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…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 9, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 10 ©2020 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 STATEMENT....…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 9, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA) is looking to make travel between Ann Arbor and Detroit less of a hassle. The RTA held a public hearing about a potential new bus service, in collaboration with TheRide, connecting the two cities on Wednesday evening at the Ann Arbor District Librar...…

…The Graduate Employees’ Organization, which represents more than 2,000 graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants, announced Monday that its members have voted to strike in response to the University of Michigan’s fall reopening plans. This move could substantially disrupt academic operations through the course of next week. This is the first GEO strike since 1975. In a press release announcing...…

…Thursday, June 11, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 121 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Forgotten: a humanitarian crisis As the world confronts multiple tragedies, we have collectively abandoned Yemen. >> SEE PAGE 8 NEWS Mich...…

…BERNIE RALLIES ON DIAG The Michigan Daily sat down with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for a few minutes before his rally on the Diag at the University of Michigan. Sanders won Michigan in the 2016 presidential primary, and the state remains crucial for him after former Vice President Joe Biden won decisive victories on Super Tuesday. In his interview, Sanders discussed his efforts to appeal to moderate voters, how to get young...…

…For Rackham student Stephanie Pistorius, living on-campus with her husband during the time of COVID-19 has been full of uncertainty. She said she was not prepared for the impact on lab research, though she had been following the news in the weeks leading up to the University of Michigan’s announcement of the cancellation of in-person classes. “(The announcement) felt focused on undergrads,” Pistorius said...…

…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Fall 2020 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. ERIN WHITE Managing Editor ekwhite...…

…After the legalization After the legalization of adult-use recreational of adult-use recreational marijuana in 2018 and the first marijuana in 2018 and the first day of sales last month, both day of sales last month, both students and the Ann Arbor students and the Ann Arbor community have demonstrated community have demonstrated high demand for cannabis high demand for cannabis products. products. On the first ...…

…Three weeks ago, LSA professor Bob King, the former president of the United Auto Workers, heard his phone buzz. When he picked it up, he saw an incoming call from his longtime friend Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., the liberal firebrand and former Democratic presidential candidate. Sanders asked if King would speak at the 2020 Democratic National Convention the upcoming week to nominate him for president. It was an offer Ki...…

…Tuesday afternoon, the state of Michigan announced during a press conference they will be filing a court-action lawsuit against the federal government and U.S. Sec- retary of Education Betsy DeVos for the distribution of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Along with several other states, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is leading the lawsuit against Devos, citing concerns that a new rule favo...…

…Sanders endorsed El-Sayed during his campaign for Michigan governor, who said his previous conversation with Sanders increased his confidence in grassroots movements. “When I ran, I was lucky enough to get Bernie’s endorsement. Let me tell you about the conversation we had,” El-Sayed said. “He didn’t ask me what I stood for. He said I know what you fight for, but I want to know why you fight for it. And I told him about my g...…

…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Central Student Government Student Organization Funding Committee distributes $500,000 to student organizations every semester on a refund system. With student organizations canceling all in-person events following Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order and the University of Michigan’s recommendation that students return home, it has pivoted to r...…

…Phase 2 is set to begin in the late winter or early spring and will extend to the broader University community. A start date for Phase 3 has not been announced. General students will likely be in the second phase of the vaccine’s distribution, unless they are high risk, which could move them to the first phase, Cinti said. He expects the University to vaccinate about 80,000 U-M community members in the coming months. Two dos...…

…demonstration, University professor Juan Cole said Soleimani’s death was highly unwarranted and that the U.S. should not go to war with Iran. “We have to make a stand against unjust war,” Cole said. “The killing of General Soleimani was not the killing just of a bad guy. It was an assassination … We have a rogue government. It’s a government we cannot trust with our security or our lives, and the way forward with ...…

…The strike will be time-limited and run until Friday, with the potential for reauthorization if the University does not meet the organization’s demands. GEO is asking for the diversion of funds from the Division of Public Safety and Security and more COVID-19 protections, such as the right to work remotely for all graduate student instructors, more transparency in opening plans and protection from hiring discrimination for tho...…

…University of Michigan alumni DeAndree Watson, Central Stu- dent Government president from 2011 to 2012, was found dead in his car on Sunday morning on the 37400 Block of Willow Lane in Westland, Mich. After graduating from the University in 2012 with a bach- elor’s degree in political science, Watson served on the Detroit City Council as a policy analyst and worked closely with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Coun- cilman James Tat...…

…We often cross paths but do not speak I do not know him, but understand my brother is not my enemy I do not know of his pain, but simply know that it exists So we nod We understand that no one cares for your two cents, when they look through you as if you missin’ two- fifths Understand that our streets will poor out two more fifths for our sons and daughters today, But we didn’t put these liquor stores here Didn’t flood this citie...…

…Costas Lyssiotis, a molecular and integrative physiology professor and Ph.D. adviser, runs a lab that studies cancer cells in order to form targeted therapies to improve the immune system. Many of these experiments take multiple months and involve mice that need to be periodically monitored. Some of his lab members have set up a Google Calendar and take turns going into the lab in order to keep collecting ...…

