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Northern Cyprus minister speaks at Yale
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Five student organizations at
Yale sponsored a talk given by
Ozdil Nami, the Foreign Minis-
ter of the unrecognized Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus, the
Yale Daily News reported Tues-
day.
Nami spoke to the students
Monday afternoon about the
Mediterranean island of Cyprus
and the problems it is facing. The
Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus is notrecognized as a sov-
ereign body internationally, and
the United Nations considers it as
militarily occupied by Turkey.
The Greek-Cypriot Republic of
Cyprus and the Turkish Republic
ofNorthern Cyprus, which is inter-
nationally recognized, are in the
midstof tense peace negotiations.
Michigan State University
hosts world-renowned slam
poets
Michigan State University will
host two nationally recognized
poetry slam champions this Friday,
The State News reportedTuesday.
T. Miller and Ebony Stewart
will perform at a poetry slam
with an open mic night after-
wards for students to showcase
their pieces. Miller, a Michigan
native, won the title of Grand
Slam Champion in 2007 and
is currently recognized as the
fifth best female slam poet in the
world. Stewart is from Austin,
Texas and won Slam Artist of the
Year in 2012.
Luke Mayernik performs at the Third Annual Organ
Improvisational Competition Tuesday at the First
Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor.
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OPINION
Afghan graffiti
By LINDSAY LAIRD
Laird studied the work of an
Afghan street artist, Sham-
sia Hassni. Hassini, a resi-
dent of Afghanistan's capital
city of Kabul, frequently
depicts women in blue
burqas, which Laird argues
does not contradict Hassini's
women's rights viewpoint.
OPINION
Emma Watson
By ALLY WRIGHT
Actress Emma Watson
recently launched an intia-
tive called HeForShe, which.
aims to incorporate males
into the fight for gender
equality. Wright notes that
listening to Waston's speech
is not enough; it's neccessary
to act on her message and
act with compassion and
solidarity.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
African art FBI session Chinese
lecture
WHAT: Two Ghanaian
artists in residence will
discuss Akan and Asante
cultures.
WHO: Global REACH
WHEN: Today from 4
p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
League, Room D
WHAT: This information
session will present an over-
view of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, along with
available work for appli-
cants interested in jobs or
internships.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from 6:45
p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Ford School of
Public Policy
language talk
WHAT: Linguistics
professor San Duanmu will
discuss Chinese syllables
and homophones.
WHO: Confucius Institute
WHEN: Today from 12
p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
League, Koessler Room
Indiana University students
raise awareness about heart
disease
Students from Indiana Uni-
versity participated in a walk for
World Heart Day Monday after-
noon, The Indiana Daily Student
reported.
World Heart Day was founded
by the World Heart Federation. It
is meant to raise awareness of and
support for subjects like heart
disease and stroke research. The
state of Indiana currently ranks
41st in overall health nation-
wide. Students wore T-shirts
with the saying, "Done with 41"
-MAYA SHANKAR
THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
On Tuesday, Olympic
swimmer Michael
Phelps was arrested for
the second time for driving
under the influence, ABC
News reported. Police said
Phelps was driving 84 mph
in a 45 mph zone and failed
sobriety tests.
How difficult is it to
create a video game?
What does it take to go
pro? This week, we explore
competitive gaming and the
gaming industry at the Uni-
versity.
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California Governor
Jerry Brownsigned leg-
islation that is the first
statewide ban on single-use
plastic bags, the Associated
Press reported on Tuesday.
Brown said that this bill will
reduce plastic pollution in
the ocean and beaches.
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Joint Institute ,Hiring lecture Student travel
symposium
v
WHAT: Peking
University and UM Health
System have a research
parternship and will
present recent findings.
WHO: Global REACH
WHEN: Today, tomorrow
and Friday from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.
WHERE: Taubman
Biomedical Science
Research Building,
Auditorium
WHAT: Ari Weinzweig,
the co-owner and founding
partner of Zingerman's
Community Business, will
talk about how beliefs and
experiences can affect
an individual in their
workplace.
WHO: University Health
Service
WHEN: Today from 7 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Ann Arbor Dis-
trict Library, 4th Floor Con-
Terence Room
meeting
WHAT: Residential College
students who have traveled
abroad will present on their
experiences abroad.
WHO: Residential College
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: East Quad, Room
1807
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CSG reaffirms support
for student athletes
Dishell acknowledges Department made a mistake, they
havecome out and apologized but
Athletic Department that doesn't mean that it's excus-
able or that it's right but it does
statement mean that there is an opportunity
for policy change to occur and for
By TANAZ AHMED us to find the best way that stu-,
Daily StaffReporter dents are protected," he said at
the meeting.
