Throughout much of her
life, Ciara Sivels had dreams
of becoming a chef. Now she
is the first Black woman to get
a doctoral degree in Nuclear
Engineering from the University
of Michigan.
“I really had no idea (about
engineering) until my junior
year of high school,” Sivels said.
“I had a teacher suggest I look
into engineering because I had
always been at good at chemistry
and math, and I constantly
excelled in all my classes.”
Sivels attended Hickory High
School in Chesapeake, Va. As a
student, she was busy working
to balance multiple Advanced
Placement credits and after-
school programs, such as her
school’s Scholastic Bowl. She
was also highly active within
her church community.
As senior year progressed
she started applying to different
engineering schools. Though
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology was her “reach
school,” she was accepted.
When she arrived at MIT,
Sivels had a heavy background
in chemistry. But one of her
mentors suggested she look into
the nuclear field as she became
interested in energy, antimatter
and the nonproliferation of
nuclear weapons.
With the election only 11
days away, President Barack
Obama
addressed
thousands
of citizens at Cass Technical
High
School
in
Detroit
Friday night, highlighting the
importance of voting blue and
once again voicing his support
for
Democratic
Candidates
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
and Gubernatorial Candidate
Gretchen Whitmer.
Obama emphasized the stakes
in the upcoming election are
higher than ever.
“The main reason I am here
is to make sure all of you vote
in what I believe might be the
most important election of our
lifetime,” Obama said. “The
stakes in this election are really
high. Most importantly, the
character of our country is on
the ballot.”
Obama called out the GOP,
pointing
to
corruption
in
Washington D.C.
“The outrages just piles up
and you just forget stuff, so
remember they promised to
tackle corruption in Washington
but turns out in Washington
they’ve now have racked up
enough indictments to field a
football team,” Obama said.
“You know what. I didn’t have
folks in my administration get
indicted. It’s not that hard.”
Obama said the only way
to recover government as it
should be, is to hold politicians
accountable.
“When words stop meaning
anything, when truth doesn’t
matter, when people can just
make up things, then democracy
it doesn’t work.” Obama went on
to say, “The only check on bad
behavior is you and your vote.”
Obama and several other
speakers at the event called
attention
to
the
fact
that
Michigan no longer has a
straight ticket ballot. Democratic
Candidate
for
Michigan
Secretary of State Jocelyn
Benson said voters need to
actively vote, not just for big
ticket items but for every office.
“We need you to fill in every
bubble,” Benson said. “If you
don’t tell the story of all of us we
may not win. We need you to tell
the story.”
Obama says he sees the
movement away from a straight
ticket as just another step by
Republican parties to repress
Democratic votes. He advised
the audience to remember 2008.
“A
decade
ago,
we
had
just
lived
through
one
of
those periods of Republican
retrenchment,”
Obama
said.
“The Democrats had to come
and clean it up.”
He
explained
the
fear
surrounding the 2018 elections
is no different than the fears
that have surrounded previous
elections.
“Right before the election
Lorena Muñoz, an assistant
professor of gender, women
and sexuality studies at the
University
of
Minnesota,
discussed
her
research
focusing on comparative work
between
Zimbabwean
and
Hispanic immigrant domestic
workers and their relationships
with their families Friday at a
talk hosted by the University
of Michigan departments of
Latina/o Studies and Women’s
Studies.
Muñoz
focused
on
the
emotional
effects
economic
failures have on immigrant
workers as well as related
resentment from their children
at the talk, called “Mothering
Across
Borders
and
the
Children Left Behind.”
“For
some
domestic
immigrant
workers
in
transnational motherhood, the
poverty wages they receive in
their home communities are not
enough to sustain their families
and communities,” she said.
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“It’s 2018 and it
took so long for
us to get to this
point,” said
Ciera Sivels
Students, community members
hold vigil for Tree of Life synagogue
ASHA LEWIS/Daily
A student lights a candle at the vigil honoring the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in the Law Quad Sunday evening.
ACADEMICS
SAM SMALL
Daily Staff Reporter
Eleven people were killed during the Saturday morning Shabbat service in Pittsburgh, PA
The first Black woman to receive doctoral degree in
Nuclear Engineering from U-M talks experience
About
300
students
and
community members gathered
Sunday afternoon on the Diag to
host a community vigil following
a
shooting
at
a
Pittsburgh
synagogue over the weekend.
Eleven
people
were
killed
while
attending
the Saturday morning Shabbat
service at the Tree of Life
Congregation in city’s Squirrel
Hill neighborhood. Four police
officers and two others were
also injured. According to the
New York Times, the shooting is
considered the deadliest attack
against the Jewish community in
U.S. history.
Engineering senior Jonathan
Schermer, whose family attends
the Tree of Life Congregation,
spoke
about
his
family’s
connection to Squirrel Hill and
encouraged solidarity among the
Jewish community to empathize
with those who were impacted
by the shooting.
“My family is a member of the
Tree of Life Synagogue,” Shermer
said. “I was Bar Mitzvah’d at
Tree of Life. My brother was Bar
Mitzvah’d at Tree of Life. Every
Jew here and every Jew around
the world stands together and
symbolically; we are all members
RACHEL CUNNINGHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
Researcher
talks plight
of working
immigrants
CAMPUS LIFE
Muñoz focused on the
negative way domestic
work affects families
TAL LIPKIN
Daily Staff Reporter
KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily
Former President Barack Obama holds hands with Michigan gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer and Senator
Debbie Stabenow during the Michigan Get Out The Vote Rally by the Michigan Democratic Party at Cass Technical
High Schol in Detroit Friday evening.
Barack Obama campaigns for Michigan
Democrats at rally, urges people to vote
Days away from the election, the former president endorsed Whitmer, criticized GOP
GRACE KAY
Daily Staff Reporter
Bounce Back
After a lackluster start to the
season, the Michigan hockey
team got back on track with
two wins over St. Lawrence
this weekend.
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The
Michigan
Daily
Administration
Beat
will
be
conducting
interviews
with
the incumbent and challenging
candidates
for
University
of
Michigan
Board
of
Regents
prior to the November midterm
election. This interview is with
Republican incumbent candidate
and Board Chair Andrew Richner.
Richner is a University alum,
having attended the University
for his undergraduate degree
and a law degree. After serving
three terms in the Michigan
House of Representatives, he was
elected to the Board of Regents
in 2002 and re-elected in 2010.
In addition to his position on
the Board of Regents, Richner
works at Clark Hill PLC, an
international law firm. He lives
in Ann Arbor with his wife, and
his two children both graduated
from the University.
The Michigan Daily: You’ve
been
elected
twice
before,
so you have some campaign
experience as a regent.
Republican
incumbent
talks ideas
for Regents
ADMINISTRATION
Andrew Richner says
focus is on academic
quality, affordability
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