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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…

… me different … I didn’t expect it at college and I didn’t expect it at Michigan.” Dagher learned about the Arab Student Association through a group chat she created with members of her Dearborn…

…Daily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com CARTER FOX/Daily Students perform “Wil3it Dabke,” choreographed by Sally Kafelghazal and Nicola Nunu, during the Arab Xpressions event at the Power Center Saturday evening…

…Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students gathered Friday Night in the tea room of Crazy Wisdom Bookstore to discuss ways to protest conservative author and commentator Ben…

… Michigan this past fall hoping to find a close-knit Arab community similar to the one she had at home in Dearborn. But initially, Dagher didn’t see this community on campus. She recalled how she didn…

… Arab community. After attending events and meeting people with similar backgrounds to her own, Dagher became more involved in the Arabesque Dance Troupe and ASA. This past Saturday, Dagher took…

… part in Arab Xpressions, a celebration of Arab heritage. Xpressions is an annual performance partnered with Arabesque and ASA that showcases Arab culture through aspects such as music…

…, poetry, dance and song. The theme of year’s performance was “Ajyal,” Arabic for “generations.” Dagher found herself involved with many different parts of Xpressions this year. She had a role in a…

… conclusion of the show. “You see Xpressions and you see, ‘Oh, this is a way that my culture’s never been portrayed to me before,’” Dagher said. “It’s Arabs who are holding the narrative in their hands…

… preparations began in October. He said the implemented theme, generations, demonstrates the changing Arab identity over time and works to navigate the idea of what it means to be an Arab American on campus…

… ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor residents and ‘U’ students organize against conservative author ALYSSA MCMURTRY Daily Staff Reporter Presentations center around theme ‘absolute zero,’ discuss challenging…

…- 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…

….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…

… Mason Hall to engage in conversation Students opened dialogue to discuss religious, cultural differences on campus MESA hosts dialogue on masculinity in Arab life CAMPUS LIFE Panelists discuss…

… gathered in the School of Education for an event held by Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs as part of Arab Heritage Month. The event centered around Arab masculinity and mental health. It was hosted by…

… how Arab identities interact in traditional gender roles EMMA RUBERG Daily Staff Reporter See POLITICS , Page 3 Follow The Daily on Instagram: @michigandaily Professor talks Israeli…

… on experiences writing in war zone BARBARA COLLINS Daily Staff Reporter University Students Against Rape, community members recognize , celebrate survivors Wednesday evening, students and community…

… members gath- ered in the Michigan League for the 41st annual Take Back the Night Ann Arbor. Campus rep- resentatives from University of Michigan’s University Students Against Rape, in cooperation…

… Kozlowski, University Students Against Rape senior student leader, hoped to encourage a conversation about sexual assault prevention and recov- ery. “First and foremost, we’re here to raise awareness…

…-generation college student and an Arab- Muslim woman, I quickly realized that, as I sank into my seat in the corner of that auditorium in the Chemistry Building, the odds weren’t really in my favor…

… Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger FINN STORER Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since…

… signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS What the Empowered Arab Sisterhood has done for me MARIA ULAYYET | COLUMN C ulture shock. For…

… school, a moment I had been waiting for for years, had been so discreetly stolen away from me. As both the oldest child and oldest girl in my Arab immigrant family, going away for college had…

… been out of the question until my junior year. My parents told me if I could get into a good school, I could move out for college. Seeing my hard work as a student go to waste was my greatest…

… — better known as the Empowered Arab Sisterhood — the first and only nationally recognized predominantly- Arab sorority. Nearly a year and a half later, with my 14 sisters by my side, I can…

… the space I never knew I needed, but in reality, I was drowning without it. As Arab women, many of us the daughters of immigrants, our presence of simply being at the University of Michigan…

… is stigmatized. For me, a lot of Arab women from my hometown either didn’t go to college or went to local schools. Going away was almost always out of the question. Simply being at Michigan…

…: the network. One of EAS’s many purposes is to fill this gap. By bringing together the most ambitious and passionate Arab women leaders on campus, it is creating a network of young…

… other up and helping each other reach their academic and professional goals. We want to break the stigma against Arab women in leadership roles. Throughout my life as an Arab woman, I…

… supporting Palestinian youth in Lebanon, along with the Lebanese Student Association, Arab Student Association and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality. LSA sophomore Nada Eldawy, who is a…

… the auto industry and can contaminate drinking water. In light of the continuing Palestinian refugee crisis, leaders from various Arab culture organizations convened for a teach-in Tuesday…

… copy editor and Michigan in Color editor for The Daily, and Jenna, a LEAP volunteer who asked to be identified by only her first name, led the presentation to a group of more than 30 students…

…. Since the adoption of United Nations Resolution 181, which partitioned the Palestinian territory into Jewish and Arab states in 1947, around 5 million refugees qualify for aid from the United…

… Nations Relief and Works Agency, a UN program that assists Palestinians displaced by the Arab-Israeli conflict. Most of these displaced people settle in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza…

… schools fail,” Jenna said. “A lot of the kids don’t want to go, a lot of them work in the middle of the day, and it’s one teacher with 50 students. They were recently criticized because the kids…

… Minority Floor Leader Yousef Rabhi introduces bill to discontinue session BEN ROSENFELD Daily Staff Reporter DARBY STIPE/ DAILY LSA student Jenna speaks to her experiences volunteering in a Palestinian…