Student athletics, police brutal- Dishell also discussed the pop-
ity and the Central Student Gov- ular University student petition
ernment budget were discussed calling for the removal of Athletic
during the CSG meeting Tuesday. Director Dave Brandon. He said
CSG is looking into collecting
Michigan Athletics data on the petition and they aim
to find out the number of current
As the nation reacts to last students signers as well as the
Saturday's football game against number of alumni signers on the
Minnesota, many blaming Michi- petition.
gan coach Brady Hoke for allow- During the community con-
ing sophomore quarterback Shane cerns portion of the meeting, LSA
Morris to continue playing after junior Jacob Abudaram urged
displaying concussion-like symp- CSG to represent the opinions of
toms following a helmet-to-hel- the student body with regards to
met hit; Dishell drafted a response the Athletic Department.
on behalf of CSG. He pointed to CSG's collabo-
"I wholeheartedly stand by the ration with the Athletic Depart-
student athletes ... The Athletic ment on seating in football games
US MO
last year as an example of how
the group can influence the Ath-
letic Department. Abudaram also
mentioned the petition calling for
the firing of Brandon.
"Again, our students have
spoken," he said. "At the start bf
this meeting 9,131 students have
signed the petition, 1,000 more
than those who voted during the
last CSG election ... This body has
the opportunity to again prove
itself as the voice of students."
Resolution to stand with
Ferguson
After a long debate, CSG repre-
sentatives voted in favor of refer-
ring the resolution to stand in
solidarity with the people of Fer-
guson to the resolutions commit-
tee. The resolution was originally
introduced on Sept. 16 and then
referred to the resolutions com-
mittee during that meeting. The
vote on the resolution was post-
poned during the following CSG
meeting on Sept.23.
The resolution supports Fergu-
son residents who have protested
police brutality after Darren Wil-
son, a white Ferguson police offi-
cer, shot and killed local teenager
Michael Brown - who was Black
and unarmed - on Aug. 9.
Multiple CSG members
expressed concerns over the.
wording and the language used in
the resolution.
Amendments to the resolution
included making it clear that non-
violent actions of youth against
police brutality would be support-
ed in the resolution.
CSG budget
The resolution to enact this
semester's CSG budget was also
passed at the meeting.
CSG's total income for this fall
is $419,191.94. The largest portion
of the income is allocated to the
Student Organization Funding
Committee, the CSG committee
in charge of providing funding for
student organizations. SOFC has
$173,673.87.
Prominent Arab-Israeli author Sayed Kashau discusses his experiences in Palestine at the Alumni Center Tuesday.
Noted Israell Arab writer
discusses-minor iidentity
A noted author
and screenwriter,
Kashua calls for
peace in Middle East
By CHARLOTTE JENKINS
Daily StaffReporter
Prominent Arab-Israeli author
Sayed Kashua spoke Tuesday eve-
ning at the Alumni Center as part
of an event titled the "Foreign
Mother Tongue: Living and Writ-
ing as a Palestinian in Israel."
Though the event was not
sponsored by the University,
several campus organizations
including the University's Judaic
Studies department, Helen Zell
Writers' Program, the Center for
Middle Eastern and North Afri-
can Studies department, the Near
Eastern Studies department and
Comparative Literature depart-
ment hosted the lecture.
Shachar Pinsker, a professor of
Hebrew Literature and Culture,
moderated the event.
Kashua discussed how he
recently left his home in Israel
following the events there this
summer. He wrote about his deci-
sion to leave in a columnin the
Guardian titled "Why I Have to
Leave Israel."
"Last summer was catastroph-
ic," Kashua said, "For the first
time in my life, I'm not sure Ihad
a lot of reasons to be optimistic."
As a Palestinian living in Israel,
Kashua said he has felt conflicted
over his Israeli identity and citi-
zenship.
"I am a citizen [of Israel],
because I have no other citizen-
ship," Kashua said, "I am a citizen
because I care about the future,
and I am a citizen because I used
to believe, and maybe stillbelieve
in some naive way that we can
live together and exist together
equally - Christians, Jews and
Muslims."
Kashua is also the writer and
creator of-an Israeli television
show called "Arab Labor." The
show centers on an Arab family
living in Israel and their encoun-
ters assimilating into Israeli soci-
ety.
He mentioned the importance
of using comedy and humor-
ous stereotypes in the show to
humanize the characters. Kashua
said this is especially important
when portrayingthe Arab minor-
ity characters on the show.
"I do believe in minority
humor," Kashua said. "There is
nothing funny about being a
majority."
Kashua is also an acclaimed
novelist. He has published three
books, one of which won the
Berstein Prize, an Israeli literary
award for authors younger than
s0.
Kashua is unique as a Palestin-
ian author because he writes in
Hebrew, though his works have
been translated into English.
After age 14 he was educated in a
school for gifted students in Jeru-
salem that only had books written
in Hebrew.
Kashua said language has
always been an integral part ofhis
background and identity.
"I wanted to tell, in Hebrew,
about my father who sat in jail for
long years, with no trial, for his
political ideas," Kashua wrote in
the Guardian. "I wanted to tell
the Israelis a story, the Palestin-
ian story."
J Street Umich, a student orga-
nization dedicated to achieving
a two-state solution to the Arab-
Israeli conflict, encouraged their
members to attend and held a dis-
cussion after the event.
LSA junior Arielle Schoenburg,
co-chair of J Street, said this issue
is important to her as an Ameri-
can Jew who wants to see Israel
as a democratic Jewish state.
"I think it is super important to
continue talking about this issue,
especially in light of what hap-
pened last semester," Schoen-
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