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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…

…LSA Student Government kicked off its Mental Health Week Monday afternoon by gathering student organizations focused on mental health for a Diag Day. At the far end of the Diag, LSA SG…

… representatives Eli Rachlin, an LSA junior, and Kristen Ball, an LSA senior, blew bubbles and blasted music as students walked by. Rachlin, spouting positive encouragement to passersby said the Diag Day is…

… an important part of the Awareness Week because of its ability to reach so many students. “You got to do something where you get exposure … everyone’s down this week, it’s right before fall…

… Follow @michigandaily JT @__JustJustin MSU students talk so much trash about UMich but forget that was their #1 choice before they got rejected 5th Year @5thYear Michigan’s student section…

… corrections@michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (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…

… category include the 22 Arab countries and the three non- Arab countries that may identify because of regional purposes,” Elharake said. “That also includes communities that don’t have nationalities…

… … just so that we’re more inclusive and we’re not creating an Arab box.” CSG Vice President Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy senior, expressed her support of the initiative, one that has been promoted…

… people about dabke — a traditional Arab folk dance performed at many weddings and other occasions. About 40 students attended the event that was co-run by Arabesque, a dance group on campus that…

… detailed account of bias investigations. He noted the importance of remaining transparent while these investigations occur to maintain trust with students. “I think one thing we are doing is…

… identify the perpetrators behind these crimes. He identified the Office of Student Conflict Resolution as an additional entity used to ensure students’ rights and responsibilities are upheld. “We…

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SPORTS ........ B -SECTION Astronomy researchers talk planet discovery TEDx event showcases history and traditions of Arabic dances See…

… work with planets outside the solar system JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter “So You Think You Can Dabke” event attracts 40 students to Union on Friday evening “So You Think You Can Dance” made…

… in-such as dabke, Arab folk dancing, or we may take them to a farm and let them experience why it’s like to try something new or live that lifestyle for a day.” French also noted the main…

… symposium on medical device innovation Friday. The goal of the event was to guide students from developing an idea for a medical device to receiving funding for their project and ultimately…

… project. Members of the FFMI team also used this opportunity to showcase posters that students submitted as proposals for new devices. Several of the projects have already received funding from FFMI…

…Citing modern and historical human rights crises, Sheri Fink, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University alum, challenged an audience of over 100 students and community members gathered…

… pronounced in emergency due to the scarcity of medicine and intense need for health care. Fink concluded by asking students to consider what they would do if faced with such a situation — once again…

… Israeli diversion of water. WHO: Middle East and Arab Network WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Room D (3rd Floor) Intersex Bodies in Tosefta Bikkurim WHAT: The work of Tosefta…

… Showcase WHAT: This monthly performance will feature outstanding Music, Theatre & Dance students who were selected by faculty to perform. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 3 p.m. WHERE…

…: Britton Recital Hall Schokoladenstunde WHAT: The Language Resource Center will host students for German games and chocolate eating. WHO: Germanic Languages & Literatures WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6 p…

… 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 be picked up at the…

… Haritos Managing Anxiety WHAT: A class on managing depression and anxiety will be offered to all U-M students. WHO: Depression Center WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Chrylser Center, Room 265 and…

… of Inclusion,” a part of National Bullying Prevention Month. The first lady urged the students she spoke with to make new friends through sitting with people they didn’t know and promoting an…

…Students blared various demands for accountability and administrative action after weeks of racist provocations on campus earlier this semester, but one question echoed throughout all the…

… protests. “What happens to racist students who get caught?” LSA senior Arlyn Reed asked at a de-stress event held by the Black Student Union last month to rounds of applause from the audience…

… Madison Peterson echoed at a protest the next day. Reed, a former Central Student Government representative, went on to propose a student sanctioning process — similar to one mandated by the…

… sexual misconduct policy — in the face of an uptick in bias-related incidents. The Dean of Student’s Bias Response Team has logged 52 bias incidents since this July, but students are correct to point…

… catch to Reed’s proposal is that the institutional process, in large part, already exists. The Office of Student Conflict Resolution is tasked with enforcing the Statement of Student Rights…

… than one case of bias this year. E. Royster Harper, the University’s vice president for student life, however, said in a September interview she was not aware of one bias investigation to her…

… knowledge addressed through OSCR. The statement’s language is ambiguous, and does not have a clause expressly sanctioning bias or discrimination. While the statement gives students the right “to be…

…, weight, or veteran status,” the document does not task students with the reciprocal responsibility. The only clause broaching bias Former Michigan House Rep. Jeff Irwin is launching his…

… Response team since July unknown number of bias cases resolved by OSCR cases of harassment resolved by OSCR in 2 years year until revision process begins OSCR & Bias DESIGN BY AVA WEINER Students…

… week, instead of four, and open full-time service to the public Oct. 30. The bus service, which used to serve only University of Michigan staff, faculty and students, will include stops at the…

… University’s Bicentennial means to them. “I hope what (the Bicentennial) could be is to mark a new chapter for many students of color on campus. As an Arab student, our identity can finally be…

… 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 be picked up at the…

… teaching concerns like how to actively involve students in discussion and work with disruptive students. WHO: Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering WHEN: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p…

… recognized on campus. It’s been here for 200 years now — I think it’s about time that we are recognized on campus and with that so many doors can be open for us as students on campus.” LSA sophomore…

… Nour El-Hotaeidy ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K Trail linking North Campus and Botanical Gardens unveiled to public University aims to connect students to parks while reducing car…

… to live that life yourself,” French said. The event began with an explanation of dabke’s origin and importance in Arab culture, and then participants had an opportunity to learn a…

…. Youness reflected on the history of dabke, and explained how it began long ago with everyday workers and today has spread to the larger Arab community. “Dabke started out a really long time ago…

