the Iranian Graduate Students
Association. As an Iranian stu-
dent studying in the United States,
disagreements between the two
countries have been challenging to
witness.
Arbabzadeh came to the United
States several years ago to pursue a
master’s degree in electrical engi-
neering. Due to tensions between
the United States and Iran, there is
no U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran —
Arbabzadeh’s home city.
According to Arbabzadeh fur-
ther cooperation between the
United States and Iran could help
foster better accommodation for
students.
“Iranians in the U.S. started the
movement to show that they sup-
port the deal,” Arbabzadeh said.
“There is a hashtag, #SupportIran-
Deal, because we want to show it
all around the world and say that
we support it.”
When details of the JCPOA
were released in July, Arbabzadeh
was home in Iran. She remembers
people filling the streets and cheer-
ing, in hopes that the reduced sanc-
tions would help bring lower prices
for goods, such as food and medi-
cine.
“My aunt had breast cancer last
year, but the medicine she needed
couldn’t be found, and was super
expensive because of the sanc-
tions,” Arbabzadeh said. “I got it
here for her and I went back home
to give it to her.”
Politically affiliated pro-Israel
groups on campus have voiced var-
ied stances on the JCPOA.
J Street, a national pro-Israel
organization,
announced
their
support for the deal in early Sep-
tember. Though members of the
campus chapter declined to com-
ment, they said they agree with the
statement posted on the organiza-
tion’s website.
“Having studied the text of the
agreement, J Street intends to back
it and work hard for its implemen-
tation, making the case to Con-
gress that this agreement serves
the vital security interests of both
the United States and Israel,” the
organization wrote in their official
release.
However, not all pro-Israel
organizations on campus are for
the deal.
LSA senior Daniel Pearlman
is part of an organization called
WolvPAC, a political on campus
that advocates for a stronger Isra-
el-U.S. relationship. Pearlman said
he has read the agreement himself,
and does not feel that it is a good
deal.
“I am for diplomacy and I am in
favor of negotiation, even with a
theocratic regime like Iran,” Pearl-
man said. “However, I am against
this current deal because it fails to
address numerous critical issues
that are important — not just in my
opinion, but also in the opinion of
many other Americans and people
who are living in the region.”
One problem that Pearlman
has with the deal is that it does
not include “anytime, anywhere”
inspections on nuclear facilities
and military facilities in Iran.
Pearlman said WolvPAC is
working on campus to educate
others and encourage conversa-
tion about the deal.
“We want people to under-
stand more about this deal, and
why it isn’t necessarily the best
option that we have,” Pearlman
said.
The deal, which is under a
60-day congressional review, is
expected to considered by Con-
gress this month. Due to the
nature of the deal as an interna-
tional executive agreement, and
not a treaty, Congress cannot vote
to approve the bill. Instead, they
will vote on whether or not to
disapprove the deal. Many mem-
bers of the Senate and House of
Representatives are attempting to
win a vote of disapproval, a ruling
that would need to be subsequently
vetoed by President Obama if the
deal were to pass.
Many opponents of the deal say
Iran cannot be trusted. Some also
believe relieving sanctions from
Iran would allow the country to
use its unfrozen assets to funnel
money toward terrorist groups.
It would take a two-thirds vote
from Congress to overrule the
president’s veto of a disapproval
resolution, a number that is now
unlikely. The necessary 34 Demo-
cratic senators have announced
support for the deal — meaning
they would not vote for a disap-
proval resolution.
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.)
and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D–
Mich.) have both released state-
ments in support of the deal. Sen.
Gary Peters (D–Mich.) announced
his support on Tuesday morning.
“The United States and our allies
seek peace in the Middle East,”
Dingell wrote in her statement.
“We have two goals: promoting
peace and keeping the confidence
of our allies who need American
leadership. The JCPOA helps sup-
port both of these goals, which is
why I will support it.”
