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…Wednesday, June 22, 2022 — 3 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Second Juneteenth Annual Symposium opens with Opal Lee and discussions of healing UMich welcomed the start of the Second Annual Juneteenth Symposium on June 15, held in collaboration with the Ann Arbor branch of the NAACP The University of Michigan recognized the start of the Second Annual Juneteenth Symposium on June 15, a four-day event held in collaboration...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 4 — Wednesday, June 22, 2022 LEO-GLAM demonstrates on the Diag to raise support during ongoing negotiations The LEO-GLAM union at UMich gathered on the Diag on Thursday to rally support during ongoing contract negotiations Members of the Galleries, Librarians, Archivists and Museums (GLAM) subunit of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) at the University of Michigan staged a protest...…
…This review contains spoilers for “Downton Abbey: A New Era.” I watched “Downton Abbey” for the first time during the summer of 2020. It was the summer after my freshman year of college and we had all just been sent home from the University of Michigan due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. My mom and I were sitting in the basement one night, as we did most nights during those six months of isolation, looking for something to watch...…
…Reading between the lines Each night at 7:45 p.m. (my unwilling and adult-dictated bedtime) my mom would read my favorite book to coax my 4-year-old brain to sleep. Red and blue fish circled my head and matching letters swirled around as she read … “Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well, we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These ...…
…Growing up as a latchkey kid, I’d often squirm my way out of revealing where I lived to others. Instead, I’d lie. I’d tell friends I already had a ride or that it was no big deal for me to walk back home. I’d do or say anything to obfuscate details of where I lived and divert people away from seeing my dilapidated house. The faded blue paint that coated the wooden panels was slowly chipping away, just like my self-esteem. Needless ...…
…A s a young and impressionable child, the concept of gender and what it meant to be a “proper” girl were enshrined into seemingly every fabric of the world that surrounded me. When I visited Target to spend my carefully accrued Tooth Fairy money, the segregated blue and pink aisles quickly indicated which section I should browse. The girls section was filled with gendered stereotypes to carefully cultivate a new generation o...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 81 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....…
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…It has been nearly three years since the last season of the Netflix original series “Strangwer Things” graced our screens, in July 2019. That time was not wasted. After the success of season three, hints of what was to come for the show’s beloved characters kept rolling in. From casting announcements to the news that the season would be released in two volumes, things felt different this time around. The stakes became higher follo...…
…Wednesday, June 15, 2022 — 4 According to Havasupai legend, there are two gods. Tochopa is the grandfather of humanity, the bringer of good and harbinger of life. Hokomata is the bringer of discord and war, and Tochopa’s twin brother. Tochopa is their creator god, and Hokomata is their devil. In a time long past, the brothers clashed in a fight that would tattoo the Earth forever. With venom in his voice and fire in his eyes, Hoko...…
…5 — Wednesday, June 15, 2022 // The Statement When I was younger, I was adamant that when my family took trips, we were not tourists — we were travelers. In my brain, “tourist” was a dirty word, conjuring up the kind of ignorant, America-centric sightseer who goes into another country expecting everything to work exactly the same as it does at home. They don Hawaiian shirts, oversized hats, fanny packs, socks and sandals, or clo...…
…Content warning: This article contains mention of gun violence. I was in the fourth grade when Sandy Hook happened. There are some memories that remain vivid even as the days, months and years of your life start to mush together. Sandy Hook is a vivid memory for me, despite being a 10-year-old living 800 miles away. There are no words to describe the pain and horror you feel when your fourth grade teacher tells you that a group o...…
…Wednesday, June 15, 2022 — 7 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief T here are hundreds of thousands of words in the English language. Each word, no matter how commonplace, pack...…
…Noah West wasn’t supposed to play at Michigan. In the tumultuous past few seasons of college hockey, program growth and collapse remains a constant headline. But when those programs expand and contract, the pool of players does too. The Wolverines’ sophomore goaltender understands that reality well. In the middle of an offseason workout last summer — after backstopping the Robert Morris University men’s hockey team to an Atla...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 80 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
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…Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Take a tour through ‘Harry’s House’, song by song The long-awaited third studio album from Harry Styles is finally here, and it is exceeding all expectations. Harry’s House is an intimate portrait of love and fun that will guide you through every emotion. His crooning vocals and epic instrumentals (hello, steel guitar, I love you) make the album a cinema...…
…Patron saint of women in tech Packing for California was, for the most part, easy. If I couldn’t wear it in 100-degree heat or to my big tech internship, it went into storage. With near mechanical precision, I divided my wardrobe into “leave” and “take” piles. But there was one item that stumped me. Six months ago, my friend sent me a tweet with a picture of a t-shirt that read “Disgraced founder of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes” —...…
…Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Call me Tavo: Working-class salience, nicknames and parents Over the past several weeks, I’ve experienced elevated, irregular bursts of imposter syndrome and survivor guilt. As a first-generation college student, I have been submerged in a grueling and expedited process of upward mobility and assimilation. It feels like I have been worlds apart f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, June 8, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief W e seem to be living in an era where “memes” are becoming reality. When Kanye West announced in 2015 his plan to r...…
…Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines come up short against Louisville, end season DAVID WOELKERS Daily Sports Writer On Sunday night, things looked bleak for the Michigan baseball team. After winning the first two games of the Louisville Regional, the Wolverines were blown out by Louisville to force a third and final game between the two teams. In a back and forth affair on Monday, Mich...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, June 8, 2022 Charlie Pappalardo: Sports and politics are inseparable, especially right now TW: Gun violence In professional wrestling, there’s a principle known as kayfabe that governs the act playing out onstage. Kayfabe is a relatively simple distortion of reality that boils down to three essential points: One: Professional wrestling is fake. Two: Everyone watc...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 79 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
