…This article is the second part of a two-part investigation by The Michigan Daily into allegations of sexual misconduct against computer science professor Walter Lasecki and the University of Michigan’s handling of these allegations. It is based on emails, documents, notes and interviews with 12 individuals knowledgeable of these events. Part one focused on the allegations against Lasecki and the divergent conclusions of the Uni...…
…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government (CSG) hosted a “Community Concerns” panel during the sixth meeting of the 11th CSG assembly. Students, alumni and staff voiced their concerns or support for CSG leadership’s recent statement of solidarity with the Palestinian community, which was released last Tuesday. In the statement, executive team members of CSG wrote that they recognize anti-Palestinian sentiment o...…
…A class action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday against the University of Michigan for its handling of allegations of sexual assault against former University doctor Robert E. Anderson. The complaint, in order to prevent and respond to sexual violence on the U-M campus, seeks a court order that will require the University to carry out major reforms surrounding the ...…
…4 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION T he strawberry dress. The crossover leggings. The Vivianne Westwood pearl choker. There are endless examples of fashion trends that TikTok has breathed into existence. This relatively new smartphone application has so much ownership over these trends that their original names are frequently tossed aside in favor of “the TikTok (insert article of clothing)...…
…the frog can definitively say the water has suddenly become too hot, there is usually no single, objective point where a system becomes too illiberal to be considered a real democracy. For instance, although America has free and fair elections, it also has several hugely unrepresentative political insti- tutions and a rash of voter restrictions. These limitations obviously don’t make America a totalitarian dictatorship à la North Kor...…
…For as long as I can remember, I have always been fat. For me, self- love could never be a matter of “you’re not fat” or “it’s all in your head” because through my daily interactions with other people, I’m often reminded that others see me as fat even when they mean well and especially when they don’t. As such, I had no choice but to confront fatness itself and accept myself as I was. However, loving my body was much easier said t...…
…7 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR The week begins with the Moon in Scorpio from May 24 to 25. The Scorpio Moon unearths our innermost desires and emotions, and lets us face them in all their intensity. Dig deep into your mind and abandon any fears or limiting beliefs. The powerful energy of the Scorpio Moon transitions into the even brighter full Moon and a lunar eclipse in Sa...…
…8 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Shadow and Bone’ is the fantasy show we’ve been waiting for Courtesy of ‘Shadow and Bone’ There’s something so delightful about the fantasy genre when it’s done right. Maybe it’s the inner child in all of us that appreciates the mysticism and imagination that fuels every fantasy story, or perhaps it’s the adult in us that needs to fully escape our responsibiliti...…
…9 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS On the first day of my 10th-grade American Literature class, as an introduction to the quintessential high-school-English-class novel “The Great Gatsby,” we learned about the ever-present American dream, or the belief that anyone can make it in the United States if they just work hard enough. To my then 15-year-old self, the critique of the American dream was ...…
…10 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com STATEMENT Town or gown: the two sides of Ann Arbor Painting the rock at the corner of Hill Street and Washtenaw Avenue is much more than just a longstanding campus tradition. In 1953, Michigan students and their Michigan State counterparts began vandalizing each other’s campuses with paint the week before a rivalry football game, a tradition that escalated to stude...…
…The art of the roommate pitch It was a match made on Facebook. My roommate Maggie and I found each other on the Class of 2022 page and immediately clicked because we had so much in common. We had both taken gap years. We shared a bedtime (11pm to 1am), diet (vegetarian) and cleanliness level (we let clutter build up when we were busy). We were both training for our first marathon. We both came from small, religious communities i...…
