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… to describe, but the whole world seems clearer, and even the simplest of things, such as a sunny day or a Diag squirrel, can put a genuine smile on my face for the rest of the day. I lived for so…

… was a very powerful and moving performance.” Parts of the show also included video interviews of alumni who fell in love at the University, a “Dear Squirrel” video about the squirrels on the Diag…

… and a video tribute to notable University professors. There was even a segment highlighting the role of the Diag in students’ lives. “Oh, the Diag,” Criss said. “Separation between Church and…

… be led by Ty Roberts, chief technology officer at UMG — throughout the day. In addition to UMG’s features, the festival will also host activities such as Rap Cypher, yoga sessions on the Diag…

… days think we older squirrels sell out when we accept hand-outs from students on the Diag. It’s just not true,” explains Fleming, beating his tiny forpaws on the ground. “We entertain the…

… do?” Ann Arbor’s squirrel population has swelled along with increasing student numbers during the past 15 years. Growth has been slow but steady, and has put the Diag housing market on the…

… endangered species list. Most Diag trees house 20 squirrels per year, with a turnover rate that would make any landlord shudder. Moreover, the trees must be shared with birds – nearby nests lower…

… be identified, asked about the current digs of Ann Arbor’s garbage can preacher, Dr. Diag. “That guy was the voice of the squirrels,” says the squirrel. “We learned the Greek alphabet, some…

… Shakespeare, and a lot about politics. Now we hear he’s gone. Shakey Jakes? Shakey Jake! We can’t even understand the dude!” With winter creeping ever closer, the Diag squirrels are anticipating a…

… departments so you’ll be sure to find one that’s right for you. WHO: Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Diag Tweets Follow @michigandaily Univ. of Michigan @UMich Women…

… knelt in the Diag for nearly 24 hours in protest of anti-Black racism, going through the same emotional and moral process. To make myself clear, I want to emphasize that the actions on the part…

… ability to empathize with others? To me, the answer is yes. I suppose the greater question is: What’s more just — allowing individuals to continue writing anti-Islam messages on the Diag, or…

… taught in public schools? While, logically speaking, restricting expression limits empathetic possibilities, it may be a necessary compromise to achieve a more just society. 2B Managaing…

… littered the Diag on Friday as the University concluded celebrations for its Bicentennial. The events began with the dedication of a new statue called “Arriving Home” — a stainless steel and acrylic…

… See BICENTENNIAL, Page 3A ALEC COHEN AND MICHAEL BARSKY/DAILY As part of the UM Bicentennial Fall Festival, students signed a block M during the day on the Diag and a video projection was shown at…

… the course of the Wolverines’ season. » Page 1B michigandaily.com For more stories and coverage, visit See SOCCER, Page 2B See CONVENTION, Page 3A The University of Michigan Lecturers…

… Jr., who knelt on the Diag for 21 hours to protest racism, also showed his support for divestment. While he clarified he did not see the resolution as anti-Israel, he also said he could not…

… suffers all of us suffer. … When I kneeled on that Diag in pain, I watched thousands of students walk past me. I ask you today to not be one of those people that walked past.” Tuesday morning, the…

… CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Julia Aseel Haidar @aseelxhaidar umich right now: the squirrels are fat, canada geese are out, morale is low alex @alexxandraaa4 umich memes liked my insta post i feel #famous…

… diag squirrel. I want to date a diag squirrel A Nobel Symposium WHAT: A panel will discuss the work of this year’s six Nobel Laureates affiliated with the University. WHO: The Center for the…

… and makes my day a little brighter seeing him bounce around the diag from student to student,” she wrote. Reggie’s presence on social media started earlier this year; he currently has 4…

… student body, in particular — stated its case for Brandon’s resignation with a critical petition around campus and a disapproving rally in the Diag. His job performance had already been…

… lecture and reception For more information call 734.615.6667 2B — December 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A monumental leap forward L ast Saturday…

… Michigan’s Great MSU= Must Study at Ugli OSU= Gross Sciuridae Michigania @ArborSquirrel Midterms got you stressed out? Doubting yourself? You can do this! You were meant to be here! I believe in you…

… had the experience to lead that organization is what inspired me to run. I also just really love engaging with different student organizations and talking to students on the Diag in my role as a…

… executives delivered some of their final announcements to the current assembly. CSG president Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, confirmed the installation of Wi-Fi on the Diag, as well as a michigandaily…

… presentations highlighted marginalized voices JORDYN BAKER Daily Staff Reporter Purple Squirrel Statement contributor Yoshiko Iwai reflects on her experience overloading, overworking and overextending…

…Wednesday, March 21, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 21, 2018 // The Statement 5B Purple Squirrel, but only human? by Yoshiko Iwai, Columnist I wake up to the fifth alarm of 12. It…

