…Phelan wins national championship Last November at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, Michigan’s Jaimie Phelan was barely edged at the finish line by Oregon’s Maggie Schmaedick, who claimed 64th place by 0.1 seconds over the Wolverine junior. Neither runner had any way of knowing it as they crossed the line, but that tenth-of-a-second difference between Schmaedick and Phelan gave the Ducks the team title, with a score...…
…Author speaks on role of White House Chief of Staff Lauded filmmaker explains duties of the “gatekeeper” to the federal government By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor On Tuesday night, Chris Whipple — an acclaimed filmmaker of pictures such as The Spymasters, author and Emmy Award- winning producer — presented the importance of the White House Chief of Staff, a role he describes as the second most powerful job in ...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Trump’s withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord causes concern among University students, faculty The US will join Nicaragua and Syria as the only countries excluded from the accord By KAELA THEUT Summer Daily News Editor President Donald J. Trump announced Thursday that the Unit- ed States will be leaving the Paris Agreement — a treaty signed by 194 parties a...…
…4 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION NISA KHAN EDITOR IN CHIEF SARAH KHAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR 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. Yet these bills go beyond our campus policies, by limiting speech that not only constitutes as harassment or hate speech, but als...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T here are approximately 7.5 billion people in the world at this very moment, and each of us are distinctly different. That means there are 7.5 billion different fingerprints, or chromosomal sets — billions of bodies with unique faces, minds and movements. That reflects billions of connections, ways to communicate — billions of ways to live, fee...…
…6 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Boston Calling: a festival representing a diverse adoration of music and comedy By DOM POLSINELLI Summer Senior Arts Editor Walking into new music festivals can be scary. It can also be adventur- ous. In the case of Boston Calling, it was a combination of the two. Trav- eling from the “Harvard of the West” (the University) to the actual Har- vard, I packed up my bag...…
…7 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By CONNOR GRADY Daily Arts Writer “We don’t submit to terror. We make the terror.” Those were the ominous words that “House of Cards” left us with at the end of its gripping Season Four finale. After four years of witnessing Frank (Kevin Spacey, “American Beauty”) and Claire Underwood (Robin Wright, “Forrest Gump”) conspire, deceive and murder their way to th...…
…8 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Sting, essentially 5 Wingding 9 Word often improperly punctuated 12 Small stream 13 Satellite radio giant 15 “__ lied” 16 Jackie Robinson Stadium sch. team 17 60-Across’ noble status 19 “Bother someone else!” 20 Footnote term 21 Collagist’s supply 22 Musical impediment 24 60-Across’ home 26 Well-suited...…
…9 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Chapingolandia By PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY Michigan in Color Contributor Tamales By PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY Michigan in Color Contributor COURTEST OF PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY COURTEST OF PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY …
…10 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan drops tournament opener With the score tied, 5-5, with two runners on and two outs in the sixth inning, Michigan senior right- hander Mac Lozer took the mound to face Florida Gulf Coast first baseman Nick Rivera. In this potential game-changing moment, it was strength vs. strength — Lozer with his miniscule 0.70 earned-run average and .134 oppone...…
…11 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan Baseball 2017 Season In Review The Michigan baseball team won 42 games, finished second in the Big Ten and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the second time in five seasons under coach Erik Bakich. But while the ending was different from last year’s, as the Wolverines achieved their goal of making the postseason, it still left a sour taste in the...…
…Walks doom Michigan in elimination loss blew another late-inning lead against the Hoosiers, as senior right- hander Mac Lozer — who also had a perfect ERA — gave up two runs in the eighth. Michigan kept the game alive by plating a run in the ninth, but eventually fell, 5-4, on Indiana’s walk-off hit in the 13th. Not only did Michigan lose two games in heartbreaking fashion, but its culture of resiliency seemingly collapsed in Bloo...…
