This semester, LSA sophomore
Grace Miller is enrolled in
Electrical
Engineering
and
Computer Science 281, a higher-
level computer science class
that introduces students to data
structures and algorithms. This
course is the fourth EECS class
Miller has taken at the University
and
has
a
much
smaller
enrollment
than
the
other
introductory computer science
class, EECS 183.
Like many students in project-
based computer science courses,
Miller relies on office hour help
to complete assignments. EECS
courses are taught by professors
and Graduate Student Instructors
as well as Instructional Aides,
upper-level undergraduates who
have succeeded in past EECS
classes.
Miller
said
limited
staff and long wait times on the
“queue,” a virtual line that tells
students how long they have
to wait to have their questions
answered, often make the process
time-consuming and frustrating.
“Last week I waited in the
queue for three hours without
getting help,” Miller said. “If there
are a lot of people, they’ll have to
help everyone at once so then you
can’t ask specific questions, or you
are waiting in this line for a really
long time. I know they want to
help you, but they really don’t have
the capacity to sometimes.”
Around 550 University of
Michigan students and Ann Arbor
residents
filled
Mendelssohn
Theatre Saturday night for the
Korean
Student
Association’s
annual
Culture
Show,
an
exhibition of Korean culture with
performances from singing to
martial arts. This year’s theme
for the show was “Find Your
Seoulmate.”
Culture Show Co-Chair Ciara
Timban, a Public Health junior,
said the show was a long time in
the making.
“We’ve been working on this
since probably the summer,”
Timban said. “This is one of our
biggest events of the year.”
University
student
groups
relating
to
Korean
cultural
practices
performed
at
the
Culture Show under the umbrella
organization KSA. KSA’s primary
objective forthe show was to
display
Korean
values
and
practices to an audience who may
not be familiar with them.
“(What) I want people to take
away is a sense of representation
and recognition, being able to
recognize people who are also
passionate about Korean culture
if they themselves are Korean-
American or Asian-American,”
Timban said. “I love just being
able to see a little bit of the
representation of diversity that
exists on campus. I feel like a lot
of the time, people forget that
there are a lot of diverse, different
cultures and even within Korean
cultures, a lot of diversity between
modern Korean culture and more
traditional things too.”
The show began with the
South Korean national anthem
and the performances followed,
each exhibiting Korean culture
through a different medium.
Pharmacy
senior
Angela
Chen,
an
audience
member,
told The Daily after the show
that she enjoyed the diversity of
performance.
“I’m personally not involved in
anything cultural on campus, so
it’s cool to see what other people
are doing with their time,” Chen
said.
The first performance was
by Sinaboro, a traditional Asian
drumming group at the University.
One of the percussionists, LSA
junior Kariana Alvarado, said
the group was eager to have an
audience for their work.
“This is the first performance
for our whole group,” Alvarado
said. “We train and teach the
pieces the fall semester and then
everyone gets to perform for the
first time in the KSA Culture
Show. This is our debut as a full
ensemble. This is our first stage
and we try to pump it up like,
‘Alright, guys. We’re going to do
well.’ That’s why we like to do the
KSA show.”
Traditional performances were
juxtaposed against more modern
acts such as K-pop dancing,
rapping and a parody of popular
Korean drama “What’s Wrong
with Secretary Kim,” recorded
and performed by KSA members
that was played in-between live
acts.
On
Friday
afternoon,
about 30 Rackham students
and
post-doctoral
fellows
attended
a
conversation
about
student-led
diversity
initiatives and inclusivity with
Damon Williams, author and
chief
catalyst
for
Strategic
Diversity Leadership & Social
Innovation. The conversation
took place during the Rackham
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Symposium, which included
a panel of student diversity
leaders and a keynote address
delivered by Williams.
The symposium aimed to
create a sense of community
among
DEI
leaders
and
highlight the work Rackham
students are doing to make
the
school
more
inclusive
and accepting. The event was
also run by the Professional
Development DEI Certificate
Program,
which
began
in
2017 and prepares Rackham
students to become engaged
with DEI work once they are in
the workforce.
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Former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright spoke Friday
in a packed Michigan Theater
about her book “Fascism: A
Warning.”
History
professor
Juan Cole, known for his work in
Middle Eastern and South Asian
studies, led a discussion focused
on the rise of modern fascism,
Albright’s experience as State
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group, some nationalist group,
at the expense of the minority,”
Albright
said.
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there
are problems, what you try
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to find common interests and
try to figure out how to mend
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somebody
that
exacerbates
those conditions.”
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problems
of racism
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Campus group hosts various performances emphasizing recognition, representation
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Wolverines secure first
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Over the past few months,
anti-racism activists within One
Community and the Poor People’s
Campaign have been working
to combat racial inequality in
Washtenaw County.
County Commissioner Felicia
Brabec, chair of the board’s Ways
and Means Committee, is working
with with One Community to
implement a plan of action working
both internally and externally.
“What we’re doing is we’re
looking first internally, make sure
our house is in order first,” Brabec
said. “So we’re looking at everything
from ‘What’s the makeup of our
boards and commissions? How
do we hire folks and how do we
promote folks? Where do we post
jobs What’s the language that we’re
using in jobs for each department?’”
One Community is made up of
court and county administrators,
racial analysts, public defenders and
health department workers. Brabec
said she and One Community work
to educate people about racial
inequities within local government.
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at Rackham
shines light
on inclusivity
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