… doing this isn’t enough. There’s the unspoken “purple squirrel” or “it” factor — as it’s called in show business — you need in order to stand out in a crowd of overqualified people applying to…

… Diag and find a spot by the Randall Laboratory. The concrete is cool from the rain. I worry the rough surface will make pills on my leggings. The breeze is cool against my ears. In the light, I…

… embarrass- ingly new just yes- terday. The same sum- mer I got my bike, the Randall Lab was under con- struction. A huge fence surrounded the entrance of the Diag. Three con- secutive 90-degree…

… students have just evolved to be immune to the cold in ways I have not, but somehow as soon as it is above 50 degrees, half the campus is on the Diag in shorts and T-shirts, throwing a Frisbee or…

… dreadful even the most expensive Canada Goose jacket can’t keep you warm, the only people who really enjoy spring are the ones lying to themselves about what tank-top weather is. 2B Managing Statement…

…I t was just last year that I was hurrying through the Diag, late for class, when I noticed hundreds of American flags staked on the lawns. It took me a few minutes to remember the day…

… it lingers like a scar. 2B Managing Statement Editor: Brian Kuang Deputy Editors: Colin Beresford Jennifer Meer Photo Editor: Amelia Cacchione Editor in Chief: Alexa St. John Managing…

… afternoon on the Diag to host a community vigil following a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend. Eleven people were killed while attending the Saturday morning Shabbat…

… service at the Tree of Life Congregation in city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Four police officers and two others were also injured. According to the New York Times, the shooting is considered the…

… Squirrel Hill and encouraged solidarity among the Jewish community to empathize with those who were impacted by the shooting. “My family is a member of the Tree of Life Synagogue,” Shermer said. “I…

… little, I stepped on the (block ‘M’ in the middle of the Diag) and dropped my ice cream immediately after,” Hinojosa remembered. “It actually is bad luck!” On the way out, I didn’t see any toddler…

…2B — Thursday, November 8, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Stories of life: Slices in the cake of human experience Consider something as short as a single tweet: 280 characters…

… buildings and anything else they can perch on. From the Huron River and Forest Hill Cemetery to North Campus, through Central Campus and the Diag, to the student houses on South Campus, the crows…

… increasing the local number of birds of prey, however, is that our campus’ beloved obese squirrels may turn into easy snacks for them. LSA Student Government and Engineering Student Government…

… Hunter Syndrome, and even then it wasn’t a simple thing to diag- nose. Declan’s pediatrician didn’t suspect anything. His occu- pational therapist thought his breathing was off, but Sarah says she…

…2B — February 18, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Each Friday, Declan Mitchell goes to Riley’s Children’s Hospi- tal in Indianapolis. If you went there looking for him, he…

… blindingly hot, but your moistened bangs serve as a visor and a sort of cool mop atop your head. A grey squirrel shuffles over to within a foot or so of your feet, gazing up at you with a look that wants…

…2B — Thursday, February 21, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Clad in a denim-on-denim ensemble, a girl walks down the bustling streets of Ann Arbor. She’s wearing earphones and…

… of the van and into Ann Arbor together, to the place where I would grow and learn the most. We avoided the ‘M’ on the Diag as we learned the nuances of college life, and trekked miles around…

…Wednesday, March 20, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors…

… the Diag. Each of the 16 recruits, clad in black robes with red-and- black keffiyehs partially covering their faces, introduced themselves to a cheering crowd comprised of students and…

… SYED Daily Staff Reporter Read more at MichiganDaily.com MAX KUANG/Daily The founding line of Omega Beta Eta, the Univerisyt of Michigan’s first Arab fraternity, gather on the Diag to reveal their…

…, Gators Michigan earns its fifth trip to the Sweet Sixteen in the last seven years with 64-49 victory over Florida on Saturday. » Page 2B On Saturday, Epsilon Alpha Sigma, the University of Michigan…

… The Diag. Surrounded by classrooms and auditoriums of grand performance, the Diag sits just adjacent from State Street, becoming the cross- section of almost everything Ann Arbor prides itself…

… number three, linking the city’s “genes” that make it the Ann Arbor we know and love. From Zingerman’s, to The Diag, through to the Big House, the number three outlines Ann Arbor’s places to be…

…2B — Thursday, April 11, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Virgil Abloh has become one of the biggest names in the modern fashion world, and not for a lack of effort. He started…

… ability to charm animals and make trees dance. I didn’t see any hypnotized Diag squirrels or dancing oaks, but the Orpheus Singers certainly lived up to their name. Directed by Eugene Rogers, the…

… 15, during which an estimated 2,500-3,000 students, faculty and community members rallied on the Diag in protest against inaction relating to matters of climate change, demonstrators…

