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… were working dur- .. ingthe game, and students were corking to fix able to check in from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. if they could find service. ,ption issues for "Historically, cell service and ntive program data…

… is slow in the stadium with all those people in such a small area," Thick said. By BEN ATLAS The lack of service, however, For the Daily will not disqualify any students from earning attendance points…

…. the Michigan football Thick said the department offense searched for the receives attendance data when a ne during Saturday's win student's ticket is scanned, and ir Force, students sought they plan to…

… reach out to those 1 phone service to check who attended to ensure they h the Athletic Depart- receive their points. new student loyalty pro- Thick said the department Honoring Attendance, is working to…

… improve the Big ment and Loyalty. House's cell coverage for future IL. - designed to pro- football games. ncentives to students Aside from the service issue tend non-revenue sport- on Saturday, Thick said…

… she nts and arrive early to thinks the H.A.I.L. program has 1, men's basketball and been well received by students. games - experienced Students earn two points al difficulties at the when they check in…

…'s spot- ketball and ice hockey. Students and data coverage. can earn two points at the reve- stadium's notoriously nue events if they arrive at least ell service was a prob- 20 minutes before the start of…

… e Athletic Department the game. ated it might encounter, The app is designed to encour- ng to Angela Thick, the age more students to attend ment's assistant director Michigan athletic events. Points…

… eting. Thick said the app See H.A.I.L., Page 3 A firetruck reports to the fire at 611 Church St. that started when a deep fryer ignited at Amer's Delicatessen on Monday afternoon. Fire displaces students…

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… public editor. He can be reached at publiceditor@michigandaily.com. A diverse education Arizona's policy hinders students' progress merican citizens come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and education…

…“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…

… merely states its members were not living up to IFC’s standards. That’s putting it mildly if the lines crossed, in fact, endangered three students’ lives. The emails The Daily obtained reveal IFC…

… fraternities in the wake of the deaths of students who were pledging. The IFC’s entire public face regarding this self-suspension calls us to question whether the council is truly dedicated to…

… Student Government debate and subsequent vote over whether the University’s Board of Regents should create a committee to investigate companies in Israel accused of human rights violations against…

… Palestinians. Speeches from students and community leaders of all affiliations highlighted their personal narratives that shaped their outlook on the resolution. As we understood Tuesday evening, there…

… are too many sides not just in the Arab-Israeli conflict, but also concerning BDS. What exactly are the stakes of what’s being argued? In the end, these concerns reveal the emotions people invest…

… of the Balfour Declaration, which some historians view as ground zero of the “100 year war” between Jews and Arabs. Though the current situation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank bears little in…

… divestment vote and the Balfour Declaration’s centennial could not be more fitting. In the midst of the centennial, academics are contemplating what the current status of the Arab-Israeli conflict…

… the words of the British Colonial Office, to both Arabs and Jews. While the Balfour Declaration became reified in 1917, Jewish immigration to Palestine had long been in place and would only…

…4 - Tuesday, March 18, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ., EtMichlioan 41atip Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI…

… penetration artmouth College has proposed changes to its sexual assault policy, calling for expulsion in most cases where a student is found guilty of "penetration accomplished by force, threat or purposeful…

…. The University should consider strengthening the potential punishments for student sexual misconduct and reducing the discretion of the Office of Student Conflict Resolution in assigning these penalties…

… students living in dorms, should include information about steps to take if you are sexually assaulted. Knowing how to preserve DNA evidence on the body or clothes and knowing who to go to in order to report…

… students on campus about sexual assault. Education will foster cultural awareness and reduce stigma associated with incidences of sexual assault. The University's sexual assault policy should be made…

…'s election. Motivated by of this year. This would close the Thursday morning. He was found report released Monday. The com- She is stepping down because her recent rebellions in the Arab world, much debated…

… that followed were the second brawl I saw that night, and the puddle of red liquid in the mess of broken als and graduate students who go there for unfiltered German ale served in liter-sized boots…

…. Meredith Blank, a University gradu- ate student, explained that the restaurant is glass was blood, not wine, as I learned from a "fun, surprising" mess. The place graduate a girl who'd been sitting at one…

… of the over- students go to when they want to get wasted. …

… students that are worried about their safety; we have Muslim and Arab students that are worried about their safety,” Harper said. “So we have a pretty active Department of Public Safety right now…

… campus more welcoming for LGBTQ students. Specifically, they’ve opened an LGBTQ housing space that she said she assumes would be friendly to transgender students and their housing needs. “As…

… the undergraduate curriculum that includes a social justice component — something she is very pleased with. It would require students to take a certain number of classes pertaining to race and…

….” According to 2016 enrollment data for the class of 2020 at Northwestern, 8.5 percent of the student population is Black or African American, 13.6 percent is Hispanic or Latino, 20 percent is Asian and…

… students who believe in protecting Palestinian human rights,” Sarkar wrote. “The spirit of the resolution embodies the University of Michigan’s mission statement — to challenge the present — and the…

… chapter of SAFE met with E. Royster Harper, vice president for Student Life, and Laura Blake Jones, dean of students, for a dialogue and conversation. Approximately 20 students were in attendance to…

… the event. The Daily did not attend the meeting due to the personal nature of the event, but spoke to several student attendees afterwards. LSA senior Andrea Sahouri attended the dialogue, and…

… stated one of the most important aspects of the conversation was the way it exposed students to University officials that are open to hearing concerns, specifically for those students who may be…

… feeling the administration is not intimately connected to conversation among the student body. “I think the most important part of the meeting as a whole was letting the students of SAFE, and the…

… them or talk to them about anything that they’re there for us as students,” she said. Another main point of discussion was safety concerns among students following #UMDivest. While parts of…

