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…-mails obtained by the Daily sent Tuesday to listservs for various student organizations — including Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, the Middle East and Arab Network, the Arab Students Asso- ciation…

… broader educational issues By ALYSSA BRANDON and LAURA SCHINAGLE Summer Managing News Editor and Summer Editor in Chief In an e-mail to Ross School of Business students Monday, Business School…

… programs Davis-Blake helped create have diversified opportunities for undergraduate Business students to prepare for the increasingly global workforce. “She has lead a complete revamp of the BBA…

… the Ross School of Business, announces the graduation of business students at Spring Com- mencement at Michigan Stadium on May 2. See DEAN, Page 3 Students request meeting in response to Harbaugh…

…’s tweet supporting the film By LAURA SCHINAGLE Summer Editor in Chief Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh met with Middle East- ern, North African, Muslim and South Asian students in a private…

…, the South Asian Awareness Network, Michigan Pakistanis, and Muslim, Lebanese, Malaysian and Persian students — announced plans for the meeting. The e-mails said several students requested the…

… in June 2016 Coach Jim Harbaugh meets with students on ‘American Sniper’ CAMPUS LIFE See MEETING, Page 3 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM …

… a student petition that raised concerns about how the film portrays Arabs, Muslims, the Middle East and North Africa. However, following another student-generated petition call- ing for the…

…’s actions, Muslim and Arab students reported harass- ment and death threats. The University ultimately screened “American Sniper” and “Paddington” simultaneously at UMix. The e-mails, which were sent…

… Advisory Committee is discussing a new curriculum and training for medical school students that would bring together science and practice. The new curriculum would allow students to learn material…

… through hands-on experience rather than learning through lecture and discussion. “For example, instead of learning about disease, students will check the heart and see how disease func- tions in…

… University to reverse this decision, E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, issued a statement April 8 say- ing, “the initial decision was not consistent with the high value the University of…

… Michigan places on freedom of expression and our respect for the right of students to make their own choices in such matters.” Throughout the week’s dis- cussions about the film and the University…

… by the student who launched a petition in April calling for the University to cancel the sched- uled screening, said the coach was invited to talk with students about the screening “and get a…

…,775 times and favorited 38,305 times. Approximately 15 students, Harper and Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett attended the meeting Wednesday. Administrators and student organizers requested the…

… is allo- cated toward implementing the program in classes across campus and teaching instructors how to use it in their classrooms. Fishman said gameful learning gives the students the opportu…

…- nity to feel a stronger connection with the material they are learn- ing. “We use the term gameful to describe courses that are intend- ed to maximize students’ feelings of autonomy — the ability to…

…UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND FACULTY COALITION FOR ETHNIC STUDIES | MICHIGAN IN COLOR On Monday, April 11, more than 100 students and faculty members gathered in the Michigan League for The…

… Future of Ethnic Studies, a teach-in organized by a broad coalition of graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Michigan. The goals of the event were to develop interest and…

… this campus diverse remain a central feature of the curriculum. The event on Monday was the product of several years of faculty and student activism. This vision for this event is shaped by the…

… graduate students in the Asian/ Pacific Islander American Studies Program in the department of American Culture. In the past few years, seven faculty members have left the A/PIA Studies Program, and…

… asks for our units to do the labor of educating a largely white and affluent student body of issues on race and ethnicity. The lack of support for ethnic studies is apparent both inside and outside…

… the classroom — faculty of color are departing this institution in droves; graduate students are continuously invalidated by their departments if their work addresses issues of race, gender…

…. The macro and the micro cannot be separated. The lack of institutional support for classes that address issues of difference and identity is reflected in the interactions between students and…

… faculty that leave people of color fearful and tired of every-day acts of racism. This is not the first time students have gathered out of concern for ethnic studies. In 2008, graduate and…

… undergraduate students organized the Campus Lockdown teach-in, an event protesting the lack of institutional support for recruiting and retaining a critical number of faculty in ethnic studies, women…

… Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. I attended Commencement to support the seniors in my life who’ve taught me…

… administrations now bow to pressure groups and shield students from these ideas through ‘safe spaces,’ ‘code words’ and ‘trigger warnings’ is, in my view, a terrible mistake,” Bloomberg stated after…

… from those who hold different views.” As an Arab-American on this campus, I’ve been to several and can attest to the difficult conversations that occur with individuals from all backgrounds…

… privileged groups’ comfort at the marginalized groups’ expense. While I was left with a bitter taste on my tongue, Bloomberg did have some positive messages in his speech — urging students to get…

… salient in Bloomberg’s discussion of safe spaces, which he characterized as serving to shield students from ideas which they find controversial. Myself, and many students within the social justice…

… nonconsensual penetration or sexual touching by force or incapacitation during their time at the University of Michigan. So there were definitely students who had firsthand experience in our 100-person…

… environment where we could earnestly listen and discuss one of our campus’ and nation’s most pressing issues. If a student were reliving past trauma, how could they be expected to engage in a class…

… discussion? Safe spaces allow for students to effectively engage with controversial ideas. Similarly, when students are taught to recognize how people of color are often tokenized in academic spaces and…

… students of all backgrounds on equal footing. There are, however, legitimate grievances against safe spaces. In the New Yorker article “The Trouble with Teaching Rape Law” Harvard Law Prof…

… Elharake then spoke about his experiences and challenges as an Arab-Muslim student and a first generation college student, leading him to this moment to “come for everything they said we couldn’t have…

… study involving the effects of air pollu- tion on Dearborn's Arab-Ameri- can population. Dr. Howard Hu, co-principle investigator of the Michigan Bloodspot Environmental Epi- demiology Project and…

… also for students sell fresh produce, house wares and toiletries, among other groceries. y ANNA ROZENBERG Additionally, the restaurant will Daily StaffReporter feature a large, outdoor seating area as…

…- ngton Street this fall, where ket will help to further develop the Sava Lelcaj will be opening Washington Street area and be of assistance to students who don't live within walking distance of a grocery…

… within the 3). And also, of those three characters, two of them were villains. Which was a nice change from having people of color fulfill the racist villain tropes in movies (i.e. Arab terrorists…

…? Sometimes it feels as if I have to con- stantly prove that I am competent enough to sit in the same class as other students. Coming out of high school I knew that there would be some challenges I would…

… work ten times harder can be discouraging. However, one thing I continue to remember as I walk around campus and see other students that have similar stories to my own is that we are still here. We…

… even more important, as a black woman, I am even more motivated to do well because not only do black students make up about 4 percent of the population at the Uni- versity of Michigan, but the…

…'s not the end. Homosexuality is no longer classified in the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual of Mental Disor- ders as a mental illness, as it used to be. Organizations for LGBTQ teens and students exist…

… year of unri- valed pro-democracy activ- ism around the world. The Arab Spring, chock-full of revolution, governmental change, war and protest ; has altered the dynamics of the region for- JONATHAN ever…

… GLANZMAN Irene Butter is more than a Holocaust survivor. As a former University professor, she often visits classrooms to teach about her experiences and to educate school children and college students alike…

… founding members of a group of women who call themselves Zeitouna, an Arabic word for olive tree and a symbol of peace. Zeitouna hosts dialogue groups between six Jewish women and six Arabic women. They…