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Women in finance talk challenges, disparities
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“My Latinx is ...” event celebrates community through art, dance Event featuring poetry readings, music and open mic performance for identity building
Panel continues assembly series on women working in male-dominated fields
Incumbent Newman discusses Regent race Republican Andrea Fisher Newman outlined her affordability platform
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SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter
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The University of Michigan Central Student Government hosted a panel discussion on the finance sector and gender, continuing a series that highlights women working in traditionally male-dominated fields. Five panelists spoke to a group of about 30 students Thursday evening about working in finance in the #MeToo era and overcoming obstacles women still face in the field. LSA sophomore Amanda Kaplan, CSG vice chair of Finance, said she hoped the panel would enable young women to seek out mentors and make connections with women who have worked for notable organizations. Kaplan also said she reached out to Debotri Dhar, lecturer in the Women’s Studies Department, to moderate the panel because she wanted to include history and feminist theory in the discussion. “As a woman, as someone new to the finance committee and as someone applying to minor in Ross, these are all things I’m interested in and I wanted to figure out a way to bring out the women’s studies, women’s narrative of
The Michigan Daily Administration News Beat will be conducting interviews with the incumbent and challenging candidates for University of Michigan Board of Regents prior to the November midterm elections. Our second interview is with incumbent Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R). Newman is an alum of the University and has served on the board for the last 24 years. Recently retired, Newman was senior vice president of Government Affairs for Delta Air Lines. She has served on a number of boards and committees in her career. The regent most recently made headlines for connection to a potential conflict of interest in donations, recieving campaign contributions from donors who have ties to University investments. The Michigan Daily: You’ve been on the board for a decent amount of time and seen the University go through changes, so what made you decide to run again? Andrea Newman: The University is an exciting place. It has been amazing to be a part of seeing it grow the way it has and expand and do all the things it’s doing today. There’s so much we’re doing that I want to see through. This isn’t a full time a job … It’s a lot of work but we
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Patrick Mullen-Coyoy reads one of his poems at the “My Latinx Is...” open mic and performance event in Hatcher Library Thursday night. The event invited participants to define and reflect on their own Latinx identities through performances.
SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter
Filled with music, food, poetry and dance, the “My Latinx is…” event Thursday night created a space to discuss and share experiences of Latinx identity. About 50 students and Ann Arbor residents attended the event in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. It was hosted by the University of Michigan’s Latino/a Studies Department, the University Musical Society, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, La Casa and the Trotter Multicultural Center.
University alum Christina “LadyFire Tide” Perez moderated the event and shared her own poetry. The featured performer for the night was Omar Aragonés, a Detroit based musician. Silvia Pedraza, professor of Sociology and American Culture, was also present. One of the participants, LSA sophomore Pilar O’Hara, shared a poem about her experiences with having her name mispronounced and made fun of. “At home, after school, I asked my mom why she didn’t name me Amy,” O’Hara said.
“On the first day of school, before they attempted to say Pilar, ‘Oh, I’m going to butcher this one.’” Ann Arbor-based dance group Reflejos Latinos also performed, sharing two different types of dances originating from different regions in Latin America. Kinesiology freshman Moisés Salgado also shared his poetry with the group. Salgado’s poetry utilized the metaphor of a white canvas as a college campus. According to the Office of the Registrar, Latinx undergraduates make up 5.72 percent of the winter 2018
population while white students account for 54.62 percent. Latinx students have been organizing in greater numbers in the last two years around improving the community’s experience on campus—a list of demands sent to adminstrators last winter semester called for more representation in administrative levels and curriculum, more student services for the Latino community and a less hostile campus environment. “What if I told you that canvas is a campus, a college See LATINX, Page 3
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Panel of advocates consider benefits, drawbacks Migration of Ann Arbor’s Library Lot ballot Proposal A system in CAMPUS LIFE
Proposal would keep the Library Lot as city proprty for future public square and green space LEAH GRAHAM Daily Staff Reporter
Supporters and opponents debated the merits of Proposal A, a ballot measure that could throw a wrench in plans to build a17-story high-rise on the
lot adjacent to the Ann Arbor District Library, at a forum Thursday hosted by the League of Women Voters. More than 75 people were in attendance. Proposal A would require the lot, known as the Library Lot, to remain city-owned land in perpetuity and be developed as an urban park and civic
center commons. Will Hathaway, an Ann Arbor Central Park Ballot Committee member, spoke in favor of the proposal. He called on Ann Arbor to retain the Library Lot in order to make the land into a public park, and said the lot is the best candidate for Ann Arbor’s
public square. “Ann Arbor’s downtown lacks public open space — it has not been a priority since Liberty Plaza first opened in 1977, over 40 years ago,” Hathaway said. “Even though the downtown population has increased, the amount of public open space has remained static.” Hathaway said the lot, if Proposal A passes, could be “Ann Arbor’s own Diag.” In April 2017, City Council voted in favor of selling the Library Lot to Chicago developer Core Spaces, and more than a year later, the city signed a purchase agreement for $10 million to allow the developer to build a 17-story high-rise that would include a hotel, apartments, office and retail space and an outdoor plaza. City Councilmembers Sumi Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, and Anne Bannister, D-Ward 1, then sued the city of Ann Arbor, Mayor Christopher Taylor and City Clerk Jacqueline Beaudry, accusing them of violating Ann Arbor’s charter when they signed a development contract without consulting City Council first. The lawsuit is ongoing. If Proposal A passes, it will halt the development proposed by Core Spaces. Jessica Letaw, a board member of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority and member of Yes In My BackYard, spoke on the panel against See LIBRARY, Page 3
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U.S. biased, says lawyer Attorney waxes on the history and challenges of justice in immigration ATTICUS RAASCH Daily Staff Reporter
Susan Reed, managing attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, spoke Thursday about topics ranging from the history of immigration law to systems of white dominance to a crowd of about 40 students. Reed prefaced the meeting by addressing her experience in the field and how she would use this as a tool to inform the audience throughout her talk. “I can only give you my perspective which comes from my experience,” Reed said. “What I can promise you is every fact I’m going to tell you about the law or about a case I’ve worked on or what I’ve experienced is true.” Before moving into a question-and-answer session with audience members, Reed gave a brief presentation surrounding the history of
Alan Haber discusses his proposition on Proposal A during a panel hosted by the League of Women Voters at the Ann Arbor Downtown Library Thursday evening.
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Vol. CXXVIII, No. 18 ©2018 The Michigan Daily
NEWS.........................2 OPINION.....................4 ARTS......................5
SUDOKU.....................2 CLASSIFIEDS...............6 SPORTS....................7