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… one of the only Arab women in the Ross School of Business.” In honor of World AIDS Day, the National Council for Negro Women, the Black Student Union and Creatives of Color presented the HIV…

…, Michigan Monday, December 3, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM First Arab sorority EAS forms ‘U’ chapter Students, community remember victims of California shooting HANNAH…

…Around 8:12 p.m. Friday, the Epsilon Alpha Sigma Sorority, is the University of Michigan’s first Arab sorority, dubbed the Empowered Arab Sisterhood, revealed its first class of new…

… recruits. The seven girls recruited, the “Al-Afdal line,” marched into Auditorium D in Angell Hall, yelling “We’re the girls of Arab countries!” in Arabic. As the girls were revealed, a founding…

… member of the sorority’s chapter at the University removed a pink bandana from each girl’s eyes and wrapped a flag from their country of origin around her shoulders. Arab music blared as…

… Monologues Sunday night to teach students and faculty about the disease that affects millions of people around the world. The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and the University of Michigan…

… night continued with various performances from students and faculty. Michigan state Senate Republicans voted to scale back minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, S.B. 1171 and 1175 last…

… SIEGEL/Daily Students gather on the Diag for a vigil to remember the victims of the Borderline shooting Saturday afternoon. CAMPUS LIFE Epsilon Alpha Sigma, reveals new class of recruits Friday…

… Borderline” and “Never Again”, approximately 20 University of Michigan students, faculty and community members congregated on the Diag for a vigil Saturday afternoon in honor of those lost to gun…

… National Council for Negro Women, the Black Student Union and Creatives of Color Sunday night. HIV Monologues aims to educate, erase stigmas surrounding diagnosis University Black Student Union and…

… Intro to Arab American Studies or The Middle East in Hollywood Cinema. Students then select additional courses offered by the Arab and Mus- lim American Studies program. Evelyn Alsultany, associate…

… the AMAS minor as a unique and important opportunity for students given the large demographic of Arab Americans and Muslim Ameri- cans in Michigan and the current challenges to under- standing…

… anything illegal? Then it’s kind of a done deal because you’re not entitled to unemployment.” COURT From Page 1 versity Plant Operations and the Office of Student Life via conference call. Ultimately…

… significant number of University employees, faculty and staff who live elsewhere in Washtenaw County and beyond, and also recognizing that there are some students who are not necessarily in Ann Arbor…

… … It was really that con- sideration of what conditions could be,” Washington said. The new system resulted from a task force to review University operation reduction procedures after some students…

… close; there is a hospi- tal, there is a police force, there are students on campus who need to be fed.” Though Monday’s snow day was the second cancellation of classes in the last year, Fitzger…

… announced two of the IGR courses would also fulfill the Race and Ethnicity degree requirement. Maxwell added that IGR is a valuable addition to any major, especially given her belief that students…

… must become global citizens who know how to dis- cuss complex issues pertaining to diversity and inequality. “Students who earn a minor in intergroup relations educa- tion will develop the insight…

… especially relevant to the Arab and Muslim students studying liberal arts. She said many Arab and Muslim students feel they can only study engi- neering ortake pre-med courses. "Without these types of dia…

…@michigandaily.com CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Bye, bye backpack WHERE: Shapiro Under- graduate Library WHEN: Wednesday at about 10 a.m WHAT: A student reported her backpack stolen after she left unattended on the…

….m WHAT: Suspected mari- juana and paraphernalia were taken from student, University Police reported. The student will be charged with possession of mari- juana. Hip hop summit WHAT: A conference that…

… gathers students, artists and others to learn how to use hip hop to create positive social change. The event will last two days andtickets start at $15. WHO: Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives and…

… faculty performers. Tickets are $10 with a student ID. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m WHERE: Power Center for the Preforming Arts Folk concert Researchers have found WHAT…

… and winter terms by students at the University ofMichigan. One copy is avalable free ofcharge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term…

… bike- sharing program in the fall, and it has now reached about 1,250 signatures. In addition, both Central Student Government and LSA Student Government's Tak- ing Responsibility for the Earth and…

… just getting our feet wet in the fall but now we have a lot of student sup- port." Elliott said the process of set- ting up the program is difficult and requires continued support and collaboration from…

… students, University administrators and city officials. "We have talked to adminis- trators and they have been help- ful and insightful but they are not sure if the University has the money or the critical…

… Lonnerstater wrote in an e-mail interview that he thinks students would ben- efit from a bike share program, but that pressing infrastructure issues should be resolved before the program is instated. "If a bike…

… citizens, green-card holders and visa holders in light of an executive order signed last Friday. The University of Michigan Muslim Graduate Student Association and Arab and Muslim American…

…A Haven Hall classroom was overflowed with University of Michigan students listening to a series of speakers who discussed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which may…

