…Last winter, LSA student Alexandra Ellard had to miss 10 days of class. Due to extreme weather, many Metro Detroit area public schools and facilities were closed. This meant Ellard couldn’t take her almost 2-year-old son, Oliver, to day care, and the road conditions were too dangerous to bring him along on the 40-minute drive to campus. She had no choice but to stay home. Ellard, who will be graduating this May with a Gener...…
…2 — Friday, January 10, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News GIVE IT A SHOT RYAN puzzle by sudokusyndication.com TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers B E HIND THE STORY Every Friday, one Daily staffer will give a behind the scenes look at one of this week’s stories. This week, LSA sophomore Parnia Mazhar on her story “Hundreds gat...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 10, 2020 — 3 school, and I’m looking at that website, I’m not thinking that me having a child is an emergency.” In general, Ellard said it was challenging to find sources of financial aid through the University when she returned to school as a student parent. “It was damn near impossible to get financial aid without making an unbelievable amount of phone calls and...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, January 10, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 10, 2020 — 5 In my memory, Winter Break 2019 will always be defined by “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” While I watched some (far superior) movies like “Little Women” and “Knives Out” during this holiday season, my brain still can’t let “Skywalker” go. It’s a beautifully crafted, wonderfully performed, roller coaster ride of a waste of time. While there are imaginative pla...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 10, 2020 — 7 Tru Wilson announces decision to grad transfer Redshirt junior running back Tru Wilson announced Thursday that he will pursue a graduate transfer. “I appreciate everything the University of Michigan has done for me these last 4 years,” Wilson said in a tweet. “I will graduate in the spring and will transfer to finish my last year of college football. God ble...…
…Sports 8 — Friday, January 10, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘M’ prevails in double overtime It was a boring game. Then it wasn’t. It was a game in which senior guard Zavier Simpson couldn’t hit a dart board with a shotgun. Then he was leading the offense in double overtime. In a back-and-forth slugfest character- ized by sloppy basketball, a tense second half and two thrilling overtime periods, the Michigan men’s ba...…
