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… model for funding AUSTEN HUPFORD/Daily LEFT: A crowd applauds Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman who spoke in Rackham Auditorium yesterday. Nobel Prize winnerhighlights womens rolei Arab Spin…

…. She cited the University's educational programs and stu- dent body of more than 27,000 undergraduates and 15,000 grad- uate students as well as the Uni- versity's $1.24 billion research expenditures in…

… Daily Sounds of the Arab Spring reverberated off the walls of lrn c full Rarkhva i winner Tawakkul Karman led the audience through chants promoting women and peace. Karman, a journalist and senior member…

… of Al-Islah political party in Yemen, is the first Arab woman, the second Muslim and the first Yemeni person to win a Nobel Prize for her work with women's rights. Karman discussed the sweep- ing…

… changes in the Arab Spring, particularly women's roles in nnrcino hi-mvmn Thi man to speak on campus as part of the program's curriculum. Karman began her talk by making it clear that she is a…

… justice prevails. She emphasized the new role of Arab women in leading protest- ers in the revolutions for demo- cratic principles. "Women have become at the forefront of these demonstra- tions and lines in…

… semeni, torium yesterday, as 2011 co- University's Arabic Language and every Arab, and every recipient Nobel Peace Prize Flagship Program invited Kar- human being and every woman CAMPUS CRIME Man arrested…

… students SOUTH KOREA 687students TAIWAN 287students INDIA 752 students CHINA 1,747 students GRAPHIC BY H ELEN LIUEBLICH The countries with the most number of students who studied at the University in 2010…

…-2011. 'U' ranks eighth in number MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY MSA seeks to fill rep. vacancies in election of international students Only one Rackham student running with 10 open seats By GIACOMO BOLOGNA…

… Daily StaffReporter With the polls for Michi- gan Student Assembly elec- tions open tonight at midnight, assembly members say they hope to fill current vacancies in the student government. The vacant…

…- zero climate pollution by 2050. Palestinian-American activist speaks on intersectional feminism Arab Student Association hosts Linda Sarsour for discussion on identity RYAN LITTLE/Daily Palestinian…

… political activist Linda Sarsour joined students on Friday as a part of the Arab Student Association’s Focus Week to discuss issues in the Arab community. Sarsour’s talk was the last event of the…

… club’s Focus Week and touched upon feminism in Arab communities. About 100 students gathered in Rackham’s Auditorium on Friday night for the event. Sarsour hails from Brooklyn, New York, and…

… sets its sights on bout with Ohio State next weekend. » Page 1B Faculty directors of the Semester in Detroit program, an initiative that allows University of Michigan students to study and…

… million, will provide teaching in subjects like technology and artificial intelligence to undergraduate and graduate students. It will also serve as a conference center and hotel in downtown…

… Detroit. Plans to open the 14-acre center have received backlash from students and faculty since the announcement was made on Oct. 30 by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel. Days…

…, Central Student Government’s vote for #UMDivest and more. The Michigan Daily: Starting with Richard Spencer — in the Regent’s Meeting called last week, safety seemed like a big topic of discussion…

…, that’s your top priority that you’re stating in your negotiations and that was a major concern for students. So, in the negotiation process, how are you defining safety? Obviously there are many…

… just our students but the people that will come here, or may come here, to protest for or against and the safety of the speaker, the physical safety of the speaker and then of Ann Arbor. You know…

… about 100 students, faculty and community members joined together in the Diag for the #StopSpencer Speak Out with one common message: Richard Spencer is not welcome at the University of Michigan…

…’s request to speak on campus. The event was organized by a coalition of student groups including Stop Spencer at the University of Michigan, Students4Justice and more. The goal of the Speak Out was to…

… with the University’s willingness to put the safety and comfort of minority students at risk in order to work with Spencer’s request. One of these individuals was LSA junior Alex Chow, who…

… explained by choosing not to deny Spencer’s request, the University was leaving students of color to fend for themselves. “The University and its administration has made it clear that they’re not…

… objections stemmed from a concern that Lieberman, who has taught on the Arab-Israeli conflict, would cause a power imbalance during the vote by expressing his anti-divestment views. While speaking to…

… the assembly, Lieberman took a historical approach to examining the Arab- Israeli conflict, citing examples of human rights violations by other countries, which he believes to be greater than…

… LIFE Push to add ME/NA box launches on social media Students, faculty sign onto #WeExist campaign to lobby for Arab category MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter Group gathered to reflect on those…

… Ann Arbor since 1974. “People who have to live beside it need benefits too. It should not just be for U of M students and employees. We want these areas developed, but we want to go about it in…

…,000 students in the past few years. Ackerman also noted 55 percent of people in Ann Arbor are renters. “Are they attractive? No,” Ackerman said about residential buildings. “But are they housing…

… and 75 percent of nontenured faculty reported they were satisfied or very satisfied with the climate — which is consistent with students and staff. However, white faculty members were more…

… face more bias ACADEMICS Senate Assembly reviews DEI climate survey results with tri-campus members ZOE BAXTER For The Daily Students, faculty gather for Transgender Day of Remembrance with…

… vigil, event MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily Students gather in rememberence of transgender people murdered in 2017 on the Diag Monday. See DEVELOPMENT, Page 3 After garnering support from students and…

… sample campus climate survey found ME/NA-identifying students to make up 2 percent of the student body. Resolutions in favor of creating a Middle Eastern/North African identity…

… category were passed by Central Student Government last February and by LSA Student Government last month — the CSG resolution passed unanimously. This lack of a Middle Eastern/North African…

… option on University documents from application forms to financial aid is mirrored by the U.S. Census documents sent out every 10 years. The Arab American Institute has been leading the charge on…

… of health, education and more. According to the Arab American Institute, adjusted for under-reporting, Michigan is ranked second in the nation for highest Arab- See ME/NA, Page 3 CAMPUS…

… were yelled at me in my Arabic class just this week by a fellow Arab-American student. Prior to presenting on Jamal 'Abd al-Nasser, my colleague opened his University e-mail in front of the class to…

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… position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. Statewide student safety School evacuation plans should be comprehensive and…

…'t wait for a disaster to strike to for- mulate plans to keep students, teachers and staff safe. Multifaceted school evacuation plans, which include plans for evacuation/relocation, family- child…

…" or "n cussing and histories an ular racial a What is it hashtag like sibly drive ity studen students"% campaign a Given the d relationship of color, we cannot be u a place of sp By the sc "minority" ed…

… campaign that stamped with "minority students," student experience are p nized a sector that includes every racial, use this word referring t dents ---- ethnic and national identity that tainly not mine. and…

… is not solely white American. This The misuse of the wo penly 30-percent segment may look like ity" has tangible ramific hat it a lot to many prospective students point to a noticeable tr ttend…

… of of many administrators, faculty and inclusivity. The Trotter ines and commentators students these days doesn't affect tural Center was, at its the vague term "minor- racial, ethnic and national…

… minori- the Black Student Cultu about #BBUM and its ties in the same way. We need to that emerged by stude s far. complicate "minority" so that we Black Action Movement n tweets by observers can come up…

… rity students at UM numerical figures in ways that pro- of South Asian women adlines that read, "The vide a misleading image of "diver- adopted by the Residenti mpaign explores being a sity" at the…

…- cation programs and conferences. Dworkin, who was a 2005 MacArthur Fellow and a former member of the Obama National Arts Policy Committee, started Sphinx as a gradu- ate student at the University after…

