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…-mail to all faculty signatories that stressed the University’s commitment to the Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern and North African students and underscored how the administration has shown that…

… Reporter In the fall of 2016, a new tool will be available for students choosing their courses and professors. Based on guidance from the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs and Central…

… Student Government, University Provost Martha Pollack has approved the release of course evaluations for the upcoming fall semester. The release of course evaluations has been a heavily…

… debated topic at SACUA, Senate Assembly — the full faculty governing body — and CSG over the last academic year. In an interview, Pollack said the initiative was largely student- driven. “It was the…

… students who really pushed to have it released,” Pollack said. “We asked student and faculty committees representing student government and faculty government to get together. They came up with…

… what I thought were very thoughtful recommendations and a set of questions that are particularly tailored to student needs, and we’re gonna release it.” Several policies will accompany the…

… release, upon recommendation of two faculty and student committees. Only students with University e-mail accounts will be able to access and use the student evaluations, per committee request…

… on the letter, Prof. Evelyn Alsultany, Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program, said the letter quickly gained traction. “The letter was first sent to History department, and…

… display of solidarity with Muslim students. The letter emphasizes the faculty’s support for the response to the chalkings a week ago, and explicitly opposes the nature of the messages written on…

… the Diag. “We stand with our friends/ students/colleagues and with the Central Student Government (CSG), Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA), and Senate Assembly in…

… intellectual life of our campus. We agree that all Arab, Muslim and MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) students, faculty, staff and visitors should feel welcome and have an equal opportunity to thrive…

… at the University. Their presence makes our campus better in every way. University leadership has had frequent, ongoing discussions with Arab, Muslim and MENA students about the campus climate…

… for several months. This includes a Jan. 11 meeting at the president’s house with students from these groups and the Jan. 25 “Sharing Stories, Building Allyhood: Student Voices Against Islamophobia…

…” event on campus. Leaders from Student Life and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts have worked closely with the Islamophobia Working Group, including incorporating the group’s feedback…

… depicts Erde’s visits to an Israeli school, an Arab school, a Talmudic school, a UN school for refugees and a mixed school (one that incor- porates students of Jewish and Arab descent). Overall, she…

… intimate interviews with other students in similar situations. Unfor- tunately, this is not how Erde chose to craft her documentary. Instead, she structures it as an argumentative essay. She…

… sides, her style makes “This is My Land” feel scattered. Once each setting is introduced, the film alter- nates between shots of the students and teachers without re-establishing which school they…

… events, allowing the students to decide whom they believe. Both arguments are ridden with faults, which is made appar- ent in the awkward pauses that occur when one teacher cannot refute the other…

… meet the college students. “She was just like, ‘I just want to hug all of you.’ She was very emotional. She was like, ‘It’s been so hard to get out of bed, I didn’t want to come to practice … but…

… survivors suggested they all get match- ing tattoos. She brought it up to Gaga, who agreed — so they did. Stanford University student Jackie Lin, one of the survivors, designed it, using a symbol for…

… 5:00 p.m. to do whatever they wanted. Gaga’s team wanted them in their own clothes on stage; they were col- lege students, and the team wanted that to resonate with the millions of viewers. Being…