…Wednesday, January 25, 2023— 5 S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Note: All names have been changed, and stories have been truncated when appropriate to avoid the possibility or implication of repeating the message relevant in each encounter. As a student at the University of Michigan, I’ve rarely witnessed overt homophobia on campus, though I know it exists. Still, I feel inexplicably unsafe in most spaces ...…
…S T A T E M E N T Wednesday, January 25, 2023— 6 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com More details about inauguration events and tickets will be available soon! myumi.ch/inauguration President Ono’s Inauguration Poster Session Award Students Can Receive Up to $5,000 to Pursue a Project During President Ono’s inauguration on March 7, a poster session at Stamps Auditorium will give U-M students the opportunity to present and discuss ...…
…Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fifty Palestinian flags rose upon Kamala Harris’s arrival Wednesday, January 25, 2023 — 7 University of Michigan students, led by a Students Allied for Freedom and Equality initiative, gathered in protest of Vice President Kamala Harris’s arrival at the University on Thursday. Protestors assembled in front of Hill Auditorium and marched towards Rackham Auditorium — the site...…
…Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Learn to say no Being able to say I was busy used to be my pride and joy. If you were to ask me how I was freshman year, I would most likely respond with a “good — just busy with school.” I abided by the unspoken laws of being a “productive college student” and said yes to every oppor- tunity I came across. It took a semester of burnout and fatigue to realize that my idealization o...…
…Opinion Wednesday, January 25, 2023 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com L ast month, University of Michigan President Santa Ono revealed the University’s plans to construct a new undergraduate residence hall on Elbel field, which is located southeast of the South Quad Residence Hall. It will primarily house incoming freshmen, with a proposed capacity of 2,300 students. The building’s location on Central Campus is intended ...…
…T he “clean” aesthetic — matcha, 20-step skincare routines, gua sha, 4:30 a.m. yoga, minimalist makeup and nude-toned shapewear — went viral in 2022. It’s a stark difference from the pouty lips, bold eyebrows and spray tan aesthetic of the 2010s. Coupled with the rise in social media, the new trend to be as natural-looking and dewey as possible has elevated criticisms of cosmetic enhancements. Our favorite celebrities that...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 25, 2023 — 11 Michigan escapes pesky Minnesota, 60-56 JACK GLANVILLE Daily Sports Editor Gophers are pesky. Always ruin- ing the perfectly-kept lawns of homeowners, messing with under- ground sprinkling and doing, well, whatever else it is that gophers do. And while the Michigan men’s basketball team’s metaphorical lawn is far from perfect this season, the Golden Gophers pr...…
…After heartbreaking Friday finish, Michigan delivers in overtime thriller JOHN TONDORA Daily Sports Writer GOLDEN GOLDEN GOALS SPORTS WEDNESDAY M INNEAPOLIS — The two-minute intermission before overtime Saturday night had an eerie feeling. It was a grim feeling, a dooming feeling, an ‘it’s going to happen again’ feeling. A feeling, that for the No. 8 Michigan hockey team, was all too familiar. The Wolverines had been ...…
…Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual misconduct Peter Chen, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, has returned to teach at the University after a Washtenaw County jury found him not guilty of criminal sexual conduct. University spokesperson Kim Broekhuizen wrote in an email to The Michigan Daily that Chen returned to teach Friday after having been on paid a...…
…Since Santa Ono took office as the president of the University of Michigan 88 days ago, the football team beat Ohio State for a second time, the 2022 fall semester finished and Ann Arbor experienced a frigid winter blast. Ono’s presidency marked a hopeful change for many organizations on campus, but has Ono lived up to his expectations in his first semester as U-M president? Rackham student Amir Fleischmann, Gradua...…
…The year 2022 has come and passed. A snowy winter turned into a gentle spring, and the subsequent glowing summer settled back into a bone-chilling fall. The Earth has again wound itself around the molten Sun, and once again we have aged, mourned and loved through the world’s exhaustion. Alongside the ebb and flow of our annual heartbreaks, deadlines and other varieties of fresh experiences, books have followed. We’ve allowed ourse...…
…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Wednesday, January 18, 2023 The biggest trends of 2022 As we move into 2023, it’s important to reflect on our experiences and discoveries during 2022, to continue the things we like and scrap the things we don’t. The most important reflections, of course, are those about fashion. It’s clear that 2022 was a year of fashion successes or, more controversially, “fashion fails.” Our style ...…
