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… Program, a two- year internship and research program for undergraduate students, including those of other universities, who are otherwise inadequately represented in the environmental and…

… conservation field. This past year, the second- year students were taken to the U.S. Virgin Islands to learn about different ecosystems in a hands-on learning experience that combined the hard science of…

…@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief ANU ROY-CHAUDHURY AND ASHLEY ZHANG Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the…

… recent statement criticizing the University of Michigan’s decision to discipline Prof. John Cheney-Lippold for refusing to support a student who wanted to study in Israel framed the issue solely…

… in terms of freedom of speech. In fact, two principles were in contention: a professor’s right to express his views and a student’s right to study at an institution of her choosing. Since the…

… University believes its primary commitment must be to students, and since Cheney-Lippold’s freedom in other contexts is unaffected, the University chose to support the undergraduate. The signatories…

…, however, ignored the student entirely. Their statement mentioned the professor’s free speech rights four times — the young woman’s thwarted academic aspirations, not once. I suspect, moreover, that…

… science. Or suppose he refused to write for a student seeking to attend a Muslim university because, in his view, Muslims are terrorists. Or if no letter were provided for an African university because…

… Sanctions movement. If the political claims of the BDS movement are central to the entire debate, what then can be said about their credibility? In all my classes, and especially my course on the Arab…

… has the world’s worst human rights record. To be sure, within Israel, which defines itself as an expressly Jewish state, Arabs are second- class citizens, with lower per capita funding and a…

… nor Gaza under Hamas offers any semblance of free elections, freedom of the press or tolerated dissent. By contrast, Arab citizens of Israel have exactly the same civic and political rights as Jews…

…. An Arab party is the third largest in parliament. Arabs serve on the Israeli Supreme Court, in the cabinet and in the army high command. They have equal access to all public institutions…

… Shirvell to retract statements HALEY HOARD/Daily Members of the Egyptian Student Association gather on the Diag Friday, Feb. 11 to celebrate former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's step down from power…

…. The students passed out candy to passersby as a symbol of the joyous occasion. Students rejoice in wa e of Mubaraks resig Onation Armstrong to file civil lawsuit if libelous comments aren't withdrawn…

… By KAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily Staff Reporter A document filed Friday has brought the ongoing legal bat- tle between Michigan Student Assembly President Chris Arm- strong and Andrew Shirvell, a former…

… "sexually promis- cuous," among other libelous See SHIRVELL, Page 5A Egyptian students celebrate democracy on Diag ByJOSEPH LICHTERMAN Daily News Editor The Diag was transformed into Liberation Square on Fri…

…- day afternoon as members of the University's Egyptian Stu- dent Association celebrated the overthrow of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. About 20 students took to the Diag to rejoice and share…

… their joy with others on campus. Many passed out Snickers bars and other chocolates to students walking by. LSA junior Eman Abdelhadi said it's traditional to pass out sweets on happy occa- sions…

…. "Egyptians - and Arabs in general - have this tradition where they pass out treats at good occasions," Abdelhadi said. "At weddings, religious occasions, Eids, like the holi- days. This is an Eid. This is a…

… their support for the protest- ers in Egypt. Rackham student Sameh Tawfick said he didn't See MUBARAK, Page 5A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH BROTHERS BANQUET Audi,'U' partner for Y transportation study Project to…

… raising the large amount of money. Though the center works with other student groups, McGuire said it rarely gets a donation of this magnitude. "This is one of the largest gifts from a student group we…

… environmental challenges during each of their tenures as well as discuss the future of environmental policy in the Trump administration. Stephanie Campbell, a graduate student in the School for…

… worked hard to help University of Michigan students apply their unique language skills to a good cause in Washtenaw County. That “good cause” would be LingoMatch, a program created by three…

… students to connect bilingual and multilingual students with an immigrant or refugee in Washtenaw County struggling to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits due to a…

… significant because it allows students to put their language skills to work in a meaningful way, helping immigrants or refugees get their food stamps. “It provides bilingual and multilingual students…

