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…OBH is not the first Arab fraternity in the nation. However, Elharake said the founders of OBH decided to create their own fraternity so they could build the traditions of the group…

…” in Arabic, each member then revealed his name and pledged to support his fellow brothers. Many of the members introduced themselves through rap. Ahmad Saad, Business senior and OBH brother, said…

… after the University’s first Arab sorority, Epsilon Alpha Sigma Empowered Arab Sisterhood, introduced its first pledge class in a reveal show held in Angell Hall. EAS, which has chapters at…

… several other universities, is the first Arab sorority in the nation. Silan Fadlallah, LSA junior and president of EAS, said it was important for her sorority to attend OBH’s reveal show because EAS…

… had received support from the University’s Arab community at their own debut performance. “We’re here to show solidarity and support them, because we were the first Arab sorority to come to the…

… applications for Fall 2019. Elharake said his work with this campaign and his decision to found OBH reflect his desire to bring awareness to the Arab identity on campus. “Every year, I see Arab men…

… create, with the founding fathers, a peer-to- peer structure for Arab men to mentor each other.” Fadlallah echoed Elharake’s statement and said organizations like EAS and OBH aim to draw attention…

… to the presence of a distinctly Arab identity at the University and around the country. “The Arab identity as a race is often unrecognized and goes unrecognized because we don’t have a checkbox…

… checkbox and, within that, the Arab identity.” Throughout the performance, the recruits referred to themselves as lions, the symbol of the fraternity. According to Elharake, the symbolism harkens…

… Daily, Elharake said the members of OBH and the Arab community at the University embody the history of the Asiatic lions. “Their story has become our story,” Elharake said. “For decades, most…

….com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 25, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Students, faculty reflect on political climate, law First Arab fraternity on campus hosts show…

…’s first Arab sorority, and the Multi- Ethnic Student Association held a banquet to raise money for Syrian refugees through Friends of Kayany, a non-profit that supports education for Syrian children…

…In late February, Kaplan Test Prep released their annual law school admissions officers survey, an analysis that attempts to measure student interest in attending law school. After years…

… decision to attend law school. Anthony Coloca, Kaplan’s director of pre-law programs, was confident their findings were more than circumstantial. In a second survey of law school students…

… Student Association, Taiwanese Student Association and Michigan Taiwanese Student Associations, the event featured a variety of Taiwanese food and street games from the streets of Taiwan’s famous…

… Keelung Miaokou Night Market. Elton Lin, an Engineering freshman who helped organize the event, said the event aimed to celebrate Taiwanese culture as well as to bring different Taiwanese student…

… organization’s first student loan ombudsman — helping to establish federal guidelines that dictate policy and management of student loans and for-profit colleges. He was confirmed as an FTC commissioner…

…, provide mentors with common experiences Friday night, the founding line of Omega Beta Eta, the University of Michigan’s first Arab fraternity, revealed their pledge class with a performance on…

… Line, simply to go to work every day. Palestinian and Arab-American students alike here at the University of Michigan possess a care for the rights of their people and showcased this through the…

… Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ashley Zhang Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann…

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

… are so daunting that it is hard to know how to start trying to fight them. This Friday’s Global Climate Strike may be the last, best chance we have to broadcast student voices around climate…

… action. The Global Climate Strike is being led by high school students around the world. This wave of activism began with Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist, who has skipped school…

… every Friday since August to demand the Swedish Parliament uphold its commitments to the Paris agreement. Her movement has spread around the world, and tens of thousands of students will be…

… leaders; it is led by high school students inciting grassroots organizing around the world. Our claims have more urgency and more authority now than they did four years ago. This strike is also…

…’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, tasked with recommending emissions goals for the University. The commission’s members need to know that students recognize the existential threat climate change…

… institutions or representatives to continue slow-walking the process of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Our futures are at stake. Alone, we are just a bunch of college students yelling…

…. But our voices are made more powerful in conjunction with the tens of thousands of students striking with us. Let’s play hooky MARIA ULAYYET | COLUMN We must come back to our true roots on…