… refugee camp in Lebanon and the difficul- ties Palestinians face in East Quad Tuesday. LEAP volunteers talk experience of Palestinian refugees in camps Students review time spent preparing children in…

… 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…

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… 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…

…. President of the Arab Student Organization, Ahmed Beshareh, stated that the Arabs were there to show disagreement with what they termed the Israeli aggression. Beshareh said, “who started the…

… Espinoza, a Peruvian fourth-year chemical biology student on Dr. Sherman’s team, recalled her experience in an interview with The Daily. Espinoza explained arriving at the portion of the river…

… a short statement in Hebrew. The introduction was followed by a short speech by Psychology Prof. Alexander Giuora. He claimed the Israelis were aware of Arab mobilization, but first move or…

… better if you stayed home,” he said. “Let your actions speak for your heart.” A check at the United Jewish Student Appeal booth revealed that it was doing brisk business. After a prayer for peace…

… by the Reverend Ed Edwards and a few more songs, the rally ended. The gathering was sponsored by the Coalition of Concerned Students and Faculty. The groups behind the name are the local…

… Hillel organization and the Israeli Student Organization. A spokesperson for Hillel added that in a larger sense the demonstration was really sponsored by the people of the community rather than…

… any formal organizations. AS THE CROWD dispersed, the Arabs, who had been marching silently during the demonstration, began to chant slogans supporting their position in the Middle East…

… various United Nations resolutions which call for an end to Israeli aggression.” Following the afternoon demonstration, the Arabs left en masse. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published…

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… for discriminating against Israel’s minorities — allows Palestinian Arabs to sue Israel in a court of law. Neither the terror victim nor his family held Israeli citizenship or residency…

… continues to move through the courts, it may be heard by many Arab judges of Christian and Muslim faith in the Israeli circuit, including George Karra, an Arab justice on the Supreme Court of…

… Israel. This reality is a stark contrast to the widespread claims of mistreatment of Arabs in Israeli courts, and the insistence of groups such as the Palestinian Authority that, because…

… Israel is a Jewish nation, it is institutionally racist or discriminatory toward its minority Arab population. The Times of Israel also reported that the Jewish Agency for Israel, an…

… academia still continue to perpetuate the myth that Israel is an apartheid state that is only concerned with the fortunes of Jewish citizens, and regard Arabs as second-class citizens. In…

… ongoing case proves these claims to be falsehoods. After a rocket attack by Gazan-Palestinians, a family of Muslim Arabs, citizens under the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, received the…

… the only country in the Middle East with a tolerant and equal society for minorities. A December 2017 study by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel found Israeli-Arabs had the…

… highest life expectancy among Arab populations from all countries in the Muslim world, at 79 years (though this is low compared to the Jewish population at 82.7 years and the OECD average of…

… concerns over sexual misconduct, more should be done by SMTD to address this issue. “I think it will help students feel more comfortable. And that’s an important step to take,” Gerace said. “But I think…

… Ensemble, he said he had heard nothing about this policy from faculty or students around SMTD. “I am baffled by the fact that the music school continues to try and talk about transparency, and even…

…’s help to address issues of sexual justice with courage and action.” SMTD From Page 1 “And many people within GEO hold such positions, so in addition to being GSIs (graduate student instructors…

…), they might have other paid positions that are affected by this … you know, all of us as GSIs as GSSAs, as graduate students taking courses, are part of a broader U of M community. And it…

…’s important for us to show solidarity invested in creating an equitable, safe and inclusive University community.” The working group is a collaboration between GEO and other student organizations…

… Asian American Organization, the panel was a coalition of four POC orga- nizations on campus: UAAO, Black Student Union, La Casa and Arab Student Association. The panel featured faculty advisors and…

…During the winter months many students can face the pos- sibility of seasonal affective dis- order, a mood disorder causing depression to occur at the same time every year. While most people…

… an increase in students with SAD during the winter months, CAPS does not keep track of SAD-specific changes. “I can tell you that about 22 percent of our students report depression as their…

… students go to CAPS for help, with anxiety being the first. Hays could not confirm if there is an increase in students going to CAPS during the winter. “I don’t think so,” Hays said. “I have to say we…

…’re fortunate that the students find us to be helpful and we have tons of stu- dents who come in. So we don’t necessarily track that data.” Dolan also stressed the importance of understanding the…

… stories and coverage, visit CAMPUS LIFE ATTICUS RAASCH Daily Staff Reporter Campus resources help students combat seasonal affective disorder Employees at CAPS work to mitigate negative consequences…

… of SAD ‘U’ student caters to cosmetic demands CAMPUS LIFE Undergraduate provides threading services to others out of her house JULIETTE SIBLEY Daily Staff Reporter See JOURNALISM, Page 3A…

….com At the “Empowering Survivors: A Forum on Sexual Misconduct Policy” panel Wednesday night about 100 students gathered at the Ford School to discuss the new sexual misconduct policy at the…

… University of Michigan. The panel was held by Central Student Government and guests from the Office for Institutional Equity, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, the Office of Student…

… LSA junior, highlighted the findings from the campus climate survey on sexual misconduct, which found 11.4 percent of students, 22.5 percent of undergraduate females and 6.8 percent of…

… communities and our ability to feel welcome on campus.” Public Policy junior Arwa Gayar, the co-president of the Arab Student Association, echoed Muñoz’s sentiments about the convenience of a…

