Thursday, June 11, 2020
INDEX
Vol. CXXIX, No. 121
© 2020 The Michigan Daily
NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
ARTS/NEWS..........................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................
MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Forgotten: a
humanitarian crisis
As the world confronts
multiple tragedies,
we have collectively
abandoned Yemen.
>> SEE PAGE 8
NEWS
Michigan sues
DeVos
Michigan sues DeVos over
COVID-19 funding for
schools. >> SEE PAGE 2
OPINION
A midwestern loss
The history of the mysterious
McRib and why America
needs it back more than ever.
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
“Disclosure”
A new documentary
provides history
of transgender
representation in film
and media. >> SEE PAGE 7
SPORTS
Jim Harbaugh
Harbaugh’s press
conference sparks
controversy after he shares
his experience with Dr.
Anderson. >> SEE PAGE 11
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Monday
morning,
U.S.
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
announced
plans to modify exceptions for
nonimmigrant college students
in the fall semester. The press
release from ICE states if a
university moves classes fully
online due to the pandemic, F-1
and M-1 visa students will not
be allowed to enter or remain in
the United States and they must
take other measures to maintain
their legal status in the country,
such as transferring to another
institution
that
is
offering
in-person instruction.
Additionally, if a school offers
a hybrid model of both in-person
and
online
instruction,
the
administration must document
that students are not taking
a
fully
online
course
load,
according to the release.
These modified exceptions
came
a
few
weeks
after
University of Michigan President
Mark Schlissel announced that
the University would adopt a
hybrid model of both online and
in-person classes, but is prepared
to switch to a fully online
system if needed for the fall
semester. ICE’s announcement
now
puts
both
universities
and international students in a
difficult position about how to
best proceed with plans for a fall
semester amid the COVID-19
pandemic.
LSA
sophomore
Haoyu
Du is from Beijing, China,
and
acknowledged
the
recommendation
for
international students to transfer
to institutions offering in-person
classes. Du said it would be
extremely difficult to transfer.
“Most universities end their
application cycle at the latest
by May and if you wanted to
transfer right now it is impossible
to transfer to a U.S. college,” Du
said. “Most deadlines have passed
and we don’t know if universities
will maintain a model that will
allow us to maintain our F-1
status so that option was moot.”
Du has been living with a
friend in the Ann Arbor area
since March, and noted his
initial
reaction
to
the
ICE
announcement.
“Once the policy came out
I was very shocked,” Du said.
“I will only have 10 days, if the
University moves online, before I
get deported which is horrifying
to think about. It (would involve)
paying tens of thousands of
dollars for trips (home) or getting
into some sort of detention camp
and that sent me into a very bad
place thinking about that.”
In
response
to
the
modifications, Schlissel released
a statement condemning them
and noting that they restrict
students’ learning experiences.
“At the University of Michigan,
we add our voice to the many in
higher education to express our
strong disagreement with the
temporary
policy
announced
July 6 by the Department of
Homeland Security to further
restrict
the
educational
opportunities for international
students,” Schlissel wrote.
Schlissel
added
that
the
University
administration
believes that these modifications
are harmful to valuable members
of the community.
“We
continue
to
oppose
arbitrary
restrictions
on
international students who have
been and continue to be valuable
members of our community of
scholars,” Schlissel wrote. “Even
with this initial review that
shows a less direct impact on
our students, we agree with the
statement from the Association of
American Universities – of which
U-M is a member – that calls this
Piada closes
its doors amid
coronavirus
Student favorite shuts
down permanently
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‘Immensely misguided and deeply
cruel’: ICE modifies exceptions
Design by Hibah Chughtai
Piada
Italian
Street
Food
has
joined the growing list of Ann Arbor
businesses
that
have
permanently
closed their doors amid the economic
fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the epicenter of downtown Ann
Arbor, the Italian restaurant had
become a pillar of the town’s culinary
scene. Now, with the beloved restaurant
departing, another storefront will again
sit empty.
Matt Harding, Piada’s director of
culinary and corporate executive chef,
confirmed the permanent closure to
The Daily.
“It makes me sad,” Harding said.
“We loved servicing the students and
the people in Ann Arbor. But from a
business decision, with everything
going on with COVID, it just didn’t
make sense going forward.”
For Ann Arbor, the COVID-19
pandemic hit as rising rent prices and an
increase in development across the city
were already putting a strain on local
businesses; in 2018 alone, 18 businesses
were forced to close their doors.
Piada was not immune to this strain.
Harding said the restaurant chain was
already considering not renewing its
Ann Arbor lease even before COVID-
19, and that the economic fallout of the
pandemic just solidified that decision.
“If COVID wouldn’t have happened,
would we have redone the lease?”
Harding said. “I don’t think so. But
when COVID came around, it just
became all the more clear that it was
something we had to do.”
The fast-casual food chain opened
the Ann Arbor location in 2016 after the
Five Guys that had previously occupied
the space on South State Street closed
down. The space sat empty for over a
year before Piada opened.
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