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…3 Thursday, June 16, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Local Sanders supporters remain divided in support of nominee By LYDIA MURRAY Summer Managing News Editor Following the Associated Press’ announcement of Hillary Clinton’s securing of the Democratic nomi- nation for president and the fur- ther affirmation of her place as the presumptive nominee after a series of key victories in Tuesday’s pri- maries, suppor...…
…My throat was as dry as my feet were sore. I wedged my way upstairs through sweaty dancing bodies and walked into the room of a guy I considered a friend. I was just going to grab water and that’s when he grabbed me. He clasped his arm tightly around my waist and pulled me toward his bed, attempting to lock the door behind me. I was close enough to smell the alcohol on his breath and hear his soft slurred plea, “Come on.” That’...…
…I attended my sister’s high school graduation on Sunday, June 12, and listened to speeches on hope and positive societal change in a crowd filled with many about to begin their adult lives. In the same 24 hours, the United States suffered its largest mass shooting in history with a homophobic hate crime resulting in the loss of 50 lives and the injury of 53 others at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando that was f...…
…6 Thursday, June 16, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS TV REVIEW ‘Love’ in the Arb By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer Nichols Arboretum is always teeming with visitors during the summer — among them are picnick- ers camped out near the Huron River, tanners stretched out on sun-bleached towels and kay- akers trying, and failing, to avoid the boul- der everyone seems to get stuck on. On weekend eve- ...…
…7 Thursday, June 16, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Bey’s lively ‘Formation’ CONCERT REVIEW By ADAM THEISEN Managing Arts Editor As I took my seat Tuesday night for Beyoncé’s Formation Tour at Ford Field, my mind jumped to the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Dominating the stage before Bey graced it with her presence was an enormous, bright rectangle that nearly reached the football stadium’s ceiling. It re...…
…ACROSS 1 Alpine racing obstacle 5 Whisks 10 Thought- provoking 14 Arkin of “Argo” 15 Prenatal test, for short 16 Former “Fashion Emergency” host 17 Bug 20 Industrial Revolution power source 21 Kilt wearer’s refusal 22 Destructive insect 23 Bering Sea port 25 Invigorates 26 Bug 31 Cocoon and Posturepedic 32 Parks in American history 33 Cuba libre ingredient 36 Confident 37 Flags down 39 Cuba libre ingredient 40 Decorates with Angel Soft, briefl...…
…9 Thursday, June 16, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS “We must continue to stand against violence and stand together as members of communities, as allies and as people affected directly or indirectly by this senseless act of vio- lence,” she wrote. “We are, of course, all affected by this tragedy, often in different ways. We know that many members of our own community share the multiple identities with those direct...…
…10 Thursday, June 16, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Steinberg resigns as men’s tennis coach By ETHAN WOLFE Summer Managing Sports Editor Just two years after getting hired as the Michigan men’s tennis coach, Adam Steinberg resigned Wednesday to become the new head coach at Arizona State. “We appreciate everything Adam and his family did for Michigan and the men’s tennis program over the last...…
…Ferlic wins championship in 3,000-meter steeplechase By MIKE PERSAK Daily Sports Writer Mason Ferlic landed awk- wardly in the final water pit of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Friday. All of his momentum had been lost, and the fifth-year senior distance runner knew that he would have to get it back quickly in order to keep his lead and win the national champi- onship. At lea...…
…12 Thursday, June 16, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Women’s track and field places 20th at NCAA Outdoor Championships By MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer Competing at its final meet of the season, the Michigan women’s track and field team had four athletes earn All-American honors on its way to a top-20 finish. Despite the strong performance, though, not all of the races went as well as planned. Five Wolverines...…
…One Hundred and TwenTy Five years OF ediTOrial FreedOm Thursday, June 9, 2016 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SUDOKU................................ SPORTS................................10 NEWS Disclosure of train project raises ire City councilme...…
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…3 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS See AMTRAK, Page 9 Resolution to disclose Amtrak station study fails in narrow vote City councilmembers criticize lack of project transparency regarding internal report By BRIAN KUANG Daily Summer News Editor The proposed Ann Arbor Amtrak station — which has been long-delayed — came under fire for an alleged lack of transparency from City Council members ...…
…Recently, the University has made a show of support for survivors of sexual assault. Michigan is one of 200 colleges in the United States taking part in the “It’s on Us” campaign — launched by the White House in September 2014 in an effort to end sexual violence on college campuses — and, this past winter semester, it rolled out a newer and more thorough sexual misconduct policy. Unfortunately for the University, these steps fo...…
…The controversial six-month sentencing for Stanford swimmer Brock Turner and the language used by the defendant and the judge have revealed the societal indifference toward rape. In this case, and in current culture in general, there is a dismissal of the credibility of the survivor by questioning whether the survivor’s actions may have provoked or enabled the attack. While these questions are common, they are...…
