with a faith that is literally being 
targeted every single day by not 
only this administration but the 
media, could run and win and 
make history,” Tlaib said in an 
interview with Detroit News.

Tlaib 
joins 
a 
competitive 

candidate field in the 13th 
district. Among her opposition 
include Conyers’s 27-year-old 
son, John Conyers III and his 
great-nephew, state Sen. Ian 
Conyers.

Aside from her career, Tlaib 

is occupied fulfilling the duties 
of a mother to her two sons. The 
Daily sat down with Tlaib to 
discuss a typical day in her life 
as both candidate and mother, 
which 
involves 
balancing 

attending meetings with making 
lunches 
and 
laundry 
with 

campaign calls.

“I’m a mom,” Tlaib said. “A lot 

of it is obviously balancing my 
children and their needs with 
being able to get the campaign 
moving.”

A day in Tlaib’s busy life may 

look something like this:

5 a.m.: She rises early to catch 

up on writing thank you notes 
that need to be sent.

7 a.m.: Tlaib makes sure her 

kids are awake and getting ready 
for school in the morning. She 
often reviews the daily schedule 
with them, so that they know 
who will be picking them up 
from school and what the 
evening agenda is going to look 
like. After breakfast, she and 
the boys head out the door for 
school.

9 a.m.: In the mornings, Tlaib 

likes to do some form of cardio 
for daily exercise.

10:30 a.m.: Tlaib usually starts 

holding meetings around 10:30 
or 11 a.m. This often involves 
meeting with precinct delegates 
and members throughout the 

12 different cities in Michigan’s 
13th congressional district.

12 p.m. to 5 p.m.: During the 

afternoons, Tlaib is out the door 
and running from the office to 
meetings until the evening. She 
typically goes into the office and 
works to raise money for the 
campaign. Tlaib often travels 
to meet directly with people 
across the district.

6 p.m.: In the evening, Tlaib 

returns home to make dinner 
for the family and lunches for 
the boys for the next day.

But no day in the life of 

Tlaib is the same, and she often 
compromises between her roles 
as both a politician and a mom.

“Even 
yesterday, 
my 
son 

didn’t have school, my youngest, 
so it was kind of a laundry day,” 
Tlaib said. “So I made campaign 
calls while I did laundry for my 
D.C. fundraiser.”

Tlaib, as the eldest of 14 

children, is accustomed to the 
act of juggling her personal and 

professional lives.

“Juggling a lot of family with 

work and school is something 
I’ve done,” Tlaib said. “Even 
when I was earning my law 
degree, I worked full time 
Monday through Friday and 
then took weekend classes for 
three years. It wasn’t fun, but I 
think my grandmother and my 
mom pretty much instilled in 
me that you just get it done.”

Tlaib clearly applies this same 

ambition and time management 
to her current life.

“Now, I’m leaving a little bit 

early to go to parent-teacher 
conferences at 4 p.m. and then 
dropping off my two boys at 
drama camp and then heading 
back in for a cabinet meeting at 
7 p.m.,” Tlaib said.

Tlaib’s 
campaign 
involves 

constant communication and 
conversations with Michigan 
citizens, which motivate and 
propel her the most.

“There 
is 
a 
lot 
of 

communication, a lot of direct 
human contact with people 
throughout 
the 
districts,” 

Tlaib said. “That is something 
actually I get a lot of energy 
from, is talking to people. It’s 
more of the traveling and some 
of the logistics for events and 
things that I’m really blessed to 
have an incredible team that’s 
more than happy to take that 
on.”

While Tlaib is energized by 

running for Congress, she has 
encountered 
some 
pushback 

due to her gender and ethnicity. 
She 
describes 
experiencing 

heightened public scrutiny on 
her appearance and actions as a 
woman.

“That’s one thing I don’t miss, 

having this kind of microscope 
on how I look and how I say 
things,” Tlaib said.

10 minutes from Central Campus. 
He 
explained 
having 
more 

information on the commuter 
student population or following 
patterns of other state universities 
would help the University better 
acknowledge 
students 
who 

commute from home.

“I think even looking at the 

state of Michigan in general, most 
of the other colleges in the area, 
even if you look at Michigan State 
or Wayne State and a couple of 
those places, have better programs 
built in for helping students 
navigate that space and having 
spots available for them … where 
it’s more convenient,” Chaudry 
said. “U-M doesn’t really have 
as much in comparison to them, 
and I know a lot of schools also 
track more heavily how many 
students (commute) so they can 
focus on whether they need to put 
funding towards things like that. 
I think that’s one thing that (the 

University) can probably improve 
on.”

