Mohamed
Soumah,
a
University of Michigan custodian,
is currently seeking refuge in
the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting
House to avoid deportation — he
requires frequent dialysis due to
a genetic kidney disease, and says
he will die if deported.
Soumah has lived in the U.S. for
15 years after immigrating from
Guinea, and has been employed
with no past criminal history. He
was married to a U.S. citizen with
whom he has two children, who
are also both citizens. Following
their divorce, which invalidated
the
protection
granted
by
marrying
a
citizen,
Soumah
has applied and been approved
annually for U.S. work visas.
In an interview with MLive,
Soumah said Guinea lacks the
necessary equipment and training
to provide him with dialysis three
times per week.
“If I get deported, I will die,” he
told MLive. “My mom died from
the same disease seven years ago.”
The condition Soumah has
cannot be treated with medication
and his only options are a kidney
transplant or frequent dialysis, a
retired University physician also
told MLive.
For
Public
Policy
senior
Lauren
Schandevel,
creating
a minorfocused on the study of
socioeconomic class was a project
that spanned her undergraduate
career — it’s now finally coming
to fruition. The proposed minor
of class and inequality studies
recently passed a faculty vote in
the Women’s Studies Department
and is awaiting approval from the
LSA Curriculum Committee.
Schandevel
first
had
the
idea for an area of study on
class during a discussion with
Sociology Lecturer Dwight Lang
three years ago. Since then, she
has teamed up with students and
faculty to draft the proposal. If
the minor is approved, it would be
the first study of social class at a
university in the U.S., according to
Schandevel.
“We did a lot of research when
we were drafting the proposal
Over
111,700
were
in
attendance
this
Saturday
to watch the University of
Michigan
football
team
steamroll Penn State. Ben van
der Pluijm, professor of Geology,
is interested in a different kind of
waves made at the Big House this
year, though: he’s leading a new
initiative called the Michigan
Shake Project, recording and
analyzing the seismic activity
that results from crowd response
at Michigan football games.
michigandaily.com
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Monday, November 5, 2018
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‘U’ employee
seeks refuge,
fears death
if deported
Survivors share stories at 33rd
annual SAPAC Speak Out event
ANNIE KLUS/Daily
SAPAC hosts the 33rd annual Survivor Share and Speak Out event at the Michigan League Sunday evening.
CITY
Custodian from Guinea hiding in church
to avoid deportation by ICE authorities
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
Participants note prevalence of on campus abuse, take stage to reclaim narratives
Fairy lights and supportive signs
decorated the room as more than
150 survivors and allies gathered
at the 33rd annual Sexual Assault
and Prevention Awareness Center
Survivor Speak-out in the Michigan
League Ballroom Sunday evening.
SAPAC
provides
free
and
confidential support to survivors
of sexual assault and allies. SAPAC
also holds trainings on bystander
intervention, ally training and
more.
RACHEL CUNNINGHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
Prof. talks
Big House
geological
movement
RESEARCH
Geologist van der Pluijm
takes lead on Michigan
Shake to collect new data
MELANIE TAYLOR
For the Daily
Summer
Public Policy senior Lauren Schandevel
has a discussion with LSA professor
Dwight Lang that sparks her interest in
the idea. She dicusses the idea with
LSA senior Meaghan Wheat.
Sophomore year
They send cold emails and meeting
then-Women's Studies chair Rosario
Ceballo second semester.
First semester, junior year
A task force forms.
End of first semester
Task force finishes.
Senior year (October)
The proposal passes the faculty
vote, with help from Abby Stewart.
LSA decision. The Women's Studies
admin is working with Angela Dillard to
create a presentation for the LSA
Curriculum Committee.
2016
2016/17
2017
2017
2018
2018
VIVIAN HARBER/Daily
Proposed minor on class and inequality
awaits LSA vote after dept. approval
Seniors Lauren Schandevel and Meaghan Wheat look to see proposal through
ALEX HARRING
Daily Staff Reporter
Researchers at the University
of Michigan are involved in a new
national collaborative effort aimed
at understanding the problem of
harmful algae blooms. While U-M
researchers will focus on the algae
blooms in Lake Erie, their research
will apply to the other Great Lakes
and freshwater sources around the
world.
David Sherman, a Hans W.
Vahlteich professor of medicinal
chemistry, and Gregory Dick, an
associate professor in the Earth
and
Environmental
Sciences
‘U’ research
aids national
initiative on
algae blooms
RESEARCH
National collaborative
project aims to broaden
research on Great Lakes
CLAIRE HAO
Daily Staff Reporter
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Vol. CXXVIII, No. 24
©2018 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
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