ANN ARBOR, MI - A deal between the University of Michigan and its striking graduate instructor union was reached Tuesday morning, signaling the end of a months-long strike.
The Graduate Employees Organization, on strike since March 29, accepted a 20% pay raise over three years for its Ann Arbor employees, as well as a number of other provisions, university officials said.
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by Josh Hammer
I arrived at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Nov. 16 to deliver a speech on Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. The talk's blunt title, selected by the local Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter, reflected my own unambiguous approach to the conflict: "Israel's Righteous Fight Against Jihadism." Given the nature of the talk, given the highly noxious climate now pervading campuses when it comes to this topic in particular, and given the harrowing images of massive anti-Israel gatherings in nearby Dearborn, I anticipated possible fireworks and worked with YAF on event security measures.
Those security measures, unfortunately, turned out to be necessary.
Within minutes of starting my speech, 20 to 25 protestors stood up in unison. They held their arms high in the air to expose their shirts, which featured photos of Palestinian-Arabs who have died in Gaza since the war started. (The students are unaware of, or simply disinterested in, the fact that every one of those deaths is legally attributable to Hamas under international law.) Undeterred, I continued. A few minutes later, the students began obnoxiously coughing in unison each time I opened my mouth, in a clear attempt to drown me out. I reminded them of the university's code of conduct, which prohibits shouting down speakers, but that only made them cough louder.
Shortly thereafter, the mass coughing turned into shouting, coordinated by a visible ringleader toward the front of the pack. The chants would be familiar to those who have paid attention to the explosion of on-campus antisemitism since the Hamas Holocaust of Oct. 7: "Remember their names!," "Free Palestine!," "Stop the genocide!," and so forth. At one point, a protestor started to walk briskly toward the stage, prompting my body man to leap out of his front-row seat to protect me. Finally, a tepid university administrator replaced me at the podium, seemingly to once again remind the students that their conduct violated university policy. He too was drowned out; his exhortations were largely inaudible.
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View of the Tappan Oak at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Printed on front: "Tappan Oak. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich." Printed on back: "Made in Germany." Handwritten on back: "Ann Arbor, Nov. the 16th. Dear Neice [sic] and family, received your card and very glad to hear you are usually well and [undecipherable]. Aunt Carrie intends to go to Howell on Thursday the 19th would be so glad to have you meet me at the depot Ann Arbor train getting into Howell not far from about 10 oclock in the morning thank you very much love to all from your Aunt Carrie [undecipherable]."
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
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Supermodel (you betta werk)! #targetstyle #pride #lgbtq 🌈✨
So in the surreal ebb and flow that is my life, I find myself on the Target website modeling my #takepride gear. I’m #instagram famous. 😅 Thanks, Laura Toledo, for spotting this and sending the last screen grab. Made my day!
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