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…Thursday marked undocumented immigrants’ last day to submit renewals to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — but undocumented students at the University of Michigan…

… students. After President Donald Trump’s successive travel ban orders in January, and again after the repeal of DACA in September, University President Mark Schlissel stated the University will not…

… disclose students’ immigration statuses voluntarily. Schlissel also formed an Immigration Working Group to monitor and analyze gaps in resources. Thursday’s rally, organized by the Student…

… central staff liaison between undocumented students and the University and improving accessibility for prospective students. In October 2016, the University of Michigan launched its five…

…-year Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan — an extensive initiative designed to promote a more diverse and inclusive campus through increasing staff diversity, retention of underprivileged students and…

…. Two student panels, consisting of 25 undergraduate and graduate students each, convene every month to discuss new strategies and ideas with DEI leaders. Though the plan was created to…

… white supremacy to racial slurs written on students’ dorm room doors — the past year has weighed heavily upon both administrators and minority students. Diversity Peer Educators As part of the…

… traditional identity binaries, especially in the historical context of the Arab communities’ presence on campus. “I know that historically when efforts (target) this same issue, our needs are not…

… community and our historical presence on campus only further the severity of the issue and disempower the Arab The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority approved $150,000 to install chain…

… supporting Palestinian youth in Lebanon, along with the Lebanese Student Association, Arab Student Association and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality. LSA sophomore Nada Eldawy, who is a…

… the auto industry and can contaminate drinking water. In light of the continuing Palestinian refugee crisis, leaders from various Arab culture organizations convened for a teach-in Tuesday…

… copy editor and Michigan in Color editor for The Daily, and Jenna, a LEAP volunteer who asked to be identified by only her first name, led the presentation to a group of more than 30 students…

…. Since the adoption of United Nations Resolution 181, which partitioned the Palestinian territory into Jewish and Arab states in 1947, around 5 million refugees qualify for aid from the United…

… Nations Relief and Works Agency, a UN program that assists Palestinians displaced by the Arab-Israeli conflict. Most of these displaced people settle in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza…

… schools fail,” Jenna said. “A lot of the kids don’t want to go, a lot of them work in the middle of the day, and it’s one teacher with 50 students. They were recently criticized because the kids…

… Minority Floor Leader Yousef Rabhi introduces bill to discontinue session BEN ROSENFELD Daily Staff Reporter DARBY STIPE/ DAILY LSA student Jenna speaks to her experiences volunteering in a Palestinian…

… refugee camp in Lebanon and the difficul- ties Palestinians face in East Quad Tuesday. LEAP volunteers talk experience of Palestinian refugees in camps Students review time spent preparing children in…

…:00 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Auditorium Arab Folk-Dance Workshop WHAT: As part of Arab Heritage Month, Karim Naji, an Egyptian dancer, percussionist, musician, DJ and composer, will host an Arab Folk…

… Michigan graduate student, will expand on the “safe” sex conversation for young women. WHO: Department of Psychology WHEN: Noon to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: East Hall, Room 4464 Feast of Ideas WHAT…

…’s founding to Ferguson, as part of the Brian Simpson lecture. WHO: UM Law School WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: South Hall, Room 1225 Tweets Follow @michigandaily Michigan Students @UMichStudents it…

…’s fair in war and Umich Engineering In an email sent to students, faculty and staff in the school, Dworkin announced that he has mixed emotions about his resignation. “It is necessary for me to…

… included so many successes on the part of so many students, faculty, and staff,” he wrote. Dworkin has spent some time at the University of Michigan, as he obtained a bachelor’s degree and master…

… of fine arts degree in violin performance from the University. “From my time as a student once upon a time to my role as dean, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance—which means the people who…

… and renovations in its laboratories, offices, conference rooms and collaboration rooms for students. Previously, the building housed the decommissioned Ford Nuclear Reactor, which shut down in…

… tell you where they’re coming from so they can characterize a whole field of radiation and where it comes from,” she said. For the students who will be doing research in the nuclear engineering…

… affect students who are investigating topics in nuclear engineering and writing their theses. “A lot of students will be affected by this lab,” she said. “Student doing on their thesis work…

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… every summer to visit family. These visits ceased in 2011 when the area became too dangerous due to the violence and riots of the Arab Spring against the Bashar al-Assad regime. “After the summer of…

… Yusuf Ahmed saw how perceptions of safety and the Syrian crisis overall command a very large presence in the news. Since the conflict’s inception during the 2011 Arab Spring in response to…

… in the death of one woman. This rejection was met with a lawsuit against MSU by Cameron Padgett, a Georgia State University student and Spencer’s booking agent and legal advocate. Padgett…

