…8A — Friday, September 11, 2015 Advertisement The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COME TO A MICHIGAN DAILY MASS MEETING Sunday, 9/13 Thursday, 9/17 Monday, 9/14 Sunday, 9/20 September 6 30 13 27 8 1 22 15 29 11 4 25 18 2 7 31 21 14 28 10 3 24 17 1 9 2 23 16 30 12 5 26 19 3 20 All mass meetings held at 7 p.m., second floor of 420 Maynard Street. Learn about opportunities in all of the Daily’s secti...…
…How Freddy Canteen and Brandon Watson made it from Wilmington to Ann Arbor by Jake Lourim September 12, 2015: Oregon State the road out …
…FootballSaturday — September 12, 2015 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2015 football season. Max Bultman Max Cohen Jake Lourim Zach Shaw Crisler Spider-Man Oregon St. (+14.5) at Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Oregon State Michigan Hawaii (+41) at No. 1 Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Middle Tennessee (+35.5)...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com ‘M’ braces for Oregon State’s Collins Wolverines will face another speedy quarterback in home opener Saturday By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Last Thursday, the Michigan football team got a stiff test for its run defense when it took on Utah and Devontae Booker, the Pac-12’s second- leading rusher in 2014. And on Saturday, when Oregon State visits Ann Arbor, the ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 4 By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — David Sills IV sits at a desk in the den of his weekend home here, on a country club just a few miles from the beach. A table off to the side holds a laptop decorated with logos from several colleges, most prominently West Virginia, where his son, David V, is a freshman quarterback. He drinks out of a cup from Mississippi State, wh...…
…5 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Christian Academy, and moved in with another family on the team. He earned a full scholarship to Auburn, and his new family and Blaxon’s sister all came together last spring to see Blaxon drafted by the Tennessee Titans. “This is a kid who could have been walking the streets of Wilm- ington, Delaware, having drive-by shootings or doing drugs or what- ever the case may be,” Sills said. “We ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 6 Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Oregon State By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor On a day that will in all likelihood be remembered as Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Stadium coaching debut, there will indeed be a football game played after Harbaugh jumps up and touches the banner. When the Michigan football team plays Oregon State on Saturday, it will mark a matchup between two head coaches at new schools. T...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to watch for: Offensive line seeks breakthrough vs. Beavers By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor 1. Can the offensive line finally improve? With all five starters returning from 2014, the general sense was that this season would be the one when Michigan’s offensive line returned to the program’s bruising ways of old. That was half-true in Thursday’s loss to Utah. The Wolverines kept...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 8 things other than training, aca- demics. … Because they are driven individuals, they didn’t mind the time they had to commit to this program in order to obtain or reach their goals.” Back in high school, that work paid off when former Michigan assistant coach Curt Mallory noticed the two at a Michigan sum- mer camp and recruited them. Those camps ran well into the summer, and then it was ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 10, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Administrators say departments, units will guide strategic planning process By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter University President Mark Schlissel hosted a second diversi- ty summit Wednesday afternoon in which he further outlined the University’s plans to improve equity and inclusion on ca...…
…the Iranian Graduate Students Association. As an Iranian stu- dent studying in the United States, disagreements between the two countries have been challenging to witness. Arbabzadeh came to the United States several years ago to pursue a master’s degree in electrical engi- neering. Due to tensions between the United States and Iran, there is no U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran — Arbabzadeh’s home city. According to Arbabzadeh fur- ...…
…SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, September 10, 2015 — 3A would guarantee qualified stu- dents two free years of communi- ty college. The plan has yet to gain traction in Congress. Biden said students face decades of debt and that it’s hard to get ahead in the workforce when Americans are struggling to keep up. “If we want all Americans to succeed in the 21st century we need to make sure...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…ACROSS 1 Oz. sextet 5 Hamlet’s foppish courtier 10 Abba not known for singing 14 Other, in Orizaba 15 __ Park: Knott’s Berry Farm city 16 Connecticut town for which a disease is named 17 Sinn __ 18 100-eyed guardian of Io 19 Weizman of Israel 20 Bean used in falafel 21 Half a comedy duo 22 Two-time MLB all-star Ron 23 Three-handed game 24 Wrench handle? 25 Stats for QBs 26 “Clueless” co-star __ Dash 28 Johannesburg section 30 Salad option 31 S...…
…6A — Thursday, September 10, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Despite mistakes, Smith enjoys role as lead RB By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor From the time junior running back De’Veon Smith played in his first career game in 2013 to the beginning of fall camp for the Michigan football team this year, there always seemed to be someone in front of him. Smith was a contender in the running back competition as ...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, September 10, 2015 the b-side D ETROIT — In the last room of a gallery at the Cranbrook Art Museum, a video of artist Nick Cave dancing in his signature soundsuits at various locations across Metro Detroit played on a loop out of a TV nestled in a far corner. I sat, transfixed, for a half hour on a bench in front of the TV, watching the flamboyant giants gyrate and hop into the air in...…
…2B — Thursday, September 10, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com But, talking with Edwards and Lauer about the music scene in the city, I couldn’t pick up on any of that drama. “It was a lot smaller then, I felt like,” Edwards said. “In the beginning we were just like, ‘Hey, we’ve got a big loft here, let’s just have shows here.’ It was what we were doing in our parents’ basements and stuff before, so we just ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, September 10, 2015 — 3B Artscapade leads arts engagement Arts at Michigan brings art offerings to students By GRACE HAMILTON Daily Arts Writer “Our product is the student,” said Joe Levickas, interim direc- tor of Arts at Michigan. For almost 16 years now, Arts at Michigan programs have worked on shaping, guiding and improv- ing their product. An ideal product — each...…
…4B — Thursday, September 10, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 122 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A THE STATEMENT..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Schlissel sends “Welcom...…
…worst in areas including Angell Hall and North Quad. “Somebody may not even get access, but if they try again after a few minutes, they will,” Palms said, later adding that the intermittency could result in networks “dumping (connected students) off after a few minutes.” LSA junior Elizabeth Brennen said the wireless was down for most of the two hours she spent in Mason Hall Tuesday afternoon. “I was trying to pull up the ...…
…modest incremental changes in the direction of diversity now,” he said. “We began implementing some of the changes in the admissions and financial aid procedure a year ago, and in September we are going to announce how we did.” The initiative largely focused on closing the gap between the receipt of financial aid packages and admissions decisions, with the goal of helping families and students as they make decisions about college...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 9, 2015 — 5A By JAMIE BIRCOLL Daily Film Columnist I should be upfront: I am not the biggest Wes Craven aficionado. So maybe I’m not the best person to write about him and the horror genre that he helped elevate into a unique combination of art and commercial filmmaking over a 20-year period. Still, in the few films of his I have seen, I’ve found something creative ...…
…ACROSS 1 “Hardball” station 6 McCain’s org. 9 Mardi Gras mementos 14 São __, Brazil 15 Body spray brand 16 Baseball Hall of Famer Murray or Mathews 17 Arrange ahead of time 18 Irish actor Stephen 19 Jeans accent 20 *Competition won by a knockout? 23 Magazine fig. 25 Easily led sorts 26 Seminary subj. 27 Kerfuffles 29 Easily roused crowd 32 Single 33 Highest North American peak, to natives 36 *Certain cutlet 41 Not quite boil 42 Grammar class s...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 9, 2015 — 7A Driesenga returns for fifth year at Michigan Pitcher receives medical hardship waiver after injury last season By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer Through the first two weeks of the Michigan softball team’s 2015 campaign, senior right-hander Sara Driesenga stood out among the three- headed monster that was the Wolverines’ pitching rotation. ...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Redshirt freshman Jabrill Peppers is finally earning consistent playing time after missing most of 2014 with an injury. year away from game action, that was a desirable starting point. Peppers did not know how to name his particular role on defense, saying that it was a combination of safety, nickelback and cornerback. Each week’s...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 …
