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… on the first floor. Starting in mid- February, students will be able to rent out chargers, adapters and graphing calculators. Sanam Arab, manager of Programs and Patron Services, told The Daily…

…The rooms have AI technology on the computers and dry-erase walls to make it easier to conduct job interviews. LSA senior Taylor Lind said she encourages students to spend time at the…

… Opportunity Hub and explore the new LSA addition. “I’m really excited to see how students can utilize this new space,” Lind said. “I think it’s a really unique one, especially for a college as large as…

… LSA, because it’s hard to find a central space to hang out as opposed to other colleges. I would just really encourage LSA students to step out of their comfort zone and explore a new favorite…

… study spot eventually.” Hannah Lozon, operations lead of Opportunity Hub, said she is excited to see students using the resources from the Opportunity Hub. “We’re most excited about, I would say…

…, from my perspective, seeing students coming in and using the building now,” Lozon said. “Each day we’ve been open since the semester started, there are more and more students every day, students…

… are just finding their nooks, so that’s fantastic. And then, of course, seeing the Opportunity Hub has been able to do services for students, where we have much more space, which is really amazing…

… granola bars to energy drinks and meals, as well as a Starbucks coffee machine where students can make their own beverages. Transfer Center The Transfer Student Center is a space for all transfer…

… students at the University to study, and holds events to help these students acclimate. Transfer student ambassadors are placed in the Center to answer any questions and provide advice. Commuter…

… students are also welcome to all the resources for transfer students. There will be lockers in the LSA Building for commuter students to keep their items while they are on campus. LSA senior Samantha…

…. Approximately 40 students gathered Thursday evening in the Samuel T. Dana Building to participate in a conversation surrounding the modern state of surveillance in Muslim, Arab, Southeast Asian and North…

…Last winter, LSA student Alexandra Ellard had to miss 10 days of class. Due to extreme weather, many Metro Detroit area public schools and facilities were closed. This meant Ellard couldn…

…Jeans, Skype or Google Chat. But others, she said, threatened to fail her. “There are no protective policies for undergraduate students that protect them from attendance discrepancies when it…

… still gave me a D plus,” Ellard said. “You find yourself very often having to choose whether to be a good parent, or be a good student, and that I find to be a very huge problem.” According to Ellard…

…, whether a student parent is offered accommodations depends almost entirely on the professor. Some of her professors have been helpful, even allowing her to bring her son to class when child care…

… Education of Women on issues surrounding student parents, said professors may not understand the situation student parents are in. “Some faculty see it as their choice to be parents, and I don’t think…

… in its current state. Rackham student Sophie Hasuo, who does research in the Center for Japanese Studies, said the lecture challenged her understanding of Japanese national belonging. “It…

… Schlissel’s Faculty Public Engagement initiative, which he announced in 2017. Rackham student Kimberly Ransom, who has done work with public engagement, noted the importance of work that involves…

… effective action from the Muslim and Arab communities on campus. “The most important thing is that we’re mobilizing Muslim youth in a way that’s informative and educational and deeply looking at the…

…, discusses the role of religioun and politics in Japan in Weiser Hall Thursday afternoon. VARSHA VEDAPUDI Daily Staff Reporter Rackham student Julio Ferreira is finishing his second year in the…

… said it was challenging to find sources of financial aid through the University when she returned to school as a student parent. “It was damn near impossible to get financial aid without…

… comes to supporting a family. Especially because child care is so expensive in Ann Arbor, Marra said many student parents may choose to live elsewhere and commute, adding stress to their…

… difficult to schedule because she’s taking care of a young child with her own needs and an early bedtime. “Sometimes it can be hard for other students to understand the extent of the responsibilities…

… accommodate student parents, Ellard said it’s important to confront deep- seated misconceptions about what a successful Wolverine looks like. “I think it’s way more political than anything, I don…

… be a certain type of person that goes here.’ They preach their diversity, but I feel like their diversity has a boundary.” Building a community for undergraduate student parents In light of…

… the lack of sufficient support described to The Daily by undergraduate student parents at the University of Michigan, students with children are advocating for their needs on campus…

… of the Arab Student Association, spoke at the demonstration. She said she was concerned for the safety of members of her community. “I already see members of my community questioning if they can…

… to do this work, I am fully confident she is going to be able to execute this position to the best of her ability.” Rackham student Hayden Jackson, chair of the Executives Nomination Committee…

… will be hosted on campus. The council aims to build a united campus community and foster a welcoming space for all students in a divisive environment. To ensure this work continues beyond the…

