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… upstate New York with a win and a tie » INSIDE Still Unscathed Energetic start lifts Michigan over RPI, 5-2 ADMINISTRATION ICE HOCKEY CAMPUS LIFE Schlissel details new program available to students…

… in Ypsilanti, Southfield schools By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter The University will introduce a new program to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity among students by giving…

… three-day Yalla Vote summit held by the Arab American Institute, a national nonprofit. The summit’s goal was to provide an opportunity for leaders of the Arab American community to engage with…

… diverse freshman class since 2005. Underrepresented minority students represent 12.8 percent this fall’s incoming class, a 2.8-percent increase from last year’s incoming class. In 2005…

…, underrepresented minorities made up 13.8 percent of the entering class. However, representation of minority students slowly declined following the statewide ballot proposal Proposal 2, which banned the use…

… student body within the confines of the law. He noted Ishop made significant changes to financial aid, recruitment and admission policies during his first year at the helm of the University. “I want…

… efforts: diversity. umich.edu. The website provides resources for students, as well as provides a space for online discussions regarding issues of inclusion. For more discussion on diversity…

… equity and inclusion on campus. He appointed 60 facilitators within each college and campus unit to collaborate with faculty, staff and students to outline diversity efforts unique to their unit…

… there helped her form lasting friendships that have continued through her involvement in the alumni association. “Everyone from freshman to graduate students living there, you really have a…

… diverse group of women to draw experience from,” she said. “I remember sitting at dinner and having a problem and talking to a grad student who put things in perspective and evoked wisdom. It felt…

… Asidao, CAPS associate director of community engagement and outreach, said the goal is to reach students with a wide variety of mental health concerns. “Leaders at their Best is really about…

… increasing resiliency, wellness and wellbeing across the U of M campus and specifically focused on our students,” she said. “We see students who are coming in in a lot of distress, and we want to help…

… those students, but we also want to help those students who might also be doing pretty well but just sometimes forget because finals are coming up, things are getting really busy, time seems to be…

…, 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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… 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University…

… Bloomberg coffee chat WHAT: The Bloomberg Analytic and Sales Team will hold a coffee chat to meet with students interested in working for their company. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: 11 a.m. to 12…

… professor, will be giving a speech about the Arab-American racial paradox that classifies them as white on the U.S. census but are treated otherwise. WHO: Department of Near Eastern Studies WHEN: 4 p…

… mental health among students. Short for “you matter,” the group specifically raises awareness about bullying, depression and suicide. After organizing and planning for several years, the club…

… became official last month. High school student Erik Rob- erts founded the national orga- nization umttr in Montgomery County, Md. following the suicide of his close friend and fellow ath- lete, Evan…

… stigma associated with mental illness through the new student organization. “I think it is crucial that umttr started as an organization by young adults, for young adults,” Rosenstock said in an e…

… the Uni- versity’s curriculum, perhaps as a requirement class for incoming freshmen, similar to the AlcoholE- du program. “I hope that we can implement a similar program where students are…

… for students who need a community of individuals who understand the hardships of han- dling mental health issues. “I hope to create a safe place for students to talk about their personal struggles…

…,” Skovgaard- Petersen said. “He speaks not a very convoluted Arabic, gener- ally. He knows how to communi- cate.” During the 1960s, Skovgaard- Petersen said, al-Qaradawi moved into a period of “institu…

… books. “He is becoming inspir- ing and sometimes pushing Islamic movements to move in a more democratic direction,” Skovgaard-Petersen said. Skovgaard-Petersen argued that the Arab…

… rather to make an assessment of his political significance. Skovgaard-Petersen said he uses al-Qaradawi’s unfinished mem- oirs, as well as numerous books written by al-Qaradawi’s own students and…

… education program last week in an effort to better prepare students to succeed throughout college and life. The program, Dearborn Discovery Core, requires students to take upper and lower- level…

… courses in one of three categories: Foundational Studies, Areas of Inquiry or Capstone Experiences. Foundational Studies consists of courses that strengthen students’ communication, critical and…

… students with the chance to reflect on previous learning experiences. Ilitch family gifts $40 million to Wayne State The Ilitch family will donate land and funds totalling $40 million for a new…

… Tuesday. to students in print form before the transition to electronic feedback. LSA junior Sean Pitt, CSG chief of staff, said releasing course evaluation data will allow students to form…

