…PHOTOS BY SARAH BOEKE/DAILY Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Content warning: Restrictive eating habits “Now let’s get acquainted with that pole.” After completing several warm-up exercises — wide-leg squats, downward dog, plank shoulder- taps, anything to bring our heart rates up — we had arrived at the long-awaited activity, the reason we were all in that room on a dark Wednesday evening. We were there to dance. At the ...…
…3 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement PHOTOS BY LILA TURNER/DAILY PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG Lookout mom, I’m a pirate now My mother has been bugging me lately about finding an activity to get my blood pumping and my endorphins flowing. She says it will be “good for my mental health” and will “help me sleep better” or whatever. She works as a full-time nurse and part-time teaching Zumba and Group Fight at four different gyms...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement — 4 BY OSCAR NOLLETTE-PATULSKI, STATEMENT COLUMNIST Mixed strategies at Scorekeepers BY TAYLOR SCHOTT, STATEMENT DEPUTY EDITOR However lame it makes me to say so, I don’t like going out. It is, to put it simply, a lot of work. It’s physi- cal work — the walking to, the dancing at. Constant- ly adjusting my bad posture. It’s mental work — the middling conversation, if it could be called conver...…
…BUSINESS GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 71 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 S P O R T S . . . . . ...…
…News U-M College of Pharmacy hosts Safe Medicine Disposal event PHOTO CAMPUS LIFE CAROLINE WANG Daily Staff Reporter JARETT ORR/Daily Hash Bash attendee plays the trumpet on the Diag Saturday afternoon. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at...…
…Read more at MichiganDaily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 25. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court. The Michigan Daily sat down with University of Michigan experts and students to discu...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, April 6, 2022 “WAIT, WHY DO you look so familiar?” Before I could even ask a question, LSA senior Cam Turner was interviewing me instead. I have to laugh because I know exactly why I look so familiar to him — he was an RA in my freshman dorm. It’s not the only thing we have in common, either. We’re both from the South, him from Georgia and myself from Tennessee, and we’re bot...…
…Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Nasty, Brutish and Short’: Professor Scott Hershovitz on why the best philosophers are children Why we tell the story: MUSKET’s production of ‘Once on This Island’ Ben Afeck has a better relationship with snails than Ana de Armas in ‘Deep Water’ This interview was edited for length and clarity. IN HIS NEW book “Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philos...…
…One out of eight men believes that he could score against Serena Williams in a tennis match. This, to me, is the epitome of delusion. Saying that someone is delusional often conjures up images of raging schizophrenics, completely absorbed by illusions of grandeur and hallucinations of voices from nowhere, people who don’t exist and events that never happened. But in reality, self-delusion is more subtle and ordinary. It’s t...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 7 Read more at MichiganDaily.com TAYLOR SCHOTT Statement Deputy Editor Can love overcome language barriers? KAVYA UPPALAPATI Statement Columnist Read more at MichiganDaily.com Can language barriers within a relationship inhibit true connection? Popular media begs to say “no.” The highly acclaimed “Love Actually” features characters Jamie an...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, April 6, 2022 As a Christian, my favorite verse in the Bible is Mark 9:24. “Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’” This is my unbelief: My name is Sarah Olumayowa Olamide Oguntomilade. I come from a Christian, Nigerian family where names are very important. It is believed that when you call someone’s name, you...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All ot...…
…E veryone wants to be “that girl.” You know who she is, the one who “has her life together,” who wakes up early, works out in a chic set, drinks colorful smoothies, has pretty, shiny hair and glowing skin — all effortlessly of course. I’m sorry to tell you that this is not actually a tutorial on how to be her, in fact, I’m here to tell you instead that you can’t be her. She isn’t real! But you are, and you can be just as happy as...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 11 SportsWednesday: Michigan’s dominant season is one more step in a culmination of excellence In the 46 years before 2021, Mich- igan women’s gymnastics never passed the 198-point mark, though it had come close a couple times in the years leading up to it. 197.950 in the 2020 Elevate the Stage meet, then six days later it put up a 197.9 against New Hampshire. Bu...…
…ROUTINE Grace Beal, Anna Fuder/Daily | Design by Lys Goldman SPORTS WEDNESDAY RUN Michigan wins regional title, advances to National Semifinals TAYLOR DANIELS Daily Sports Writer F ollowing a second-place finish in its regional second round, the No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team had something to prove. And Saturday night, the Wolverines proved why they were the Raleigh region’s No. 1 seed. A dominant final two...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Art & Afrofuturism panel explores the work of late author Octavia Butler PHOTO ADMINISTRATION GENEVIEVE GRUENLER Daily Staff Reporter ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily An Ann Arbor resident wheels his display of two different worlds through campus during the Climate Strike Friday afternoon. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Wi...…
…Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Design by Kate Shen Graduate students at the Univer- sity of Michigan School of Social Work walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered on the Diag to rally for Payments for Placements (P4P). This is a student campaign demanding that the Uni- versity begin compensating Master of Social Work (MSW) stude...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 IN THIS WORLD of expectations, schedules, meticulously crafted five-year plans and a deep underlying pressure to have everything figured out, a surprise can be refreshing, terrifying, the absolute worst or the one thing you needed all along. Surprises have been the key to my life, simul- taneously adding the sprinkles of delight I need to get through the ceaseles...…
…Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Surprise! Your favorite movie is a little bit fascist Surprises from the man who taught me how to love a good movie Musings about pop-out cakes WALT DISNEY, I think, is probably more influential than Jesus. So why do I feel like crit- ics shy away from critical analy- ses of Disney films, especially the classics? Just because they are cute and enormously popular...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Over the past two years, my vibrant paintings have engulfed my once unem- bellished bedroom wall. Each comes with a unique color scheme: from a pale orange canvas of Lisa Simpson to soulful butter- flies flying across a lilac sky. To me, paint- ing is a therapeutic release that I don’t find in other spaces I use for comfort. While I often use journali...…
…Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “I want the tall Mexican kid!” Nobody moved from the pickup bas- ketball line. Every player’s eyes were suddenly searching for this elusive, presumably Hispanic guy so the game could start. “You, dude, YOU” an impatient fin- ger points directly at me, the exaspera- tion clear in my temporary teammate’s voice. “Uh… I’m not Mexican,” I awkwardly ...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 8 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All ot...…
…“ Sexuality is a spectrum.” I’m sure you’ve heard this sentiment many times before, as it’s become the poster slogan for a progressive view on what it means to be queer. As younger populations continue to explore queerness, our pre- established binary definitions of attraction begin to blend into a continuum of different levels of sexual, romantic and gendered attraction. As Generation Z (Gen Z) becomes more accepting and op...…
…Taylor Daniels: Shattering the grass ceiling: the first women’s collegiate club baseball championship JEREMY WEINE/Daily Alana Richardson scored Michigan’s first goal in its loss to Penn State. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Sports Growing up as the only girl on my youth baseball team, of course one of my favorite movies was A League of Their Own. The 1992 classic and highest- grossing ba...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 11 “What’s next?”: Maggie MacNeil’s journey to Olympic gold and beyond KATELYN TURNER For The Daily JULIANNE YOON/Daily Maggie MacNeil won a gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. SportsMonday: Don’t judge Michigan at its highs, judge it by its lows Out of COVID’s shadow, Michigan lacrosse has found its identity LINDSAY BUDIN Daily Sports Writer KATE HUA/Daily ...…
…WICHITA, Kan. — With the clock ticking down in the Michigan women’s basketball team’s first ever Elite Eight, junior guard Maddie Nolan, standing on the block, looked across the lane to senior forward Naz Hillmon. The two shared a look, Hillmon told Nolan to take a deep breath and they both steeled themselves for the next play. Down by nine and struggling to overcome a late onslaught from Louisville, both players knew the situati...…
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…An Ethnography of Adderall and Wolverines ILLUSTRATION BY TAMRA TURNER PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG 2 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement Content warning: Mentions of substance abuse Becoming a university student means experi- encing many ‘firsts,’ one of which being the first time you might try stimulants — caffeine, nico- tine, cocaine, the list goes on. For me, Adderall arrived months too late, but it changed my life non...…
…BY ELIZABETH WOLFE, OPINION ADVICE COLUMNIST Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement — 3 Read more at MichiganDaily.com A crash course on alpha males Content warning: Messages pertaining to violence against women and gun shootings. Oct. 2, 2021 I’m sure you remember it was the beginning of October. Though it really doesn’t matter what kind of day it was — which day of the week, whether it was sunny or rainy — it really was...…
…4 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement What’s Grindr got to do with it? BY DRAKE GEORGE, STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT Content Warning: Mentions of sexual abuse, abuse of minors, graphic nudity Opening up Grindr is like reading a magazine with no articles or captions. Just photos of the sexiest male celebrities, faceless creatures we like to flip through like products in a catalog. Grindr is designed to allow Queer men to find ...…
…Starting March 14, the University of Michigan will no longer require masks in most indoor spaces on campus including offices, residence halls and at athletic events, Robert Ernst, associate vice president of student life, and Preeti Malani, U-M Chief Health Officer, announced in an email to the U-M community on March 9. Masks are still required in all classrooms, patient care areas, campus buses and COVID-19 testing si...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 PHOTO Moving beyond Gold-Level: Ann Arbor cyclists want better biking infrastructure Bike-lane advocates talk safety, accessibility concerns ALI CHAMI/Daily Kelly Hoppenjans performs at Michigan’s Got Talent on Wednesday evening. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of M...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily Wednesday, March 16, 2022 — 3 Cheesy Kimchi Noodles By Lara Lee Normalize a second dinner at midnight. University of Michigan students now have access to New York Times Cooking — which means your normal food routine just became anything but. Activate your free Cooking subscription. G I V I N G SUPPORT WHAT YOU ABOUT U-M. Join over 120 student organizations and teams...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 “FEELINGS” ARE AMONG the hard- est concepts to grasp, and even harder to reflect on enough to write about them. I once heard that the more specific art gets, the more universally relatable it becomes. I am proud of how these writers, compiling their hearts for “The Empathy B-Side,” have parsed all the tiny details of their feelings, opening their minds and lives...…