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…'s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. A delayed reaction DPS alerts must reach students more quickly University employee walking through the…

…. All students should have been informedimmediately. Whenever a gun may be involved, regardless of the sever- ity of the situation, DPS should inform every University student. Brown should not have…

… choseto hold off on informing the studentbody of the alleged gun- man until the next morning. Even if the emer- gency was contained and the situation was nearing an "all clear," students have a right to…

… real. Whether or not the employee saw an actual gun, DPS should have sent aprecautionary alertto all students. Their intent to not cause a panic is understandable, but an alert that makes students aware…

… environmental challenges during each of their tenures as well as discuss the future of environmental policy in the Trump administration. Stephanie Campbell, a graduate student in the School for…

… worked hard to help University of Michigan students apply their unique language skills to a good cause in Washtenaw County. That “good cause” would be LingoMatch, a program created by three…

… students to connect bilingual and multilingual students with an immigrant or refugee in Washtenaw County struggling to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits due to a…

… significant because it allows students to put their language skills to work in a meaningful way, helping immigrants or refugees get their food stamps. “It provides bilingual and multilingual students…

… internment camps. Fast- forward 75 years, and Arab and Muslim Americans are facing discrimination in ways that resonate with the memories of Japanese-Americans. The internment of Japanese- Americans…

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… the views of their authors. A hole in the 'ridge' Students and legislators must stop welfare abuse Bridge Card abusers, beware - an end to fraudulent food assis- tance may be near. State Rep. David…

….S., its Western allies and Arab states trying to figure out a way to help force Assad from power. Yesterday, the 22-nation Arab League called for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping…

… Syrian Army have launched attacks, killing sol- diers and security forces. Syria now has become one of the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring, and many fear the country of 22 million at the heart of…

… the original DataDive created by Data without Borders. Nikki Roda, a first year masters student in the School of Informatics and one of the coordinators of a2Data- Dive, attended the original event in…

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… 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…

…-solution state in Israel Dingell withdraws support for bill supporting Palestinian rights Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS…

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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…

…, segregation never!" "Black, Latino, Arab, Asian and.White, by any means necessary we will fight!" Several University students stood among the crowd where the majority of protesters were from minority…

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… students don't have to go through this difficult process. Furthermore, ballot initiatives were not originally part of the democratic repertoire. The Progressive party added the mechanism in the twentieth…

… understanding is a comp of the complex With legal reasoningin the fight against lot of mov Proposal 2, her arguments were - a 'rarity among BAMN protesters outside the court. University students told me they came…

…- tiative, they struggled, clinging to simplistic reasons and failing to move beyond a single frame of mind. One University student cited the fact that a majority white state passed the law, only doing so to…

… maintain white privilege. Another University student rattled off facts about dropping minority enroll- ment, but could only explain the need to overturn Proposal'2 as a matter of racial justice and whites…

… outvoting minorities. A Univer- sity of California, Berkeley student admitted she couldn't articulate why Proposal 2 was unconstitution- al, but simply reinstating affirmative action was reason enough for her…

… because I ran for student government with a BAMN-sponsored party as a fresh- man and worked for the ACLU. Or maybe I'm just frustrated that people still don't understand affirmative action. Since the first…

… issues at hand in the case itself. Some opponents of affir- mative action are also fully ignorant to the state of race-based admissions as a whole. Multiple Black students explained that some white…

… students concluded they were only admitted to Michigan because of affirmative action, a sentiment I'e heard in per- son plenty of times. Apparently, some opponents of affirmative action don't even realize…

… that oil dependence does not have to continue. Students passing by the event were encouraged to sign a peti- tion supporting a transition HEARING From Page 1A tion. That decision is not being appealed…

… United States. The group collected almost 200 signatures by the end of the event. David Smith, a parent of a prospective student on a tour, said the event made the Univer- sity stick out to him more than…

… to know what political scientists think about this because we have totally different views and a different perspective than they do." CSG student general counsel, said it's quite possible that CSJ…

… will come by," Ortega added. "We start at the ground level - working with children and families - and also in com- munities." Social Work student Joyce Reese-Bey said she helped initi- ate and plan this…

… event and other events throughout the month to achieve better student aware- ness. "I feellikeeverychild deserves to have a childhood that's free from harm," Reese-Bey said. "Children don't have anyone to…

… speak up for them because they rely on the adults in their lives. We have to be that voice for those kids who don't have parents to stick up for them." Social Work student Lidi Armenta saw the event as a…

… way to reach all students by extenu- ating the concern for these children in a visual and easily accessible way. "I'm a Child Welfare Scholar, and there's a cohort of about ten of us every year…

… information surfaced surround- ing the death of Cornell Univer- sity sophomore George Desdunes, according to a March 18 article in The Cornell Daily Sun. Susan Murphy, Cornell's vice president of Student and…

… given until the end of the month to leave their house on campus, the article states. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDENT GOV'T OFFICER CALLED OUT FOR OFFENSIVE BLOG University of Colorado gradu- ate student…

… started the blog in 2009 and resigned from his student government position on March 4 after an anonymous source led the Dean of Students to question Cucchiaro as the author, according to the article…

…-loving 'butts' about it swindler CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Discussion Health talk about Japan WHERE: Student Health Services WHEN: Friday at about7 a.m. WHAT: A pile of saw dust was on fire behind the building…

…, University Police reported. The fire was caused by cigarette butts and put out by the building manager. WHERE: Beanster'sI WHEN: Friday at abt 3:15 p.m. WHAT: A student asl unknown person tosw his headphones…

… Morris missed a shot in the waning seconds. FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS MONDAY Students who took the SAT last week had to answer an essay ques- tion about reality television, The New York Times report- ed. Many…