… centrally located Trotter Center. “A lot of the Arab students, when they come together after class, they’re usually in the Fishbowl and last year it would be in the basement of the Union,” Gayar said…

…“It really started decades and decades ago when folks were calling for a new Trotter to recognize Black student rights in general, since the ’70s and ’80s and ’90s,” he said. Collier earned his…

… for students of color. But, like I said, I always mention the Black student organizations because Trotter started off as the Black house and then it moved to the multicultural center. I just want…

… to make sure that this remains a house and a safe space for Black students here on campus.” This sentiment of paying homage to those who came before was a common thread in many of the words…

… Thaddeus R. Harrison, the only student activist with a criminal conviction for his role in BAM that has not been overturned. Student activism has been a driving force for the prosperity of these…

… movements, and these efforts are apparent in the construction of the Trotter Center’s space. During all steps in the process of the Trotter Center’s design and planning of its architecture, student…

… McKinney and Secretary Camyrea Barnes. Barnes spoke of the tireless, accumulative efforts of Black students who have fought for a space to share their experiences. “I’m speechless. My heart is…

… full right now. Just knowing the work and the efforts that many of the Black students on this campus have been putting into for 50 years now, and now that it’s being fulfilled, it’s like a full…

… circle of life. It’s up for the future generation of Black students to keep the momentum going.” E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, reiterated this in her speech to the packed…

… Conference Room of the Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building Wednesday. “It has been 18 years since the war began … there is no end to this war,” Sukhanyar said. “What is going on? You don’t see…

… portrayed. They explained academic writing on masculinity has often been written by and for white men and why this is problematic when discussing Arab masculinity. “That conversation really…

… transitions and does a shift when it comes to Arab men, and this is also true for other men of color,” Elharake said. “Even as I think about myself, I was born in Lebanon and immigrated here when I was…

…’s commonly assumed that men act masculine for women, the opposite is true; men often act masculine around men to be accepted. Abdelhoq and Elharake explained how Arab identity interacts with both…

… masculinity and femininity, offering examples of traditional gender roles in Arab families. “We see this even thinking about our roles in our families — who cooks, who cleans, who eats where?” Elharake…

… asked. “At least in my experience, often Arab men are allowed to go out past a certain time and often Arab women have to be back by six or seven.” Abdelhoq pointed out this inequality has been made…

… said. “I think inherently and intuitively you’re going to know this when it happens, it’s having the courage to say something about it.” Elharake offered similar advice for students, both for…

… those who identify as Arab men and those who do not. “We think about spaces that we’re in — small classrooms and large ones — a lot of comments are really thrown out that promote or encourage this…

… as well. It’s really important to recognize masculinity has an impact on everyone.” Business graduate student Rajiv Khattar attended the event, and in an interview with The Daily after…

…. “Then we talk about the Arab identity, there’s a lot we could talk about. Then we add mental health. It’s understanding all these individual identities take on a slightly different flavor with…

… Middle Eastern/ North African community was not included on any University of Michigan documents. Arab students marked themselves as white or other. Kedra Ishop, vice provost for enrollment…

… in an email interview with The Daily. LSA junior Silan Fadlal- lah, who is currently the group coordinator for the IWG, believes the inclusion of a ME/NA identity helps Arab students feel…

… students accountable, much like Alpha Sigma Phi did, and not use a chapter of 150+ members as a scapegoat or a mechanism to retaliate against because the chap- ter voluntarily surrendered campus…

… manage- ment, oversees key offices within the University that supervise the collection and reporting of student data. Ishop said input from the Islamophobia Working Group, the organization in…

… response to input from groups, such as the Islamophobia Working Group and student organi- zations including CSG, that sought better reflection of MENA identities in Univer- sity statistics,” Ishop wrote…

… race and ethnicity categories for reports to them.” However, many Arab stu- dents feel including the Middle Eastern and North African identities under the white racial category is sim- ply…

… different cultures and customs from the ME/NA region. If you go by the Cen- sus, yes it says we are white, but try turning on the news and listening to them talk about any Arab and/or ME/ NA country…

…- ties between the Latinx and Arab communities. “The Latinx and Hispanic category is very similar in that you have racially Black identifying Latinx individ- uals, or racially white iden- tifying, or…

… its own separate ethnic identi- fier.” Brammer empathized with Middle Eastern and North African students who feel their identities are not accurately represented under a white racial cat…

… and clearing brush. Rackham student Rima Fadlallah and U-M Dear- born alum Yasmeen Kadouh, both Dearborn natives, cre- ated the podcast “Dearborn Girl” to challenge stereo- types about themselves…

… the girl is uncivilized, loud and obnoxious, some- one who doesn’t experience Arab culture outside of Dear- born,” Fadlallah said. In December, with the purpose of capturing these exchanges, Kadouh…

… Arab Amer- ican National Museum to listen to their debut episode, titled #proudlyaDG. In the first episode, Har- vard graduate Mariam Jal- loul spoke of her transition from the Ivy League back to…

… to typical ques- tions. ‘U’ student makes podcast about living in Dearborn Creators say stereotypes about city, women prompted need for show DESIGN BY KATHRYN HALVERSON Read more at…

… to obtain a higher score. Three prominent multicultural groups — the United Asian American Organizations, La Casa and the Arab Student Association — at the University of Michigan have released…

