…Nicholas Prada, a former employee at Tomukun Noodle Bar on East Liberty Street, filed a suit in a U.S. district court Friday claiming he was wrongfully terminated after contracting COVID-19 in late June. According to the lawsuit, Prada and his attorney, Noah Hurwitz, allege that Tomukun’s actions violate numerous federal acts, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Family Medical Leave Act. In an email t...…
…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Fall 2020 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. ERIN WHITE Managing Editor ekwhite...…
…Police officers followed Jermaine Johnston down the Hatcher Graduate Library steps on a finals week night more than 20 years ago for no reason. He said he was used to it — being treated as less intelligent during office hours, asked what sport he played on the first day of classes and met with silence when he walked into an all-white room. “I had a bookbag on my back, a University of Michigan shirt, University of Michigan hat...…
…The Daily sat down with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel to discuss the University’s plans for the fall semester during the COVID- 19 pandemic and the release of WilmerHale’s report on allegations of sexual misconduct against former Provost Martin Philbert. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Mark Schlissel: I wanted to start out if it’s OK with you by reiterating an apology that ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 5 Pizza Bob’s moves to new location on S. State Street After more than 50 years of operation at its original location, Pizza Bob’s will find a new home this Tuesday just 110 feet north at 800 S. State Street. The new location, previously home to Red Light Cafe, will offer both indoor and outdoor seating. According to owner Pam Pietryga, the move was larg...…
…When we conceptualize our nation as an ecosystem, our national and societal wounds — and their urgent need for repair — become deeply apparent. Despite this dire need for healing, it is also society’s responsi- bility to strive toward that reparation — to strive to nourish, to thrive effective- ly and efficiently. Michigan in Color’s was established in pursuit of healing and education. And while we attempt to distinguish our- ...…
…7-Opinion Opinion I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and reached through the darkness for my phone. It was 4 a.m. on a March 2020 morning and the screams coming from outside my apartment were making it impossible to sleep. I sat up and looked down from my second-story window to the thin road below. Bathed in the orange light of a street lamp a group of people were dancing in a circle, their maniacal laughs and screams echoin...…
…2-News I have real problems with my city and my university. It’s legal in Ann Arbor to gather outside in groups of 25 and inside in groups of 10. But it isn’t safe. The city also requires that we wear masks when in groups, but even that’s not safe unless we are six feet apart. And how easy is it to wear a mask when you’re having a drink and a conversation? My city — the city I came home to 10 years after I graduated fro...…
…7-Opinion Opinion Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com O ver the next couple of weeks, universities across the United States will welcome back faculty, staff and students in the midst of the recent and sustained national surge in COVID-19 cases. The University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, North Carolina State University and University of Alabama showed us the d...…
…Seven days without electricity last August delivered me shaking and stimulus-starved on the steps of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Sympathizer.” Hurricane Isaias had taken out most of Connecticut’s electrical infrastructure, along with all contact with the outside world. Only when removed from 21st century comforts could I approach Nguyen’s award-encrusted novel. Nguyen combines historical fiction with spy thriller, fo...…
… Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 11 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Animated classic ‘Mare’ now streaming in the U.S. In a parallel world, moviegoers, blissfully unaware of the COVIDs and the Faucis and the curves — flattened or otherwise — are settling down in front of the silver screen at their favorite theater for a rare Hungarian treat. Their throats and noses gloriously exposed, these parallel-people ar...…
…O n Tuesday of Wel- come Week this year, I had dinner alone on my porch. The house I had moved into just a few days earlier was still uncomfortably hot, so I fled to the cool breeze and quiet murmur of the street. Settling into a chair, I watched the world go by in front of me as dusk faded into night. Usually, when I sit still in such a bustling environment, I like to imagine where people are coming from, where they...…
…I n November of 2009, a special elec- tion in New York state meant that school was cancelled, so my mom decided to take my sister and I into New York City for a girl’s day. We planned to shop for hours at our favorite stores, stuff our- selves with classic New York pizza for lunch and venture to Midtown Manhattan. Before we left for the city, my mom explained that I would need to give a urine sample to the doctor. Since I ha...…
…W aiting for a financial aid offer is a lot like waiting for a medical diagnosis. The un- known creates a fear so piercing, so all- consuming, that when the anticipated phone call or email finally comes through, holding your fate in a short string of sentences, your life halts for a second. And then, the shock: Maybe it’s a temporary loss of hearing. Maybe your heart begins to race so much you forget to breathe. Maybe you grow li...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 15 Matthew Beniers adds more elite playmaking ability An old school center, Hunter Dickinson built for Big Ten competition Here’s the thing — the Michigan hockey team didn’t need another forward in its incoming recruiting class. It already had two commits likely to go top 10 in the 2021 NHL Draft, and another two borderline first-rounders eligibl...…
