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…, Muslim American, Latina, I had access to Latino studies classes that were meaningful to me, but in order to learn about Arabs or Muslims, a student — which is common at many universities — would take…

… help students thrive in the very difficult world that we’re living in, and also an academic home for Arab and Muslim students on campus, and it’s also been very rewarding to work with them on…

… am also proud to leave with the Arab and Muslim American studies program in such a strong position and to have contributed something to this campus that some students find meaningful and who will…

…by Islamophobia and Islamophobic incidents on campus. Alsultany is also known for her book “Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11,” published in 2012, and for…

… her work co-editing “Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging” and “Between the Middle East and the Americas: The Cultural Politics of Diaspora.” At an event celebrating…

… the scholarship of Alsultany last Thursday, several students, colleagues and faculty members spoke about their experiences working with Alsultany. Aside from her academic accolades, the…

… panelists spoke of Alsultany’s work to expand and improve campus prayer rooms, her role in arranging a closed town hall meeting for Middle Eastern, North African and Muslim students following the murder…

… of three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in February 2015, her advocacy for the ME/NA box to be included on all University forms that require demographic…

… community and nationally, and most importantly, to our students individually and collectively,” Horton said. Law student Areeba Jibril said through Alsultany’s course, “From Harems to Terrorists,” she…

… imagined it would be this way, and what has been the most rewarding? The seed was planted when I was an undergraduate student here in the early 1990s and it was planted through the classes that I took…

… one of the only Arab women in the Ross School of Business.” In honor of World AIDS Day, the National Council for Negro Women, the Black Student Union and Creatives of Color presented the HIV…

…, Michigan Monday, December 3, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM First Arab sorority EAS forms ‘U’ chapter Students, community remember victims of California shooting HANNAH…

…Around 8:12 p.m. Friday, the Epsilon Alpha Sigma Sorority, is the University of Michigan’s first Arab sorority, dubbed the Empowered Arab Sisterhood, revealed its first class of new…

… recruits. The seven girls recruited, the “Al-Afdal line,” marched into Auditorium D in Angell Hall, yelling “We’re the girls of Arab countries!” in Arabic. As the girls were revealed, a founding…

… member of the sorority’s chapter at the University removed a pink bandana from each girl’s eyes and wrapped a flag from their country of origin around her shoulders. Arab music blared as…

… Monologues Sunday night to teach students and faculty about the disease that affects millions of people around the world. The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and the University of Michigan…

… night continued with various performances from students and faculty. Michigan state Senate Republicans voted to scale back minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, S.B. 1171 and 1175 last…

… SIEGEL/Daily Students gather on the Diag for a vigil to remember the victims of the Borderline shooting Saturday afternoon. CAMPUS LIFE Epsilon Alpha Sigma, reveals new class of recruits Friday…

… Borderline” and “Never Again”, approximately 20 University of Michigan students, faculty and community members congregated on the Diag for a vigil Saturday afternoon in honor of those lost to gun…

… National Council for Negro Women, the Black Student Union and Creatives of Color Sunday night. HIV Monologues aims to educate, erase stigmas surrounding diagnosis University Black Student Union and…

… opportunity at the University of Southern California in just a few days. Alsultany has played a prominent role on campus since her days as a student in the 1990s. Alsultany attended the University…

… as an undergrad, attended Stanford University as a graduate student and returned to the University of Michigan as a faculty member in 2005. Now an Arthur F. Thurnau professor and an…

… associate professor in the Department of American Culture, Alsultany’s most significant role has been as co-founder and outgoing director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program…

…. Alsultany has taught courses in the department including “From Harems to Terrorists: Representing the Middle East in Hollywood Cinema,” “Introduction to Arab American Studies,” “Islamophobia” and…

… “Why Do They Hate US?: Perspectives on 9/11”. Throughout her tenure, Alsultany has been a leader in establishing AMAS — one of only three programs in the country to focus on Arab- American…

… identity — and collaborating with others to create the Islamophobia Working Group — a group of students, faculty and staff dedicated to advising the University administration on how to make campus…

…’ second highest in hate crimes of universities surveyed CHRISTINE MONTALBANO/Daily Longtime Arab and Muslim mentor leaving the ‘U’ for new position at USC ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor-in-Chief FBI, UMPD…

… Overton, the upsurge in reported hate crimes could also indicate that more students are familiar with and willing to report hate crimes. “As with most other jurisdictions, especially college…

… community,” Overton said. “I cannot speak on comparison to other schools.” ZAYNA SYED Daily Staff Reporter The University of Michigan released revisions to its policies on student sexual…