…Officials at the ACT — a college admissions test taken by more than 1.9 million students each year — announced a policy change earlier this month that will allow students to retake single…

… without regard to when it was taken to create a new composite score, is more indicative of how students will perform in college courses. Previously, students had to retake the test in full each time…

… Native American culture. The groups announced policies that bar students who accept membership in the society from holding a leadership position within their cultural organization. Former…

… University President James Angell originally founded Michigamua, now Order of Angell, in 1902 to bring students from different corners of campus together and facilitate “campus synergy.” The current…

… goal of the organization, according to members who spoke with The Daily on Friday afternoon, is to bring a diverse group of up to 25 students with demonstrated leadership on campus together to…

… coverage, visit Update to test allows students to retake single sections instead of entire exam When Atharva Kharkar, former Business sophomore at the University of Michigan, was told he had…

… Michigan State University when he found out he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. Though they have both since passed away, both these students legacies’ live on and will be honored by students and…

… staff of both universities during Alex’s Great State Race on November 15. Every year since 2013 on the eve of the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game, Reserve Officer Training Corps students…

… pitch-black sky to honor Alex’s legacy. Though originally set up by Powell’s parents, this year, LSA senior and Army ROTC student Alex Zhang decided to make it more personal and run in honor of…

…“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…

…/NA-identifying students formed the #WeExist campaign, asking the University to add the ME/NA identity category to University documents. At the time, the University followed the U.S. Census, which does not have…

… a ME/NA identity category. Thus, ME/NA-identifying individuals can only mark themselves as white or other, which many — including Public Policy senior Arwa Gayar, co-present of the Arab…

… Student Association — feel do not accurately represent their identity. “There was something uneasy about putting white, and I didn’t want to put African American because I don’t want to co…

… identity data on internal University documents, such as on surveys, undergraduate admissions applications and Rackham Graduate School admissions applications. The email explained some students may…

… find the extended ethnicity data they shared during the admissions process already entered in Wolverine Access. The email also noted the new process gives students “greater flexibility in…

… every student at the University must fill out the form. He expressed excitement for the new extended ethnicity process on Wolverine Access, which he sees as a means to collect potentially…

… useful supplemental data on the student population. To Elharake, however, the new ethnicity designation process is also critical for better understanding the University’s faculty and staff…

… population, for which there is no mechanism such as admissions applications to collect ethnicity data. “It’s great that this collects extended ethnicity data for students, but the more important…

… also illuminate issues of representation, such as how many staff and faculty of a given identity there are across different units, and if the makeup of faculty and staff reflects the student…

… Fadlallah, founding sister and president of Epsilon Alpha Sigma, the first Arab sorority in the United States, was also a leader in the #WeExist campaign. She noted the data could help the…

… of Ann Arbor, along with some of western metropolitan Detroit and Dearborn, an area with a significant Palestinian population and one of the largest Arab-American populations in the country…

… children is pertinent to Congress because it violates international law. Public Policy senior Arwa Gayar is an executive member of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, a Palestinian…

…. She often is very reliable in supporting issues that are supported by Arab-Americans,” Gayar said. “I was definitely surprised when she withdrew her support, especially because the bill…

….com News ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily Steve Parrish, Natural Areas Manager at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, speaks to students in Environ 421: Restoration Ecology about different concepts…

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… organization.” According to a new statement from the executive board of the Arab Student Association sent to The Daily, the ASA will also be following the UAAO’s position and taking a “formal stance” on…

…According to the ACT website, students can take the test up to twelve times, though the majority of students take it no more than twice. The test comes with a price tag of $68, or $52…

… the sections would help improve concentration and allow students to perform at their potential.” LSA junior Jason Fernando co-founded Excel Tutoring, a standardized test preparation company, in…

…-income college applicants to achieve higher scores on the standardized exams. “I think this will allow for a less of a barrier for students who don’t have the means to take the [full] test over and over…

… again,” Fernando said. “For lower- income students, a cheaper test that is not as high-stakes can be more advantageous for them, and let them knock down barriers that they hadn’t before.” The…

… ACT test to a free SAT for all students in the state. Before the switch, the state had used the ACT as its free college assessment exam since 2007. A 2018 study from the National Bureau of…

… Economics Research found that while half of SAT-takers retake the exam after their first try, these retake rates are significantly lower among students from low-income backgrounds. The study found…

… that race impacts retake rates, as well— students classified as underrepresented minorities are nine percentage points less likely to retake the SAT than white students. The College Board — the…

… organization that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests — cited the study as evidence that students who retake their exams often receive higher scores than those who choose to take it only…

… ACT because of the similarities between the two tests. “These are two entities that are competing over students,” Goodman said. “And they are competing by offering the test as many times a year as…

… various Arabic courses at the 100 and 200-levels throughout her college experience. Like Arabic language students across the nation, Khokhar and others in the University of Michigan’s Department of…

… year talks strategies, hopefulness Last panel focuses on ways to encourage reform in criminal justice system Students, AEI host live taping of podcast CAMPUS LIFE ‘Ordered Liberty’ records…

… photo Engineering grad Katie Bouman produced method to create historic image EMMA STEIN Daily Staff Reporter LSA sophomore Nisreen Khokhar is currently enrolled in Arabic 402 and has taken…

… Middle East Studies currently go back and forth about whether or not the University should be teaching Modern Standard Arabic or informal Arabic dialects, like Egyptian or Levantine. “Honestly, I…

