…A camera looks out onto a dimly lit living room. The frame is slightly unlevel, tilted up toward the right. In the bottom corner, a candle flickers; its shadow dances over the comfortable white drapes at the end of the room. Deep piano music starts, and a woman walks into view. She’s dressed simply: just shorts and a tank top. She starts to lunge toward the left, but then the video quickly changes to a different woman. This t...…
…There lies a certain tension that comes with rekindling a return to in-person learning after nearly a year and a half of screens and stone- cold breakout rooms. Tension over catching the right bus and finding the right class and showing up not too late and not too early and finding the quintessential sweet spot in every lecture hall and even the best, most private places to cry because to cry is to be human. And where do we go when ...…
…My passion for baking started at a very young age. I can’t tell you about the very first time I ever baked because I quite honestly don’t remember, but I do remember what became a weekly ritual at my house starting when I was about five years old. Every Sunday, my dad and I spent our afternoons in the kitchen whipping up some sort of dessert. As he and I sped through our tiny kitchen, my sisters blasted Nancy Ajram (only one of the...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, July 13, 2022 BRANDON COWIT Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief Breakfast should be dinner, here’s why T he treasured anomaly of breakfast for dinner has served as the perfec...…
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…Alexis Rankin / Daily Design by Jack Silberman INSIDE SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN: HOWARD HAS ‘M’ ON THE BRINK OF ANOTHER FAB FIVE SEE PAGE 2B SPORTSMONDAY Monday, January 13, 2020 | michigandaily.com NICK in the of time Nick Granowicz, Nick Pastujov and Nick Blankenburg all score as Michigan earns a sweep against No.14 Notre Dame Alexis Rankin / Daily | Design by Jack Silberman …
…In the prologue of his 2019 memoir, cho- reographer Mark Morris wrote that “the live aspect of performance is what appeals: the dancers, the musicians, the audience — all living beings in the same room. People might say they’ve watched a dance on You- Tube and they have. But they haven’t. It isn’t live.” Morris is so passionate about this point that he reiterates it in almost every subsequent chapter. By the time the book is finished, ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, March 13, 2020 — 7 LAMBERT FAMILY BOND Codie Lambert peered over the bright yellow railings that separated her from the gathering hockey players. Seven hundred ten miles from her hometown, she was standing in the bleachers, watching the Vernon Vipers line up for their pregame skate. Codie had made the long trek all the way from Saskatoon, Saskatchwen to see her little brother, ...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I’ve always loved birthdays, whether they were mine or somebody else’s. The thought of gathering to celebrate the life of somebody you love has always been an exciting part of every year. But when my own birthday creeps its way around the calendar, I always find myself reflecting on my life experiences. When I realized that on March 22, 2022, I wou...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Wednesday, October 13, 2021 — 7 Altar: Finding beauty in loss R&B singer Kehlani has experienced a great deal of loss and portrays their resulting grief in unconventional ways through music. In their latest single, “Altar,” they celebrate the impact and the lives of those who have passed, emphasizing that just because a ...…
…7 Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR The bitter gourd dances across the sharp blade of a mandolin, uniform slices falling from the vegetable and landing silently on the cutting board below. Its gator- like, green skin flashes brightly against the utensil’s yellow plastic. With every stroke, the vegetable gets smaller and smaller, until I hold just the stubby stem in my hand. Karela, o...…
…Wednesday, July 13, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Frank Nazar III selected by Chicago in NHL Draft COLE MARTIN Daily Sports Writer It didn’t take long for the Michigan hockey team to showcase its elite talent in the 2022 NHL Draft, particularly among its incoming recruits for the 2022-23 season. Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks at 13th overall, Frank Nazar III came off the board first. He was a highly to...…
…2B — Thursday, February 13, 2020 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Once upon a time, not long ago, I was a hoe,” sang rapper/singer/Internet meme Mariahlynn through our phone speaker, my two best friends and I singing along as we hurtled across Europe in a rickety passenger train. This was not the first time any of us had mimicked her risque lyrics in public. By the end of our trip to Vienna last year, we had memorized t...…
