…Dozens filed in and out of Seek Refuge’s first clothing line launch party held in the Michigan League’s Hussey Room on Tuesday evening. Seek Refuge is an organization, founded by Dearborn native Shazia Ijaz, committed to bringing awareness to aid refugees, empower women and represent Muslims through its clothing line. The organization currently gives a portion of its proceeds to a refugee aid program and was recently feature...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 22, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 82 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S ....…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 23, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM After 25 years with the Ann Arbor Police Department — the last two as the head of the department — Police Chief Jim Baird will be relocating to Breckenridge, Colo., according to the Summit Daily of Summit County, Colo. Howard Lazarus, Ann Arbor city administrator announced Baird’s retirement from the AAPD Tue...…
…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government convened Tuesday evening to discuss underrepresentation of students in STEM fields and the conflicts of interest present in the University endowment. The assembly also voted on resolutions regarding the availability of resources through Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and the greater use of clean energy sources by the University. ...…
…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met Tuesday evening to address issues regarding anti-Semitism on campus, University efforts to transfer to clean energy sources and further revisions to the CSG election code. Additionally, the assembly continued their discussion regarding improved sexual assault prevention training and appointed several new student representatives. Before agenda items were considered...…
…Philip J. Deloria, former University of Michigan professor, became Harvard University’s first tenured Native-American studies professor last week after having taught in the History and American Culture Department at the University for over ten years. Deloria specialized in Native- American history and also served as the associate dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Education in LSA, director of the Progra...…
…While most University of Michigan students were preparing to watch the 52nd Superbowl last Sunday, LSA sophomore Alex Mullen, Rackham student Richard Nunn and other members from the Latinx Alliance for Community Action, Support and Advocacy had a different task at hand — finalizing their list of demands to the administration. The list of demands was created in response to the lack of Latino representation felt on campus. ...…
…Gov. Rick Snyder recently sparked controversy by appointing Bishop Ira Combs Jr. to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. Combs, a Republican and Pentecostal minister in Jackson, is well- known for condemning pro- LGBT legislation. However, Snyder said he appointed Combs because of his background in fighting for racial justice and people with disabilities. In February 2017, Combs outwardly opposed an ordinance th...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 16, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Joshua Johnson — host of NPR’s “1A” — navigated the issue of free speech on college campuses, and how to encourage free dialogue while also maintaining a comfortable and safe environment for students, at a live taping of his show Thursday night. The panel discussion “Speak Freely: Debating the First Amend...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 8, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 72 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . ...…
…After the Detroit Free Press claimed the University of Michigan invested portions of its endowment in companies owned by major donors, students are calling for the University to be more transparent in where and how it spends its funds. The University’s Chapter of College Democrats and the Roosevelt Institute, a student-run policy think tank, came together to author a Central Student Government resolution requesting ...…
…ROSEANNE CHAO/Daily Universities across the United States, and especially those in the Midwest, are struggling to attract international students to their campuses. International enrollment has most noticeably declined in non-flagship state universities, where funding for classes and facilities has dried up due to the lack of international students who are willing to pay full price for tuition. University of Michigan students ...…
…Former Michigan Governor John Engler has been chosen for the interim president of Michigan State University Wednesday morning morning, following the Larry Nassar scandal that prompted the resignation of university president, Lou Anna Simons. Students and faculty protested the decision in droves at the university board of trustees meeting that same day. Engler is a Republican and Michigan State University alumni who gradua...…
…Anne Berg, a University of Michigan lecturer of History, and Rackham student Andrea Gillespie discussed the facts and stigmas of the current refugee crisis at a dinner and lecture Saturday evening at Rackham Assembly Hall. The Michigan Refugee Assistance Program hosted the event, which illustrated the details of the refugee resettlement process and the impacts of the Trump administration on the crisis. Gillespie, the vice presi...…
…In response to opposition from Ann Arbor citizens regarding the formation of a police review board featuring Ann Arbor Police Department members, City Council passed an amended task force resolution Monday evening, allowing for increased autonomy for civilians in the formation of a task force to oversee the development of a police review board. The review board membership will be based on reccomendations by the City A...…
…Each Wednesday, Lecturer David Cho flies from his home in Portland, Oregon to Ann Arbor to teach his Thursday sports management course in the Kinesiology Department. A little over 24 hours later, he flies back to Portland Friday morning. “What inspires me is my connection to this place,” Cho said. “I am a law school and business school grad, I met my wife here and I have such strong ties to the University that the opportunity ...…