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…. Between lamp posts on South University, streetlights on State Street and the glow from buildings bordering the Diag, light pollution blocks the gems of the sky so effectively that it’s hard to even make…

…2B — Thursday, September 19, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There isn’t much to remember about 2006. It was a year of Razor scooters and Dum Dums and multiplication tables…

…FootballSaturday, September 27, 2019 2B Michigan’s Original Craft Beer Bar Since 1983 “Best on Campus Bar” - The Michigan Daily 338 S State Street Across from the Diag ashleys.com Start your…

… the squirrels and maintain personal information about each one. The squirrels are tagged in the Nichols Arboretum, but they eventually make their way to the Diag and other parts of campus. In…

…College students go nuts for squirrels, but at the University of Michigan researchers have taken an interest as well. U-M is one of several schools participating in a research project called…

… the Kluane Red Squirrel Project. Ben Dantzer, an assistant professor of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University, leads the research project based in Yukon, Canada. The…

… study has been going on for 30 years, making it the longest running research project of its kind and focuses on North American red squirrels. The goal of the project is to learn what allows an…

… able to learn more about the impacts of climate change by observing how the changing conditions affect the squirrels, Dantzer said. “They give us an idea of how animals will respond to global and…

… about another squirrel research project being conducted right on campus. This is led by Rackham student Charlotte Devits, who is researching the effects that an urban environment has on the…

… survival of wildlife. Devits’s thesis project aims to discover how an urban environment such as Ann Arbor affects the behavior of wildlife. Devits tags squirrels, which allows researchers to track…

… an interview posted to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum’s website, Devits said she hopes to uncover what traits help our squirrels — formally known as Fox Squirrels…

… — survive in this environment, as well as other cities and urban environments. She’s also recording data on health factors, for example, observing each squirrel for wounds, parasites, mange and other…

… behavior is present across the study sites.” Devitz did not respond to an interview request from The Michigan Daily. LSA senior Sanjana Ramesh said she loves the campus squirrels and did some digging…

…, there are slightly fewer squirrels around campus and in the Diag in particular, so I’m not sure if there is a population control issue right now. Additionally, I haven’t really noticed any…

…, Diag-to-Diag Express and Oxford Shuttle routes. Overall, Yang said the detours have exacerbated an already- frustrating morning commute. “Billy Magic didn’t warn me for this,” Yang said. Ann…

… process Speakers discuss truth commission, reconciliation efforts JASMIN LEE Daily Staff Reporter LSA senior Molly Mearn, an executive board member for the Squirrel Club, said she thought the research…

… was great, as long as it did not pose a threat to the safety of the squirrels. “If there’s a valid scientific motivation to the tagging, and the tagging is done in a way that minimizes harm to…

… the squirrels, I think it’s not too bad,” Mearns said. “But if there isn’t really a benefit to it and it harms the squirrels, then I don’t see a reason for it. I think, compared to previous years…

… aggression from squirrels, so I hope that isn’t part of the concern.” In terms of work being done to ensure the safety of the squirrels, Dantzer said wild animal researchers must follow a set of rules…

… great deal of research has been conducted on how squirrels are affected by being tagged and collared, and so far, no studies have indicated any sort of negative outcomes from human intervention…

…. Dantzer said he has big plans for the future of squirrel research, as he plans to hopefully use microchips to track squirrels’ heart rates and brain activity in order to determine sleep patterns…

… to introduce a more invasive tracking device that would negatively impact the campus squirrels. “We’re not yet going to do these implants in the squirrels (on campus), and part of it is because I…

… think that, for most people, each day the only wildlife they ever interact with is these squirrels, and that’s a very valuable thing for us to have because it maintains some sense of awareness of…

… Diag. From the grandiose architecture to the towering trees, everything seemed special, even the legendary friendly squirrels. Now a junior, I still smile at the tiny, tree-dwelling rodents that…

… sounded, from fox lasagna to Pennsylvania possum pot pie and a dish featuring my friends in the Diag: squirrel in cream. Some communities have chosen to utilize this free and nutritious source of…

… yet, but occasionally I’ll see a squirrel who wasn’t so lucky. Each dead squirrel is a sad reminder of Michigan’s disastrous roadkill problem. I see it on my weekly drive to Ypsilanti to volunteer…

…’t reading for class — I was reading a novel. Outside our window, I saw a few students walking back from the direc- tion of the Diag with backpacks on — I assumed they were coming from Hatcher or the UGLi…

…Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Magdalena Mihaylova Deputy Editors Emily Stillman Marisa Wright Associate Editor Reece Meyhoefer Designers Liz…

… my morning lecture. Two weeks later, the only signs of life on the Diag are the squirrels fighting over nuts, a sight all too reminiscent of the shoppers I witnessed at Meijer bickering over…