…I ’ll preface this by saying: I hate writing about recruit- ing. I hate the specula- tory, veiled insinuations. I hate the underlying transactional tomfoolery that is so abundant it’s best left unsaid. Grown adults begging (and paying) teenagers to come play for them. Other grown men and women living and dying with the choices of 17-year-old kids. Some people know things, but aren’t allowed to say. Others know nothing, but ...…
…Imperial Triumphant’s newest album, Alphaville might be the most versatile album of the year. To call the black metal trio strange would be an understatement; their latest work is a raging, depraved inferno that combines brutal death metal, jazz and even doo-wop to disorient- ing effect. Despite Alphaville’s colossal battery and sheer weirdness, the album has its mellifluous moments. The constant variation in genre, tone and energy...…
…8 — Friday, March 13, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MILES MACKLIN/DAILY THE END Design by Jack Silberman Give seniors an extra year of play T he unthinkable has hap- pened. Thursday, when the NCAA announced that the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments would be cancelled due to COVID- 19, the college bas- ketball world responded with shock, frustration, anger and just about everything in between. S...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily 8 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UM PHI BETA KAPPA CLASSES OF 2020 and 2021 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UM PHI BETA KAPPA CLASSES OF 2020 and 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most widely recognized scholarly honorary society in America. Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, it celebrates excel- lence in the liberal arts and sciences...…
…7-Opinion T o any Korean, the word “nunchi” rings familiar bells. Its literal translation in English is “eye-measure” and can be likened to reading the room, but more specifically to gauging the sentiments and interests of another and then acting in accordance with Korean manners and customs. So, for example, a friend that heads out to the car to turn on the AC in the heat of the summer before others get in has “quick nunch...…
…8 Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS I wasn’t particularly into “New Pokémon Snap” for the first couple of hours. I’ve been a fan of the franchise since I got my first Pokémon card on the playground in first grade, but the spinoff games have historically been hit-or-miss. Although Game Freak’s most recent release “Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX” left me utterly disappointed, I had very high ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Rutger McGroarty picked by Winnipeg in NHL Draft Two times in the last three NHL drafts, the Michigan hockey team saw at least two players selected in the first round. And with the selection of Rutger McGroarty, the Wolverines can mark off a third. McGroarty was chosen 14th overall by the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, the second Michigan player picked in the dr...…
…I love sinning as much as the next guy, but when it comes to literature and writing, there is one cardinal sin that truly irks me. The eighth deadly sin, more insidious than its seven predecessors, is the non sequitur (a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement), the tangent, the digression. It’s funny and bizarre at first, but when it drags on for too long, it becomes grating. There...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday January 13, 2020 — 3B Loss shows lack of progress In the Michigan women’s basketball team’s first game against Maryland, the Wolverines turned the ball over 23 times, shot 1-of-12 from 3-point range and got no points from their bench — three issues that have plagued them all season and cost them a huge road win. Entering Michigan’s second game against Maryland, sophomore ...…
…9 MICHIGAN IN COLOR A letter from the editors As the summer comes to a close, and our time as Managing Editors is now complete, we would like to close off with a letter and a hope for MiC — an ode to a summer of revolution, if you will. Neither of us could have predicted what we signed up for, but we are more than proud of what we were able to accomplish. Thanks to a group of brilliant and talented writers and staff, we were able ...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All o...…
…Anyone remotely interested in American politics has heard of “the deficit” at least once. The deficit is how much the United States govern- ment’s annual expenses minus its revenue. Conservatives treat it as an ever-present threat, with every bit of spending bringing the nation closer to their imagined annihilation. But, in reality, many economists seem to agree that the deficit isn’t the big- gest issue facing America, with the Uni...…
