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STANDING IN SOLIDARITY
Graduate student
opens classroom for
discussion on race,
student activism
By RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter
Nearly 40 students attended
a teach-in at Mason Hall on
Wednesday morning to discuss
nationwide
issues
related
to
student activism in light of
recent events at the University of
Missouri and Yale University.
Rackham
student
Austin
McCoy,
a
graduate
student
instructor
for
the
History
Department, hosted the teach-
in during his class on justice
in Black America. The class,
which was open to all students
Wednesday, nearly doubled in
attendance over the usual 18
students. McCoy split the class
time into two parts, giving a brief
history of Black student activism
before facilitating a dialogue
History class
hosts teach-in
Hundreds of
students gather to
share stories, call
for campus reforms
By ALYSSA BRANDON
Daily Staff Reporter
A
candid
conversation
about race and diversity at the
University of Missouri — largely
led by students — spilled onto
the University of Michigan’s
campus Wednesday as hundreds
of
demonstrators
gathered
on the Diag in solidarity with
Missouri’s Black community.
“Voices are being silenced not
only in Missouri, but right here
at the University of Michigan,”
said Social Work student Wendy
Cortes,
one
of
the
event’s
organizers. “And it is our goal
for you to know that you are able
to exist without second thought,
without hesitation and without
genuine fear.”
Hosted by School of Social
Work People Of Color Collective,
the demonstration began at
the School of Social Work
Building,
where
participants
created signs and banners using
#Umich4Mizzou. From there,
chanting “UMich for Mizzou,
we support you,” demonstrators
marched to the Diag, where some
shared
personal
experiences
about
being
Black
at
the
University.
Following a string of racial
incidents
targeting
Black
students and other students
of color at the University of
Missouri,
Missouri
students
held
demonstrations
around
their campus, demanding the
Missouri
system’s
president,
Timothy Wolfe, resign from
his position. Wolfe as well as
R. Bowen Loftin, the school’s
chancellor, announced Tuesday
they would resign from their
positions.
And
for
some
Missouri
students, the call for change
resulted in drastic measures.
A Missouri graduate student
underwent
a
seven-day-long
hunger
strike
to
demand
Anger, hope on Diag after
events on Mizzou campus
Panel considers
available resources,
recruitment for
veterans on campus
By JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
In honor of Veterans Day on
Wednesday,
student
veterans
joined a group of 50 students and
community members to highlight
their transitions from combat to
classroom.
Held at the Michigan Union,
the forum was one of many
hosted
by
the
University’s
Veteran and Military Services
this week. Other events included
panel discussions on the wars in
Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan and
Iraq and the Cold War.
Engineering junior Kenneth
Greene, who served from 2008
until 2013 at the Marine Corps
Airspace in New River, N.C., said
he was pleasantly surprised by
how generously the University
community treats its veteran
students.
“There’s so many resources for
veterans on campus it’s insane,”
Greene said. “I don’t think we’ve
been left out at all, as far as that
goes.”
These
resources
include
scholarships offered specifically
to veterans, as well as the
University’s policy of extending
in-state tuition to all veterans
regardless of their residency.
LSA
junior
Joshua
Strup
served in the U.S. Army from
2001 to 2010 and was stationed
in
Germany,
Oklahoma
and
Michigan. Though Strup said
the
University
community’s
recognition of veterans is great,
he added that the University
could improve the way it targets
veterans
in
the
recruitment
process. He said while veterans
See TEACH-IN, Page 3A
See MIZZOU, Page 3A
Students talk
transition from
combat to class
CAMPUS LIFE
See VETERANS, Page 2A
Indian holiday
marked with
food, traditional
festivities
By TANYA MADHANI
Daily Staff Reporter
For
those
who
celebrate
Diwali, the festival marks a time
when the darkness of the world
was vanquished by the return of
the prince and deity Lord Rama.
“That’s why it’s generally
known
as
the
festival
of
lights,” said Nita Shah, an
administrative assistant with
the Global Scholars Program.
More
than
100
students
gathered
in
North
Quad
Residence Hall on Wednesday
to celebrate the holiday, an
Indian festival celebrated by
people of the Hindu, Sikh and
Jain religions.
The Michigan Sahana and
Maya Dance Team performed
at an event LSA senior Sindhu
Kadhiresan called a sort of
equivalent to Christmas. She
said there was a shortage of
Diwali celebrations on campus
this year, which she said was
may have been due to the busy
time of year the festival fell on.
“It’s important for us to show
people on campus how it holds
the same value,” Kadhiresan
Over 100 gather for Diwali
festival of lights celebration
See DIWALI, Page 2A
DAVID SONG/Daily
Rackham student Sandhya Narayanan performs a traditional dance in celebration of Diwali at North Quad on Wednesday.
Medical Students
launch program
to guide patients
through signup
By KATIE PENROD
Daily Staff Reporter
Many previously uninsured
Americans gained coverage
following the implementation
of the Affordable Care Act in
2010. However, many people
still remain uninsured and
University
Medical
School
students wanted to learn why.
Brent Williams, an associate
professor of internal medicine,
and a team of medical students
run a free clinic in Pinckney,
Mich. Williams said they
continue to encounter a large
number of uninsured patients
every week. In a recent paper,
After ACA,
many still
lack health
insurance
MEDICINE
See ACA, Page 3A
RUBY WALLAU/Daily
LEFT: School of Social Work second year Rebecca Ahmad-Robinson demonstrates her solidarity with the students at the University of Missouri. CENTER: School of Social Work first year Khalid Bowens speaks about his experiences of being Black at
the University. RIGHT: School of Social Work first year Fatmeh Baidoun holds a sign at the event was organized by the School of Social Work People of Color Collective on the Diag on Wednesday.