…6A — Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PARAMOUNT PICTURES George Clooney and the Coen Brothers team up once again Clooney does Coens and disappoints with a drag Lengthy and uneventful, ‘Suburbicon’ fails to be anything special Directed by George Clooney (“The Monuments Men”) and written by the Coen brothers (“Hail, Caesar!”), “Suburbicon” teases as a dark crime thriller that involves irrevocable...…
…gender and the gym statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 1, 2017 ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY KOFFSKY …
…T his September, The Michigan Daily held its Bicentennial reunion weekend. Daily alumni from across the country were invited to return to our beloved newsroom and, among other things, mingle. As many of you know, “mingle” translates into “network” in hyper- competitive college speak. As one of my fellow managing editors so elegantly put it to me, fidgeting in her heels and with an air of resignation, “Come to ...…
…3B Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement Soundtracking: Midterms M idterms. The first sign that your semester is heading down the toilet real quick. It’s like if you were going down a slide but as you start your descent, you smack your head on the bar and just tumble down the slide, lying in a wood chip pile of lost GPA points and self-pity. Every time you say you’re going to duck, but every time you are sadly mistaken. Th...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 5B Gender and the Gym coping with masculine stereotypes in fitness b y S a m R o s e n b e r g , Daily Arts Writer “ You need to be more aggressive.” I nodded quietly at my baseball coach and walked back to home plate, where I attempted to muster up all the energy in my lithe, eight- year-old body to hit the ball. My helmet felt too big ...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 6B Empath in the Wild: When I Fight Back Trigger warning: This article mentions sexual harassment and gender-based violence. I ’ve never been very enthusiastic about Michigan football, but it’s my senior year, and I decided the Saturday of the Michigan State night game that I would go out with my roommates and give tailgating one last go before I graduated. On Saturday afte...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Scio Church Road A rms pumping vigorously in an attempt to match the cadence of my legs, I begin my ascent — my flushed cheeks a stark contrast against the dismal October sky of southeast Michigan. I am no stranger to this momentous hill, lead- ing up toward Scio Church Road from Pio- neer High School, or this route, as I have run it over 100 times since the fal...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 8B Ypsilanti resident Aya Ibarishi makes a craft at the Family Halloween Party at the Natural History Muse- um. Ann Arbor resident Hodaka Suzuki. Ann Arbor residents Elizabeth and Amia Bower. Natural History Staff member Cameron Trinh holds a python for children at the Family Halloween Party at the Natural History Museum. Ann Arbor residents Tao and Henry Peng. South Bend resident Julia Mannor...…
