’s TEDxUofM held its ninth annual website.

Kinesiology senior Jacqueline Katz served as the co-director for TedxUofM this year. “We look for diversity in our speakers … so that our students and community members who come can be interested in multiple talks,” Katz said. Engineering sophomore Matthew Askar appreciated

how different the speakers were, emphasizing the significance of the content of their talks. “I used to watch Ted talk videos on Youtube, and usually I’d watch them related to science or engineering, but I’ve never been to ones that are a little more creative in a way,” Askar said. “I wanted to see See TEDX, Page 2A

AMARA SHAIKH Daily Staff Reporter

While most University of Michigan students were preparing to watch the 52nd Superbowl last Sunday, LSA sophomore Alex Mullen, Rackham student Richard Nunn and other members from the Latinx Alliance for Community Action, Support and Advocacy had a different task at hand — finalizing their list of demands to the administration. The list of demands was created in response to the lack of Latino representation felt on campus. In December, La Casa led a boycott against the Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs

Office for overlooking members of the Latino community in the search for a new associate director. In addition, the Latino community was targeted by various incidents of racial bias on campus this year, including anti-Latino statements like “F— Latinos” and “MAGA” spray painted on the Rock in September. The list of demands was sent out early last Monday, calling for more representation in administrative levels and in the curriculum, more student services for the Latino community and a less hostile campus environment. Read more online at

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humanities transfers

“Our Love is Beyond Your Imagination” comes in light of Valentine’s Day

Partnership with Henry Ford College to begin as early as this summer

With Valentine’s Day coming up, a traditional image may come to mind — chocolates, roses, and often a man and woman. But on Friday, the Consent, Outreach, & Relationship Education program — a volunteer branch of the University of Michigan’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center – explained not all relationships fit this heteronormative mold. The presentation, held at the Michigan Union, titled “Our Love is Beyond Your Imagination,” illustrated healthy non-cisgender relationships. Alex Jenny and Effee Nelly, a nonbinary couple who met at the University as undergraduates, headlined the event. The couple has dedicated their lives to spreading their art and voice as queer and transgender people of color. Jenny and Nelly began their program by reading some of their written pieces that they explained have helped them process their lived experiences. Nelly’s first piece, “Truth Takes Time,” described the hardships of coming to accept her identity. “Growing up in Ecuador, I cannot remember ever learning about trans people in a positive light, if at all,” Nelly said. “With time, nonetheless, I have learned to deeply admire my

SHANNON ORS

Daily Staff Reporter

A three-year pilot program designed to address the needs of Henry Ford College transfer students who wish to study humanities at the University of Michigan will begin as early as this summer, thanks to a $1.6 million grant fund from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Transfer Bridges to the Humanities @ Michigan program is a collaboration between the University and HFC, a twoyear institution in Dearborn, Michigan. The University is hopeful this initial project will lead to similar future projects with Grand Rapids Community College and Schoolcraft College. LSA has already dedicated $400,000 to establish new transfer bridges with both these institutions. Angela Dillard, LSA associate dean for Undergraduate Education, commented on the University’s commitment to the success of community college transfers in a University press release.