…Yes, tailgating and playing in the leaves are the best Fall activities. But what if we want to sweat through a Dom’s Constant Buzz and cool off in the Huron far into October? Here’s how to never let summer end. 2B THE LIST SUMMER LOVIN’ For some, this means carrying a summer fling into fall. For others, this means watching “Grease” on repeat. Up to you. SUB-ZERO SKINNY-DIPPING If you are brave enough for the cold, the docks at Argo P...…
…3B Magazine Editor: Ian DIllingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Creative Director Cheryll Victuelles Editor in Chief: Jennifer Calfas Managing Editor: Lev Facher Copy Editors: Hannah Bates Laura Schinagle Emma Sutherland THE statement “I’ve never had a community like (New Life) in my life, where people invest in your so much and care about your feelings. I wou...…
…Wednesday, September 9, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 9, 2015 // The Statement 5B ONE NIGHT, ONE PILL, ONE TRAGEDY —and a mother’s mission By Lev Facher, Managing Editor J osh Levine’s death, examined at the simplest level, was the doing of a pill. Small, round, and as visually unintimidating as an over-the-counter painkiller, Adderall tablet was first pre- scribed to somebody not named Josh Levine, somebody who th...…
…Wednesday, September 9, 2015 // The Statement 6B Professor Profile: Ed Cho by Natalie Gadbois, Deputy Statement Editor E ach year, as the echoes of Welcome Week parties fade and the Ulrich’s line veers dan- gerously out the door, hundreds of students face the same great white whale — Economics 102. Famous at the University for its rigor and the com- petitive nature of its students, this class is a hall- mark of undergraduate life at th...…
…Wednesday, September 9, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: My ever-evolving identity by Kathleen Davis, Senior Arts Editor A re you Hispanic/Latino? Select yes or no. My first words were not in English. The way my mom tells it, out of a bab- bling string of “goo-goos” and “ga-gas” came “gato,” a meaningless word in English, but the start of a bilingualism that came from growing up in a duel-cultured household. “Gato,” or ...…
…“Josh wanted to be a teacher, and he wanted to be a coach,” Eilender said. “That’s what his mom is doing, trying to help kids, trying to save a single life. That’s what shines through for me the most, because that’s what Josh would have wanted.” Buckner said though she certainly wasn’t obligated to publicize the manner in which her son died, she felt compelled to. “There was no question that I needed people to know what happened, be...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 8, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan lost Jim Harbaugh’s debut, 24-17. » INSIDE Sports Tuesday Schlissel’s second ice cream social caps off Welcome Week festivities By ISOBEL FUTTER and GEN HUMMER Daily Staff Reporters Weathering some light sprinkles of rain, about 1,200 University students, faculty, staff and parents gat...…
…2A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan football team lost to Utah last Thursday, 24-17. Quarterback Jake Rudock threw three interceptions in his Wolverine debut after his transfer from Iowa. >> FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSTUESDAY 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES As refugees continue to migrate out of Syria, Britain and France pledged Monday to accept a...…
…— is that we believe strongly that for University of Michigan stu- dents, we’re a resource wherever they are, especially in the density of the areas surrounding the cam- pus,” said DPSS Executive Director Eddie Washington in an exclu- sive interview with The Michigan Daily on Wednesday. Though DPSS officers could eventually have concurrent juris- diction to enforce state laws in off- campus locations, such as a noise complaint at a fr...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…Avenue house. “I live across the street in the Law School dorm and my room faces the President’s House,” law student Mary Waller said. “I thought it would be cool to see the inside.” While Schlissel hosted a similar event last year, this year’s layout was adjusted to accommodate long lines. Last year, Schlissel and Schwebs received attendees on their patio, meaning the long line formed throughout the home and onto the ...…
