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… story: a few cliché sentiments about being down on his luck and needing students to stop by so he can pay the bills. What I got instead was a chance to gain new insights on laissez-faire parenting…

…’s it.” The restaurant is a two- person operation. Last year, they employed a couple U-M students part-time, but now, since business is slower than usual, it’s just Choe and his wife, Yoon, running the…

… small business, we feel inspired by that.” Choe tells me he hopes that students will be smart and healthy during the pandemic, and empathize with one another. “Every student must… think (of) other…

… person first. Not ‘me,’” he says. *** When Choe describes his love of connecting with the students who eat at his restaurant, the skeptic in me thinks he might be trying to score some good press…

… for my story. But the student testimonies I’ve heard are enough to quell any suspicions I may have had. Engineering sophomore Webber Qu says, “Korean cuisine has always been one of my favorites so…

… Arabs and Muslims. The Bush Administration signed the Patriot Act, enabling heavy surveillance of Arab and Muslim populations in America. The Obama administration aided in the Yemen Civil War, which…

… the well- being of Arab and Muslims communities both in America and the Middle East. On Thursday, Feb. 25 the Biden administration ordered a military air- strike on Syria in retaliation for a recent…

…’ relentless and bipartisan militant involvement. Before a new COVID-19 relief bill was passed, before student loan forgiveness was issued, before minimum wage legislation, the United States made an attack…

… transformation dress for Elsa’s “Let It Go” number, the “drama mamas” that helped along the way, the backstage crew, composed of Arab and Muslim students — that make the show. “Casting should be…

…, independent, fashion forward woman — an idea which consequently inflicts harm on society, because we can’t all be a cosmo girl. Meet Amani Badran, a trailblazer for Arab and Muslim women…

…. and the Importance of Representation HIBA DAGHER MiC Columnist In Reel Bad Arabs, Jack Shaheen explored the portrayals of Arab and Muslim characters in film. After analyzing a thousand…

… different films from 1896 to 2000, he found that 12 films had positive depictions of Arabs and Muslims, 52 neutral, and 936 negative. And representations of Arabs and Muslims haven’t gotten better…

… Arabs and Arab Americans outside of the Middle East, the Dearborn Youth Theater program, is trying to change all of that. Director Rashid Beydoun, musical director Vanessa El-Zein and assistant…

… director Lisa Cronin work to encourage and include students of all backgrounds in their productions. In January, I attended the Dearborn Youth Theater’s production of Frozen Jr. Sitting there, in…

… Michigan students are comparing the positions of front-runners former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. on issues relating to higher education. Affordability of four…

…-year colleges and universities has been an important topic throughout the primary. Both candidates’ platforms include measures to increase affordability and reduce student loan debt, focusing heavily…

… on the expansion of Pell grants, a federal subsidy provided to students from low-income families. According to Biden’s published positions on higher education, Biden thinks college should…

… specifically towards low-income and middle-class students. Biden’s platform also says he wants to further loan forgiveness for people working in public service and continue programs such as the Public…

… Service Loan Forgiveness program, which forgives debt to students entering public- service related careers. His platform also discusses promoting an income-based student loan repayment plan and…

… protecting GI benefits for veterans and their families. LSA freshman Andrew Schaeffler, co-founder of Students for Biden at U-M, believes Biden’s policies on increasing Pell Grants would directly…

… impact University students by increasing access to education. GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 75 ©2020 The Michigan Daily N…

… JULIA FORREST Daily Staff Reporters Students compare 2020 candidates, policy positions on higher education ‘U’ political organizations discuss funding for public schools, community colleges…

… unable to vote.” EMMA RUBERG & FRANCESCA DUONG Daily Staff Reporters DESIGN BY HIBAH MIRZAl Bernie makes strong efforts to reach out among Muslim, Arab American communities EMMA RUBERG Daily Staff…

… extensive effort to reach out to the Muslim community, garnering large support. Arab American and Muslim groups on various social media platforms use #Muslims4Bernie and #InshallahBernie to show…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — 3 BIDEN From Page 1 He also said Biden’s plan for loan forgiveness would affect many students, especially those hoping to…

