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…I n October 2015, I attended a talk featuring Piper Kerman, author of the memoir “Orange Is The New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” which inspired the award-winning Netflix television show. Kerman devoted much of her time to talking about the importance of criminal justice reform, and the auditorium was full of people receptive to her message. At the time, thanks to the work of advocates like Kerman, ther...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Style Thursday, January 26, 2017 — 5A The Chanel Effect: Why I still love Karl Lagerfeld Label’s latest Paris Couture show reminds us that innovation isn’t the only way to win the heart of the fashion industry It’s Paris Couture Week. Twice a year, once in February and again in July, the city of love is enveloped in a world of hand-embroidered, expertly hairsprayed fantasy. Few know the world...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Hindu noble 5 Like pastrami 10 Rum cake 14 “O no! it is an __- fixed mark ... ”: Shak. 15 “SNL” alum Cheri 16 Restaurant in the same corporate group as Applebee’s 17 What rattlers that never bask in the sun may get? 19 Pool element 20 Vegetable __ 21 Sore 22 Oaf 24 Careless 26 “This __ test” 27 Strikebreakers at a brewery? 34 “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator 37 Different 38...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 26, 2017 — 7 One hundred: ‘M’ downs Wildcats for Barnes Arico’s milestone When Kim Barnes Arico walked into the locker room after an 80-54 beatdown over Northwestern, her players greeted her stone-faced. Seconds later, water was flying in the air from all directions and Barnes Arico was doused head to toe, everyone in the room celebrating her 100th win as...…

…8 — Thursday, January 26, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Greg Frey to join Michigan staff It appears the Michigan football team will be filling its vacancy on the coaching staff with a familiar face. According to a report from Sam Webb of The Michigan Insider, Greg Frey will be returning to Ann Arbor as both the offensive tackles/tight ends coach and run game coordinator. Frey previously served as Michiga...…

…More than 150 students, faculty and community members gathered Tuesday in Palmer Commons to hear five panelists address possible concerns regarding the future of environmental sustainability under President Donald J. Trump. Panelists began by each giving a brief statement regarding the challenges environmental scientists and activists might anticipate under the new administration, including encouraging cit...…

…MEET ME HALFWAY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, January 25, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Business faculty member Ted London spoke about the need for private enterprise to develop solutions on a large scale to tackle global poverty on Tuesday at the Ross School of Business. The talk, which was sponsored by the Center for Positive Organizations, drew approxima...…

…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, January 25, 2017 — 3A government and the president is one of those threads, and that there are so many other threads that hold that advancement on sustainability, that there are many parties that contribute to that,” Rubin said. “Many of them have been mentioned here, but especially the states, and a lot of our states have already been taking leadership on issues of cli...…

…O ne of my New Year’s resolutions was to live a life consisting of less phone time, including checking it less often throughout the day. Current status: little to no progress. At this point, all I have done is forgotten to bring my phone a few times when I go to leave for class. When I do have it, I still check it directly before and after my classes, during meals and any other spare moment in between. I am addicted t...…

…Hot Takes: Thoughts on the 2017 Oscar nominations It’s “La La Land” ’s world and we’re all just living in it. Early yesterday morning, while you were sleeping through your 8 A.M., the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their nominations for the 89th Oscars, including 14 nominations for Damien Chazelle’s “millennial musical.” The only other films to land that many nominations are “All About Eve”...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Put a spell on 4 Organizes from best to worst, say 9 Arizona landforms 14 Wrath 15 Longtime “At the Movies” co-host 16 One bit 17 Shake up 18 *“C’mon, loosen up!” 20 Do penance 22 Certain string musician’s need 23 *Place for lefts and rights 26 “Star Wars” extras 27 Word of passione 28 Cheek 31 “Alas!” 34 Elementary bit 37 Water nymph 40 *Compromise 43 Orchard trees 44 “R...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 25, 2017 — 7A Yost Ice Arena: A Michigan hockey tradition Eight thousand, four hundred and eleven people filed their way into Yost Ice Arena back on January 29th, 1988. It was the highest attendance for a single hockey game in the building’s history. At the time, maximum capacity for Yost was listed as 8,100. But Michigan State was rolling in from East Lansing, ...…

