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.

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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.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Ann Arbor, MI

INDEX

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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

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