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…. President of the Arab Student Organization, Ahmed Beshareh, stated that the Arabs were there to show disagreement with what they termed the Israeli aggression. Beshareh said, “who started the…

… Espinoza, a Peruvian fourth-year chemical biology student on Dr. Sherman’s team, recalled her experience in an interview with The Daily. Espinoza explained arriving at the portion of the river…

… a short statement in Hebrew. The introduction was followed by a short speech by Psychology Prof. Alexander Giuora. He claimed the Israelis were aware of Arab mobilization, but first move or…

… better if you stayed home,” he said. “Let your actions speak for your heart.” A check at the United Jewish Student Appeal booth revealed that it was doing brisk business. After a prayer for peace…

… by the Reverend Ed Edwards and a few more songs, the rally ended. The gathering was sponsored by the Coalition of Concerned Students and Faculty. The groups behind the name are the local…

… Hillel organization and the Israeli Student Organization. A spokesperson for Hillel added that in a larger sense the demonstration was really sponsored by the people of the community rather than…

… any formal organizations. AS THE CROWD dispersed, the Arabs, who had been marching silently during the demonstration, began to chant slogans supporting their position in the Middle East…

… various United Nations resolutions which call for an end to Israeli aggression.” Following the afternoon demonstration, the Arabs left en masse. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published…

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… Sim Senior Social Media Editor: Allie Phillips Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts…

… to obtain a higher score. Three prominent multicultural groups — the United Asian American Organizations, La Casa and the Arab Student Association — at the University of Michigan have released…

…Officials at the ACT — a college admissions test taken by more than 1.9 million students each year — announced a policy change earlier this month that will allow students to retake single…

… without regard to when it was taken to create a new composite score, is more indicative of how students will perform in college courses. Previously, students had to retake the test in full each time…

… Native American culture. The groups announced policies that bar students who accept membership in the society from holding a leadership position within their cultural organization. Former…

… University President James Angell originally founded Michigamua, now Order of Angell, in 1902 to bring students from different corners of campus together and facilitate “campus synergy.” The current…

… goal of the organization, according to members who spoke with The Daily on Friday afternoon, is to bring a diverse group of up to 25 students with demonstrated leadership on campus together to…

… coverage, visit Update to test allows students to retake single sections instead of entire exam When Atharva Kharkar, former Business sophomore at the University of Michigan, was told he had…

… Michigan State University when he found out he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. Though they have both since passed away, both these students legacies’ live on and will be honored by students and…

… staff of both universities during Alex’s Great State Race on November 15. Every year since 2013 on the eve of the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game, Reserve Officer Training Corps students…

… pitch-black sky to honor Alex’s legacy. Though originally set up by Powell’s parents, this year, LSA senior and Army ROTC student Alex Zhang decided to make it more personal and run in honor of…

… organization.” According to a new statement from the executive board of the Arab Student Association sent to The Daily, the ASA will also be following the UAAO’s position and taking a “formal stance” on…

…According to the ACT website, students can take the test up to twelve times, though the majority of students take it no more than twice. The test comes with a price tag of $68, or $52…

… the sections would help improve concentration and allow students to perform at their potential.” LSA junior Jason Fernando co-founded Excel Tutoring, a standardized test preparation company, in…

…-income college applicants to achieve higher scores on the standardized exams. “I think this will allow for a less of a barrier for students who don’t have the means to take the [full] test over and over…

… again,” Fernando said. “For lower- income students, a cheaper test that is not as high-stakes can be more advantageous for them, and let them knock down barriers that they hadn’t before.” The…

… ACT test to a free SAT for all students in the state. Before the switch, the state had used the ACT as its free college assessment exam since 2007. A 2018 study from the National Bureau of…

… Economics Research found that while half of SAT-takers retake the exam after their first try, these retake rates are significantly lower among students from low-income backgrounds. The study found…

… that race impacts retake rates, as well— students classified as underrepresented minorities are nine percentage points less likely to retake the SAT than white students. The College Board — the…

… organization that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests — cited the study as evidence that students who retake their exams often receive higher scores than those who choose to take it only…

… ACT because of the similarities between the two tests. “These are two entities that are competing over students,” Goodman said. “And they are competing by offering the test as many times a year as…

… continuing to grapple about the boundaries of this category.” Matthew Stiffler, a lecturer in American Culture and researcher at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Mich., commented on the…

… or staff member does not disclose their ethnicity. Paul Robinson, associate vice provost at the Office of the Registrar, discussed the extended ethnicities initiative for both students and…

… faculty at the University that allows students to update their identities in Wolverine Access according to their specific racial and ethnic identities. “In the last several months, we enabled…

… our students’ systems and HR systems to be able to capture some data of ethnicities,” Robinson said. Ravi Pendse, vice president of information technology and chief information officer at the…

… University, reminded the audience that while demographic data collection is essential to representation, the University must also respect students’ rights to information and data privacy. “All of…

… that we must make available to our entire campus for students first, a data dashboard that students can look at and see what data we are collecting on them, and why.” Rackham student Alyssa Park…

… told The Daily she attended the event because of her interest in the desegregation of data around Asian American students and erasure of specific ethnic groups who fall under the pan-Asian identity…

