Engineering 
sophomore 
Conner Hein, who studies 
Electrical 
Engineering 
and 
Computer 
Science, 
went 
into 
backpacking 
for 
next 
semester’s classes with a plan. 
When 
his 
registration 
period rolled around, however, 
Hein realized the classes he 
wanted had already been filled 

to capacity. He found himself 
number 40 and number 60 
on two waitlists, which as of 
Tuesday night are both around 
a hundred students long.
Because of lengthy waitlists 
for most of the upper-level 
computer science classes he 
is interested in taking, Hein 
said his experience registering 
for classes has been a “battle 
of 
lowering 
expectations.” 
Though 
upper-level classes 

are important for students to 
find an area to specialize in, 
Hein explained he has instead 
had to settle for whatever 
classes he can get into.
“I’m in a situation where I’m 
taking absolutely minimum 
credit trying to get by, and 
even if you do get into upper-
level CS classes, they’re not 
the ones you want,” Hein said. 
“It feels like you’re not coming 
here for the reason you came 

here for.” 
The University of Michigan’s 
computer science program is 
consistently 
ranked 
among 
the best programs across the 
country. Over the last five to 10 
years, the University’s EECS 
department, 
particularly 
the 
Computer 
Science 
Engineering sub-department, 
has seen immense growth.

About 
40 
University 
of 
Michigan students gathered 
in the Ross School of Business 
Tuesday night to hear about 
the ways in which businesses 
can achieve carbon neutrality 
on campus.
Before 
the 
start 
of 
the 
event, Business senior Jennifer 
Maiorana described how she and 
fellow students from Net Impact, 
an organization focused on social 
and 
environmental 
change, 
were determined to organize 

this event. She said she was 
thrilled to have panelists speak 
to students who represented 
different disciplines.
The panel of four began by 
answering a series of questions 
about carbon neutrality from 
student moderators of Net 
Impact.
Stephen Forrest, one of the 
co-chairs 
of 
the 
President’s 
Commission 
on 
Carbon 
Neutrality, said if even a small 
number of individuals adjusted 
their everyday activities to reduce 
their carbon footprint, society 
could potentially begin to take 
steps toward carbon neutrality. 

Forrest told the audience he 
walks four miles round-trip 
to work every day in an effort 
to reduce his own carbon 
footprint. 
“It’s all about the culture,” 
Forrest said. “We have to 
come up with an economically 
justifiable and equitable plan 
to get us to carbon neutrality.” 
Joe Trumpey, Art & Design 
associate professor, said his 
primary 
concern 
regarding 
carbon neutrality is urgency, 
specifically 
the 
speed 
at 
which society takes care of 
the issue of carbon footprint 
effects. He said reducing one’s 

meat consumption is a key 
way to work toward carbon 
neutrality.
“The number one thing you 
can do for carbon (neutrality) 
is 
to 
reduce 
your 
meat 
consumption,” Trumpey said. 
In 
a 
section 
of 
student 
questions, Jennifer Haverkamp, 
the other co-chair of the PCCN, 
said the city of Ann Arbor is 
developing an independent plan 
to achieve carbon neutrality, 
and the University is partnering 
with them to find a solution. 

Latinidad 
Magazine 
launched its seventh edition, 
Nuestra Música, at Trotter 
Multicultural Center Tuesday. 
More than 50 people attended 
the event, sponsored by Arts 
at Michigan, the Department 
of American Culture and the 
Residential College.
Issues are published every 
month of the fall and winter 
semesters. 
Editor 
in 
Chief 
Emmanuel Solis and Co-Editor 
Maria Sobrino, who writes for 
The Michigan Daily’s News 
section, moderated the event. 
In 
Latinidad 
Magazine’s 
second year of production, 
Nuestra Música explored the 
theme of music and how it fits 
into the Latinx community. The 
literary magazine consists of a 
playlist, poems and illustrations 
submitted 
by 
University 
students. Their mission is to be 
a platform for Latinx students at 
the University to reclaim their 
voice and foster representation 
within their community. 
Solis said the concept of 
music and identity was not the 
intended theme, but it ended up 
being a great idea.

University 
of 
Michigan 
students involved in the Don’t 
Leave Us Behind Campaign 
have taken action to advocate 
against a controversial state 
reading law.
The legislation, dubbed the 
“Read by Grade Three Law,” 
requires 
Michigan 
schools 
to identify students who are 
struggling with reading and 
writing to provide additional 
support with the potential to 
be held back in third grade. 
This school year is the first 
with the retention mandate in 
effect, requiring students who 
score below a certain cutoff 
on the Michigan Student Test 
of Educational Progress to be 
held back.
According 
to 
Rackham 
student Gabriel DellaVecchia, 
one of the founders of Don’t 
Leave Us Behind, the campaign 
has determined that about 
5,000 third grade students who 
would be held back each year 
under the law. DellaVecchia, 
who taught with Denver Public 
Schools before coming to the 
University, said Colorado and 
other states have these policies 
in place, though the retention 
component is optional. 

At 
this 
week’s 
University 
of 
Michigan 
Central 
Student 
Government meeting, Assembly 
members 
discussed 
supporting 
Iraqi refugees and CSG finances. 
Tuesday’s meeting was the last 
scheduled for the fall 2019 semester.
The 
meeting 
began 
with 
community 
member 
Kate 
Stenvig, a representative from fhe 
Coalition to Defend Affirmative 
Action, Integration & Immigrant 
Rights, and Fight for Equality By 
Any Means Necessary, urging the 
Assembly to bring attention to the 
upcoming trial of Ali Al-Sadoon 
and Wisam Hamana. Stenvig 
was joined by two of Al-Sadoon’s 
children, who also addressed the 
Assembly. 
Stenvig told the story of 
Al-Sadoon and Hamana, two 
Iraqi refugees who were arrested 
in July after cutting off their 

restraints and refusing to comply 
with Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement’s orders to arrive 
at the airport for deportation to 
Iraq. Al-Sadoon and Hamana 
were charged with hampering a 
deportation but plead not guilty.
Stenvig explained how those 
who are deported to Iraq are not 
provided with any identification 
or assistance finding housing or 
other resources. Stenvig said this 
can create a dangerous situation 
for those deported. 
“There is a lot of suspicion,” 
Stenvig 
said. 
“There’s 
1,500 
checkpoints in Baghdad alone, 
and if you’re going to a checkpoint 
and you’re an American... it’s 
kind 
of 
common 
knowledge 
you’re going to be under a lot 
of suspicion by the police, by 
different militias, and so to not 
have identification is really really 
dangerous.”

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