… with the organization because it brought her friendship. “I joined because I really like dancing and I really like Arabic music, so it was a good mix of the two, and now I’m in it because all of…

… my best friends are in it,” Youness said. LSA sophomore Hala Abbas came to the event with the hope of getting more involved with the Arab community on campus. She also talked about how TEDx…

… shared these sentiments and explained it’s hard for some students to try something new, and hoped TEDx Adventures could help them do just that. “There aren’t a lot of opportunities to really…

… is farther from its star than Jupiter is from our sun. It is different from Jupiter but in the same class of planets of gas giant planets. Meyer worked with several students and postdoctoral…

… working with a graduate student and postdoctoral fellows to interpret data from the Magellan Observatory. They are looking for gas giant planets like Jupiter around one of the nearest stars to the…

… get to be a part of the next generation.” Felicity B. Hills, a Ph.D. student studying physics at the University, has a background in cosmology; she switched from working in a cosmology lab to…

…,” Hills said. Meyer said students in astronomy and those who take interest in the subject can take a lot away from his and similar discoveries. He said astronomy is a very valuable tool for…

… of students gain some insight into quantitative reasoning and look at the natural world differently and more quantitatively once they’ve studied science like astronomy in that context.” $5…

… General: $45 for the day, $15 per concert Student: $5 per concert FILE PHOTO/DAILY Amir ElSaffar to bring maqam to Power Center This Wednesday, Iraqi- American trumpeter, vocalist and…

… led — ElSaffar is expanding upon a concept that he explored in his preceding album: Combining Iraqi and Arabic maqam music with jazz. “This project is much more specific in terms…

… of combining these two elements,” ElSaffar said in an interview with The Michigan Daily. Maqam, an Arabic modal system used in traditional Iraqi music, has had influences and variations…

… and chordal structures called vertical structures that don’t exist in Arabic music, and there are some other pitches in Iraqi and Middle Eastern music that don’t exist in the Western…

…Saffar’s “River of Sound” Power Center Wednesday, October 18th General: $24 - $42 Student: $12 - $20 Day two of Edgefest will host a wide variety of jazz performances Read more online at…

… young adults collaborate on writing a thriller, guided by their moderately successful novelist instructor (Marina Foïs, “Irréprochable”). The film starts by following one of the students, Antoine…

… suggesting an Arab or black villain in their thriller novel, and then a casual invocation of the 2015 terrorist attacks at the Bataclan in Paris, which he weaponizes against an Arab classmate. We then…

… views. At the workshop, the students dance around the subject, but Antoine seems ready to play: he’s willing to talk about the genre’s fascination with killing, despite what he perceives to be…

… with a mixture of cheers and boos. As Murray began to speak, a student in the audience began playing the theme song for the introduction of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies. The audience raised…

… signs accusing Murray of being a white supremacist and a racist. Students in the back of the audience began to set off alarms on their phones to drown out the words of Murray. After only 10…

… Murray go away.” Students began taking turns to scramble up to the front of the room to interrupt Murray and read pre-written speeches of their own. After the first protester read off their speech…

… have become hostile to speakers, such as himself, can be attributed to the anger that has arisen from the election of President Trump. Murray also stated college students have become more…

… sensitive over the past decade and he believes this is primarily due to the rise of identity politics. Murray spent the next portion of the event debating with a student of color at the podium over…

…, Habibi WHAT: The first Chai Circle of the year will cover sex and relationships in the Middle Eastern and North African diaspora. WHO: Middle East and Arab Network WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Sophia…

… students to lead in increasingly multicultural workplaces and community environments.” He has since echoed those remarks, stating at a meeting with student leaders at the University of…

… antiquated next to those in the Ross School of Business and the Ford School of Public Policy. Advisory services and activities to promote a sense of community for students in LSA also lag behind the…

… intimate networks created by those schools. These deficiencies do not reflect a lack of commitment by the University staff and faculty. A student seeking help from a professor undoubtedly will…

… not seen as a luxury reserved for affluent students, either. One survey of 5,000 graduating seniors found that the students most likely to major in the humanities or social sciences were the first…

… solely for the liberal arts, albeit in the graduate program. 2. Invest in improved classrooms in liberal arts buildings. Students who view their classroom environments as supportive and positive…

… 2004. 3. Make cohorts and mentorship within LSA and liberal arts programs more visible. Peer mentorship lets students serve as advisers to one another and in turn tempers the scale of a school…

… as vast as LSA. While many departments have peer advisers, not many students know about these resources. The Business School has successfully adopted similar forms of peer mentorship. 4…

… have championed the values of a liberal arts education. Campus participation in a liberal arts education should extend past requirements typically completed in a student’s freshman year…

…Former Eastern Michigan University student Eddie Curlin has been arrested as a suspect for the series of racist graffiti found on EMU’s campus last year. The suspect, while currently…

…. “The deeper and systemic issues that are behind these incidents continue to be a focus for our student leaders, our faculty, our administration and all who care about this institution and the…

… welfare of our students,” Smith said. “These incidents run counter to the values and mission of the Former EMU student charged in racist graffiti incident, police say Eddie Curlin has been arrested as…

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… Egyptian classic, The Night of Counting the Years. In Arabic with English subtitles. WHO: Islamic Studies Program WHEN: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. WHERE: Weiser Hall - 555 Daniil Trifonov, piano WHAT…

… Student Open House WHAT: The Department of English will give a presentation on the English major and minor and answer questions. WHO: Department of English Language and Literature WHEN: 4:00 p.m. to…

… WHEN: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. WHERE: Program Room (3003) University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building Navigating the US Job Search WHAT: A program designed to help international…