… vulnerability and reciprocity, that really changed Fischer's attitude. In regards to vulnerability, Fischer explained: "What we eventually found was, the last thing the Arab community wantedto hear was, 'I'm from…

… establishing a relationship with the massive Arab community in southeast Michigan, a community that been quietly ignored by UMS for more than 100 years. Unprecedented cooperation Ismael Ahmed, head of the Arab…

… that he and his community put on, which Fischer was happyto do. For his part, Fischer wanted to learn as much as possible about the Arab world. As a result, Ahmed put together a couple of what he called…

… "immersion days," and, true to his word, Fischer piled all of UMS - board members and staff alike - onto buses and down to ACCESS. There, Ahmed taught about Arabic music, culture and geography, while also…

… leadingtrips to the mosque and to meals at a variety of Arabic restaurants. Finally, after this was done, Ahmed and Fisch- er decided that what they needed to do together was something they couldn't do alone and…

… senior, took the floor to describe her own experiences as an Arab and Muslim student. She stated her support of the resolution, empathizing with the feelings Jewish students have experienced…

…, prompting cheers from pro-divest students. Lieberman teaches on the Arab-Israeli conflict, and spoke last year heavily against divestment. Then-LSA senior Devin Jones criticized Lieberman…

…Many argued this was beneficial for the safety of pro-Palestinian students from damaging blacklists. Another was the outpouring of support: CSG Vice President Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy…

… talking about this but we also have to recognize if we want equitable footing on this, we need to give all people an opportunity and a voice,” Jawad said. Public Health graduate student Dana Greene…

… suffers all of us suffer. … When I kneeled on that Diag in pain, I watched thousands of students walk past me. I ask you today to not be one of those people that walked past.” Tuesday morning, the…

… Black Student Union tweeted their endorsement of divestment. Members of the BSU executive board attended the meeting, following many other social- justice oriented organizations in supporting…

… Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, the group that first brought the resolution to CSG. This year, History professor Victor Lieberman was not approved to join the list of speakers…

…, but rather specific companies that are tied to allegations of human rights violations. Erzouki also emphasized the weeks divestment is discussed are consistently very well-attended by students, as…

… they use the meetings as a platform to express their views. “I’ve seen at this point thousands of students rally over leaders in support of divestment this issue and this request does not…

… exist in a vacuum. There is long standing and diverse support on this issue as you have seen.” She went on to list several institutions whose student governing bodies pass similar divestment…

…(I! INII 16F1V ININ I I Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 17, 2011 michigandaily.com FEDERAL LEGiSLATION Tom Daschle discusses changes to health care Students prepare for a vigil on the…

… Diag last night in honor of those who have lost their lives during the protests in Syria over the past few months. The event was organized by campus group Students Allied for Freedom and Equality. SAFE…

… moment of silence in remembrance, while individu- als shared personal views and experiences with the uprising. The Syrian uprising began in March as part of the larger Arab Spring movement across the…

… 3,500 people have been killed since the uprising started, but many more may be unaccounted for. The Arab League suspended Syria's membership on Nov. 12, See VIGIL, Page 5A STATE LEGISLATION Second…

…- See BRIDGE, Page SA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH University professor, student discover two dwarf galaxies TERESA MATHEW/Daily Jim Saborio, owner of Comet Coffee in Nickels Arcade, works during his morning…

… Androm- eda. He quickly downloaded Associate Astronomy Prof. the data and began his search. fell tried to get his restless Within a week, he and Rackham r old to sleep late one night student Colin Slater…

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… recent statement criticizing the University of Michigan’s decision to discipline Prof. John Cheney-Lippold for refusing to support a student who wanted to study in Israel framed the issue solely…

… in terms of freedom of speech. In fact, two principles were in contention: a professor’s right to express his views and a student’s right to study at an institution of her choosing. Since the…

… University believes its primary commitment must be to students, and since Cheney-Lippold’s freedom in other contexts is unaffected, the University chose to support the undergraduate. The signatories…

…, however, ignored the student entirely. Their statement mentioned the professor’s free speech rights four times — the young woman’s thwarted academic aspirations, not once. I suspect, moreover, that…

… science. Or suppose he refused to write for a student seeking to attend a Muslim university because, in his view, Muslims are terrorists. Or if no letter were provided for an African university because…

… Sanctions movement. If the political claims of the BDS movement are central to the entire debate, what then can be said about their credibility? In all my classes, and especially my course on the Arab…

… has the world’s worst human rights record. To be sure, within Israel, which defines itself as an expressly Jewish state, Arabs are second- class citizens, with lower per capita funding and a…

… nor Gaza under Hamas offers any semblance of free elections, freedom of the press or tolerated dissent. By contrast, Arab citizens of Israel have exactly the same civic and political rights as Jews…

…. An Arab party is the third largest in parliament. Arabs serve on the Israeli Supreme Court, in the cabinet and in the army high command. They have equal access to all public institutions…

… called to the Diag Monday night to respond to student concerns about a man seen carrying an Islamic State flag and dressed in a thwab, a traditional Arab garment. The man was first seen and…

… and Whole Foods — comes from Ann Arbor, and her roots here that were an influence for opening a cafe. “When I was a student at the University of Michigan, it was where I originally got the idea…

… how a small space like that could really create a lot of warmth in a community, plus provide something that was healthy Students for Hillary held a “Why #ImWithHer” event on the Diag at the…

… students passing by to take photos with a cutout of Clinton and state why they were supporting her in the upcoming presidential election. With the election just one week away, club members said…

… they want to both spread word about the election and encourage students to vote for Clinton, as well as show support for the nominee on social media. LSA freshman Suraj Sorab, a member of the…

… Students for Hillary leadership team, said the club is increasing its efforts in the final week leading up to the election. “The election is coming up next week and we wanted to make sure that in…

… open dialogue among committee members on how he can increase campus engagement between faculty and students. “I don’t think we’ve seen the last of racism on the Michigan campus, or anti…

…-Semitism or See ISIS, Page 3 KEVIN ZHENG/Daily LSA freshman Evan Swinehart from Students for Hillary passes out stickers and encourages students to support presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign…

… at the Diag Monday. Police called to Diag Police arrive on the Diag for second iteration of student concerns about man dressing up as an Islamic State supporter. » Page 3 michigandaily…

… University of Michigan student and Detroit resident said during a Q and A he felt the official’s description of Detroit was offensive and inacurate — pointing to her comment calling Detroit a “rich…

… proportion of Arab-American students at the Dearborn campus and surrounding cities cannot be accurately measured without a ME/NA identity checkbox. “We don’t want to count Arab Americans or…

… Fraser from University of Michigan at Dearborn and Laura Friesen from University of Michigan at Flint joined pharmacology professor John Traynor to speak about the difficulty of uniting students…

… from different backgrounds — especially considering the lack of diversity of the Ann Arbor campus. “Ten percent of your student population is in the top 1 percent economically,” Fraser pointed out…

…. “Most of our students here are students of privilege. So thinking of ways to help them empathize with other, they’ve never had to run against that before.” The members also discussed the Go Blue…

… Guarantee, acknowledging that even with financial aid, many eligible students do not apply to the University. “It is still difficult for people from that background to come to this Michigan…

…,” Traynor said. “I’m not saying they’re not trying.” Ultimately, the group agreed on the importance of students interacting with peers from different backgrounds. “How do we get to the place…

