…Two prominent educational and professional institutions — the American Association of University Professors and the American Political Science Association — are urging the University of Michigan to reconsider sanctions imposed on American Culture professor John Cheney- Lippold. Cheney-Lippold recently became ineligible for a salary raise for one year and ineligible for sabbatical credits for two years after res...…
…the water we’re delivering to our customers is safe,” Steglitz said. “We’ve been piloting new technology, a new granular activated carbon media in our filters, and we’ve been finding it to be successful at removing two of the PFAS compounds, PFOS and PFOA, that are part of the EPA’s health advisory. Because we’ve been piloting it and it’s been successful, we decided to put it in all of our filters.” Laura Rubin, vice chair of t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, October 18, 2018 — 3 computer science, including the invention of dynamic instruction scheduling, a method in which computer hardware can issue instructions out of order, as well as pioneering the revolution in very large- scale integration design. Many years prior to joining University faculty in 1985, Conway worked at IBM Research, where she was fired when she began h...…
…T he line “If voting could change anything it would be made illegal!” is often misattributed to Mark Twain, and disputably attributed to anarchist Emma Goldman. The first confirmed appearance, if it matters, was from The Lowell Sun in 1974. Regardless of who said it, the phrase carries a sentiment shared by many Americans: Why bother voting if it doesn’t seem to affect anything? Of course, one vote does have some effect ...…
…FILM NOTEBOOK Horror has always been a genre of extremes. It’s something of a self-fulfilling prophecy; it’s difficult to evoke fear from that which is familiar, so horror filmmakers find themselves locked in a never-ending search for the bloodiest, the goriest and the scariest. This proverbial arms race has led the genre to feel a bit oversaturated, with many horror films prioritizing shock value over quality and d...…
…By Roger and Kathy Wienberg ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/18/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/18/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, October 18, 2018 ACROSS 1 Cartman on “South Park” 5 John follower 9 European farewell 14 Default takeback 15 Formal agreement 16 Two-time Argentine president 17 Famous __ 18 Keys for Elton 20 They may be added to soup...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 18, 2018 — 7 Too skilled to sit, Brazdeikis to learn multiple positions Ignas Brazdeikis is officially listed as a forward. Don’t let that fool you. The top-40 prospect, who headlines the men’s basketball team’s 12th-ranked recruiting classes, per 247Sports’ compos- ite score, is firmly behind red- shirt junior Charles Matthews at small forward. That’s more a product of M...…
…8 — Thursday, October 18, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Warriner with different perspective on Saturday’s game Saturday will be nothing new for Ed Warriner. In fact, there’s not much anymore that is new for Warriner. Michigan’s offensive line coach remembers coaching as a graduate assistant in the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry “30-something years ago.” Now he’s on the other side coaching a much...…
