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THREE THINGS YOU 
SHOULD KNOW TODAY

The 
Michigan 
soft-

ball team takes its 8-1 
record down South for 

a pair of showdowns against 
No. 3 Alabama this weekend. 
The Wolverines also play Lip-
scomb and James Madison. >> 
FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS PAGE 7
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

The 
state 
of 
Texas 

issued its first same-
sex 
marriage 
license 

Thursday 
for 
Sarah 

Goodfriend 
and 
Suzanne 

Bryant of Travis County. 
Same-sex marriage had been 
illegal in Texas since 1997, 
NBC News reported.

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TUESDAY:

Campus Voices

THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk

FRIDAY:

Photos of the Week

WEDNESDAY:

In Other Ivory Towers

MONDAY:

This Week in History

LEFT The dance team performs in the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s Mock Rock event at Hill Auditorium Wednesday. (Zach 
Moore/Daily) RIGHT Engineering junior Brandon Boot and Nursing sophomore Ariel Jordan paint the hallway wall in the Franklin Wright 
settlement for the third part of Detroit Week on Saturday . (Connor Bade/Daily)

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A group of Norwegian 
Muslims plan to form a 
“ring of peace” around 

an Oslo synagogue following 
the attacks in Copenhagen last 
week. The demonstrators aim 
to show that Muslims do not 
support anti-Semitism, The 
Washington Post reported.

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More Photos of the 
Week online

Coltrane 
concert

WHAT: The Campbell 
Brothers will perform 
a slide-guitar inspired 
performance of John 
Coltrane’s “A Love 
Supreme.”
WHO: University Musical 
Society
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. 
WHERE: Michigan Theater

Buddhist 
masculinity

WHAT: Prof. Ward 
Keeler of UT-Austin 
will examine how 
masculinity is interpreted 
in Buddhism in Burma.
WHO: Center for 
Southeast Asian Studies
WHEN: Today at 12 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social 
Work - Room 1636

Tipping 
workshop

WHAT: Representatives 
from the International 
Center will discuss customs 
for tipping in the United 
States.
WHO: International Center
WHEN: Today at 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Ecumenical 
Center, Community Room
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Art 
documentary

WHAT: The screening 
of “Les Fantomes de 
Lovanium,” directed by 
Cecile Michel, will explore 
the mediation of paintings 
in memory violence in the 
Democratic Republic of 
Congo.
WHO: Institute for the 
Humanities
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Modern 
Languages Building

“Black Power 
Movement”

WHAT: University of 
Pittsburgh’s Joyce Bell, 
along with a panel of two 
professors and a graduate 
student, will discuss her 
new book, “The Black Power 
Movement and American 
Social Work.”
WHO: School of Social Work
WHEN: Today from 12 
p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social 
Work Building

Architecture 
lecture

WHAT: Achim Menges, an 
architect from Frankfurt, 
will present his research on 
material design processes.
WHO: Taubman College 
of Architecture & Urban 
Planning
WHEN: Today at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Art and 
Architecture Building

Speaker discusses race, identity 
in second community dinner

ZACH MOORE/Daily

Professor Frieda Ekotto speaks on philosophical considerations of race and identity at the Middle East and Arab 
Network community dinner at North Quad on Thursday. 

By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR

Online Editor

Editor’s Note: The Michigan 

Daily is piloting a new addition to 
our paper that will focus on living 
well on campus. 

Whether you’re a first year 

student living in the dorms or an 
upperclassman with a meal plan, 
navigating the dining halls can 
be daunting at times. There’s so 
much food, some of it may be unfa-
miliar-looking, and there’s no one 

to stop you from eating just cook-
ies for dinner. Sound familiar? 

Many students swipe into the 

dining hall with good intentions, 
and they know eating health-
ily is a vital component of fueling 
their minds and bodies and being 
a responsible quasi-adult. The 
hard part seems to be maximizing 
resources and planning ahead in an 
environment with so many choices. 

Since 2012, a lot has changed 

with University Housing’s dining. 
The newly renovated South Quad 

and East Quad dining halls offer 
a new ambiance and increased 
options, while the elimination of 
trays and single-serving sizes of 
meals bring more portion control 
into daily eating.

As I sat down with Director of 

Dining Steve Mangan and Lind-
say Haas, culinary and nutrition 
support specialist at the Univer-
sity, I discovered ways in which 
students living on and off campus 
could using campus dining halls 
as a means — rather than a barrier 
— to healthy decision-making. 