…Score By Periods Team Statistics 1st 1st 2nd 2nd OTs OTs Michigan Michigan Scoring FG% 1485 47% 38% 78% 601 274 188 114 54 140,028 85,515 51 82 250 223 614 66% 41% 46% 1317 3FG% FT% Rebounds Assists Turnovers Steals Blocks Attendance Opponents Opponents 751 608 725 697 9 12 Evaluating Michigan’s NCAA Tournament résumé As of right now, the Michigan men’s basketball team is on the outside lookin...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 25, 2017 MICHIGAN IN COLOR an inclusive space by and for people of color in collaboration with …

…T his past Saturday, I stood in the campus Diag and saw countless signs for the Women’s March in Ann Arbor. Some of them were witty and creative, others were more direct and serious. But there was one sign in particular that stood out. Reading it made me re-evaluate how I see myself as a woman. The sign, simply put in black and white, read: Treat yourself the way you would treat your daughter. I had to go over this message in my m...…

…3B Wednesday, Janurary 25th, 2017 // The Statement Golden State Worrier: Just Keep Tapping B Y H A R R Y K R I N S K Y, DA I LY A R T S W R I T E R COVER DESIGN BY CLAIRE ABDO AND KATIE SPAK ILLUSTRATION BY CLAIRE ABDO I ’ve been to two therapists in my life. The story behind the first guy isn’t that interesting. I was a nervous 11-year-old; like, a really nervous 11-year-old, and I was lucky enough to go to a therapist and even ...…

…STRONGER Wednesday, January 25, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 25, 2017 // The Statement 5B BY ADAM BRODNAX, AREEBA HAIDER, TANYA MADHANI, HALIMAT OLANIYAN, CHRISTIAN PANEDA, JASON ROWLAND, NEEL SWAMY, ASHLEY TJHUNG, SIVANTHY VASANTHAN POST ELECTION COMMENTARY FROM CAMPUS ACTIVISTS Photo by CAROLYN GEARIG/ Daily Editor’s Note: Following the inaugura- tion of President Donald Trump on Jan. 21, edito...…

…S ometimes my mind takes me back to that one day in early September of freshman year, when I visited the University of Michigan Museum of Art with a group of strangers; students from my hall, from orientation, people I thought would become my best friends. In reality, they just became even more distant. How cultured and sophisticated, I thought to myself back then. When I started college, I pictured constantly expanding my horizo...…

…W eather It is strange to visit a place full of dead bodies that have decomposed, or are in the process of decomposing, and think about your loved ones in this way — no longer breathing the fresh air above the ground they now lie beneath. When I kneel down in front of her, my eyes fill with thunderstorms and my body shakes like a hurricane. My mind is spinning like a tornado, but the world that surrounds me would appear cheerful t...…

…Wednesday, January 25, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S TAT E M E N T: W O M E N ’ S M A R C H PHOTOS BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY PHOTO STAFF This series of photos were taken on Saturday, January 21st, the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The visual statement highlights events occuring from the Diag all the way to Washington D.C. Women across the United States marched to defend their fundamental rights in reaction t...…

…Members of the University of Michigan’s Senate Assembly passed a resolution on Monday brought forth by the Academic Affairs Advisory Committee regarding salary cuts as a way to demote faculty. The meeting was also a chance for the assembly to hear last remarks from outgoing Provost Martha Pollack and initial remarks from incoming Interim Provost Paul Courant, a public policy professor. The faculty began t...…

…FACEBOOK STALKING. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, January 24, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily sam so @samuelsch99 Yellow car game except with canada goose when you go to Ann Arbor. Annie Shapiro @AnnieShapiro91 When your flight is delayed by 3 hours& you miss work, but all you rly care abt is that you made it back in time to see @ShaunKing at @UMich Michigan Students @U...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, January 24, 2017 — 3 AARON BAKER/Daily The Movement Dance group practices in Angell Hall on Monday. punitive teaching roles … moving office space, and so on … But in each of those cases, a value judgment would have to be made regarding whether or not a demotion had occurred. We chose to keep the resolution short and simple, rather than to anticipate all the hypothetical abu...…

