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Three in a row Michigan dominated its third straight opponent on Saturday, this time beating Nebraska, 56-10, in the Wolverines’ Big Ten opener.
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Vandalism on the Rock instigates controversy CLAIRE MEINGAST/Daily
Lewd graffiti found over annual painting by the Vietnamese Student Association
Jeffrey Seller, a broadway producer known for his work on Hamilton, discussed his time at Michigan at Palmer Commons Friday afternoon.
Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller talks Broadway journey, time at ‘U’
Seller directed plays at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre as a student at Michigan DANIELLE PASEKOFF Daily Staff Reporter
Acclaimed Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, a University of Michigan 1986 graduate, spoke to a packed auditorium at Palmer Commons Friday afternoon about his student experience at
the University and his success in producing hit-Broadway shows like “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton.” Seller graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science and worked various jobs while at the University, including directing plays at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre and writing for The Michigan Daily. Seller explained the difficulty he
faced during his senior year, when he was unsure how to navigate his goals for the future. After graduation, Seller moved to New York City to pursue a career in public relations within the entertainment industry. There, he met the people who became an integral part of his early career. “Who we team up with helps
determine our future,” Seller said. “The question will be, ‘What can you make with yourself and the people that you meet from Michigan, and the years right after?’”
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The Vietnamese Student Association painted the Rock — a University of Michigan tradition — with their names and the name of their organization on Thursday night . On Friday, VSA students found their organization’s name on the Rock defaced with lewd graffiti and expletives directed toward the police. “We’re saying, we’re here, we’re here on this campus, and we’re here and we exist,” VSA co-president Khang Huynh, a Public Health senior, said. “So
when someone vandalized it, it left a sour taste in our mouth. If you want me to blunt, it just felt like a middle finger to our student org. To have your name literally vandalized over.” In a statement shared by the VSA on Facebook, which received over 300 shares as of Sunday night, the organization referred to the incident not just as vandalism, but as a “hate crime.” “This incident is one of many vandalizations targeting people and student organizations of color at the University of Michigan,” the statement said.
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University medical school working to reduce New minor ties social mental health stigma among students, doctors
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justice and teaching The 15 credit program was launched this fall in the School of Education AMARA SHAIKH Daily Staff Writer
Engineering sophomore Radu Tolontan and Education senior Nick Maternowski may come from different colleges at the University of Michigan, but they share appreciation of the School of Education’s new Education for Empowerment minor. “I don’t think it’s for LSA students, I don’t think it’s for Arts students, I don’t think it’s for Engineering students,” Tolontan said. “I think it’s a minor for pretty much anybody who likes working with people and bringing power to people.” The 15-credit Education for Empowerment minor was launched this fall and offers students the chance to critically examine the role of education in social change and justice. Simona Goldin, director of instructional design at the School of Education, explained the minor was developed after faculty who taught the Schooling in MultiCulture Society course noted students’ continued desire to pursue questions of social justice and its impact on educational See MINOR, Page 2A
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A 2016 study, conducted in part by U-M, found one in four medical students may develop depression RACHEL LEUNG Daily Staff Writer
In her second year of medical school at the University of Michigan, Rahael Gupta contemplated taking her own life. While Gupta got the help she needed and returned to school the following year, she uncovered a stigma among the medical community in which many physicians — and those in training — hide their depression for fear of professional consequences. Now, in her final year of medical school, Gupta is speaking out about her struggles with mental health and emphasize that, just like the patients for which they care, doctors are not immune to depression. In Gupta’s second year of medical school, she began feeling fatigued and upset as she fell behind in school work. A dedicated worker, Gupta wanted to just focus on her studies and tried to ignore her increasing inability to function in school. She never considered she was suffering from depression until a trusted medical school counselor, whom she had visited at the time to try to defer a test, suggested she might be depressed. “She was the one that recognized, ‘Okay, this student isn’t just having a hard time, there is something wrong here,’” Gupta said. “She was the first person to ask me, ‘Rahael, do you think you could be depressed?’ No one had asked me that before.” Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly
For Gupta, her mental health had become a secondary concern to exam deadlines and school work, but as a result, her academic performance and her well-being
diminished. “I was so low and distraught — I was just happy that somebody was asking me about how I was doing instead of about my
performance,” she said. Gupta is not alone in suffering from depression. A 2016 study conducted by a team at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and the U-M Medical School found one in four medical students may develop depression. Though the intensity of medical school would seem to be an environment naturally rife with anxiety and stress for students, study co-author Srijan Sen explains there is a taboo concerning doctors who appear to suffer from such pressures. “I think there’s a culture that we’re supposed to be strong and nothing can faze a doctor, and they can handle anything and continue on,” Sen said. The team collected data from over 200 studies, which examined the mental health of 129,000 medical students in 47 countries. In addition, researchers found one in 10 students will contemplate suicide during medical school. Though there are disproportionate numbers of medical students suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts, results from the study show only 16 percent of those with depression are seeking help. Sen has previously worked on other studies that examine the mental health of medical students and professionals. He visited study participants years after they graduated from medical school and completed their residences to observe similar rates of depression and reluctance to request mental health care later in the participants’ later career lives.
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