… presidential election year, it is slated to be a standing body composed of students, staff and faculty from a variety of student organizations. Additionally, Gerstein reported that the Student Fee…

… Advisory Committee, a body which contributes to the Office of Student Life’s budget request to the provost, advocated primarily to increase the allocation of funds for resources to support student…

… mental health. The Student Fee Advisory Committee proposal integrated insights from CSG’s mental health survey and requested that additional funds go to limit wait times at CAPS. LSA sophomore…

… and representative Sam Braden addressed the progress of the plans for an LSAT prep course and highlighted its popularity amongst students. “We have over 130 students who want to take it and 140…

… who want to teach it,” Braden said. “I will be interviewing all the students next week and choosing six of them to teach the students.” LSA junior Hershy Jalluri, chair of the Diversity, Equity…

…, and Inclusion Commission, spoke about the force’s plans to create a platform to increase accessibility to DEI-focused resources. Jalluri also shared plans to create DEI focus groups at student…

… organization mass meetings. LSA senior Eva Kluting, chair of Transfer Student Resource Commission, spoke on future plans to strengthen ties among transfer students and increase their access to resources…

… security or our lives, and the way forward with Iran is the way of peace, not a war.” Public Policy senior Arwa Gayar, president of the Arab Student Association, explained her frustration with…

… nation — our illegal actions in their nation.” A group of students from the Persian Students Association ended the demonstration by performing a spoken word poem about some of the challenges…

… will not give our tax dollars to another war, that’s when we will be victorious.” However, Broekhuizen was unable to confirm Wang’s enrollment as multiple students at the University have the…

… same name. All students with Wang’s name are enrolled in Rackham, according to MCommunity, the University’s digital student directory. An affidavit filed in federal court by FBI…

… of us could accomplish on our own.” Laura Rall, president of Affordable Michigan and School of Social Work student, believes Whitmer’s task force is a positive step in terms of validating…

… low- income students. “For students, like me, who come from low- income backgrounds, seeing poverty being addressed at the state level validates our experiences and can potentially change…

… urban poverty can look very different.” WHITMER From Page 1A “For students, like me, who come from low-income backgrounds, seeing poverty being addressed at the state level validates our…

… students were asking for gun safety laws, and Rick Santorum said that students from the high school should learn CPR instead of marching. Of course, there was outrage — there were panelists who were…

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… to the United Arab Emirates, where Trump broke the longstanding precedent of appointing a career diplomat to the role and instead chose John Rakolta Jr., a businessman with no diplomatic…

…. As we have seen with the recent situation with Iran, students are taking notice of the volatile state of our international affairs. From protests to memes, University of Michigan…

… students have expressed concern over the condition of our world and our relationship with other nations. If we want to maintain a safe and secure world, we need to be aware of the incompetent but…

… was Johanna Hogg’s (“Unrelated”) autobiographical feature, “The Souvenir.” It follows a young film student as she gets involved with a heroin-addicted older man. Nothing about the film’s plot…

… people authentically being themselves. And I think, for me, my approach in calling the show ‘Ramy’ was to highlight from the beginning that this is just one Arab-Muslim story.” In developing “Ramy…

… this is exceptional company to be in, I had to wonder, in addition to centering on an Arab-American man, how else does “Ramy” distinguish itself as a narrative from the seemingly never-ending stream…

…? Rackham student Amir Fleischmann, Graduate Employees’ Organization contract committee chair, told The Daily he has overall hope for Ono’s administration, but some issues from past…

… with its students and faculty when it comes to labor and other University affairs. “We really want him to work with campus labor, to work with students and faculty to manage the affairs of…

… the University together, and create a fantastic place of learning,” Fleischmann said. LSA senior Russell McIntosh and co-programming chair of the Black Student Union (BSU) told The Daily he…

… does not want to see Ono forget about Black students at the University. “We want President Ono to remember that Black students have real and pressing needs,” McIntosh said. “They’re extremely…

… important. We want to see progress.” On Nov. 1, the BSU released their “More Than Four” platform, which calls on the University to provide more support for Black students by increasing Black…

… reclaiming of the moment,” they said. “It was starting over.” Recently, she entered the workforce as a middle school student teacher. Hair is used as a uniform for students and teachers alike. Students…

… her sexuality. Zoe Cutler (she/her) is a graduate student at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. As a trans woman, Zoe’s chosen hairstyle has much more to do with her identity as a lesbian. She…

… my features were up for reevaluation. My Mediterranean and Arabic genealogy was not forgiving in an era that idolized and still idolizes hairlessness. With leftover lunch money in my pocket, I…