…As students gear up for the Uni- versity of Michigan’s Central Student Government elections on March 21 and 22, The Daily sat down with ex- ecutive candidates to talk platforms, vision, and plans. In this installment, we profile the MomentUM party, headlined by presidential candidate AJ Ashman and vice presidential candidate Charlie Bingham. Engineering junior AJ Ashman said his inspiration to run for CSG President comes from three...…
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…2A —Wednesday, February 14, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers THURSDAY: Twitter Talk TUESDAY: By Design Photo by Molly Stevens THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: LSA MASS MEETING PLANS CREATION OF STUDENT UNION LOVE BUG puzzle by sudokusyndication.com On Monday, the University of Michigan’s Lecturers’ Employee Organization released a ...…
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…On Tuesday, 11 biomedical projects from across the state of Michigan were selected as recipients of the Innovation Hub awards. Fast Forward Medical Innovation, a unit within the Medical School’s Office of Research at the University of Michigan, grants the awards. More than $1.8 million in total has been allocated to health-related research projects statewide, ranging from automated brain tumor diagnosis using convolut...…
…how those felt.” John Pollack –– Consultant John Pollack, an author and Ann Arbor native, began the presentations by speaking about the role of analogies in government, innovation and daily lives. Pollack served as a speechwriter for former President Bill Clinton and now works as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, philanthropies and non-profit organizations. In an interview with The Daily, Pollock described the import...…
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…Grand Rapids community leaders Mike and Sue Jandernoa are donating $4.3 million to expand scholarships at the Ross School of Business, contribute to fellowships at the Ford School of Public Policy and assist the University of Michigan School of Education’s TeachingWorks organization, the University announced Thursday. The statement said $3 million of the couple’s donation would be dedicated to a TeachingWorks parternship w...…
…to understanding income inequality from a Chinese perspective. “Income inequality is something that through my Michigan education really stood out to me,” Lerner said. “China is also facing incredible income inequality, which can lead to political instability and social unrest. So my hope is to go to China, study inequality there and see if there are lessons that can be learned from China about how to tackle income ineq...…
…Arbor for full-time lecturers is $34,500, $28,300 in Dearborn and $27,300 in Flint. LEO’s bargaining platform calls for an increase in minimum salaries and measures to address the pay gap between the three campuses. “U of M is so well off that, unlike many employers, they have seldom demanded concessions — i.e., lower wages or benefits — in bargaining,” Robinson said. “But neither have they been eager to pay ...…
…Wednesday, Gov. Rick Snyder suggested a 2 percent increase in funding for the state’s higher education budget during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. According to a University of Michigan press release, the proposed plans would provide the University’s Ann Arbor campus with $320.8 million. The budget would also provide the Dearborn campus with $26.1 million, a 2.6 percent increase, and the Flint campus with $23.6 million, a 2.3 percen...…
…According to activist Cherie Brown, the first Jewish- American Princess didn’t have a Canada Goose jacket or a Love Your Melon beanie — she was a woman named Marjorie Morningstar, from a book published more than half a century ago. “It was during a period in the 50s after the Holocaust, where Jews had had a third of their people decimated,” Brown said. “There was a feeling that upward mobility could be a vehicle for ...…
…Two of the appointed members would serve for two-year terms, two for four years, two for six years and two for eight years. Any successors would be allowed to serve eight-year terms. According to MLive, Lower said he wants this legislation to make university boards and Michigan’s Board of Education more cohesive. “I believe voters should have the opportunity to decide for themselves whether or not the current system is wor...…
…2 — Tuesday, February 6, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers News AMANDA CRISCI/Daily TUESDAY: By Design OF 72 Ebony Patterson’s exhibition “of 72” seeks to memorialize seventy-three civilians killed in 2010 in Jamaica at the Institute for the Humanities Gallery Monday. DANYEL THARAKAN/Daily Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design 540 student...…
…While Scott DeRue, dean of Ross School of Business, has flown across the globe to host alumni gatherings known as “Ross Talks,” on Thursday night he only had to take the elevator to the sixth floor of the Ross School of Business. Ross Talks, all of which are moderated by DeRue, are designed to offer alumni, current students and prospective students a forum in which to network and engage with panel discussions. The Ann Arbo...…
…could.” Jones noted the University will save on classroom construction, which “dries up tuition,” by standardizing start times across all campuses. She also said “interdisciplinary” students will benefit from the switch. Jones explained under the current system, a student taking back-to-back LSA and nursing courses has no transition time between classes. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald and Christine Gerdes, Specia...…
…people can’t give it back to you in the wrong form,” French said. Lecturer Anne Berg explained how the Nazi party used fabricated scientific claims to promote and encourage racism in Germany and compared this to the current eugenics argument. In this respect, she admitted society today is not too different from Nazi Germany. This past fall, protests broke out across campus as students groups called on the Uni...…
…something I’ve written and even then I’ve edited it many times so nobody can ever tell.” At the University, students with learning disabilities make up the largest portion of students with registered disabilities. According to the 2016-2017 Annual Report from Services for Students with Disabilities, 38 percent of the students registered with SSD are students with learning disabilities, about 1,021 students in total. SSD D...…