… Barack Obama yesterday held up the South American nation as a model of democratic change in a time of uprisings and crackdowns across the Arab world and yet another war front for the United States. From…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 8, 2018 — 3A VETE R ANS WE E K RUCHITA IYER/Daily Ahmed Hamadi, Marines Corp NROTC Senior Advisor, shares his experiences as an Arab…

… students who thought they had registered online. Many of them, Beaudry said, declined to complete provisional ballots. “So, a lot of those students then, we were told, were unwilling to sign the…

… registered to vote and something happened, whether that’s a clerical error, lost paperwork, but that you did register and we don’t have the record.” Beaudry also guessed one reason students may have had…

… lecturer. Molengraff explained one of the challenges of being first-generation is describing experiences to those who do not share the same identity. “While not all students translate from one…

…- generation student. He discussed his experience growing up homeless after his parents split and were sent back to Mexico, not being able to return for 10 years. Parada was allowed to stay in the…

…. “To me, these things were not hurtful because I was a kid,” Parada said. “I was a young student who was just looking at the positive things in life … It didn’t hit me until a couple of years where…

… listen,” Parada said. Parada realized the experiences he faced as a first- generation student were unique to him and emphasized a need to not homogenize student experiences and identities. “Some…

… students may not have grown up with planned vacations or famous authors or book titles on top of their heads or were given NPR radio stations when they were younger,” Parada said. “My question…

… to you is when was the last time you assumed an experience of a student and how can you begin noticing these assumptions before engaging in those conversations?” The symposium then broke into a…

…, discussed concerns of overwhelming students with information as they arrive to campus. “What we worry at orientation is we could tell you, ‘Here’s the pathway to the pot of gold at the end of the…

… in opposition to the ban. 3 ON THE WEB... michigandaily.com Going Abroad By ISOBEL FUTTER The number of University students going abroad has increased 15 percent, the University announced on…

… Monday. 2,719 students traveled overseas to study during the 2013-2014 school year, as compared to 2,365 students in the 2012-13 school year. NEWS 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www…

… more of this story online at michigandaily.com RYAN MCLOUGHLIN/Daily LSA sophomore Nicholas Fadanelli, a student government candidate, campaigns at the LSA Student Government Candidate Forum in the…

… increasing diversity of the stu- dent body and and expanding mental health awareness in stu- dent government and on campus. Elections will be held Wednes- day. LSA Student Government consists of 19…

… 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…

… campus and in the national media, Friday’s UMix proceeded without protest or disruption. Late last week, several Muslim and Arab students reported. experiencing threats and racist remarks…

… with other persons.” The page then proceeds to note that, “The University of Michigan Policy on Sexual Misconduct by Students defines consent as a clear and unambiguous agreement, expressed in…

… mutually understandable words or actions, to engage in a particular activity.” During his fireside chat on Wednesday, University President Mark Schlissel told students that the University is…

… planning to role out changes to the University’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy by the Fall 2015 semester. He said changes could potentially include the guidance students are given in regard to…

… seeking counsel, among other issues. The University most recently made changes to its Student Sexual Misconduct Policy in 2013 in response to guidance from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office…

… after many students in those communities advocated for the film screening’s cancellation. Ann Arbor resident Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, a University alum, attempted to hold a discussion after the…

… film, unaffiliated with the University. However, students showed a lack of interest and the discussion fell through. When the University decided to show “American Sniper” at another location and…

… after hearing of the possibility of a student-led protest. However, a protest did not occur. Business senior Lance Feigeles said he agreed with the University’s decision to follow through with…

… of work because you realize how many cultural norms are working against you.” As part of the event, student models carried signs with sexually suggestive advertisements on them, and dressed…

… interacting with fellow students as part of the artistic process. “Usually when I create art, it’s very independent and unsocial,” she said. “Traveling to the studio, helping each other out and…

… about 10:30 a.m. when a student left it briefly unat- tended in a second-floor lounge, University Police reported. The laptop hasn't been recoverd, and there are currently no suspects. available…

… depression screen- ings and treatment. 20 years ago this week (Nov. 12, 1991): University Police cracked down on stu- dents throwing marshmal- lows in the student section at Michigan football games. "It is…

… illegal to throw anything at anybody in the stadium, and students are ejected for doing so," Department of Public Safety Sgt. Paul Vaughan told The Michigan Daily at the time. Many students, like then- LSA…

… them, and they don't say you'll be kicked out for throwing them," Libkuman told the Daily at the time. However, DPS stepped up the enforcement of the policy by charging some students with assault for…

… Advice for pre- Obesity lecture A new study found that med students WHAT: A lecture on the sleep paralysis is more increasing rate of childhood common in students, WHAT: A presentation by obesity in…

… America given by MSNBC.com reported. The three pre-health advisers Elsie Taveras, a pediatri- condition affects 8 percent to aid students with medi- cian and health researcher. of the population and occurs…

… Rooney Layout Manager Connor Byrd Finance Manager QUy Vo Circulation Manager The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during thetfall and wintterms by students at the…

… internationalization and of our engagement globally - having so many international students here means we have a terrific reputation for academic excellence around the world," Greisberger said. "Students come here. They…

… want to get a great education." China is the largest source of international students for the U.S. and the University. Chinese students currently make up 31.2 percent - or 1,747 students- of the total…

… number of interna- tional students at the Univer- sity, followed by India with 752, South Korea with 687, Taiwan with 287 and Canada with 244 students. , according to a Uni- versity press release made pub…

…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…

… worthwhile and fur- ther stimulates my interest in teaching." Though Lieberman teaches a class about the Arab-Israeli con- flict, his specialty is Southeast Asian history. Lieberman said he is unsure if he…