…9 Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Ariadne” by Jennifer Saint is, at first, a retelling of the Greek myth of Theseus, but it doesn’t stay that way for long. Saint has not written another tale of men performing great feats of bravery and strength, but a portrait of the lives left devastated in their callous wake. The women that fill these pages are painted with an incisive brush, the result of which is...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 13, 2020 — 4B The seven deadly sins...but make them fashionable B-SIDE: STYLE I set Greed in the 1910s, because this era seemed to be obsessed with gaining wealth and social standing. A confining dress of gold with flaps modeled after Faberge Eggs, paired with an extensive amount of heavy jewelry are the featured parts of this outfit. LUST Lust is set in the 2010 #MeToo...…
…Monday, January 13, 2020 | michigandaily.com Oturu scores 30 as Michigan falls below .500 in Big Ten play MINNEAPOLIS — A Big Ten center had a huge game against the Michigan men’s basketball team. Again. Early in the season, this story wrote itself in nearly every Big Ten matchup the Wolverines played. Michigan plays a team with a dominant big man. Big man has a career night in the points column. Questions arise about the Wolverines’ in...…
…Because of you Thank you for changing my dia- pers when I was a baby to being my biggest cheerleader growing up. I never feel lonely because of you. For saving me from drown- ing in countless pools, fountains and other near-death experiences I’m sure I had. I always feel com- fortable testing my boundaries because of you. For downloading my first iPod with all your music and making me hip by introduc- ing me to artists like Maroon 5 a...…
…W ith its 2022 release, the satirical horror movie “Fresh” follows a young woman, Noa, through her newfound relationship with a supposed plastic surgeon, Steve. The relationship turns into a nightmare when Steve takes Noa to a remote house he owns, drugs her and locks her in a cell with other women who have fallen victim to Steve’s alluring nature. He proceeds to surgically remove her body parts piece by piece in ...…
…When the Michigan field hockey schedule was created, it was assumed this past weekend’s games against Northwestern and Louisville would be competitive. Following the release of the NFHCA coaches poll earlier last week though, it was revealed how much of a gauntlet it actually was; Northwestern just outside of the top five, and Louisville at No. 3. With Michigan holding ground in the No. 2 slot, it was the kind of weekend you’d expect...…
…Billy Magic and the internet’s unabashed enthusiasm for public transit “ Americans only love the college experience because it’s the only time in their lives they live in a walkable community,” reads a viral January 2020 tweet. Ann Arbor fits the bill, hosting most campus buildings and housing within about a one-mile radius and offering free transit to students. I’ve always found pleasure in proximity. I like to imagine the build...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 13, 2020 — 5B During a drive to Ann Arbor with three other people in my car, I asked each of my companions to queue two songs on Spotify for us to listen to along the way. Two were quick to add their songs, but one of my friends was hesitant to add something to the queue. “I don’t know what to add, just skip me,” she insisted, but I demanded two songs from her. So sh...…
…11 SPORTS What postponement means for college athletics, Michigan The Big Ten made it official on Tuesday, ending days of speculation and contradicting reports with a decision to postpone the fall season. In a perfect world, that would be the end of all the questions and things would be cut and dried. But it isn’t a perfect world, it’s the NCAA. And that means this decision opens up a whole lot of questions that Michigan’s athletic ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 11 Michigan cruises to 4-0 victory over Purdue COLE MARTIN Daily Sports Writer Since 2000, the Michigan men’s tennis team has posted a 20-4 record against Purdue. And on Saturday, the Wolverines’ winning ways over the Boilermakers con- tinued: They dominated. For over a month, that word has described the Wolverines who entered Saturday having won 11 straight mat...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SO WE CAN STAY TOGETHER STAY SAFE MASK UP STAY WELL *Social distancing is recommended for individuals who are not fully vaccinated. Wednesday, October 13, 2021 — 11 SportsWednesday: Michigan just proved it can be a contender this season Going into the season, 8-4 was a hopeful prediction for the Michigan football team’s record. Our own beat’s highest prediction was that. Washington, W...…
…An incomplete journey of identity and self-acceptance Trigger Warning: Homophobia; internalized homophobia W hen I was 12 years old, my mother told me to unbutton my collar because I looked like a lesbian. She assured me only a moment later, after I had undone two of the buttons, that it wasn’t bad to be a lesbian — I just shouldn’t misrepresent who I was. Years later, she would call me a “d*ke,” but I would laugh it off and prete...…