… colleges, universities and trade schools, as well as to cancel all student loan debt, expand the Pell grant program and triple funding for work-study programs. Porter Hughes, LSA freshman and co…

…-founder of Students for Bernie 2020 at the University, views Sanders’ plans as a way to increase the amount of middle- and working-class people who are pursuing higher education. He said he thinks it…

….” According to the University’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, 65 percent of current students identify as Caucasian. 15 percent identify as Asian American while a combined 12 percent identify as…

… on students with lower socioeconomic statuses. “I have a lot of friends who are only able to go to Michigan on financial aid,” Gordon said. “When it comes to paying rent in Ann Arbor and being…

… Student Aid processes and says the process is now easier to navigate, has better customer service and is more accessible to students. During his time as President, Trump has discussed making funding…

… never had. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, March 9, 2020 — 3A In the wake of the video of the student government president making anti-Palestinian, anti- Arab…

… executive would be the perfect place to test this theory. After all, CSG was meant to represent ALL the students of University of Michigan, and with a sizeable Arab and Palestinian population, I assumed…

… you are. I didn’t understand this as much until I was older, and I interacted with non-Arabs. Being asked “where you’re from” is already a stressor for most first- generation immigrants but every…

… I remained hopeful. I needed to remain hopeful. As a wide-eyed, freshman, student government intern, I decided a Central Student Government executive meeting between the interns and…

… inform me I had fucked up. You would think I said my favorite food was a Trump re-election. Later, I was told that if I wanted to talk about Palestine, the student government was not the place for me…

…, we’ve gone to the Michigan Africans, we’ve gone to BSU (Black Student Union), we’ve gone to the Arab Student Association and we’ve had conversations with them. We have already taken that leap by…

…Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Design by Kate Shen Graduate students at the Univer- sity of Michigan…

… School of Social Work walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered on the Diag to rally for Payments for Placements (P4P). This is a student campaign demanding that the Uni- versity begin…

… compensating Master of Social Work (MSW) students for their internship work; around 80 members of the campus commu- nity attended the walkout. In 2017, MSW students, Social Work alumni and social workers…

… started a petition calling for fair compensation for their field work. Most recently in January, MSW students submitted a petition with over 300 student signatures to Social Work Dean Joseph Himle and…

… Social Work Education requires that MSW students across the U.S. complete 900 hours of field work during their master’s program. SSW spokeswoman Lisa Raycraft confirmed that at the University, non…

…-advanced standing MSW stu- dents must complete 912 hours of field work to get their degree. How- ever, MSW students with advanced standing — those who come into the University with a BSW — only have to complete…

… week.” Other students within the Social Work School shared Abraham’s frustration. A survey conducted by the P4P leaders found that 83% of respondents worked additional jobs on top of the required…

… helps protect workers’ rights. Fischer empha- sized that the field work is primarily intended to academically support the MSW program by providing students with hands-on experience before receiving…

… their degree. “Students are unlicensed pro- fessionals and would not be able to engage in MSW-level work,” Fisch- er wrote. “Field placements also provide opportunities for students to discover new…

… restricted Chinese immigration to the US. In Fall 2019, racial justice groups at the University — including the United Asian American Organizations, La Casa and the Arab Student Association…

… creating something new with the present. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2021 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available…

… Media Editors: Kirti Aplash, Natalie Knight, Ria Dubey, Ryan Postman, Evan DeLorenzo, Atticus Raasch, Bella Morreale Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109…

… by the current Phoenix class obtained by The Daily March 1. The society, which formerly went by the name Adara, has been in existence since 1979. Senior Phoenix members usually “tap” students…

… protestors from the Students of Color Coalition occupied the seventh floor of the Union, the organization’s former meeting place, for more than a month. According to The Daily’s reporting at the time…

…. “Adara/Phoenix has helped the leadership path of many underserved and underrepresented constituencies at the University of Michigan,” Hecker wrote. “The current classes of students on…

… students, leaders, and community.” Daily Staff Reporter Brooke Van Horne can be reached at brookevh@ umich.edu. RYAN LITTLE/Daily The secret society Pheonix has reportedly voted to discontinue the…