… Arab, Zionist identities Egyptian activist, imprisoned during Arab Spring, talks Israel advocacy By RIYAH BASHA Daily Staff Reporter About 30 students gathered in the Trotter Multicultural…

… potential of Caribbean studies and the sugar industry. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: 100 Hatcher Graduate Library Student quartet recital WHAT…

…: Students will perform songs from a variety of different composers in this quartet recital. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium…

… should be admitted or not — uncon- stitutional. That’s because a minority student with the same grid scores as a white student could make the cut due solely to race. The grid system had already…

… been replaced in 1998 in favor of a point selection index. The selection index system awarded applicants points based on a variety of criteria, including race. When a student earned more points…

… unconstitutional. In a separate case, the court ruled the University Law School’s narrow use of race as one of many factors in selecting a class of students. But by 2006, Michigan residents voted to ban the…

… use of affirmative action in admissions. — TIMOTHY COHN Student holiday art show WHAT: Student prints, drawings, ceramics and metal work will be for sale. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today…

… Center on Sunday to hear from Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, an Arab Zionist who discussed his experience living in Egypt during the Arab Spring. Mansour, now an assistant professor of Hebrew Studies…

…,” he said. “U of M has a unique regional responsibility to implement the ME/NA identity category.” Engineering junior Bassel Salka, co-president of the Arab Student Association, echoed…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, December 8, 2017 — 3 safe. Safety is critical to students, and I’m thinking about the ones who came here for the first time, thinking they…

…,” Wilson said. “This is simply unsafe, and careless to have someone here who could, in reality, start a riot.” LSA senior Anushka Sarkar, president of Central Student Government, presented a petition…

… opposing a potential speech from Spencer, saying it received more than 5,000 signatures from students. She said a similar petition circulated among alumni had received more than 6…

…,200 signatures. “I echo thousands of students and community members when I say we will not be safe if he and his followers come to our campus,” Sarkar said. “Richard Spencer should not be accommodated…

….” Social Work student Lawrielle West said the issue was bigger than just Richard Spencer’s presence on campus, but extended to white supremacy at the University in general. “Some might say…

… torn between the First Amendment right — which is not and never has been equity-distributed to all — and student safety, which should not be limited to physical, but psychological and mental…

… students who feel that they are being left in the dark on a lot of issues circling around campus,” she said. According to a Thursday press release from attorney Kyle Bristow, a representative…

… for Georgia State University student Cameron Padgett who is making these requests on behalf of Spencer, the University had already offered four dates — Nov. 29 and 30 and Dec. 27 and 28 — as…

… to do something about it,” Birkowski said. “These are people with advanced degrees and often a lot of debt. … Lecturers bend over backwards for their students and you literally give them the…

… Uni- versity's Hillel on Tuesday Palestinian conflict, Arab Spring focus of sraeli diplomat's visit Five students will win $1,000 scholarships paid for by CSG By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily Staff Reporter In…

… SA CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT Take UM Abroad program to help finance student travel Roey Gilad, Israel's counsel general to the Midwest, discusses Middle Eastern policy as it relates to Israel at the…

… an effort to increase the global impact of University stu- dents, Central Student Govern- ment has created "Take UM Abroad," a new program that will award five $1,000 scholarships to students studying…

… abroad next semester. LSA freshman Nicole Mott, the program's director, called the program a method of "stamping your 'M' on the globe." "A lot of times students go abroad and they think, 'Oh, what am I…

… Gilad's address focused on the effects of the'Arab Spring on the state of Israel and the possibility of peace agreements between the Palestinians and Israel, in which he emphasized the need for a two…

…?” So a lot of the work I’ve done on campus has been through students asking me to accompany them to meetings that they are having. I see myself as an advocate for Arab, Muslim students, ME…

… in some way, because students pointed out that it is orientalist and militaristic and Arabic language is not taught in the same way as other languages. … Students have been working on this…

… is extraordinary.” Office for Institutional Equity investigator, a case manager from the Office for Student Conflict Resolution will be present when meeting with either one of the students…

… itself. The changes will be put into place beginning Jan. 9. In order to comply with the Sixth Circuit’s decision, the new policy also includes an option for students to question both each other…

… to convince the accuser to back down and drop the charges, because after that happens, a lot of people are already in an emotionally distressed state.” Students will additionally no longer be…

… difficult job, but did it well. He did, however, also say he was worried about how the new Sixth Circuit driven changes to the misconduct policy would impact students going forward. “I think the…

… of this legal limitation to support students that come forward with claims of misconduct to hopefully make sure they still feel comfortable.” In conjunction with changes to the sexual…