Other state universities, such 

as Eastern Michigan University, 
Michigan 
Technological 

University, Northern Michigan 
University 
and 
Ferris 
State 

University, 
currently 
offer 

programs, presentations or other 
resources for commuter students. 
According to University Logistics, 
Transportation 
and 
Parking, 

student parking permits are only 
available to students with junior 
standing and above. Typically, 
junior and seniors would be most 
likely to live in Ann Arbor but, 
according to the U.S. Census 
Bureau, the median rent in the city 
has risen 14 percent from 2010 to 
2015, showing a considerable cost 
to upperclassmen who chose to live 
off-campus instead of commute.

For freshmen and sophomores 

like Alston and Chaudry, student 
storage permits are offered but 
are allocated on a first-come-
first-served basis and only 180 
permits are distributed per year. 
The two storage permit lots, one 

on North Campus near Baits I 
Residence Hall and one on South 
Campus on State Street, accept 
the same permit but if one lot is 
full, a student must park at the 
other. LTP suggests commuters 
utilize alternative transportation 
methods such as bicycles, the Park 
and Ride program Alston utilizes 
and more for students who may not 
be able to secure a parking permit.

Broekhuizen 
offered 
LTP’s 

resources but could not comment 
on further parking resources for 
commuter students at the time of 
publishing.

When it comes to what actions 

the University could take to better 
accommodate commuter students, 
Chaudry agreed with Alston that 
more accessible parking lots for 
newer students or cheaper parking 
passes would allow for greater 
ability to take advantage of the 
benefits of being a commuter 
student.

“I think more parking spaces, 

or at least more permits available 
to purchase (would be beneficial), 
because it’s kind of difficult to go 

and navigate finding someone 
who lives in an apartment and has 
a spot available, and if you do it’s 
usually like 15 minutes away from 
wherever the normal classes are so 
it makes it kind of inconvenient,” 
Chaudry said. “For some people, 
it’s even further.”

LSA sophomore Yara El-Tawil, 

who makes the commute from 
her family’s home in Ann Arbor, 
expressed similar sentiments in the 
hope that finding more convenient 
parking might take away certain 
worries about commuting.

El-Tawil currently rents a 

parking spot a few blocks from 
campus, and while she explained 
the price for this is significantly 
lower than what she would pay 
for on-campus living, commuting 
for students who aren’t familiar 
with 
the 
Ann 
Arbor 
area 

could be made much easier 
with more accessible parking 
and 
information 
on 
public 

transportation opportunities.

“The biggest thing I would 

say that I wish the University did 
do is make it easier for people to 

commute,” El-Tawil said. “I know 
for some commuters it’s hard to 
figure out the public transportation 
system, and I have an advantage 
because I’ve lived in Ann Arbor 
for 14 years so I know it, but a lot 
of people don’t and I wish that (the 
University) did (emphasize it), or 
if they do do it they’re not doing a 
good job of emphasizing it.”

In terms of the community 

of commuter students, El-Tawil 
explained current dialogue about 
commuting, that it might be 
difficult to do or it might place a 
strain on student social life, should 
be changed. She expressed her 
hope the University provides more 
information 
about 
commuting 

to students interested in saving 
money or commuting for other 
reasons that making the commute 
from home is not as difficult as 
some might think.

“It’s mainly not a commuter 

campus, which is hard,” El-Tawil 
said. 

combined 
federal 
charges 
for 

possession of child pornography 
for sexual abuse, his consecutive 
sentences imprison him for an 
additional 40 to 175 years on top 
of his 60-year federal sentence. 
Povilaitis also explained these 10 
cases were specifically selected in 
an effort to include survivors from 
outside of Michigan.

For those survivors outside of 

the 10 pressing charges, Judge 
Rosemarie Aquilina allowed for an 
unprecedented amount of victim 
impact statements. Many judges, 
including Aquilina herself, have 
previously limited the duration, 
content or number of victim 
impact statements allowed, which 
contributed to the culture of 
silencing survivors. For Nassar’s 
sentencing, 
however, 
Aquilina 

allowed for any survivor to speak, 
and even applauded them for doing 
so — creating a controversy on its 
own.

“It was very refreshing to see 

a judge who acknowledged their 
pain and suffering, listened with a 
kind ear, and I think it was really 
effective in their healing process,” 
Povilaitis said.

The 
momentum 
of 
the 

testimonies that originally made 
national headlines, however, is now 
up against institutional barriers. 
The Michigan Association of State 
Universities — a coalition including 
the University — succeeded in 
scaling back legislation in the state 
legislature increasing resources for 
survivors. The association claimed 
the package of bills would have 
a “profound impact” on schools. 
Interim 
MSU 
president 
John 

Engler angered many surivors on 
Thursday with comments accusing 
the state bills of interfering in 
mediation 
between 
MSU 
and 

parties suing the university. In his 
testimony before the state Senate 
higher education subcommittee, 
Engler also noted MSU’s legal fees 
would be sourced from taxpayers 
and students. 

