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…48 - February 18, 2013 f)OlS ()IlB The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com seniors snap losing streak For first time in five years, Michigan beats the Spartans By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Writer As Michigan women's bas- ketball coach Kim Barnes Arico strolled into her postgame press conference on Saturday, she couldn't control her excite- ment. After senior forward Kate Thompson wrapped up her inter- view, the duo embraced in an emotion...…

…4B - March 18, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily:com 4B - March 18, 2013 The Michigan Daily - mi6higandaily.com Lane walkoff highlights Judi Garman Classic By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Writer As Michigan students celebrat- ed an early St. Patrick's Day across campus Saturday, Michigan coach Carol Hutchins and the softball team celebrated in their own right, winning in extra-inning, walk-off fashion against North Carolina State - and...…

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…Wednesday, March 18, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 18, 2015 // The Statement 5B By Zach Shaw, Daily Sports Writer Rethinking Ross The unglamorous realities of a business school education K endall Cortez was immediately sold on what he was getting into. The sophomore was just getting set- tled in at orientation as a new member of the Ross School of Business, and was being intro- duced to his orientation group’s assignment...…

…“They kind of try to kill you to see what your motivation is,” Whitfield said. “You have to do 5 a.m. workouts for a full year and kind of get your butt kicked just to show that this is something that you want to do, instead of just going out there and saying ‘I’m on the football team, look at my jersey.’ ” Most actually do quit. But, already behind in conditioning and game planning, even those who stay have virtually no shot at bec...…

…Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 5B Could Snyder seek the Oval Office? By Katie Burke, Daily Staff Reporter A self-described nerd, Rick Snyder is more of an execu- tive than a politician. After spending most of his career in the private sec- tor, he made the jump to the governor’s mansion in 2010 and has since garnered national attention for his policy decisions. As the cou...…

…12 Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Romero on to Team USA By TYLER SCOTT Daily Sports Writer It had been only one week since the end of the Women’s College World Series, but Sierra Romero already found herself back in Oklahoma City. In her junior season, the Michigan second baseman cemented herself as one of college softball’s top talents and a leader of the NCAA runner- up Michigan softball ...…

…Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 // The Statement 5B Navigating New Policies and Old Prejudices L SA junior Emily Kaufman jokingly refers to herself as a “trans-mama,” a guide of sorts to other women at the University who are navigating what it means to be a transgender woman on campus. “When I first came to this University I knew I was a woman but I didn’t look like a woman,” Kaufma...…

…Wednesday, November 18, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 18, 2015 // The Statement 5B “Every morning when I walk to work,” he says, “I walk by this big oak tree and I nudge it a little bit, trying to establish some camara- derie.” For the past sixty-four years, Abernathy has watched Ann Arbor grow up. New lay- ers of asphalt, an ever-expanding university, and 24-hour Speedways have transformed the once sleepy village in...…

…4B — April 18, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Engelmann grounded out, but drove in a run in the process. The inning ended when freshman second baseman Ako Thomas struck out looking. “(Nebraska) got some momentum with a two-out RBI,” Bakich said, referencing the top of the sixth. “For our guys to come back and put up a two-spot is a great sign for the way our team stayed connected with each other.” But ...…

…FootballSaturday, November 19, 2016 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2016 football season. Max Bultman Jacob Gase Kelly Hall Jake Lourim No. 3 Michigan (-24) vs. Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Michigan No. 1 Alabama vs. Chattanooga Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 2 Ohio State (-22.5) at Michigan State Ohio State Ohio State Ohi...…

…2C Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Hannah Myers Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Emily Koffsky Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement Soundtracking: House hunting *Three weeks ago* L ying in my dorm ro...…

…12 Thursday, July 18, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS After a season filled with questions, some answers for Michigan OMAHA, Neb. – For much of the season, there were questions swirling around the Michigan baseball team. Now, on the far side of an improbable ride that brought Team 153 to the finals of the College World Series – and on the far side of a crushing 8-2 loss at the hands of No. 2 Vanderbilt – the answ...…

