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When your flight is delayed
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Hatcher officials want you to
believe no one studies here
anymore. This is a total lie.
4 million Michigan students
study here every day.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Culture and Identity after
the Black Death
WHAT: This lecture, held by
Prof. Katherine French and
titled “Good Households and
Household Goods,” will examine
the conditions of London after the
plague.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Institute for the
Humanities, Osterman Common
Flappers, Mappers and
the Fight for Equality on
Campus
WHAT: An exhibit combines
protest posters from the UM
Library’s Special Collections with
maps to examine diversity and
equality on campus in the ’20s.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Graduate
Library, Clark Library, Second
Floor
Hidden Figures: The
Untold Story
WHAT: Margot Lee Shetterly
will tell the story of the Black
women who were beind the space
race victory, as well as talk about
other women and people of color
in U.S. history.
WHO: Women in Science and
Engineering Program
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Auditorium
Making Michigan in the
Industrial Age
WHAT: Professors and co-
authors of a forthcoming book on
industrialization in the United
States will discuss Detroit
in the context of economic
development.
WHO: LSA Bicentennial Theme
Semester
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Graduate
Library, Room 100
EEB Tuesday Lunch
Seminar: Understanding
the role of parasitism
WHAT: This brown bag lunch
series will examine diversification
in the freshwater species, and
examine the role of parasitism
on it.
WHO: Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
WHEN: 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Ruthven Museums
Building, Room 2009
“The F Word” Post-
Screening Q&A
WHAT: Director Robert
Adanto will answer questions
and examine the fourth wave
feminist movement through the
perspectives of feminist artists.
WHO: Institute for Research on
Women and Gender
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Modern Languages
Building, Room 1
A Lens to Unravel the
Social Changes in China
WHAT: Artists Wang Qingsong
and Zhang Fang will describe
their recent works on changes
and conflicts in China.
WHO: Lieberthal-Rogel Center
for Chinese Studies
WHEN: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social Work
Building, Room 1636
Fulbright Student Info
Session
WHAT: A UM Fulbright U.S.
Student Program adviser will
describe application tips, such as
obtaining letters of reference and
engaging with contacts.
WHO: International Institute
WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social Work
Building, Room 1644
Saturday, hundreds of students
“flew” into the Rogel Ballroom in
the University of Michigan Union
for the fifth annual Yule Ball, hosted
by the Michigan Quidditch Team.
The Yule Ball was a key plot
point introducing the concept of
romance between characters in
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire.” It is also an iconic event to
“Potterheads,” as the fans are called.
According to the event’s
Facebook page, the party included a
Great Hall-style feast, reminiscent
of the magical dinners of the
series. Guests are sorted into
Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or
Ravenclaw, danced to music or had
their fortunes told. “Formal dress”
constituted that of the wizarding
world, rather than that of campus.
The team encouraged its guests to
appear as they would if they were to
enter the Hogwarts castle.
“Dress is formal, so break out
your wands and dress robes and
come ready to party!” the event page
states.
The event sold out on Saturday
afternoon, which sparked a stream
of frantic posts on the Facebook
page. Many prospective guests
offered to buy extra tickets at more
than face value, and some expressed
disappointment at the prospect of
missing out on the Yule Ball.
Yule Ball-goers also had the
opportunity to contribute to the
music selection of the event. The
event’s DJ, Kinesiology sophomore
Kailey Danaher, offered up her
playlist to the masses.
“Want to hear your favorite
song at the Yule Ball?” she wrote.
“Think you can DJ? Well, you
can’t DJ, that’s my job. But you can
help me by adding songs to this
collaborative playlist to make Yule
Ball even more magical.”
At its completion, the MQ Yule
Ball 2017 Spotify playlist included
hits such as “Closer” by The
Chainsmokers, “Ignition (Remix)”
by R. Kelly, “Hips Don’t Lie” by
Shakira and “Stacy’s Mom” by
Fountains of Wayne.
The Michigan Quidditch Team
expressed its gratitude for the
overwhelming turnout at its biggest
fundraiser of the year.
“Thank you everyone for
making the Fifth Annual Yule Ball
an amazing success!” the post said.
“Hope to see you all next year!”
- HEATHER COLLEY
ON THE DAILY: QUIDDITCH TEAM HOSTS 5TH YULE BALL
MAX KUANG/Daily
Comedian Aman Ali performs at the annual SAAN conference at the
Michigan League on Friday.
at exploring the effects of
a high body mass index on
depression across race and
gender.
Moreover,
Assari’s
study looked to find causations
between
the
effects
of
sustained
physical
activity
and depression in the different
groups.
Assari used data from a
University-produced
Health
and Retirement Study, which
took a representative sample
of Americans over the age of
50 from 2004-2010 to measure
depressive symptoms across
individuals
who
presented
BMIs
that
are
considered
to be obese. The research
focused only on Black and
white
Americans
to
make
generalizations
about
both
populations.
Assari
explained
his
research
helps
show
that
sustained
psychological
effects from sustained physical
conditions are not mutually
exclusive from one’s race and
gender.
“Medical
education
has
assumed that every risk factor
is constant among groups,”
Assari
said.
“My
research
shows that this is true when all
groups are pooled together, but
when you divide the groups by
their history, the effects of risk
factors are different.”
Assari
noted
the
presentation
of
depression
was directly correlated to the
individual’s personal history
and living conditions. One
example Assari used was that
many Black men grew up very
differently from white women.
“The history of Black men,
for example, which is filled
with exposure, is extremely
different from that of white
females,” he said. “Because
of their norms, white females
cannot afford to be obese,
unless
they
are
depressed
because
of
the
mental
pressure associated with their
obesity. On the other hand,
Black men cannot afford to
be that sensitive because of
all the exposure that comes
from factors such as police,
unemployment, discrimination
and racism. They don’t share
the same luxury of being
depressed by their obesity.”
The
conclusion
Assari
presents
brings
a
new
perspective
into
how
health
intervention
should
be
effectively
handled
for
individuals of different races
and genders.
Julia
Carter,
a
graduate
student
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh,
worked
on
the
research
under
the
mentorship of Assari as part
of the University’s Summer
Immersion Program. Carter
discussed the importance of
the research in terms of how
it could change health and
psychological treatment.
“The significance of this
research is that the association
between sustained BMI
and
depression
is
not
uniform across race and
gender,”
Carter
said.
“Therefore, health care
and programs such as
weight loss interventions
and
psychological
care
should be tailored to the
target population in order
to be more effective.”
This study is related to
previous work conducted
by
Assari
in
2016
in
which he concluded that
education is a risk factor
for depression in Black
men. While education is
often thought to bring
happiness
and
strong-
mindedness
to
many
people, it has a different
effect on the psychological
well-beings of Black men.
This recent study ties
in with Assari’s larger
research project aimed at
portraying the resilience
of different social groups
and the health effects
associated with different
risk factors.
RESEARCH
From Page 1
Medical education
has assumed that
every risk factor
is constant among
groups
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