…W ith Valentine’s Day less than a month away and the heart- shaped boxes of chocolate appearing on the shelves of Walgreens, I find myself reminded of the time when I would spend countless hours perusing aisle upon aisle for the perfect box for my then-girlfriend. As a bachelor who experiences the common fear of finding himself dateless for Feb. 14, I take solace in the fact that I no longer bear the...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, January 24, 2017 — 5 Masterfully measured sounds of ‘La La Land’ Film’s score blends influences from historical genres into a stirring, and effective, emotional cinematic soundscape Part of the mastery of Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” is its timing. When Sebastian takes Mia — played by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, respectively — to a jazz club after she declares her hatred for...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Foot-in-mouth incident 6 Blue ox of folklore 10 Pork or lamb cut 14 Indian or Iranian 15 Tag sale condition 16 Helen of Troy’s mother 17 Golf stroke played from sand 19 Wrinkle remover 20 Remarkable times 21 Homes of blue- plate specials 23 “The Simpsons” creator Groening 26 Apple mobile platform 28 __ fit: tantrum 29 Readily available 31 Jerry of “Law & Order” 34 Act div...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, January 24, 2017 — 7 Wolverines growing on the defensive end On Jan. 11 in Champaign, the Michigan men’s basketball team allowed Illinois to shoot 64 percent from both the field and beyond the arc in a game which the Fighting Illini scored 1.393 points per possession. It was a contest that Michigan coach John Beilein labeled as the potential “low point” of the season, and...…

…8 — Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines carry momentum into Notre Dame Invitational Coming off a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships for cross country last November, Erin Finn hasn’t lost her step. The senior ran away from the rest of the field in the 3,000-meter race at Saturday’s Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind., winning with a time of 9:07.24 – the fastest tim...…

…Last winter, Engineering sophomore Sam Greeley developed a severe case of Achilles tendinitis, an ankle injury confining her to crutches for weeks, adding unexpected challenges to her daily life. After receiving attention from the University of Michigan Hospital, Greeley was not informed of the accommodations available to her from Services for Students with Disabilities. It was not until two days after her hospit...…

…PUSH UPS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Monday, January 23, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com LRCCS Noon Lecture: Beyond Mindfulness WHAT: C. Pierce Salguero of Pennsylvania State University will discuss connections between Buddhism, health and Buddhist healing methods WHO: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1636 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES ...…

…transportation, not SSD,” Segal said. “Our only role in Paratransit is that students sort of register with us.” Farmer took advantage of Paratransit, but found it difficult to use on short notice. “(Paratransit) was good,” Farmer said. “It was easy to know that’s my bus, or that’s my Blue Cab, and it’s convenient to get to and from Bursley, where I lived. It was kind of a pain to call 30 minutes in advance if I wanted to go to...…

…O n Monday, Jan. 16, I attended the keynote Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium event at Hill Auditorium. And while I was there to see Amy Goodman and Issa Rae, I was really struck by a version of the U.S. national anthem that was performed by two graduate students. The song, originally written in 1844, is titled “Oh Say, Do You Hear?” Performed to the tune of the national anthem to which most of us stand up wit...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, January 23, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Contractor’s detail, briefly 5 NYSE listings 8 Shade-loving plant 13 Pull’s opposite 14 Sitting on 16 “That’s __!”: “Piece of cake!” 17 Hebrew or Latin, e.g. 20 Cpl., for one 21 Sundial number opposite I 22 Kitty coat 23 Meetings of self- improvement seekers 29 Child of a boomer 30 With 31-Across, ...…

…6A — Monday, January 23, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Fire at Sea’ focuses on obscure Italian adolescent over crisis With more emphasis on the daily life of a young boy, the otherwise shocking footage of North African refugees feels secondary The first The xx album was one of the best self-contained releases of the last decade. It’s a record with a sound that appeared to come from nowhere. There was no larger m...…

…Just 10 days ago, the Michigan men’s basketball team faced Illinois and suffered a humiliating 16-point defeat in Champaign, 85-69. Michigan coach John Beilein admitted Friday that the Fighting Illini opened up a “can of whooping” on the Wolverines, as it was the only Big Ten game that they were really out of by the halftime break this year. Illinois’s trio of big men — center Maverick Morgan and forwards Kipper N...…

…2B — January 23, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines split exhibitions to open their season Senior goaltender Robbie Zenino set up for a shot from a Marquette attacker, his knees bent and pole over his right shoulder. With the ball ripping towards him, he dipped and extended his arms toward the bottom left corner of the goal, catching the attempt in the safety of his stick. Zenino isn’t the usual f...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday January 23, 2017 — 3B Michigan dominated at Illinois After forfeiting the 125- pound matchup for the third meet in a row, the Michigan wrestling team began its dual meet against Illinois in a hole before it even had a wrestler on the mat. And the night hardly improved from there for the Wolverines, whose 34-6 defeat at the hands of the 12th-ranked Fighting Illini (2-2 Bi...…

