Business/Public Safety, City, Campus Life Flashcards
Public Safety: Who can speak on behalf of UM Police?
Melissa Overton and Tomika DePriest
Public Safety: When do we call AAPD and when is it DPSS? Does it matter if we got sent a crime alert?
DPSS for on-campus, AAPD for off-campus (even if DPSS alert is issued)
Business: Name two types of stories business beat works on.
Startup/student business profiles, new business openings or closing, conferences and other developments at Ross, general community sentiments about the state of business/economy in AA, business spotlights
City: Who are the current City Council members, and their political parties and wards? (Mayor and Wards 1-3)
Mayor: Christopher Taylor
Ward 1: Lisa Disch and Cynthia Harrison
Ward 2: Linh Song and Chris Watson
Ward 3: Travis Radina and Ayesha Ghazi Edwin
all Dems
City: Who are the current City Council members, and their political parties and wards? (Wards 4 and 5)
Ward 4: Jen Eyer and Dharma Akon
Ward 5: Erica Briggs and Jenn Cornell
All Dems
City: What is the Ann Arbor Tenants Union?
Organization advocating for tenants in A2. They are currently working on restarting after going dormant in 2004.
Campus Life: What is the TAHRIR Coalition, what is its platform?
Alliance of 81 student organizations include SAFE (Students Allied for Freedom and Equality) and JVP (Jewish Voice for Peace) that is a pro-Palestinian student movement who organized several protests e.g. Honors Convocation and Regents meetings
Demands:
1) Divest from companies that profit from Israel,
2) Conduct a formal inquiry into anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and islamophobic harassment,
3) support and reaffirm students, faculty, and staff members’ ability to advocate for Palestine, and
4) release a formal statement that defines the situation in Gaza as a “genocidal ethnic cleansing campaign led by Israel and aided by the United States.”
Campus Life: What is MESA and what heritage months have they hosted this year?
Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs which provides support and programming through educational and social events through the lens of R+E
Hosted Arab Heritage Month, AAPI, BHM, Latinx Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Month