… policy on the part of Congress — protects undocumented students from deportation and allows them to obtain work permits. However, it does not provide a path to citizenship. Trump has repeatedly…

… University’s commitment to international students by reiterating its policy against releasing the immigration status of students. The announcement followed Trump’s signing of an executive action…

… have become a rallying point for many amid anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions from the White House. In recent months, the Central Student Government has been working toward making the University…

… candidate talks with students GOVERNMENT Gretchen Whitmer met with College Democrats to talk voter engagement CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily LSA professor Silvia Pedraza…

… Michigan League Ballroom on Thursday afternoon. About 75 students, faculty and Ann Arbor residents attended the event. Presidential Bicentennial Prof. Martha Jones gave the opening remarks at Monday…

…’s colloquium. The colloquium largely focused the University’s lack of diversity. On Monday, Sotomayor referenced the low number of African-American students at the University. As of October 2016, less…

… than 5 percent of students at the University are African American. “We are making large improvements towards a kind of equality but we are still far from it,” Sotomayor said. “When you look at…

… Daily Staff Reporter Office hours were held in the hallways of Haven Hall on Thursday as the Graduate Employees’ Organization — the labor union representing graduate student instructors and…

… to 18 inches with high winds are mak- ing the roads dangerous, espe- cially for the many faculty, staff and students who live outside the city of Ann Arbor,” he said. University spokesman Rick…

… assistant attorney general, over his harassment of a University student. Shirvell was accused of anti- gay rhetoric against University alum Chris Armstrong, the first openly gay Michigan Student…

… Assembly president. The Michi- gan Student Assembly is now known as Central Student Gov- ernment. In 2010, Shirvell was fired after creating a blog titled “Chris Arm- strong Watch,” which argued…

…, Arab and Muslim American Culture, and Inter- group Relations Education. The other two — Art and Design and Entrepreneurship — were not formerly available to LSA stu- dents, but have been officially…

… incorporated into the LSA cur- riculum. JoAnn Peraino, LSA curricu- lum and enrollment manager, said the qualifications for creat- ing a new minor are often based student interest, though mul- tiple…

… departments cannot offer the same minor. Peraino added that once a minor has been created within a department, the department is responsible for overseeing that the minor is attracting student interest…

…, long time. We haven’t retired any in a long time because all of our minors have at least a few students in them.” Intergroup Relations Education The minor in Intergroup Relations Education…

… focuses on creating discussions around issues of social identity, inequal- ity and discrimination. The minor, which is a mini- mum of 19 credits and a maxi- mum of 22, begins with students enrolling…

… the Cam- pus Communities and Research track. Students also elect one elective LSA course that is relat- ed to intergroup relations and complete the capstone course in intergroup relations. Kelly…

… with student activism,” Maxwell said. “It made us real- ize that it’s time to formalize the minor.” Last year, members of the University’s Black Student Union lobbied administrators to address…

… that oil dependence does not have to continue. Students passing by the event were encouraged to sign a peti- tion supporting a transition HEARING From Page 1A tion. That decision is not being appealed…

… United States. The group collected almost 200 signatures by the end of the event. David Smith, a parent of a prospective student on a tour, said the event made the Univer- sity stick out to him more than…

… to know what political scientists think about this because we have totally different views and a different perspective than they do." CSG student general counsel, said it's quite possible that CSJ…

… will come by," Ortega added. "We start at the ground level - working with children and families - and also in com- munities." Social Work student Joyce Reese-Bey said she helped initi- ate and plan this…

… event and other events throughout the month to achieve better student aware- ness. "I feellikeeverychild deserves to have a childhood that's free from harm," Reese-Bey said. "Children don't have anyone to…

… speak up for them because they rely on the adults in their lives. We have to be that voice for those kids who don't have parents to stick up for them." Social Work student Lidi Armenta saw the event as a…

… way to reach all students by extenu- ating the concern for these children in a visual and easily accessible way. "I'm a Child Welfare Scholar, and there's a cohort of about ten of us every year…

… Elharake then spoke about his experiences and challenges as an Arab-Muslim student and a first generation college student, leading him to this moment to “come for everything they said we couldn’t have…

…’s important role in the upcoming election. In the first meeting of the Ninth Assembly, the University of Michigan Central Student Government elected 15 members to different positions on the new…

… running for the position. “I want to do this because I want to serve the other (School of Education) students because, like myself, they wouldn’t have gotten represented in this body,” Keuning…

… said. “I like to hold high the democratic values that Central Student Government also holds up (and) to represent my fellow students and to serve them, just as you do to your classmates…

… represent the school through CSG. “I am an Afro-Arab American who was born and raised in Ann Arbor to immigrant parents, so I was raised to be a Wolverine,” Elshafei wrote. “Truthfully, it was a…