… will deliver a lec- ture regarding his own research or one related to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Business senior Jake Levey, Golden Apple co-president, said the committee had taken mea- sures throughout…

… the year to increase student awareness of the award. Their efforts resulted in more than 600 nominations, a record high inthe award's 24-year existence. After reading every nomination, the commit- tee…

… to a sometimes difficult audience" and remain unbiased, allowing students to objectively form an opinion regarding the topic for themselves. LSA senior Amalia Zimmer- man, Golden Apple co-chair, is…

… currently in Lieberman's Arab-Israeli Conflict class, and said she relates to the views expressed in the nomi- nations. "As a Jew growing up with a lot of knowledge of the Israeli side of things ... it was…

… teaching." Levey said while the large number of nominations made it difficult to choose a winner, he is glad students demonstrated a passion for their teachers, and is happy to see the Golden Apple Award…

… them, they throw out obstacles - whether it be AfricarAmericans, whether it be Latinas, whether it's women, whether it's young people or college students." A representative from the Uni- versity…

… and another moderator on the conference call, cited the recent North Caro- linavoter lawpassed by a Repub- lican legislature that prevents college students from using their school IDs as identification…

… said the clinic will be a way for the student body to make a difference beyond cam- pus. "The student body has a lot of potential to make an impact in people's lives, and if you have the opportunity to…

… do so, you should do whatever you can," Fernandez said. Pidgeon said students often forget that Ann Arbor goes on outside the campus community, adding that upcoming clinic is an important way to give…

… Misconduct Program Manager in the Office of Student Conflict Resolution and became Assistant Director of Sexual Misconduct in 2016,” Harper wrote. “During that time, Nadia worked with close campus…

… — as well as Muslim, Arab and Sikh communities — this past winter. “This past December, Nadia was invited to a White House session that focused on the generational experiences of Asian Americans…

…, including Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps during World War II, as well as modern day challenges facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South…

… current course called ALA 105, and in it we do a segment on news to begin with, even just evaluating general websites that students find on the web,” Bradley said. “We just have seen over the past…

… different types of information, Bradley thinks the library system is the perfect place for the new course. She wants to use the class to teach students the skills librarians — and many other…

… part of that skill. “Teaching students to be critical consumers of news and information is part of a good liberal arts education,” Dillard said. “Students are learning this skill in all their…

… in the course don’t yet know what kind of response there will be to the course, but they’re hoping to attract many students. As a one-credit mini-course, the class will only last the…

… further integrated into other classes at the University. “I think from my standpoint as a comm student, this course seems to align with other coursework we’ve talked about, and even is a topic I…

…’m sure will be integrated into future courses,” Rothbart said. “I think if it becomes … a class (communication students) can get credit for, it would definitely be a worthwhile class to take…

… creating affordable housing for Ann Arborites with modest means. Hathaway contended that Core Spaces may be adding luxury student housing in the building to ease the parking issue, but suggested the…

… $1,000 to student organiZation from Mich. named Rhodes scholar A 21-year-old West Point cadet from Michigan who says she wants to use her math skills to help attack Detroit's social prob- lems after…

… said. Engineering graduate stu- dent Aarthi Arab is the co- founder and president of the University's chapter of the United Against Infectious Dis- eases. She noted that the speak- ers were very…

… interesting and differed from each other. "We have to grow or collabo- rate with other organizations to get more people interested," Arab added. The World AIDS Week is from Dec. 1 to Dec. 7. As the B of pe…

… rood Recovery "I thought Ann Arbor would be a great city for that," Morrison twork wins event said. "Especially since students have a lot of resources available roceeds to fight to them and to…

… food waste on campus by distributing a man turns the corner by food to Washtenaw County resi- lind Pig and sees the line dents who are in need. Student ople waiting in the cold volunteers recover…

…, Mor- Central Student Government will said she was inspired by the reimburse Ann Arbor SOUP for y, collaboration and cre- the cost of the event. y of the event. At the conclusion of the event, Morrison…

… said she was pleased with the combination of Uni- versity students and Ann Arbor locals since the first event was mostly students. This year, Ann Arbor SOUP received 12 proposals, mostly from nonprofits…

… in Ann Arbor and students groups, but also one from an Eatsern Michigan University student. Together with the core group of 10 people who helped organize Ann Arbor SOUP, they chose four proposals that…

…Source Fun, a student- led organization that provides services in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti for financial literacy, won $900 at the first event last spring, then named UM SOUP. Since then, it has launched a…

… whole Ann Arbor community and bridge the divide between students and other com- munity members. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @MICHIGANDAILY hair and skin care classes STARTING NOW! CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK…

… of Arabs, including young women marrying older male cousins with aspirations to be stay-at- home moms, college students not permitted to leave their homes and various arranged marriages. The…

…. However, in considering the context of “The Book” as a whole, after completing 15 credits of Arabic, students can say “my uncle is an army general,” but not “my uncle has green eyes.” Students can…

… portray an accurate representation of my culture, my family or myself. This concern is further exacerbated when considering that Arabic 101 may be many students’ first formal introduction to the…

… security. I am not oblivious to the fact that many students enroll in Arabic classes in pursuit of relevant professions at the UN, Department of State and any other number of synonymous assemblies. The…

… questions remain, however: Why does the Arabic program cater to these students, and why am I automatically subjected to this framework? It would be more appropriate for the Department of Near…

… Eastern Studies to adopt a different textbook and create a separate, advanced class for students proficient in Arabic who wish to expand their political vocabulary. I am aware that the majority of…

… representational diversity in the realm of political and social activism cannot be understated. The University of Michigan is home to many liberal-minded, politically active students, but these…

