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Vol. CXXIX, No. 119
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NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
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MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Avatar: The Last
Airbender
Looking towards Avatar
as a call to cultural unity
and effective uprising in
a time of national uproar.
>> SEE PAGE 9
NEWS
Juneteenth March
Over 2,000 protesters
gathered on the Diag on
June 19.
>> SEE PAGE 2
OPINION
America’s Youth
A layered commentary
on the histories of Tulsa,
Juneteenth and east
Oklahoma.
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
Bob Dylan’s ‘Rough
And Rowdy Ways’
The musical legend
reckons with his past and
wrestles with the present
in latest album.
>> SEE PAGE 6
SPORTS
Athletes are Back
All the news surrounding
Michigan athletics’ return
to campus
>> SEE PAGE 10
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The University of Michigan
announced on Monday some
in-person classes will resume
on all three campuses this fall.
However, all classes will be
delivered remotely after Nov.
20 and fall break is canceled,
according to an announcement
from
University
President
Mark Schlissel. The winter
semester will begin Jan. 19,
2021, Schlissel wrote in an
email.
“Thanks to the thoughtful
and
deliberate
efforts
of
hundreds of members of the
U-M community, our cautious
optimism about the fall has
coalesced into a path forward,”
Schlissel wrote. “Their work
has given me confidence that
we can do this safely, and
we will continue to plan and
prepare in the months ahead.
We now have the opportunity
to
begin
a
new
journey
together, equipped with the
very best guidance and ideas
from our leading scholars,
innovative students and expert
staff.”
Other updates to the calendar
include
the
elimination
of
spring
break,
resulting
in
continuous class sessions from
Jan. 19 to April 20, with finals
running April 22-29.
The University launched a
Campus Maize and Blueprint
website
that
contains
information
and
updates
regarding reopening for all
three campuses and Michigan
Medicine.
According
to
the
website,
students
will
be expected to wear face
coverings in public spaces and
indoor social gatherings are
limited to 10 people.
For the Ann Arbor campus,
larger
lectures
will
be
delivered remotely in the fall.
Smaller discussions will be
held in person, and medium-
size classes will be a hybrid of
the two. Individual schools,
colleges and departments of
the University will determine
these decisions.
According
to
the
announcement, the University
will open on-campus housing.
However, there will be social
distancing
requirements
in
shared spaces and move-in
times have been extended from
three days to at least seven.
For those living on-campus,
students are expected to self-
quarantine for 14 days before
moving in.
Students can expect to have
a roommate, however are not
expected to social distance
within their own rooms. For
students
with
pre-existing
health conditions, there are
limited
single
rooms
still
available, according to the
website.
Dining
halls
will
also
be reopened with reduced
capacity to accommodate social
distancing
requirements.
Students will have the option
to
either
place
a
dine-in
reservation online or obtain a
take out meal.
The University is finalizing
a
testing
protocol
when
students arrive on campus
and throughout the semester.
Facilities will be set aside for
students who test positive or
come in close contact with
COVID-19 to quarantine.
Planning for the fall semester
will continue to be guided
by the advice of medical and
public health experts, Schlissel
wrote. In an April 29 interview
with The Daily, Schlissel said
the fall semester is unlikely
to
be
normal
and
shared
steps University community
members might need to take to
return to campus.
‘Cautiously
pessimistic’
about future
of campus life
Students express mixed
reactions and concerns
towards Schlissel’s
decision
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‘U’ announces in-residence
fall semester, calendar changes
ALEC COHEN/Daily
When incoming Business freshman
Jessica Goldberg heard University of
Michigan
President
Mark
Schlissel’s
announcement of a “public health-informed
in-person fall semester,” she said she was
ecstatic.
“This wasn’t how I planned for my senior
year (in high school) to end, and I was really
looking forward to looking on campus in the
fall,” Goldberg said. “It’s kind of what I’ve
envisioned all these years, so I was really
excited to hear that I would be moving in a
dorm and being on campus and getting the
full college experience.”
Goldberg said she places her trust in
the University administration to take
appropriate action in the worst case
scenario, and therefore, does not have
concerns for the fall semester.
“When coronavirus first started it was
really scary, and I do think we’re going to
have to adjust to a new normal,” Goldberg
said. “But also, there’s also that fact that life
has to return to some sense of normalcy ...
You can’t be concerned for the rest of your
life.”
In contrast, Art & Design senior Leila
Mullison said they had mixed feelings after
hearing the decision.
“On the one hand, as purely an academic
student, I don’t love online classes,”
Mullison said. “I have trouble focusing on
them and staying in the same place for very
long periods of time. At the same time, as a
person who owns a human body, it doesn’t
feel very good or very safe to be moving
somewhere right now and to be interacting
with a bunch of new people and to be living
in a community environment.”
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