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When
Rackham
student

Surojit Sural, Ph.D. candidate
in molecular and integrative
physiology, was deciding on
leaving his home country
of
India
for
Japanese

or
American
doctorate

programs,
he
chose
the

University of Michigan for
what he said was its prestige,
location
and
financial

support.
His
peers
were

accepted
to
high-ranking

European universities, but
also chose American schools
due to their financial aid
benefits.

However,
under
the

Republican tax plan which
recently passed the House,
two of three student tax
credits would be eliminated
and tuition waivers Ph.D.
candidates
earn
through

teaching and research would
become
taxed.
Supporters

of the propsal argue the tax
cuts will be beneficial for
businesses, the middle class
and economic growth, as tax
cuts have been a major issue
for the Republican party in
recent weeks.

While
Sural
plans
to

graduate in the summer of
2018 and will not be affected
if the bill goes through, he
acknowledged
how
deal-

breaking this would have
been for him had the bill

When
the
parliament

of Catalonia, a region in
northeastern
Spain,
voted

this past September to hold
a
region-wide
referendum

on whether or not Catalonia
should become independent
from Spanish governance, the
question of its future became
a
matter
of
international

importance.

Faced with such a divisive

current
event,
professors

instructing courses in the
newly
developed
Catalan

course
sequence
in
the

University
of
Michigan’s

Department
of
Romance

Languages and Literatures
started to work discussion
of the referendum into class
time.

Susanna
Coll-Ramirez,

the
assistant
director
to

the
Elementary
Language

Program
in
the
Romance

Languages
Department,

moved to the United States
from Catalonia 18 years ago.
She said in 2011 she was asked
to develop a 400-level class
in the Spanish curriculum
on the Catalan language and
culture.

After sufficient enrollment

rates and positive student
feedback, the class was given
a permanent spot in the
Spanish curriculum as a one-
semester course for students

who have already taken three
300-level
Spanish
courses.

From there, another section
was added and the sequence
continued to grow until the
Catalan courses became their
own
sequence,
no
longer

strictly Spanish classes but
instead cross-listed.

“Now
it’s
not
under

(Spanish) anymore, it’s also
Catalan so it has its own
name,”
Coll-Ramirez
said.

“It’s Catalan but it’s cross-
listed with Spanish so it’s
Catalan and Spanish. The
prerequisites, because it’s a
291 class, is that the students
have had Spanish 277 so
students still come with a

very good level of Spanish.”

LSA senior Abbey Derechin

is currently taking a Catalan
course
with
Coll-Ramirez.

She said she was interested
in taking the course because
her family has roots in the
Catalonian region.

“My uncle is from Catalonia

and I’ve always wanted to
learn his native language,
I guess, because I’ve been
taking Spanish since seventh
grade so I can speak with him
in Spanish but I wanted to
be able to speak with him in
Catalan as well.”

Ryan Szpiech, an associate

professor in the departments
of
Romance
Languages

and Literatures and Judaic
Studies,
said
along
with

familial ties to the region
like Derechin has, students
have
heard
the
name

Catalonia more often after the
referendum. Szpiech believes
this will allow the Catalan
program
to
grow
while

other larger languages won’t
because there are no current
political events happening in
these larger countries with
more native speakers.

“Catalan
is
not
a
big

language
worldwide,”

Szpiech said. “By comparison,
Portuguese, another romance
language,
is
far
more

abundant as far as native

More
than
130
student

organizations will take part
in Giving Blueday on Tuesday,
the most in the four years that
the event has been held. Giving
Blueday, a 24-hour University-
wide
donation
campaign,

raised $5.5 million from more
than 7,300 donors last year.

Scheduled to coincide with

Giving Tuesday — a global day of
charity following Black Friday
— Giving Blueday encourages
members of the University
community
to
donate
to

organizations,
programs,

schools and scholarship funds.
Only donations made by phone
or online on Nov. 28 will count
toward the total.

Katy Wallander, associate

director
of
Student

Philanthropy,
said
student

organizations
which
will

participate
typically
raise

between $1,000 and $2,000.

