University of Michigan to allocate $300,000 to Trotter Center -- after black students promised to take 'physical actions' if their demands were not met (on Martin Luther King of Nonviolence Day no less)

University to allocate $300K to Trotter Center

The University will allocate $300,000 for renovations to the Trotter Multicultural Center, according to the University’s Black Student Union representatives and University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald.

Members of the University’s administration and the BSUmet on Friday for the first time.

In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LSA senior Tyrell Collier, BSU speaker, said there is no time frame on the building’s renovations yet. The University is currently evaluating costs and designs, but will identify a committee of students to contribute to the renovation process. . . .

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