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GOVERNMENT
Candidates in gov. race face off in final debate MIKE ZLONKEVICZ/Daily
Schuette and Whitmer talk education, immigration, more 13 days before election
Regent candidates Paul Brown, Jordan Acker, and Michigan State Representative Yousef Rabhi answer students’ questions in a forum hosted by the Michigan Affordability and Advocacy Coalition in Weill Hall Wednesday evening.
Regent candidates, State Rep weigh in on campus affordability issues
The event was hosted by the Michigan Affordability and Advocacy Coalition SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Affordability and Advocacy Coalition hosted an Affordability Forum Wednesday night with Democratic University of Michigan Board of Regent candidates Paul
Brownand Jordan Acker along with State Rep. Yousef Rabhi. MAAC Presidents Lauren Schandevel, a Public Policy senior, and Griffin St. Onge, an LSA senior, presented questions and moderated the forum. The discussed topics included finding affordable off-campus housing and dealing with tuition
increases. Brown said the responsibility of the University extends beyond housing for students on campus, encompassing off campus issues as well. “It is the University’s job and therefore the regents’ job to make sure that housing and food is affordable for students
during their whole education period,” Brown said. “For the University or Board of Regents to say, ‘Well, we gave them relatively affordable dorms as freshmen and a meal plan and the last three years are not our responsibility’ – it’s a city issue I think that’s a cop-out.” See REGENTS, Page 3A
CARLY RYAN
Daily News Editor
With 13 days until the general election, tensions were high as Michigan’s gubernatorial hopefuls convened for their final debate Wednesday night. Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, former state Senate minority leader, and Republican Bill Schuette, state attorney general, exchanged blows over immigration, higher education, environmental issues and infrastructure. Whitmer’s campaign frames her as a pragmatist, is currently leading by double digits in the latest polls against Schuette, who has branded himself as the
“jobs governor.” Schuette’s critique of Whitmer centered around her time in the political “establishment.” Schuette repeated Whitmer’s political career in the state Senate multiple times, saying she only passed three bills in 14 years –– a report card “not good enough for Michigan.” He also emphasized he sees Whitmer’s policies as “extreme,” painting her platform as an “economic collapse plan.” Throughout the debate, he circled back to his “Paycheck Plan” for economic growth. “I want Michigan to be a jobs state, a growth state and a paycheck state.” Whitmer focused on her See DEBATE, Page 3A
“High Stakes Culture” panel explores Gutiérrez Title IX continues importance of fostering respect online policy adds
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in his fight for asylum
Speakers and students wrestle with questions of labor in moderating trolls
After a hearing in Texas, Knight-Wallace fellow returns to Ann Arbor
As part of their “High Stakes Culture” series, the Institute of the Humanities and the Humanities Collaboratory hosted an event Wednesday afternoon titled “How Did We Become a Troll Nation and What Can Humanists Do About It?” Four panelists, ranging from an academic to software entrepreneurs, were joined by about 50 students, faculty and other audience members at North Quad Residence Hall for a discussion on the increasing toxicity of online platforms. The event began with moderator Angela Dillard, LSA Undergraduate Education Associate Dean, asking audience members to discuss with people sitting near them about what drew them to the event and what they hoped to learn more about that afternoon. A troll, panelists explained, is a member of a digital community that intentionally mocks or harasses others. Amy Dawson-Andoh, a fifth-year communications study Ph.D. candidate argued despite the opinion that online platforms are neutral, she believes sites are inevitably inf luenced by the bias of the people who use them. In support of her
KATHERINA SOURINE Daily Staff Reporter
On Monday, University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Journalism fellow Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son Oscar had an immigration hearing in El Paso, Texas as part of their effort to be granted asylum. Gutiérrez and his son have been seeking asylum in the U.S. for 10 years ever since the journalist received threats from the Mexican military. Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, as well as Gutiérrez’s lead attorney Eduardo Beckett, presented Gutiérrez and his son’s case. Gutiérrez initially began seeking asylum in 2008, f leeing the country upon discovering that his name was on a military hit list after writing an article about soldiers robbing a hotel. After being detained at an immigration center in El Paso for nearly eight months in 2017, Gutiérrez was released a day before the federal judge’s See ASYLUM, Page 3A
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claim, she spoke of her own experiences with trolling in the gaming community. Panel member Kamilah Taylor concurred with Dawson-Andoh, further speaking about trolling in the gaming community and social media. In response to toxic digital culture, Taylor and panel member Daniel Burke co-founded Swaay, an app currently in private
beta meant to foster diverse and civil discussion. The app purposely incentivizes such behavior by asking users to consider whether opinions are thoughtful or not before asking if they agree or disagree. Users are also able to have private conversations with other users who hold different opinions. Burke explained the main goal of the platform as well
as meaningful online activity should not be to convince other people of a point-ofview, but to first listen to how the opposing opinion was formed. “There was a question earlier about the difference between an opinion or an argument. I hope to create a place, a safe place, for both, where someone can just say a See TROLLS, Page 3A
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Kamilah Taylor, co-founder of Swaay, discusses how her app deters internet trolls in North Quad Wednesday.
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Vol. CXXVIII, No. 17 ©2018 The Michigan Daily
in-person questioning
Amendment to sexual misconduct rules arrives after circuit court ruling ELIZABETH LAWRENCE Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan released a statement Wednesday announcing the University will amend its policy on student sexual misconduct to incorporate an in-person hearing where the students involved in the sexual misconduct investigation can ask questions to each other and witnesses. The amendment comes after the recent U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which states public universities “must give the accused student or his agent an opportunity to crossexamine the accuser.” Following this ruling, the University petitioned for a rehearing from the Sixth Circuit panel that edited the decision to clarify no student has the right to a direct crossexamination. This request for a rehearing was denied. If the University decides not to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court, the ruling will apply to all colleges and universities in the Sixth Circuit See POLICY, Page 2A
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