… University, approximately 1 percent of the student body identifies as transgender or gender nonconforming, according to results from the diversity, equity and inclusion campus climate survey. “Our…

….” Social Work student Alex Kime expressed the same sentiment. “Even though it’s incredibly important to honor those that we lose, more honor should be paid and recognized to the trans and…

… tell people that I don’t think I’ll make it out of my twenties without personally knowing a transgender woman who is murdered,” Kaufman said. Next to speak was Information student Vidhya…

… us while we’re still alive.” Aravind received laughter and support from attendees after her remarks. After Aravind spoke, two students and members of the LGBTQ community read the known…

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… patriarchal society who is significant enoughto have my ownnarrative and cantake the spotlight. Let's see that on TV. Michigan in Color is the Daily's opinion section designated as a space for and by students…

…. In fact, 24 percent of Israeli citizens are considered to be Arab, and many of these Arabs serve in the country's legislature. Arabs are cared for by Israeli hospitals and learn in Arab-Israeli schools…

… shared heritage community really paid any attention to her. As ie a model for which UMS Fischer began to develop a rela- continue to work with simi- tionship with Byrd, he took a trip mmunities. The Arab…

… Music to her house, where he discovered Festival followed, and with that she was involved in about 30 ubsequent outreach attempt additional organizations, all of 4S, the Arab community was whichshe…

… that I nd more popular, the menu wholly recommend to each and sed by flipping through every University student. At no pages on the restaurant's other place inAnn Arbor can you d tablets. And besides the…

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… forward to this event in this context. I caught myself daydreaming of old red-and-blue clad politi- cians in a WWE ring with my fellow University students shouting, "Give 'em the chair!" OK, I'll admit. I…

… student debt in the United States. Finberg brought up the point that it's necessary and right to have government provide aid for students. Hart brought up the point that while this is necessary, these…

… seat in the audience that both of these points probably had merit. Both of these points could probably be used to build a better system of education for students. And, even as someone who works two jobs…

… life. Remember our relentless protests to get our football team back to its ideals and our open student discussion on possible solutions. There's a reason that our legal system isn't reliant on robots…

… words planted the seeds of hope among the minorities the represented, and yet, in November 2014, University of Michigan students still shout out that same motto - "We want equality by any means necessary…

… "Aladdin." The ALFARHAN Middle Eastis both a war-torn wasteland* and a place of riches, filled with oil-drunk-barbarians. Treat Arabs, Persians, Muslims and Middle Easterners as though they are all one…

… College students Steve Weed, MANAGING ARTS EDITOR watch the short film they filmed in Nichols Arcade on SL CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Spain and the Story of Google Arab World Translate Newsroom 734-418-41tt opt…

… graded system CRIME NOTES because we thought it apropos to our University audience and our' role as a student newspaper. We also found letter grades an easier system to conceptualize: As stu- dents, we…

… relationship between Spain and the modern Arab world, factoring in Spain's Islamic past. The lectures are free and open to the public. WHO: Dept. of Romance Languages andLiterature WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE…

…, INSIDE Though the University of Colorado, Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses created specific dorms for students with concealed weapon permits this year, no students have applied to live in the dorms…

…,000 residents, is the largest city in western Massachusetts. a 6 0 100+ locations for 100,000+ fans. As an Official Partner of Michigan Athletics, Flagstar Bank is proud to be a key player for Michigan students…

… Democrats, Indian American Student Association, Arab Student Associa- tion and the NAACP, to name a few. Our slate also includes current MSA representatives and MSA committee members. Keep a lookout for…

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… coffee - stirred much contro- versy in Michigan after the hospitaliza- tion of students who drank the product and the reported rape of a 14-year-old girl who drank Four Loko mixed with rum, as reported…

… afternoon. As I grew up, my relationships with faculty members, the admin- istration and community members developed, too. My voice as a student carried weight among the adults in my world. I felt encouraged…

… The need for student regents Last spring, University students overwhelm- ingly voted to elect MForward candiates to represent them on the Michigan Student Assembly. All 19 MForward candidates up for…

… election won seats, led by current MSA Presi- dent and MForward founder Chris Armstrong. This landslide victory was a mandate from the student body for MForward to pursue their campaign promise of aggressive…

… advocacy to address major problems on campus. Since taking office in April, MForward's slate of diverse student leaders has become the new leaders of the MSA. MSA's. current treasurer, chief of staff and…

… Football Saturdays, worked with administrators to offer transportation options for student organizations and delayed the vote on the porch couch ban due to a lack of student involvement in the debate…

…. Currently, MForward party members on MSA are leading the initiative to implement an open housing policy on campus. For those who are unfamiliar with open housng, it would allow students living in University…

… housing to choose their roommates regardless of gender identity and expression. Open housing isn't simply about creating an inclusive and non-dis- criminatory community. it's also about about students…

… merely states its members were not living up to IFC’s standards. That’s putting it mildly if the lines crossed, in fact, endangered three students’ lives. The emails The Daily obtained reveal IFC…

… fraternities in the wake of the deaths of students who were pledging. The IFC’s entire public face regarding this self-suspension calls us to question whether the council is truly dedicated to…

… Student Government debate and subsequent vote over whether the University’s Board of Regents should create a committee to investigate companies in Israel accused of human rights violations against…

… Palestinians. Speeches from students and community leaders of all affiliations highlighted their personal narratives that shaped their outlook on the resolution. As we understood Tuesday evening, there…

… are too many sides not just in the Arab-Israeli conflict, but also concerning BDS. What exactly are the stakes of what’s being argued? In the end, these concerns reveal the emotions people invest…

… of the Balfour Declaration, which some historians view as ground zero of the “100 year war” between Jews and Arabs. Though the current situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank bears little in…

… divestment vote and the Balfour Declaration’s centennial could not be more fitting. In the midst of the centennial, academics are contemplating what the current status of the Arab-Israeli conflict…

… the words of the British Colonial Office, to both Arabs and Jews. While the Balfour Declaration became reified in 1917, Jewish immigration to Palestine had long been in place and would only…

… students that are worried about their safety; we have Muslim and Arab students that are worried about their safety,” Harper said. “So we have a pretty active Department of Public Safety right now…

… campus more welcoming for LGBTQ students. Specifically, they’ve opened an LGBTQ housing space that she said she assumes would be friendly to transgender students and their housing needs. “As…

… the undergraduate curriculum that includes a social justice component — something she is very pleased with. It would require students to take a certain number of classes pertaining to race and…

….” According to 2016 enrollment data for the class of 2020 at Northwestern, 8.5 percent of the student population is Black or African American, 13.6 percent is Hispanic or Latino, 20 percent is Asian and…

… students who believe in protecting Palestinian human rights,” Sarkar wrote. “The spirit of the resolution embodies the University of Michigan’s mission statement — to challenge the present — and the…

… chapter of SAFE met with E. Royster Harper, vice president for Student Life, and Laura Blake Jones, dean of students, for a dialogue and conversation. Approximately 20 students were in attendance to…

… the event. The Daily did not attend the meeting due to the personal nature of the event, but spoke to several student attendees afterwards. LSA senior Andrea Sahouri attended the dialogue, and…

… stated one of the most important aspects of the conversation was the way it exposed students to University officials that are open to hearing concerns, specifically for those students who may be…

… feeling the administration is not intimately connected to conversation among the student body. “I think the most important part of the meeting as a whole was letting the students of SAFE, and the…

