Daily Digest

10-11-2016

A panel discussion with Counseling and Psychological Services leaders and Angela Dillard, associate dean of undergraduate education, stressed the University of Michigan’s commitment to providing students with mental health support to cap off the end of the first campus Mental Health Day Monday.

 

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Dear subscribers,

Today, we have coverage of Hillary Clinton's visit to Wayne State yesterday. We take a deeper look into Islamophobia on campus. A town hall with University officials focused on mental health resources. The Michigan football team's offensive line has a needed break from the action this weekend. Finally, Michigan hockey's Sam Piazza showed his offensive chops in their season opener, doubling the number of goals he scored in his first two years at Michigan this past weekend.

All the best,

The Michigan Daily

Bye week comes just in time for offensive line

A large part of Michigan's rushing success Saturday was due to a prolific offensive line, though the unit got off to a less-than-ideal start.

Defenseman Piazza shows ability on offense in first weekend

After two games, the junior defenseman is tied for the team lead with two goals.

Hillary Clinton talks Michigan-centric, student issues at Wayne State

DETROIT — A day before the voter registration deadline, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton visited the state to urge Michigan students to sign up to vote.

More than 4,000 individuals piled into the Matthaei Athletic Center at Wayne State University to see Clinton speak Monday, with attendees filling almost the entire space.

Muslim students say Islamophobia is frequent, underreported on campus

On the day before the 15th anniversary of 9/11, a Muslim couple was harassed at a downtown restaurant on State Street.

According to LSA senior Jennifer Alpert, a witness to the incident, a man — who she described as a white male in his late 30s — shouted at the couple while they were leaving Noodles & Company, cursing and relating the couple and Islam to the devil.

Alpert said everyone was in shock — no one reacted at first.

Did You Know?

The Wolverines are known to not have a mascot, but in 1927, Michigan had two live wolverines as their mascots. Their names were Biff and Bennie. After a year, the wolverines were sent back to the zoo.