…When Rackham student Surojit Sural, Ph.D. candidate in molecular and integrative physiology, was deciding on leaving his home country of India for Japanese or American doctorate programs, he chose the University of Michigan for what he said was its prestige, location and financial support. His peers were accepted to high-ranking European universities, but also chose American schools due to their financial...…
…While football fans streamed into Michigan Stadium on Saturday morning, Brian Ellison, a Libertarian running for U.S. Senate, held up a sign that read “say no to oral,” written in permanent marker. Along with a half dozen others at the corner of South Main Street and East Stadium Boulevard, Ellison, a resident of Royal Oak, protested the Preliminary Oral Fluid Analysis pilot program recently launched by the Michigan Sta...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, November 27, 2017 — 3A speakers around the world. After Spanish, it’s the most spoken romance language and it has more speakers than all the others, French, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, all of them, except Spanish, combined. So that’s how big it is. It’s huge and yet … (Portuguese has) struggled to get (a program) because people don’t see the relevance of it. Even though the nu...…
…I n four years here, I have never really played the role of outspoken critic as it pertains to University administration. That is, though I may have strongly disagreed with any number of decisions made by University President Mark Schlissel and the Board of Regents, I never truly questioned the fact that they were responsible, thoughtful public servants who had the best interests of the University communit...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 27, 2017 — 5A NETFLIX The 1986 film hits the small screen of Netflix. Lee revamps for TV his hit ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ The director’s 1986 debut recieves a refreshing makeover Love yourself, even if society doesn’t want you to. That seems to be one of the many underlying messages of “She’s Gotta Have It,” the refreshing television adaptation of Spike Lee’s (“Oldboy”) ...…
…6A —Monday, November 27, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BIG MACHINE What happened, Tay?? Who is to blame for Swift’s latest album ‘reputation’? The new album is a digression from the Taylor we knew & loved When I turned 16, my friend gave me a copy of Taylor Swift’s then newest album, Red, to accompany me in my newfound freedom behind the wheel. Much of the record soundtracked my late night drives spe...…
…Dealt a bad hand In Saturday’s loss, Ohio State did what Michigan has tried to do all year: win with its backup quarterback. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B New chapter Wilton Speight announced Sunday afternoon, through Instagram, that he will be transfering from Michigan for the 2018 season. » Page 4B It was all there for the taking. With 2:47 left in the fourth quarter, Michigan needed 77 yards. 77 yards to beat a tea...…
…2B — Monday, November 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A stacked deck T he play was routine. With just over six minutes remaining in the third quarter, J.T. Barrett scrambled for 10 yards on 2nd-and-11. Fifth-year senior linebacker Mike McCray brought Barrett down by his legs. Barrett stood up, then grabbed at his right knee and went back to the turf. The trainers came ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, November 27, 2017 — 3B Reality check T he sobering reality was clear well before Ohio State scored just prior to the final horn to cap off a brutal weekend for the Michigan hockey team. This reality was especially sobering because it was a new one. For two straight nights, the Wolverines had been dominated in every facet of the game and run off their home ice. Th...…
…4B — Monday, November 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Chase Winovich reached out at the air, grabbing at something that wasn’t quite concrete and had already passed him by. He spoke in platitudes of just how close the Wolverines were to finally beating Ohio State. Except this time, they weren’t really platitudes at all. Michigan really could touch victory, and actually could taste it. But in the end, ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 27, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The University of Michigan — which, in January of this year, was ranked last in overall social mobility in a report from the Equality of Opportunity Project website — has been aggressively ramping up its efforts to recruit a greater socioeconomic range of students. In June, the University presented its Go Blue Guar...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, October 27, 2017— 3A approximately 500 Michigan high schools the Office of Undergraduate Admissions conducts, the University has spent “a significant amount” on digital advertising, Ishop said. This has come in the form of targeting underrepresented communities in the state via Twitter, Facebook and email — and she says it’s been effective so far. “We know that for em...…