…The showcase of Richard Quinn’s Spring 2019 line opened with what many fashion publications would call a “luxe morphsuit.” The first four models were covered from head to toe in skin-tight black velvet accompanied by tonal tulle cocktail frocks, commanding silk capes, a pair of lilac pants and a striking blue satin a-line dress, covered in a jeweled vine of ruby red roses (with a matching bag!). The initial onslaught acted ...…
…12 SPORTS Reactions to a devastating day for sports Sitting on practice field behind Schembechler Hall, the Michigan football team learned what most already knew: Their season — like those of the MAC and Mountain West — would have to wait. The Big Ten, the first Power Five conference to do so, postponed their season, with hopes of playing in the Spring. They were in the middle of a break between practices when the news came down. ...…
…Michigan falls to Denver in Frozen Four overtime thriller SPORTSWEDNESDAY B OSTON — As the Michigan hockey team’s skaters lined up along the goal line prior to the game, each one exuded a calm about themselves. Standing side by side, their relaxed auras made it seem as though they were about to play any other game. And just as throughout the season, one-by-one, the starters were called to skate forward. ...…
…LINCOLN — On Saturday night, deep into the third quarter and amidst a raucous sea of red, the Michigan football team found itself wading in unfamiliar territory. As Nebraska receiver Levi Falck waltzed down the sideline and into the endzone untouched, the Wolverines looked up to see themselves on the wrong side of the score. For the first time all year, in the season’s sixth game, they trailed. And yet, in the face of its...…
…12 Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS A battle between the top two teams in the Big Ten conference ensued over the weekend, with No. 23 Minnesota (26-10 Big Ten) playing host to the No. 19 Michigan softball team (32-6) in a four-game series. With the Golden Gophers only four games behind the top spot entering the series, the stakes were high, but the Wolverines prevailed. They clinched the Big ...…
…13 Thursday, August 13, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Kevin Warren talks about ‘uncertainties’ that led to Big Ten decision Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren had a lot to say about the postponement of sports in the conference this fall — unfortunately a lot of it translates to ‘We don’t know.’ “This is a holistic decision,” Warren said in an interview with the Big Ten Network. “There are just too many uncertainti...…
…x Photo Immersion Edition In this special edition, we’ve challenged the Statement writers to ‘dive’ in and immerse them- selves in new experiences on campus. The result: a collection of testimonials shedding light on the campus’s less-explored marvels, from pole dancing to fencing to architecture hunting. And the Daily’s Photo team was there to capture it all. …
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…For Spencer Heslop, commitment to faith requires difficult decisions For Michigan’s wheelchair tennis team, their competitive debut went about as well as anyone could’ve hoped. In the team’s first ever appearance at the Collegiate Wheelchair Tennis National Championships, the Wolverines’ athletes were finalists in the team competition and all but one of the individual competitions. The team racked up other accolades ...…
…PHOTOS BY SARAH BOEKE/DAILY Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Content warning: Restrictive eating habits “Now let’s get acquainted with that pole.” After completing several warm-up exercises — wide-leg squats, downward dog, plank shoulder- taps, anything to bring our heart rates up — we had arrived at the long-awaited activity, the reason we were all in that room on a dark Wednesday evening. We were there to dance. At the ...…
…Wednesday, October 13, 2021 // The Statement — 2 Fever dreams and corporate schemes The store was cold and dark with figures appearing out of the minimal light offered by the piercing fluorescent bulbs — a less than ideal situation for someone with no recollec- tion of where they were. Or what they were doing there. Or how they got there in the first place. I frantically searched for signs of any- thing that might answer any, if not...…
…14 Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — There’s an old adage in sports that it’s hard to beat a team three times in a season. Heading into its matchup against undefeated Maryland, the Michigan men’s lacrosse team hoped that that adage would once again rear its head. After a historic win over Ohio State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, the Wolverines were ...…
…3 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement PHOTOS BY LILA TURNER/DAILY PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG Lookout mom, I’m a pirate now My mother has been bugging me lately about finding an activity to get my blood pumping and my endorphins flowing. She says it will be “good for my mental health” and will “help me sleep better” or whatever. She works as a full-time nurse and part-time teaching Zumba and Group Fight at four different gyms...…