… expectations of courses without resorting to third-party sources like the website RateMyProfessors.com. “We have all this data collected about previous students’ experiences,” Pitt said, “Our goal…

… whatever they are, they were not designed to assist students in choosing classes; it is the wrong instrument for that. So what we’ve been saying at the Senate Assembly, it’s not that we don’t think…

… students don’t have a legitimate interest in having more and better information on how to choose classes, but we think at a world-class University it behooves us to design an instrument that can…

…’s a growing pipeline of multiracial students, staff and faculty.” The panel included Martha Jones, a professor of history and Afroamerican and African Studies and co-director of the Michigan Law…

… Program in Race, Law and History, as well as Edward West, professor emeritus in the School of Art & Design, and Mark Kamimura- Jimenez, Rackham director of Graduate Student Success. All three faculty…

… panelists raised points about the experiences of multiracial people, the diversity of multiracial students on campus and responded to the question, “What does it mean to be multiracial in a…

… 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 be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2…

… the University of Copen- hagen is giving a speech on Arab revolutions. WHO: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: International Institute, 1636 The…

….m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Gerald Ford Library Fellows Info Session WHAT: Students interested in the Carnegie Jr. Fellows Program are invited to this info session. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: 1 p.m. to 2…

… thing about being a University student? The homework. I love that it’s constant, I can rely on it and no matter what I do, it’ll never go away. It’s like a really great boyfriend. This is cliché…

… for students who are interested in learning about emerging climate change adaptation and public health research. WHO: Graham Sustainability Institute WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. WHERE: School of…

…. Faculty members and graduate students listened as Agard-Jones explained her research on homosexuality and gender transgression, both of which she said are frequently discussed topics in…

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… litany of texts students often read as a part of their high school or middle school curriculum, I can understand why some might find it odd if I was reading it for the first time. However, as my…

… confine me to the ideas that you have about Muslims or people of color in general. When you are the token Muslim girl you also become the token “Arab girl” even if, as in my case, you…

…’re not Arab. My roots in India go back about three generations, but even before that generation, I’m still Persian before reaching my Arab roots. Ethnicity and culture are not just skin deep. To…

… provocations, he has told students that they’ll get an A if they spare him the agony of read- ing their shitty papers; he has written a catalog for Abercrom- bie and Fitch, where half-naked youth graze in an…

…, global protests, political cynicism and indifference, glo- balization, the Arab spring, the 2008 financial crash and, of course, the possibility of a Com- munist emancipatory revolution. He supplements…

…-cloaked capitalism in China and the Arab Spring and Mubarak’s fall in Egypt. “Trouble in Paradise,” and all of Žižek’s work, would benefit anyone who gives it a read. He’s one of the few heterodox political…

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… had snuck into MSU’s student section with him, and in the wind and freezing rain, watched as the Spartans absolutely demolished the Wolverines. At some point in the fourth quar- ter, with…

… Twitter when a video surfaced that depicted Deputy Ben Fields of Richland County, S.C., dragging a Black female student from her desk, throwing her to the gournd and subsequently arresting her. This…

… sequence of shocking events prompted the usual rhetoric from both sides: Many people were outraged by the officer’s aggression, while others questioned his motives, as if something this student had…

… stories have grown increasingly muddled and vague over time. A man, woman, child, student, veteran, disabled person, homeless man was shot, stabbed, assaulted, ambushed, belittled by a police officer…

… with relatively low name recognition. This past Friday, I had the pleasure of attending an event sponsored by the Arab American Institute at the University of Mich- igan-Dearborn, which provided a…

….m. Oct. 30-31 at 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. $11 (students) $17-22 (adults) Dress up on Halloween for half off tickets ‘Killer of Sheep’ a little known classic By REBECCA LERNER Daily Arts Writer…

… Russia. Outraged by Yanukovych’s secret political dealings, citizens organize a protest at Maidan Square in Kiev. Like the Arab Spring and similar public pro- tests, many of the thousands at…

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… University of Michigan-Dearborn. Hosted by the Arab American Institute, a national nonprofit, the conference aimed to provide refugees from the Middle East the chance to engage with presi- dential…

… Wolfe EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Asylum process needs attention T he student lifestyle requires a lot of time spent sitting down. We sit in lecture halls and libraries and on the bus to class…

… | VIEWPOINT Cleaner air equals better health TO THE DAILY: As a nursing student working in Univer- sity of Michigan Health System hospitals, I have witnessed firsthand how the health of Michigan…