…, while Ammiya is most Arab speakers’ vernacular. Between 2006 and 2009, enrollment in Arabic language programs grew by 47 percent across U.S. universities, sparking increased debate about…

… whether to teach colloquial Arabic dialects in addition to MSA. Currently in the department, the first two years of coursework are focused on both MSA and dialect, but the curriculum shifts…

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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…

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… views of their authors. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS T he University of Michigan has a rich and storied history of student activism. One vivid example is student activism against the…

… horrors of South African apartheid. But today, students have lost sight of that history, instead now organizing against the only stable democracy in the Middle East and resorting to anti-Semitism to…

… have picked up his mission to spread the light of freedom wherever darkness may exist. Students right here at the University of Michigan have an especially storied history of carrying on King…

…’s eternal struggle against injustice. When confronted with the menace of apartheid in South Africa, University students led the movement to tear down such an unjust system. In 1977, students launched…

… a divestment campaign against apartheid South Africa with the formation of the South Africa Liberation Committee. Through these organizations, students pressed University leadership to divest…

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… investigation for corruption, he demonizes Israel’s press and legal system. In a previous election, he demonized Israeli Arabs by telling voters that Israeli Arabs were “heading to the polling stations in…

… ideal, where the land serves as a homeland for both Israelis and Palestinians under one state. There is nothing innate that prevents Jews and Arabs or Jews and Muslims from living among each other…

…. Jews lived in the Arab world for centuries, facing far less persecution than in Christian Europe for most of history. Maimonides, arguably the most important rabbi in Jewish history, left Spain to…

… escape the inquisition and went to the Ottoman empire, where Arab Muslim rationalists influenced his rabbinical thought, thus influencing Judaism. And in America, Jews and Arabs live side by side. No…

…, when the dictator of Egypt swore to drive the Jews to the sea in service of Pan-Arabism. There were decades of PLO terrorism, the intifada suicide bombings, followed by Hamas terrorism today…

…- tion, along with options for applicants to identify as European or other. The move follows requests from Arab students, staff and faculty for the University to officially recognize their…

…Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones called out the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity at the University of Michi- gan in a message to MLive published Dec. 17. Blake Jones said “several gen- erations…

… infractions with opportunity for recoloni- zation after five calendar years. The IFC released a statement saying the Coun- cil supported the Univer- sity’s decision following the Student Organization…

… Life and assistant dean of students, did not respond to The Dai- ly’s request for comment. Kim Broekhuizen, associate director of the University’s Office of Public Affairs, said in an email that…

… disaf- filiation does not mean the chapter will not be held accountable. “The general practice of a minimum suspension for five years allows time for the current students to matriculate from U…

…’ backs during the chapter’s “Hell Week.” The fraternity brothers described the event taking place and a student being injured. “We had people run our backs during our hell week,” an Alpha Sigma…

… included in Rackham 2019 apps Inside: The Best of 2018 B-Side University Towers, a student apartment building on South Forest Avenue, was received a noncompliance notice from the city early this…

… Think at the Washtenaw County Administration Building Wednesday evening. Student apartment building issued warning for disobeying regulations OLIVIA TAUBER Daily Staff Reporter Democrats control…

… Student Govern- ment vice president Nadine Jawad had conversations about what the Diversi- ty, Equity and Inclusion …

…’s important role in the upcoming election. In the first meeting of the Ninth Assembly, the University of Michigan Central Student Government elected 15 members to different positions on the new…

… running for the position. “I want to do this because I want to serve the other (School of Education) students because, like myself, they wouldn’t have gotten represented in this body,” Keuning…

… said. “I like to hold high the democratic values that Central Student Government also holds up (and) to represent my fellow students and to serve them, just as you do to your classmates…

… represent the school through CSG. “I am an Afro-Arab American who was born and raised in Ann Arbor to immigrant parents, so I was raised to be a Wolverine,” Elshafei wrote. “Truthfully, it was a…

…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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… solely the views of their authors. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS I t’s a Friday night in Ann Arbor and the promise of the weekend has students flocking to Main Street bars and clubs to engage in the…

… to the social scene of Ann Arbor, I set off across campus to talk to students. First, I wanted to learn more about fake IDs and how they texture the experiences of students at the University…

… and templates can run up to $2000 alone.” I spoke to some students on campus to see if these popular anecdotes were consistent with their experiences. First, I interviewed a student who had just…

… 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…

… continuing to grapple about the boundaries of this category.” Matthew Stiffler, a lecturer in American Culture and researcher at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Mich., commented on the…

… or staff member does not disclose their ethnicity. Paul Robinson, associate vice provost at the Office of the Registrar, discussed the extended ethnicities initiative for both students and…

… faculty at the University that allows students to update their identities in Wolverine Access according to their specific racial and ethnic identities. “In the last several months, we enabled…

… our students’ systems and HR systems to be able to capture some data of ethnicities,” Robinson said. Ravi Pendse, vice president of information technology and chief information officer at the…

… University, reminded the audience that while demographic data collection is essential to representation, the University must also respect students’ rights to information and data privacy. “All of…

… that we must make available to our entire campus for students first, a data dashboard that students can look at and see what data we are collecting on them, and why.” Rackham student Alyssa Park…

… told The Daily she attended the event because of her interest in the desegregation of data around Asian American students and erasure of specific ethnic groups who fall under the pan-Asian identity…