… them or talk to them about anything that they’re there for us as students,” she said. Another main point of discussion was safety concerns among students following #UMDivest. While parts of…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 8, 2018 — 3A VETE R ANS WE E K RUCHITA IYER/Daily Ahmed Hamadi, Marines Corp NROTC Senior Advisor, shares his experiences as an Arab…

… students who thought they had registered online. Many of them, Beaudry said, declined to complete provisional ballots. “So, a lot of those students then, we were told, were unwilling to sign the…

… registered to vote and something happened, whether that’s a clerical error, lost paperwork, but that you did register and we don’t have the record.” Beaudry also guessed one reason students may have had…

… lecturer. Molengraff explained one of the challenges of being first-generation is describing experiences to those who do not share the same identity. “While not all students translate from one…

…- generation student. He discussed his experience growing up homeless after his parents split and were sent back to Mexico, not being able to return for 10 years. Parada was allowed to stay in the…

…. “To me, these things were not hurtful because I was a kid,” Parada said. “I was a young student who was just looking at the positive things in life … It didn’t hit me until a couple of years where…

… listen,” Parada said. Parada realized the experiences he faced as a first- generation student were unique to him and emphasized a need to not homogenize student experiences and identities. “Some…

… students may not have grown up with planned vacations or famous authors or book titles on top of their heads or were given NPR radio stations when they were younger,” Parada said. “My question…

… to you is when was the last time you assumed an experience of a student and how can you begin noticing these assumptions before engaging in those conversations?” The symposium then broke into a…

…, discussed concerns of overwhelming students with information as they arrive to campus. “What we worry at orientation is we could tell you, ‘Here’s the pathway to the pot of gold at the end of the…

… in opposition to the ban. 3 ON THE WEB... michigandaily.com Going Abroad By ISOBEL FUTTER The number of University students going abroad has increased 15 percent, the University announced on…

… Monday. 2,719 students traveled overseas to study during the 2013-2014 school year, as compared to 2,365 students in the 2012-13 school year. NEWS 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www…

… more of this story online at michigandaily.com RYAN MCLOUGHLIN/Daily LSA sophomore Nicholas Fadanelli, a student government candidate, campaigns at the LSA Student Government Candidate Forum in the…

… increasing diversity of the stu- dent body and and expanding mental health awareness in stu- dent government and on campus. Elections will be held Wednes- day. LSA Student Government consists of 19…

… about 10:30 a.m. when a student left it briefly unat- tended in a second-floor lounge, University Police reported. The laptop hasn't been recoverd, and there are currently no suspects. available…

… depression screen- ings and treatment. 20 years ago this week (Nov. 12, 1991): University Police cracked down on stu- dents throwing marshmal- lows in the student section at Michigan football games. "It is…

… illegal to throw anything at anybody in the stadium, and students are ejected for doing so," Department of Public Safety Sgt. Paul Vaughan told The Michigan Daily at the time. Many students, like then- LSA…

… them, and they don't say you'll be kicked out for throwing them," Libkuman told the Daily at the time. However, DPS stepped up the enforcement of the policy by charging some students with assault for…

… Advice for pre- Obesity lecture A new study found that med students WHAT: A lecture on the sleep paralysis is more increasing rate of childhood common in students, WHAT: A presentation by obesity in…

… America given by MSNBC.com reported. The three pre-health advisers Elsie Taveras, a pediatri- condition affects 8 percent to aid students with medi- cian and health researcher. of the population and occurs…

… Rooney Layout Manager Connor Byrd Finance Manager QUy Vo Circulation Manager The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during thetfall and wintterms by students at the…

… internationalization and of our engagement globally - having so many international students here means we have a terrific reputation for academic excellence around the world," Greisberger said. "Students come here. They…

… want to get a great education." China is the largest source of international students for the U.S. and the University. Chinese students currently make up 31.2 percent - or 1,747 students- of the total…

… number of interna- tional students at the Univer- sity, followed by India with 752, South Korea with 687, Taiwan with 287 and Canada with 244 students. , according to a Uni- versity press release made pub…

… $1,000 to student organiZation from Mich. named Rhodes scholar A 21-year-old West Point cadet from Michigan who says she wants to use her math skills to help attack Detroit's social prob- lems after…

… said. Engineering graduate stu- dent Aarthi Arab is the co- founder and president of the University's chapter of the United Against Infectious Dis- eases. She noted that the speak- ers were very…

… interesting and differed from each other. "We have to grow or collabo- rate with other organizations to get more people interested," Arab added. The World AIDS Week is from Dec. 1 to Dec. 7. As the B of pe…

… rood Recovery "I thought Ann Arbor would be a great city for that," Morrison twork wins event said. "Especially since students have a lot of resources available roceeds to fight to them and to…

… food waste on campus by distributing a man turns the corner by food to Washtenaw County resi- lind Pig and sees the line dents who are in need. Student ople waiting in the cold volunteers recover…

…, Mor- Central Student Government will said she was inspired by the reimburse Ann Arbor SOUP for y, collaboration and cre- the cost of the event. y of the event. At the conclusion of the event, Morrison…

… said she was pleased with the combination of Uni- versity students and Ann Arbor locals since the first event was mostly students. This year, Ann Arbor SOUP received 12 proposals, mostly from nonprofits…

… in Ann Arbor and students groups, but also one from an Eatsern Michigan University student. Together with the core group of 10 people who helped organize Ann Arbor SOUP, they chose four proposals that…

…Source Fun, a student- led organization that provides services in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti for financial literacy, won $900 at the first event last spring, then named UM SOUP. Since then, it has launched a…

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… the increasingly difficult prospect of paying student loan debt and finding jobs after graduation. The current economic situation has furthered the steady privatization of education, causingthe economic…

… bur- den of college to be shifted more and more onto the backs of students. Recent statistics show that the net costs of college are rising, the aver- age student's credit card debt has hit record…

… levels and asa result, students are graduating with exorbitant amounts of debt that could take decades to repay. Students at the University are no exception. The University is known for having one of the…

… highest out-of-state tuition rates among public universi- ties in the United States, which was increased by 4.9 percent this year, and the price of student housing in Ann Arbor isn't cheap either. A…

… comfort. Is this the next Arab Spring or more of a Spring Break? I decided to skip most of the movement's planned 5 p.m. convergence on Times Square. Instead, I spent a few hours at Father Demo Square, a…

… Something Dancy,” is available on Amazon. Follow Dee on Twitter @deesimon666 and Instagram @mrdeesimon. ARTIST PROFILE IN COURTESY OF DEE SIMON Dee Simon went from University student to podcast veteran…

…- Arab from outside Haifa, who, as an 18-year-old, followed his two brothers to Ann Arbor to open this shop, even though none of them had any formal training. His two brothers have since married and…

… base. Israeli- Arabs and Palestinians make up just one part of the local Arab community, many of whom are from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. But Usman told me that Arabs actually are a minority of his…

… month of nine college students in Wash- ington state after consuming caf- feinated malt liquor as one reason to take action. States across the country have been exploring simi- lar bans. The commission in…

… the interview and was not available afterwards.' White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the question of when the bombs found in Britain and the United Arab Emirates were to go off was still under…

… United Arab Emirates said Hortefeux's remark did not describe the bomb found in that country. "If this was a reference to the device found in the Federal Express (Fedex) site in Dubai, then it is not…

