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Thursday, August 10, 2017
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NEWS
ACROSS
1 Mus. key of “I Am
The Walrus”
5 Gulf
10 They’re underfoot
14 Shade akin to
ecru
15 Critical vessel
16 K-12
17 Tarragona title, in
detail?
19 Tucked in
20 NBC show that
inspired “30
Rock”
21 It’s hidden in
some profiles
23 How great minds
think
26 Sweet __
28 Immature bee
nourished by
royal jelly
29 Arles animal, in
detail?
32 Amorous murmur
33 Voice mail
prompt
34 Wow
35 Rat Pack
nickname
37 Wetland area
39 Fire
43 Sci-fi SFX
45 Take at a concert
47 Capital of
Delaware?
48 Toulouse trace,
in detail?
52 Poundstone of
“Wait Wait...
Don’t Tell Me!”
53 Like the
occasional clean
sock
54 Emphatic
affirmation
55 Craftsperson
57 N.L. teams
usually don’t use
them
58 Bus sched. info
59 Augsburg above,
in detail?
65 “Foiled again!”
66 Brat condiment
67 Gable neighbor
68 Jazz sessions
69 37-Across plant
70 CT scan
component
DOWN
1 They might be
ripped
2 “The Simpsons”
tavern owner
3 Gloucester’s
cape
4 Lake craft
5 Word with roll or
toll
6 Mason’s burden
7 “__ you coming?”
8 College in
Northfield, Minn.
9 Colt producer
10 Cleavers
11 Finney with a
recurring role in
Jason Bourne
films
12 “Look What __
Done to My
Song, Ma”
13 What an LP has
that a CD lacks
18 Like helium
22 Went like mad
23 Preschool song
opener
24 Sainted pontiff
called “the
Great”
25 Revered one
26 Skipjack or
bluefin
27 Came to light
30 Stand-up
individual?
31 “The Blacklist”
actress
36 Eye experts,
old-style
38 DUI-fighting org.
40 TV Batman West
41 Biz biggies
42 Bingo kin
44 Dean’s list nos.
46 Friend of Job
48 “Nausea” novelist
49 Surpass in a hot
dog contest
50 Small parrot
51 Yarn that makes
fabric stretchy
52 Oater colleagues
56 Arctic divers
57 Check figure
60 Sore
61 Carry with
difficulty
62 Backdrop for
many jokes
63 Actress Longoria
64 Spanish king
By Mel Rosen
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08/10/17
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Big House program supports diverse applicants
By DYLAN LACROIX
Summer Daily News Editor
About 30 prospective minority
undergraduate students gathered at
Assembly Hall in Rackham Monday
afternoon to meet with current
University of Michigan students
and administrative members to
explore the advantages of choosing
to study at the University for their
undergraduate career.
The luncheon was one of a series
of events held by the Big House
Program, which throughout the
summer and academic year supports
chosen underrepresented minority
prospective students throughout the
process of applying to the University.
The program started in 2012.
Compared to the 26.5 percent
acceptance rate for the University
overall
for
fall
2017,
program
participants
yielded
an
overall
acceptance rate of 82 percent, with 27
out of 33 participants accepted to the
University.
Reem
Aburukba,
Dearborn
resident and Big House Program
participant, said many who are
often left in the dark when applying
to college. The Big House Program
seeks to amend this, she explained,
by providing valuable resources to
prospective students. This helped
alleviate many of her concerns and
fears around the college application
process.
“When you’re searching things
up online, they make it seem really
impossible to get a really good
personal essay,” Aburukba said.
“But here they’re alleviating our
fears and telling us like, ‘You need to
expose enough of yourself to show
them you’ve been through things
and that you’re ready for Michigan
and just want to make a change.’ It’s
a difference; it gives you ideas.”
LSA junior Antonio Gallegos,
who went through the program
three years ago, spoke on how,
with the mentorship offered by the
program, his dream of attending
the University became a reality.
“I don’t think I’d be where I
am today without the program,”
Gallegos said. “I didn’t even really
think Michigan was a possibility for
me. I’m a first generation student so
I didn’t know anything.”
He
shared
how,
once
the
application process was over and
he had received admission, the
program continued to guide him
throughout his college transition
period.
“The Big House really gave me
the resources necessary to apply
and not only apply, but once I
came here even at my orientation
people within PILOT, the student
organization, were reaching out to
me,” he said.
Throughout the summer and
academic year, members of PILOT,
a
student-based
organization
working towards fostering diverse
leadership within the University
community, mentor and guide
the chosen prospective students
throughout the application process
with the Big House Program.
University Regent Shauna Diggs
gave a brief speech at the event,
attributing
her
own
personal
success to an experience similar to
the Big House Program when she
applied to college.
“I went to quite a few programs
like this, and they are in large part
the reason I am a physician in
private practice today, a regent at the
University of Michigan,” Diggs said.
She went on to describe the large
amount of opportunities that the
University has to offer that are not
possible at other institutions.
“There are a couple things that
a program like this can do,” Diggs
said. “The first is to present to you
all the opportunities, to see the
possibilities. Sometimes in our small
world we can’t really see all the
things that we can do, but when you
come to a place like the University
of Michigan, campus of Ann Arbor,
Dearborn and Flint, you can really
start to see all the things that you
can accomplish.”
Later
this
year,
program
participants will return to campus in
the fall to shadow current University
students and explore academic
options, and again in 2018 to plan
their
collegiate
transition
and
connect with University support
services.
COURTESY OF JAD ELHARAKE
Michigan Regent Shauna Ryder Diggs speaks at an event hosted by the Big House
Program at Rackham on Monday.