Warrior-Scholar academic bootcamp helps veterans adjust to University life By ALAINA WYGNAT Daily Staff Reporter “It’s kind of a long story,” Adam Pawlowski said, speak- ing about how he came to be one of 20 veterans at the Warrior- Scholar Project at the University. For the second year in a row, the University hosted the pro- gram, one-week academic boot camp designed to help service- men and women make the tran- sition from the military to the classroom. The Warrior-Scholar Project began at Yale University in 2012 and has expanded to 11 colleges According to University alum Ryan Pavel, the program direc- tor for the University’s cam- pus and a former marine, it will expand to seven more campuses this year. “The veterans have a rigorous schedule and are taught using a humanities-based curriculum,” a course packet on the program reads. “There is Tocqueville on American democracy, Shelley’s poem ‘Ozymandias,’ Hannah Arendt’s political philosophy on freedom and quite a number of style manuals, guides and essays on writing.” Pavel said the academic coursework is rigorous and because it is contained to one weeks, students take it seriously. “It’s long days,” Pavel said. “Breakfast is at 8, and most days, we push until 10 or 11 at night. When students come here, they know it’s only one week and that they have a lot to do, so it’s very focused.” With the exception of trans- portation costs, the program is free for selected veterans thanks to funding from private donors such as the National Endowment for the Humanities. Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com 2 4 6 8 2 7 Festival attracts attendees from across the state By SAM COREY For the Daily The annual Ann Arbor Sum- mer Festival kicked off June 12 on North University Avenue with various activities and live musical performances. Established in 1984 by micro- film pioneer Eugene Power, in collaboration with the city of Ann Arbor and the University, the festival is known for its per- formances by eclectic groups of domestic and international art- ists. The festival is open six days a week and reins in close to 80,000 attendees each year for simultaneously occurring indoor and outdoors programs. Friday’s activities included entertainment by dancers, musi- cians, comedians and actors. Festival activities are made possible each year through the work of volunteers and dona- tions from regular attendees. LSA junior Rob Smith said he enjoys how the event engages the Ann Arbor community. “It has a vast range of musical talent and is a place for people to gather and just see people that they wouldn’t be able to see throughout the year. It’s a won- derful community event,” said Smith. Outdoor programs, otherwise known as Top of the Park, make up 90 percent of the festival’s activities and include outdoor movies, concerts, workouts, organized dancing, educational programs and food vendors. According to Amy Nesbitt, the director of the festival, there has been a steady fusion between the indoor and outdoor programs. “It used to be segmented between indoor and outdoor programs. Over the years, we’ve tried really hard to braid that experience,” Nesbitt said. Each year the nonprofit fes- tival’s steering team sends a See FESTIVAL, Page 3 See BOOTCAMP, Page 3 Program transitions veterans to classroom ACADEMICS LEFT & RIGHT: Mumford & Sons perform at DTE Energy Music Theatre on June 16th. ZACH MOORE/Daily CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Thursday, June 18, 2015 Ann Arbor, MI INDEX Vol. CXXI, No. 136 | © 2013 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SUDOKU................................. SPORTS.................................. NEWS Adoption services New bill allows adoption agencies to deny service to same-sex couples >> SEE PAGE 3 NEWS Joint Institute Master’s program connects students with leading universities in China >> SEE PAGE 2 OPINION Fostering Discrimination New legislation is discriminatory and damaging >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS Orange is the New Black Season 3 of Netflix drama premieres online >> SEE PAGE 6 SPORTS Womens Track at NCAA’s Wolverines turn in best finish since 2009 >> SEE PAGE 11 inside MUMFORD & SONS Ann Arbor Summer Festival kicks off with live music, outdoor activities ZACH MOORE/Daily