…S T A T E M E N T In the last 24 hours, my six friends and I collectively sent 374 texts in a group chat coming up on its five-year anniversary. And this was a slow day. Calling Tinder matches “pen pals,” all-caps play-by-play reactions to the new “Matilda” movie, pictures of people we haven’t spoken to in years that seem to reappear all too often. Texts like “im wearing a headband” and “a grown man is sitting next to me on the ...…
…Wednesday, January 18, 2023— 6 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com S T A T E M E N T Going public with picky eating Content Warning: Mentions Disordered Eating It shocked my parents when their little girl, the kid who frowned at “Spongebob” boxed macaroni and cheese and lied about having a peanut allergy to avoid peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, tore apart a small filet of smoked fish, leaving behind only a plate of bones. ...…
…Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com New Year, new me I awoke to the sound of meowing and an itch in my eye. As I regained consciousness, I began to remember where I’d fallen asleep. I took stock of my friend’s apartment bedroom. The slight weight of a hang- over bore down on my head as it started to ache, compounded by the fact I had definitely got- ten too little sleep. I groggily pulled my phone off the char- ...…
…I realize how burnt out I feel from all of my activities and school work. I’m finding it hard to remember my schedule, what I did last week, what I ate yesterday, and I have to look at my calendar to remember everything. It is not a good feeling. I can’t truly enjoy my activities and daily life anymore without feeling dread. What is your advice? -L Dear L, I completely understand where you are coming from. Burnout is such a n...…
…S ometimes, life can feel a little too settled, and too many good things can become a boring thing. A bad grade, stepping in some gum or even plucking your eyebrows a little too thin can completely ruin an otherwise good week when you have nothing else going on. But when you and your roommate are in an all-out turf war or you just impulsively kissed your best friend, those small inconveniences can be brushed off. Creating drama ...…
… 10 — Wednesday, January 18, 2023 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Michigan women’s track and field posts a strong showing at the Michigan Invitational Although the Michigan Invi- tational was a non-scoring per- formance, Michigan displayed both dominance and need for improvement. The track athletes were successful but the Wolver- ines faltered in their field events. The track athletes took first in seven of the nine event...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 18, 2023 — 11 Sports Michigan dominates in-state rival Michigan State, 70-55 In its last four games, the No. 17 Michigan women’s basketball team has alternated wins and losses. Returning home to Crisler Center with over 10,000 fans in attendance for the second straight game — a program first — the Wolverines were looking to build off their win at Purdue in a bid to start a ne...…
…With Harbaugh and Corum back, Michigan is set to contend again O f all the moments that defined the Michigan football team’s 2022 season, there’s one that I keep circling back to. Sixty-six minutes before the Wolverines’ clash with Ohio State — a bout for Big Ten East supremacy — Jim Harbaugh and Blake Corum emerged together from the tunnel that led to Michigan’s locker room. They walked in lockstep, head coach and sta...…
…University of Michigan President Santa Ono announced the University’s plan to build a new residence and dining hall targeted at serving first-year students on Central Campus at the Board of Regents meeting Thursday. The new residence hall will be built on the site of Elbel Field and is planned to have the capacity to house 2,300 students. Ono cited a stagnant supply of housing for undergraduate students amidst growing enrollme...…
…On their Instagram page, The Side Door pop-up restaurant boasts impeccable service, an intimate ambiance and gourmet cooking. It might sound like any other high-end eatery in downtown Ann Arbor, but there’s one caveat. The business is run by three U-M students out of an unfinished basement. Public policy senior Chris Wong, Business and Public Policy junior Daniel Zhang and Engineering junior Vineet Dongre are the foun...…
…With the new year comes new goals, new hopes, new dreams. For many, “read more books” is near the top of resolution lists, which is both commendable and conventional in this day and age. Nevertheless, it can be difficult to set your tasks and technology aside to dive into a book. Whether you spent New Year’s Eve finishing your Goodreads Reading Goal (I finished my “Daisy Jones & The Six” reread just before midnight) or you’re onl...…
…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Wednesday, January 11, 2023 puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Tom Pepper & C.C. Burnikel ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/11/23 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/11/23 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 ACROSS 1 Bit of pond growth 5 Snatches 10 Map out 14 Earsplitting 15 Anti-harassment movem...…
…This is the companion piece to “Scratching the surface of ChatGPT.” After introducing myself to ChatGPT, its functions, capabilities and restrictions, and brainstorming how I could present discussions ChatGPT raises in an interesting way, I came to the conclusion that I was able to interview this Artificial Intelligence. Every single word of ChatGPT’s response is intentional due to how it forms its responses, and this interview wi...…