…I have very fond memories of sitting in the living room with my family, watching Bill O’Reilly on the television. It was part of my conservative, libertarian and Republican family’s routine. I quickly became interested in the political issues Bill O’Reilly talked about on his program and wanted to learn more, believing the information I’d find would affirm the conservative viewpoints that surrou...…
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…6A — Friday, October 27, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com XL RECORDINGS STOCK The great unifier — or divider: Facebook in ‘17 I was 13 when I first made my Facebook account. I was so young I had to say that I was 19 just so I could make an account. But my little white lie quickly paid off. Scrolling through my sister’s and brother’s Facebooks, I was mesmerized by the social network’s vivid, true-blue aesthetic...…
…THE RECRUITING MENACE OCTOBER 28, 2017: RUTGERS …
…FootballSaturday, October 28, 2017 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores around college football in the 2017 football season. Betelhem Ashame Ted Janes Orion Sang Kevin Santo No. 2 Penn State (+6.5) at No. 6 Ohio State Penn State Penn State Ohio State Penn State Penn State No. 3 Georgia (-14) at Florida Georgia Florida Georgia Georgia Georgia No.4 TCU (-6.5) at No. 25 Iowa State TCU ...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: Ryan Dunleavy The Michigan football team (2-2 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) once had its eyes on the College Football Playoff. Then it played Penn State. Now, with their goals realigned and their focus on what’s ahead, the Wolverines meet the polar opposite of the Nittany Lions. Rutgers (2-2, 3-4) comes to Ann Arbor for the fourth ever meeting between the two programs, in a m...…
…It all started with Jabrill Peppers. On May 26, 2013, the New Jersey native made an appearance on ESPN, where he performed a freestyle rap, pulled out a winged helmet and officially committed to play football at Michigan. Just like that, the No. 1 recruit in the state was headed to Ann Arbor. The exodus had begun. New Jersey wasn’t always a hotbed for college football recruits. Freshman safety and Jersey native Brad ...…
…leap. “I think that kids would love to play football at Rutgers, and I think there’s a lot of real genuine interest by the kids in our state. … I don’t think you’ve got to go 12-0, I think you’ve got to show that you can be competitive, and I think they’ve shown that already this year.” To some extent, Rutgers has. It owns two conference wins over Illinois and Purdue, and another over Morgan State. But losses to Wash...…
…FootballSaturday, October 28, 2017 6 Breakdown: Advantage, ‘M’ When No. 2 Penn State thrashed Michigan last week, the Wolverines (2-2 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) were hit with a hard dose of reality. They may not be the College Football Playoff contender that they wanted to be at the beginning of the season, but that shouldn’t stop them from beating one of the worst teams in the Big Ten. Rutgers (2-2, 3-4) comes off back-...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to Watch For vs. Rutgers With two losses on the season, it might seem as if the Michigan football team (2-2 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) doesn’t have much left to play for. But according to the Wolverines, that isn’t at all the case. Even with a lowly opponent like Rutgers — which suffered a notorious 78-0 loss to Michigan in its own stadium a season ago — coach Jim Harbaugh and his ...…
…FootballSaturday, October 28, 2017 8 if O’Korn’s struggles persist. While the blame doesn’t fall solely on O’Korn’s shoulders, the Wolverines’ passing game has been practically nonexistent of late. And though the running game has stepped up to help close the gap, a one- dimensional offense doesn’t equate to a winning formula. Even if this season isn’t pronounced over yet, Michigan should start looking to its future, es...…