… internment camps. Fast- forward 75 years, and Arab and Muslim Americans are facing discrimination in ways that resonate with the memories of Japanese-Americans. The internment of Japanese- Americans…

… president denies uprising despite increase in number of protests Increasing number of students demand political freedoms BEIRUT (AP) - Women, chil- dren and students took to the streets in Syria yesterday…

… voices look like with a peace agreement. se involved in the Israc- Shir Lachis;, a 25 year-old,. stinian conflict, spoke Jewish law student at Tel Aviv their personal stories at University, shared an…

… experience rnt, which was hosted by that occurred 10 years ago near i Ross - a student organi- a club in Israel when a suicide in the Ross School of Busi- attack broke out. Lachish recalled ntered on Israeli…

… students that 21 Israeli teenagers were mni. killed that night and hundreds of ness graduate student others were either wounded or cobsberg, co-president of traumatized. PRoss, said in an interview "Living…

… see what's going on there." hose who, had witnessed Lachish , said she decided nflict first-hand, adding to join OneVoice after several was not a "political rally" encounters with Israeli Arabs her an…

….8 percent of its student body - to be below the average of even the 50 colleges and universities with the largest endowments, which on average have 80 percent fewer students of Pell Grant-eligible students…

… show an 18.7-percent increase in Pell Grants from 2008 to2009. For the 2008-2009 academic year, University students received a collective $11 million in Pell Grants. Despite the University's fig- ures…

… that show growth in the number of University students receiving Pell Grants, Rodriguez wrote the University must do more to increase its Pell Grant student population. "We are not where we would like to…

… be yet, butwe're focusing on doing even better going forward," Rodriguez wrote. Because students' fam- ily income isn't considered in the admissions process, the University accepts academi- cally…

… qualified low-income students at the same rate as students without demon- strated financial need. How- ever, low-income students do not apply for admission at the same rate, Rodriguez wrote. "It is important…

…- writing. tually serving as an arts editor. Binelli grew up in St. Clair Shores Do you have any advice and moved back to Detroit for for students interested in three years to immerse himself in journalism or…

…@michigandaily.com 0 LILY ANGELL/Daily LSA senior Maggie Grundler mixes beer as part ofan upper-level biology class. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Clean freak Yellow means Blood Battle Arab world WHERE: School…

… will be con- Jill Dougherty will speak tinuing until Nov. 27. about the Arab Spring. WHO: Blood Drives United WHO: History of Art WHEN: Today 8 a.m. to WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Museum of…

… WolbertandSophie Greenbaum Production Managers The Michigan Daily (SSN 074s-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. one copy is…

… League; students tickets are just $10 WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Power Center for the Performing Arts WHAT: Princeton Uni- versity's David Bell will be…

… addressing students on the "Birth of Militarism in the Age of Revolutions," and will be arguing the differ- ences between the miliatary and civilian spheres. WHO: Center for European Studies WHEN: Today 4…

…'s largest democ- racy, the Ross School of Business will once again take its work over- seas. University administrators, faculty members and students will collaborate with alumni and business leaders in India…

… they belonged to Hezbollah. -Compiled from Daily wire reports Coleman meets, greets at annual open house Leukemia survivor to research disease he beat as a teen Hundreds of students flock to president…

…'s home By PAIGE PEARCY Daily NewsEditor The white house nestled between the Clement's Library and Tappan Hall on South Uni- versity Avenue may seem out of place to newer students, but it's not long before…

… president. Before meeting Coleman, E. Royster Harper, the Univer- sity's vice president for student affairs, greeted students enter- ing Coleman's home. "I love the fact that our presi- dent says this is my…

… house, this is your house, come meet me, come see me, and that she will stay here the entire time in heels," Harper said. Coleman stood at the back of the house where hundreds of students waited to talk…

… with her individually and take pictures. "I think it's important for students who would like to see the house to come in and see it," Coleman said. "There are two groups that I really enjoy: the new…

… students coming either for their undergraduates or gradu- ate studies - their first time in Ann Arbor - and then 1 love for the seniors to come because it's the last year." Coleman said she looks for- ward…