… speak was organized during the school’s spring break in order to ensure the safety of the student’s on campus. “This agreement was based on the university’s requirement that the event occur on a…

… enforcement officers to the Afro-American Lounge in South Quad Residence Hall Monday evening to discuss prominent social and legal issues facing African Americans on campus. Students…

… non-minorities aren’t subjected to. LSA senior Isaiah Land, president of the University’s chapter of the NAACP, felt it was important to give students a chance to educate themselves and have…

… impart to their children on dealing with law enforcement. Students agreed they were implored to be extra respectful and extra careful in order to avoid ending up another fatal statistic. Eddie…

… reported in the state of Michigan in 2016. However, 82,000 African Americans were arrested in Michigan during the same year. Students told stories of being pulled over by police and having a…

… on community partnership, students worry knowing rights isn’t enough CHETALI JAIN Daily Staff Reporter See NAACP, Page 3 See COUNCIL, Page 3 See SYRIA, Page 3 See MICHIGAN, Page 7A See SCHLISSEL…

… (ISSN 0745-967) 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…

… Haritos Tuesday evening, Central Student Government President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, and CSG Vice President Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy senior, sent a school-wide email condemning…

… neo-Nazi and white supermacist Richard Spencer’s potential visit to the University of Michigan campus. Fearing an unsafe atmosphere on campus, Sarkar and Jawad asked students to sign a petition…

… statement reads. “We are looking to you to protect your constituents, your community, and your paying stakeholders against this violence.” Safety has been one of the biggest concerns for students…

… and professors on campus regarding Spencer. At last week’s CSG meeting, social justice group By Any Means Necessary asked the student assembly to condemn Spencer’s visit. Sarkar, however, said…

… looking for a fight.” 2A — Wednesday, December 6, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CSG leaders send statement, push students to unite against Spencer CSG President Anushka Sarkar, VP…

… Misconduct Program Manager in the Office of Student Conflict Resolution and became Assistant Director of Sexual Misconduct in 2016,” Harper wrote. “During that time, Nadia worked with close campus…

… — as well as Muslim, Arab and Sikh communities — this past winter. “This past December, Nadia was invited to a White House session that focused on the generational experiences of Asian Americans…

…, including Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps during World War II, as well as modern day challenges facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South…

… current course called ALA 105, and in it we do a segment on news to begin with, even just evaluating general websites that students find on the web,” Bradley said. “We just have seen over the past…

… different types of information, Bradley thinks the library system is the perfect place for the new course. She wants to use the class to teach students the skills librarians — and many other…

… part of that skill. “Teaching students to be critical consumers of news and information is part of a good liberal arts education,” Dillard said. “Students are learning this skill in all their…

… in the course don’t yet know what kind of response there will be to the course, but they’re hoping to attract many students. As a one-credit mini-course, the class will only last the…

… further integrated into other classes at the University. “I think from my standpoint as a comm student, this course seems to align with other coursework we’ve talked about, and even is a topic I…

…’m sure will be integrated into future courses,” Rothbart said. “I think if it becomes … a class (communication students) can get credit for, it would definitely be a worthwhile class to take…

… creating affordable housing for Ann Arborites with modest means. Hathaway contended that Core Spaces may be adding luxury student housing in the building to ease the parking issue, but suggested the…

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… will speak about Arab architecture. WHO: Taubman College of Architecture and Planning WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHERE: Art and Architecture Building Please report any error in the Daily to corrections…

…” with U-M alum Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium LSA student government hosts discussion…

… on entrepreneurship Six alumni speak on their experiences building and sustaining startups By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter The LSA Student Govern- ment hosted an alumni connec- tions…

… event on entrepreneurship and the liberal arts Thursday night in the Michigan Union Pond Room. The event, called “Inno- vate Your Future,” featured six alumni guests. Members of the Student…

… relationships between students and alumni. “It’s a great way for students with specific interests to meet with the right people rather than just having a general group of alumni so that students can…

… students and spent approximately 10 minutes talk- ing with each group. Students were encouraged to approach individual alumni after the round robin discussions fin- ished. The speakers told students…

… about their reasons for becom- ing entrepreneurs and how they got to where they are today. “I was frustrated with the fact that so many students would come up with awesome ideas in classes I was in…

… a new program in data science, beginning in the fall semester of 2015. According to an e-mail sent to informatics students last month, the new Data Science program will ultimately take over…

… the Data Mining and Information Analy- sis track within the informatics major. All students already pur- suing the latter track can still finish it, or choose to switch over to a major in data…