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NINE TERM ANGELL SCHOLARS

Kayla Cerise Mathes
Maxwell Robert Morrison
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Timothy Mark Peterson *
School of Music, Theatre & Dance

EIGHT TERM ANGELL SCHOLARS

Mark Paul Adams *
Vivian Joy Anderson *
Megan Elizabeth Cansfield *
Jennie Journeaux DeBlanc *
Madeline Lee Endres
Rylie Anne Haupt *
Brooke Donna Huisman *
Zachary Aaron Kirkpatrick *
Kevin William Landwehr *
Bennett Andrew Magy *
Karl Marco *

Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Nursing
College of Engineering
School of Nursing
College of Business, Dearborn
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering

Janice E. McCoy
Anna Justine Munaco *
Christopher James Nichols *
Tsukumo Niwa *
Dean Joseph Robinson
Daniel Matija Schwartzberg *
Sarah D. Taipalus
Austin Edwin Waara *
Claire Lillie Yerman
Kevin Pan Zhu *

College of Arts & Sciences, Flint
College of Engineering
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Education & Human Services, Flint
School of Kinesiology
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

SEVEN TERM ANGELL SCHOLARS

School of Kinesiology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
College of Arts & Sciences, Flint
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
College of Education, Health, & Human Services, Dearborn
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
College of Engineering & Computer Science, Dearborn
School of Nursing
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Kinesiology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
College of Engineering
School of Nursing
College of Engineering
School of Nursing

Casey Thomas Aman *
Jacob Ronald Anderson *
Kate Arnson *
Kristin A. Ball
Jason Bittker
Sheila Chan *
Hannah Beryl Clague
Daniel P
. Conrad
Ariana Rose Corbin
Sean M. Croskey
Lisa I-Min Doong *
Teagan Lianna Faran
Daniel Jonah Fendrick *
Colleen Marie Gaffney
Geoffrey Gamm
Thomas P
. Garton
John Richard Gatti
Matthew David Gilbert
Andrew Meltzer Gitlin
Elana Robyn Goldenkoff
Sarah Brittany Henzlik *
Ellie Homant
Reed Wesley Hostrander
Jamie Louise Huizinga
Khadijah Taha Hussain
Eric Y. Hwang *
Nolan Matthew Kavanagh
Hannah Jade Kelley-Watkins
Marianne Elizabeth Khouri *
Zephie Onalee Kineman
Dylan Graham Lawton
Carmela Leone
Maxwell Weihao Li *
Hope Xingyi Lu *

School of Music, Theatre & Dance
College of Engineering
College of Engineering
College of Engineering
College of Arts & Sciences, Flint
School of Information
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters, Dearborn
College of Arts & Sciences, Flint
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Education, Health, & Human Services, Dearborn
College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Nursing
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Nursing
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
School of Kinesiology
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
*Denotes graduates

Bret Franklin Magliola
Nicholas Alexander Mastruserio
Cody James McKay
Zachary Robert Meves *
Madalyn K. Moon
Lauren Elizabeth Murphy
Charles Alexander Nino
Olivia E. Oudsema *
Theresa M. Pickell *
Danielle Rose Rabie *
Kristen Danielle Raue
Trevor James Rees
Akemi Tsutsumi Rioboo
Natalie P
. Schaefer
Kallen Matthew Schwark
Jonas Emmanuelabraira Sese *
Sharon Yingen Shen
Alexander Lindshau-Ming Shiang *
Elisabeth Silver
Rebecca Ann Singer
Lauren Elizabeth Smith
Carl Frederick Steinhauser
Emily Claire Thibeau *
Jessica Lynn Todsen
Gavin Cornelius Uitvlugt
Jade Eliya Varineau
Matthew Waldmann
Hayley Walton
Benjamin Edward Weil
Sierre Marie Wolfkostin
Xinyue Xu *
Kevin Tang Yang
Audrey Rose Young *

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James B. Angell Scholars for 7+ Terms
95th Annual Honors Convocation | Sunday, March 18, 2018 

The following students will be among those recognized during the Honors Convocation program on Sunday, March 18, 2018. These individuals have demonstrated the highest level of undergraduate 
academic success by achieving seven or more consecutive terms of all A’s (A+, A, or A-) while taking a minimum of 14 credit hours, including at least 12 graded (A-E) credits, and earning the designation 
of Angell Scholar. The University of Michigan congratulates these students on their superior scholastic achievement and wishes them continued success.

TEN TERM ANGELL SCHOLARS

Paul Andrew Giessner *
School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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