…Detroit mayor discusses urban improvement plans Duggan aims to give affordable housing to local residents By KEVIN BIGLIN Daily Staff Reporter In his Wednesday evening keynote address at the Mackinac Policy Conference, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan talked about housing history in Detroit and about his new urban planning strategy, which aims to spread affordable housing units across all areas of the city. He posed the question, ...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Campus and city leaders reflect on immigration events in Ann Arbor community, discuss action moving forward Leaders on campus and the city of Ann Arbor affirm strong intent to protect the immigrant populace By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor In the aftermath of incidents involving immigration spanning several months, campus and Ann Arbor leaders affi...…
…4 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION A question I hate is one, like clockwork, that I find myself answering every year beginning in April and through June. And after summer? It becomes a question in the past tense. I don’t like that question for largely two reasons. Firstly, because I sometimes don’t know what I’m going to be doing and secondly, it’s often not nearly as cool as what othe...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I f you were to ask me today what I’m studying, I’d reply with full confidence and a bright smile: “I’m pre- pharmacy!” After all, pharmacy was always the only profession in which I could truly see myself. But a year ago, I would’ve told you I was pre-med. For a long time, I tried to believe that medicine was what I truly wanted to pursue. I tried to...…
…6 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Baywatch’ flops By FALLON GATES Daily Arts Writer With big time actors Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (“Fast and Furious”) and Zac Efron (“The Lucky One”), “Baywatch” (for many fans) raised the hope of a hilarious summer action comedy. Unfortunately, it didn’t come close to reaching these standards and left the audience wondering if a plot could be even more uncrea...…
…7 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Pirates 5’ drowns By IAN DAVID HARRIS Daily Arts Writer There was a time when a new “Pirates of the Carib- bean” movie was a cause for excitement. That time has long since passed. “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” the fifth (and hopefully final) entry in the Johnny Depp (“Mordecai”) led franchise is quite possibly the worst one yet. Picking up approximately fi...…
…8 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Wines that can be white or red 7 Greetings 10 Lighthouse view 13 Widely recognized 14 Sleep on it 16 Immediate caregiver, briefly 17 Highlighted publication part 19 “All Things Considered” airer 20 Mongrel 21 Brest bestie 22 Howe of hockey 24 Singer DiFranco 25 Halves of some master-servant relationships 27 Little pitchers have big ones, per an old maxim 28 Pioneer...…
…9 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR just a word. To me, a name is much more than just a name. My own name represents the connection I have to Indian culture. I can use it as proof that I actually am, in fact, half-Indian. If I were to mispro- nounce my own name — like you mispronounce yours — my con- nection to the culture I care most about would be severed. It doesn’t work the same way ...…
…10 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Jacob Shames: What happened? BASEBALL The longest game in Big Ten Tournament history — a 13-inning epic between Michigan and Indiana — had just concluded. The triumphant team entered the post- game press conference to revisit the previous four hours and 28 minutes. “We’re almost better with our backs against the wall,” said the player who had delivered th...…
…11 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Previewing Michigan’s opponents in the Chapel Hill Regional JACOB SHAMES Summer Managing Sports Editor After its winningest regular season since 2008, the Michigan baseball team qualified for its second NCAA Tournament under coach Erik Bakich, and first since 2015. This time, though, the Wolverines had to sweat things out. Two years ago, Michigan qua...…
…BASEBALL ‘M’ earns NCAA berth JACOB SHAMES Summer Managing Sports Editor The Michigan baseball team is going dancing. After the Wolverines went 42-15 during the regular season — their most successful regular season since 2008 — they were selected for the NCAA Tournament, receiving a No. 3 seed in the Chapel Hill regional, hosted by No. 2 national seed North Carolina. Despite a top-20 ranking for most of the season, Michigan’s...…
…One Hundred and TwenTy Five years OF ediTOrial FreedOm Thursday, June 30, 2016 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS ................................... OPINION .............................. ARTS ..................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SUDOKU................................ SPORTS................................ ARTS Cameron Crowe’s ‘Roadies’ fizzles Writer-director’s look ...…