… correct," a security source in the United Arab Emir- ates who is familiar with the investigation told The Associ- ated Press. Both were not authorized to Aiscuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of…

…-bound packages off cargo planes in England and the United Arab Emirates last Friday, they found the bombs wired to cell phones and hidden in the toner cartridges of computer printers. The communication cards had…

… Center for Arab American Studies at U-M Dearborn, revealed these students make up a significantly greater proportion at the University’s Dearborn campus. Michigan also has the second highest Arab…

… invited to speak at the school by a student organization. As the protesters left, they screamed, “No fascist USA!” I yelled back at them, “This protest is the most fascist thing I have seen at this…

…, yet important, way for the University to show that it is truly committed to inclusivity of all ethnicities on all three of its campuses. According to the Student Campus Climate Survey on Diversity…

…, Equity and Inclusion, ME/NA students currently make up about 2 percent of the student body at University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus, while email correspondence with Sally Howell, director of the…

…-American population in the country. Central Student Government and LSA Student Government unanimously passed resolutions in support of this addition. Moreover, the U.S. Census Bureau is proposing the ME…

…/NA category be added for the 2020 census. The University administration should therefore mirror student and national commitment to inclusivity and follow suit. Collecting this data will also allow…

… students who identify as ME/NA to be better represented on campus. Currently, the students who would identify as part of the ME/NA category have to grapple with being lumped into a “white” or “other…

…” box, effectively skewing the demographic statistics of the University. A more accurate depiction of the number of ME/NA students at the University could bring more lobbying power for ME…

…/NA student organizations. We understand there are concerns among some that adding the ME/NA category could increase targeting from the government, especially given the nation’s current…

… pose an issue to students’ safety on campus. Historically, the University has vowed to protect the personal information of its students that could potentially harm them. After the Deferred…

… targeted. “We have Jewish students that are worried about their safety; we have Muslim and Arab students that are worried about their safety,” she said. “So we have a pretty active Department of…

… believes the conference will inspire new dialogues among University community members. “All the speakers are affiliated with the University whether it’s professor, alumni, student,” Katz said…

…. “It’s cool to get people from the U of M community together sharing ideas. I think people are all so interested and keep coming back because the conversation it starts with other students in the…

… amount of cultural diversity at the University, she often encounters situations where she is the only student in a class wearing a headscarf. She said seeing this lack of representation in the…

… expected it to pass by the time I graduated.” Aqel, a Palestinian student who has visited Palestine five times, described the difficult experience she faced in 2015 when, during a visit to the nation…

… alleged human rights violations committed by companies to be investigated as outlined in the resolution. Students who opposed the resolution, however, left the meeting upset with the results. One…

… student stated, “I think it’s a really sad day for freedom of thought on this campus,” as she exited the auditorium. LSA senior Gaby Roth, a member of University of Michigan Hillel, an…

… organization providing programming for Jewish students on campus, and in opposition to the resolution, explained her reaction in an email interview with The Daily. “I am happy that members of SAFE…

…, Palestinian students and allies were given a platform for their concerns to be heard. However, I am deeply upset that the address of these concerns meant that Jewish students’ sentiments about…

… described her disappointment in CSG’s vote against approving Prof. Victor Lieberman, who teaches a class on the Arab-Israeli conflict, to be included in the lineup of speakers for CSG’s Tuesday…

… through Q4. These questions have been the focus of current debate because they are constant in surveys across campus. Q1 asks students to rate “Overall, this was an excellent course.” Q2 is “Overall…

…, the instructor was an excellent teacher.” Q3 asks students to evaluate the statement, “I learned a great deal from this course.” Q4 asks, “I had a strong desire to take this course.” Typically…

…,300 other questions — some are broad while others are dedicated to specific courses. Student governments and various departments and schools have sent in requests to include questions in the…

… catalogue over the years. The questions date back to 1996, and are sorted into different categories, such as “student development” or “instructor effectiveness,” according to the Office of the…

… it easy to draw comparisons. “Using the other questions may help you design your course better, but it’s not going to tell you very much about student satisfaction overall with your course…

… involved in the current redesign process, the focus isn’t only on the questions themselves, but on the climate the evaluations foster. Central Student Government president Cooper Charlton, an LSA…

… important part of each class … (and) make sure that it’s a shared enterprise to teach a class,” Weineck said. In particular, she cited questions about a student’s responsibility in the classroom…

…. Other universities, such as the University of Washington, use student-centric questions in their evaluations to assess how much effort a student put into the class and his or her interest in the…

… student, detain mother SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Their first suspect in custody, Yemeni police continued to search for the terrorists believed respon- sible for mailinga pair of power- ful bombs to attack the…

… the plotters may have been associated with. The explosives, addressed to Chicago-area synagogues, were pulled off airplanes in England and the United Arab Emirates early Friday morning, touching off a…

… the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, terror- ists continue to probe and find security vulnerabilities. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told reporters that the Unit- ed States and United Arab Emir- ates had…

… provided intelligence that helped identify the woman sus- pected of mailing the packages. A Yemeni security official said the young woman was a medical student and that her mother also was detained, but…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 21, 2019 — 3 Arab Student Association, Period host panel on reproductive health Panelists focus on own experiences, discuss…

… stigmatized issues as part of Focus Week BRAYDEN HIRSCH For The Daily Through an effort to end the stigma around periods, the Arab Student Association and Period collaborated to hold a panel where four…

… people from various backgrounds were given the opportunity to talk about their encounters with reproductive health on Wednesday. About 30 students attended the event. ASA is currently holding a…

… of color, particularly Arab refugees, and they are disproportionately marginalized, not just from their identity, but also their status as immigrants and refugees,” Gayar said. “So…

…. Public Health graduate student Ashley Rapp discussed her point- of-view on menstrual and reproductive health of her family from Iraq and being the founder of Period. “Primarily, at least for a lot…

… terrible bacterial infection and I didn’t know how to go about it, like I didn’t know where I can find care, and also culturally competent care.” LSA senior Tala Al-Saghir, president of Students…

… keep them away from windows and areas where they could be easily accessible from the outside. The research team also included EECS professor Kevin Fu and postdoctoral student Sara Rampazzi…

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… powerfully communicated to the students, faculty and Ann Arbor residents who attended and it was an honor to have her as a campus speaker. Karman - the first Yemeni to win a Nobel Prize - is an inspiration to…

… University's Arabic Language Flagship Pro- gram. Her speech discussed the changes in the Arab Spring, which is a series of recent demo- cratic uprisings against governments across the Middle East. As…

… commended for bringingKarman to Ann Arbor and promoting the event. Rackham Auditorium was packed with an attentive audience. The speech cre- ated a forum for students to think about race, religion and gender…

… in different ways, and fos- tered more open and receptive thoughts. After her speech, there was an intelligent dialogue between Karman and students who asked questions. Karman suggested that people are…

… citizens of theword and stressed a general loyalty to humanity. She discussed her belief in peaceful protests, which is a message that should reso- nate with students. In the wake of the protests of House…

… Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) who spoke on campus last month and the riots at Pennsylvania State University, students should take notice that the most powerful way to get their message across is…

… progress. In an interview after the event, Karman told The Michigan Daily that students also have a positive impact on the world. "Student-led movements have always been a part in chang- ing history and…

… emphasis on incit- ing students to actually participate in these events rather than just liking a post online. "We know you read it - great. We know you watched it - great," Eljamal said. "What are you…

