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statement Scholar of Islam examines struggles Recruitment of Malcolm X , Martin Luther King changes lead
Lecture by Omar Suleiman details fight for justice during Civil Rights era
to new housing complications Later fraternity, sorority recruitment causes housing confusion on campus KATHERINA SOURINE & CLAIRE HAO Daily Staff Reporters
CLAIRE MEINGAST/Daily Iman Omar Suleiman, a Muslim activist and professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University, speaks at the Muslim Students’ Association’s lecture, “Malcolm & Martin: Intersecting Visions of Justice,” at Rackham auditorium Tuesday evening.
LIAT WEINSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter
Imam Omar Suleiman, a Muslim activist and adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University, spoke to a crowded Rackham Auditorium Tuesday evening in a talk entitled “Malcolm & Martin: Intersecting Visions of Justice.” His lecture touched on the challenging legacies of the
two Civil Rights Movement’s leaders and the ways in which their histories are sometimes distorted to fit a common narrative. The talk was hosted by the University of Michigan’s Muslim Students’ Association and included a post-lecture panel featuring associate professor of American Culture Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, and associate professor of Afroamerican and African
Studies Stephen Ward. While Suleiman’s lecture remained rooted in the history of the civil rights movement and the dueling philosophies of Malcolm X’s, as well as Martin Luther King Jr.’s, he also discussed topics such as imperialism, the importance of religion and the demands of modern-day activism. Suleiman urged the audience to challenge themselves by not seeing the men’s legacies
simply through the rigid lens of “violence” and “nonviolence,” but instead as complex ideologies that are still being interpreted and studied. He said a photo from Martin Luther King Jr.’s and Malcolm X’s first and only meeting on Capitol Hill in 1964 still “haunts” Americans because it represents a futile hope that compromise between these two leaders would one day prevail, though it never did. See ACTIVIST, Page 3A
For many students affiliated with Fraternity and Sorority Life across the U.S, a defining part of their experience is living in their chapter’s house. Many sororities even require members to live in their house for one year. However, with the University of Michigan’s decision to transition to winter recruitment this school year, many freshmen intending to join — and current members with obligations to fill their chapter’s house each year — are facing uncertainties about their housing situation for next year. Starting fall 2019, students must have completed at least 12 credits at the University and be in good academic and behavioral standing to participate in fraternity or sorority recruitment, meaning
Policy talk Forum addresses efforts to combat highlights influence of big money in politics basics of Activist discusses campaign to abolish corporate constitutional rights Medicare ANN ARBOR
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Ann Arbor District Library hosts event on health care for elderly community MELANIE TAYLOR Daily Staff Reporter
A group of Medicare stakeholders met at the Ann Arbor District Library Tuesday night to hear financial consultant Jae Oh, a University of Michigan alum, speak about his book “Maximize Your Medicare: Understanding Medicare, Protecting Your Health, and Minimizing Costs.” Oh walked attendees through the process of selecting a plan with Medicare and answered their individual health insurance questions. Oh began by outlining common misconceptions regarding healthcare, one of which explained how he got involved in the field of study. He said people often conflate health insurance and healthcare, looking to doctors for advice on insurance policies when they deal with a completely different subject matter. “Healthcare is the most confusing combination of your relationship with your doctor and hospital, your employer, insurance companies, politics,” Oh said. Health insurance is a financial contract addressing cost, Oh said. He likened health insurance to a long-term investment, much like stocks and bonds. See MEDICARE, Page 3A
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At Ann Arbor Friends Meeting, Ann Arbor residents gathered to hear a presentation on business corporations’ influence on democracy. The even was titled “We the People vs. Corporate Rule: It’s Up to Us” and was hosted by the Ann Arbor Friends Peace and Social Concerns Committee, Move to Amend and the Huron Valley Democratic Socialists of America. The
venue featured Move to Amend’s Outreach Director Greg Coleridge, as well as three community activists. Move to Amend is an organization committed to building a movement that will lead to the passing of their 28th Amendment. The organization’s proposed bill would end corporate constitutional rights and make clear that money is not speech. Coleridge started his talk with the idea that, though it
may seem corporations are the only influence on the U.S. democracy, it does not always have to be this way. He used a quotation from meditation teacher and author Sally Kempton, when speaking about how much of the battle is in peoples’ minds. “It’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head,” Coleridge said. “What Kempton was trying to get at is the dominant culture that defines today in our society … has so conditioned us into
thinking that, when it comes to bringing about change, that’s sort of the arena that we can operate within.” Coleridge went through the extensive history of democracy in the U.S., highlighting the fact the country was originally meant to benefit white, male property owners. According to him, corporations have earned more rights than people as the country has progressed. See MONEY, Page 3A
ASHA LEWIS/Daily Greg Coleridge, outreach director of Move to Amend, speaks about the national movement to pass a 28th amendment concerning the involvement of corporations in American government at the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House Tuesday evening.
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incoming freshmen are unable to join the organizations during their first semester on campus. The University made the decision to transition recruitment to the winter last March as part of the University’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan for first-year students. following previous Interfraternity Council suspension of all social activities for two months following several cases of alcohol abuse, as well as multiple hazing and sexual assault allegations. Only freshmen are guaranteed on-campus housing by the University, leaving the majority of upperclassmen to live off-campus. The increasing number of students struggling to find affordable housing close to campus has made the housing search more competitive, often pushing students to sign leases by October or November for the following year.
See RECRUITMENT, Page 3A
RESEARCH
‘U’ fails PETA’s welfare criteria Advocacy organization ranks school among ‘worst’ institutions for its animal testing ABBY TAKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued a press release last week naming the University of Michigan as one of the “worst” universities for animal testing. PETA’s “Failed Tests: Campus Cruelty Report” investigated hundreds of universities across the country and ranked them as “bad,” “worse” and “worst.” PETA ranked U-M as one of the 93 schools categorized as “worst,” a distinction given to only about 14 percent of the 657 collges investigated. The scores were determined by a point system from three categories, which included the number of animals from regulated species held in a school’s labs and the level of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as the number and severity of USDA violations. Under the federal Animal Welfare Act, only specific animals are required to be inventoried, while others, such as mice, rats and other small animals, are not. See PETA, Page 3A
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