Students for Allied Freedom and Equality set up a wall on the Diag to represent the separation wall between the occupied West Bank and Israel. The pro-Palestinian group annually sets up the wall every year. In addition to the demonstration, SAFE had a student dress up as an Israel Defense Forces soldier and simulate the military checkpoints Palestinians have to go through daily.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 6:02pm
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 6:36pm
In a poll of students conducted by The Daily earlier this month, a majority said they were unfamiliar with Michigan's gubernatorial candidates this year. The Daily talked to several major candidates to help provide a guide.
The poll was sent to 500 students. Of the respondents, 32 percent of students said they are most likely to vote for Abdul El-Sayed, while 48 percent of respondents said they were unsure whom they would vote for.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 5:26pm
According to USA Today’s annual ranking of National Collegiate Athletic Association coaches’ salaries, Jim Harbaugh is no longer the highest-paid coach in football.
The University of Michigan football coach’s 2017 salary of $7,004,000 earned him third place, after University of Alabama’s Nick Saban and Clemson University’s Dabo Swinney. Following Jim Harbaugh in fourth is Ohio State University's Urban Meyer.
Monday, October 23, 2017 - 5:32pm
The Detroit Connector, a bus service connecting Ann Arbor to Detroit, will now provide service seven days a week, instead of four, and open full-time service to the public Oct. 30.
The bus service, which used to serve only University of Michigan staff, faculty and students, will include stops at the Central Campus Transit Center, the University of Michigan Detroit Center and, newly, at the University of Michigan at Dearborn campus. Service hours are also being expanded, with new hours on Fridays and Saturdays beginning at 7 a.m. and ending at 1 a.m.
Monday, October 23, 2017 - 5:15pm
Fayrouz Saad, who is currently running for Congress in Michigan’s 11th District, says her political story started right in her dorm, freshman year at the University of Michigan.
As a Muslim and Arab 18-year-old after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Saad’s parents took her home from campus, wary of the discriminatory backlash against their identities.
Friday, October 20, 2017 - 2:21pm
After Michigan State Police Director Col. Kristy Kibbey Etue shared a meme on Facebook calling football players who choose to take a knee during the national anthem “rich, entitled, arrogant, ungrateful, anti-American degenerates,” 85,000 people are demanding Gov. Rick Snyder fire her.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 4:19pm
After an unsuccessful attempt at repealing the entire Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump’s administration repealed a mandate that required employers to provide free birth control coverage, which currently gives more than 55 million women access to birth control.
Monday, October 2, 2017 - 6:57pm
Students attempted to rename the C.C. Little Science Building Sunday night by covering the sign with a new sign that read “Mary Henrietta Graham,” the first Black woman to attend and graduate from the University of Michigan. The University has since removed the sign.
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 4:06pm
Hillary Clinton, former Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State, will take her book tour to the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium Oct. 24 –– and a multitude of opinions, fans and critics await her.
Monday, September 25, 2017 - 2:03pm
With a new initiative headed by Michigan first lady Sue Snyder, sexual assault on college campuses is set to face spirited bipartisan activism, as discussed at the third annual sexual assault prevention summit at Eastern Michigan University.
“We all must work together to create an environment where survivors feel safe and encouraged to be heard,” Snyder said.