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April 12, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 109) • Page Image 19

…Wednesday, April 12, 2023 // The Statement — 7 I have a confession to make: Despite my seemingly positive travel posts and a frenzied roulette of indulgent Instagram stories, I can find no other words to describe the last five months of my life beyond “utterly taxing.” The easy-going charade I like to do isn’t some- thing that can withstand the more stressful periods of my life — it’s a seam that frays and unravels in the presence o...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 1

…GOT A NEWS TIP? E-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXXII, No. 108 ©2023 The Michigan Daily N E WS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S T A T E M E N T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 2

…A few thousand graduate students, undergraduates, lecturers and Ann Arbor community members rallied on the Diag at the University of Michigan Wednesday in support of the Graduate Employees’ Organization’s decision to strike following months of unsuccessful contract negotiations with the University’s Academic Human Resources Department. The walk-out started at 10:24 a.m. to call attention to the fact that GEO is “...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 3

…About 50 University of Michigan students and faculty alike gathered in Rackham Auditorium for the annual Tanner Lecture Wednesday evening, which is funded by The Tanner Foundation, an organization that helps patients with neurological diseases. This year’s keynote speaker was Sally Haslanger, the Ford professor of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Haslanger’s lecture focused on int...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 4

…“Do you think it will be war?” young bride-to-be Gûle (Kajeen Aloush, debut) asks her older sister. A pause. “It already is war,” her sister replies. So begins “Berbû,” Sevinaz Evdike’s dazzling directorial debut, which had its American premiere this Thursday at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. “Berbù,” which clocks in at just 70 minutes, is a deeply personal portrait of the ongoing Syrian civil war. The film is set in Serekaniye, a...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 5

…Taylor Swift has been widely hailed as one of the greatest songwriters of her generation. Not only are her songs catchy and meaningful, but they almost always tell an incredible, lively story. In particular, the songs that describe beautiful relationships and heart-wrenching breakups reach a level of storytelling that few other art- ists can aspire to. And because these songs tell such descriptive stories, it’s only natural that fans...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 6

…I think makeup is one of the most exciting forms of art. Discovering techniques that complement different facial structures, emphasizing your favorite features and enhancing personal style all draw me to the beauty world, whether in everyday makeup or more creative, bold looks. My interest in makeup is reflected in the way I use social media — on Pinterest boards or my Instagram explore page, there’s bound to be some makeu...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 7

…S T A T E M E N T michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily Wednesday, April 5, 2023 — 7 Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of smiling at my phone. My affair with the game started about six days before this past Christmas when I got a text from my uncle telling me that it was time to continue our annual tradition of me telling him what I wanted for Christmas — and that invariably being the newest version of FIFA. But this year, for the f...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 8

…Sonder is a term that describes the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own; in essence, the word strikes a sense of not only sorrow due to meaning itself, but also comfort, an echo that radiates between the two syllables and connects the six letters into a hopeful hopelessness. When I first learned about the word, I was listening to my playlist as a new song by Brent Faiyaz ...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 9

…Before I knew of virtue, I knew of vice. It’s not a stretch to say I grew up hand in hand with the knowledge of sin, from the fairly innocuous to the fairly extreme: to hurt someone is a sin, to blaspheme is a sin, alco- hol, greed, sacrilege — the list goes on and on. But with the knowledge of sin came also an understanding of hierarchy, with some sins taught as per- missible and others damning. All are sins against god, but some ...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 10

…The penis, perhaps, in its most potent, primal state, might be one of the biggest (or maybe not so big …) mysteries unknown to man. At the sacral site of this sexual organ is an enormous world of imagina- tion, pro-creation and pleasure. Well-endowed with a complex nar- rative structure, relentlessly rising and falling, climaxing and relax- ing exists this embodied enigma, eluding human culture since the dawn of time as seen in centur...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 11

…Seedling those who sow seeds, side-by-side in the dark, would not wish the morning wood come sooner, as patient are they in the practice of spring, of springing vibrantly into action, of acting vigorously in visceral actuality, there is a finality — leaving nothing undone — these planters, having fallen fatally from grace, are no stranger to darkness no stranger than darkness, than divinity, should they remain grateful, graceful in the...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 12