… students are overwhelmingly white, educated and upper-middle class. I do not intend to shame anyone for holding these identities, but it is imperative, now more than ever, to understand one’s ability…

… Arabic studies IBTIHAL MAKKI | OP-ED T he College of LSA language requirement asserts that, “informed respect for other cultures (and) tolerance … are the hallmarks of a liberal arts…

… of Michigan. Specifically, our Arabic program, which uses the problematic textbook, “al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-Arabiyya,” which translates to “The Book in the Learning of Arabic” (hereafter: “al…

…Citing modern and historical human rights crises, Sheri Fink, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University alum, challenged an audience of over 100 students and community members gathered…

… pronounced in emergency due to the scarcity of medicine and intense need for health care. Fink concluded by asking students to consider what they would do if faced with such a situation — once again…

… Israeli diversion of water. WHO: Middle East and Arab Network WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Room D (3rd Floor) Intersex Bodies in Tosefta Bikkurim WHAT: The work of Tosefta…

… Showcase WHAT: This monthly performance will feature outstanding Music, Theatre & Dance students who were selected by faculty to perform. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 3 p.m. WHERE…

…: Britton Recital Hall Schokoladenstunde WHAT: The Language Resource Center will host students for German games and chocolate eating. WHO: Germanic Languages & Literatures WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6 p…

… published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the…

… Haritos Managing Anxiety WHAT: A class on managing depression and anxiety will be offered to all U-M students. WHO: Depression Center WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Chrylser Center, Room 265 and…

… of Inclusion,” a part of National Bullying Prevention Month. The first lady urged the students she spoke with to make new friends through sitting with people they didn’t know and promoting an…

… the increasingly difficult prospect of paying student loan debt and finding jobs after graduation. The current economic situation has furthered the steady privatization of education, causingthe economic…

… bur- den of college to be shifted more and more onto the backs of students. Recent statistics show that the net costs of college are rising, the aver- age student's credit card debt has hit record…

… levels and asa result, students are graduating with exorbitant amounts of debt that could take decades to repay. Students at the University are no exception. The University is known for having one of the…

… highest out-of-state tuition rates among public universi- ties in the United States, which was increased by 4.9 percent this year, and the price of student housing in Ann Arbor isn't cheap either. A…

… comfort. Is this the next Arab Spring or more of a Spring Break? I decided to skip most of the movement's planned 5 p.m. convergence on Times Square. Instead, I spent a few hours at Father Demo Square, a…

… state economy. Britany Affolter- Caine, executive director of the URC, attributes this increase to federal funding and larger student populations. “It is being successful — the three universities…

…. The one-credit course is led by EECS Professor Rada Mihalcea and doctoral student Laura Wendlandt. It focuses on exposing all students – particularly freshmen women – who have not had formal…

… programming experience to the world of computer science. Throughout the semester, students will have the opportunity to learn essential computer science concepts, begin to write code, visit local…

… the Flint water crisis and how her identity as an Arab- American shaped her career as a pediatrician. Hanna-Attisha, a University alum, began explaining her book title has two meanings: on a…

… Michigan students have used the motorized scooters around the city since their deployment Friday. The commission weighed allowing the scooters on city streets in the near future. Bird dropped the…

… Center for Arab American studies and associate professor of history at the University of Michigan- Dearborn, spoke on the long, rooted history of Muslim communities in Detroit at her lecture…

… Japan’s corporate culture, which stresses loyalty to the company, is forcing men to frequently On a campus that is overwhelmingly ‘blue,’ student supporters of Republican presidential…

… poll of 1000 students, respondents indicated overwhelming support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — 74.3 percent compared to only 5.9 percent who said they would vote for Trump. In the…

… said, that large property developers — attracted by rising rents largely paid by students — are seeking to acquire real estate near Central Campus to erect new apartments. The change seemed…

… Michigan community, winning accolades as students’ top choice for the best Chinese food on campus. See TRUMP, Page 3 MAZIE HYAMS/Daily Setsuya Fukuda, senior researcher at the Department of Research…

… Staff Reporter Students for Trump on campus dismantles ELECTION Leadership of chapter graduates and is not replaced CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter Top Japanese sociologist discusses…

… Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger 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…

… 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…

… allocate resources toward that community and reach out to members. “When something goes on on campus, if we want to connect with Arab American students, Middle Eastern students, or Middle Eastern…

… at University Health Service, stated that for students who obtain an illness that needs to be treated at an outside facility, health insurance is a requirement. She has found, however, that…

… many students at the University do not have their own health insurance and cannot receive this treatment. She continued by explaining that the portion of the ACA that allows young adults to…

… stay on their parent’s health insurance until age 26 is crucial for college students. Claire Fitzgerald, a senior majoring in political science, gender and health studies and business, was also a…

… member of the panel. She described her experiences as a college student and how the ACA has affected her and her classmates. “For college students in particular, the ACA gives us the ability to…

… individuals to advocate for the ACA. Panelist Michael Budros, a Rackham student, stressed the importance of outreach and education, especially toward those who may not understand the entirety of the…

… major effects from other health care plans. He explained the importance of students from this generation attending panels such as this one and educating themselves on issues that could change very…

…, they are still regarded as white. So basically, we don’t have a count on how many Arab Americans or Middle East Americans exist in the United States, we don’t know how many exist in the University…

… of Michigan.” Public Policy junior Nadine Jawad, who serves as senior policy adviser to CSG, stressed the importance of having a record of how many ME/NA students there are on campus to…

… and North African students and people identifying in this category, it’s very hard to reach out to a population of people that you don’t even know where they are, how many exist on this campus…