…In response to yesterday’s protests regarding racist incidents on campus, Central Student Government executives solemnly addressed the assembly Tuesday night, urging representatives to stand with the demonstrators and actively listen to the concerns of their constituents. CSG President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, stressed the importance of maintaining the assembly’s purpose in representing the entire student bod...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 10/1/08 1:14 PM 1 3 4 8 6 4 3 7 8 4 9 6 5 9 7 8 2 3 7 6 3 9 3 5 8 6 8 5 3 7 1 7 2 3 SOFT BOILED. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, September 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily Tweets Follow @michigandaily Michigan Nation @UMich2016 Playing Michigan State under the lights at the Big Hou...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 27, 2017— 3A M AGIC MUSIC JOSHUA HAN/Daily The University Philharmonic Orchestra performs their first concert of the year at Hill Auditorium Monday. Their piece, Felix Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, envokes an image of the artist’s visit to the ruins of th ePalace of Holyrood in Edinburgh in 1829. The whole work progresses through a musical stroll around the stones, arche...…
…W hen I walked out of my first class at the University of Michigan, the sky was dark and the streets I had familiarized myself with during the daytime were foreign. Out of stubbornness, I avoided looking at the maps on my phone and began to walk with a new classmate. I tried my hardest to look like I knew where I was going and keep it cool. As I anxiously searched for a landmark that would send me in the directi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 27, 2017 — 5A Arts With a freshly bleached mullet mohawk and a distinct nomadic-desert-hippie vibe, singer Nicholas Petricca bobs along to the bubbly indie pop that Walk The Moon is famous for, as cheery as ever despite the relative barrenness of the desert landscape behind him. Petricca’s wacky dance moves dominate most of the “One Foot” music vi...…
…ACROSS 1 Got taller 5 Etching supplies 10 Ski area in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains 14 See 66-Across 15 Bad news for the waiter 16 Classic cars 17 Fall in love with something at the home improvement center? 19 “Pretty please?” 20 “Frasier” role 21 Debuting on screen 23 iPhone, e.g., briefly 24 Scooby-__ 25 Bring Bugs into harmony? 30 Golf tee, e.g. 31 “Flashdance... What a Feeling” singer Cara 32 Barbecue pair 33 Solo in a spotlight 35 Smallish bat...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 27, 2017 — 7A Wolverines upset No. 9 Wisconsin Due largely to a list of injuries that seems to only grow, not much has gone as expected for the Michigan women’s soccer team this season. Sunday’s game at Wisconsin was no exception — but for a different reason. The Wolverines had fought Minnesota to an exhausting double-overtime draw just three days earlier, a...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A look back at Purdue KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily Redshirt junior quarterback Wilton Speight prepares to lead his team onto the field at Ross-Ade Stadium on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette. KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily Redshirt junior quarterback Wilton Speight was sacked in the second quarter and sustained a second hit that left him motionless on the ground. KATEL...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 HOW DID WE GET HERE? …
…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Ava Weiner Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Nicole Doctoroff Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement The picture stays in the kid: Plastics T he first time I watched ...…
…A s a Muslim, I quickly learned that the claims of this being an inclusive campus were not as earnest as I originally anticipated. Every year I find myself expecting instances of hate, and thus far I have never been proven wrong. For many students with minority identities on campus, issues like the recent racist vandalism in West Quad Residence Hall are simply expected. This is an issue demonstrated over and ...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 5B HOW DID WE GET HERE? Six decades of challenging the University’s administration b y T i m o t h y C o h n, Senior News Editor At 7 a.m. on Monday, first year Public Health student Dana Greene faced the flag- pole and took a knee at the center of the Diag. On Sept. 16, racist graffiti was found on LSA sophomore Travon Stearns’ West Qua...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 6B By the 1970s, Black nationalism emerged as a salient force in campus activism at the University as liberal leaders and students of color became increasingly jaded by the Civil Rights Movement’s painfully slow pace. The 1968 LSA building sit-in following King’s assassination proved to be a power- ful model for civil rights groups on campus because it proved the potential of direct act...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Mandelbrot L ast week, just in time for the Jew- ish high holidays, a care pack- age arrived from home. Grinning uncontrollably, I knew exactly what it was the minute I got it. Inside the box was a mound bundled in tinfoil and bubble wrap and cellophane, tied with a ribbon. “For a sweet New Year!” was written on a tag — referring to Rosh Hashanah, the holiday that...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T S H M O N G O Ryan Cox plays his saxophone during the Shmongo perfor- mance. Members of Shmongo Geoff Brown, Aaron Willette, and Jacob Sugarman, during their set. Joey Fortino plays guitar later on in the set. Photos by Julia Lawson On Friday, September 15th, I headed to the Diag to photograph my friends’ band, Shmongo, at an event hosted by Stamp Nation, ...…