Most
Michigan
Republicans
have released statements of dis-
approval.
Michigan
Attorney
General
Bill
Schuette,
along-
side Oklahoma Attorney Gen-
eral Scott Pruitt, released a www.
michigandaily.com/section/news/
schuette-urges-states-impose-
sanctions-iran letter to all 50 state
governors encouraging them to
impose state-regulated sanctions.
Schuette argued that though the
nation wants to lower sanctions
in return for Iran’s cooperation,
states could still impose their own
sanctions.
John Ciorciari, assistant profes-
sor of public policy, said University
students should stay away from
distorted stories in the media.
“I think it’s very important for
anyone interested in this deal to get
beyond the nightly news, and espe-
cially beyond the often polemical
stories on the evening cable news
shows,” Ciorciari said. “Students
should read the terms on the deal
and read expert commentaries of a
variety of perspectives.”
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WHEN: Today from
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WHERE: Rogel Ballroom
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Intel will no longer
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science and math competition
since 1998, giving $1.6 million
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World Jazz
WHAT: University alum
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band, Worlds Trio.
WHO: Gifts of Art
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Poetry slam
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year. Learn how to read,
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Driverless cars
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built on campus to test self-
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pedestrians are automated.
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This is a process that’s about
your voices and your ideas.”
Schlissel added that the indi-
vidual plans are due by the end
of this academic year, and will
be compounded into a com-
prehensive University plan to
improve diversity, which will
be set in place for September
2016.
“We know the process itself
will be neither easy nor quick,”
he said. “We will disagree at
times, but the structure we’ve
built is designed to encour-
age discussion, the sharing of
successful programs and the
development of new ideas. We
want to encourage innovation
to set broad parameters; not
prescribed boxes.”
The president outlined pro-
grams already in place at the
University to improve diver-
sity and inclusion, including a
program to package admission
offers and financial aid awards.
He also said the University
plans to reach out earlier to stu-
dents with incomplete applica-
tions and to improve outreach
to admitted students before
they decide to enroll. Kedra
Ishop, the University’s associ-
ate vice president for enroll-
ment management, led these
efforts.
Schlissel told The Michi-
gan Daily last week that these
ongoing efforts would result
in visible impacts to this year’s
freshman enrollment numbers
— a sentiment he echoed during
Wednesday’s luncheon.
In recent years, Black enroll-
ment at the University has
hovered around 4 percent — a
reality that has in part driven
calls for new diversity efforts
on campus. During the tail end
of President Emerita Mary Sue
Coleman’s tenure, members of
the University’s Black Student
Union called on the University
to address several issues related
to inclusion, equity and diver-
sity.
The University will also
launch a pilot program this
year to improve the recruit-
ment of students from economi-
cally disadvantaged families
throughout Michigan. The pro-
gram was developed with the
help of Susan Dynarski, a Uni-
versity professor of education,
economics and public policy.
Known as the Hail Scholars
Program, the effort is designed
to increase applications to the
University from high-achieving
low-income students.
University Provost Martha
Pollack and Doug Strong, then-
interim chief financial officer,
previously set up a staff com-
mittee on diversity, equity and
inclusion, chaired by Laurita
Thomas, associate vice presi-
dent for human resources. They
submitted their recommenda-
tions to enhance staff diversity
and inclusiveness last month,
and the report was posted
online today.
So far, new faculty orienta-
tion this year included a session
on leveraging student diversity
in classroom discussions. Plans
are in the process to extend this
training to all faculty.
After remarks from the presi-
dent, Robert Sellers, University
vice provost for equity, inclu-
sion and academic affairs, and
Regent Shauna Ryder Diggs (D),
tables of attendees discussed
ideas for the improvement of
diversity on campus. Facili-
tators at each table recorded
the attendants’ ideas to con-
tribute to the University’s
plan.
The University is plan-
ning
a
University-wide
diversity summit scheduled
for November.
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