The FDA-recommended 2,000 

calories can add up quickly when 
there’s an endless amount of 
pizza, French fries and ice cream 
in front of you every day and your 
mom and dad aren’t around to 
make you eat your veggies. On the 
other hand, hitting the suggested 
daily consumption volumes for 
vitamins and proteins can be 
challenging. MyNutrition, in some 
ways, is a solution.

MyNutrition, 
an 
interactive 

online food search tool hostedon 
the University Housing website, 
gives students the ability to search 
and select their meals before going 
to the dining hall. By adding filters 
for nutrition, dietary preferences or 
allergens, it’s easy to pick out a sub-
set of healthy foods from the array 
of culinary options offered in each 
of the University’s dining facilities. 

Mangan suggested that stu-

dents also use MyPlate as a guide 
to ensure they’re eating a healthy, 
balanced diet. MyPlate, a nutri-
tional guide instituted by the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
replaced the popular pyramid 
structure for food intake in 2011.

MyPlate, as the name sug-

gests, splits a meal off into nutri-
tional categories by sectioning a 
standard plate. The tool suggests 
eating approximately 30 percent 
grains, 40 percent vegetables, 10 
percent fruits and 20 percent pro-
tein. A smaller circle off to the side 
represents dairy intake, according 
to PRWeb.com.

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Middle East and 
Arab Network 
seeks to provide 

space for discussion

By COLLEEN HARRISON

For the Daily

The Middle East and Arab 

Network hosted a community 
dinner Thursday evening, pro-
viding students who identify as 
Arab-American or Arab with 
an opportunity discuss their 
identities and explore their 
own narratives.

MEdAN hosted Prof. Frieda 

Ekotto, chair of the Depart-
ment of Afroamerican and 
African Studies, who discussed 
the work of 20th century phi-
losopher Frantz Fanon. She 
explored philosophical consid-
erations surrounding his work, 
particularly those involving 
race and identity.

“Questions of identity today 

are so problematic when peo-
ple don’t have places to be,” 
Ekotto said.

Fanon, known for his work 

studying the impacts of decol-

onization, was a vocal sup-
porter of the Algerian War of 
Independence, which spanned 
from 1954 to 1962 and resulted 
in Algeria’s liberation from 
France. Many historians say 
Fanon’s work played an major 
role in influencing political 
and social movements across 
the world.

The idea for hosting a key-

note speaker and community 
dinner originated during a 
meeting of the MEdAN execu-
tive board. Nearly 60 students 
attended Thursday’s talk.

Law student Emad Ansari 

said he attended the communi-
ty dinner to hear Ekotto speak 
on these topics.

“I think her biggest contri-

bution here is to encourage stu-
dents to think across historical 
contexts, and to follow ideas of 
identity and violence and apply 
them to the current time and 
to try and make sense of why 
violence occurs and how to 
respond to it with a peaceful 
solution,” Ansari said.

As members of MEdAN 

began looking for speakers for 
their second community din-
ner, the group focused on the 
theme of exploring the narra-

tives of individuals or commu-
nities of people. Ekotto came to 
mind when the group realized 
they also wanted to discuss the 
topic through the lens of the 
Middle East and North Africa.

LSA sophomore Mekarem 

Eljamal, 
MEdAN 
logistics 

chair, said the idea of reclaim-
ing one’s narrative was espe-
cially interesting.

“She has done work in Alge-

ria, in Tunisia, she’s given lec-
tures, and she’s done really 
interesting work on topics that 
MEdAN wants to focus on, so 
we just reached out to her and 
she came up with the idea of 
Franz Fanon in Algeria and the 
Algerian Revolution,” Eljamal 
said.

Though the group holds bi-

weekly discussions on iden-
tity, MEdAN hopes to host 
more events and dinners in the 
future.

LSA junior Haya Alfarhan, 

MEdAN outreach chair, said 
the group’s regular discussion 
sessions, called Chai Circles, 
present an opportunity to fos-
ter an active community on 
campus.

“What the Chai Circles do is 

Wheeler
concert

WHAT: Cheryl Wheeler 
is a woman of many 
musical personalities 
— romantic balladeer, 
observational humorist 
and committed activist. 
WHO: Michigan 
Union Ticket Office
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: The Ark

A Night at the 
Set XXVI

WHAT: A Night at the 
Set XXVI is the 26th 
annual multicultural talent 
showcase presented by 
Kappa Alpha Psi. Tickets 
are available in advance at 
the Michigan Union Ticket 
Office.
WHO: Kappa Alpha Psi
WHEN: Today at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union, 
Rogel Ballroom

For Your Health: A guide to 
navigating the dining halls 

See SPEAKER, Page 3