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…Wednesday, June 1, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Conversations with Friends’ isn’t the new ‘Normal People’ and that’s okay Heralded as the “voice of a generation,” critically renowned for her uncanny knack for capturing the zeitgeist of millennial malaise and certainly well-loved by the writers at this publication, Sally Rooney has quite rapidly become a household name. In what the internet affectiona...…
…4 From my mother’s garden With streaks of verdant green and dots of blooming flora, few places hold the same sanctity and beauty as a garden. Gifted a natural green thumb, my mother introduced me to the art of gardening — she spent years of her young life managing a local greenhouse in a small Michigan town, and her natural inclination to grow and create never quite dissipated. Her floods of floral beauty are something for the wor...…
…Wednesday, June 1, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Not made for your consumption When I was younger, I would draw on the walls and furniture in my bedroom. One of my first memories was taking my mom’s bright red lipstick and smearing it on my dresser to replicate the dressers that I saw on HGTV. While I definitely got into trouble with my parents, the memory marks the first of many creative end...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, June 1, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief A fter spending seven hours in the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital emergency room, I am embarrassed on the University ...…
…Wednesday, June 1, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Willie Weiss ejected and suspended for use of foreign substances IAN PAYNE Daily Sports Writer In the Michigan baseball team’s Big Ten Tournament victory over Iowa, senior right-hander Willie Weiss was caught with an illegal substance on his glove and ejected. His actions earned him a four- game suspension from the Big Ten, right in the heart of the Wolverines’ ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, June 1, 2022 FILE PHOTO/Daily The Wolverines fell to UCF, ending their season. Michigan defeats Rutgers, wins the Big Ten Championship JOSEPH ZAIN RODGER Daily Sports Writer Two weeks ago, anyone outside of the Michigan baseball team would’ve called you crazy if you said the Wolverines could win the Big Ten Championship. After getting demolished by Maryland in three st...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 78 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 S TATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....…
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…Wednesday, May 25, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Petite Maman’ is a real-life fantasy Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” was the first French film I ever watched. I had never thought that a film with sparse dialogue and devoid of a score could make me feel so many things. It was unlike anything I had ever watched before and I knew then that I was watching an artist’s masterpiece. It came as no ...…
…4 The complex future of UMich abortion access On May 2, 2022, what once seemed like a distant hypothetical became a sharply probable reality: the leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization revealed the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, a historic case that has ensured federal abortion access in the United States since 1973. At some point this summer, the S...…
…Wednesday, May 25, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com What will I be? TIAN YEUNG MiC Columnist Content warning: mention of suicide. Fourteen-year-old me was an anxious wreck with a negative outlook on life and my future. Despite my pessimism, on the day of career matching, I was hopeful that my result would ease the stress I had about choosing a career. I thought I could use this as an opportunity to...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, May 25, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief I n a leaked draft by Justice Samuel Alito, the majority opinion of the Court declared that Roe v. Wade, the land...…
…Wednesday, May 25, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan exhausts bullpen options in regular season finale IAN PAYNE Daily Sports Writer With its postseason hopes locked in, the regular season’s end took a new purpose for the Michigan baseball team. Entering the day locked into the fifth seed of the Big Ten Tournament thanks to wins in their previous two games, the Wolverines took the opportunity to rest mos...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Charlie Pappalardo: This weekend captured all of Michigan If you’ve followed the Michigan softball team throughout this past season, you likely know there is no clear cut storyline for the Wolverines. They started the season slow, streaked and slumped, and finished Big Ten play on fire. And throughout the rollercoaster year, I found myself confus...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 77 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
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…Wednesday, May 18, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ just feels like one big step backwards When I walked into my hometown movie theater for a late Friday night screening of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” I was already in a pretty bad mood. My friend and I were running about 10 minutes late. Our lateness was exacerbated by the ridiculously long ...…
…4 When the school year ends Every year, I tell myself that things will be different in May. In those golden weeks between the end of the school year and the start of summer internships, I’ll take care of all the things I’ve been filing away in the back of my mind. Out of an excess of time, an idealized, optimized version of myself will emerge. I spent all of April planning for May. I needed to put money in my 401K, start training...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Feliz Día de las Madres IRVING PEA MiC Columnist I love Mother’s Day. I love waking up Sunday morning to a plethora of Instagram posts from my friends dedicated to their moms and reading the beautiful tributes my mutuals write about their one and only. I love being left in awe when I come across pictures of my friends side by side with their moms and...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, May 18, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief T here is something comforting about the universality of soda. Any name-brand cola in the deep recesses of a gas sta...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Draw control woes end Michigan’s season against Northwestern JOHN TONDORA Daily Sports Writer When mounting a comeback, streamlining the game plan becomes paramount. As time dwindles down, and desperation grows, teams must claw their way back with the basics and leave the fancy stuff behind. As basic as it can get, the first step of that comeback starts at the f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Michigan falls in extra innings to Nebraska, losing Big Ten Championship NOAH KINGSLEY Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING — Exactly 50 days ago, the Michigan softball team got punched in the mouth. In the first Big Ten series of the season, Nebraska came into Ann Arbor and swept the Wolverines in a doubleheader, putting them in an early hole in Big Ten play. F...…
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…Wednesday, May 11, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Plotlessness paradoxically drives ‘The Candy House’ Upon reading the words “a novel” on the cover of Jennifer Egan’s latest book “The Candy House,” one wonders whether this is true. When “novel” seems nearly synonymous with “story,” can this semi-plotless book be considered a story? When does a story stop being a story? The book’s opening pages take us to an a...…
