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Vol. CXXIX, No. 119
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NEWS ....................................
OPINION ............................... 
ARTS/NEWS..........................
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SPORTS................................

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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