… to be reached out to through multiple avenues. An evolving campus, an uncertain future Walking across the Diag on a Tuesday in November, campus seems busy. Students scuttle to class, wrapped in parkas…

… and over- sized scarfs. A tent to one side promotes Blood Battle and a large group of students stand over the block 'M,' encouraging those who pass to join the student organization optiMize. Written on…

… one wall of the Hatch- er Graduate Library is the phrase "Save the Lost 43," a reference to the tragic abduction of 43 college students in Mexico. Spray-paint on the Diag reads "EXPEL RAPISTS" and…

… "ADMINS DEFEND RAPISTS." University students are not, and probably will never be, complacent when it comes to issues of social justice. A quick survey of the physical center of our campus is evidence of…

… from Humberto Leon situation in the present." by Kenzo, paired with gold cuffs, she looked nothing short of regal and -SHAE RAFFERTY, INFORMATION GRADUATE STUDENT high fashion. Her nuptials reflect a…

…." Examples of this range from governmen- tal social media shutdowns within the Arab Spring movement, to closer-to-home acts of institutional interference. Campbell recalls a recent event in which the BART, San…

… president, Donald Trump, set his campaign platform on the misrepresentation of various minority groups. I can also say this as a student at the University of Michigan since I have seen the racist…

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… victory. Things such as “daily lynching calendars” at the University of Pennsylvania, swastika graffiti on numerous storefronts nationwide and also the Muslim student forced to remove her hijab at the…

…. Looking around campus on Wednesday and speaking with a number of students, I realize many people share my pain. This has been a difficult pill to swallow for so many of us at this university. Ninety…

… percent of votes from student-heavy precincts in Ann Arbor were against the winning candidate. But despite all of this, if we also lose our faith in humanity, we let them win all over again. The…

… year ago, the Daily, as well as many other publications throughout the country, covered the University of Michigan Central Student Government’s first-ever Ethics Committee investigation…

… dealing with the proposed imposition of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel, and Israel alone. This legislation is being brought forth by the same student organization that led…

… only one narrative in the incredibly complex Arab- Israeli conflict, chock-full of regressive solutions that will only impede dialogue and aggravate tensions. It has been a difficult few weeks…

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… the early precursors to the recent protests that are occurring across the nation. As a University alum, I fully understood what led the students in 2013 to speak up and express themselves through…

… occurred on campus, and held a Freeze Out on the Diag to address these issues. When the leadership of the Black Student Union came to me as their faculty adviser to strategize ways to express how they…

… originating from both faculty and other students who would assume my presence was due to affirmative action. I had actually won a prestigious scholarship from the Detroit Institute of Arts to study the…

… history of art. Constant remarks about being “well- spoken for someone from Detroit” led me to seek solace within the Black Student Union and to find safe spaces on campus which would affirm and…

… memories, I listened as the students described utilizing the traditional methods of mobilization, including wearing black as a sign of solidarity, attending the Freeze Out: Follow Up Forum to speak…

… out for social justice and papering the posting wall with statements about their experiences. Then it happened. One of the students contacted me and alerted me to sign on to Twitter and follow…

…. The use of social media as the method of communication within this brilliant campaign expanded the range of the participants. The tweets began with current students, then faculty, staff and even…

… considered our home. The academic in me started analyzing the tweets: some were angry, some staunch in their support of the students, while others stood firmly decrying any difference between treatment…

… between and among races. Others sent messages of support and solidarity. The numbers grew until even the students who began the campaign were astonished at the ongoing wave of responses. One thing…

…, drinks, tickets to movies and concerts, Ubers and dinners at Ann Arbor’s many fine restaurants are not kind to student budgets. However, the alternative is often staying in alone while your friends…

… of all incomes feel welcome, wealthier students should be more conscious of their peers’ ability to pay when making social plans. The median annual parental income is $154,000, three times…

… the Michigan average. A full two-thirds of students come from the top 20 percent of national incomes, while less than 4 percent come from the bottom 20 percent of incomes. Perhaps most…

… depressingly, the University ranks last out of all public universities in terms of economic mobility for students. The University’s predominance of wealthy students naturally breeds a campus culture in…

… which money is often taken for granted. And even if the University admitted more low- and middle- income students, would they even want to stay in an environment where social pressures encourage…

… encouraged the University to accept more out-of-state students who pay sky-high tuitions. Furthermore, Ann Arbor’s housing costs are a full 73 percent higher than the national average. Add…

… income. The University social scene shouldn’t require low- and middle-income students to shell out enormous amounts of cash on top of the already exorbitant costs of attendance. A number…

… Royale or Starbucks requires a few bucks for a latte. Students build their social lives around activities at these establishments; almost every date, get-together or night out with friends comes…

… with a high cash premium. Some institutional features of the campus social scene further exclude students of lower socioeconomic status. Institutions like Greek life and club sports charge…

…, the monetary barriers may still prove prohibitive to many students of lower socioeconomic status. Because financial barriers exclude many less wealthy students, these organizations help…

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… shrouded in dialogues of reform recently. The collective feeling among students, particularly minority and marginalized students, is one of frustration and protest. For months, students have denounced…

… student athletes for granted. There should be no conflicting notion between encouraging students to speak their minds about important issues of race and equality and then labeling them as “coddled” or…

… a population too sensitive, too obsessed with being politically correct and too out of touch with the world need to stop operating under the presumption these students are blank slates without…

… any prior experience, who were entirely protected beforehand and are just suddenly rejecting the complexity and conflicts of the world. While some students are undoubtedly more privileged than…

… others, and this privilege certainly needs to be addressed, students, to varying degrees, have encountered their own experiences of sexism, racism, homophobia or classism earlier in their lives…

…. These experiences can’t be discounted. As Roxane Gay aptly states in a piece for the New Republic, “College students do, however, understand the real world because they aren’t just students. They do…

…, students are voicing these concerns because they’re aware of the injustice that needs to be remedied. A common critique of these groups is that these demonstrations are suppressing speech. Yet, those…

…- writing. tually serving as an arts editor. Binelli grew up in St. Clair Shores Do you have any advice and moved back to Detroit for for students interested in three years to immerse himself in journalism or…

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… League; students tickets are just $10 WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Power Center for the Performing Arts WHAT: Princeton Uni- versity's David Bell will be…

… addressing students on the "Birth of Militarism in the Age of Revolutions," and will be arguing the differ- ences between the miliatary and civilian spheres. WHO: Center for European Studies WHEN: Today 4…

…'s largest democ- racy, the Ross School of Business will once again take its work over- seas. University administrators, faculty members and students will collaborate with alumni and business leaders in India…

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… students heading to their vehicle after classes ended were shot Wednesday afternoon, and police investigating whether the shoot- ing stemmed from a drug-related dispute had six people in custody for…

… of political upheaval in some Arab nations, protest- ers and rebel fighters have been using art as a weapon, both by satirizing oppressors and com- memorating sacrifices. This Thursday and Friday, the…

… second and bring everybody together." This symposium on the under-analyzed role of art, in WORK From Page 1A Business School, surveyed 109 part-time MBA students about their conceptions of work. "We don…

… said. Toward the end of his lecture, the Arab uprisings will feature presentations from a diverse group of activists, journalists and academics, including CNN correspondent Jill Dougherty and Tunisian…

…-medicine students: the major you choose as an under- graduate does not make any dif- ference whatsoever to medical school admissions officers. Gruber said. Public satire has been par- ticularly useful in…

