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… program to help prepare them for the Brevet, an English-heavy examination all Lebanese students must take to go to high school or vocational schools. Through LEAP, I had the opportunity to connect…

… accessories was donated to the Helping Hands for Relief and Development and Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. They sold stylish items, some with Arabic script, including jewelry saying “Love” and…

… letter for a study abroad trip in occupied Palestine. As a student body, we should take after Cheney-Lippold and refuse to be bystanders complicit in the human rights abuses carried out by Israel…

… tell people my name. To these Americans, my name is a foreign word. Some of my friends have names that can sound foreign. My name is not like that. Arabs will try to say my name the Arabic way but…

… I am not Arab, even though my name is. It is complicated but I like to think my name and me are a cultural juxtaposition. I also struggle in discussion class because I need a few minutes to…

… pass off as American to be in the U.S. So I began becoming proud of saying my name, the way I know how. Not the American way or the Arabic way, but the Malaysian way, and every time during…

… discussion class I can only wait for my American graduate student instructor to ask me the second time how to pronounce my name because it is so foreign to them. What are you: ambiguously brown A…

…-Kitaab project, an initiative to replace an Arabic textbook used by the University that some students consider insensitive and colonialist. Gillcrist made a particular appeal to representatives with…

… students alike, is Engler’s lack of academic credentials. Students also worry Engler’s politician status will cause conflict on MSU’s already divided campus. At this meeting, Ashley Fuente, the…

… department, she describes the purpose of the town hall and encourages students to come together. “The Town Hall will provide the opportunity for me to hear from you, the NatSci student body, about how…

… important to get vaccinated, especially for students, who tend to be at a higher risk for the virus. “Students tend to live in fairly close confines, which puts people at greater risks because it…

…’s easier to spread germs and viruses, so students need to take a little bit better care of themselves than the general population,” Saulles said. “They really should be getting vaccinated for the flu…

…, even though it may not be the best match of the vaccine.” In order to avoid contracting the flu, Saulles encourages students to live healthy lifestyles in addition to getting vaccinated…

… experience in Arabic studies. The LSA SG committees, subcommittees and task forces provided other updates and announcements. No guest speakers presented at this week’s meeting. Before the…

… people that go to Michigan State,” Wilson said. “So … I think it’s good if we all keep up to date and if we can help to inform our fellow students about what’s going on at other Big Ten universities…