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September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 15, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM It has now been mere months over 200 years since the University of Michigan’s inception. Two hundred years worth of innovation, academic renown and multidisciplinary excellence, as a nationwide example and world leader, and of student activists, up-and- coming politicians, surgeons, CEOs, intellectuals and al...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 2

…October 1, 1927 - Michigan’s new stadium, with its seating capacity of almost 75,000 seats, will be ready at game time today to receive what is expected to be the largest crowd ever to attend a Michigan home game, it was announced yesterday. Only a small block of seats, not to exceed 100, demand more attention, and these will not be available. The stadium, regarded by contractors as one of the finest of its kind in the country, i...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 3

…Jan 4, 1955 - The Board of Regents for the first time in University history has sanctioned a student government. Taking cognizance of strong campus support for the Student Government Council proposal, the Regents approved the new form of University student government at their Dec. 17 meeting. SGC, composed of 11 elected and seven ex-officio members, replaces Student Legislature and the 15-member Student Affairs Committ...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 4

…October 15, 1960 - ABOARD THE, KENNEDY CAMPAIGN SPECIAL-Plugging his program of “New Frontiers” and stressing econonomic growth and recovery of American prestige abroad, Sen. J F. Kennedy whistle-stopped through nine central Michigan cities yesterday. The senator began his one-day tour of the state in Ann Arbor yesterday morning, where he was greeted by 5,000 cheering supporters. He called upon citizens to continue tributin...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 5

…1931 — Huge crackdown on drinking at U-M, five frats are raided, Michigan Daily editors and football team captain arrested November 30, 1966 - Charging that the University administration refused to neet their demands, 1,500 students packed three floors of the campus Administration Bldg. yesterday in the largest sit-in in the school’s history. The students demonstrated in response to President Harlan Hatcher’s refusal to ace...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 6

…September 21, 1969 - A chanting crowd of some 12,000 marched from Michigan, Stadium following yesterday’s football game to a peace rally in the Diag. “This march expresses the substantial amount of anti-war feeling in the United States,” said Gene Gladstone, co-ordinator for the New Mobilization, which sponsored the march. He hailed the march as a huge success which far exceeded his original estimates. Six marchers in the v...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 7

…July 12, 1985 - Now a days, you can’t get very far without running into computers. Video games and video game arcades taturate malls and inner-city skid rows around the country. Computer printouts now tell you what classes to attend, where to go, and when to get there. And if you don’t follow its orders, printouts will notify you that you’ve failed. Even rushing for sororities has become computerized. 1944 is past, but at the U...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 8

…June 24, 2003 - Although celebrations by pro-affirmative action student groups could be heard across campus yesterday, it was not necessarily a total defeat for their counterparts. Anti-affirmative action students groups cite the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against the University’s controversial point system as evidence that a part of the University’s undergraduate admissions policy is indeed unconstitutional. A...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 9

…February 15, 2005 - Arthur Miller, one of the University’s most distinguished alumni and a leading force in American theater, died in his Roxbury, Conn., home Thursday night at age 89. The Associated Press reported heart failure as the cause of his death. The prolific playwright was born Oct. 17, 1915 to a prominent Polish-Jewish family in Harlem. He is best known for writing “All My Sons,” “Death of a Salesman” – which earned ...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 10

…November 20, 2013 - University students took to Twitter in droves Tuesday afternoon to share their experiences as Black students in Ann Arbor and bring attention to issues of race and diversity on campus using the hashtag #BBUM. “Being Black at the University of Michigan has many shades and many levels to what someone might want to speak on it,” said LSA senior Eric Gavin. “It can go from someone being the only Black person in t...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 11

…Bicentennial The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 15, 2017 — 11 March 29, 2016 - Far away from the hills and hot weather of Silicon Valley, where Google has made headlines with their driverless car testing, the University of Michigan is helping bring the national spotlight on the race to build driverless cars to the state. On the University’s North Campus there’s a 32-acre urban environment with freeways, di...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 12

…“Don’t simply accept what your professors have to say, but question us. Approach our teachings like a curious scientist and look for the facts that underlie our interpretations and opinions; the data that leads to our conclusions,” he said. Schlissel graduated from Princeton University in 1979 with a specialty in biochemical sciences. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1986, ...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 13

…The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted unanimously to give University President Mark Schlissel another pay raise for the third year in a row Thursday afternoon. Retroactively effective Sept. 1, Schlissel’s salary will rise by 3.5 percent, resulting in an increase from $795,675 to $823,523. At the beginning of the meeting, Regent Andrew Richner, R-Grosse Pointe, applauded Schlissel, who is entering his ...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 14

