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…-generation college student and an Arab- Muslim woman, I quickly realized that, as I sank into my seat in the corner of that auditorium in the Chemistry Building, the odds weren’t really in my favor…

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… signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS What the Empowered Arab Sisterhood has done for me MARIA ULAYYET | COLUMN C ulture shock. For…

… school, a moment I had been waiting for for years, had been so discreetly stolen away from me. As both the oldest child and oldest girl in my Arab immigrant family, going away for college had…

… been out of the question until my junior year. My parents told me if I could get into a good school, I could move out for college. Seeing my hard work as a student go to waste was my greatest…

… — better known as the Empowered Arab Sisterhood — the first and only nationally recognized predominantly- Arab sorority. Nearly a year and a half later, with my 14 sisters by my side, I can…

… the space I never knew I needed, but in reality, I was drowning without it. As Arab women, many of us the daughters of immigrants, our presence of simply being at the University of Michigan…

… is stigmatized. For me, a lot of Arab women from my hometown either didn’t go to college or went to local schools. Going away was almost always out of the question. Simply being at Michigan…

…: the network. One of EAS’s many purposes is to fill this gap. By bringing together the most ambitious and passionate Arab women leaders on campus, it is creating a network of young…

… other up and helping each other reach their academic and professional goals. We want to break the stigma against Arab women in leadership roles. Throughout my life as an Arab woman, I…

… all students affected by Islamophobia — most of the panelists focused on issues faced by Arab students. Alsultany then shifted the event to a panel of four current and former members of the…

… two original songs from School of Music, Theatre & Dance students, which were written after talking to families that had been directly affected by the opioid crisis. After the performance…

… their overdose rates … How’d they do it? They did it through collaboration and partnerships.” supervisors at Victors cafe, University Housing and the Dean of Students Office’s BRT. The University…

… representatives from Counseling and Psychological Services, who provided information about CAPS availability to all students, and the importance of utilizing these mental health resources in any situation…

… in which a student feels necessary. Brooke Harris, a BRT coordinator, first distinguished bias incidents from hate crimes. Harris outlined how the Division of Public Safety and…

… Quad Residence Hall rooms of LSA sophomore Travon Stearns and other students last fall as an example of an occurrence handled by the BRT. Evelyn Galvan, a BRT coordinator, explained the…

… logistical case management of bias incidents and the hands- on role of the team to help students feel that they are part of a supportive community on campus. Galvan highlighted the team’s goal to talk to…

… ensure transparency, the bias response team updates a weekly log of incidents and response actions. “We want U-M to be a place for students to grow and thrive where they are,” Galvan said. Later…

…, Thomas Dickens, manager for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan program, highlighted CAPS and bias incident data, citing the fact that 39.5 percent of the 4,446 student CAPS requests were…

… submitted by students of color in relation to bias incidents. He explained how students have an expressed need to have a safe space to learn without being targeted for having visible…

… to LSA about animals and society, how we associate with animals and so on. What are some of your favor- ite teaching methods? I consider my classes to be class- es on dialogues. Students form small…

… sociology of childh youth. I'm interested inth of youth - what kind ofb and rituals are important today; and not only Facet Myspace. How would you descr relationship with your st My students are my1 I really…

… want to hear w have to say. I don't think as needing to be educat brash or childish. I am inte the whole student. I want aching a them the protagonist of my class. of Food. A lot of people talk to me…

… and ics? e culture I've taken students on study )ehaviors abroad trips through the Glob- to youth al Intercultural Experience for book and Undergraduate Studies. I think that every student, whether you…

… Through Better Partnerships” — a nod to what Adams has called his top priority as surgeon general. Before the talk, Adams met with University students for a roundtable discussion. Medical…

… student Raymond Strobel told The Daily in an email interview he enjoyed the opportunity to talk with Adams. The surgeon general’s thoughts resonated with him. “The roundtable was a terrific…

… inclusive and diplomatic when seeking common ground on health priorities with others – and remember our role as servant leaders in healthcare. His thoughts on students’ roles in advocacy were also…

… timely; he urged not to think of ourselves (students) as the future, but the now.” Following a morning of meetings and discussions with campus leaders, Adams began his lecture in conversation…

… community, students see gradual progress on certain demands but encounter an overall lack of urgency in support of institutional change. The Latinx community is the University’s fastest- growing…

… student minority group, growing from 4.75 percent to 6 percent between 2012 and 2016. The majority of La Casa’s demands called for more Latinx representation in University staff, faculty and…

… of academic honesty students have agreed to abide by when reading the under- graduate regulations. Though the University claims to encourage conversations about academic integrity, students reported…

…@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com ERIN KIRKLAND/Daily Eugene Rogers, director of the University Glee Club, leads students duringthe Brothers in Song outreach program at Dearborn High School in Dearborn…