…When my mother emphatically woke me up at 1 a.m. and claimed that I might die from a pulmonary embolism, I didn’t know how to react. Moreover, I didn’t know what I could do. I was laying on my bed with my right leg elevat- ed over almost every pillow we owned to combat the swelling that came with a torn ACL. At first, I rolled my eyes at what seemed to be the classic WebMD diagnosis. However, there was a confidence and fear in her...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, January 9, 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...…

…Gyms and pools can reopen subject to restrictions to uphold public health protocols amid the COVID- 19 pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday. Some organized sports will also be permitted to resume as part of the state’s gradual reopening process. Following the governor’s executive order, the University of Michigan’s Department of Recreational Sports announced plans to begin reopening its facilities ...…

…D ear McDonald’s: This Fourth of July, as a Black man, I have been forced to re-examine what it means to be a citizen of “The Greatest Country on Earth.” On one hand, we have been making progress with our national reckoning regard- ing race, but we also have an embattled president whose mentality seems to be more fitting for 1920 than 2020. On the other hand, with our crippling wealth inequality and surging COVID-19 caseload, it se...…

…4A — Monday, March 9, 2020 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Use to get all your bagel needs delivered! Can’t get out of the house? Craving the best bagels in town? Barry Bagels 2515 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 www.barrybagels.com 734.662.2435 Hours Monday-Friday: 7am-7pm Saturday: 7am-5pm Sunday: 7am-3pm I n the four years since the 2016 election, calls for the dissolution of the Electoral College have become wide...…

…T he future is disturbingly uncertain, yet it’s the only thing to think about. When will things go back to normal? Soon, but also never. This generation of young people will be feeling the effects of the pandemic for a long time and the experience of living through it is going to shape the way they see their lives and the world forever. College seniors — who had their last months on campus and their graduation taken aw...…

…7-Opinion Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 5 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Why Writing? Think of all the things you’ve ever written. Essay. Journal entry. TikTok comment. What did you write it for? To inform whoever reads it? To release your emotions? To complete the essay that you’ve put off all of Thanksgiving Break? There has to be some mean- ing or reason behind every- thing that is written because if ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Thursday, January 9, 2020 — 5 Daily Arts Writer Emily Yang delves into her winter break reads in five capsule reviews. *** n+1, issue 35 This is the only literary magazine I subscribe to in print, in part because it’s relatively inexpensive and in part because the writing it publishes tends to be both sophisticated and politically astute. It’s slightly under the radar, but occasionally individu...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 5 Multiple residence halls confirm cases of COVID-19 Multiple residents across three University of Michigan residence halls tested positive for COVID- 19 less than a week into the fall semester. One resident of South Quad Residence Hall, two residents of Bursley Residence Hall and one resident of North Quad Residence Hall tested positive for the virus ...…

…T he passage of a repressive law by China has showcased their growing international influence and the weakening of the United States on the world stage. On June 30, China’s government passed a highly repressive national secu- rity law aimed at cracking down on anti-government sentiment in Hong Kong. This law follows a year of mas- sive anti-government demonstra- tions against the growing control that mainland China is exerting over ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 9, 2020 — 5A There are a select few who can claim to have as much of an impact on electronic music in the 21st century as Caribou, also known as Dan Snaith. In the 2000s, he expanded upon the plunderphonics of DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing with Up In Flames and flirted with a psychedelic Laurel Canyon sound on Andorra. In the 2010s, he ventured into dancehall on Swim and Ou...…

…Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MCA NASHVILLE MUSIC REVIEW If you were a country music fan in 2014, you either loved, or loved to hate, Sam Hunt. His unabashed devotion to mashing R&B into country music and his clean cut, city-boy image made for scathing fan debate fodder. Whether you sang along to his clever twists of phrasing out loud or under your breath, Hunt’s music was unavoidable....…

…7-Opinion Opinion K ing George III probably assumed that George Washington would go the way of Oliver Cromwell. To be fair to America’s colonial monarch, it was a reasonable assumption. Across history, such astronomic victories in the field were rarely followed by voluntary concessions. Many Europeans — and even Americans — suspected that in the event of a Franco-American victory, Washington would retain his power, perhap...…

…6 — Thursday, Janurary 9, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Christopher Adams ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/09/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/09/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, January 9, 2020 ACROSS 1 Coffee holder 4 “Top Chef” host Lakshmi 9 Droop 12 Tapped-off remnant 13 Thread holder 14 T’ai __ 15 Club condiment 17 “Fiddler...…

…Over the course of the last few months, The Daily summer staff collaborated to produce a spe- cial edition on systemic racism, titled “Miseducation.” Articles from all sections — including Michigan in Color, Opinion, The Statement, Sports, News, Arts and Photo — were curated and arranged into different cat- egories with the ultimate goal to educate our community and report on the fight for racial jus- tice in our country and across ...…

…Ever since my sister came home for her fresh- man year Winter Break with a song called “Sat- isfied,” “Hamilton” has been a part of my life. I met one of my closest friends because of it, I passed AP US History because of it and (sort of) passed AP Government because of it. I even got a chance to see the Chicago cast a few summers ago because of how much I loved it. As much as I loved that show, I knew it was nowhere near as incredible ...…

…puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Fred Piscop ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 03/09/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 03/09/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, March 9, 2020 ACROSS 1 Seminary book 6 E-cigarette output 11 Media-monitoring org. 14 __-proof: easy to operate 15 How the cheese stands, in a kids’ song 16 “__ be in touch!” 17 *Fruity ice cream tre...…

…Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Last spring, no one could have predicted the economic downfall we currently find our country in. Meanwhile, broadcast television networks have been developing sitcoms based on the premise that everyone has extended family just one questionable investment or medical misfortune away from being forced to consolidate under one roof. This kind of uncertain econ...…

…I n just under two months, former Vice President Joe Biden will assume the Oval Office after defeating incumbent President Donald Trump during the election in November. President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will seek to quickly make changes from the executive branch that will alter the nature of American leadership at home and abroad and create significant daylight between their policies and those put...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 9, 2020 — 7 Haarms could pose problems for ‘M’ There are few big men in the Big Ten — and possibly even the country — that can match the physically-imposing frame of Michigan’s 7-foot-1, 265-lb, senior center Jon Teske. On more than one occasion so far this season, Teske has looked and played like a man amongst boys. While dominant performances against Appalachian St...…

…7-Opinion Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color YOUR WEEKLY ARIES With Mars, your ruling planet, turning retrograde, this is your chance to dial down the noise and to turn inward for a while. Focus on getting the background details right at work; good preparation now will ensure success later. AQUARIUS GEMENI If you need financial or practical assistance, distant family memb...…

…In the imaginary world of “Rodham,” Hill- ary Rodham writes of her relationship with Bill Clinton: “The margin between staying and leaving was so thin; really, it could have gone either way.” Although the novel is unquestion- ably fiction, behind this invented statement there is truth: Bill Clinton famously proposed three times to Rodham, who, uncertain about their relationship, declined the first two. On the third proposal, she acquies...…

…Strauss Mann had a shutout on Saturday. It was no epiphany. It was easy to see the work he put in over the course of 60 minutes to accumulate to a 20-save blank sheet. When asked, he’ll always deflect the credit elsewhere. Some nights, it’s all about the defense in front of him, blocking shots or throwing checks. Other nights, it’s the offense, keeping the puck in the other zone. Saturday night, as Michigan notched a 3-...…

…Opinion A s many begin to head home for the holidays, it has become clear that this year will look different. If you are planning to safely reconnect with family this holiday season, there is bound to be tension regarding any discussion from a year that is seemingly a simulation gone rogue. Despite the largely-acknowledged principle of avoiding controversial talk at the Thanksgiving table, complicated conversations are essen...…

…8 — Thursday, January 9, 2020 michigandaily.com The first phone call was from a former athlete to the coach she loved. Elise Ray was at a crossroads. After finishing her career as a gymnast at Michigan, she’d performed for Cirque du Soleil for three years, then worked briefly as a trainer and broadcaster. Like many athletes whose careers had come to an end, Ray wasn’t sure what was next. So she called Bev Plocki, her co...…

…Opinion I t’s highly likely that the folks reading this are younger rather than older. You’re probably reading this on your computer or phone. Maybe you’re laying in bed, e-commuting to class or, most likely of all, sitting on the toilet. Whatever you’re doing while reading, I’m positive this next part will spark some curiosity, cause you to miss a step or — hopefully, because that’d be funny — produce a combo of the two. Contra...…

…8 Thursday, July 9, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR The Siddi people, ‘India’s forgotten African tribe’ In harmonious 3/3 time, the feet of the Siddi people bounce up and down with vigor, excitement and passion. They’re dancing in a semi- circle formation with movements slightly organized as a kora —an African-style drum — plays briskly, complementing their tempo. In a mix of song and chant, they let o...…

…2B — March 9, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T wenty minutes after Michigan had sealed a win over Michigan State, and with it a berth in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, a continuation of a run that has seen the Wolverines lose just three times since the New Year and climb back into contention for an NCAA Tournament bid, Hayden Lavigne wore a blue suit and tie. Clean cut, with everyone around h...…

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…2-News O ver the last few months, the University of Michigan has issued guidelines and rules for its students regarding the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Of course, intelligent containment efforts are necessary, as COVID-19 represents a serious threat to the health of the University community and the challenges administrators face are remarkably difficult. However, this containment goal does not justify the means the Unive...…

…9 Thursday, July 9, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR No place like home: American housing insecurity A significant part of the tradi- tional American Dream includes buying your first house as a cumu- lative result of hard work and steady income. For many people, a home is where you lay down roots, establish a family and a community. However, as a result of redlining — real estate discrimination and lim- i...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday March 9, 2020 — 3B COLLEGE PARK — Franz Wagner played the first eight minutes of Sunday’s game against Maryland aggressively and efficiently. The freshman scored five quick points, notched a steal and was leading the surging Wolverines. Then, the lanky forward was called for his second foul attempting to swat a ball down low. The minute that second whistle sounded, Wagner se...…