… misconduct policy, the University has also updated its policy on faculty and student relationships. advocating for a multicultural lounge. Can you come with us to a meeting with V.P. Harper?” And I say…

…, sure I’ll come to the meeting. Or, students came to me and said, “We’re receiving hate mail because of this American Sniper controversy. We’re having a meeting with President Schlissel — will…

…/NA-identified students, who are often not part of diversity, equity and inclusion conversations. So my motivation has been to help create an environment at the University for marginalized students to thrive and…

… van, he wrote that three vans have been enough to cover student demand. SafeRide is generally requested a thousand times per month and increases during the month of November when the weather…

… Undergraduate Library. State Street Ride functions as another service, transporting students to the South State Street Commuter, and runs from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday. Diane Brown…

… not finalized. Students have also been planning programs similar to SafeWalk, independently organizing walking systems and providing support to others after hours. Emma Kaye, an LSA…

… felt like it became more about safety in general on campus rather than only about sexual assault.” Trump’s win sparked negative reactions from many University students over worries about his…

… campaign rhetoric, with multiple student protests on campus in the weeks following his victory. University President Mark Schlissel appeared at one of the events, applauding University students…

… few weeks after the election. The volunteers, she explained, had 30-minute shifts and worked in teams of two, with both male and female students in the pair. On their first night, she said, the…

… group walked about 25 students home, the majority of them female. “One of the greatest responses we got was from a guy who came and volunteered and what he said encompassed everything we wanted…

…4A- Monday, December 12, 2011 4 The Michigan Daily -michigandaily.com 4A MoaD e r 20T haDy mha ilycm i Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann…

… be essential in answering the question of what it is to be human. Kaan Avdan is an LSA freshman Over the pastcouple ofyears,therehas beenincreased curiosity and speculation about SAFE - Students…

… Allied for Freedom & Equality - and what it stands for. Simply put, SAFE is a diverse group of student activists at the University organized to promote justice, human rights, liberation and self…

… our campus. When Ishmael Khaldi, a top adviser to Israeli For- eign Minister Avigdor Lieberman came to campus, many student activists were offended by the fact that the University, which prides itself…

… Haaretz, Lieberman said that Palestin- ian prisoners should be drowned in the Dead Sea, and he would provide the buses to take them there. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Lieberman said Arabs and…

… Jews must be separated in order to achieve peace in the Middle East. "Israel's 1.25 million Arab minority was a 'problem' which required 'separation' from the Jewish state," according to an article in…

… spoke about Arabs in Israel and the greatprivileges they enjoy, yet the peo- ple who Khaldi claims to represent (Arab Bedouins) are being expelled from their land. Khaldi seems to travel as a mouthpiece…

…-determi- nation and freedom from a brutal occupation. Our mission statement emphasizes that we are a student organization contributing to the campus com- munity as social justice advocates. Nowhere within our…

… Palestinian people. In October, 30 SAFE members attended the first national Students for Justice in Palestine conference at Columbia University. The conference was endorsed by many national activists, including…

… Ali Abunimah, Noam Chomsky and Cornel West. Members from the more than 140 schools represented voted on points of unity: Students for Justice in Palestine is a student orga- nization that works in…

… (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 to all readers. Additional copies may…

… Haritos Tuesday evening, Central Student Government President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, and CSG Vice President Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy senior, sent a school-wide email condemning…

… neo-Nazi and white supermacist Richard Spencer’s potential visit to the University of Michigan campus. Fearing an unsafe atmosphere on campus, Sarkar and Jawad asked students to sign a petition…

… statement reads. “We are looking to you to protect your constituents, your community, and your paying stakeholders against this violence.” Safety has been one of the biggest concerns for students…

… and professors on campus regarding Spencer. At last week’s CSG meeting, social justice group By Any Means Necessary asked the student assembly to condemn Spencer’s visit. Sarkar, however, said…

… looking for a fight.” 2A — Wednesday, December 6, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CSG leaders send statement, push students to unite against Spencer CSG President Anushka Sarkar, VP…

…4 - Friday, December 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 - Friday, December 9, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom W I iigan Batil Edited and managed by students at the…

…- prepared students are for real life. In Marion Brady's Dec. 5 blog, "When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids," she writes about the experi- ence of one of her longtime friends, Rick Roach. Roach…

…. Similar to the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests for the state of Michi- gan, the FCAT is used to determine schools' accountability while also assess student preparedness for the next grade…

… isn't_ that standardized tests are too hard or that students who do poorly are stupid or lazy, but the style of ques- tioning on the tests is obscure and abstract. The types of questions asked and the…

… criteria for passing or failing seems tobe arbitrary at best. And, as Roach says, much of the concepts - especially in the math portion - that students are tested on will not be applicable in most college…