…One Hundred and TwenTy Six yearS Of ediTOrial freedOm Thursday, July 27, 2017 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS .................................... SUDOKU................................ OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SPORTS................................. 2 2 4 6 8 10 Vol. CXXVII, No. 78| © 2017 The Michigan Daily ...…
…“Gameful” learning applies video games’ design to online teaching systems By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor Day Two of the Gameful Course Design Summer Institute took place Tuesday. Hosted by Academ- ic Innovation’s Gameful Learning Lab, the two-day event took place in the Michigan Union Kuenzel Room and saw approximately 40 attendees — primarily instructors and graduate student instructors from the University of Mic...…
…As Republicans “stray” from platform, Colbeck runs on promise of “principled solutions” By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor On Saturday afternoon, over 200 Michigan residents gathered out- side the Yankee Air Museum in Bel- leville to support State Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) at his official campaign- launch for the 2018 gubernatorial race. Colbeck graduated from the Uni- versity of Michigan with a degree in Aerospace E...…
…4 Thursday, July 27, 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. Disabled and disavowed BILLY STAMPFL | OP-ED ANNA POLUMBO- LEVY Appreciate the small things A few weeks ago, in preparati...…
…L ast year, I voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Michigan primary. I was also one of the nearly 7 million small-dollar contributors that fueled the Bern. However, his actions in recent months have had me asking: what’s up with Bernie Sanders? I supported Sanders because I liked that he ran without the backing of a billionaire-funded super PAC and his platform was rife with ideas and policies that I could get behind, like a...…
…6 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar”) has wedged himself between two starkly different subgenres of film: cerebral, understated thrillers and large-scale blockbusters. His earlier movies, like the masterful “Memento,” forgo grandiose special effects in favor of mind-bending plots, whereas his recent releases favor mind-bending cinematic techniques rather t...…
…7 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Columbia Records Tyler, the Creator awkwardly gazing Tyler gets serious What’s coming of age really about, anyway? Is it when you finally actualize that vision of “cool” you’ve had since you were 13? Is it supposed to happen right when you turn old enough to rent a car? Or maybe it’s when you realize that the only person thinking critically about your life is...…
…8 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “Dawn of the Dead” (1978) director 7 Street, in Stuttgart 14 *Billboard entry 16 “S’pose so” 17 First of a film series about Damien Thorn 18 Cultural environments 19 Marines NCO 20 *Upright instrument in a bluegrass band 22 Head of Hollywood 24 Switchback feature 25 Bordeaux wine 28 Hankering 30 Mauna...…
…9 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Immigant Sangreet By SAMIHA MATIN Michigan in Color Contributor The taxi driver asks where I’m from I reply Bangladesh And he finds comfort in it somehow. He doesn’t say my English is good Or why am I here? in a curious tone that fringes on people’s privacy. I am a little thankful. He tells me he’s from Nigeria. He asks whether I like the Michi...…
…Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS 10 Wagner, Germany finish seventh at FIBA U-20 World Championships Last year, Moritz Wagner passed on the opportunity to represent his native Germany in the 2016 FIBA U-20 European Championship. Instead, he chose to spend the summer in Ann Arbor to continue to develop as a college basketball player, working with strength and conditioning coach Jon Sande...…
…11 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Peters, O’Korn pushing Speight for starting quarterback job CHICAGO — Wilton Speight began and ended last season as the starting quarterback of the Michigan football team. And, objectively speaking, it was a pretty damn good debut. Speight, now a redshirt junior, threw for 2,538 yards and completed 62 percent of his passes, with 18 touchdowns and 7 int...…