… to the open house every year as a way to get to know the students. "People always tell me great things, and I'm excited to hear about what people are studying and where they're from, so I get a lot of…

… that anytime we can open up our home and our hearts to each other that it makes us a different kind of community," Harper said. Inside the President's House, students could roam the rooms on the main…

… this event is really important because it sends out a strong signal to every student on campus that their president, Mary Sue Coleman, is there for them and an extremely warm and kind lady," Parikh said…

…. That same day her husband, Gary Russi, announced his retirement as pres- ident of Oakland University. PITTSBURGH Three students shot in drug-related dispute after school Three Pittsburgh high school…

… students heading to their vehicle after classes ended were shot Wednesday afternoon, and police investigating whether the shoot- ing stemmed from a drug-related dispute had six people in custody for…

… of political upheaval in some Arab nations, protest- ers and rebel fighters have been using art as a weapon, both by satirizing oppressors and com- memorating sacrifices. This Thursday and Friday, the…

… second and bring everybody together." This symposium on the under-analyzed role of art, in WORK From Page 1A Business School, surveyed 109 part-time MBA students about their conceptions of work. "We don…

… said. Toward the end of his lecture, the Arab uprisings will feature presentations from a diverse group of activists, journalists and academics, including CNN correspondent Jill Dougherty and Tunisian…

…-medicine students: the major you choose as an under- graduate does not make any dif- ference whatsoever to medical school admissions officers. Gruber said. Public satire has been par- ticularly useful in…

… as the Science Without Bor- ders program in Brazil, which already has five students from Brazil participating and benefit- ing from it. "We are not going to set up a campus in India. We're not going to…

… try to recruit students," Cole- man said. "We're not going for any of those things that would just be helpful to us." Programs in Brazil and Africa have strengthened the Univer- sity's research in many…

… with relationships. Academic rela- tionships, research interest rela- tionships, faculty relationships, and student recruiting relation- ships," Remington said. "In a place like India, we have all of…

… event also featured tra- ditional Japanese games, such as Mahjong and Karuta; a showcase of University Japa- nese language students' works; and children's storytelling per- formed by Ichiro Kataoka, one…

… Mackenzie Ellsberry, secretary of the Japa- nese Student Association, was pleased with the event. "It is nice to see new faces," Ellsberry said. "Out of all the Japanese events on campus, this one is…

… to win a comfortable majority in the new chamber, allowing them to take the helm of the most populous Arab nation. The ailing 84-year-old Mubarak is currently being held in a military hospital and will…

… close one of the last options for Palestinians to create territorial continuity between Arab neighborhoods of east Jerusalem, their hoped- for capital, and the West Bank. According to building plans, E-1…

… for more breaks, longer school year Pilot program will affect students in four states (AP) - Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in…

… Secretary Arne Duncan, a chief proponent of the longer school year, says American students have fallen behind the world academically. "Whether educators have more time to enrich instruc- tion or students have…

… 20,000 students in 40 schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Mas- sachusetts, New York and Ten- nessee. Proponents argue that too much knowledge is lost while American kids wile away the summer months apart…

… from their lessons. The National Summer Learning Association cites decades of research that shows students' test scores are higher in the same subjects at the beginning of the summer than at the end…

… 10 to 15 percent of the student body. Those tend to be gifted, college-bound, they're natural learners who will learn wher- ever they are." Supporters also say a longer school year would give poor…

… beholden to the school calendar for three seasons out of four. Summer breaks, they say, are needed to provide an academic respite for students' overwrought minds, and to provide time with family and the…

…. Her name is Berry Kennedy. . An article in the Feb. 9 edition of The Michigan Daily ("UniversityBahai Club aims to support Ira- nian students")incorrect- ly stated Sanam Arab's gender. She is a woman…

…. 1241 lichterman@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigandaily.com 4 The new SilkRoad Students seeking for a way to members will get the chance to help provide aid to developing visit Nepal and contribute to…

… the Asian countries need look no fur- school. ther than the University's newly "Students interested in architec- established chapter of SilkRoad. ture can submit a general design for The group, a subset…