“I think that sometimes

students
think
that
when

you give to Michigan, it just
goes in the same bucket, but
really there’s such a variety of

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Monday, November 27, 2017

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INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 36
©2017 The Michigan Daily

N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B

See TAX PLAN, Page 3A

GOVERNMENT

See LANGUAGE, Page 3A

CAMPUS LIFE

Catalan courses being offered in Winter 2018:

Catalan 330/Spanish 330

— Ryan Szpiech, Associate Professor of Spanish

Advanced Catalan Language, Culture,

and Society

Topics in Catalan Literature and

Culture

Catalan 441/Spanish 441

"Spanish society is, one way or another,
suffering. Whether (Catalonia) splits or
doesn’t split, there’s no good outcome

to this, I don’t think.”

DESIGN BY MICHELLE PHILLIPS

Heartbreak

The Wolverines had a chance

to change the recent history
of the Ohio State rivalry in

front of them, but missed
opportunities kept them

from the upset victory.

» Page 1B

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

The
William
Davidson

Institute

a
nonprofit

research organization which
provides support to low- and
middle-income countries — is
launching a virtual, cross-
cultural
entrepreneurship

program
next
year
for

University
of
Michigan

undergraduates from the Ann
Arbor, Flint and Dearborn
campuses.

The
program,
Michigan

Initiative for Global Action
Through
Entrepreneurship,

will
connect
University

students with students from
universities in the Middle East
and North Africa, according
to
the
University
Record.

Participating schools include
the FEPS Business Incubator at
Cairo University in Egypt and
Benghazi Youth for Technology
and Entrepreneurship, among
others.

Students will work together

to identify social problems
such
as
public
health,

sustainability
and
assisting

locals in business operations.

See PROGRAM, Page 3A
See GIVING BLUE, Page 3A

ACADEMICS

Giving Blue-
day looks
to include
hundreds

More than 130 student
organizations will take
part in this year’s initiative

LEAH GRAHAM

For the Daily

GOP tax plan
a cause for
concern for
‘U’ students

Proposal includes removal of certain
tax breaks for graduate school students

RACHEL CUNNINGHAM

Daily Staff Reporter

Program to
engage ‘U’
in virtual
learning

Tri-campus initiative
encourages students to
virtually collaborate

ERIC MA
For the Daily

Catalan vote incorporated into class
discussions, newly developed courses

The expanding Catalan classes work to include current events in daily curriculum

MATT HARMON
Daily Staff Reporter

For sixth straight year, ‘The
Game’ ends in Buckeyes’ favor

TED JANES

Daily Sports Writer

The Michigan football team

couldn’t have dreamed of a
better start, but No. 9 Ohio
State didn’t let the dream last
very long.

Michigan
led
by
two

touchdowns
early
in
the

second quarter, but just as Ohio
State quarterback J.T. Barrett
began getting into rhythm, the
Wolverines began to blow their
own lead.

The result? A 31-20 loss —

the sixth-straight loss to the
Buckeyes — and an 8-4 record
to end the regular season.

Michigan’s mistakes arrived

early, but their implications
didn’t appear until it was too
late.

Fifth-year
senior

quarterback
John
O’Korn

overthrew open receivers all
game. He finished with 195
passing yards on a 53-percent
completion rate.

Sophomore
safety
Josh

Metellus dropped a potential
second-quarter interception in
Michigan’s red zone, and Ohio
State scored its first touchdown
on the next play.

Ohio State blocked redshirt

freshman
kicker
Quinn

Nordin’s extra point in the
third quarter, and when the
Wolverines trailed by four on a

late fourth-quarter drive, they had to play for
a touchdown — not just a field goal.

“We got a little complacent,” O’Korn said.

“As players, we let the foot off the gas. This
game didn’t have to be close. We could’ve
ran away with it.”

The game was close indeed, because

aside from all the missed throws and
botched opportunities, the Wolverines’
offense was getting contributions from
all over at the start.

Fifth-year
senior
Khalid
Hill

hammered across the goal line
for the Michigan’s first score,
and sophomore tight end Sean
McKeon caught a touchdown
pass early in the second
quarter.

Sophomore
running

back
Chris
Evans

boosted
Michigan

with 67 rushing
yards,
and

freshman
Donovan

Peoples-

Jones broke five tackles

on a 42-yard punt return that gave

the Wolverines advantageous field positioning for their second
touchdown.

See OHIO STATE, Page 3A

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