…University of Michigan Rackham student Andrea Belgrade hosted the opening event for the Strength of Refugees and their Community in the Hatcher Graduate Library Wednesday night. A group of about 50 students and Ann Arbor residents attended the event. Belgrade does research with psychology professor Fiona Lee focused on Muslim-Americans, self-identified multicultural people, immigrants and refugees. The gallery at the eve...…
…A petition circulating around campus and the greater Ann Arbor community is calling on the University of Michigan to release the papers of Dr. John Tanton, a U-M alum and pioneer of the anti-immigration movement in the United States. The petition, entitled “Tell the University of Michigan: Stop Hiding White Nationalist’s Papers From The Public,” had more than 3,600 signatures as of Wednesday evening. The petition was created by...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 12, 2019 — 3A Among the ethnicity designations available is the Middle Eastern/North African identity option. In 2017, ME/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 catego...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, September 12, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com E...…
…5 — Thursday, September 12, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Homecoming: sharing our love for Lady Ann and U-M Since my freshman year, I have been working in a biochemistry lab on the Medical Campus. It was a job I procured out of peer, advisor and personal pressure to do research in any way possible after a significant academic pivot from pre-law to pre-med during my first semester. After doing away with math and scie...…
…6 — Thursday, September 12, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Danny Brown’s last album, Atrocity Exhibition, was widely acclaimed and viewed by many to be one of the best projects of 2016. To follow up such a successful project can be a challenge, but, luckily for us, Danny Brown seems more than ready for the daunting task at hand. “Dirty Laundry,” the first single off of his recently-announced project, uknowhatimsay...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 12, 2019 — 7 Jess Speight earns scholarship Just before the start of fall camp, Jess Speight was at dinner with his dad when he missed a call from Jim Harbaugh. He spent the next hour nervous, mind scrambling, wondering what the news could possibly be. Then, Harbaugh called back. He wanted the junior to switch to defensive line. After losing so many linemen in the offs...…
…8 — Thursday, September 12, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C O M M E M O R AT I N G MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 University of Michigan Law School, 1225 Jeffries Hall 4:10–5:30 p.m. Sponsored by U-M Office of the Provost A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH On Friday night, a similar roar of applause to the one that filled Temple’s McGonigle Hall in April 1970 bounced off the walls in Ann Arbor’s ...…