…1/29/09 1:40 PM Loading “Sudoku Syndication” Page 1 of 1 http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 9 3 4 8 5 6 1 3 6 7 9 4 1 4 2 4 8 2 1 5 4 9 2 5 7 9 1 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! SUDOK-ING ME CRAZY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, September 15, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 15

…international students as he could to have a friend — a liaison of sorts — Poddar teamed up with LSA juniors Ali Rosenblatt, Seth Schostak and Ayah Issa, also representatives within CSG, to begin planning the program. “CSG is a really big organization, but when people from different branches manage to collaborate, that’s sort of how it happens,” Issa said. “We were introduced by another person in CSG.” Dubbed M-Pals, students can...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 16

…W hen I voted for Hillary Clinton in the general election, I, like many other Americans, swallowed my distaste for her personality to do the right thing — avoid electing a man whose policies threatened the very fabric of our democracy and time-tested values. Unfortunately, it didn’t make enough of a difference to sway the election in Clinton’s favor and now, Democrats, moderates and Republicans need time to heal from th...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 17

…KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE FX Literati brings lauded U-M novelists together The Kerrytown Concert House presents the art gallery “Textures” from Sept. 8 through Oct. 8. There will be a gallery reception with refreshments on Saturday, September 16th, from 4 to 6pm, free and open to the public. Work from Ann Arbor artists Linda Colman and Joan Rosenblum will be featured in the exhibit. It is the first time Ke...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 18

…EARLY CHILDHOOD LICENSED center seeking part‑time help for infant toddler room. Playful, experienced, re sponsible person with references needed. Email kozyheart@gmail.com HELP WANTED ACROSS 1 Alan of “Tower Heist” 5 Partridge family tree? 9 Eliot’s Bede 13 He shared the AP Driver of the Century award with Andretti 14 Consumed 16 Con __: tempo marking 17 Museum figure 18 Chat at the supermarket checkout? 20 Bigelow offerin...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 19

…MICHIGAN DAILY COMMUNITY CULTURE Literati brings lauded U-M novelists together Peter Ho Davies and Derek Palacio talk fate, fiction and the meaning of home. They have the kind of professional and personal friendship all aspiring authors would hope for. After meeting through Palacio’s wife, fiction star Claire Vaye Watkins, they’ve both taught at the University of Michigan, championed each other’s work and played soc...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 20

…Pulitzer Prize-winning alumni of The Michigan Daily in an afternoon of panel discussions Friday, September 15th 1 pm in Rackham Auditorium Free and open to the public Featured are Eugene Robinson, Ann Marie Lipinski, Dan Biddle, Amy Harmon, Stephen Henderson, Lisa Pollak, Rebecca Blumenstein and Neil Chase Prize-winning journalists are joined by other distinguished Daily alumni and student staff in discussions of newsroom diversity...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 22

…FootballSaturday, September 16, 2017 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2017 football season. Betelhem Ashame Ted Janes Orion Sang Kevin Santo Air Force (+23.5) at No. 7 Michigan Air Force Michigan Air Force Air Force Air Force Colorado State (+28.5) at No. 1 Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Tulane (+35.5) at No. 2 Oklahoma Oklahoma ...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 23

…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to Watch For: Air Force Coming off a scare against Cincinnati, the No. 7 Michigan football team has faced a fair amount of criticism for allowing the Bearcats to hang around late into the game. Against Air Force on Saturday, the Wolverines have set their sights on putting that performance firmly in the past. With the Falcons rolling into Ann Arbor this weekend, Michigan has a ch...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 24

…On Aug. 26, the University of Michigan turned 200 years old. One week later, Robert “Pete” Piotrowski celebrated his 100th birthday. Yes, Piotrowski has been around for half of the univer- sity’s existence. Yes, he has seen and heard it all. When he was a child, he lis- tened to the famous sports broadcaster Ty Tyson give play-by-play of Michigan football games on the radio. Piotrowski later rode the same train as Tyson and...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 25

…bined 5-12. By the end of the 1937 season, Kipke’s tenure was near its end. “Kipke was already let know that he wasn’t going to be rehired,” Piotrowski said. “But none of us knew, nobody knew that. Kipke wanted to hold onto his job, he had Tom Harmon coming up as a freshman then.” That transitory period — and Kipke’s efforts to hold onto his job — seem to have cost Piotrowski his only chance at becoming a starter. According to P...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 26