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…." Odeh works as an associate director at the Arab American Action Network, a Chicago-area nonprofit group that advocates for new immigrants and tries to combat anti-Muslim and anti- Arab prejudice…

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…-year colleges and additional complaint has been filed with the universities with at least 1,000 enrolled students Office of Civil Rights in which a residential in 2012, the University of Michigan was second…

… advisor alleges he was threatened with rape in total number of alleged forcible sex offenses, by another student. Instead of protecting the it ranked only behind the outlying Penn State RA, he says the…

… assault at colleges has been a chronic problem heart, when presented with an opportunity to that is finally receiving significant attention. demonstrate this concern for student safety, Given its complexity…

… assaults student-run newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. is unknown is because so many sexual assaults With questions of the school's competence, a are notf e'F ted. In a haperapublsed in 2091 reasonable…

…, conflicted with the plans and led him to Skype in to the event instead. O’Malley is slated to appear in Dearborn, Mich. on Friday as part of a conference hosted by the Arab American Institute. During…

… the appearance, he will discuss policy issues affecting Arab Americans and how they can be a part of the discussion during the 2016 campaign season. “(Even with the schedule conflict), Dillon…

… still wanted to support students and reach out to us,” said Public Policy senior Max See DEMOCRATS, Page 2 UMASUNA grapples w ith life and death Japanese dramatists bring avant-garde theater…

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… tend to use an experiential teaching method where we look at both students' real life experiences as well as the literature," Thompson said. "I think this creates a different atmosphere in the course…

…." IGR has worked to increase its presence on campus through col- laborations with student organi- zations, fall orientation programs and University housing. But in its 25th year, the pro- gram will reach…

… out to its alumni base. In early fall, an event will invite IGR alumni to campus, showing students that "once they graduate, there will be a group of people still committed to the issues of intergroup…

… international student, he said the program pro- vided an open platform for com- munication. "Unlike other classes (with only) lectures and discussions, the Intergroup Dialogues course provides participants with…

… more freedom to speak and more opportunity to be really engaged in dialogue," he said. Interacting with multicultural students and reflecting on experi- ences are a key part of the course, and Chen said…

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… students Sara Cohen and Terra Molengraff, a former Daily pho- tographer — discussed the find- ings of their recent research study on diversity and inclusion. In an interview with The Michigan Daily…

… used tweets from the Black Student Union’s Being Black at the Uni- versity of Michigan Twitter campaign, commonly known as #BBUM, and Michigan Daily content — such as Michigan in Color columns and…

… where students have the lowest sense of belonging. Greek life and party culture also came up as places where stu- dents reported they did not feel a great sense of belonging. Correspondingly…

…, students often reported feeling a greater sense of belonging at work and at student organizations where others around them shared simi- lar interests. The research study also showed white students…

… weakening Israel with excessive sympa- thy for the Palestinians, alleg- ing that some on the left have praised refusal to serve in the army or support the Arab view that the founding of the country was a…

… audiences ... not just university students and faculty, (but also) community members and peo- ple driving in from around the area." Nye has often spoken up for Arab-American culture, expressing indignation at…

… Arab-Amer- ican culture, Naomi Nye Zell Distinguished Poet in Residence Naomi Shihab Nye: Poetry Reading Tonight at 7 p.m. UMMA, The Apse Free said Megan Levad, assistant director of the MFA program at…

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… within the 3). And also, of those three characters, two of them were villains. Which was a nice change from having people of color fulfill the racist villain tropes in movies (i.e. Arab terrorists…

…? Sometimes it feels as if I have to con- stantly prove that I am competent enough to sit in the same class as other students. Coming out of high school I knew that there would be some challenges I would…

… work ten times harder can be discouraging. However, one thing I continue to remember as I walk around campus and see other students that have similar stories to my own is that we are still here. We…

… even more important, as a black woman, I am even more motivated to do well because not only do black students make up about 4 percent of the population at the Uni- versity of Michigan, but the…

…4A - Thursday, September 23, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i #itidiigan 0aU Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI…

… have that student cell phone data? RESEARCHER 2:I just saw it some- where... (Looks under Jenga tower.) Here it is - Aw, crap. RESEARCHER 1: Woooah, JENGA! Ha ha. We won't count that, though. Okay, let…

…. This was under Jenga the whole time? RESEARCHER 2 (frowning): So, um... students...who aren't talking about politics and issues...are less likely... RESEARCHER 1: Are you thinking what I'm thinking…

… College. These colleges - according to the Open Doors 2009 Survey on study abroad participation - sent more than 80 percent of their students to study abroad at least once dur- ing their undergraduate…

… career. The University is on a path to create an atmosphere like these schools in which it is commonplace for more than half of LSA's undergraduate students to study abroad at least once before graduation…