…6A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Hannibal’ stuns By CHLOE GILKE Managing Arts Editor Writing a series finale might be the hardest job in the world. Those unlucky writ- ers must follow a stringent set of guidelines if their ending is to join the likes of “Six Feet Under” in the Great Finale Hall of Fame and avoid being tossed into the Garbage Can of Gar- bage Finales with “How I Met Yo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 7A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 LITERATURE COLUMN To kill ‘Atticus Finch’ By REBECCA LERNER Daily Literature Columnist “ I’ll say one thing for her – she sure can write.” My dad said to me, interrupting my reading of Harper Lee’s “Go Set A Watchman.” The recently released novel, a chronological sequel to Lee’s first book, was actually written prior to her iconic “To Kill A Mockingbird. As...…
…8A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ALBUM REVIEW Miley is clueless but fascinating By ADAM THEISEN Senior Arts Editor Just a few months ago, I would have been so excited for a new Miley Cyrus album. Earlier in the summer, the singer started posting YouTube videos of her “Backyard Ses- sions,” a series of stripped-down cover songs per- formed by Cyrus and friends like Joan Jett, Laura...…
…RELIGIOUS SERVICES May Peace Prevail on Earth The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 9A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 COME TO A MICHIGAN DAILY MASS MEETING Sunday, 9/13 Thursday, 9/17 Monday, 9/14 Sunday, 9/20 September 6 30 13 27 8 1 22 15 29 11 4 25 18 2 7 31 21 14 28 10 3 24 17 1 9 2 23 16 30 12 5 26 19 3 20 All mass meetings held at 7 p.m., second floor of 420 Maynard Street. Learn about opportun...…
…10A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…BSportsTuesday LAST STAND n Jake Rudock knows he has 11 more chances to make things right. SportsTuesday Column, Page 2B LATE-GAME HEROICS The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 8, 2015 n The Michigan men’s soccer team won on a double-overtime goal by James Murphy. Page 7B SALT LAKE PITY Utah 24, Michigan 17 ALLISON FARRAND/Daily ALLISON FARRAND/Daily ALLISON FARRAND/Daily JAMES COLLER/Daily …
…2B — September 8, 2015 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Jake Rudock’s last stand N ine days after Michigan hired Jim Harbaugh on Dec. 30, change brewed at Iowa. It arrived in the form of a depth chart. On that day, Jake Rudock, the Hawkeyes’ No. 1 quarterback for two years, officially became a No. 2 quarterback. Better opportunities awaited him elsewhere. Eight months later, Rudock’s facial expressio...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 3B — September 8, 2015 Harbaugh brings back helmet stickers to spark competition By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Everything Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has done since taking over the Michigan football team has been synonymous with competition. He wants his injured players to cut their recovery time in half, keeps score of his quarterbacks’ every move on and off the field to decide the sta...…
…MOVING IN 4B — September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Back to school S ALT LAKE CITY — Sorry folks, summer’s over. The return to school is a tough time for everyone, and the Michigan football team is no exception. It happens every September: The radiant sunshine of summer is replaced with humming fluorescent lights, the freedom and optimism crushed with a strong dose of reality. This change often p...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL 2. TCU: Horned Frogs, or horny frogs? 1. OHIO STATE: The hairless nuts finally decided on a quarterback. 7. OREGON: Turns out Eastern Washington’s math tests are tougher than its football team. 3. ALABAMA: Asked how he chose his starting QB, Saban replied, “Well, Jake Coker was different from the rest of this roster. He didn’t have sex with his sister.” 9. USC: Trojans head coach Steve Sarkisi...…
…HOUSING 6B — September 8, 2015 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Five Things We Learned: Utah By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Wolverine fans descended on Salt Lake City from across the country, but there was no storybook opening to coach Jim Harbaugh’s career at Michigan. The Michigan football team fell to Utah, 24-17, at Rice-Eccles Stadium to open the season. The Wolverines were slow to start, but that w...…