… Leprechaun, continue at Cantina and end up at Rick’s American Cafe. As a result of the street’s loca- tion, it is not only a cemented student destination, but also a significant economic engine for the…

… distance from the major- ity of the student body. And you cannot duplicate that. People have tried but it doesn’t work.” While the nightlife is part of the South University neighbor- hood’s popularity…

… Wolverine Wellness and Universi- ty Health Services, co-coordinated a St. Patrick’s Day committee. The committee included representa- tives from the Dean of Students Office, the Center for Campus…

… Radness. The initiative spanned from March 13 through March 21 and included a canoe trip, obstacle course and rock climbing, among other activities. Pehlke said the student- designed Stay in the…

… Blue app, which was launched in partner- ship with the University Health System’s alcohol safety program in 2013 to help students track their drinking, recently saw a dramatic rise in downloads…

…6A - Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 1 Peace talks between Palestinians, Israel end Abbas to consult with other Arab leaders RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A low…

… least three years. President Mahmoud Abbas said he would consult with Arab allies next week to figure out how to proceed now. While frustrated with the lack of progress, Abbas is under pressure to extend…

… Regents Plaza, around the Cube and toward the Fleming Admin- istration Building. Cars traveling on South State Street in the wee hours of the morning honked enthusiastical- ly, elicting cheers from students…

… said. "We brought backpacks full of clothes, we're readyto bundle." While some described the waiting students as overzealous, LSA sophomore Elizabeth Barns said camping out was a unique experience. "It…

…. 4 prkg spaces $2300 + utils. 734-996-1991 H E L P WIA D **BARTENDING** $300/DAY PO- TENTIAL. No exp. nec., training avail. AGE 18+ 800-965-6520x125 BE A GOOGLE Guide! Student temp jobs to support U…

… issuing statements asking Jews not to sell property to non-Jews, to the wives of certain rabbis telling Jewish girls not to date Arab boys, from expulsion of its only Arab student by a school in Sulam…

…4A - Thursday, March 10, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4A - Thursday, March 10, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom C4C idlcigan Bailu Edited and managed by students at the…

… surprising, but rather the way in which the infor- mation was presented. It was odd that SI gave a few anecdotes about students who had committed crimes and then generalized that information to the entire…

… they're presented as alarming, the statistics are less than shocking. When comparedto Oregon State University's Daily Barometer study about crimes committed by all college students, they're downright…

… placid. About 3.5 percent of all col- lege students - and I'm rounding up from 3.45 percent, a liberty that echoes throughout SI's study - have previously committed a crime. When considering the sample…

… size of SI's study compared to that of the Daily Barometer's, it becomes apparent that this 0.05 percent difference in convictions between football play- ers and other students isn't all that significant…

… wasn't able to access because juvenile records aren't publicly available - stating that none of the 25 teams require a background check on their pro- spective student-athletes. Some of the coaches were…

… couple of malevolent anecdotes. Crime study of student-athletes is misleading. If anyone should be upset, it's the players. Though they're often ste- reotyped as thuggish brutes, the vast majority are…

… library, sitting by yourself in the cafeteria, and above all, being united with 40,000 students by a single phenomenon - bacne. Erm, wait - I mean stress. Partially due to a physics experi- ment gone…

…. 26 article titled "Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshmen," the emotional health of incoming students has dropped to the lowest level in the last 25 years. What's really concerning isn't the…

… private room Students eating meals in cam- pus dining halls often have to wait inonglines to geta help- ing of meatloaf or macaroni and cheese. But some of the Univer- sity's highest-profile students get…

… to skip the line all together. Student-athletes have access to a private dining hall located on South Quad Residence Hall's main floor, according to Dan Schleh, director of food services for University…

… specially requested by the football program. The training tables are meant to meet the nutritional needs of student-athletes during the playing season, Schleh said. The separate dining area and training…

… room as well. In the summer, athletic summer camps eat in the dining room, and this past weekend, the room was open to students and their siblings for the University's Siblings Weekend, according to…

… reported. There were no injuries, and neither vehicle was damnaeed. Leak in lobby Student Org. Asian art and floods floor Round Table cultre talk WHERE: Ross Academic Center WHEN: Sundayat about 3:30 p…

…. WHAT: A workshop for obtainingfunds and writing grants, along with networking opportunities with other student organizations. Free food will be provided. WHO: Student Activities & Leadership WHEN: Today…

… particularly apparentin extreme situations - that shouldn't have been taken seriously. Citizens, in Iran, Bahrain, Yemen take to the streets DUBAI, United Arab Emir- ates (AP) - The possible heirs of Egypt…

…, justice and empowerment remain intact as the protest wave works it way through the Arab world and beyond. What changes, however, are the objectives. The Egypt effect, it seems, is elastic. "This isn't a one…

…- "The History of the Arab-Israeli erated sentiments that passage of this resolution would further divide the student body. While CSG executive officers are not permitted to vote on mat- ters of the…

… said the country's future relies not only on institutions like the Uni- versity, but also on those more focused on meeting the needs of non-traditional, mid-career adult students. With the Univer- sity…

… of Phoenix's online program, a college education is available to a larger number of students and professionals. "As you know, I am passion- ate about higher education and believe deeply in the…

… group of the meeting and opened by was not consulted by CSG about praising students of SAFE who which professor would be pre- have been protesting for the past senting to the assembly. She week. SAFE…

… members responded added that several students vis- with sign language applause, ited with Lieberman and asked since audible cheerswere banned him not to speak because they by assembly rules. disagree with…

… Michigan State In response to a question from University, and four University of LSA sophomore Jacob Ruby, an Michigan law students. LSA representative, Lieberman Law student Scott Bloomberg said he believes…