…! WHERE: West Quad Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Monday at about 10:40 p.m. WHAT: A student reported that her purse was stolen from her backpack while she was in the dining hall, University Police reported…

…. However, the purse was later located. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Free parking WHERE: 1700 Hubbard St. WHEN: Monday at about 2:40 p.m. WHAT: A female student reported that her parking permit was stolen from her…

…: North Quad Resi- dence Hall, room 2435 CORRECTIONS * An article in the March 13 edition of The Michi- gan Daily ("'U'creates fellowhip with Dow Chemical') misstated an Erb Institute MBA student's name…

… and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be pickedupat the Daily's office for $2.Subscriptions for fall term…

… League me Arab American From house- identity wife to worker Scott Prouty, a bartender, admitted on MSNBC that he was the person who caputured Mitt Romney's "47-percent" speech that marred his campaign at…

… Police reported. An officer escorted the subject from the building. WHAT: Samples from the Arab American National Museum will beon display and used in interactive exhibits along with personal narratives…

… student - Tyra Banks, according to a Feb. 1 article in New York Magazine. Enrolled in the Execu- tive Education programs at Harvard Business School, Banks is paying $31,000 to take atwo-week course for…

…") inaccurately quoted Uni- versity spokesman Rick Fitzgerald. He said"GSRAs are primarily students." * Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. The discovery of a fos- silized bone…

…- versity Police reported. The student received an MIP. MORE ONLINE Love Crime Notes? Get moreonline at michigandaily.com/blogs/The Wire Bahrain security forces on alert amid protest calls *I Shiite…

… opposition groups plan anti-government demonstration DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Bahrain's security forces set up checkpoints and clashed with marchers in at least one village yesterday as opposition…

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… provocations, he has told students that they’ll get an A if they spare him the agony of read- ing their shitty papers; he has written a catalog for Abercrom- bie and Fitch, where half-naked youth graze in an…

…, global protests, political cynicism and indifference, glo- balization, the Arab spring, the 2008 financial crash and, of course, the possibility of a Com- munist emancipatory revolution. He supplements…

…-cloaked capitalism in China and the Arab Spring and Mubarak’s fall in Egypt. “Trouble in Paradise,” and all of Žižek’s work, would benefit anyone who gives it a read. He’s one of the few heterodox political…

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… spots are the "City of David," a politically sensitive archaeological site in an Arab neighborhood just out- side the Old City. The dig, named for the bibli- cal King David thought to have ruled from the…

… spot 3,000 years ago, was conducted by Israeli government archaeologists. The project has generated con- troversy because it was funded by a nationalist Jewish group that buys up properties in Arab…

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… Palestinians and other Arab (or Iranian) lead- ers. The mindset with the Iran nuclear deal is no different. Fears of Israel’s extinction have even spread to leftist American politicians. Jewish Repre…

… less isolation, anxiety and re-victimization when they work with confidential advocates. And yet, our own campus climate survey of students tells us that, right now, fewer than 5 percent of…

… students share information about sexual misconduct with the University. Even more heartbreaking, the majority of students who experience a sexual assault tell no one about what happened to them. The…

… their experience, support their decisions and connect them to trained confidential advo- cates like those at SAPAC. We are available for students, staff, faculty and parents 24 hours a day, seven days…

…, ultimately setting up Allen’s dramatic field goal. But the tide would change Two hundred students, faculty and staff gathered on the Diag at 6 p.m. Saturday night to partake in a protest titled…

… “Opposing Intimidation!” The protest was organized by Music, Theatre & Dance senior James Ross Kilmeade in response to an incident Friday evening in which a student was approached by a man who…

… it’s absurd that they don’t. It’s our responsibility to be out here for them.’ ” LSA senior Adrian Rakochi said he heard about the protest through an email sent to the Arabic Activities club…

…, racism and hateful speech, many students and faculty on the University of Michigan campus are worried about climate change, economic, immigration and women’s health policies under a Trump…

…- enrolled School of Music, Theatre & Dance and LSA junior, was a freshman, a man in a car asked her for directions while she was walking back from a rehearsal at the Student Theatre Arts Complex…