…. Once that information is sent out, it is up to the students to decide how to proceed, as there is no requirement for participants to communicate with their matches. Michielssen noted the service…

… is only open to undergraduate students, so any graduate students or alumni who attempt to fill out the questionnaire will be disqualified. Only a valid University email is required to fill…

…-creators researched compatibility. The group used their findings to draft questions related to issues important to a successful relationship, while also keeping the questions engaging for students. LSA…

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…, 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…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, April 8, 2019 — 3A Dearborn, Michigan is the epicenter of Muslim/ Arab American culture. It is a microcosm of the Middle East with…

… people from every Arab country (i.e. Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, etc). There is such a diverse presence of nationalities and cultures that all contribute their own…

… in the age of Trump against Muslims and Arabs, we are still unable to recognize each other as allies. The reason I wanted to write this article is not to call anybody out, but to recognize the…

… with numbers all the time –– and it might not seem like a bad thing for people to assume this, but looking at the bigger picture, the model minority myth hurts rather than helps Asian students. The…

… students are put into a box, it can hurt how we perceive ourselves in the college admissions process –– this was definitely an issue I struggled with a year ago as a senior in high school. I was a good…

… student in high school and cared very much about the classes I was interested in, was involved in a ton of extracurricular activities, and was (and still am) passionate about writing. But my…

… that I had to get above a certain score to get into more selective schools and furthermore because of my race and people’s predisposed assumptions about what “kind” of student I was supposed to be…

…. My parents told me that I had to be twice as good as everyone else (namely my white peers) to get into these selective universities, because the competition among Asian students, who are all…

… vicious circle in which Asian students feel pressured by the existing stereotype that they have to have perfect grades and standardized test scores to stand a chance against everyone else of…

… white boys and one Vietnamese girl, all within a high school class of 450 where I could count all the Asian students on my hands. I didn’t believe him at all. However, as parents often are, he…

…’s drinking water in the fall of 2018 showed a rise in PFAS levels since 2016, prompting responses from local elected representatives. Public Health student Andrea Winne, who attended Park’s talk…

…. Public Health students and other attendees said they hope to use Park’s seminar to advance their own research and discover exactly how PFAS in its different forms affects people’s health. Public…

… Health student Jarrod Eaton is conducting a capstone project on PFAS’s relation to metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Eaton said the seminar presented by Park spurred ideas to apply to…

… day.” During a student panel portion of the event, when student couples engaged with Jones and Kempster on ideas surrounding relation- ships, LSA Junior Mike Zlonchev- ich discussed how his…

… cultural sites and lesson planning. Jenna said while her students were passionate about their future careers, they knew Palestinian refugees are barred from working in about 20 professions and…

… both Palestinians and Lebanese identify as Arabs. “To see inside of Lebanon is so different than inside of the West Bank,” Alabed said. “It was really surprising to me to see how Palestinians…

… were treated inside of Lebanon. I thought that, ‘Oh, Arabs would be there for each other,’ but I feel like it’s just as bad as in the West Bank.” LSA sophomore Maya Chamra said hearing about the…

…-doctoral students, graduate students and undergraduates, totaling about 40 members altogether. Each of these members stem from an array of different fields, including history, linguistics, literature…

… unhappiness.” DeRue then posed a question from a student to Common about how to navigate race relations in an increasingly divided United States. To much audience applause, Common said the country…

… event, Rackham student Rebecca Lowy said she agreed with Patrick’s push for innovation, emphasizing the issue of fossil fuels. “I really liked his comment that the Stone Age didn’t end because…

… more you’re exposed to a stimulus, the more you’re likely to enjoy it,” Cemalovic said. Aside from his music, students are also intrigued by Dylan’s background and influence in music culture…

… concert went on sale on Sept. 20, including a select number of discounted student tickets, which sold out the same day they were released. However, full price tickets are still being sold through the…

… founding of the Zeta chapter of sorority Epsilon Alpha Sigma, the first and only Arab sorority in the country, which started its chapter at the University in 2018. “MGC does a great job of supporting us…

… representatives brought up was the publicity of their organizations. According to Soto, some students might not join CBFOs simply because they do not know of the organizations or that they are present at the…

… give students the opportunity to experience high-risk hospital situations without the actual risk. “I would love to see really interdisciplinary engagement, so students from Engineering, students…

… expertise is what Michigan is known for. It’s really cross-discipline and interdisciplinary research and learning, and taking that to the next level in the student experience.” The interdisciplinary…

… certification for XR technology. Nelson said there will be a fellowship for both undergraduate and graduate students to work on projects involving XR at the University. Since 2018, the student…

… Magazine, which aims to increase discussion about mental health by provid- ing a platform for students to share their mental health experiences through writ- ing. “I have quite a few friends or…

… Michigan, I think it’s hard for students to get out of that slump.” As a result, CAPS has established Wellness Zones on campus. Wellness Zones come equipped with mas- sage chairs, yoga mats with…

… coming soon to North Cam- pus in collaboration with the Engineering Student Government, but has not yet opened. Graduate students can use the Wellness Zone in the Munger Graduate Resi- dences. For…

… outside in her advice to students. “Spend time outside, regardless of how cold it is,” Hays said. “Even if it’s cloudy, the rays seem to come through in a way that lifts the spirits. Trying to main…