… included students both views regarding this issue, no for and against the resolution at such consensus currently exists. hand. Several students in support History Prof. Victor Lieber- of divestment shared…

… assembly, they did address the room before mem- bers of the assembly began their debates. Proppe advised representa- tives to consider the strong divi- sion of student opinion regarding the. resolution when…

…, a Public Policy junior, said as a student leader, he less- ened his involvement with pro- Israel groups once he became a representative. He reiterated that he remains pro-Israel, but. does not want…

… antici- pation of the meeting, E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, sent a campus-wide e-mail early Tuesday evening remind- ing students of the University's policy regarding freedom of…

… Something Dancy,” is available on Amazon. Follow Dee on Twitter @deesimon666 and Instagram @mrdeesimon. ARTIST PROFILE IN COURTESY OF DEE SIMON Dee Simon went from University student to podcast veteran…

…- Arab from outside Haifa, who, as an 18-year-old, followed his two brothers to Ann Arbor to open this shop, even though none of them had any formal training. His two brothers have since married and…

… base. Israeli- Arabs and Palestinians make up just one part of the local Arab community, many of whom are from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. But Usman told me that Arabs actually are a minority of his…

…. Just as Tunisia's overthrow of Ben Ali sparked anti-govern- ment uprisings across the Arab world, its success - or failure - in moving toward a stable democra- cy could once again send a strong signal to…

… its neighbors. "Tunisia has particular sym- bolic value as the first Arab revo- lution," said Shadi Hamid, an analyst at the Brookings Doha Center. PresidentBarack Obama poses for photographers in the…

… opposition fears he is just stall- ing for time. May Graduates: LAST CHANCE to take advantage of your Student Discount! Start your career or grad school with an updated Mac & iPad. U-M Computer Showcase…

… month of nine college students in Wash- ington state after consuming caf- feinated malt liquor as one reason to take action. States across the country have been exploring simi- lar bans. The commission in…

… the interview and was not available afterwards.' White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the question of when the bombs found in Britain and the United Arab Emirates were to go off was still under…

… United Arab Emirates said Hortefeux's remark did not describe the bomb found in that country. "If this was a reference to the device found in the Federal Express (Fedex) site in Dubai, then it is not…

… correct," a security source in the United Arab Emir- ates who is familiar with the investigation told The Associ- ated Press. Both were not authorized to Aiscuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of…

…-bound packages off cargo planes in England and the United Arab Emirates last Friday, they found the bombs wired to cell phones and hidden in the toner cartridges of computer printers. The communication cards had…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Wednesday, April 4, 2019 Erik Nesler can be reached at egnesler@umich.edu. 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…

… 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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… Center for Arab American Studies at U-M Dearborn, revealed these students make up a significantly greater proportion at the University’s Dearborn campus. Michigan also has the second highest Arab…

… invited to speak at the school by a student organization. As the protesters left, they screamed, “No fascist USA!” I yelled back at them, “This protest is the most fascist thing I have seen at this…

…, yet important, way for the University to show that it is truly committed to inclusivity of all ethnicities on all three of its campuses. According to the Student Campus Climate Survey on Diversity…

…, Equity and Inclusion, ME/NA students currently make up about 2 percent of the student body at University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus, while email correspondence with Sally Howell, director of the…

…-American population in the country. Central Student Government and LSA Student Government unanimously passed resolutions in support of this addition. Moreover, the U.S. Census Bureau is proposing the ME…

…/NA category be added for the 2020 census. The University administration should therefore mirror student and national commitment to inclusivity and follow suit. Collecting this data will also allow…

… students who identify as ME/NA to be better represented on campus. Currently, the students who would identify as part of the ME/NA category have to grapple with being lumped into a “white” or “other…

…” box, effectively skewing the demographic statistics of the University. A more accurate depiction of the number of ME/NA students at the University could bring more lobbying power for ME…

…/NA student organizations. We understand there are concerns among some that adding the ME/NA category could increase targeting from the government, especially given the nation’s current…

… pose an issue to students’ safety on campus. Historically, the University has vowed to protect the personal information of its students that could potentially harm them. After the Deferred…

… targeted. “We have Jewish students that are worried about their safety; we have Muslim and Arab students that are worried about their safety,” she said. “So we have a pretty active Department of…

… believes the conference will inspire new dialogues among University community members. “All the speakers are affiliated with the University whether it’s professor, alumni, student,” Katz said…

…. “It’s cool to get people from the U of M community together sharing ideas. I think people are all so interested and keep coming back because the conversation it starts with other students in the…

… amount of cultural diversity at the University, she often encounters situations where she is the only student in a class wearing a headscarf. She said seeing this lack of representation in the…

… expected it to pass by the time I graduated.” Aqel, a Palestinian student who has visited Palestine five times, described the difficult experience she faced in 2015 when, during a visit to the nation…

… alleged human rights violations committed by companies to be investigated as outlined in the resolution. Students who opposed the resolution, however, left the meeting upset with the results. One…

… student stated, “I think it’s a really sad day for freedom of thought on this campus,” as she exited the auditorium. LSA senior Gaby Roth, a member of University of Michigan Hillel, an…

… organization providing programming for Jewish students on campus, and in opposition to the resolution, explained her reaction in an email interview with The Daily. “I am happy that members of SAFE…

…, Palestinian students and allies were given a platform for their concerns to be heard. However, I am deeply upset that the address of these concerns meant that Jewish students’ sentiments about…

… described her disappointment in CSG’s vote against approving Prof. Victor Lieberman, who teaches a class on the Arab-Israeli conflict, to be included in the lineup of speakers for CSG’s Tuesday…