…. Once that information is sent out, it is up to the students to decide how to proceed, as there is no requirement for participants to communicate with their matches. Michielssen noted the service…

… is only open to undergraduate students, so any graduate students or alumni who attempt to fill out the questionnaire will be disqualified. Only a valid University email is required to fill…

…-creators researched compatibility. The group used their findings to draft questions related to issues important to a successful relationship, while also keeping the questions engaging for students. LSA…

… people of color,” Mang said. “I’m a first-generation college student here, first-generation immigrant as well. And I think that a lot of my peers, especially in groups like the Arab Student…

… them as a threat.” Foley reiterated her belief that students should continue pursuing journalism, despite job insecurity, criticism from the public and possible safety risks. “I would encourage…

… them, (being a journalist) would be a very noble task,” Foley said. “But also be honest. It’s hard to make a living and it can be risky. So if (students) want to be journalists, they need to…

… university. This includes thousands of people, faculty, staff, students and supporters, past and present, who care deeply about our University… at the University of Michigan, diversity, equity and…

… activities, using the example of his time as a student at Yale Law School. He said he saw other Yale students breaking more rules than people in housing projects, but he noted how the people of color and…

… fewer drugs with less money almost all went to prison in the ‘90s. And they came back 10 years later, 15 years later, 20 years later. Now they’re drug felons. And those same Yale students in…

… work across ideological lines, racial lines, to get something done.” Jones concluded his address by discussing how the University’s DEI initiatives can prepare students to succeed after…

… emotionally draining it can be to be a student activist and leader working on DEI. “Something to keep in mind, especially from a student perspective, is how much of a burden this work is for us, for…

… Association, La Casa and the Black Student Union is that along with our school work, along with our personal relationships with family and friends, continuously coming in day in and day out, putting in…

… other student leaders have this burden to bear, but it will make them and the community stronger in the long run, he said. “As tragic as it’s going to be to say,” Jones said. “As hurtful as it…

… Magdalena Mihaylova Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann…

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… salaries have gone down by over 11 percent since 2000. It’s much harder to convince people to come into education if they know the salaries are declining. There’s also the issue with student- faculty…

… ratios, which can greatly impact the quality of education students receive. In fact, a smaller student-faculty ratio is a great indicator of future academic achievement. To continue to pay…

… made the encounter memorable was that she chose to address me in my native tongue, Arabic. After fumbling with my words in conversation, I explained to her that I’m not used to speaking my language…

… here. Maybe back in Jeddah, the city I grew up in, but not here in a classroom at an American university. Since I moved here four years ago, Arabic has been a language that belongs strictly within…

… my own peoples’ history. I did not understand why the biggest socio-political occurrence of my childhood — the Arab Spring of 2011 — had occurred, much less why it had descended into violence in…

… my homeland in Syria. I came to this institution in search of these answers — and now, I’ve realized that I was, only partly, looking in all the wrong places. Students of color and otherwise…

…. It took a conversation in Arabic about class material for me to even recognize what I had done. To be clear, I don’t believe we ought to uncritically accept our own lived experiences wholesale as…

… “universal.” Rather, I want to invite fellow students of color, particularly immigrant students, to join me in taking our own lived experiences, communal traditions and unconscious knowledge just…

…C Columnist Knowing in Arabic: Reflections on language and identity BASIL ALSUBEE MiC Contributor AYOMIDE OKUNADE MiC Columnist When I began to menstruate it was awkward to have to talk to my parents…

… choose between their next meal or buying period products in some instances. In a womens’ studies class I took, many students in the class expressed that they had to plan out when to buy period…

… Pays a share of 6 Arab leader 7 Subjects of bovine mastication 8 Lake ultimately fed by 15-Across 9 Denial from Denis 10 Auto mechanic’s concerns 11 Pop or tot, e.g. 12 Bailiwick 13 Heavy metal 18…

….” Directed by School of Music, Theatre & Dance senior Lauren Kenner with assistance from SMTD sophomores Ruby Pérez and Sammie Estrella, this performance gave Latinx identifying students the chance to…

… “Hamilton” ballads. Traditional Latin dances were both performed and taught to the crowd, and poignant poems were written by the students. Some of the highlights include SMTD senior Maya Ballester and…

… Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI…

… 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. MAYA GOLDMAN Editor in Chief MAGDALENA MIHAYLOVA AND JOEL DANILEWITZ Editorial Page Editors…

…,000 to artificially alter her daughter’s SAT score. Undoubtedly, her actions are morally abhorrent. Thousands of students every year dedicate themselves to studying and preparing for these…

… genuinely prepares students for college. On May 13, Huffman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.” Now, according to 2019 federal guidelines, her charges…

…,000 a year from their students. For private schools, this scandal was merely a confirmation that the system was designed for the over-privileged and underqualified cowards bred by America…

… Cheese Festival and the Arabic branch of Newchic and a Hong Kong- based retailer. How did these organizations I never gave my data to and have no clear connection with end up with my personal…

… City Grilled Cheese Festival or shop in the Arabic branch of Newchic. Yet, they have my personal data and are using it (seemingly) mistakenly. Why does all this collection matter? What’s the harm in…