…12 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily. SPORTS Michigan shows it belongs In competitive debut, Michigan Adaptive Sports and Fitness sends a message SEATTLE — No team had ever beaten Washington in a regional game it hosted since 1995. The Huskies were a perfect 52-0. Yet there Michigan was in the bottom of the seventh, up 2-1, and just three outs away from being the first team to do so. Alex Storako clearly ...…
…Offense disappears in rubber game loss Blown opportunity: Michigan falls short in NCAA Regional final, wasting talented senior class The No. 24 Michigan baseball team entered the bottom of the ninth down by four runs — not an insurmountable deficit by the Wolverines’ standards. When slugger Griffin Mazur came to bat with one on and only one out, he needed just one good swing to put Michigan back in the game. Instead, the fifth-...…
…14 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS SEATTLE — Boos rang out in a cacophony from the Seattle University fans as centerfielder Bailey Thompson was rung out on a changeup that floated in and picked the bottom right corner of the zone. From the press vantage point, nearly behind the plate, the pitch thrown by senior left-hander Meghan Beaubien was objectively a strike. So why the jeers from the Red...…
…Mourning on the Diag OPINION Setting the record straight The Recording IndustryAs- sociation of America sounds off, addressing accusations about its involvement with litigation on college campuses. See Page 4 ARTS Indiana Jones returns for new adventure The special effects-laden sequel from Spielberg and Lucas has critics divided. Paul Tassi and Brandon Conradis weigh in on "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." See Page 9 SPORTS Blue shut down by A...…
…2 Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Chinese education officials visit 'U' As China Now theme year ends, officials talk of collaboration By CHARLES GREGG-GEIST Daily News Editor University President Mary Sue Coleman has made it clear that she wants to expand the University's involvement in China. Coleman traveled to China in 2005 and has frequently worked to strengthen the University's relationships with institutio...…
…Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 New liquor licenses prompt talks Residents, council discuss criteria for 807 new licenses By TREVOR CALERO For the Daily To encourage economic growth throughout Michigan, the state has issued new liquor licenses to devel- oping cities. In April, Ann Arbor was awarded 807 new licenses - a 10-fold increase for the city. But with only 1,200 businesses in downtown Ann Arbor, that me...…
…4 Tuesday May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu EMMARIE HUETTEMAN GARY GRACA KATE TRUESDELL EDITOR IN CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect theofficial position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrationsrepresent solely the views of t...…
…Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 Getting Wii fit A dangerous solution or most of my childhood I was a big kid. About the time I turned 16 I decided I didn't much enjoy being overweight any- more. So I did " what any teen- ager who want- ed to shed some pounds would do: I joined TOM Weight Watch- MICHNIACKI ers. Without a doubt, it was uncomfortable being the only teenage male among menopausal women. But if I w...…
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…81 Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com GAS PRICES From Page 1 help taxi companies remain profit- able despite rising gas prices. The previous taxi rates were set in Oct. 2007, when gas cost an average of $2.93 per gallon, accord- ing to the Automobile Association of America. The average price for a gallon of gas in Ann Arbor was $4.02 on May 22. "It will probably ease the pain the taxicab companies are feeling," Sing...…
…Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com REVIEW New I dy a divisive seque../ 9 "Crystal Skull" a fun, imaginative ride By PAUL TASSI Daily Arts Writer Aliens. That's the "spoiler" which has made the new Indiana Jones one of the most polar- izing movies to be released in some time. Featuring Indiana a plot long kept secret, a Jones and script undergoing an absurd number of rewrites and one the King- aging hero, the fourth ...…
…10 Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BRIEF From Page 9 collection of 12 Tom Waits covers and one original song co-written by Johansson, reeks of avant- garde pretentiousness - but her voice is so flat and drowned-out it seems as if she's playing second fiddle to the production. Anywhere I Lay My Head is not necessarily awful. It's an auda- cious, experimental work that filters Waits through the atmo- spheric electr...…
…Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PITCHED OUT 11 A bad day doesn't spoil duo's future CLIF REDER/Daily Sophomore Nikki Nemitz and Michigan dropped two heartbreaking games Sunday, eliminating them from the NCAA Tournament Hokie hurler shuts own M' icigan softball coach Carol Hutchins sat at the end of the Wolverine dugout, associ- ate head coach Bonnie Tholl and assistant coach Jennifer Brundage to her right. But ...…
…12 Tuesday, May 27, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com SOFTBALL From Page11 all season the next day. "When things don't go our way, I look to the coach first," Hutchins said. "I make the decisions. You make decisions, and when they work you look brilliant, and when they don't - that's the way it goes." She may have been protecting her players, but there were few Wolverines with much to celebrate Sunday. Freshman first baseman Doria...…
…Summer Weekly www.michigandaily.com One hundred eleven years ofeditorial freedom Tuesday May 27, 2003 NEWS Law school & FUEL CELLS HIT THE STREETS search for UPS, DaimlerChrysler sign new deal to put zero- emissions to ' ,,,the test Robinson be suspended from play after plead- ing guilty to sex- ual assault. Page 3 OP/ED Columnist Daniel Adams challenges tradi- tional notions of patriotism. Page 4 ARTS Herb David Gui- tar Store, an Ann A...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 27, 2003 This little light of mine NEWS -HYDROGEN Continued from Page 1 in bulk to the refueling stations," Zetsche said. "Of course we will ultimately need these hydrogen refueling stations scattered around the country as conventional gas sta- tions are today in order to make fuel cell powered vehicles vital for anything other than centrally-fueled fleets. Zetsche added that problems of expense extend to...…
…N EW S -The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 27, 2003-3 0?P SAPAC petition demands punishment Co-worker fondles By ""a"""o this past season, and was chosen as one of the team's "By allowing (Robinson) to continue to represent the woman, arrested captains for the 2003-2004 year. University on a national level, the University adminis- awaiting sentence Bernard Robinson Jr. will represent the University Last March, Robinson pleaded guilty to two tra...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 27, 2003 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 SRAVYA CHIRUMAMILLA JASON PESICK letters@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor + fJtU] EDITED AND MANAGED BY UH Unless otherise noted, unsigned editorils reflect the opinion of AZVSTUDENTS AT THE Unesohrientd nindeioil elc h pno f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessari...…
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…www.michigandaily.com A R T S TUESDAY MAY 27, 2003 5 Herb David, finally where it's Strat How do you feel about shoes? I am for them. Dancing with danger By Neal Pais Rejas (Javier Bardem), police officer Daily Arts Writer working in the nation's capital. Disil- M__V__ERE ______*** _ lusioned with the theoretics of the law as partner at one of the city's For his directorial debut, John most prestigious law firms, he Malkovich looked first...…
…10 -- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 27, 2003 ARTS WHAT'S NEWS IN ENTERTAINMENT 4 DOUBLE COCK PUNCH FOR 'MATRIX' CO- DIRECTOR - According to CNN.com, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has frozen the assets of Larry Wachowski, one half of the brother duo behind the "Matrix" franchise, in an effort to determine his net worth in the midst of a bitter divorce battle with his estranged wife, Thea Bloom. Bloom claims that Wachowski has been ...…
…SPORTS www.michigandaily.com sportsdesk@umich.edu Lions ruin Tourney for Blue By Josh Holman DailySportsEditor The pitching had been knocked the entire year, but in the Big Ten Tournament, the pitching was one of the few things that held up. Instead, poor defense - something that had haunted Michigan all year - was too much to overcome, especially when its usu- ally reliable hitting failed it in the pinch. Michigan (30-27) saw its season co...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 27, 2003 Maloney a success in year one GENNARO Fia ON BASEBALL Before Rich Maloney's arrival as head coach this season, the Michigan baseball team held a shoddy 69-92-1 mark in the new millennium. During this three-year period, the Wolverines chalked up a 34- 49 conference record en route to eighth, sixth and eighth place finishes in Big Ten play. Basically, a once proud pro- gram that tore through the '...…