…4B — Monday, January 23, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘M’ salvages series with shootout win EAST LANSING — Cooper Marody took the puck on his stick at center ice. Michigan State’s Sam Saliba had just missed his attempt, and with the shootout tied at two, Marody skated toward net with a chance to claim victory for his Wolverines. The sophomore forward rose to the occasion, lighting the lamp ...…

…As a result of a new partnership between the Ross School of Business’s Center for Social Impact in Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan- Flint’s Office of University Outreach, the sixth annual Social Impact Challenge will take place in Flint this semester instead of Detroit. In previous years, the Center for Social Impact has held its Social Impact Challenges in Detroit, where teams partnered with different ...…

…NEW PREZ. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, January 20, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The University of Michigan offers one of the best all-around sports experiences in the country, with Michigan Stadium, Yost Ice Arena and Crisler Center each listed in the “Top 100 Stadium Experiences of 2016,” according to website and magazine “Stadium Journey.” The list, which evaluated the fan experience at...…

…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 20, 2017 — 3 students @ michigan median family income of a student is 1 in 10 students are from the top 1% of income distribution $154,000 UofM Students Social Mobility and Michigan was ranked last in overall social mobility among highly selective public colleges share of students from the top 1% #1 - Michigan 9.3% #2 - UT Austin 5.4% #3 - Georgia ...…

…I am pretty good at keeping my personal information private, so I tend not to think of my banking app as part of my online presence. Still, it somehow found a way to fit into how I present myself online. Namely, when I log in to my banking app, it prompts me with a phrase and image that I can confirm are indeed associated with my account — an account I made at age 16 and have not altered since. The image and phras...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 20, 2017 — 5 The Flaming Lips’ new album inventive, dreamy While the band’s latest offering is uneven relative to past releases, the psychedelic project shows a group still grounded in innovation If nothing else, The Flaming Lips are known for their experimental ventures into the world of psychedelic rock. Some of these leaps have turned out extremely well in the past...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 20, 2017 — 7 Wolverines drop first dual meet since 2010 The last time the Michigan men’s swimming and diving team lost a dual meet, Rich Rodriguez was still the coach of the Michigan football team, Tik Tok by Ke$ha was the No. 1 song in America, Snapchat had not been created yet and the unemployment rate was at 9.8 percent. But with their 167-133 loss at No. 4 Indiana...…

…8 — Friday, January 20, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Behind Enemy Lines: Illinois’s John Groce After a narrow loss at Wisconsin on Tuesday, the Michigan men’s basketball team will come home to Ann Arbor to face Illinois once again Saturday. The last time the two teams faced off was back on Jan. 11, when the Wolverines fell to the Fighting Illini, 85-69, in Champaign. Senior guard De...…

…This semester, in honor of the University of Michigan’s bicentennial, LSA is carrying on its tradition of a themed semester by offering over 20 classes centered around the 200th anniversary of the University. The classes, offered in several different LSA departments with an overarching theme of Making Michigan, focus on the school’s place in important events of the past 200 years and where it lies in the current ...…

…It is expected that Gov. Rick Snyder will support the state’s Healthy Michigan Plan on Thursday in a U.S. Senate committee discussion. The roundtable in Washington D.C. will be discussing the future of Medicaid in the country. Healthy Michigan, the state’s brand of Medicaid for low-income residents, is funded through the Affordable Care Act. Recently, the Republican-majority Congress, fueled by President-elect Trump, ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 3A built form, as a kind of generator of records,” McDonald said. “We’re going to spend some time at the Bentley Library, attend a special tour of the show at UMMA on the history of the Union and the League, and we’re having a variety of guests come in and speak about other topics.” McDonald, who has been teaching at the University since 1980, believes that ...…

…T uesday marked the end of an era, as President Barack Obama bid the American public farewell during his final presidential rally in Chicago. The departing commander in chief has, in my estimation, always had tremendous skill in public speaking. Presenting himself with the same gravitas that we have seen for the better half of a decade, President Obama addressed the continued need for racial unity and economic...…