…Wednesday, March 16, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This was supposed to be a piece about ‘Life is Strange: True Colors’ Empathy for the emotionless: Understanding OMORI ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ is shelter from the storm Sitting with words: poetry to inspire empathy Content Warning: This piece includes allusions to anti- LGBTQ+ legislation, suicide and the invasion of Ukraine. Also, spoile...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Design by Priya Ganji Page Design by Sarah Chung S T A T E M E N T What The first anime that I had ever seen was “Naruto,” probably the most popular and entry-level anime that you could watch. At the time, 8-year-old me obviously did not know this, and was completely enraptured by what I was seeing. Characters were flying across the screen, hurling knives and ...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 16, 2022 — 7 Winter coats, rent payments and other thoughts from a First Gen student Read more at MichiganDaily.com MACKENZIE HUBBARD Statement Columnist In my adult life, the only time I ever asked my parents for money was when I needed to buy a winter coat. I was a freshman in college at the time, attending Emerson College, a private school in Boston....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Content Warning: mentions of racially motivated crimes against Asian people, sexual violence Bright Sheng, a University of Michi- gan School of Music, Theatre & Dance professor, temporarily stepped down from teaching after he played the 1965 version of “Othello,” in which the actor Laurence Olivier wore Blackface, with- out an advance content war...…
…Trigger warning: this article contains mentions of sexual assault O h yeah, I was at a frat last night” — a decently typical way to begin a story — “and some dude shoved his hand down my pants.” “Some dude — what?” I whipped around to stare at my friend, eyes wide. I was horrified, but not all that surprised. “Yeah. Everyone was pretty drunk at the time, I was sober and just — the vibe was off. This dude started dancing w...…
…T he latest meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month revealed that Republicans around the country continue to enthusiastically support former President Donald Trump. In a straw poll of hypothetical Republican candidates, nearly 60% signaled they would back Trump in the rapidly- approaching 2024 presidential election. Coming far behind in second place was Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., wh...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 16, 2022 — 11 Heart of a Spartan, now a Wolverine: Joe Stewart’s unique opportunity IAN PAYNE Daily Sports Writer JULIA SCHACHINGER/Daily Joseph Zain Rodger: Michigan’s pitchers need to step up There is one divide that defines collegiate sports for many fans and athletes in the state of Michigan. The Michigan-Michigan State rivalry. Allegiances are strong and ...…
…LANE KIZZIAH Daily Sports Writer A t 6:13 p.m. on Sunday night, the Michigan men’s basketball team could finally breathe. After weeks of speculation and missed opportunities to punch their own ticket, the Wolverines made it out of the bubble and into the bracket. “I definitely was nervous, I’m not gonna lie,” graduate guard DeVante’ Jones said. “I feel like we let a lot of games slip, so I didn’t know how the people th...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 PHOTO ADMINISTRATION UKRAINE From Page 1 U-M community honors Hail to the Victims protest in celebration at UMMA Anderson survivors commended for 100 days of advocacy BECCA MAHON/Daily Tyler, The Creator performs at Little Caesar’s Arena Monday evening as part of his ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ tour. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wedn...…
…MSC: That was never an official part of the Anderson settlement, as far as I’m told. I wasn’t part of the Anderson settlement, that was a confidential mediation, but I don’t think that was a real condition. However, I thought doing the settlement was the right thing to do. I’m glad that the University did it. It’s going to take a while to get it all through the process because when you’re talking about a large number of people who...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Read more at MichiganDaily.com I’M LEANING OVER MY friend’s shoulder in the middle of a party trying to help him guess the day’s “Wordle.” The music is loud and so are the people, but it’s been a long time since I’ve felt this locked into a task. Two of our friends are sitting next to us also trying to solve the puzzle, and it soon becomes a group effort unti...…
…Wednesday, March 9, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com IT IS INTEGRAL to seek out Black voices at any point in the year, and especially during Black History Month. In hopes of highlighting voices that are oftentimes wrongfully overlooked, The Michigan Daily Book Review came together to curate a list of some of our favorite Black-authored novels. Read ahead to find books to read for Black History Month and beyond. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Growing up as a young South Asian girl in a small city in Michigan, find- ing representation in music always felt nearly impossible. I had two easy options when it came to listening to music. I could either listen to whatev- er was trending in the U.S., or I could listen to the South Asian music my mother would blast on her phone while cooking. And a...…
…Wednesday, March 9, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Holding onto and letting go of the hypothetical you The ironic erotic “Suck my dick,” among its many vul- gar variations, remains a hallmark of the various mundane and profane phrases heterosexual men utter to each other every day. Maybe it’s the immense and intense visceral sensa- tionalism, the colorful imaginative elicitation, a temporal subconsc...…
