2019-03-29 by The Michigan Daily

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Friday, March 29, 2019

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Speakers address student aid, climate action at Regents meeting

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Gerstein & Blanchard to win executive seats of CSG

Activists also discuss felony disclosure policy, support for undocumented individuals

Running as Engage Michigan, the two hope to broaden reach, impact of CSG REMY FARKAS Daily News Editor

DANYEL THARAKAN/Daily Protesters denouncing the University’s inaction on climate change, new felony disclosure policy and financial support for undocumented students during the Regents meeting held in the University Golf Course Clubhouse Thursday afternoon.

ALEX HARRING & EMMA STEIN Daily Staff Reporters

The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents convened Thursday afternoon for the last meeting of the winter 2019 term. Regents Michael Behm (D) and Mark Bernstein (D) were not present but called into the meeting, while Chair Ron Weiser was unable to attend or call in. University President Mark Schlissel began the meeting by addressing the March 16 active shooter scare. He acknowledged that though there was no actual shooter, the fear community

members felt was real. He thanked responders from the Division of Public Safety and Security and external law enforcement partners. He further said while many parts of their response went well, some had issues. “While many aspects of our response went according to plan, we know we must improve others,” Schlissel said. “Communications during this crisis proved to be problematic with some notifications delayed and others not delivered as expected. We are committed to rectifying this critical deficiency.” The shooter scare occurred on the Diag during a vigil for victims

of the shooting in two New Zealand mosques. Schlissel said the University has worked with Department of Public Safety Security to make it easier to receive alerts and to widely share information about what to do in active shooter situations and about opportunities for in-person training. Additionally, he wrote an email to students that is also available online. Schlissel also shared the four individuals — Randy Schekman, University of California, Berkeley professor and Nobel Prize winner; Mark di Suvero, sculptor and peace activist; Leslie Uggams, awardwinning actress and singer; and

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — he recommended for honorary degrees. These individuals will receive their honorary degrees at the University’s commencement ceremony in May. Additionally, Schlissel commended S. Jack Hu, vice president for research at the University, for his work to elevate campus research with an unwavering commitment to integrity and public impact. Hu is leaving the University in July to be the next senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia. See REGENTS, Page 3

An initial voting count by CSG election director Victoria Allen, a Law student, indicates LSA sophomore Benjamin Gerstein and LSA junior Isabelle Blanchard will serve as the 2019-20 University of Michigan Central Student Government president and vice president. Gerstein and Blanchard, running on the Engage Michigan ticket, earned 2,226 votes, beating Engineering freshman Shub Argha by 1,294 votes. Dylan Haugh-Ewald, a candidate confused by his placement on the ballot, earned 166 votes. Finally, Reggie Bee the corgi — who sparked controversy last year by starting a CSG campaign — came in fourth place. By The Daily’s count, the Engage Michigan Party elected 31 students to CSG representative positions.

Anthropology exhibit draws attention ‘Women Who Win’ to lives lost across US-Mexico border

In an Engage Michigan Party profile published by The Daily, Gerstein and Blanchard said their overarching goal is to increase the impact and reach CSG has on campus by providing more resources for students. To do this, they hope to create a comprehensive resource guide and institute Diag Days, monthly resource fairs on North and Central campuses. Engage also hopes to outline a five-year sustainability plan, and to work with the administration to extend Thanksgiving Break by including the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Following the release of the unofficial results to the CSG candidates, current representatives and The Daily at 12:51 a.m., Gerstein and Blanchard told The Daily in an email statement how thankful they are for their campaign team and the passion of the student body. See RESULTS, Page 3

BUSINESS

CAMPUS LIFE

event hosts Judy Kelly

“Hostile Terrain 94” reflects efforts of U-M professor, students, alumnus to document deaths

Previously homeless people talk inspiration

Lecture hosted by Michigan Women in Business talked about suceeding in any job

Outside Room 2436 in Mason Hall, thousands of orange and beige tags consume the wall in an exhibition titled “Hostile Terrain: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019.” The exhibit is a prototype of a project by Jason De León, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies of anthropology at the University of Michigan; Los Angeles-based

CALLIE TEITELBAUM Daily Staff Reporter

Judy Kelly was the first woman in her community to study a profession in college other than nursing or teaching — she decided to study business. She began her career at International Business Machines, a global technology company, stuffing envelopes. Kelly received seven promotions over 10 years, and after 32 years of working for IBM, Kelly is now the vice president of sales for IBM government and education clients, responsible for profit and client satisfaction regarding IBM software and services sold to government and education institutions across the U.S. Kelly spoke at the second annual “Women Who Win” event hosted by Michigan Business Women — BBA on Thursday at Tauber Colloquium. Kelly, as well as Sage Klapper, a 26-year-old U-M alum who is currently one of the youngest brand managers at Tiffany and Co., spoke to an audience of more than 200 women, who were mostly students, about their experiences as women in the world of business, their journey to success and the lessons they have learned along the way.

MARIA SOBRINO Daily Staff Reporter

photographer Michael Wells; artist Lucy Cahill, a U-M alum and a team of six University of Michigan students. “I would say that this project is just one of many translations of the anthropological work that we do,” De León said. “We’ve taken the data on migrant deaths and we’ve just translated it for a public audience.” “Hostile Terrain” is composed of over 3,000 toe tags, which are tags morgues use for the identification of deceased bodies.

The toe tags sit atop a map of the Arizona-Mexico border, in the exact location where the remains of the individual they represent were recovered. The current exhibition in Mason Hall is a prototype of the pop-up installations that 94 communities will host for one week in late September 2020. The number of toe tags featured in these installations will reflect the projected number of deaths in the Sonoran Desert in 2020. The tags in the exhibit

reflect the names, locations and conditions of the people who died in the border crossing — beige tags denote identified remains and orange tags denote unidentified remains. They represent the bodies of migrants who will have died between 2000 and 2020 in the process of crossing the border between Mexico and Arizona. Their bodies are sometimes found only after bodily decomposition has made them too difficult to identify. See BORDER, Page 3

The Michigan Movement banquet features speakers’ journeys with moving forward MADELINE MCLAUGHLIN Daily Staff Reporter

On Thursday evening, Michigan Movement hosted a banquet featuring speakers who had previously experienced homelessness but were able to surpass hardship and move forward. About 100 students and community members attended the event. Michigan Movement began after Public Health senior Hussain Ali, co-founder of the organization, was offered a newspaper on the street by a homeless man. “When I was just going to classes or going out to dinner with friends, I always would see people on the sides and corners of the street with Groundcover newspapers,” Ali said. “I looked into it, and found out … they were vendors selling these papers for an income, and these vendors actually were experiencing homelessness or poverty. That really inspired me to look into this problem in Ann Arbor.”