…12 Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Offensive explosion propels Wolverines Foerster conquers Betsa in upset Two first-team All-Big Ten players. Four plate appearances. Lea Foerster vs. Megan Betsa. It was the game within the game during Michigan’s dramatic 5-4 defeat at the hands of Michigan State in Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal. Foerster’s unstoppable bat against the Wolv...…

…6B — Thursday, January 18, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 It doesn’t go off 4 Dugong or manatee 10 Friskies sister brand 14 “Lookee here!” 15 Turkey’s second- largest city 16 Enjoyed People 17 Singer Fogelberg 18 *Acting like the locals 20 Toughness 22 Stage great Hagen 23 White __ 24 Site of Napoleon’s exile 25 Accessories for many lawn mowers 27 Engrave with acid 29 Dalai Lama, for one 32 Sport with clay pigeons...…

…Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement 4B 5B Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement T he subway screeched to a stop at Sixth Avenue and I stepped onto the muggy platform. Walking up the stairs, the skyscraper sentinels of New York City loomed over me. The sidewalk of the “Avenue of the Americas” was crowded with urbanites — talented, successful individuals who were “making it” in the Big Apple. Surrounded by these vete...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 3B Corralling creativity will oniy stigmatize A festival of student plays There are a lot of delicious foods out there in the world, and myself enjoy a tasty treat every once in a while. Sometimes, I'll even com- bine two of these deli- cious items together to make an even more delicious entity. But even someone with as little cooking experi- ence as I have knows that you ca...…

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…Wednesday, March 18, 2015 // The Statement 6B Women in Leadership Lessons fosters necessary conversations for young professionals by Natalie Gadbois, Deputy Statement Editor T he statistics are well-worn but still concerning: women comprise only 4.6 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. Only 9 percent of the top 250 films released in 2012 were directed by women. The contentious pay gap — argued by many as an effect of environmental choices ...…

…FootballSaturday, September 19, 2015 6 Breakdown: Michigan vs. UNLV By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Michigan and UNLV enter their Week 3 matchup riding completely opposite waves of momentum. The Wolverines cruised to a 35-7 win over Oregon State in coach Jim Harbaugh’s home debut, while the Rebels were the victims of a 37-3 pounding at the hands of No. 10 UCLA. And while Michigan fans should have learned by now not ...…

…Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 6B New app connects students with friends to promote campus safety by Taylor Wizner, Daily Staff Reporter T here’s a new Blue Light emergency phone on cam- pus, and it’s in your pocket. Two University students have created a mobile app that allows students to stay safe while they travel alone around campus. The app, Companion, tracks the user in real time, estimating the period of travel...…

…R ight now, I don’t have a name. More accurately, I have about five. A few are more correct than others, but I’d respond to all of them. Rather than a “real name,” I might just be in pos- session of a bunch of labels — some of which describe who I used to be, while others lay out my plans for the future. Since I came out as a trans woman, my legal name doesn’t match the name I call myself, which sometimes doesn’t match what I he...…

…Wednesday, November 18 , 2015 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: Spotify and modern honesty by Amelia Zak, Daily Music Editor I recently argued with a friend who was frustrated with my Spotify etiquette. “You listen to my playlist all the time but you don’t follow it?” he asked, irritated. “Yes,” I responded, amused. This set off his berating: “There’s no honesty left on this godforsaken planet. No one practices it anymore. I ...…

…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com ‘M’ ready for new-look Indiana team Though the Michigan football team hasn’t lost to Indiana (3-4 Big Ten, 5-5 overall) since 1987, a win over the third-ranked Wolverines would mean more to the Hoosiers this week. Michigan (6-1, 9-1) is in College Football Playoff contention, and Indiana will try to take advantage of the Wolverines while they’re still reeling from...…

…W hen I think about it too much, I wonder why I even go into all the effort of zapping water with waves of energy just to soak some leaves in it so it turns a slight shade that water is not supposed to be, for me to then sweeten it with copious amounts of honey that will only make my sedentary body softer. I started drinking tea in high school. I’m not really sure why. Probably because tea is easier to make than coff...…

…Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement 6B Trotter feels that liberal arts is truly an education, not training. “If someone is looking for a broader education that is not going to prepare them just for one particular job, but prepare them for a lifetime of multiple careers, then an LSA degree really can be a way for someone to go,” she said. During our interview, Trotter was careful not to downplay the other colleges on campu...…

…4B - Thursday, Marchl18, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BALLROOM From Page 1B "It's kind of like speed dat- ing, but it's speed dancing," Lian explained. "Everybody who needs a partner gets in the same room and you kind of go through everybody, talk with them for about a minute just to see if you can match up your interests in terms of, like, how much you want to practice, and commitment lev- els and that sort of thing, and the...…

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…Wednesday, March 18, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Undress the Doll by Aiko Fukuchi, LSA Senior U ntil I was eleven years old, my family would take trips to Japan each summer. I would help my aunt pick plums from a tree in her backyard, and she would tell me stories. But I don’t speak Japanese, so I wouldn’t understand, and we would laugh because of this, and she would continue telling me stories that I wouldn’t unde...…

…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to watch for on Saturday Wolverines seek fast start, backup running backs vie for playing time By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The Michigan football team may play its easiest game of the season Saturday, barring further collapse by a Big Ten team such as Rutgers or Maryland. This week, the UNLV Rebels (0-2) visit Michigan Stadium to give the Wolverines a non- conference tun...…

…Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Disappointment by Michael Sugerman, Daily News Editor I t’s 2:50 a.m., and I’m sitting in front of my computer. To my right sits an empty bag of nacho cheese Doritos and a bottle of diet Mountain Dew. I have a novel to start and finish reading in the next eight hours. It’s go time. Nights like these aren’t entirely irregular for many college students — running off...…

…M y eye problems started about five years ago. I remember the moment distinctly, actually. It was my sophomore year of high school and I was walking into sixth-period biol- ogy when I noticed something was off with my vision. The strangest part then, and for a few years following, was not having the vocabulary to explain what I was seeing. It was hard to communicate my situation to people and doctors when I felt it necessary to follow...…

…Wednesday, November 18, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: A reunion by Alex Intner, Daily Arts Writer W hen my sister saw me through the entryway to my apartment building, she jumped up and down with a smile beaming across her face. Once I opened the door, there was nothing stopping her from running into my arms, saying “Hi,” with more joy than I’ve heard from her voice in a long time. She was in Michigan visiting for th...…

…Jocz’s parents dropped him off on an August Sunday in 2012. By Tuesday, he wasn’t sure if he would last. He was struggling and exhausted, and another walk-on tight end had already quit. In times like those, Jocz often calls his parents to talk through them, and this time he told them he wasn’t sure if he’d make it. Warren Jocz recalls Michael relaying a similar sentiment from Smith, who was in his fourth fall camp. “I just want to...…

…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 4C Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 5C FITTING IN: Navigating campus culture as an international student b y I s h i M o r i, Daily Staff Reporter A s a Japanese citizen who grew up in New Jersey, I know many Asian expatriates who never quite felt comfortable living here. Northern New Jersey is an area with a large Korean immigrant population. Many of my childhood frien...…

…W hen I was 16 years old, I read an article about Modern Family star Ariel Winter’s breast reduction surgery, which took her from a size 32F to a 34D. “It’s amazing to finally feel right,” she said in an interview with Glamour. “This is how I was supposed to be.” Two years later, I sat on my boyfriend’s bed, my arms defensively crossed over my own 30F chest, realizing that I didn’t feel right at all. “Are you still planning on get...…

…Wednesday, March 18, 2015 // The Statement 8B Over half a century ago, Martin Luther King Jr. preached at the Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama — inspiring masses of people to risk their lives for freedom during the civil rights era. A teenage Ora Gamble was among those inspired and marched through the streets of Birmingham, where the Alabama State Troopers shot her down with a hose. At the 50 year anniversary of Bloody Sund...…