… work toward a sense of fullness and fulfillment that reflects what it means to be fully myself, whatever the hell that may even mean. |Arab| |American| They ask, Are you Arab? Or American? Do they…

… not understand That heavy things break through light boxes? |Arab| My affinity for grape leaves And ability to roll my Rs Does not confine me between the letters |A and b|. |American| My…

… CRLT Players from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. I was not supposed to be there since they only perform for graduate students, faculty and staff. However, my participation in…

… right to devalue my feelings. So this is goodbye. And I am not sorry. |Arab| |American| How Dare You? TINA AL-KHERSAN Michigan in Color Contributor Vietnamese and Tchaikovsky: Finding fullness in…

… one’s culture Attention: Seniors! MiC is looking for seniors to write a personal statement about how your experience as a student of color on campus has been. Good? Bad? We want to hear. If…

… of a female student forced to remove her hijab, provoking large student protests — though AAPD later determined the incident did not occur. A similar crime alert labeled as “ethnic intimidation…

…’t want to talk to anybody. The caring and support seemed unreal.” Ross sophomore Mariam Doudi, a first-generation Sudanese-American from Dearborn, said growing up as a Black-Arab Muslim, she…

… struggled to fit in with either Black or Arab communities. “My whole life I have been defined by my physical attributes, contributing to a lifetime of insecurity in terms of not belonging,” Doudi…

… said. “On top of all my struggles that I have as a Black Arab, comes the fact that I am a hijabi. I am fighting two battles.” Doudi said President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban on seven…

… meaning of hijab, and to hear the stories of University students striving for social change through their activism. Hong said she was appreciative that the event coordinators were able to…

… night’s incident was followed by a robbery on Saturday night and two armed robberies on Jan. 25. Lige said the consistent pattern of the crimes should be worrisome to students. “They have all…

… occurred downtown near campus,” Lige said. “They all involve a U of M student. They all involve a student walking by himself or herself and in each case, a firearm has been produced with robbery being…

…. Lige echoed the victim and said no physical possessions you own are worth risking your life over. “If any student or member of the community is accosted in a way that we are seeing with these…

… sort of core coordination over that makes it so that whatever it is that we’re producing is going to have the greater potential of being useful.” Kristine Auwers, a Information master’s student…

…’s drinking water in the fall of 2018 showed a rise in PFAS levels since 2016, prompting responses from local elected representatives. Public Health student Andrea Winne, who attended Park’s talk…

…. Public Health students and other attendees said they hope to use Park’s seminar to advance their own research and discover exactly how PFAS in its different forms affects people’s health. Public…

… Health student Jarrod Eaton is conducting a capstone project on PFAS’s relation to metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Eaton said the seminar presented by Park spurred ideas to apply to…

… day.” During a student panel portion of the event, when student couples engaged with Jones and Kempster on ideas surrounding relation- ships, LSA Junior Mike Zlonchev- ich discussed how his…

… cultural sites and lesson planning. Jenna said while her students were passionate about their future careers, they knew Palestinian refugees are barred from working in about 20 professions and…

… both Palestinians and Lebanese identify as Arabs. “To see inside of Lebanon is so different than inside of the West Bank,” Alabed said. “It was really surprising to me to see how Palestinians…

… were treated inside of Lebanon. I thought that, ‘Oh, Arabs would be there for each other,’ but I feel like it’s just as bad as in the West Bank.” LSA sophomore Maya Chamra said hearing about the…

…-doctoral students, graduate students and undergraduates, totaling about 40 members altogether. Each of these members stem from an array of different fields, including history, linguistics, literature…

…4- Friday April 6, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4- Fida Aprl 6 202 Th Mihign Daly mihigadaiyco Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard…

… social purpose. Last week- of them. Our generation, most of all, end, other students and I met with bears witness to the crowding out of longtime area residents who grew up the human connections that are…

… steadily cation in the 1980s. I've studied seg- declined even as campus counseling regation and metropolitan inequality services and administered "student for a few years now, but hearing these life…

… remain creatures of feeling as well as reason. This is why people-scaled institu- tions, such as Ann Arbor's student housing co-ops, hold so much prom- ise, and why those of us attached to particular…

…- nial campaign led by the Israeli military that aims to disenfranchise the indigenous race and to purify the land of non-Jews by implementing an apartheid system. MichiganBDS is a new student organization…

… recognize the Palestinian people's inalien- able right to self-determination and until it meets its obligations by: 1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands occupied in June 1967 and dis…

…- mantling the wall separating the Palestinian territories. 2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality. 3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights…

… firms that profited from the South African apartheid regime. The movement empowered masses in the United States and elsewhere to demand that institutions boycott the apartheid regime. University students…