…Opinion Wednesday, January 11, 2023 — 6 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This November, voters in Michigan approved Proposal 1, which changed the legislative term limits for the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan State Senate and greatly expanded the financial disclosure rules for state politicians. These are two very important changes that will help to ensure ethics and accountability in Lansing. Prior to...…
…T houghts and prayers. After years of mass shootings and gun violence, all the country has to show for the bloodshed is a long stream of condolences. Following shootings in Parkland, Oxford, UVA and countless other locations, legislators nationwide have advocated for strong reform, only to repeatedly come up short. Support for legislation curtailing access to some types of firearms draws support from 71% of Americans, yet the...…
…O ver Winter Break, I spent a few hours researching possible careers in journalism. Columnist for The New York Times, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, fact-checker for The Washington Post — I skipped past examining the third. A career analyzing politicians and trying to decipher the truths from the lies sounds like torture. It’s not just speechwriters fudging the numbers or candidates exaggerating anecdote...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 11, 2023 — 9 Michigan shuts out CSU Bakersfield as Big Ten season looms COLE MARTIN Daily Sports Writer In the first period of the Michi- gan wrestling team’s dual meet against CSU Bakersfield on Sun- day, No. 2 heavyweight fifth-year senior Mason Parris wasted little time. Not even two minutes in, Par- ris earned a near-fall on Jake Andrews before mercifully end- ing his night...…
… 10 — Wednesday, January 11, 2023 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 500 wins and counting: examining Kim Barnes Arico’s legacy so far After beating Nebraska on Dec. 28, Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico only wanted to talk about her players. In two postgame interviews, the Michigan women’s basket- ball coach praised individual efforts from fifth-year senior wing Leigha Brown and sopho- more guard Laila Phelia, delving into ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 11, 2023 — 11 Sports SportsMonday: Holier than none, Michigan needs to forget the moral high ground It’s time to drop the superior- ity act. For years — decades, even — the University of Michigan and its athletic department has tried its best to cultivate a specific image that it desperately wants you to believe in: “Leaders and best.” While that phrase may have once been an acc...…
…brother OH, OH, EMMA MATI/Daily Michigan blows opportunity to in- state rival, loses nail-biter at MSU E AST LANSING — Michigan State’s disdain for the Michigan men’s basketball team radiated through Breslin Center. Showers of boos greeted the Wolverines when they took the floor, and ecstasy filled the air when they left it. Michigan’s recent struggles in East Lansing, paired with the downright hostility of the Sparta...…
…Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 7, 2022 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM michigandaily.com GOT A NEWS TIP? E-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXXII, No. 101 ©2022 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 OPINION.......................9 SPORTS ...............…
…Content warning: This article contains the use of graphic sexual language. The jury trial for Peter Chen, former professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, began Monday morning at the Washtenaw County 22nd Circuit Court in downtown Ann Arbor. Chen is charged with criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, defined as an act of sexual penetration with a victim under th...…
…The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs met in a hybrid format at the Ruthven Building on Monday to discuss chair and director updates and the upcoming election to replace a University-wide Ombud. LSA professor Silvia Pedraza, SACUA chair, began the meeting by commemorating the recent death of Oveta Fuller, associate professor at the Medical School. Fuller was a recipient of the 2022 Regents Award for Disti...…
…The Ford School of Public Policy and Education Policy Initiative held a seminar Wednesday afternoon to discuss findings on how the 2014 Flint water crisis impacted educational outcomes for younger children. During the discussion, the experts shared research findings nearly eight years after the crisis began, followed by a discussion on the larger real-world impacts on today’s youth. Public policy professor Brian Jacob ...…
…I have the same taste in art as my four-year-old niece — I swear I’m not exaggerating. I love Disney movies, and their soundtracks, probably more than her. Hannah Montana (yes, Hannah, not Miley Cyrus) makes her way into my top five most listened to artists every Spotify Wrapped. I will defend Barbie movies until I die. Young adult books dominate 90% of my bookshelf. I frequently rewatch my favorite Disney Channel or Nickelodeo...…