… funding to schools? State tests don't accurately reflect academic ability. Standardized test scores play a large role in determining schools' reputations and in gauging wheth- er students are or aren…

… that standardized tests don't accurately reflect a students' true abilities. Roach's experiment shows that the tests don't relate to how the real world functions either. And yet, they continue to shape…

…, many Jewish students - including40 from the University -will depart on Birthright trips to Israel, celebrating their connection to a land that has been home to both Jews and Palestinians for thousands of…

… in East Jerusalem illustrates the challenge of aligning our experience with those values. The Sumarins are a Palestinian family living in Silwan, a predominantly Arab neighborhood in the Old City of…

… Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com MELANIE KRUVELIS and ADRIENNE ROBERTS MATT SLOVIN EDITORIAL PAGE…

… views of their authors. Ree valuatingevaluation~s Centralizing course information has benefits for professors and students s the fall semester comes to a close, it's open season for course evaluations…

…. An obvious disconnect exists between stu- dents and faculty about of the importance of these evaluations. Professors and graduate student instructors need to make it explic- itly clear how essential…

… students' feedback is to improving the course. Professors should set aside time at the end of the final class to give students the opportunity to complete the evaluation, which would highlight the impor…

…- tance of student opinions. Faculty should also ensure that stu- dents can ,see how their feedback may affect instruction changes in the future. For instance, professors should e-mail students after…

… responses have been read, acknowledg- ing common criticisms and praises for the course, and describing planned improve- ments. Providing students with informa- tion about how their evaluations are utilized…

…. Evaluations also need to be documented in an online database that is easily accessible to students. A consolidated resource would allows students to consider the evaluation of their peers when they navigate…

… only when non-Arabs are involved.” Graduate student instructor Elizabeth Walz spoke against all study-abroad programs located in Israel, claiming they contribute to the violation of Palestinian…

… move forward with creating your carbon neutrality taskforce, I strongly encourage you to engage students, especially undergraduate students, in this endeavor,” Stults said. “I also encourage…

… you to think about engaging youth, these are the next generation of leaders.” Moving on to conversations around the University’s relationship with the state of Israel, Rackham student…

… letter of recommendation for a student wishing to study abroad in Israel. The University’s decision to admonish Cheney-Lippold stirred discussion on campus regarding the role of faculty’s academic…

… freedoms in regards to their students. Following Cheney-Lippold’s punishment, Provost Martin Philbert appointed a faculty panel to investigate these issues, though the group has been criticized as…

… resolutions in the past. Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, a group of students promoting social justice and human rights of Palestinians, brought the original resolution, which sought to divest…

… funds from companies committing human rights violations against Palestinians in Israel, to the forefront of University conversation over the past decade and a half. Last year, Central Student…

… Government passed the divestment resolution for the first time ever, joining student governments on the Flint and Dearborn campuses in their support. However, a majority of the regents refused to…

… consider SAFE’s call for a committee to investigate the University’s investments, releasing an online statement on the matter weeks after the resolution. U-M Dearborn student Susan Yaseen spoke of a…

… lack of support Palestinian students felt from the University on its Dearborn campus. Yaseen also expressed disappointment in the University’s handling of the resolution for divestment. “We…

… American interests. Public Policy graduate student Mathew Rigdon told The Daily after the event he enjoyed listening to Shirk’s analysis of the geopolitical situation between the United States and…

… the advantages of our system,” Shirk said. RELATIONS From Page 1A From engaging with students on North Campus in advocacy for resource improvements, to hydrating the student body each…

… President, I want to assure the student body that our commitment always resides in creating an environment where students can be successful and pursue continued betterment of our campus…

…,” Gerstein’s statement continues. “I have no doubt that the candidate selected will do just that.” The Assembly also approved Law student Henry Zurn as chief justice of the Central Student Judiciary…

… of CSJ members. “The Central Student Judiciary has had some problems in the past with turnover and continuity, so it’s particularly important that in this last round of confirmations, we had…

… Thursday during a routine traffic stop in the coliseum's parking lot. A student at a nearby college who police said shot Crouse was found dead after- ward of a self-inflicted gunshot wound…

… five families from Dearborn, Mich., a Detroit suburb with a large Muslim and Arab-American population. A state senator from Southern California said Sunday he was considering calling for a boycott…

… SACUA last week - is i portant.sth e areZ entities on campus a empoy people who deal with minors - including high school students and small children - for day camps, day care, sports pro- grams and music…

… camps. Earlier in the meeting, Slot- tow mentioned that in Cole- man's e-mail regarding the Penn State scandal, which was sent to all students and faculty on Nov. 15, included was a link to an anonymous…