… — Tuesday, February 6, 2018 DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ALEXA…

… Kevin Sweitzer Tara Jayaram Ashley Zhang Ellery Rosenzweig Elena Hubbell A new kind of grading system is gaining traction at the University of Michigan. About 8,000 students at the…

… Business takes a completely non-self-determined approach to students’ grades: It assesses each and every class on a bell curve, irrespective of learning material, types of assignments or student…

… LSA typically use an absolute grading system to assess students — in my own experience taking a number of upper-level courses in 12 different departments, I have only been graded on a curve in…

… the Economics Department. Students in business courses, however, are perpetually sorted on a bell curve that doesn’t necessarily raise their raw scores. This places them in a state similar to…

… students in “weeder” LSA classes in the sense that one student’s gain is inherently another’s loss. The curve is as follows: Grades for all core classes in the Business School are distributed with less…

… than 40 percent of students receiving an A- or above, less than 90 percent receive a B or above, and over 10 percent receiving a B- or below. The problem with this grading system isn’t in…

… numerical outcomes — the Business School’s curve doesn’t impact students’ overall GPAs significantly. The average sophomore transfer to the program comes in with a 3.7 GPA and the Business School…

… WHERE: 1700 block of Cram Circle WHEN: Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. WHAT: A student was walking on the sidewalk when a man stole his cell- phone from out of his hands and jumped into a waiting black Dodge…

… campus a capella group, and Awkward Pause, an improv group will also participate. Student tickets cost $7 at the door. WHO: Maya Dance Team WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m WHERE: Mendelssohn Theatre Addiction…

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…, the U.N.-Arab League envoy trying to end the conflict, said Syria has informed him of partial withdrawals from three locations - Idlib, Zabada- ni and Daraa - "but it is clear that more far…

… Friday during thelfall and winteroterms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for…

… devel- opment of missiles capable of striking the Jewish state and its support for hostile Arab militant groups. Tehran says its nuclear program is peaceful and designed to produce energy and medical…

… and students in the crowd," Fischer said. "Scholars and students Wynton Marsalis is one-of the noted artists who have been presented by UMS. come together to make what's on stage understandable." From…

… contemporary music of the Arab world, UMS inhabits a large niche of the per- forming arts. It is not, however, one that caters to what Fischer terms "bus and truck shows." With UMS specializing in its own brand…

… of the performing arts and University Productions and the School of MT&D focus- ing on student shows, it used to fall to the Major Events Office to produce large-scale commer- cial concerts. For a…

…, Center for Arab American Studies, UM-Dearborn Joshua Akers, Social Science, UM-Dearborn Angie Achkar, Undergraduate Student Hani Bawardi, SSCI/ HIST&AAST, UM-D Kevin Kobelsky, College of Business…

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… on workplace morale. Rather than debating the merits of an important political issue of our time, the university has taken a side, and disparaged pro-BDS students, staff and faculty. We stand…

… critical of their views.” We stand with graduate students who have stated that such disciplinary measures set “an alarming, worrying, and dangerous precedent for impinging on the protected…

… administration to refrain from any disciplinary actions against graduate student Lucy Peterson and to drop the actions against Professor John Cheney-Lippold. We call on the university to include diverse…

… voices in the new panel the provost has created to examine the intersection between political thought/ ideology and faculty members’ responsibilities to students. We call on the university to…

… Silan Fadlallah, Student LS&A, Ann Arbor Bushra Habbas-Nimer Mar Freire Hermida, Romance Languages and Literatures, Ann Arbor Howard Brick, Department of History, UM, Ann Arbor Sally Howell…

… University student Malcolm Burnley hadn't stumbled across a reference to it in an old student newspaper. He found the recording of the little- remembered visit gathering dust in the university archives. In the…

… May 11, 1961, speech delivered to a mostly white audience of students and some residents, Malcolm X combines blistering humor and reason to argue that blacks should not look to integrate into white…

… when the weather's colder," Lawyer said. "I don't like having to stand out here and wait for 10, 15, 20 min- utes." Other students expressed frustration with faulty computer terminals thatdisplay the…

… Magic- Bus map. Though the kiosks are intended to allow students to navigate bus routes with a touch Monday, February 6, 2012 - 3A screen, the devices are rarely turned on and screens often appear frozen…

…- rity Council resolution raises the potential for Syria's turmoil to move into even a more dan- gerous new phase that could degenerate into outright civil war. The uprising inspired by other Arab Spring…

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… wait another half-hour for the next one to arrive, meaning I only got home around 8 o’clock that night. Utterly exhausted, I did what most Michigan students do — I ordered Domino’s and settled into…

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