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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 

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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.