…“And also staff who work directly with students in res (sic) life… especially directors of halls close to the incident, they didn’t receive those calls. But the (IT employee) I know on staff…

… doesn’t work directly with students at all and they received that phone call. That was upsetting for me.” On North Campus, LSA freshman Alexandra Dortzbach was in Bursley Residence Hall when…

… people being wounded and stuff like that. It was very hard to know what was actually happening.” Ashur expressed the University’s alert system especially affects the Arab and Muslim community and…

… general statement of ‘Everyone has suffered, here’s some counseling.’ But people who were struggling to hold onto their identity of Arab, Muslim, and American … University of Michigan is not…

… lead that group automatically, otherwise panic will ensue,” Zrikem said. “I don’t think it should be expected of me — as a random student — to know where a safe space is in all of my school…

… buildings. That’s just not reasonable, and it would just be a lot to expect out of students, so at least employees should have that.” An FBI study found the majority of shootings last less than five…

… said she thought the “Run, Hide, Fight” portion of this alert lacked clarification, especially since some students may not have understood the instructions given without context. “The (Run…

…) were in a group chat with a lot of students in it, and a lot of the responses in the chat were like ‘What does ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ even mean?’” Currently, DPSS requires students to watch an…

… has been discussing further mandatory training, but brought up the point that students may be less interested in required courses. She highlighted DPSS’ capable guardian course — a training…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, March 25, 2019 FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109…

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… surprised and upset about — that parents were buying their students’ spots paying someone else to take their tests, that schools were letting their athletic directors work without almost any…

… teachers of mine that sixth grade students were crying about a B because it might hurt their chance to get into Harvard. Whatever else that is, it is also wrong beyond words. This much stress only…

… this school too. Part of what makes these degrees so valuable is that the supply is so low. According to Bloomberg, in 1999, Harvard’s full-time undergraduate enrollment was roughly 6,816 students…

…. Turn the clock forward to 2017 and it was a grand total of 6,699 students. For the sake of comparison, in 1999 there were around 6 billion people in the world and in 2017 there were 7…

… by 25 percent and the Harvard undergraduate enrollment dropped about 2 percent. In addition to this, the number of students who applied to college grew as well. All of this is a polite way…

… Brothers and the like at the stake. I think we have found a reason to value these elite degrees a lot less because we do not know which students had their entrance and admission paid for and which…

… students actually earned theirs. There will be more suspicion of those degrees in years to come, and that is good. This is because having a Harvard degree doesn’t mean you’re a decent person or you…

… being a false alarm, students were instinctively preparing for the worst. The second that an initial report went out, and before the University or the Division of Public Safety and Security or any…

… Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomaino Erin White Ashley Zhang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann…

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

…, their campaign with platform planks is no longer available online. This makes it difficult to hold the newly elected leaders accountable for the various promises made to students. The year…

… before, we saw negligent initiatives yield a Campus Affordability Guide that was out of touch with the needs of lower-income students. Furthermore, the Engage Michigan Party, and their platform…

… underdeveloped. For example, when discussing affordability, they advocate providing access to public microwaves on campus. While this may save students from buying food by allowing them to bring their…

… to substantiate the claim that increasing access to microwaves is a legitimate means to solve the problem of food insecurity that is endemic to many students across campus. The weak and indirect…

… university officers and student organizations to build a plan that addresses the specific needs of the university and lays out clear and concise action items.” Yet, Engage Michigan chooses to not…

…-hearted and personable elements of the campaign, we want students on campus to vote for candidates who warrant respect and exhibit professionalism in their campaign and their role. So instead of…

… on campus, which we’ve seen much of this year. For example, in September they passed their Buses to Ballots resolution encouraging students to vote. However, because the entire campus is…

… allowed to vote for CSG’s leaders, it elevates their importance above other equally or more effective organizations. While we don’t discourage students from voting this week, we hope they see CSG…