…A ccording to the CDC, permanent hearing loss begins at decibel levels of 70. On March 11, 2023, when Yu Chang — an infielder playing for Chinese Taipei — hit a go-ahead grand slam, a decibel reader inside Taichung Intercontinental Stadium registered 118. En route to a 9-5 upset over the Netherlands, Yu Chang blasted the eardrums of 20,000 local fans and etched himself into Taiwanese baseball history. As he rounded second base (...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 13

…I still remember one of my first Uber experiences during high school. Hiding my disbelief that technology had allowed me inside a total stranger’s car, I stared at downtown Los Angeles rushing past. My feet thumped along to the optimistic lyrics of “Party in the U.S.A.” by Miley Cyrus, my designated driver’s song of choice. Noticing my familiarity with his playlist, the driver opened his mouth to say, “Man, I really miss ...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 14

…B efore I begin this piece, I want to add a disclaimer: I identify as Jewish. Given the title of this piece and my own positions, I think it’s relevant. There’s been a lot of discussion about the state of Israel and its treatment of Palestinian people on this campus, much of it impassioned and heated. This February, the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met to discuss a public statement about Palestinian ri...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 15

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 5, 2023 — 15 Michigan’s hot and cold hitting lead to 2-1 weekend outing against Nebraska TASMIA JAMIL Daily Sports Writer When the Michigan softball team’s bats get hot with runners in scoring positions, it tends to win. On Friday, the Wolverines tallied 14 hits and 10 runs. But on Satur- day, Nebraska extinguished the momentum by pitching a shutout. While Michigan (17-14 over...…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 16

…S omething was off from the start. Before the No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team could even get going, senior Gabby Wilson fell on the second routine of the team’s first rotation. With an uncharacteristic fall on bars, Wilson, and the Wolverines’ hopes, were already on the ground. And that’s just about where they would stay — no matter how hard the team fought. Although Michigan (26-2 overall) led for the first two rou...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 1

…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government held their annual executive debate Sunday evening to give the campus community an opportunity to hear from the presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2023- 24 school year. Candidates were able to describe their campaign goals and the main issues they plan to address if elected. Student representatives from The Michigan Daily and The Michigan Review switched o...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 2

…University of Michigan students gathered at the W38 parking lot, located next to Elbel Field at Hill and South Division streets Sunday afternoon to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. Organized by the Ahimsa Council, the Hindu Student Council, the Indian American Student Association and the Indian Student Association, the event was free and open to the public. Holi is celebrated annually to welcome the arr...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 3

…University of Michigan researchers found improvisational theater classes improve anxiety symptoms and lessen uncertainty intolerance in adolescents in a February study. The new study focused on students enrolled in improv classes through the Detroit Creativity Project, is the third installment of a series — including previous installments published in 2019 and 2020 — investigating the link between improv and impro...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 4

…The Ann Arbor Film Festival’s series of short film competitions showcases the beauty and unique nature of experimental film. The festival’s Films in Competition 2 session featured seven films ranging from five minutes to around half an hour. Each film was completely different in style and theme, requiring me to constantly readjust. From the pastels of “Roses, Pink and Blue” to the startling acoustics of “South Los Angeles Stree...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 5

…I visited the house I grew up in over Spring Break. My fam- ily moved a while back, but we haven’t been able to sell it yet, so it sits empty. The room that our Christmas tree would always light up was being painted, and I was taken back to when I was 12 years old — just about to leave primary school — when I got “Pokémon Black 2” for Christ- mas. I was about two years younger than its protagonist, but a year older than the origi- n...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 6

…S T A T E M E N T 6— Wednesday, March 29, 2023 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Breaks always come right when you need them”– a wise person once told me this. Over the course of my college career, I’ve heard this phrase time and time again, whether it be courtesy of similarly stressed university students counting down the days until winter break, or a chanting placation in my own head. Regardless, it seems as though the ...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 7

…S T A T E M E N T michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily Wednesday, March 29, 2023— 7 At the age of 16, from 4 to 5 p.m. for the better part of two weeks, I sat on a damp towel in Franklin, Mass. reading aloud to some of my cabin mates at an Armenian summer camp. Like many summer camps, Camp Haiastan was relentlessly regimented. Part of that regimen consisted of an hour of free swim in the afternoons, a chlorine-coated repr...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 8