…FootballSaturday, September 16, 2017 6 Breakdown: Michigan vs. Air Force About a week ago, everybody seemed to think the Wolverines were unstoppable. An offseason full of questions and concerns was put to rest when the Michigan football team stomped Florida in the biggest season opener it has had in years. Then came the Cincinnati game. It should have been an easier win, but it turned into a reality check instead. The Wolverin...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 27

…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines To gain an inside perspective on the Michigan football team’s upcoming matchup against Air Force, the Daily reached out to Brent Briggeman — the Falcons beat writer for the Colorado Springs Gazette. On Wednesday night, we spoke on the phone with Brent to discuss Air Force’s triple option, Falcons running back Tim McVey and what needs to happen to put Michigan on u...…

September 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 90) • Page Image 28

…FootballSaturday, September 16, 2017 8 BRENT From Page 7 and catches the pass, or one of the receivers is in single coverage. So yes, they will throw. It’s not a trick play for Air Force to throw the ball, but because the ground game becomes such an emphasis for the defense, that usually when they do go to the air somebody can find a way to get open. TMD: Tim McVey, I feel like he might fly under the radar given that he goes to...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 1

…Higher education reform has been a hot topic this election season — particularly for Democrats. As opponents in the Democratic primary, now-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–VT) lauded their two separate proposals of debt- free and tuition-free college, respectively. Several states already offer free college plans at certain institutions including Maryland, New York, Col...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 2

…3:30 GAMETIME. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Michigan’s legislature is taking the next step to ensure that the state remains at the forefront of driverless car research. Last week, the Michigan Senate approved four bills looking to push forward autonomous vehicle research in the state. The package now moves from the Republican-controlled Senate, where it has been approved, to the House. The bill will allow for testin...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 3

…MARISSA ANDREOU/Daily The Samuel T. Dana Building is home to the School of Natural Resources & Environment. 2-News Thursday, September 15, 2016 — 3A News director of the Michigan Theater, said pledges to fund the restoration currently total $6.2 million out of the $8.5 million needed to complete the campaign, with most of the funds coming from donations by private citizens. “We’re about halfway through the project,” Coll...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 4

…M y first visit to Ann Arbor was on April 4, 2015. Having recently been accepted to the University of Michigan, my family decided to drive around for a bit before checking into our hotel room to familiarize ourselves with the campus. As we drove down State Street, we noted how crowded the campus looked. As we turned down South U, we marveled at how beautiful, yet dirty, the Law Quad was. It wasn’t until we turned down Tap...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 5

…CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Host of “Late Night Joy” 6 Pennant contest 10 Herbal seed used in smoothies 14 Truly impress 15 Screen image or screen idol 16 Called 17 Eleventh hour 19 Language of Pakistan 20 Beach toy 21 “Otello” composer 22 She played Jackie on “Nurse Jackie” 23 Age of Reason philosopher 25 Short fiction 27 Sloth and envy 29 ...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 6

…‘M’ relying on ‘four-headed monster’ By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Last spring, Michigan running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley compared a ball carrier taking hits to a car depreciating. When you drive the car out of the lot, it loses value, and when a back goes down for the first time, his body starts to wear. Wheatley — a bruising back at Michigan in the 1990s in his own right — has a strong, physical runner in senior De...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 7

…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, September 15, 2016 the b-side S t o r i e S i n t h e C i t y: Kerrytown BookFest brings together local literary community By Carly Snider Photo by Amelia Caechione Design by Lauren Seigal …

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 8

…2B — Thursday, September 15, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A book travels a long way to get to its reader. It starts as a prod in the author’s mind, a call to action. That nudge then turns into a spilling of words out onto a page, which is then sent to a publisher to be critiqued and reshaped. There, the words of the eager author are molded into their final form, as author and editor alike shape this liter...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 9

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, September 15, 2016 — 3B By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer In a museum that often focuses on cutting-edge contemporary pieces, UMMA’s most recent exhibition came as a bit of a sur- prise. To be fair, the museum is no stranger to variety. Detroit factory architecture? Of course. African scrap metal sculptures? Why not? But ... Elizabeth Taylor? That was something n...…

September 15, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 135) • Page Image 10