… kill 11 despite peace plan b Arab League I Killings occured on the first day of Feast of the Sacrifice BEIRUT (AP) - Syrians in the restive region of Homs 'per- formed special prayers for a major…

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… schools, but just not engineering-wise.” Li said he feels bad for students who can vote, most of whom are voting in their first presidential election. “It’s not a desirable choice,” He said…

…’s going to lead and have that supreme power.” Li added that he senses political tension among students on campus, particularly when he sees people having polarized political arguments. “They all…

… community. “It is all connected, it is all related, it is all integrated,” Khan said. LSA sophomore Mary Najjar, who attended the event for her Arab-American studies class, and said she thought many…

…, saying it was important for students to know what their elected officials are working on. “We’re very passionate about making sure we are a resource for students, so the best way to do that is…

… solicit feedback by any way possible,” he said. The organization’s goal, Shunnar said, was to have students fill the board of suggestions with their opinions on recent CSG initiatives and…

… something students really want,” Shunnar said. LSA freshman Brittany Jullie, who signed the banner, said she was glad to see the initiative. “I think it’s a really good idea that people can raise…

… suggestions with what they want to see happen,” she said. Shunnar noted that the board also made it clear students weren’t completely familiar with assembly initiatives, because many students…

… email than to talk to students,” Shunnar said. “We’re getting a lot of kids.” She said she hopes to host another event similar to Diag Day, perhaps in another location, in the future. “I think we…

… may have one on North Campus, so just to change the scenery, obviously just getting a lot of student impact is important,” she said. DIAG From Page 1A Eagle Scout, he said he was curious about…

… approximately 30 students in attendance for Hill’s presentation, said he was there to satisfy a requirement for a class in the Department of American Culture. “We’ve been talking a lot about…

… hostage ordeal came amid an uprising against the 30-year reign of President Ali Abdullah Saleh that has unraveled security in Yemen, the Arab world's poor- est country. Al-Qaida-linked militants have taken…

… three-time Big Ten champion under for- mer Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, took the stage, he was welcomed by the famil- iar sound of applause. More than 200 students and University…

… closed with a ques- tion-and-answer session in which students expressed their concerns and interests about the University's apparel spon- sorship switch from Nike to Adidas, the use of Michigan Sta- dium…

… of concerns that the crowd had," Shah said. "I think a lot of the students got their questions answered about pressing issues on campus." Tepatti added that the speak- ers spoke well to issues that…

… affect the student body. "We wanted to pursue a topic that would touch on current issues, and we want to promote an interest in economics to the rest of the student body at Mich- igan," Tepatti said. "We…

…-foot residence hall. In a communication to the regents, E. Royster Harper, vice president for student affairs, and Timothy Slottow, executive vice president and chief financial offi- cer, wrote that the…

… New- man. MSA From Page 1 ter relationship with graduate students. Watson also said he would like to see more involve- ment from graduate students. "There is this self-perpet- uating dilemma where…

… gradu- ate students look at MSA and say we don't address gradu- ate student issues, but part of the reason why that percep- tion exists ... is because we don't have graduate student representation to…

… to entice graduate students who may be too busy to act as MSA representatives. He added that graduate students should have "more flexibility" in their involvement in the student gov- ernment. However…

…, the idea has not been addressed during an assembly meeting. There are 10 open Rackham student seats on the assembly for this election. Watson said he expects the two current Rackham representatives to…

…-Islamic sentiment. Because there is a strong pres- ence of Muslims and Arabs in the state, JStreetU and the Muslim Students' Association hosted an event on Oct. 6 to hold a conversa- tion about Islamaphobia in Michi…

… week Events held last week aimed to raise awareness of disabilities By MICHELE NAROV Daily StaffR eporter Students and other members of the University community came together last week to celebrate…

…- nology helpful to disabled students - passed away on July 4, 2010, prompting officials to rename the center in his honor. The Council also hosted speak- ers with disabilities and panels of medical…

… elementary school populated by some disabled people, and when some parents protested the presence of those students, her mother led a protest against them. Kornblau said when she trans- ferred to junior high…

… school, those students, and the friends she had made, were no longer present. "The junior high school had steps and the students in wheelchairs couldn't get in to that school," she said. "Those steps might…

… (disabled persons) and make sure they're comfortable," she said. Schnitzer agreed, addingthat she hoped the week would offer a mes- sage to students about increased awareness of disability and the necessityof…

…'s 7th Congressional District. Mann said Schauer's emphasis on clean ISLAMAPHOBIA From Page 1A attends Muslim Students' Associa- tion events put on for non-Muslims with his wife, said a friend gave him…

… end of Ramadan. Hakim said he enjoyed the event and thought it encouraged dialogue between the students who attended. "It was really amazing. Over- all it was a really sincere effort on (Campus Ministry…

…'s) part, and that's what I think made it really great," Hakim said. Joiningthe fight againstIslama- phobia is the University's chapter of JStreetU, a nationwide student organization that aims to promote…

… peace in the Middle East. According to a Sept. 14 view- point in The Michigan Daily, the University's chapter of JStreetU is petitioning students to voice opposition toward anti-Muslim sentiments. The…

…, Latino Jews so that we could hear what the student represen- and Arab Jews; supporters and detractors of the tative from Hillel had to say. The student repre- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement…

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… of students should not be ostracized from the community, but valued as Jews who are inspired by our history of fighting for justice. We demand that we be able to speak openly without fear or vilifi…

… not now, when?" Sarah Blume is an LSA junior. Sam Molnar is an SNRE graduate student. Talya Nakash and Alyssa Tender are LSA seniors. To teach or not to teach :E Ioverheard a conversation on the bus…

… Entrepreneurship. I am also a student note- taker for Students with Disabilities. I have been assigned to classes varying from computer science to music theory to calculus. Each class and subject has its own…

… obedient student who listened to my teachers. Otherwise I would have completely screwed myself and not taken the ACT seriously - like half of my friends back home. I was lucky. Hardworking, sure. But lucky…

… in place to weed out the dumb students, the ones who give up. But what exactly are these freshmen (mostly from a lower-SES and/or underrepresented racial/ethnic group) giving up on? Are they giving up…

… and getting the door slammed in my face when I already felt like I didn't belong. There is a general theme in some classes that it is simply survival of the fittest. My question is what are the students…

… number of hardworking students I have worked with as an RA who are fighting a language barrier. I don't think that it is just the professor's responsibility to fix everything. I think our services need to…

… step up. The amount of time students put into getting help for a resource or direction to the right office is ridiculous. There are people, like my friends and me, who are workingtwoor more jobson campus…

… the school's facilitates. On Sept. 7, students received an e-mail encouraging them to trade in their Mcards before Nov. 1. The notice also indicat- ed that extra locations to trade in Mcards would open…

… tempo- rarily to quicken the exchange process. Despite the Nov. 1 deadline, students, faculty and staff can still exchange their old Mcards for news ones, accordingto Brown. The Michigan Daily could not…

… said he will support. The transfer was deemed necessary by the Finance Com- mittee because student organi- zations requested more money than expected during the first and second cycles of funding this…

… semester. The current sys- tem has three cycles during which student organizations can apply for funding. The three funding applica- tion due dates for this year are Sept. 30, Oct. 28 and Dec. 2. Because so…

… much funding was allocated during the first two cycles, the Student Organiza- tion Funding Commission had less money than usual for the third cycle. However, this financing sys- tem for student…