…The years spanning 1991 to 1993 are widely recognized as the peak of golden age Hip-Hop. This title has been rightfully earned due to the creativity and diversity pres- ent within the music produced at the time. But what about what came after? Hip-Hop’s evolution and growth in popularity during this period led to the dilution of its creative impact and what I would consider to be a stale placeholder of what once was. By no means do...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 9

…O n March 7, 2023, University President Santa Ono was inaugurated as the 15th President of the University of Michigan, and was immediately greeted with a crisis inherited from presidents past. Promptly after his inauguration ceremony, freshly minted President Ono was met by hundreds of students in front of Hill Auditorium. Among those present were members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization carrying signs with...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 10

…“ Call your mom,” he said, followed by a long, drawn-out pause. “Everybody.” Only after a raise of the eyebrows and direct eye contact with every individual in the audience did he continue. “I’ve told this (to) like a billion people or so. Call your mom, call your dad. If you’re lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don’t text, don’t email, call them on the phone and tell them you love them ...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 11

…Just two games stand between the Michigan hockey team and ascendance. By no means should it be a sur- prise that the third-ranked team in the Pairwise is heading to Tampa and the Frozen Four with a shot at the title. That much, even with a nail-biting overtime clash against Penn State, could be expected. Up until now, in the NCAA Tourna- ment the Wolverines have simply been doing what they should have done — thrash a low-ranked team...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 12

…A LLENTOWN, Pa. — When Mackie Samoskevich ripped his patented wris- ter into the back of the net 52 seconds into overtime, it was a familiar sight. The sophomore forward beat an opposing goalie with his shot. The No. 1 seed Michigan hockey team pulled off overtime hero- ics. Another dramatic comeback victory. The Wolverines had seen this all before. But held scoreless for 52 min- utes by No. 2 seed Penn State, the highest scoring...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 13

…WOMEN’S MONTH In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily’s sports section is launching its sixth annual series aimed at telling the stories of female athletes, coaches and teams at the University from the perspective of the female writers on staff. LILA TURNER/Daily ANNA FUDER/Daily ASHLEY GRAY/Daily GRACE BEAL/Daily …

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 14

…The newness of Erin Virtue’s tenure as Michigan’s new head volleyball coach is obvious. Just walk into her office in Weiden- bach Hall where a new name adorns the door. And that’s pretty much all that hangs on the walls. Blank walls, void of memo- ries, but with plenty of room to make new ones. Blank walls, save for one thing. One golden thing: her Olympic gold medal. That medal highlights Virtue’s pin- nacle. She’s summited the mountai...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 15

…Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / / Women’s Month — 3 Before Jen Klein took the reins as head coach of the Michigan women’s soccer team in 2018, the Wolverines had not won a Big Ten Tournament title in over 20 years. Beyond that, they hadn’t made it to the NCAA Tournament since 2016. With the introduction of Klein, however, the team hoped to reach new heights. And in the five years since she took the reins, they’ve done just that. In 2021...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 16

…After Naomi Morrison’s mother, JoAnn, learned that her daughter taught herself how to do a back handspring on the side of the house, she decided it was time to enroll Naomi in gymnastics. That decision began her lifelong love of the sport. Now a junior at Michigan currently ranked 17th in the nation on the floor, with first-team Big Ten honors for the second straight season, Morrison has had an impressive career so far at Mich- igan...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 17

…Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / / Women’s Month — 5 For senior gymnast Gabby Wilson, attending Michigan was just a matter of when. Born in Ann Arbor and raised in Ypsilanti, the University has always been on Wilson’s radar athletically and aca- demically. The athlete gene runs in the family. Her parents were All-Americans on the track and field teams of Illinois and East- ern Michigan. Her younger sister runs on the track and field team ...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 18

…Academics or athletics? Most top student athletes don’t need to choose between the two. But, for freshman women’s club hockey player Julia Lindahl, her journey started with that choice. “Honestly, I ultimately decided on Michigan because of the academics,” Lindahl said. “I never really looked into the hockey program in depth or con- tacted the coaching staff until getting accepted.” Lindahl chose Michigan because of its academic oppo...…

March 29, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 19

…Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / / Women’s Month — 7 It was six o’clock in the morning. The sun hadn’t even begun to rise and Ann Arbor was still bundled up under the covers. Most people hadn’t stepped out of bed, let alone started their day. But Abigail O’Connor isn’t most people. At 6 a.m., football practice was well underway, and she was doing what- ever it took to motivate her players. Even if that meant taking strength and conditioni...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 1