…6 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Governors Ball brings music and thrills MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW Festival features both talent and disappointment By NATALIE ZAK Daily Community Culture Editor NEW YORK, N.Y. — It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — it was a music festival scheduled for three days that only stretched to two. There was music and laughter, giddiness and excitement, b...…
…Strokes’ latest a no-frills record Band returns with much of the same in new EP By MATT GALLATIN Daily Arts Writer For all the traditionalism and tropes that define The Strokes — taut guitars, catchy chords, and an over-the- top rock ‘n’ roll attitude — they too have been a sort of experiment for a new interaction between artists, the public, labels and critics. The explosion of the group in 2001 was propelled...…
…8 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Teeth setting 5 Parts of gigs 9 Golf club part 14 Parrier’s tool 15 Rent-a-car choice 16 African city that hosts an annual international film festival 17 Lacks being 18 *Steinbeck novel set in Monterey 20 “Homeland” airer, briefly 21 GPS options 22 Stick homes 23 *Starter 27 “__ the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” 29 Stumped 30 Viennese “a” 31 Ale serving 32 “Git!” ...…
…9 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS points. Morgan worked for the Clinton presidential campaign in 2008 and was a delegate for Clinton in that year’s Democratic National Convention. He said his experience working for a losing primary campaign makes him empathetic with present-day Sanders supporters. “I’m very confident that, in the fall, when any rational person looks at the race between Hilla...…
…10 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan exits from WCWS with 1-0 loss After World Series loss, a fitting goodbye for Michigan OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Led by its coach, the Michigan softball team walked one-by-one, red- eyed, into the bowels of ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. It was all quiet but for the occasional sniffle as coach Carol Hutchins, senior second baseman Sierr...…
…End of season awards: Baseball By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer In Erik Bakich’s fourth year as the Michigan baseball coach, positivity was in the air. Over the last four years, Bakich has worked to build his program around a consistent mindset and a team-first mentality. According to Bakich, this was the most cohesive team he has had, and according to others across the country, it was his best. Michigan ev...…
…12 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Misterwives The energetic equivalent of the previous day’s Years & Years, Misterwives presented the piercing vocals of the female frontman Mandy Lee and her endless encouragement and positivity that prefaced every song. It’s nice to hear, every once in awhile, that I can accomplish my dreams, even if those dreams are only vaguely defined in the back of ...…
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…3 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Warrior Scholar project helps students returning from service By KEVIN LINDER Daily Staff Reporter For the third summer since 2014, the University of Michigan hosted the Warrior-Scholar Project, a week-long summer program that provides veterans with assistance during the transition from military life to higher education. Founded at Yale University...…
…T his election cycle has seen a carousel of hot topics ranging from whether we should accept Syrian refugees to which bathrooms individuals can and can’t use. In this series of debates, one thing that has become increasingly clearer is that the United States may be facing a polarization crisis. Though I would argue that polarization isn’t inherently bad, the real problem lies within our inability to understand opinions d...…
…I t seems that society has a sort of rule of thumb in which artists are forgiven by history for their “strange behavior” because of their ability to create celebrated pieces, such as movies, books, etc. By “strange behavior,” I don’t mean the unusual oddities exhibited by geniuses, such as Nikola Tesla’s supposed habit of flexing his toes one hundred times a day. I’m talking about the more heinous crimes that were eit...…
…6 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS MUSIC REVIEW ‘Love’ is graceful By SOPHIA KAUFMAN Daily Arts Writer “Love and Friendship” is adapted from Jane Austen’s novella “Lady Susan.” Though not as well known or beloved as “Pride and Prejudice,” “Sense and Sensibility” or even “Emma,” this story is just as bright and funny, as it slyly pokes fun at several of its characters. It’s a ma...…
…7 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Highs, lows and stars of Boston Calling MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW Eclectic group of artists make their way to New England By KAREN HUA Daily Arts Writer BOSTON - Three days, 39 acts, smack in the middle of historic Beantown. Revealed in a press release Friday, 2016 is the final year that City Hall Plaza will host Boston Calling, as the music festival is slated t...…
…8 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Word with time or money 5 Greek cross 8 Cameo shape 12 It may be straight 14 Ostracize 15 Spy follower? 16 Expenditure 17 Home to Mykonos and Milos 19 Concocts 21 Broad panoramas 22 Anatomical pouch 23 Sanctioned 25 __ lab 26 Condensed, for short: Abbr. 27 Schooner part 31 Woman undercover 35 __ String 36 Vessels on carts 37 Tennis lob strategy 39 Made a bad call,...…
…9 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS building’s capacity has stayed the same. Gautz pointed to increased heroin use and a higher rate of women’s incarceration around the country for the rising number of Huron Valley inmates. “Heroin usage has led to a lot of crimes women are committing to feed that drug habit, and all of our counties are sending more women to prison,” Gautz said. However, Shecter,...…
…10 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Women’s College World Series Preview By AVI SHOLKOFF and BETELHEM ASHAME Daily Sports Writers After early-season contests, conference games and tournaments, Regionals and Super Regionals, just eight teams remain to compete in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Notably absent is No. 1 Florida, which was upset by No. 16 Georgia in the Super ...…
