I hope that most of you know that the Wallace in the Wallace House Center for Journalists comes from journalism icon of 60 Minutes fame, Mike Wallace, who was a 1939 graduate of the University of Michigan, and Chris Wallace is Mike's son. He's also a member of the Wallace House Family. Chris Wallace is an anchor for CNN and host of Who's Talking to Chris Wallace, which you can also see on HBO Max. We've asked students to submit questions in advance, we've selected some students who have put together some great questions for our guests this evening, and I'll come up to make sure we get that started toward the end. ![]() I want to note that we're streaming tonight's event in partnership with Detroit Public Television, thank you to those who are following us on the stream, this evening, and toward the end of the hour at about 6:45, I'm going to come back up. So I'm gonna make the introductions brief. Please give them a round of applause.Ġ:04:09.5 LC: So we've got a lot to get through here this evening in a one-hour format. And it is my pleasure to welcome to this stage at the University of Michigan, journalist Chris Wallace, and Michigan's governor Gretchen Whitmer. That engagement begins again this evening. In today's stifling atmosphere of political tribalism and partisanship, it is so much more essential that we make every effort to safeguard our democracy through education, civic engagement, and well-informed debate and journalism, especially tough, fair-minded journalists such as Chris Wallace, have essential roles in this continuous work of informing, challenging and renewing. If you walk past Angel Hall, you'll see that actually engraved just above those iconic columns. This goes back to our founding document, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which declared religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. I'm so pleased that you're all here, since one of the most consequential, most essential things we can do as a university is to ensure that our students become engaged citizens and responsible committed leaders who are dedicated to the service of others. And thank you all for joining us this evening. It's great to see all of you here in this beautiful venue, and thank you so much for that introduction, Lynette. And so to welcome you all tonight, it is my absolute pleasure to introduce President Santa Ono.Ġ:01:47.7 Santa Ono: Thank you very much. We're especially pleased to be gathered here following the inauguration of the 15th President of the University of Michigan. They are two of my closest partners at the University, and it's a real treat to be able to bring you all here together tonight for this event, in what's been a long and interesting series. I wanna thank our partners at the Ford School and LS&A, because we've done so many good events through this program, special thanks to Ford School interim dean, Celeste Watkins-Hayes and seated right next to her LSA Dean, Anne Curzan. The series features newsmakers and award-winning journalists, sharing their insights into the forces, threatening and protecting American democratic structures and systems. Ford School for Public Policy, the Wallace House Center for Journalists, and the UM democracy and Debate Program. It's an ongoing partnership between the Gerald R. This public event is part of the series we call Democracy in Crisis, Views from the Press. I'm Lynette Clemetson, director of The Wallace House Center for Journalists. ![]() ![]() 0:00:02.4 Lynette Clemetson: Good evening.
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