… educa- ra af rlyw1980s tden rrhr tion among low-income students. "One of the things that is an important difference is (the) gap in high-school graduation," Bai- r ley said. "You're not going to do fpmle…

… d w rddcom- well in college if you don't have ed tce < <arly200s a good education going into col- lege."2 While the number of students graduating from college has Thepercentmoreofhigh-income increased…

… among low-income female students who graduated com families and high-income fami- pared tomen in the ear ly1980s lies, Bailey and Dynarski found that growth in university gradu- same schools (and) they…

…-income college students in distribution goingto bad schools, the early 1980s with those in the so why is it that girls in those early 2000s, Bailey and Dynar- environments are doing so much ski found an 18-percent…

… increase better? This has to be something in the graduation rate. For about how girls respond to the low-income students assessed same environments differently, across the same time period, the or boys and…

… putting too much pres- Bailey said. sure on women to succeed and Bailey and Dynarsaki also holding men back. found that among incoming col- The study does not indicate lege students from high-income how the…

… matter expertise.” Speakers at the rally also addressed the recent student protests, as LEO recently released its own statement in opposition to allowing Spencer to speak on campus. Hoi An Pham, an…

… further shown support toward students regarding the recent campus climate,” Pham said. “Their call to student safety is one that the entire administration has ignored, and it says something that…

… the lecturers are willing to prioritize us as students when the administration, all of whom have job security, cannot.” LEO Ann Arbor co-chair Shelley Manis said LEO and the student…

… organizations that make up the Stop Spencer coalition agree white supremacy should not have a platform at the University. “It may seem like we have two separate purposes, LEO and the student orgs, and in…

… a way we do, and at the same time, we feel like it’s our job at LEO to keep white supremacy out of this campus,” she said. “We 100 percent support the student orgs who are doing everything they…

… can to be heard and we want to amplify them, and we very much appreciate them amplifying us.” Robinson emphasized the need ensure student safety. He also discussed how the Republican tax bill…

… student’s interests and talents. The bills, proposed by state Sens. Peter Macgregor, R-Rockford, and Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, were written following the Michigan Career Pathways Alliance…

… recommendations that were announced last summer. “Senate Bills 684 and 685 are the culmination of years of work and I’m proud to be a part of yet another step in getting students the resources they need…

… of a group of students protesting Trump’s election. They hold signs declaring Trump a racist. A man approaches them and asks them to name Trump’s sins. The first sin that comes out of a…

… girls by the pussy and his lie that Arabs celebrated the destruction of the World Trade Center — these are indefensible. His claim that Judge Gonzalo Curiel couldn’t fairly adjudicate a case against…

… persevere. We must speak out. ROLAND DAVIDSON LAURA SCHINAGLE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of…

…-La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art," of famed art collector Doris Duke. Then, Christiane Gruber, asso- ciate professor of Islamic art, who recently organized a sympo- sium onthe art of the Arab Spring…

…, suspects say Detroit Free Press obtains statements of arrested S.C. men ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Two suspects in the fatal shoot- ing of a University of Michigan medical student say they sneaked into Paul De…

… was asking what was going on," the detective testified. She said Jones told investigators that the third suspect "pulled out a handgun and pointed it" at the medical student and "ordered DeWolf not to…

… Hasan, Arabic food... but make it vegan White-washed ELIZABETH HO MiC Columnist I don’t like the term “white- washed” as it is applied to people of color. Sure, we can say that Hollywood is white…

… erupted with the nascent Umbrella Revolution. Led by activist Joshua Wong and his student organization Scholarism, the protests consisted of the 79-day peaceful occupation of Central, an important…

… to my culture. They believed that a vegan diet meant I could no longer enjoy my mom’s Arabic cooking and that it would take away from my “Arab-ness.” All of these negative views of veganism are…

… rooted in an innocent lack of knowledge, so in an attempt to combat that ignorance I will share some of my favorite Arabic vegan dishes that both sustain me and keep me in touch with my roots! This…

… vegan Arabic dishes does not end here. There are so many vegan options in this cuisine, and even more options in other cuisines as well. Vegan food exists everywhere, you just have to look for it…

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… in a country where change is possible even if ordinary citizens are leading the charge. In one of my classes, we watched videos of the protests of the Arab Spring in Egypt, seeing thousands…

…ACROSS 1 “The Jungle Book” villain 10 Character in the comic “Mutts” 15 Stubborn 16 Howe’er 17 Mutton dish 18 Title from the Arabic for “master” 19 Litter call 20 Orchestra sect. 21 Electric guitar…

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