…11 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Five Wolverines qualify at NCAA Outdoor East Prelim They will head to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Championships By MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer Competing for the first time since winning the Big Ten Outdoor Championship, the Michigan women’s track and field team had a simple goal in mind: get as many athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Cha...…
…12 Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Selection Committee passes on Wolverines, ends season abruptly By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer After a rocky finish to end its season, the Michigan baseball team was on the bubble entering Monday’s NCAA Tournament selection show. Baseball America listed Michigan as one of the “First Four Out” of the 64-team field before the selection show, leaving the Wolv...…
…Thursday, June 25, 2015 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 114 | © 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... CROSSWORD........................ SPORTS.................................. NEWS Graduation Gap Study shows discrepancy in co...…
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…coming weeks before the end of session, possibly as early as Thurs- day morning. Ann Arbor City Council approved the closure of Fourth Avenue from Catherine to Kings- ley on the day the court’s decision is released, per a request from the Jim Toy Community Center, an Ann Arbor based gay rights advo- cacy group. The street will remain closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during which supporters are expected to rally along with plaintiffs...…
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…L ate last Saturday morn- ing, I went to a garage sale with my best friend/ sister-in- law, Caitlin. (We were best friends before she fell in love with, mar- ried and had a baby with my year- younger brother). They were renovating and trying to move into our childhood home. Caitlin was interested in a black, older but good condition table/shelf combo. After seeing it first, then walking around the small, unappeali...…
…‘True Detective’ re-up, ambitious yet uneventful TV REVIEW Season Two premiere offers exposition and little action By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer Last year, “True Detective” premiered on HBO and became an instant phenomenon. View- ers followed detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey, “Interstellar”) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrel- son, “The Hun- ger Games”) into the backwaters of Louisiana and a dark world of cr...…
…7 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Dope’ sure to be classic MOVIE REVIEW Plot successfully balances the serious and lighthearted By LAUREN WOOD Daily Arts Writer Starting from the most major points, let’s at least try to catego- rize “Dope,” the Rick Famuyiwa (“The Wood”) pic- ture that came out this past week. First, there’s the main charac- ters — a group of geeky high school k...…
…ACROSS 1 The Olympic Australis and others 6 Sound detectors 10 Move lightly 14 Full range 15 Produce on a farm 16 Biked it 17 Video game brother 18 Hold ’em fee 19 “That makes sense” 20 2002 British Open champion 21 Patient care group 24 Pay 26 “Frasier” role 27 “Arabian Nights” name 28 Duties 32 Political convention announcement 37 Novelist Tolstoy 38 Rep on the street 39 Place for a small pet 40 Jag, e.g. 41 Had-at link 42 Casing filler 46 ...…
…9 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Former greats, future stars join forces in all-QB camp at Big House By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor Jedd Fisch huddled his team up. With a bit of the game under its belt, Michigan’s passing game coordinator was ready to push his team to the next level. It wasn’t enough to just throw hard, he explained to the team. They needed to be s...…
…FILE PHOTO/Daily Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is now a running back for Jacksonville. 10 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Denard switches to RB for NFL career By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer At Jim Harbaugh’s Ann Arbor Aerial Assault camp Saturday, it was clear that I wasn’t the only person who remembered Denard Robinson. When Harbaugh split the quar- terback pool into grou...…
…11 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Rudock, Morris ready to battle for starting QB job By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer A competition was brewing in Ann Arbor, and it wasn’t just between the high school quarter- backs pitted against one another at Michigan’s Aerial Assault quarter- back camp. Two camp counselors were bat- tling as well. Junior quarterback Shane Morris and Iowa graduate tran...…
…Over a dozen NFL players and coaches convene at Pioneer for free youth camp By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor Mighty Mike Martin has been a hit with Michigan fans for years. After winning state champi- onships in football, wrestling and shot put at Detroit Catholic Central, turning himself into an All-Big Ten defensive lineman at Michigan, then becoming a successful Tennessee Titan, it’s tempting to call Mighty Mar...…
…Warrior-Scholar academic bootcamp helps veterans adjust to University life By ALAINA WYGNAT Daily Staff Reporter “It’s kind of a long story,” Adam Pawlowski said, speak- ing about how he came to be one of 20 veterans at the Warrior- Scholar Project at the University. For the second year in a row, the University hosted the pro- gram, one-week academic boot camp designed to help service- men and women make the tran- sition from th...…
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…Kyle Piunti, who went through the boot camp in 2014 and subsequently attended Columbia University, is now a tutor in analytical reading. He said seeing the growth of his students has been rewarding. “A lot of students, when they first come in, are overwhelmed with a text,” Piunti said. “Then you start to see them develop as far as understanding the text and the direction in which we’re taking them.” People from every bran...…