…The first time you came across Rookie’s website, it was already a graveyard. It was March 2020, you had a surplus of free time on your hands, and you were reading interviews with Elizabeth Meriwether, the creator of the sitcom New Girl. Upon first glance, Rookie’s website appeared anything but dead: an online magazine by and for teenagers. Created by Tavi Gevinson in 2011, the vivacious teal-and- white site features thoughtfu...…
…I have never claimed to be a “gamer.” Given that I only ever truly played “Super Mario,” I didn’t feel deserving of the same title that people fluent in “Minecraft,” “The Legend of Zelda” or “Halo” held. I was only familiar with one tiny corner of the gaming world, but I was completely and utterly immersed in it. Every Saturday morning I’d wake up before sunrise and quietly race to the living room. I wanted guaranteed access to ...…
…I am from the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, a community struck by decades of disinvest- ment and replete with closed facilities. Blocks away from my home is the high school that witnessed my curiosity and resentment for the world grow. During my preteen years, dif- ferences between my neigh- borhood — where the median income was close to the pover- ty line — and the upper-income neighborhoods surroundi...…
…O n Nov. 4, University of Michigan students filled the Diag as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stepped out of her campaign bus to rally the young crowd. With her was Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation. The next day, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made his own stop in Ann Arbor, encouraging students to vote for the Democrats in the looming 2022 midterms. Their mission: Get out the college student vote. They succeeded. On Election...…
…W hen “The Kissing Booth 3” came out last year, it became the perfect finale to a horribly- reviewed trilogy, with clips such as this one going viral for how painful they were to watch. This kind of dramatized interpretation of how Generation Z speaks to each other persistently appears in media centered around today’s teenagers as older writers try to grasp how we communicate. As modern TV shows continue to portray the generat...…
…pupil’s failures — it’s their job to handle them properly. And if Manuel and his department can’t, they’re the ones who should be held accountable. Winning programs don’t excuse that. Stoll can be reached at nkstoll@umich.edu and on Twitter @nkstoll. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, December 7, 2022 — 11 Despite second straight Big Ten championship, Michigan’s focus lies on the national title SPENCE...…
…A career in the making, McCarthy’s journey has led him to this point INDIANAPOLIS — J.J. McCarthy’s patented smile seemed to peak just a little bit higher Saturday night. The sophomore quarterback had every reason for his glee: maize and blue confetti blanketed the field at Lucas Oil Stadium, the No. 2 Michigan football team won its second-straight Big Ten title and McCarthy led his team under center to the moment of glory, hoisting th...…
…Wednesday, December 7, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Here marks the clos- ing chapter of a fall semes- ter that, to many University of Michigan students, was characterized by a series of Tinder hook-ups, bouts of religious guilt, the oc- casional trip to University Health Services and a whole lot of “doing it.” We here at The Statement know this because we asked, just as we have done for the past 10 years. Indeed, on this day in 2012,...…
…Sex in the classroom Though they both take up space in our collective conscious- ness, sexual encounters and aca- demic spaces typically reside on opposite ends of the campus spec- trum. It’s what makes this 2006 Daily article about how to have sex in the stacks of Hatcher Graduate Library so entertaining. Though the authors say it’s a rite of passage, the article’s guide to “hav(ing) your ‘O.’ Right between the ‘N’ and ‘P’” has see...…
…Wednesday, December 7, 2022 // The Statement — 4 Let’s talk date parties, pseudo-consent and transactional sex “He tried to kiss me like eight times,” my friend said as she casually took a sip from her iced coffee — her mascara from the night before smudged un- der her eyes. “He did what?” I asked. “I kept telling him it wouldn’t be a good idea, but he was so drunk he just kept lean- ing in. It was crazy,” she chuck- led uncomf...…
…C OLUMBUS — It feels like a lifetime ago. Last year when the Michigan football team finally broke its decade- long curse against Ohio State, when the Wolverines stormed the snowy streets of Ann Arbor and when Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh deemed it just a “beginning.” It was the Wolverines’ biggest win of the millennium. And on Saturday in Columbus, Michigan did it again. Whenever they needed to, the third- ranked Wolverines (12-0 overal...…
…University of Michigan leaders met at the Ross School of Business Robertson Auditorium Monday morning to hear University President Santa Ono’s Leadership Welcome address. Ono outlined his priorities for the University, including building a collaborative university environment and repairing community relationships. Ono also announced the University’s approach in reforming their approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ...…
