Music, 
Theatre 
& 
Dance 
sophomore Samantha Kao and 
three other girls piled into a 
gray Volkswagen on a Saturday 
afternoon in the fall. These 
strangers were making their way 
to the grocery store.
In order to fill their pantries, 
University of Michigan students 
living off campus have created 
grocery 
carpool 
trips 
and 
discovered 
food 
distribution 
resources from Facebook pages 
and 
student 
organizations. 
Besides 
these 
student-run 
methods, if someone does not 
have 
transportation, 
finding 
affordable and nutritious food on 

campus can be difficult. 
It is Kao’s first year in off-
campus housing, and she was not 
aware of the many obstacles that 
stand in the way of a student’s 
access to food. She was concerned 
about the time, money and 
distance that play a role in getting 
food in Ann Arbor. For students 
living in off campus housing, an 
unlimited meal plan is $2,265 
per term. 
“I’d like to think that there are 
resources out there, but I’ve found 
that there are very few. Living off 
campus by yourself is a big change, 
and having the time to prepare 
food on your own is a concern that 
my friends and I have,” Kao said. 

Referencing Muslim wrestler 
Khabib 
Nurmagomedov’s 
performance 
in 
an 
Ultimate 
Fighting Championship match 
the night before, Dawud Walid 
asked 
Sakinah 
Rahman, 
a 
Muslim college student wearing 
a long, loose black dress paired 
with a colorful headscarf, why 
she dressed so conservatively in 
comparison.
“That Khabib guy, he was out 
there last night wearing those 
short-shorts. Why do you look all 
oppressed, covered up and all?”
However, 
Walid’s 
question 
had no malicious intent. In fact, 
Walid is the executive director of 
Michigan’s chapter of the Council 
on American-Islamic Relations, a 
civil rights and advocacy group.
The question was part of an 
exercise that sought to teach 
young Muslims how to speak 
about Islam and in some cases 
answer contentious questions.
The University of Michigan 
organized 
the 
event, 
titled 
“Presenting 
Islam 
to 
Fellow 
Americans,” in hopes it would 
give young Muslims the tools to 
articulate answers to questions 
about their faith.
The training featured three 
sessions: Haaris Ahmad, the 
CAIR-Michigan board president, 
led the first one on body language; 
Asha Noor, the CAIR-Michigan 
programming 
and 
outreach 
director, led the second one on 
conflict-resolution; and Walid led 

third on answering frequently 
asked questions.
Ahmad said the workshop 
is relevant in today’s political 
climate where many Americans 
have questions about Muslims 
and Islam.
“Obviously people are being 
called upon to explain their faith, 
to explain their experience, to 
unfortunately have to comment 
on world events even as young 
college students, young teens, 

when they would not have been 
asked about these things in the 
past,” Ahmad said. “That’s why a 
training of this sort, or this type of 
session, is needed.”
As a Muslim woman who 
wears a headscarf, Rahman said 
she is constantly asked questions, 
ranging from gender equality 
to daily prayer to terrorism. She 
believes this workshop equipped 
her with the skills needed to 
articulate her beliefs.

“For me, because I choose 
to cover, people are just always 
asking questions,” Rahman said. 
“I’m always put in a position to 
where I’m not so qualified to 
answer this question, but I’m their 
only source right now. Because 
if it’s not going to be me, they’ll 
find websites that’ll give them 
false information or they’ll ask 

The University of Michigan’s 
Law School and Ford School of 
Public Policy hosted a discussion 
Friday on the ties between sports 
and politics. The event, titled 
“Activism and Sports”, analyzed 
the 
misinformation 
regarding 
protests at sporting events. The 
event was part of the Critical Race 
Theory Brown Bag Lunch Series 
that examines current policy and 
social issues in the United States.
Law professor Sherman J. 
Clark began the conversation 
with a question: “Why do so 
many people so often seem to 
misunderstand or mischaracterize 
the purpose or point of protests?” 
Clark then explained why 
sports have significant social 
capital 
in 
activism, 
arguing 
against the separation of sports 
and politics.
“Sports have social salience and 
communicative impact whether 
you want them to or not,” Clark 
said. “The fact is, sports are 
entertainment, yeah, but they are 
not merely entertainment.” 

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food pantries made to address food desert

CATHERINE NOUHAN
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Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed Saturday shifting the court’s ideological balance right

Following weeks of protests, 
rallies and hearings regarding 
allegations of past sexual assault 
Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed 
Saturday to the U.S. Supreme 
Court. His confirmation was 

by one of the closest margins 
in American history, and his 
status as Supreme Court justice 
solidifies a conservative majority 
on the court Saturday.
Senators voted 50 to 48 nearly 
along party lines — Sen. Joe 
Manchin III, D-W.Va., was the 
only Democrat to vote “yes” and 
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., was 

the only Republican who stated 
she would vote “no,” but withdrew 
her vote in response to Sen. Steve 
Daines, R-Mont., who was not 
present but would have voted 
“yes.” During the vote, protests 
could be heard from the Senate 
floor, with chants of “shame” and 
“I do not consent” ringing from 
the viewing galleries after votes 

were called. 
When four key swing state 
senators, including Republican 
Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Jeff 
Flake of Arizona, and Murkowski 
as well as Manchin, officially 
announced their positions on 
Kavanaugh prior to the final vote, 
many agreed confirmation was 

JORDYN BAKER
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Discussion 
highlights 
activism, 
sports ties 

CAMPUS LIFE

Professor Sherman Clark 
frames talk through the 
lens of critical race theory

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CAIR-MI Board President Haaris Ahmad, Esq., talks about discussing Islam in conversations at the Presenenting 
Islam to Fellow Americans event at Rackham Assembly Hall Sunday.

MSA hosts “Presenting Islam” panel to 
help Muslim students articulate faith

Organizers note heightened relevance of the event within the current political climate

ZAYNA SYED
Daily Staff Writer

Five of a kind

Michigan won its fifth-
straight game on Saturday 
by dominating Maryland, 
42-21, as two players set 
season high marks for yards.

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See KAVANAUGH, Page 2A

Batteries have always fascinated 
LSA junior Nando Felten. Felten, 
who is from Detroit but spent 
most of his life living in Germany, 
was amazed by the universal use 
of batteries. But what surprised 
Felton even more was that the 
current model for the battery has 
remained largely unchanged for 
the last several decades.
Now, a research assistant in 
the 
Undergraduate 
Research 
Opportunity 
Program 
with 
plans to transfer to the College of 
Engineering, Felten is on a mission 
to build a better battery model.
“Batteries can be found all 
around the world,” Felten said. 
“Batteries today continue to be one 
of the most fundamental pieces of 
almost all electric power or electric 
equipment 
or 
devices 
today. 
Batteries today, there hasn’t really 
been a revolutionary change.”
Felten 
is 
one 
of 
many 
undergraduate 
LSA 
students 
participating in UROP who are 
given the opportunity to partner 
with 
University 
of 
Michigan 

Student
project to 
modernize 
batteries

RESEARCH

LSA junior Nando Felten 
looks to create a solid state 
battery through UROP

RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Reporter

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