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Another escape
The No. 8 Michigan football team faced yet another scare against Cincinnati, but managed to overcome it in a 36-14 win in its home opener.
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New director of IRWG to emphasize researchers The Institute for Research on Women and Gender position change took effect in Sept. MOLLY NORRIS Daily Staff Reporter
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Student orgs, Black Greek Life host sixth annual Diag Stroll Off Hundreds of students participated in event to raise money for charitable causes AMARA SHAIKH Daily News Editor
Students and community members filled the Diag Saturday night for a stroll, but not the kind you might first think of. The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity hosted the sixth annual Stroll Off — a community service event and an invitation to the University
of Michigan campus to get to know more about Black Greek organizations. The night’s strolling, a style of dance traditionally performed by many Greek fraternities and sororities of color, also featured performances from Greek and other student groups, simultaneously raising money for each organization’s charity of choice.
ACADEMICS
Program launches, providing resources SuccessConnect works to provide students with on-campus resources ALEX COTT
Daily Staff Reporter
SuccessConnects — a University of Michigan program aimed at connecting students to helpful campus resources — hosted an orientation for first- and secondyear students at Rackham Auditorium on Sunday afternoon. The program featured a series of speakers, workshops and engaging activities for new students to begin building peer relationships and get a glimpse of what SuccessConnects has planned for the upcoming academic year. SuccessConnects is a program entering its second year through the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives. Dr. Robert Sellers, associate vice provost for Equity and Inclusion, created the program as a reaction to the University’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative. It provides resources such as peer and staff advising for incoming first- and secondyear students. The goal of the program is to grant students access to these resources early so they See SUCCESS, Page 3A
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Mallory Hardaway, LSA senior and president of Delta Sigma Theta, emphasized the importance of the event. “We mostly hope to just to bring people in and bring money in for our prospective fundraisers but also to showcase our sororities and fraternities and so that the outside campus can get to know us a little more and the things that we do,” Hardaway said.
Raymond Smith-Byrd, Engineering senior and president of Omega Psi Phi, described how the event also paid tribute to African heritage. “What we’re doing is showcasing the campus kind of what our organizations are about,” SmithByrd said. “So we’re about putting on events for our campus, we all do different events we all do different See STROLL, Page 3A
On Tuesday, the University of Michigan announced the appointment of Anna Kirkland as director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. The position change went into effect Sept. 1. Kirkland has been a professor of women’s studies and political science at the University since 2004 and is also the current director of the Science, Technology and Society Program. Kirkland previously served as associate director for the IRWG from 2014 to 2017. Kirkland will be replacing Sarah Fenstermaker, whom Kirkland worked closely with during her time as associate director. Fenstermaker has served as director of IRWG for the past
five years. “The progress IRWG has made toward success in supporting faculty gender research, administering extramural funding for faculty research and providing stimulating dialogue about gender, in no small measure is a result of Anna’s efforts,” Fenstermaker wrote in an email interview. “I believe she is perfectly prepared to be the next IRWG director, and I have every confidence that she will continue to contribute to IRWG in new and innovative ways.” One of Kirkland’s main goals is to bring the research done by IRWG into the spotlight, both on the University’s campus and on a larger national scale. “I’m really trying to think of ways to promote the research that we do, particularly our research faculty,” Kirkland said. “We have See INSTITUTE, Page 3A
Students, community leaders gather Perry acts on Diag to protest ending of DACA as safety FOOTBALL
The march aimed to voice opposition to President Trump’s decision to rescind program COLIN BERESFORD Daily Staff Reporter
Students and community members marched Friday evening from the Diag to the School of Social Work building to voice opposition to the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. The recent move by the Trump administration dictates a dissolution of the program in six months unless Congress replaces or reinstates it. Many students and community members spoke while the marchers were gathered in the Diag, including a DACA recipient who explained how he was able to find work through DACA. Other speakers shared their hope for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the future. State Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, spoke at the event. Later, in an interview with the Daily, Rabhi talked about the importance of Congress acting to protect the undocumented immigrants currently benefitting from DACA. “I think that there’s incredible momentum to do better than we have,” Rabhi said. “Obama made a great step in the right direction with the instituting of DACA, but we can do even better than that and
that’s the potential that we have right now.” Rabhi emphasized many of those affected by the change attend the University of Michigan and live in Ann Arbor. “These are our fellow community members that are under attack right now,” Rabhi
said. “Their rights are being stripped away from them and anytime someone’s rights are under attack, the sign of a true patriot is to stand up and fight for those rights and that’s what I’m doing today.” Social Work student Catalina Rios helped organize
the event in response to the announcement from the Trump Administration and to change the narrative of immigrants. “I feel that a lot of people, they talk about making change but really don’t know how to do it or just say certain things that See DACA, Page 3A
net for UM against UC
Junior receiver gives team 10-point lead despite challenges ORION SANG
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ROBERT BUECHLER/DAILY Ann Arbor residents gather to defend DACA on the Diag on Friday.
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INDEX
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With three minutes left in the third quarter, the crowd at Michigan Stadium breathed a sigh of relief. Grant Perry, meanwhile, was celebrating with his teammates. The junior receiver had just caught a slant before outrunning Cincinnati’s secondary to the end zone, giving his team a 10-point lead and some much-needed breathing room. Perry is far from perfect. He’s shorter than the average receiver and hasn’t been a consistent threat in the deep passing game. At times, he can celebrate too zealously — such as against Florida, when he picked up an unsportsmanlike penalty for spinning the ball after a catch. And, most strikingly, he was suspended from the team for an altercation last fall that saw him put on probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery and a felony of resisting arrest. Saturday, though, he was Wilton See PERRY, Page 3A
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