…Obama reaffirms federal support in visit to Flint Teachers’ protests of budget cuts cause DPS shut down Obama met with residents and local leaders to discuss the water crisis By LYDIA MURRAY, LARA MOEHLMAN and BRADLEY WHIPPLE Summer Managing News Editor, Summer Editor-in-Chief, and Summer Managing Editors FLINT, Mich. — Standing before a crowd of more than 1,000 residents at Flint Northwestern High School on W...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, May 5, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City Council passes budget despite resident comments $370 million budget represents $10 million decrease from previous year By BRIAN KUANG Summer Daily News Editor Ann Arbor’s $370 million bud- get for the 2017 fiscal year was subject to a public hearing at Monday’s City Council meeting at Larcom City Hall. At the meeting, city residents also expressed their...…
…4 Thursday, May 5, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION LARA MOEHLMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF JEREMY KAPLAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR BRADLEY WHIPPLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. I attended Commencement to support the seniors in my life who’ve taught me to be critical of the world and try to c...…
…ELISE JAYAKAR | MICHIGAN IN COLOR I grew up hiding behind my mom’s light, long legs at grocery stores, burying my head into the cart-made skid marks and hoping no one pointed at the spectrum that lay between our skin. Meijer was terrifying. I worried that my big-hearted mother would again be labeled my “nanny” by some lady juggling a box of Cheez-Its and toilet paper. Even today, I can still feel the sting of the word “nanny” bra...…
…6 Thursday, May 5, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ARTIST PROFILE ‘Ahead’ a fake but lively biopic By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer This spring is starting to feel like a music biopic-heavy season in the middle of a music biopic resurgence. Some, like “Amy,” have master- fully captured the torment and hardship of their troubled stars, while others, like the forthcoming “Nina,” have sac- rificed sub...…
…7 Thursday, May 5, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Views’ fails to impress ALBUM REVIEW Despite all the hype, Drake fails to deliver what’s expected. By MATT GALLATIN Daily Arts Writer ‘Views’ is a concept. It was incept- ed by a tweet in 2014, and subse- quently swelled over two years into a commercial force spanning minimal- ist billboards and predictable Snap- chat filters. Before the album was even r...…
…8 Thursday, May 5, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “Dragnet” star Jack 5 Campus military prog. 9 Die-hard 13 Gillette razor 14 Bridal path flower piece 15 Hindu princess 16 Apply crudely, as paint 17 Samuel on the Supreme Court 18 To be, to Tiberius 19 “Fiddler on the Roof” song 22 “What a relief!” 24 Continental trade gp. 25 Ritzy residence 26 Corned be...…
…New facility improves and de-stigmatizes mental health care for young patients By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter The Nyman Family Unit for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellness, a new pediatric inpatient psychiatric unit within C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, opened April 4. The unit is a structural and techno- logical improvement from the previ- ous unit located in the Health System’s old chil- dren’s hospita...…
…Sophomore forward Chatman to transfer By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor Close to two months ago, Kam Chatman hit a game-winning three pointer against Indiana that propelled the Michigan men’s basketball team to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and the NCAA Tournament. It appears that will be the most memorable moment of the sophomore forward’s career in Ann Arbor. As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman and late...…
…11 Thursday, May 5, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Ferlic qualifies for U.S. Olympic Trials By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor When Mason Ferlic reached the finish line of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational last Sunday, the first thing he did was look up at the scoreboard. And when he saw that he had finished with a time of 8:28.77, he couldn’t help but feel discouraged...…
…‘M’ Softball Academy provides perspective By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor Just like the last series against Penn State, this weekend’s series against Rutgers is important for the No. 2 Michigan softball team in its chase for another Big Ten conference title. But before the Wolverines take on the Scarlet Knights, they will participate in an event that, according to coach Carol Hutchins, should allow her players a...…