… top of one of the trash cans that hug the Diag’s cement benches. Not seeing what it wanted after searching for several seconds, the squirrel jumped down and started sniffing the ground by a tree…

…The squirrel is a staple of the University of Michigan’s culture. They make their homes in almost every corner of Ann Arbor, causing may- hem among themselves and providing entertain- ment for the…

… people who walk through the city’s streets and parks each day. I don’t claim to know everything about squirrels, but in applying the findings from research on the psychology of these (in)famous rodents…

…, I can at least sound like I know a thing or two about squirrels and demys- tify the lives of our honorary campus mascot. *** October had always been Kaia’s favorite month. The fallen leaves…

… arch and toward the Diag as hundreds of other students scurried to arrive at their prospective destina- tions. It was like a pattern of nature, this migra- tion of students leaving from or heading…

… toward a new location 10 minutes before the hour. A pack of swans headed north, limited only by a semesterly class schedule. Passing by the Shapiro Library, Kaia could see at least six squirrels in…

… her line of vision, though there were likely many more hiding behind trees and under benches within the same area. Fox squirrels, gray squirrels and a couple black squirrels were all visible among…

… undergraduates monopolizing the sidewalks. Kaia always thought that the Ann Arbor squirrels were cute, if a bit brainless. Last fall, her roommate had even kicked an unlucky, frantic one of these creatures…

… while running in Nichols Arboretum as it darted in front of her on the path. They were cute, but that did not mean Kaia found them completely endearing, or respect- able. Squirrels could be ruthless…

…, mean, erratic — and their scavenging habits involving cam- pus trash bins diminished any majestic quality they may have otherwise carried. In essence: Squirrels were a part of Kaia’s life, sometimes…

… cautiously avoiding the “M” on the Diag, to be a Michigan student is to participate in a rich array of traditions. To some, these customs include feeding squirrels on a sunny day. So, the question stands…

… their natural fear of humans. Ann Arbor’s fearless squirrels often approach students, especially around the Diag, because they are so often fed there. LSA sophomore Alanna Carlo- Pagan is a member…

…, once and for all, should we feed the squirrels? Nursing senior Autumn Farnum is the co-president of The Squirrel Club at the University of Michigan, an organization of students, alumni and…

… members of the Ann Arbor community that feed squirrels during the school year every Sunday. Farnum said they believe feeding squirrels is a good way to build a campus community, as long as they are…

… fed healthy food. “Having the connection between the wildlife and our students here kind of builds that friendly campus environment that we have and also makes sure that (the squirrels) have a…

… nice treat once in a while,” Farnum said. While Farnum — and campus tour guides — embrace squirrel feeding, animal welfare organizations have raised concerns over feeding the furry…

… creatures. Squirrels who are fed by people can become dependent on handouts occasionally never regaining self- sufficiency. Feeding squirrels can also contribute to their overpopulation in certain…

… areas as the squirrels adapt to reside in areas where human handouts are popular, such as parks and urban areas. When humans feed squirrels, whether on campus or in other areas, squirrels can lose…

… in Ann Arbor. Carlo-Pagan said it is important to think about the impact humans’ actions have on animal behavior when feeding animals like squirrels. “What you have to take into account when you…

…It’s nearly impossible to walk through the the University of Michigan’s Diag without seeing a number of squirrels roaming around. While these furry little pals have come to be a…

…. “There’s never really a good reason to touch squirrels,” Dantzer said. In regards to the hairless Diag icons, Dantzer said there is not much anyone can do to help the squirrels because their…

… central part of the identity of the University for many U-M students, the squirrels are facing an important issue: hair loss. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LSA freshman Rosemary…

… Frederiksen said she was shocked when she first saw a squirrel with prominent hair loss. “I was really scared,” said Frederiksen. “I thought someone had shaved it.” Ben Dantzer, U-M associate…

… professor of psychology, ecology and evolutionary biology, told The Daily the squirrels are likely losing hair because of mange, a mammalian skin disease caused by mites or fungal infection…

… burrow and cause damage to the skin, which eventually causes the hair to fall out. Squirrels can lose their hair due to fungal infections too.” Dantzer said a possible mange or contagious…

… fungal infection could spread among squirrels as they engage in social interactions and explained how students feeding squirrels can increase the chance of infections spreading among them…

…. “One thing that can increase contact (between squirrels) is feeding the squirrels (because it) increase(s) aggregations of them,” Dantzer said. “(It is the same idea as) going to a crowded…

….” Dantzer also said it is ill- advised to ever touch a squirrel, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states no one should ever touch a wild animal because of the risk of disease…

….” Many students also pointed how the campus squirrels appear to be incredibly overweight. Squirrels tend to gain weight for the winter in order to store energy when it is harder to find food…