… everybody can afford to do things that may not pay huge sums of money but are really valuable to society," Obama said. While many students filled the audience, University administra- tors and…

… to the stature of this great public university," Bernstein said. "Each time his message has been targeted at a student body that i think appre- ciates his message. It's a great honor to participate in…

… that kind of experience." Bernstein added that he and several other University offi- cials met with Obama before his speech. During the address, more than 100 students lined the bleachers behind him with…

… an American flag draped above them on the IM Building's brick wall. Some of these students included Business senior Michael Proppe, CSG pres- ident; LSA senior Phil Schermer, MUSIC Matters president…

…; and LSA senior Tyrell Collier, Black Student Union president, among other campus leaders. In an interview after the event, E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, said the office of Student…

… well known - including first-generation college students, international students, students who work in campus dining halls and some who grew up in foster care. "We tried to be really thought- ful…

…," Harper said. "Some were students in leadership roles, but others were students who lead in a very different way." Students showed up in droves Monday afternoon to wait for their chance to secure their spot…

… at the event. The University dis- tributed tickets on a first-come, first-served basis Tuesday morn- ing at 9 a.m., motivating students to wait in line overnight for the opportunity to see the…

… president. Harper said this commit- ment to engaging in campus life showed how willing the students are to interact with the world around them. "Our students are always engaged and thinking about what's going…

… on in the world and they're just smart in that way," Harper said. "They're politically smart. I think students on boths sides of the issues kind of want to be in the conversation." Bernstein echoed…

… reputation and recognition, grow the application pool, reduce costs for students with need and over- see the most successful capital campaign in University history as evidence of leaving a legacy with the…

… state appropriations. At the same time, the Univer- sity has also made substantial contributions to centrally allo- cated financial aid to help offset costs for disadvantaged students. Early in her…

… and engage with alumni and educational leaders around the world. In her official capacity, she will have traveled to China, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Bra- zil, Israel and Ghana. She will…

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… terms. Not sure exactly who yet." I also heard other twenty-some- things announce their "politically viable" plans to solve the Arab- Israeli conflict, income inequality and our public education system…

… many of Michigan's undocumented students, marking the end to a student-led campaign for tuition equality. Beginning in January 2014, undocumented residents in the state may qualify for the lower resident…

… hinder the new policy's impact. Undocumented students are currently ineli- gible for state and federal financial aid. Con- sidering the average undocumented family earns $27,000 annually - roughly the cost…

… improvements in the city, such as increased street lighting, may promote both student and resident safety. The council has a history of seeing the University as a separate concern from city matters; this year…

… Brady provided an excellent white liberals, esp description of what many black students and The disinvitatic black faculty at the University of Michigan have compelling failure known for years - activism…

… threat, which was discovered shortlybefore 8 a.m. Evans said an emergency notice was transmitted on the laptop computers provided to all 9,400 students. Textmessages were also sent on cell phones. It is…

… April the same court acquitted Abdoulmouthalib Bouzerda, chairman of the Arab European League, of hate speech charges for publishing a cartoon on its website questioning the reality of the Holocaust. The…

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….m. vn 734.662.4466 in the Union COLLEGE Building Christian community one student at a time. 4 "A new church serving the city. Reformed and gospel centered." 2 p.m. every Sunday. Within walking…

… Harassment Policy, along with expanding its Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence yesterday afternoon, the State News reported. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon sent an e-mail to the student…

… Black Students Mentoring Kickoff Event Tuesday at Trotter Multicultural Center. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Consular Services WHAT: The Consulate General of Japan in Detroit will provide services for Japanese…

… nationals. WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: Today from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m WHERE: Hatcher Gradu- ate Library Gallery Info about fraternities WHAT: An opportunity for interested students to learn…

… timeline for rushing one of their 29 fraternal organizations, the Indiana Daily Student reported. -JACK TURMAN T H REE TH INGS YOU .SH OULD KNOW TODAY Amy Fine, a passenger on a Delta flight, was enraged at…

… desert. WHAT: This a great chance to learn about the Panhel- lenic Formal Recruitment process. WHO: Students considering the Greek community WHEN: Today from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m WHERE: Michigan Union…

… Resume Lunch Tweet Chat Workshop WHAT: LIFE Group focus- es on creating a community where students experience love, faith and enjoyment through relationships. WHO: Harvest Mission Community Church WHEN…

…: Today at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: 1001E Huron St. Calligraphy Workshop WHAT: This workshop is taught by Haji Door Deen Mi Guang Jiang, who is a master Islamic calligraphy. WHO: Arabic Club WHEN: Today from 6:00 p…

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… students will work on resume-making skills. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. WHERE: The Career Cen- ter WHAT: The School of Social Work Dean is host- ng an information fair…

… of people, including students at the University, who see only blight and crime. What will it take for people's minds to change? Archer: It's sad when you consider where you are, at an outstanding…