… CAPS provides a multitude of resources for students on campus, some, like Learis, still bring up the issue of long waiting times for appointments. Learis said the issue of long waiting times can be…

… to see about 2,500 students this semester, con- tinuing a trend of substan- tial increases each semester for the past several years. However, the CAPS staff is at full capacity for their bud- get…

…, and I’ll be honest as the clin- ical director, it’s very chal- lenging right now to meet the needs of all the students who come to CAPS.” LSA senior Jordan Laza- rus is the executive direc- tor of…

… resources and I wish there was more,” Lazarus said. “I don’t run CAPS, but they exist to serve students. And I know that compared to a lot of campuses that I do inter- face with, CAPS here is real- ly 50…

… on duty every day for walk-in meet- ings. “Now that (walk-in meet- ings) is a first-come, first- served service, so sometimes students might have to wait to see the counselor on duty, but we have…

… 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…

… workers, the artists, the teachers, and the students (what’s) needed to galvanize international attention and work to create institutions and policies that will welcome refugees,” Kutmah said…

… the ukulele and Mang leading a student organization event. Alsubee said the film was directed with interview format to allow the individuals showcased to tell their own story. “The idea was to…

… history. Ali talked about breaking barriers as an Arab female in aerospace engineering, and how this discipline has made her consider herself a citizen of the world. After the film, the event…

… Michigan Interactive Investments, MII,” Coffie said. “That club has been very finance-focused, very markets- focused. These are things that, if a student hasn’t been exposed to it prior to college or…

… Impact Investing Group, discussed how student organizations can alleviate stress by offering members a comfortable space to explore their budding career interests. Ong said the culture fostered…

… students navigate that area,” Ong said. “I think it really depends on the culture that the club is creating and how they are approaching the situation to support students rather than adding more…

… feels as if it stops students from having a more traditional college experience. . “I don’t get to spend that much time hanging out, like I feel a young college kid is supposed to be doing, because…

… I am looking forward to my career,” Coffie said. “But the sacrifice is an investment that we have to make … Students are spending so much time recruiting and doing this recruiting prep that they…

… are not studying as much, not enjoying life and the college experience as much” Julie Kaplan, embedded Counseling and Psychological Services counselor in the Business School, said students…

… who are unsure of their career path typically experience more stress throughout this process. “The students that I talk to who are recruiting for investment banking and finance, or who aren…

… people of color,” Mang said. “I’m a first-generation college student here, first-generation immigrant as well. And I think that a lot of my peers, especially in groups like the Arab Student…

… them as a threat.” Foley reiterated her belief that students should continue pursuing journalism, despite job insecurity, criticism from the public and possible safety risks. “I would encourage…

… them, (being a journalist) would be a very noble task,” Foley said. “But also be honest. It’s hard to make a living and it can be risky. So if (students) want to be journalists, they need to…

… university. This includes thousands of people, faculty, staff, students and supporters, past and present, who care deeply about our University… at the University of Michigan, diversity, equity and…

… activities, using the example of his time as a student at Yale Law School. He said he saw other Yale students breaking more rules than people in housing projects, but he noted how the people of color and…

… fewer drugs with less money almost all went to prison in the ‘90s. And they came back 10 years later, 15 years later, 20 years later. Now they’re drug felons. And those same Yale students in…

… work across ideological lines, racial lines, to get something done.” Jones concluded his address by discussing how the University’s DEI initiatives can prepare students to succeed after…

… emotionally draining it can be to be a student activist and leader working on DEI. “Something to keep in mind, especially from a student perspective, is how much of a burden this work is for us, for…

… Association, La Casa and the Black Student Union is that along with our school work, along with our personal relationships with family and friends, continuously coming in day in and day out, putting in…

… other student leaders have this burden to bear, but it will make them and the community stronger in the long run, he said. “As tragic as it’s going to be to say,” Jones said. “As hurtful as it…

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… salaries have gone down by over 11 percent since 2000. It’s much harder to convince people to come into education if they know the salaries are declining. There’s also the issue with student- faculty…

… ratios, which can greatly impact the quality of education students receive. In fact, a smaller student-faculty ratio is a great indicator of future academic achievement. To continue to pay…

…. This is my tiger mom. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. New Latinx student magazine creates a revolutionary place in history for itself An Arab bazaar Tiger Mom: Deconstructed NA’KIA CHANNEY…

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… students have contributed immensely to crafting the legacy of the University of Michigan, they also knew that evidence of these efforts were not as largely celebrated or recognized. Most of these…

… pick up the initiative in molding a space for Latinx students to preserve and culminate their experiences. Latinidad released their first issue, “On the Border of Humanity,” in December 2018…

… involvement have struggled due to lack of institutional support. However, Latinidad is the accumulation of generations worth of student, faculty and community efforts to archive, preserve and uplift the…

…. Dearborn is like an Arab Bazaar, filled with people from all walks of life. There are people from Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and more. However, every bazaar has its issues. Sometimes…

… that’s really frightening about this policy is that it has frightened so many of the people that care about you as students on campus,” Lucas said. “So, the only reason that I’m here tonight is to…

… support the student voice … but I’m also here to represent the people that told me they were too frightened to speak.” CSG Vice President Isabel Baer said she heard that the new policy was partially…

… to the group’s presentation, the median family income for University students in Ann Arbor is $154,000, compared to $84,000 in Dearborn and $77,000 in Flint. In addition, there is a large gap…