…2 Thursday, June 30, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com LARA MOEHLMAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 larakm@michigandaily.com EMILY RICHNER Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 errich@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Bradley Whipple Managing Editor bmwhip@michigandaily.com Lydia Murray Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com S...…
…3 Thursday, June 30, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS “Ban the Box” may lead to increases in discrimination Reps. criticize congressional inaction on gun regulations ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI–12) speaks with local entrepreneurs for Start-Up Day Across America at the Ann Arbor SPARK Central Business Incubator on August 20th, 2015. Study shows Black applicants had fewer callbacks after ...…
…I ntimate partner violence is an issue that has long been kept in the shadows of law and media; it wasn’t until 1994 that the Violence Against Women Act was passed, and it was discussed as only a public health concern as late as the ‘70s. Only then did shelters for abused women begin to open in the United States, and laws were passed to protect the rights of abused women and children. Though well-meaning, these laws an...…
…I used to be able to sit down and read, uninterrupted, for hours. Same with movies and award shows — I would intently observe, connect with the material and try my hardest to remember why I liked it so I could tell my friends later. As I began to become more and more captivated by social media and technology, this ability waned. I found myself anxious to tweet my thoughts during a live television event, Snapchat the be...…
…6 Thursday, June 30, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS TV REVIEW ‘Lobster’ absurd By SOPHIA KAUFMAN Daily Arts Writer Single guests staying at the hotel depicted in “The Lobster” have three options: They can try to find a life part- ner within 45 days, run away to the city and try to survive as a part of a sham relationship or on their own, or live as Lon- ers in the forest. The second two options are ...…
…7 Thursday, June 30, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Desiigner silences his naysayers — for now MUSIC REVIEW “New England” fails to prove Desiigner has staying power By ANAY KATYAL Summer Senior Arts Editor For a man whose life has changed so drastically since Feb- ruary, Desiigner has managed to keep himself from glorious- ly crashing and burning off of the hype- machine cliff. Congratula- tions are in ord...…
…consistently maintain its spot in the top 10? Many aspects of College of Engineering’s success Engineering Dean David Munson said there are many aspects of the College of Engineering that allow it to maintain its rankings and consistently receive funding year after year. “We have grown a little bit each year in my time as dean,” Munson said. “We’ve hired really exceptional faculty members and, especially during th...…
…a gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 other victims at a gay nightclub. “Not so long ago, Equality Michigan probably wouldn’t have been at this table,” he said. “LGBT individuals are most likely to be victims of hate crimes.” Daniel Edinger, a gun owner who attended the panel, said he the discussion did not allow for alternative ideas and only repeated the same senitments. “I disagree that anything presented here was a ...…
…10 Thursday, June 30, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS A look at the Michigan football recruiting class of 2017 By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor Jim Harbaugh and the rest of the Michigan football coaching staff are near the end of a month-long satellite camp tour that has taken them across the United States and to international locales such as Australia and American Samoa. The presumable cause: to hel...…
…11 Thursday, June 30, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Dipping down south Considering their geographic locations, it would be silly to say that Michigan’s much-talked about satellite camps haven’t affected three-star safety commit J’Marick Woods and four-star defensive tackle commit Aubrey Solomon. But while the camps did indirectly help Michigan with both — perhaps more so with Solomon, whose high scho...…
…Steinberg accepted job offer at Arizona State nine days earlier By ETHAN WOLFE Summer Managing Sports Editor The search for a new Michigan men’s tennis coach was quick and painless. In fact, there wasn’t much of a search at all. Nine days after it was announced that Adam Steinberg would resign as the head coach to take the same position at Arizona State, he notified the Sun Devils’ athletic department that...…
…One Hundred and TwenTy Five years OF ediTOrial FreedOm Thursday, June 23, 2016 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS ................................... OPINION .............................. ARTS ..................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SUDOKU................................ SPORTS................................ SPORTS Glasgow ready to return to gridiron He will be crucial to...…