…By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer A slim, colorful paperback, written in French by a Congolese transplant learning German in Austria, didn’t look like a breakout hit when it was published in 2014. But that, of course, is just what playwright and poet Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s debut novel, “Tram 83,” became. The book’s fast- paced prose and incantatory, almost violent bursts of language were a revelation to the Franco...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 15, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM In Iowa speech, Obama announces initiative to adjust FAFSA deadline By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter With the aim of helping more Americans see college as an affordable option, President Barack Obama announced a new initiative to align the Free Application for Federal Student Aid due...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 2

…2 — Tuesday, September 15, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS A group of University medical students are drawing attention to the dangers of tanning. In a viewpoint, the students report that at least seven of the high-rise apartment buildings near campus that primarily cater to students offer tanning beds free of charge. ON THE WEB... michigandaily.com Fresh produce BY ISOBEL FUTTER M Farmers Marke...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 3

…JOIN THE MICHIGAN DAILY There are two mass meetings left! Thursday & Sunday 7 p.m. 420 Maynard FOLLOW US ON TWITTER@MICHIGANDAILY School of Public Health. The program will feature three concentration areas: public health sciences, global public health and community public health. These areas will “encourage study abroad.” Students would apply during their sophomore year and begin public health studies as a junior, similar ...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 4

…represent themselves, these organizations are also University-sanctioned and operate under the University’s jurisdiction. Administrators have the power and the responsibility to facilitate cultural shifts by establishing concrete guidelines and engaging in collaborative efforts with student organizations. The meeting identified negative aspects of Greek life, but ultimately failed to offer genuine policy solutions. The structure ...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, September 15, 2015 — 5 Petite Noir is unique but still frustrating ALBUM REVIEW “Noirwave” artist restructures electronic music in debut By DANIEL SAFFRON Daily Arts Writer Yannick Ilunga, under the stagename Petite Noir, releases his first full-length album Le Vie Est Belle // Life Is Beautiful through Domino Records. Ilunga labels the music “Noirwave,” a s...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 6

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 High-ranking Indian 5 Jack rabbits, e.g. 10 Mr. Ed’s foot 14 Like Bond foes 15 RLX automaker 16 Bring down with a big ball 17 *“The Color Purple,” for Oprah Winfrey 19 Great Plains tribe 20 Soccer game tie, often 21 Infiltrator 22 Email command 23 Hitch, as a ride 25 Long locks 27 Retailer known for little blue boxes 32 Maple output 33 Singer Amos 34 Bottom corner of a sq...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 7

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 15, 2015 — 7 ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Fifth-year senior punter Blake O’Neill grew up playing Australian-rules football and uses the same technique for Michigan. Morris redshirt a ‘consideration’ By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor After a hotly contested quarterback battle between junior Shane Morris and fifth- year senior Jake Rudock ended with Rudock as the...…

September 15, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 125) • Page Image 8

…8 — Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Aide job draws 408 applicants Head coach’s communications director becomes popular position By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor For most Michigan fans, opportunities to see Jim Harbaugh in person had been fleeting before his first game coaching in Michigan Stadium on Saturday. Throughout the eight months before his coaching debut, Harbaugh spe...…

September 15, 2014 (vol. 124, iss. 126) • Page Image 1

…~be4£ic ian 0a1imctanal~ ONE-HI) N1)1 LDT\ TWENTY-OLiR YEA )S 01 EDO1IA , FRlEEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 15, 2014 michgandaly com ATHLETICS Despite drop in sales, new ticket policy commended Ticketing system The changed policy features an '- "attendance-driven reserved seat- that rewards loyal ing plan." In this plan, students are PalSchrem assigned seats based on the number RYAN REISS/Daily fans receives positive of points the...…

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…2A -- Monday, September 15, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, September 15, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Pic MOdO=gaailm 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN DOUGLAS SOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-41a-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@mirhigandailyceem dougsolo@michigandailycem 24 PERCENT? Students reject tuition increase 41years ago this...…

September 15, 2014 (vol. 124, iss. 126) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 15, 2014.- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September iS, 2014 - 3A FILM COLUMN Characters in editing TV REVIEW John Oliver shines in new role on HBO's "Last Week Tonight" T he word "frenetic" is thrown around a lot whenever movie reviews or any other form of popular, easily-digestible film commentary portions out sound bites to discuss that commonly under- acknowl-...…

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…Page 4A - Monday, September 15, 2014 ;F t i l The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com _ R~t idhigan 4aly Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com MEGAN MCDONALD PETER SHAHIN and DANIEL WANG KATIE BURKE EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All othe...…

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