…One hundred and one years of editorial freedom volume C11, No. 4SAnAbr ihigan ensa, May 27,19 19 h Micia Daily POLITICS IN THE AIR Tantervies 'U' alumna Laro to see fnroP IAn k dis nod in US. House race by Margo Baumgart After25years attheUniver- sity, political science Prof. RaymondTanterhasdecidedto practice what he teaches. Tanter announced his can- didacy for theRepublicannomi- nation for a U.S. House of Rep- resentatives seat April 22....…
…2- The Mchigan Daily Summer Weekly- Wednesday, May 27,1992 Downsized tent city perseveres by Joey Barker Daily Staff Reporter Salvation City is persevering, albeit Larry Brown said, "Things seem to be with a dwindling population and fewer going quietly over there, and they seem tents. to be abiding the restraining order." A Washtenaw County judgeissued, a restraining order last Friday, limiting, 'Things seem to be going the number of tents a...…
…Wednesday, May 27, 1992 - The Michigan Daily Summer Weekly - 3 'A critic tries to open things up, tries to provoke people, tries to show where work falls short or where it overshoots everyone's expectations. But a critic is not saying 'You should like this, you should like that." - Grell Marcus Fungo Mungo Humungous Island We all know the problem - noth- ing good on the radio. You flip through every station, hearing little pieces of everythin...…
…4- The Michigan Daily Summer Weekly - Wednesday, May 27, 1992 -er ihittgtttilt 00 P I N N I I EDITOR IN CHIEF ANDREW M. LEVY OPINION EDITORS GIL RENBERG DAVID SHEPARDSON Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of a majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Daily. 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 764-0552 Edited and Managed by Stude...…
…Wednesday, May 27, 1992- The Michigan Daiy Summ Week -5 Student chosen to attend Rio Earth Summit by Rachel Katz Daily Staff Reporter Natural Resources senior Michael Dorsey is ready to get down to business as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero this June. Officially called the "United Nations Confer- ence on Environment and Development" (UNCED), the conference hopes to address some of the problems stemming f...…
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…Wednesday, May 27, 1992- The Michigan Daily SummerWeekly-7 Affirmative Action Office to m Em 11celebrate 20th anniversary by Mary Chang The Affirmative Action Office (AAO) will celebrate its 20th anniver- sary since its establishment in April 1972. During the month of June, two dozen events have been planned in- cluding panel discussions,speakers and videos. Events begin June 1 with a Native American Opening Ceremony, which will be followed b...…
…8- The Michigan Daily Summer Weekly -Wednesday, May 27,1992 SII , , Q: Who is the youngest major league baseball player to capture a league " , " batting title? " 'o90e io e Wm1! LflM a UM 0 99~JM~6T Ut SKass bows out in NCAA quarters, 'M' tennis captain falls to San Diego's Noriega, 7-5, 5-7, 6 2 by Adam Miller In the first game of the third set, Kass Daily Sports Writer experienced cramping of his right hip. Eisner Michiganmen'stenniscaptai...…
…be Etiguu DuIIQ Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVaII No.4S Ann Arbor, Michigan- Friday, May27,1988d Search could be finished NY Library head may be 'U' President BY RYAN T UT A K president, said the announcement of The University's Board of Regents the next president is imminent, but offered New York Public Library would only confirm that five candi- President Vartan Gregorian the post dates remain. of University President two ...…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 27, 1988 Sh ies such as the regents must an- e a rc nounce all meetings when more than a quorum is present. The FOIA re- Continued from Page 1 quires that public bodies release pub- and less than 12 candidates remain. lic documents upon request. Brown, who has not discussed candi- Judge Ross Campbell of the dates in the past, said he would nei- Washtenaw County Circuit Court ther confirm nor deny a po...…
…ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Members of various student groups help to rebuild a shanty in the Diag. The shanty was burnt down two weeks ago. Groups hpe to 4rebuikishanty BY DONNA IADIPAOLO "Are you going to put a guard out took two hours, members of UCAR When a child walking through the to watch this one?" one shanty and FSACC answered passerbys' Diag Monday afternoon cried, "What builder asked. questions about the shanty's mean- are they making, mommy...…
…Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 27, 1988 Chemical spill creates anirac.smpentpotentialhazard anti-racism center BY KRISTINE LALONDE tered the building wearing air masks A University employee spilled a to determine how to handle the BY VERONICA WOOLRIDGE initially funded the center, but gallon of highly flammable chemi- problem. The University's first anti-racist UCAR will seek supplementary cals in the C.C. Little Building The spill,...…
