…In the first hours of the University of Michigan’s West Quad Residence Hall’s armed robbery in early December, residents and staff grew concerned with the sudden unexplained presence of police vehicles outside of the dorm and officers in the building. Many residents turned to social media and their friends to make sense of the situation, and very rapidly, a rumor about an active shooter spread through campus. Fortunately for...…
…APPLE SAUCE puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NATHAN GUPTA Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 nathankg@michigandaily.com ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 alexastj@michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, January 31, 2018 — 3A DOR AK ON THE DIAG LSA junior Rachyl Lyons and LSA sophomore Kelly Bertoni, members of the Do Random Acts of Kindness Club, hold signs for “free thumbs up” and more on the Diag Tuesday. HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily website about what to do in an emergency, such as the “Run, Hide, Fight” strategy if an active attacker enters campus. DPSS also launched a new smartphone...…
…L ast week, I attended a town hall meeting hosted by Stop Spencer at the University of Michigan, which was set up in order to discuss Richard Spencer’s impending visit to campus. I wanted to catch myself up on the current situation, the likelihood he would actually come and to understand the University’s response to this saga. I want to respond to two different things that I learned. First, according to the organize...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 31, 2018 — 5A On Friday, Jan. 26, Ann Arbor locals and residents from the far corners of the mitten state alike flocked to the University’s own Hill Auditorium for the 41st Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival. Being so close to the festival, in geographical terms, might make University students write the event off as a minor happening, but the festival is, in reality, centra...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 31, 2018 — 7A Lockwood out for year after shoulder surgery Three weeks ago, Will Lockwood faced a choice: He could attempt to play through his latest shoulder injury and have surgery once the Michigan hockey team’s season was over, or have surgery as soon as possible. Rather than delay the inevitable, Lockwood chose the latter. After Tuesday’s prac...…
…8A — Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Three days to learn: Inside Michigan’s game preparation On average, a college basketball team gets three or four days between games. Three or four days to process the last game, get better, learn everything there is to know about the next opponent, teach it to the players, travel if the game is on the road, then go out and play. That’s a hefty order, es...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 31, 2018 Tech takes a seat in Ann Arbor …
…I f I have one hope for 2018 — besides finishing school, graduating, figuring out life and finding my bigger purpose in this world — it’s to drink better coffee than I did last year. Since I am coming to the final pages of this chapter of my college career, it would make sense for me to try “adulting” in all corners of my life. This includes the music I listen to, the things I eat, the things I say, the books I read, but also, ...…
…3B Wednesday, January 31, 2018 // The Statement Soundtracking: A Voice Crack W hy? Why would you betray me like this? I trusted you. I gave you my everything, and you went and pulled this shitake mushrooms? We all know voice cracking isn’t incredibly uncommon. It happens to the best of us. Even the best voices to ever grace our ears hit speed bumps every now and then. I bet some nights when he’s unwinding and getting ready fo...…
…Wednesday, January 31, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 31, 2018 // The Statement 5B Tech takes a seat in Ann Arbor I n October 2017, Duo Security — an Ann Arbor-based com- pany, launched by two Uni- versity of Michigan alumni in 2009 — made national headlines when it secured a $70 million round of fund- ing that brought it to be valued at over $1 billion dollars; the information tech- nology startup is known for producing ...…
…I got a text from my mom on a hot, busy afternoon in July. Of course, all of your July afternoons are hot and busy when you spend so much time taking care of 7-year-olds that you almost have no time to take care of yourself. The text read, “Call Dad. It’s important.” My Nana had been sick for years. Ovarian cancer is a relentless battle, one that she had both lost and conquered gracefully. I braced myself for the news as I dial...…
…stages aren’t necessarily the same for everyone. I also learned that the anticipation of death doesn’t make it hurt any less. You can try to imagine what life will be like when someone is gone, in a morbid sort of attempt to prepare yourself. But when you get the call, when the finality sets in, it doesn’t matter how long you spent preparing, or how many times you said goodbye. It hits you hard and hurts all the same. I spent to...…
…Wednesday, January 31, 2018 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : I N S I D E T H E T E C H S P A C E Photos by Alec Cohen and Amelia Cacchione This week, the lead brought our photographers to Ann Arbor SPARK and Clinc, a local AI startup …
…On Monday, The Michigan Daily sat down for an interview with E. Royster Harper, the University of Michigan’s vice president of Student Life. During a time of national conversations surrounding many important and polarizing issues, we asked Harper for her take on current Greek life reforms, sexual assault and misconduct, and free speech in the context of white supremacist Richard Spencer’s possible visit to campus next sem...…
…we sometimes call residents or trainees,” Bradford said. “We’re also extremely committed to faculty development, so I think we’re all learners because we’re all striving to improve.” Strategic planning for the department has been a priority of Bradford’s since she took the position. She and her team created five “pillars”— education, people, discovery, care and service— that now guide the academic mission of the Medical Scho...…