… students by The Michigan Daily, 73.11 percent of respondents said they were afraid to walk home alone on campus. 17.65 percent said they did not and 9.24 percent said they were unsure. In a campus…

… climate survey administered by the University to both male and female students in 2015, 89 percent of students reported feeling safe from sexual misconduct on campus. Bill Axinn, a national expert…

… wording — the University survey asked if students “felt safe from sexual misconduct on campus” while the Daily survey asked if students “felt afraid to walk home alone on campus” — as well as a small…

… users to view grade distributions from courses and compare multiple classes on a single graphic interface. Students and University community members can view See GRADES, Page 3A Hawkeye Shock…

… On a wild night at Kinnick Stadium, everything went Iowa’s way as the Hawkeyes handed Michigan its first loss of the season » Page 1B EVAN AARON/Daily Students gather to protest intimidation…

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… of decency, no matter the political cost. At a campaign rally during the 2008 presidential race, he famously rebuffed a woman who called then-Senator Barack Obama an “Arab” and another supporter…

… tracked online, recent developments have shown just how much personal data the tech industry collects and shares about its users. As people growing up in the turbulent digital age, college students…

… poster that read, “You belong here,” in both English and Arabic. She said she felt that all students on campus should be speaking up at events like this. “Why should anyone feel like they don…

…-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up…

… questions asked could be errors present in both surveys. Despite the differences between the two surveys, multiple female students like Aptowitz have voiced concerns for their safety at night…

… that’s what’s frustrating. If we’re going to advertise that we’re a campus that has that safety, we should have that safety.” Despite efforts last year, Central Student Government ultimately…

… meeting. “The other problem that we faced was with cooperation from the city.” In addition to these efforts, last April about five students started a petition to install cameras on the blue light…

… phones located throughout campus. More than 200 students eventually signed the position, noting concern for identifying a potential attacker. However, the city of Ann Arbor has come up with a plan…

… by City Council. CSG also outlined goals last year to develop another campus safety app in conjunction with previous projects such as SafeRide — a free service that transports students…

…, faculty and staff within a one-mile radius of campus — and Night Owl, yet they were unable to follow through, again due to lack of resources. However, other organizations and students started to take…

… on these projects themselves, including five Ross School of Business students who developed the now-internationally recognized Companion app. For LSA freshman Alexis Aulepp — though she uses…

… increasing properly working lighting, noting the department encourages student input. “I don’t think too many people are seeing lights that aren’t working, and that’s something years ago that used…

…'t masked then. WASHINGTON, D.C. Court-martial of Naval student will begin in March The court-martial of a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman accused in a sexual assault case is now scheduled to begin in March…

…. Israel and Iran's Sunni Arab rivals such as Saudi Arabia have been most vocal in their skepticism of diplomacy, their concerns echoed by a growing chorus in Congress.. Fifty-nine senators now back the…

… also to see if any of them needed any assistance," Fitzgerald said. Yoshiki Masada, president of the Japan Student Association on campus, wrote in an e-mail interview last night that the organization…

… addressed the audience, and family mem- bers collapsed in grief. Some mourners bore signs in Hebrew reading, "The government demolishes homes, Arabs mur- der Jews." The bloodshed, which shat- tered a lengthy…

… that every other week, some coalition of students expresses its grievances toward University of Michigan President Schlissel. This academic year has been no different. In September there began more…

…. At the University, when students detect so much as a drop of blood shed by the University, you can say goodbye to nuance. Outrage and oppression take the wheel. I myself am not entirely…

… university really so broken that we must harp on its small shortcomings, rather than its years of triumph? Must the student body so frequently drive a wedge between itself and the University? On both…

…’s history helps us when we feel tempted to lash out at the University. For the students who feel bogged down by the stresses of University life and for those who feel the need to issue demands toward…

… President Schlissel, the Bicentennial reminds us that our most notable alumni worked with the University rather than in opposition. It does not invalidate our rights as students on campus. We deserve…

… supremacy surface above its daily institutional and cultural presence to interpersonal violence, pseudoscience fliers, a student-organized debate and more. On Aug. 11 and 12, white supremacists…