… of Black, white and Arab folks, where we learned about one another’s cultures and had great discussions about being respectful to each other when discussing topics like race and religion. I…

… methods by which a driver can scam a customer, especially tourists and out-of-state students who may not know the area they are traveling in very well. That said, a potential positive of the pending…

…. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. SHOHAM GEVA Editor in Chief CLAIRE BRYAN and REGAN DETWILER Editorial…

… Tarnopol Ashley Tjhung Stephanie Trierweiler EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS O ne of the most likely ways your friend, peer, student or child will die in college is by suicide. Though researchers at the…

… University of Virginia have found that college students are less likely to commit suicide than those of the same age (18 to 24) in the general population, suicide is responsible for more student deaths…

… campus has risen 16 percent since 2000. The APA also admits that though significant measures have been put in place to address students’ mental health concerns, campus counseling centers struggle…

… to maintain expanding student need. Something more needs to be done. The American College Health Association National College Health Assessment for spring 2014 shows that between spring…

… 2013 and spring 2014, 13.5 percent of students reported depression as a factor that negatively affected their studies. The percentage of students who report depression as a prominent factor…

… affecting their studies was much greater than student reports of drug and alcohol use, which stand at 1.8 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively. Furthermore, 2.5 percent of college students report…

… having seriously considered suicide. Based on the ACHA data, alcohol use may increase the prevalence of suicidal ideation among college students. As alcohol use remains a salient issue on campus…

…- 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 …

… with filtration devices. Faucet mounted filters were fitted for students living on campus in residences halls, as well as those living off campus. In a November 2015 e-mail to The Michigan…

… that our campus must go beyond the federal guidelines to ensure we protect students, faculty and staff from any and all lead exposure and to provide peace of mind by installing filters throughout…

… student, faculty, and staff community, and Flint Researchers attribute decrease to apathy, increase in vehicle costs By AMANDA DELETKA For the Daily Though it may come as surprise to commuters…

… Literature, Science and the Arts sponsored event Sharing Stories, Building Allyhood: Student Voices Against Islamophobia, which drew hundreds of students and faculty to the Union Monday night…

…. The event’s emcee, American Culture Prof. Evelyn Alsultany, who is also the director of Arab and Muslim American Studies, said she wanted to demonstrate how Islamophobia affects the University…

…, students spoke in front of dozens of ‘Michigan App’ will now send emergency messages through push notifications By SEAN DEW For the Daily The University is set to unveil another way to stay…

… connected to its emergency alert system sometime this semester. Beginning Dec. 4, Michigan’s Department of Information and Technology Services began testing a way for students to receive emergency…

…. During the testing process, ITS researchers sent surveys to more than 4,000 University students, staff and faculty seeking feedback about the effectiveness of push notifications on the…

….950-195.275. FLIPPING THROUGH TIME See UPDATE, Page 3 See SHARING, Page 3 See DRIVER, Page 3 See SACUA, Page 3 See CAMPUS, Page 3 All three ‘U’ campuses take part in Flint effort Students gather to discuss…

… Arab Spring By AUSTEN HUFFORD DailyStaffReporter More than 250 students and members of the Ann Arbor com- munity waited in line among a smattering of art and sculptures at the University of Michigan…

… invasions that have occurred in the city since January. Seto is also a member of the Student Safety Workgroup, a collaboration between AAPD, the Department of Public Safety, the Division of Student Affairs…

… and the Sexual Assault Preven- tion and Awareness Center in an effort to keep students safe on and off campus. Seto said in an interview in January that he became involved in the workgroup to…

… held on college campuses across the nation to promote student participation in the upcoming election and to boost Obama's re-election campaign. Students at the event were told of ways they could contrib…

… campus national organization that works to reduce emotional distress and By JOSH QIAN prevent suicide among college Daily StaffReporter students. In her address, Snow shared re than 1,000 students, how…

… often nce among students. paint a picture of perfection. I, conference, a national like so many other people, have held annually on the Uni- gone through dark times and felt y's campus, took place at not…

… students in the future. He said the Univer- sity has been a great help with research for Toyota in the past and he hopes this will continue into the future. "I believe that it's important that we have a lot…

… of good students come from the University of Michigan to work at Toyota," Uchiyamada said. In addition to fuel efficiency, Uchiyamada said Toyota values safety. The corporation meets all safety…

…. "But beyond that, we have our own standards that go beyond those regulations to make the vehi- cle safe," Uchiyamada said. Rackham graduate student Ye- sheng Kuo said he enjoyed Uchi- yamada…

… Authority), and some leading Arab states share a novel antipa- thy to Iran, and this sense of a common enemy may foster novel threads of alliance and a novel sense of urgency," Lieberman wrote in an e…

… safe and secure within their own states," Kallus wrote in an e-mail interview. LSA junior Ahmad Hasan, co-chair of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality - a pro- Palestinian group on campus - said he…

… of the region. "It doesn't make sense to see Israel and Palestine as equals on the table," he said. Kallus said students should have a vested interest in the con- flict and in the resolution that will…

… hopefully follow. "Students should care because not only are millions of lives in the Middle East affected but, ulti- mately, it will affect all of us," Kal- lus wrote. "If this conflict can be equitably…

… will make students' walking experi- ence around campus more pleas- ant and safer," Hohnke said. Nancy Shore, a University alum and program director of the get- Downtown Program inAnn Arbor, which aims to…

… added that he has already seen changes in drivers' behavior. But he said it is still important that students still cre- ate person-to-person contact with motorists, and are respectful and aware of the…

… changing laws. "There is a different mind- set that is beginning to exist in our community and the intent is acknowledging all pedestrians," Cooper said. "I hope (University students) feel more welcomed as…