…own self-monitoring in saying that we need to stop the social activities because of all this going on, and that also frightens me because my experience has been when we self- correct, things are sometimes more dangerous than we know.” In addition, Harper spoke on multicultural fraternities and sororities, specifically surrounding issues of police presence. In October, The Daily reported a disparity between the large amount ...…
…O ver the past year, I’ve seen a dramatic shift in reputable journalistic outlets’ — like The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post — coverage of the presidency to what individuals might perceive as being more partisan than in the past. In many ways, this shift can be seen as a response to the pages of lies that PolitiFact has noted over the course of President Donald Trump’s presidency and h...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, January 30, 2018 — 5 Last year was the year of Migos. They began 2017 by releasing their tour de force, Culture, a project that catapulted them to international stardom. They maintained their public presence throughout the year: A series of well-placed features (e.g. “Slide” by Calvin Harris and “Congratulations” by Post Malone), the release of collaborative albums (Huncho Ja...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, January 30, 2018 — 7 Flaherty, Barnes Arico playing numbers game For the No. 13 Michigan women’s basketball team (8-2 Big Ten, 19-4 overall), this season has been all about numbers. Coach Kim Barnes Arico and senior guard Katelynn Flaherty have set the tone, trading statistical milestones. It all started in mid- November, when the Wolverines faced then-No. 5 Louis...…
…8 — Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Three takeaways: ‘M’ reversing trends after being swept by Ohio State On a weekend when everything could go wrong against fifth- ranked Ohio State (10-5-1 Big Ten, 17-5-4 overall), it did. The No. 20 Michigan hockey team (7-9-2, 12-12-2) lost all momentum it had built up over the past two weeks in dramatic fashion. The Daily breaks down three takeaways from...…
…Reinventing Urban Transportation and Mobility aims to revolutionize public transit through an online app that turns transportation into an on-demand service. The app, which serves travelers on the University of Michigan’s North Campus, first launched this month on January 16. While no timeline is set in place yet, the developers hope to eventually expand the service to the University as a whole. RITMO, partnering with t...…
…the business and create its newest location. Referred to Rotche by a mutual friend, Knapp said her uneasiness toward franchising was immediately relieved after a phone conversation with Rotche. “I didn’t know anything about franchising — I just thought of McDonald’s or Subway,” Knapp said. “I talked to John Rotche, and by the end of the phone call I was hooked, because the way he talked about franchising was this luxury, rich ex...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color & News Monday, January 29, 2018 — 3A When I joined Michigan in Color over one year ago, I wrote about my excitement to contribute to a space that allows people from marginalized communities to finally have a voice at an institution like The Michigan Daily. To me, this was and is necessary because I recognize the immense power that stories can have. And only by showcas...…
…G rowing up, I was one of those weird kids from a weird family. In an attempt to shelter my siblings and me, my parents refused to have internet or cable television in the house. For a time, we had a hunky desktop plugged into the ethernet cable where we could spend 20 minutes a day playing games on Miniclip or Disney.com. But when our time ran up, we had nothing to connect us to the outside world. As a homeschool...…
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…On Saturday, Jan. 27, student organization EnspiRED hosted their 12th annual charity fashion show, entitled “RAW,” at the Alfred A. Taubman Biomedical Research Building. “Every year, the show is formed after some good theme that’s based upon social experience,” said Travis Jones, an LSA senior and model in the show. “This year’s theme is RAW, and I feel like that’s a big social experience that a lot of people can relate to.” Spoile...…
…Week of Reckoning The findings in East Lansing following the Larry Nassar trial hint at a deeper problem, writes Betelhem Ashame. » Page 2B The Big 4-0-0 Kim Barnes Arico earned her 400th career victory as the Michigan women’s basketball team beat Northwestern. » Page 4B Wolverines swept by sixth-ranked Buckeyes SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 29, 2018 B C OLUMBUS — Ohio State has notoriously...…
…June 19, 2016 May 25, 2017 March 5, 2018 2B — Monday, January 29, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Plagued by season-long problems, Wolverines swept at No. 6 Ohio State COLUMBUS — The No. 6 Ohio State hockey team can do it all. On offense, it scored 3.62 goals per game in its last eight coming into this past weekend. Unsurprisingly, the Buckeyes are the only team with three of the Big Ten’s top-10 scorers. ...…
…A public lecture by JOHANNA HANINK Associate Professor of Classics Brown University and Former editor, Michigan Daily JANUARY 29 4:10 p.m. Classics Library 2175 Angell Hall For more information call 734.615.6667 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, January 29, 2018 — 3B Greg Ryan, Michigan part ways For only the second time in program history, the Michigan women’s soccer team is looking for a new head co...…
…4B — Monday, January 29, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan upsets No. 4 Iowa on the road “(Iowa’s) atmosphere there is unreal,” said 197-pound fifth-year senior Kevin Beazley. “Their fans are ruthless.” That is the atmosphere the seventh-ranked Michigan wrestling team had to face Saturday night. Any dual meet against a top five team is difficult, but facing the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes in their ven...…