…at the University of Michigan … This (is) an issue that connects all students,” Irwin said. As the election for new CSG representatives approaches, the assembly touched on the need to remain civil and fair during campaigning and election season. Guest speaker Brian Koziara, a University Law Student and Yale School of Management student, stressed to assembly members the importance of respect and politeness during the el...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, February 7, 2018 — 3A E NTRE PRE NEUR SHIP AT ROSS Elmira Bayrasli, a professor and an entrepreneurship expert, discusses the impact entrepreneurship has on the economies of low and middle- income countries at the Ross School of Business Tuesday. BRIAN AUSTIN KOSASIH/Daily and for the most part everyone was galvanized to be like ‘Oh, we need to do something about this.’” In fact, not...…
…the University proposed a $1,000 increase to the starting salary for lecturers in 2019, followed by a $750 increase in 2020 and then $500 in 2021. Appointments Committee Vice Chair Brooke Lennox, an LSA sophomore, sponsored the resolution. “Showing as much support as we can is important,” she said. Three bylaw amendments were also passed, one of which requires representatives to use gender-inclusive language...…
…What does it mean to be Asian enough? Black hair. Off-white skin. It is in my name. The home where I was raised. No shoes indoors. Bags of rice in the cupboard And on the counter And in the cooker. I don’t speak mother/father’s language But I do speak her culture. Respect your elders. Everything in moderation. In America, Asian culture has been stir fried, pickled, and packed into a take out box. So it is digestible Just a ta...…
…It is Feb. 16 at the time I am writing this. To some of you, today will have been just another Friday. To me and others, however, today is New Year’s Day, a time not only for festivities, but also reflection. Recently, the political correctness of “Chinese New Year” has been called into question, and I wanted to take this opportunity to share my thoughts on the issue and explore its relation to my own identities. Let us travel b...…
…improvement of job security for lecturers at the University. Currently, full-time lecturers receive a minimum salary of $34,500 at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, $28,30 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and $27,300 at the University of Michigan-Flint. Frustrated with low salaries and pay rates for lecturers across the University’s campuses, LEO has continued to meet with University officials since October demanding ...…
…structure of the commission — is planned for Sept. 4. “As this task force considers the roles, responsibilities and authorities of the commission, the staff will be there for finance, policing, legal — all there to provide some guidance and structure to the discussion to make sure that what the task force recommends are legal and sustainable and emulate best practices,” Lazarus said. Based on the amendments made to the resoluti...…
…mobility impairments, the accommodations process is a collaborative effort and dependent on communication. “Accommodations are 95 percent communications,” Marshall said. “(We) are taking a lot of time to make sure (students) are being supported in the classroom … and making sure that everyone feels good about everything; it’s a team effort.” Marshall emphasized each student’s needs differ. When evaluating stud...…
…world to ensure a globally diverse campus community.” Despite these challenges, U-M’s Ann Arbor campus has held up well, with the number and percentage of international students growing almost uninterrupted for 10 years. In 2008, the percentage of international students at the University’s Ann Arbor campus was 11.55, growing to 15.14 percent in 2017. Kedra Ishop, vice provost for Enrollment Management, said because gover...…
…visa lottery system and chain migration. “We’ve conflated the war on terrorism with southern border security ... it’s a way to generate lots of fear, it’s a way to generate lots of spending,” De León said. Jarvis talked about the ways current immigration policy can impact families, especially young children. Though having an adult child in the United States is a way to obtain a visa, having an underage child is not. Becaus...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, February 5, 2018 — 3A NATALIA SANCHEZ MiC Contributor Please, tell me where I’m from “Do you celebrate the Day of the Dead?” The first (and, let it be known, only) time that someone asked me that, I was more than ready to start a hissy fit. My jaw fell open, my face contorted into a “did you really just ask me that?” type of look, my hands balled into a fist, nail...…
…and Hunter, Biden’s second son, survived). He and his young sons grew closer as they coped with the loss. “As much as I raised them, they raised me,” Biden said As they grew older, Biden’s sons became interested in public service, and Beau was poised to become governor of Delaware when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. At the event, Biden talked about how much he looks up to Beau and his other children for their courage and t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, February 2, 2018 — 3 “Going forward, the sessions will be similar inasmuch as there will be a lot of large group instruction,” Lazarus said. “But we will work more on providing tools to deal with inequity and they will move from philosophical to more practical discussions.” Washtenaw County Commissioner Felicia Brabec said this inequity is not a new issue for the communit...…
…E very time a classroom door opens in the middle of a class, I momentarily freeze. I look toward the door, no longer able to hear my professor’s words, only coming to a place of relaxation when a student or somebody else who’s meant to be there meets my eyes. I’m scared of it being someone who has come to shoot my peers and me. This has been true throughout my time at college, in all kinds of classrooms. Maybe you think this ...…
…I f you haven’t yet seen the eye-opening documentary “What the Health,” I highly recommend you watch it. My mouth was gaping wide open as I watched the entire film. The directors, Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn, reveal that consuming meat and dairy can promote chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. They cite the 2015 World Health Organization report, which declared processed meats (think: bacon, hot dogs...…