…2 Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS SUDOKU MEDIUM 9 5 7 2 2 1 4 6 4 6 5 3 7 9 2 5 6 2 1 5 9 7 6 8 1 2 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 3/30/09 10:03 AM Puzzle by sudokusyndication.com WATERMELON POPSICLE Engineering...…
…3 Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS likely to unintentionally overdose on heroin — with an average age of overdose of 32 — while unintentional prescription opioid overdoses were more common among older white women, with an average age of 51. There is no discernible set of risk factors — such as socioeconomic status, parental occupation or a familial history of drug use — that can be tied to the r...…
…F ather’s Day always sneaks up on me. I’ll be studying or watching TV, and all of a sudden an ad will appear, always saying something like “Here’s the best gift you can get for your dad” or something. The pang that always comes along with seeing stuff father-related doesn’t sting as much as it once did — I’m usually able to move on with my day without any issue. I’ve learned that this type of pain isn’t going away, but I...…
…I ’m a firm believer that relationships of all kinds — be it platonic, sexual, romantic, familial, etc. — take work, as I’m sure most other people are. Someone recently told me, “You don’t seem like the kind of person who’d waste time doing something they’re not good at.” They’re right. It’s why I don’t play basketball or try to be a model with my 4-foot-11- inch stature. It’s why my subpar mathematical abilitie...…
…6 Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS TV REVIEW ‘Finding Dory’ a swimming hit By ANA LUCENA Daily Arts Writer Watching “Finding Dory” was an early sign that I’m getting old at the oh-so mature age of 19. However, the fact that it cap- tured my imagi- nation 13 years after watching the original is a testament to how strong and enduring Pixar’s brand and sto- rytelling is. The audience had a w...…
…7 Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Top Four Games of E3 VIDEO GAMES COLUMN E 3 is a strange beast. It’s often been called the “Super Bowl” of the video game industry. Though it certainly has the commercial- ism to match America’s big- gest sporting event, I’d be more compelled to compare it to the Detroit Auto Show — another tradition of American capitalism, a future-embrac- ing technolo...…
…Engineering than females. Of the total undergraduate students enrolled as of last fall, 3,307 were white, 1,002 were Asian, 296 were Hispanic and only 138 were Black, according to the Office of the Registrar Ethnicity Report. “In a lot of ways, ethnic diversity is a bigger problem than gender diversity,” Fedewa said. In an already white-male- dominated field — despite the increase of Science, Technology, Engineering and Ma...…
…9 Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS the reason for the tuition increase. Regent Denise Ilitch (D) called out state officials for this lack of prioritization of higher education, pointing to how funding on an individual basis for prisoners is higher than that of students within the state. “The state of Michigan spends roughly 25 percent more on prisons than on education,” she said. “The state of...…
…10 Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS After season-ending injury, Glasgow ready to make return By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor Ryan Glasgow remembers the exact moment he tore his pectoral muscle. The fifth-year senior defensive tackle was chasing down Rutgers quarterback Chris Laviano when his hand got stuck in Laviano’s helmet. The quarterback went one way, Glasgow went the othe...…
…Beilein talks transfers, scheduling Michigan’s non- conference schedule is complete for the 2016-2017 season By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor It has been an offseason rife with change for the Michigan men’s basketball team. Assistant coaches Lavall Jordan and Bacari Alexander left to take the head coaching jobs at Wisconsin- Milwaukee and Detroit, respectively, while forwards Kam Chatman and Ricky ...…
…12 Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Inside Jim Harbaugh’s camp By ORION SANG Summer Managing Sports Editor If you were to walk by Al Glick Field House or any of its outdoor fields Saturday afternoon, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t have had any idea what was going on. There were moments when dozens of high school football players were running around shirtless playing soccer. There w...…
…INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 120 | © 2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS ..................................... OPINION ................................ ARTS ....................................... CLASSIFIEDS.......................... SUDOKU................................. SPORTS.................................. NEWS Policing the police AAPD Chief questions city council recommendations for civilian oversight >> SEE PAGE 2 O...…
