students are informed about 

the guarantee. The University 
has 
promoted 
the 
Go 
Blue 

Guarantee online through social 
media platforms and emails to 
prospective students in lower 
income communities. In addition, 
the 
Office 
of 
Undergraduate 

Admissions has incorporated the 

information about the guarantee 
into tours for Michigan high 
school students.

In an interview with the 

Daily in October, Kedra Ishop, 
the 
University’s 
Vice 
Provost 

for 
Enrollment 
Management, 

said reshaping public perception 
was one of the purposes of the 
guarantee.

“One of the premises of the 

Go Blue Guarantee was to recast 
our message, in the sense that we 

have aid available for students at 
the University of Michigan and 
we wanted to make sure that the 
public understands we have that 
aid available for students at the 
University of Michigan,” she said.

Andrew Xhelilaj, a sophomore 

at Michigan State University, 
found out about the Go Blue 
Guarantee when one of these 
advertising emails was sent to 
his sister. Since then, Xhelilaj 
has applied to transfer to the 

University in part because of 
the free tuition the Go Blue 
Guarantee would grant to him. 
 

Xhelilaj said he is a second-
generation immigrant and first-
generation college student, and 
wants to alleviate his family of 
some of the financial burdens of 
college.

Xhelilaj’s 
sister 
received 

ample financial aid when she 
attended the University because 
his family was less financially 
stable than they are currently. 
Xhelilaj would not have gotten 
the same level of financial aid 
as his sister did had he attended 
the University freshman year.

“My sister went to Michigan 

and she usually checks up on 
the school, and one day she 
had an email or had something 
sent to her (about the Go Blue 
Guarantee),” 
Xhelilaj 
said. 

“She showed me and I was 
like, ‘Oh, this is good,’ because 
my family makes just under 65 
(thousand dollars a year) and it 
seemed viable to actually attend 
Michigan again.”

Xhelilaj sees the Go Blue 

Guarantee as a step in the right 
direction for the University, and 

has been spreading the word to his 
friends and fellow classmates.

“I’ve 
told 
many 
people 

actually that Michigan’s financial 
aid package is very nice for 
underprivileged people,” Xhelilaj 
said. “That’s one of the reasons 
everyone wants to go there.”

LSA freshman Trenton Cox 

is a student who should qualify 
for free tuition under the Go Blue 
Guarantee. Cox is from Jackson, 
Michigan, and is paying for college 
with scholarships and loans. He 
agrees the Go Blue Guarantee 
is an encouraging sign from the 
University, but is concerned about 
whether or not he would actually 
receive the free tuition. Cox said 
he hasn’t obtained any personal 
notification his tuition will be 
covered, and is confused about the 
details.

“I’m happy about the Go Blue 

Guarantee being a thing, but I’m 
really worried that the University’s 
going to give me a hard time about 
it,” Cox said. “For having such a 
large endowment, Michigan is 
known to be like that sometimes.”

Cox said his family income for 

2016 was above $65,000, but this 
year it fell below that threshold. 
Even with a family income just 
about $65,000, Cox said he did not 
receive any need-based aid for last 
semester.

“I would argue that me and a lot 

of other people really could’ve used 
financial aid from the University,” 
Cox said. 

2A — Monday, January 8, 2018
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The 
first 
2,500 
fans 
at 

Saturday’s men’s basketball game 
against the University of Illinois 
received “emoji towels,” featuring 
16 members of the University of 
Michigan men’s basketball team 
in emoji form, as part of teams 
Social Media Day.

The first 500 Maize Rage 

members also received emoji 
t-shirts and Big Heads, large 

posters of the players’ emoji 
heads. Attendees were given 
other opportunities to win prizes, 
such as an autographed basketball 
from 
the 
University’s 
head 

basketball coach John Beilein and 
M Den gift cards.

The giveaways were all part of 

the second annual Social Media 
Day for the basketball team. In 
the lead up to Saturday’s game, 

the Michigan Men’s basketball 
Twitter and their other social 
media accounts boosted posts 
and live broadcasts of the players 
getting ready for the big day. 
Throughout the game, fans were 
encouraged to share photos from 
their social media accounts for the 
chance to appear on the Crisler 
Center video board.

“RT if you want emoji heads 

on all of our photos today!” the 
team’s Twitter account posted in 
the lead-up to the game.

Fans who received the emoji 

towels and other giveaways left 
the Crisler Center thrilled with 
their souvenirs and Michigan’s 
79-69 win over Illinois.

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schools to help them develop 
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“Washtenaw County has a median income 
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stamps/SNAP benefits.”

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and assault taken from a crowd sourced 
database circulating in academic 
communities.” 

“Since December, over 2,000 individuals 
from academic institutions in the United 
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sexual harassment survey created by 
Karen Kelsky.”

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