… in the percentage of students eligible to receive the Federal Pell Grant at each campus, a grant in which the government provides funding for students in need of financial support for college…

…. According to the presenters, in Ann Arbor, 15 percent of students are eligible for the grant, compared to the 39 percent eligible in Flint, and 42 percent in Dearborn. To resolve these issues, LSA…

… dedicated toward Dearborn or Flint, according to Krabti. “I think there’s a duty for Ann Arbor students here on this campus who are closest to the administration to really speak up the loudest about this…

… the group to spread awareness of these disparities among the student body. Grand said the new amendment would allow temporary city employees such as election workers to be able to sit on…

… Margo Dickstein, who plans to volunteer in Israel this summer, told The Daily after the event that she hopes to gain a better understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict, echoing Reynold’s point…

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… Arabic language and culture, they never wanted their kids to feel the same isolation and alienation they once felt. Out of love and protection, they gave me and my three siblings “hybrid” names…

… inconvenience, what my parents once did to safeguard me from discrimination, inevitably served as the erasure of my Arab identity that I proudly carry. The concoction of my fair skin, my…

… behind this facade. Throughout middle school and high school, I switched between the “white” version of my name and the “Arab” version. Should I settle for the ease of a quick introduction or…

… from young people, especially students. Contrary to talking points from some conservatives, youth support for single-payer health care isn’t the result of our gen- eration’s laziness and desire for…

… percent of those under 35 have had trouble paying for health care. As a result, young people are forced to choose between taking care of their health, paying back student loans and covering basic new…

… made the encounter memorable was that she chose to address me in my native tongue, Arabic. After fumbling with my words in conversation, I explained to her that I’m not used to speaking my language…

… here. Maybe back in Jeddah, the city I grew up in, but not here in a classroom at an American university. Since I moved here four years ago, Arabic has been a language that belongs strictly within…

… my own peoples’ history. I did not understand why the biggest socio-political occurrence of my childhood — the Arab Spring of 2011 — had occurred, much less why it had descended into violence in…

… my homeland in Syria. I came to this institution in search of these answers — and now, I’ve realized that I was, only partly, looking in all the wrong places. Students of color and otherwise…

…. It took a conversation in Arabic about class material for me to even recognize what I had done. To be clear, I don’t believe we ought to uncritically accept our own lived experiences wholesale as…

… “universal.” Rather, I want to invite fellow students of color, particularly immigrant students, to join me in taking our own lived experiences, communal traditions and unconscious knowledge just…

…C Columnist Knowing in Arabic: Reflections on language and identity BASIL ALSUBEE MiC Contributor AYOMIDE OKUNADE MiC Columnist When I began to menstruate it was awkward to have to talk to my parents…

… choose between their next meal or buying period products in some instances. In a womens’ studies class I took, many students in the class expressed that they had to plan out when to buy period…

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… many other students at the University of Michigan, give more and more hours of thought to how we can use our degrees after college. This decision takes time to plan out, rethink and…

…, potentially reaching millions of people. This is incredibly powerful. It is what has driven movements like the Arab Spring and #MeToo. It has contributed to genocide in Myanmar and mob violence in India…

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… under fire. The same features that cause outcry now inspired optimism following the Arab Spring. A successful solution could not merely limit functionality, as that would ignore the capacity for…

… her career on hold for us. While reflecting on my mother’s selflessness that has allowed me to succeed, I have come to realize that this idea of sacrifice is a common theme among Arab Americans and…

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… his opposition. For example, protests erupted in Bahrain in 2011 as part of the Arab Spring. The country’s Shia majority wanted equality and greater political freedom. In response to the…

… part of the Arab Spring in 2011. Assad refused to back down and responded with incredible violence against his own citizens, leading to a civil war that has killed and displaced hundreds of…

… Pays a share of 6 Arab leader 7 Subjects of bovine mastication 8 Lake ultimately fed by 15-Across 9 Denial from Denis 10 Auto mechanic’s concerns 11 Pop or tot, e.g. 12 Bailiwick 13 Heavy metal 18…

….” Directed by School of Music, Theatre & Dance senior Lauren Kenner with assistance from SMTD sophomores Ruby Pérez and Sammie Estrella, this performance gave Latinx identifying students the chance to…

… “Hamilton” ballads. Traditional Latin dances were both performed and taught to the crowd, and poignant poems were written by the students. Some of the highlights include SMTD senior Maya Ballester and…

… first semester at the University. As a new student pursuing mathematics, he said studying Arabic gave him the opportunity to think in ways his other classes didn’t allow. Currently, Hughes is taking…

…,” Alsayegh said. “You are going to find this debate in every Arabic program. So which one do our students prefer— dialect or standard? So it is normal and even in (different) countries we have this…

… curriculum is to help students achieve proficiency in the Arabic language. According to Hagen, the mixed curriculum began at the University in 2012, with the hopes that students would gain the skills…

… emotional and impactful for me to know that so many students, so many people that have gone before us have fought for this space on campus.” Read more at MichiganDaily.com Read more at Michigan…

… from Washtenaw Avenue rep- resents collaboration and mul- ticulturalism among a variety of student groups. “What we saw in recent months is a collective of stu- dent groups where before everyone…

… was in their own silos,” Cardona said. “That to me is the students saying, ‘Let’s just work together and really for the greater good.’ I think that will be a lasting impres- sion. I hope students…

… 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…