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Students, activists voice concerns Climate strike during sit-in at Rep. Dingell’s office demonstrators Sunrise Movement pushes Green New Deal, environmental actions appear in court ahead of trial Protesters charged with trespassing at Fleming called for pretrial hearing LIAT WEINSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter
ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily Leah Skylar, Chair of the Young Democrats of Michigan, speaks during the sit-in at Rep. Debbie Dingell’s Ypsilanti office as part of the Sunrise Movement’s action to demand Dingell support the Green New Deal in Ypsilanti Friday afternoon.
ALEXIS RANKIN Daily Staff Reporter
Students and activists of the Sunrise Movement held a sit-in at the Ypsilanti office of U.S. Rep Debbie Dingell, D-Mich, where they shared stories, sang, chanted and expressed their concerns about the impact of climate change to her staffers present in the office, occupying the space past business hours. Sunrise, a movement of predominantly young people whose goal is to stop climate change and create green jobs, has chapters across the nation and is a champion of the Green New Deal, introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The Ann Arbor hub of Sunrise has been trying to
convince Dingell to co-sponsor the Green New Deal since February, but has not yet been successful. LSA junior Preston VanAlstine, one of the Ann Arbor Hub coordinators, said Dingell has been opposed to the idea of co-sponsoring the bill, and Sunrise has responded accordingly. “She’s been really resistant, so we’ve been slowly escalating in terms of our actions over the past few months,” VanAlstine said. “This election season alone she’s taken over $10,000 from DTE, which gets twothirds of its energy from coal. So we want her to stop taking money from them as well.” The group of about 30 protesters, which included University of Michigan and
PUBLIC HEALTH
National Sanitation Foundation turns 75 Lawmakers celebrate NSF’s anniversary BARBARA COLLINS Daily Staff Reporter
National Sanitation Foundation International commemorated its 75th anniversary with a celebratory event at its international headquarters in Ann Arbor on Friday afternoon. Eighteen guests spoke at the celebration, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.; state Rep. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor; and state Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor. The University of Michigan School of Public Health founded NSF International in 1944 to standardize sanitation and food safety requirements.
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high school students and community members from across Washtenaw County, marched to her office holding signs saying “We Demand a Future” and “Green Jobs for All” where they filled up the lobby of the office while three of her staffers watched and listened to the different stories, demands, songs and chants. Many of those who spoke during the sit-in cited the economic benefits of the Green New Deal as something important to them, connecting it to their own experiences and how they have been impacted by climate change. LSA sophomore Arya Kale, an active member of the Sunrise Movement, spoke about his time volunteering in a soup
kitchen where he met a young girl whose father had lost his job at General Motors Corp. Kale felt an instant connection because GM employed his father as well. “I don’t believe that people of Black or Brown communities should have to suffer without having a job,” Kale said. “I don’t believe that children should not know where their next meal is coming from because their parents don’t have work. And with the Green New Deal, with the federal job guarantee that’s written in it — Representative Dingell, have you read that part? — that’s important, that’s why we need a Green New Deal.”
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Six demonstrators who were charged with trespassing during a sit-in at the Fleming Administration Building following the March Climate Strike appeared in court for their pretrial hearing Friday morning. The hearing was meant to simplify the facts of the case and discuss the evidence presented before Oct. 10, when the official motion is scheduled to take place. According to Ann Arbor attorney Angie Martell, who is representing all demonstrators, two of those charged were out of state at the time of the hearing. On June 17, six demonstrators appeared in court for the first time. They were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the trespassing charges, which bear a maximum charge of a $250 fine with or without 30 days in jail. During the June hearing, the demonstrators were released on a personal recognizance bond, meaning they did not have to pay bail. They were told they cannot enter the Fleming building; use alcohol, marijuana or other illegal drugs; or leave
Former National Security Advisor discusses current era of diplomacy Talk also hosts European and Eurasian Affairs rep, CEO of US Global Leadership Coalition MADELINE MCLAUGHLIN Daily Staff Reporter
An audience of 150 gathered Friday afternoon in the Annenberg Auditorium of the Ford School of Public Policy for a talk titled “Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era.” The event featured a conversation between former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley; former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried; and President and CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Liz Schrayer. The speakers examined key diplomatic challenges facing the United States and the crucial role international affairs has in fostering the well-being of citizens within its borders. The discussion was held in conjunction with the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and the Ford School’s Conversations Across Difference Initiative, a series aimed at fostering fruitful conversation across the political divide. The event began with a reflection by University Regent Ron Weiser (R) on the significance
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of the opening of the Weiser Diplomacy center — specifically in the Midwest. “Diplomacy can help change directions, especially for countries that are going in the wrong
direction — sometimes you can bring them back around,” Weiser said. “Most of the diplomatic institutions of higher learning are in the east coast and the west coast, and there wasn’t anything in the
central part of the country … and I feel the central part of the country has a great deal of importance.”
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the state without permission of the court. In light of the upcoming Jewish holidays, Circuit Court Judge Karen Quinlan Valvo, who presided over Friday’s hearing, lifted the ban on alcohol for the demonstrators who are over 21. After the Climate Strike on March 15, during which an estimated 2,500-3,000 students, faculty and community members rallied on the Diag in protest against inaction relating to matters of climate change, demonstrators flooded University President Mark Schlissel’s office in the Fleming building for a sevenand-a-half-hour sit-in. The demonstrators’ chief demand was a one-hour meeting with Schlissel and other members of the administration to discuss the University’s plan to achieve carbon neutrality. A group of demonstrators refused to leave until the University addressed their demands, leading to the arrests of 10 individuals on charges of trespassing — two of whom were minors.
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RESEARCH
Design jam addresses Great Lakes water safety Collaborative teams seek out novel solutions ALICE TRACEY
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Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor, speaks about the necessity of diplomacy at the Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era discussion at Weill Hall Friday.
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INDEX
Vol. CXXVIII, No. 131 ©2019 The Michigan Daily
The Un iversit y of M ich ig a n School of I n for mat ion , i n col laborat ion w it h t he P roblem Solv i ng I n it iat ive at t he Law School a nd t he Col leg e of Eng i neer i ng ’s Center for Socia l ly Eng a g ed Desig n , hosted a Mu lt id iscipl i na r y Desig n Ja m Fr iday a f ter noon , i nv it i ng over 30 st udent pa r t icipa nt s to col laborat ively env ision new idea s for i mprov i ng water sa fet y i n t he Great La kes. The st udent s, ma i n ly f rom t he School of I n for mat ion , were spl it i nto si x tea m s a nd spent t he a f ter noon bra i n stor m i ng, ref i n i ng a nd present i ng t hei r idea s. See WATER SAFETY, Page 2A
NEWS.........................2 OPINION.....................4 CLASSIFIEDS................6
MIC.....................3 ARTS...................5 SPORTS.................2B