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… want, do what I want and I loved it. I championed the agenda to my Arab and Muslim family, who told me not to be like those Godless Amerkaan who showed their bodies and slept around and didn’t care…

… change everything about yourself that makes you “other.” Your Arab nose, your thick curly hair. We will eat up the parts of your culture we deem worthy. Your delicious food, your exotic dancing. We…

… applications are always equipped with stress, self-doubt and insecurity. I feel alone in academic and social settings at the University of Michigan, with about 55% of the student population being white and…

… the median family income being a staggering $154,000 for the Fall 2020 undergraduate population. I, as a minority student who does not have the privilege of wealth nor whiteness, have had to endure…

…, whiteness and years of enhanced feelings of being an imposter. Interacting with students in my sociology, political science and public policy classes has resulted in very interesting yet uncomfortable…

… conversations. It seems like almost every student has been interning for their local congressman since high school and have parents who own their own law firm. Comparing my background and experiences to…

… surrounding internships or any other professional opportunity, the number of white students who seem to have been handed positions because of their family’s privilege is honestly astounding. This past…

…. A few months ago, I obtained a statement that was sent to the prosecutors working on Shipps’s criminal case. The statement came from a former North Carolina School of the Arts violin student. In…

…’ inappropriate sexual conduct,” the former student wrote, “and allowed it to continue for 30 more years at the University of Michigan … This could have all ended in 1986 if (he) had taken the appropriate…

… description that they actively address allegations of sexual misconduct that leave some of their students feeling unsafe. Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s (“The Law in These Parts”) “The Viewing Booth” is perhaps…

… surprising, and her occasional racist commentary is embarrassing: “They lie a lot,” she says, referring to Arabs. She watches the videos with a confusing mix of open-mindedness and disbelief…

…, acknowledging that these videos depict real events, but searching for the missing piece, the Arab instigation. At one point, Levy asks: “Why would I believe this?” In other words, if she believes the…

… to Levy that the reason he focuses the film entirely on her, despite interviewing other students, is because she represents the intended viewer of his past films. Levy’s steadfast skepticism is of…

… plans for COVID-19 and monkeypox on campus: Free rapid tests, vaccination headline prevention strategies Read more at MichiganDaily.com Festifall brings crowds and success to student organizations…

…/Daily Festifall returned to the University of Michigan this week with student organizations lining the streets of campus hoping to recruit the next class of promising students. Festifall began Tuesday on…

…-person student org recruitment event since classes were canceled due to the COVID- 19 pandemic in March 2020. Last year, Festifall was conducted fully in person while Winterfest, the winter semester…

… 750 student organizations, community vendors and campus departments seeking to engage and recruit students. Devon Vaughn, program manager for student development in CCI, estimated that about 9…

… at Festifall. “I think just playing some good Arabic music, Syrian music, teaching people about our culture, and who we are,” Baalbaki said. “Just being ourselves, showing what our culture is…

…, outreach chair of the Neuroscience Student Association (NSA),, explained that while his organization is conducting many in-person events this year, the NSA is still using a hybrid format. KATE HUA…

… needs, consistent with pedagogical and programmatic needs.” It is expected that some courses will continue to be fully remote. Why are vaccine-exempt students no longer required to test weekly…