… housed in North Quad. The GSP is distinct from other residential communities on cam- pus. It exposes undergraduate students whose intentional interests are to have an interna- tional experience within a…

… domestic locale. Courses like University Courses 178 - Global Understanding - show that LSA is committing itself to shaping a global experience. When I was a GSP student in Global Understanding, I took…

… classes with students from Seoul University in Korea and the University of British Columbia in Canada via video-conference. Students from both Seoul and UBC were included in the twice- a-week classroom…

… instruction I was in. Another instance in which the University is distinguishing IGR as a leader in global edu- cation is through its dialogue courses. These courses give students the opportunity to have a…

… and LSA's encouragement for undergraduates to study abroad is the potential for change. The com- mon theme is hope and a commitment that demands responsibility. By encouraging students to go beyond…

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… approaches, Blood Drives United, a student-run organi- zation, is starting a petition to overturn the ban on gay men donating blood. Currently, any male who says they've had sexual contact with another male is…

… reading said, which made things complicated for the instructor who centered the discussion around a particular academic perspective and for the students who wanted so badly to consume it as Truth. ng what…

… is There are no number of emotional books, essays or equations that can teach what "s e I know through essl~e- my experience as an Arab- American woman. By foregrounding my own experiences and the…

… diverse experi- ences of other Arab-Americans and women of color, I am able to decen- ter and destabilize the whiteness and maleness that we've been taught to place at the center of all that we learn. This…

… Party students. He was asked if he had lost Day weekend, D.C. would "have its coach. With an act of bold political faith in Washington and his answer game face on." I wasn't really sure obstructionism…

… NightLive's parody, "We did stop So here's to beinga team player. Washingtonians, including a handful of the 23 MIW students who are fed- eral-government interns, were rock- (the government)," her witty…

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… Osteopathic medicine WHAT: The workshop will explain osteopathic medicine and give students the opportunity to network with those in the field. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today at 5:30 p.m. WHERE: The…

… relationships between Jews and Arabs in the context of imperialism. WHO: Judaic Studies WHEN: Today from 2 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Graduate School, Assembly Hall Business talk WHAT: Boston…

… and student publications from Ann Arbor, Michigan and other midwestern states. Representatives from journals such as the Iowa Review, Pleiades, Southern Indiana Review and cream city review…

… states and there is so much uniqueness.” Student publications from the University such as Xylem, Fortnight, RC Review and the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program: Arts and Literary Journal also took part…

… in the event. LSA junior Kara Mullison, a member of the Residential College’s RC Review, said she was glad the festival took place in East Quad and included student publications. “It’s nice…

… that the festival is in East Quad where the RC is based,” Mullison said. “Student publications might not seem relevant but you come here and see that they are.” On top of the book fair, there…

… were also multiple panels throughout the day. The first panel was a faculty and student discussion on the publishing process. In the next panel, writers Melba Boyd, Caitlin Horrocks, C.J. Hribal…

… there’s interest from within students and outside,” she said. $10 more at each seating level. The concert’s proceeds will go toward MUSIC Matters’ charity projects. “Some of the work that he…

… chair, echoed Appel’s sentiment that Common’s involvement aligns with the organization’s mission. She said this year’s iteration of SpringFest high- lights the idea that “it’s put on by students…

…'s not the end. Homosexuality is no longer classified in the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual of Mental Disor- ders as a mental illness, as it used to be. Organizations for LGBTQ teens and students exist…

… year of unri- valed pro-democracy activ- ism around the world. The Arab Spring, chock-full of revolution, governmental change, war and protest ; has altered the dynamics of the region for- JONATHAN ever…

… near a crisis point. Six lawsuits have been filed on behalf of about two-thirds of school districts, which educate about 75 percent of the state's roughly 5 million students. They have been rolled into a…

… revolts that became known as the Arab Spring. Qatar has been a key ally of the movement, which includes the Palestinian offshoot Hamas. The visit by Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani comes over the deep…

…'s arrival had deep significance. "It is the first visit by an Arab leader at this level to Gaza," it said. "This breaks the political isolation of the government and opens the door to break the siege." N…

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… Syrian regime. But were pushed back by troops who opened fire in the air and lobbed volleys of tear gas. Meanwhile, cease-fire efforts by U.N. and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi appeared to be…

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… influence of rival, mainly Shiite Iran wherever it tried to make advances. He and fellow Sunni Arab monarchs also staunchly opposed the Middle East’s wave of pro-democracy uprisings, seeing them as a…

… the public is investing more in our institutions of higher learn- ing so that we can control tuition and could try to control student debt,” he said. Irwin, who is in his final term of…

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… - maybe five - to With community colleg very different. You have broad range of students. How did you end up teac at a University instead, community college? ileges. The place where I have the years…

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