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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JOHN GRIEVE
Daily Staff Reporter

SARAH PAYNE
Summer News Editor 

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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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