…FootballSaturday, September 19, 2015 8 Show me the money? Not what Harbaugh’s about, ex-agent says Leigh Steinberg discusses experience with coach, stays optimistic for future By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor When Jim Harbaugh spurned lucrative NFL offers to return to college and coach the Michigan football team this offseason, the overwhelming reaction nationally was one of surprise — surprise that Harbaugh would leave t...…

…Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 8B Last November, I had the opportunity to photograph Norm Holtz, a farmer from Ida, Mich. I met Norm at Detroit’s Eastern Market, where he’s been selling produce since 1968. His hands were still dirty from that morn- ing’s work on sixty acres of farm- land that have belonged to his family since the late 19th century. Born and raised in Ida, he started working on the farm while in high ...…

…Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 // The Statement 8B From the beaches of San Pedro to the rainforests of Belmopan, Belize’s beauty radiates. Taken softly before the interuption of Hurriance Earl, which swept through and devastated the natural beauty of this country. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P L A N E T R O C K P H O T O S B Y J E R E M Y M I T N I C K College of Engineering senior Gabriel Pascualy attempts to climb a 5.11 pitc...…

…Wednesday, November 18, 2015 // The Statement 8B Abernathy’s work is dynamic, per- petually in flux, driven by his insa- tiable curiosity. He calls himself a “classicist,” but uses the term loosely. “Some of the stuff I’m doing now is definitely not classic,” Abernathy says with a grin. “I was taught by a lady who was Swedish, I was fascinated with Oriental ceramics, and I lace all that into production and engineering— I’m a hodgepod...…

…FootballSaturday, November 19, 2016 6 Breakdown: How will Speight’s absence affect Michigan offense? The hope for an undefeated season is gone, but the Michigan football team has plenty to play for. One week after a jarring loss at Iowa, the Wolverines return to action Saturday when they host Indiana at Michigan Stadium. Michigan still controls its own destiny, but any safety net it had is no more. The Daily breaks down the key m...…

…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 6C Personal Statement: Puck I t’s March 1996. I’m only a few days old, and coming home for the first time. I was not old enough to remember anything, but I will always know this: my grandpa couldn’t be there for me when I was born, so he sent the next best thing — a giant, stuffed dog to hold his place as my companion until he could travel up from Chicago to visit me in Michigan. *** I’m...…

…BY ALEC COHEN VISUAL STATEMENT NORTHERN MICHIGAN “ I A M LU CK Y T O C A L L M I CHIG AN M Y H O M E ” I WAS AMAZED BY THE BEAUTY AND SIMPLICITY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE STATE THAN THE UPBEAT CITY LIFE OF ANN ARBOR. Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement 8B …

…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: Marcus Oliver Last year, Indiana took the Michigan football team down to the wire in Bloomington. The contest was decided by a second overtime goal-line stand, and the Wolverines escaped shaken, but unscathed, 48-41. This year, the two teams will meet in Ann Arbor for No. 3 Michigan’s senior day. Indiana linebacker Marcus Oliver, who has recorded 74 tackles this year ...…

…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 7C Personal Statement: Bus #904 to Chelsea W hen I was a junior in high school, my sister moved away from our home in Michigan to pursue a career in the fashion industry in New York City. I was thrilled that my sis- ter was finally pursuing her dream of liv- ing in New York but saddened by the fact that I would no longer see her every day. After our initial trip to move her in, our co...…

…FootballSaturday, November 19, 2016 8 What to Watch For: O’Korn, running back, defense, chaos Home games have been a cake walk for the No. 3 Michigan football team this season — the Wolverines are 7-0 at Michigan Stadium, with only one win coming by fewer than 17 points. But after losing its first game of the season at Iowa last week and perhaps losing its starting quarterback for the season, Michigan (6-1 Big Ten, 9-1 ...…

…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 8C V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T C A M E R A M A L L P H O T O W A L K The colorful graffiti and the stark interor of the building provide an excellent opportunity to photograph contrast. While Andy was teaching, this man approached us and stuck around, intently listening to the workshop before finding a new group to talk to. I love how the three photographers all seem to be wearing the sam...…