… organizations won't be in place much longer. After Jan. 1, MSA will employ a new funding method in which student organizations won't need to wait for a new cycle to apply for funding, but can instead do so based…

… on need. This semester, Watson and MSA Vice President Brendan Campbell have been working independently of the Student Assembly to implement the new system. "Brendan and I actually ran on the promise…

… that we were (goingto) change funding, part- ly because it doesn't really work for student orgs," Watson said. Watson said many student organizations form at the end of cycles or don't plan far enough…

… issued a staterent in r' sporuse to the impending dem- oi! rtixnttihat said the union is Ising "patients and students as bargpining chips". lihe Union, which represents more than 22,000 employees across…

… the 10 University of Cali- fornia campuses, has stated that it will release details about the strike sometime next week. Yale student group cam- paigns against divestment As Yale University prepares for…

… a Nov. 17 referendum regard- ing the university's policyon fossil-fuel investment, a new student group is arguing against potential divestment measures, The Yale Daily News reported Tuesday. Despite…

… the heavy support for divestment on campus, the Students for a Strong Endow- ment argues that the proposed measures could seta danger- ous precedent for university finances. While the group agrees with…

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… resume International is in charge of man- aging the $4 billion Victors workshop studies Q&A for Michigan campaign. In essence, he's selling Blue to WHAT: Geared toward stu- WHAT: Students consid- get the…

… instruction of his president, he had contacted the U.S., Rus- sia, the European Union, the United Nations and the Arab League to voice objections. "I informed them that if Israel implements this deci- sion…

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… surrounding the importance of idleness. Though some University students are busy working full-time jobs out of financial neces- sity, others choose being busy as a way to set themselves apart from the…

… from all over the world, including the world’s second-largest Arab and Muslim population outside of the Middle East (after Paris) and a growing Latino community. Refu- gee children from Central…

… each attack. The student movement at the University has won recently impor- tant victories for immigrant stu- dents — in-state tuition and a small scholarship pilot program that allotted $450…

…,000 for undocument- ed undergraduate students for the 2014-2015 year. But the conditions for undocumented immigrant and international students are still far from equal. The University must increase the…

… number of undocu- mented students. The University of California, Berkeley has taken important steps to open access and support for undocumented students by creating an undocumented student center to…

… provide financial aid, free legal aid and cover the legal filing fees to apply for DACA. Since the creation of the program, the numbers of undocu- mented students at UC Berkeley has doubled. The…

… University should fol- low Berkeley’s example. The schol- arship for undocumented students must be increased, expanded to include graduate students, and publi- cized to prospective students. Over- all, the…

… University must guarantee the continuation of the program. Both educational access and the safety of immigrant students must be a priority for the University. This means the University must publicly…

… revolutionaries in Arab garb fist- bumping their election to the White House - a caricature of those who really believe it. The controversy was that the targets of the caricature - and there was no shortage of them…

… fridge" Thanksgroovin' takeout container Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. after its State Theater descent to the Students $5, bottom Adults $8 of the trashcan is something we don't think twice about. Yet to those as…

… year, Groove stands as a selective and competitive student organization. In order to make the cut, one must be well versed in the various aspects of the musical creative process - playing, writing and…

… like Home Depot buckets as well," Sheu said. Though a four-year Groove performer, Sheu admits his favorite moment of each show is the audience's own rhythm of applause. Mbrings opera to students SMT…

…&D puts on a powerful, emotional performance By REBECCA GODWIN Daily Arts Writer For many college students, opera isn't the most appealing art form. Images of Viking helmets, sad Italian clowns and women in…

… Music, Theatre & Dance, the show was powerful, moving and far beyond a skeptical college student's expectations. The opera, which is based on a true story, revolves around Sister Helen Prejean as she…

… opera, which starts just before the pair's first face-to-face meeting and concludes shortly after De Rocher's execution. Sarah Coit, a graduate student studying vocal performance, played Sister. Helen…

… was actually upsetting and painful to watch as he was killed. There were a few other performances that really stuck out as well. Graduate student Angela Nieman, senior Nora Burgard, graduate student…

… it was impossible not to tear up at his grief. Graduate student Natasha Drake, who portrayed De Rocher's mother, also gave a powerful peformance as the loyal mother who refused, even at the very end…

… and thinking, and any show that can do that is a show worth seeing. BLACK STUDENT UNION I #BBUM one year anniversary Today marks the one year anniversary of #BBUM, Being Black at the University of…

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… bolstering local and state economies. "Our research enterprise is central to our mission as a pub- lic university, because the excel- lence of our scholarship is key to educating students at the fore- front of…

… down the regime!" and "erhal, erhal" - Arabic for "leave, leave" - rang out across the plaza, this time directed at Egypt's first freely elected president. The protests were sparked by edicts Morsi…

…. "Then we are in the face of the challenge between the supreme court and the presi- dency," said Nasser Amin, head of the Arab Center for the Inde- pendence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession. "We…

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… week (November 18,1962): At a lecture sponsored by the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution, Arthur Waskow, then- member of the Peace Research Institute in Washington, told Uni- versity students…

… that accidental nuclear war was a distinct possi- bility, the Daily reported. 25 years ago this week (November 25,1987): Students planned a protest of the Central Intelligence Agency during a campus…

… CIA presentation and chased its recruiters from the Modern Language Building, according to the Daily. Then-Graduate student Phillis Engelbert said-he was upset with the work of the CIA in toppling other…

… democratic governments and did not want them on campus. "I don't have a lot of sympathy for students who want interviews (with the CIA)," Engelbert said. "It's like asking, 'Don't you feel Nazis have the right…

… National Account Manager 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 charge…

… unknown person threw a rock at an open window, University Police Reported. A hole was made in the screen but the window was not damaged. Dr. Mary Ann Sevick on WHAT: Students of Associ- Type 2 Diabetes…

… from resi- dential areas. Late Monday it released footage it said showed was a miliant weapons depot hidden in a Gaza neighborhood. Egypt, the traditional media- tor between Israel and the Arab world…

… the Arab Spring, the response to Hurricane Sandy, the way that the govern- and three touchdowns, not to mention his three rushing touchdowns. He had tremendous pocket presence and his throws. were on…

… students entering the job market in the coming years. At the University's 60th annual Economic Outlook Conference on Thursday and Friday, economists of the Uni- versity's Research Seminar in Quantitative…

…. According to RSQE, national and state unemployment rates are expected to decline through the end of 2014, which could bode well for students seeking employment post-graduation. Michigan's unemployment rate is…

… and the same access," Costolo said. On a more serious note, Cos- tolo discussed Twitter's global relationship with governments and policy, a topic at the forefront of events such as the Arab Spring and…

… the world." LSA senior Wenjie Zhu, an international student from China, said he personally doesn't use Twitter because he isn't accustomed to having the oppor- tunity. "Honestly I just don't feel…

… accustomed to have a voice, that's how I feel about it," Zhu said. School of Information gradu- ate student Benjamin Olger said before the lecture that he was excited to hear what Costolo had to say about his…

… & Design senior Erica Neumann, a Land- mark resident. Despite the lack of promised amenities, Neu- mann and other students said the building is still enjoyable. "You could tell that it was built in a rush…

… public art with a parade of student- created papier-mache puppets that trot along Ann Arbor's streets. The resolution is requesting that Liberty Street - between South Ashley Street and South 4th Avenue…