…GOT A NEWS TIP? E-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXXII, No. 108 ©2022 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MIC...............................6 OPINION.......................7 S P O RT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 STATEMENT..........INSERT michigandaily.com For more stories and coverage, visit Follow The Daily on Inst...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 2

…Pollinator populations across the country have been experiencing significant losses, threatening biodiversity, agriculture and food chains. The state of Michigan alone has seen a 61% drop in its bee population over the span of 15 years. A team of masters students at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability is aiming to raise awareness for pollinator conservation and enhance pollinato...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 3

…Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill expanding rights and protections for LGBTQ+ Michiganders Thursday afternoon. The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1976 prohibits discrimination based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status or marital status. The bill expands this list to include sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. In a press release obtained by...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 4

…At a certain point in 2019, internet users in both the drama-filled DeuxMoi and the aspirational New York City- esque digital spheres were once again pulled towards Caroline Calloway. She has lived through multiple digital selves and has survived multiple news cycles of hatred and ridicule over the past decade. The Cambridge blogger- turned-scammer is now best known for her confessional, often chaotic Instagram presence — but ...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 5

…The conversation surround- ing the future of Artificial Intelligence weighs heavily on the possibility of artificial life becoming a sentient threat to the human race. Steven Spiel- berg’s (“The Fabelmans”) “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” chang- es the tone of this conversation and turns a mirror to man- kind, a reminder that humans are solely responsible for what they bring into the world. “A.I.” opens on a catastroph- ic picture. S...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 6

…It’s midnight on a Friday, and I stumble home after an hour at an incredibly lame Pride Night. Me and my homegirls tried to season the function, but not even we can shake ass to pop girly remixes under oontz oontz beats. We have to get this white man off aux. How did not a single Beyoncé song get spun? Was Nicki busy that night? I understand Rihanna has pissed us all off with the lack of an album drop, but not even “Umbrella” made...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 7

…On Tuesday, March 7, University President Santa Ono gave his inaugural address to the University of Michigan. In it, he focused on setting an optimistic tone for his term, outlining his plans for DEI 2.0, achieving carbon neutrality and restoring the health of the U-M community. Through these bold ideas, he successfully energized students and professors, ushering in a new era of leadership. While the plans he discussed repr...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 8

…W ithout a doubt, I’m an optimist. From arguing in favor of the Bursley-Baits bus to arguing for an explicit expansion of our vocabulary, I try my best to see the light in every situation. But the silver lining is often elusive, and sometimes involves extensive searching. This search, in and of itself, is an art. Unlike most arts, though, optimism has a unique faculty and disposition toward improving all that it touches. While...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 9

…A nn Arbor’s tallest building is the aptly named Tower Plaza Condominium. Standing at around 300 feet tall, the building was controversial from its first proposal. City Council moved rapidly to enact an 18-story height limit, but Tower Plaza came in right under the wire before that ordinance change was passed. The first time Ann Arbor opposed a tower for being “too tall” was in 1929. The original proposal for the beaut...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 10

…In loss to LSU, Michigan shows that it’s a program in progress JACK CONLIN Daily Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. — At first glance, there’s not much to take away from a brutal loss like the one that the No. 6 seed Michigan women’s basketball team suffered on Sunday. In its 66-42 season-ending thwacking at the hands of No. 3 seed LSU, the Wolverines failed to exe- cute a cohesive gameplan from start to finish, managing just 15 fir...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 11

…BATON ROUGE, La. — In a packed Pete Maravich Assem- bly Center, the scenes at the two benches couldn’t have been more different. One by one, the Michi- gan women’s basketball team’s seniors checked out of their final game, tearing up and embracing each other and their coaches. Yet just a few feet over and throughout the stands, there were palpable waves of excite- ment, waves that had been building since the first quarter. Because No...…

March 22, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 12

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 12 — Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Congratulations to the James B. Angell Scholars for 7+ Terms 100th Annual Honors Convocation | www.honors.umich.edu Congratulations to our scholars who were recognized during the Honors Convocation program on Sunday, March 19, 2023. These individuals have demonstrated the highest level of undergraduate academic success by achieving seven or more consecutive terms of all...…

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