…Morgan McCaul entered Michigan State’s medicine clinic at the age of 12. At the time, McCaul — now an LSA freshman at the University of Michigan — was an aspiring ballerina with tears in both hip flexors. She went to East Lansing in search of world-renowned doctor Larry Nassar with hopes he could provide her with the help she needed to return to dance. Nearly five years later, McCaul realized she had been sexually a...…
…even include statements from survivors’ family members and support systems. McCaul delivered her impact statement Friday afternoon with her dance instructor by her side. “This past year and a half has been, without a doubt, the most difficult and traumatic period of my life,” McCaul said in her statement. During the first week of sentencing, an investigation from The Detroit News revealed MSU President Lou Anna Simon...…
…steady income can make all the difference for low-income and financially insecure students,” Schandevel wrote in an email interview. “Having information about job opportunities on and off campus, work-study, need- and merit-based scholarships and paid internships would be incredibly useful. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 26, 2018 — 3 The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government release...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, January 26, 2018 DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief ANU ROY-CHAUDHURY AND ASHLEY ZHANG Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed a...…
…The best sci-fi, or rather, the most effective sci-fi, walks the line between the fantastical and real. It shows that the most horrifying parts of our collective future aren’t necessarily aliens or other supernatural phenomena, but rather humanity itself and its relationship with its creations. The new Amazon series “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams” is a flawed but intriguing addition to the canon of works such as “Black Mirro...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 26, 2018 — 7 The No. 16 Michigan women’s basketball team is cruising, and the road ahead looks clear. Having pummeled Michigan State on Tuesday, 74-48, the Wolverines (7-2 Big Ten, 18-4 overall) are currently on a five-game winning streak that includes victories over then-No. 8 Ohio State in Columbus, as well as a monstrous, 44-point win against Illinois. Michigan now...…
…8 — Friday, January 26, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily Moritz Wagner and Michigan had no answer for Purdue center Isaac Haas. HAASTA LA VISTA No. 25 Michigan falls to No. 3 Purdue, 92-88 It would have been easy for Michigan to get swallowed up on Thursday night. Just like in Chapel Hill, and more recently in Lincoln, the Wolverines faced a halftime deficit against a high-octane offense a...…
…Former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to serve 40 years to 175 years in state prison Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of a week-long trial. More than 150 survivors of sexual assault delivered statements over the course of the week, testifying to the molestation and abuse they suffered at the hands of Nassar under the guise of medical treatment over the past 30 ...…
…“more to worry about” than the Nassar case. “This is not Penn State,” he said, referring to the school’s sex abuse controversy with ex-football coach Jerry Sandusky several years ago. “They were dealing with their football program. ... They’re smart enough to know they’re not competent to walk in here on this.” MSU’s athletic director released a statement Wednesday annoucing his department will cooperate with th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 3 Project Moxie, a research project at the University of Michigan, focuses on increasing transgender youth access to HIV testing kits. The project is in its pilot stage, and working on recruiting participants. Rob Stephenson, the project director and a vice chair for research in the Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, said he hopes Project...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, January 25, 2018 DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief ANU ROY-CHAUDHURY AND ASHLEY ZHANG Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 5 Opera, ballet and classical music are frequently shrouded in auras of elitism. During the Classical period, famous composers would be commissioned by rich aristocrats to compose for private events. Opera was quite expensive — the average person could barely afford to attend more than one opera performance every year. Ballet was also associated with wealth...…
…6 — Thursday, January 25, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Apple Store display 5 Centipede developer 10 Farm digs 13 Tennis legend for whom a “Courage Award” is named 14 French upper house 15 Hershey bar 16 *Tony Hawk legwear 18 Helps out 19 Unpretentious 20 Turned it down 22 Nadal’s birthplace 23 Snatch, as a toy? 24 Composer Franck 26 Luggage attachments 29 Soak up the sun 32 Blue Grotto resort 34 Boy king 35 “That’...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 7 Hot Wolverines humbled by the strength of the rest of the conference With consecutive sweeps for the first time in three seasons, the No. 17 Michigan hockey team has positioned itself in the top half of the Big Ten standings and is back in the hunt for an NCAA Tournament bid. Since defeating then-No. 9 Minnesota and then-No. 12 Penn State, the Wolverines ...…
…8 — Thursday, January 25, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In No. 3 Purdue, Michigan faces toughest test John Beilein believes Purdue might be the best Big Ten team Michigan has faced. No, not this season. The best ever. Beilein began Wednesday’s press conference by saying as much, comparing the third- ranked Boilermakers to great teams of the past. “I’ve been here long enough to tell you there’s som...…
…The duality of the First Amendment as a powerful political weapon for both marginalized groups and their oppressors presented itself as a reality this past semester. The ongoing negotiation between the University of Michigan administration and white supremacist Richard Spencer regarding Spencer’s request to speak at the University, as well as planned University events in response to the speech, has roused divided opinio...…