…On fall Saturdays in recent On fall Saturdays in recent memory, Claiborne Green memory, Claiborne Green always follows the same routine. always follows the same routine. About an hour and a half before About an hour and a half before kickoff at Michigan Stadium, he kickoff at Michigan Stadium, he goes next door to Crisler Center goes next door to Crisler Center and meets some of the facilities and meets some of the facilitie...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 17 Michigan athlete creates group to battle racism Last week, NBA players boycotted games after police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wis. This summer, the Big Ten created a coalition against hate and racism with members from every school in response to the police killing of George Floyd. But this June, amid the Black Lives Matt...…
…18 — Wednesday, September 2, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com On Sunday afternoon, student-athletes gathered together. Not for practice, not for a game or team meeting, but for a protest. The march in support of Black Lives Matter was a joint effort from Michigan and Eastern Michigan athletes. Eagles linebacker Tariq Speights and Wolverines senior defensive back Hunter Reynolds were the official organiz...…
…Prospective University of Michigan student David Chu was looking forward to touring the University’s campus for his first time before making a college decision — until the coronavirus outbreak changed his plans. Chu is from a suburb near Chicago, Illinois, and was accepted to the Ross School of Business. Because of campus event closures due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, however, he was unable to visit the Universit...…
…“I’d like to, first and foremost, recognize the heroes in our state,” Peters said. “What we have seen from our fellow Michiganders has been nothing short of remarkable.” Peters thanked the health care and grocery store workers in their efforts to maintain essential services. The senator addressed COVID-19 as both a public health crisis and an economic crisis. Peters elaborated on his efforts through communicating with the...…
…Brown also detailed how the University is in the process of developing virtual resources for prospective students, which include a video narration of the information session, Campus Day presentations, alumni videos, social media interactions and a 360-degree video tour of the campus. “We have a number of opportunities in the works for prospective and admitted students to access information,” Brown wrote....…
…M arch 10 is a day I won’t soon forget. Classes had yet to be moved online, and I was clinging to the hope that I would get to finish my freshman year in Ann Arbor. Yet, that day, the coronavirus was not on my mind — voting was. It was primary day in Michigan and, like countless other students, I went to the polls and cast my vote, proudly sporting my sticker afterward. We were fortunate to have our election that...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2020 — 5A Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com KNXWLEDGE VIA YOUTUBE MUSIC REVIEW There’s a point in everyone’s life when they suddenly become an oldhead. Well, the act of becoming an oldhead isn’t sudden. It’s a years — even decades — long process, and its onset can be quite jarring. Say that in your younger days, you enjoyed 1990s and 2000s hip-hop a la 50 Cent, Notorious B.I.G., Missy Elliott, Jay-Z...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2020 — 6A Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “The Authenticity Project” gets its title from a notebook a lonely old man leaves behind. As he searches for authenticity in a world full of lies, he begins by writing his own truth in the pages of a notebook. In return, he only asks for one thing: that the reader who finds the authenticity project writes their own truth. And maybe then we can be more honest...…
…‘Tell your grandparents to vote for Bernie’: a call left unanswered statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 1, 2020 ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE FAN …
…Wednesday, April 1, 2020 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Magdalena Mihaylova Deputy Editors Emily Stillman Marisa Wright Associate Editor Reece Meyhoefer Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Madison Gagne Sadia Jiban Photo Editor Keemya Esmael Editor in Chief Elizabeth Lawrence Managing Editor Erin White B y the Thursday of our first week of remote classes, I was already bored out of my mi...…
…3B Wednesday, April 1, 2020 // The Statement 3B Solomon and Matt are roommates. As roommates, they typically only see each other in the morning, maybe in between classes and before bed. However, COVID-19 said “LOL” and they have been shut together in their apartment for three weeks. These pieces, one by each roommate, were written in whatever fraction of isolation they could find on opposite sides of their shared living room. S olo...…
…T hink about the last time you interrupted someone during class. I won’t judge. Was it because they were taking too long to finish their thought? Did you think of a better argument and decide to jump in? Were you simply asking them to speak louder? Now, think about the last time someone interrupted you. Did it bother you? Did you want to call them out, but were too afraid to speak up? When you tried to speak again, did you forg...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2020 // The Statement 6B I n March of 2019, my younger brother Jack and I found ourselves shoulder to shoulder on an itchy cot in the lemon-scented, linoleum-tiled hallway of the University of Michigan emergency room. He assured me for the umpteenth time that I was fine, but the sharp pain in my chest told me otherwise. Jack’s pragmatic mind knew enough about my history of anxiety and hypochondria to know that ...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, April 1, 2020 // The Statement H ave you ever hated someone? If so, did you feel it consume or distract you? Did it eat away at your thoughts in the hours before falling asleep or as you daydreamed in class? Did you avoid going to certain places or partaking in certain activities because you knew that person would be present? Most of us have or will hate someone else in our ...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2020 // The Statement 8B VISUAL STATEMENT: FIRENZE PHOTOS BY ALEXANDRIA POMPEI …
