…ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM See RA, Page 3 ANN ARBOR, MI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 | MICHIGANDAILY.COM GOT A NEWS TIP? E-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 130 ©2020 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A R T S ...…
…When LSA junior Sam Burnstein arrived at the University of Michigan’s quarantine housing at Northwood apartments, he was underwhelmed by what he found. “When walking into the apartments here, the whole time I kept thinking, ‘This feels like a big afterthought,’” Burnstein said. “It feels like the University had, like, two or three weeks till the school year starts and they’re like, ‘Oh, we need somewhere to put...…
…“Central Student Government is currently working with the Dean of Students office and MDining to provide individual pots and pans for each student.” Dissatisfaction with meal service In addition to issues with the cleanliness of the rooms, students isolating expressed dissatisfaction with the meal service. Students are instructed to fill out a form every day by midnight to receive food the next day. If students arrive ...…
…A former University of Michigan vice president overturned a 1979 decision to fire Robert Anderson, the late University athletic doctor accused of sexual misconduct, documents filed in U.S. District Court Thursday reveal. Thomas Easthope, former vice president of the Division of Student Life, said in a deposition that he took steps to fire Anderson upon learning of these allegations. Easthope later changed this claim, telling ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 5 Six months later: what treating COVID-19 looks like Thursday marks six months since the first positive COVID-19 tests were detected in Michigan. Since then, health care professionals at Michigan Medicine adapted to an unprecedented public health crisis that has tested the strength of the hospital’s resources and employees. During the first three months of ...…
…Navigating the return to every- day life for formerly incarcerated individuals is no small feat. Youth Justice Fund (YJF), a non-profit based in Ypsilanti MI, works to assist formerly incarcerated youth reacclimating to society. Executive Director Aaron Kinzel, who spent 10 years in the prison system, aims to provide mental and financial support to get for- merly incarcerated individuals back on their feet. YJF’s website thoroug...…
…Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color Wildcat strike. When I first heard this term, it seemed something feral, yet unavoidable, similar to when you mistreat an animal for long enough and it finally decides to bite back. As a ResStaff member in West Quad, I would say that this is an accurate portrayal of my own feelings about choosing to strike. It feels as if I have been knocked d...…
…Opinion I t has been 218 days since the first COVID-19 case on United States soil and there is still no organized national testing strategy. Despite being warned ten times by public health experts as early as Jan. 18 about the threat the virus posed to our country, President Donald Trump and his administration failed — and are continuing to fail — to take the pandemic seriously. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious...…
…2-News A s students and faculty at the University of Michigan started their second week of the fall semester, a day was set aside to observe Labor Day. In a Twitter post on Monday, GEO wrote, “(Our) membership has authorized a strike, effective (Tuesday). This is a historic moment: we are striking at the beginning of the year, in the midst of a pandemic, to protect our whole community.” On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the day after the nat...…
…7-Opinion Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A s members of the faculty at the University of Michigan, we are deeply troubled by the administration’s response to the ongoing strike led by many of our graduate students. The administration has been quick to characterize the strike as “illegal.” But so were many of the strikes that make up the history of the labor movement worldwide. Strikes are by definition meant to ...…
…New York City Going to elementary school every morning in New York City, I would always look out the train window hoping to catch a glimpse of something I could never quite forget. Painted on the wall about midway between the 103 and 96 St. stops on the 1 train line in Manhattan, there were two vividly-depicted life-sized rats schemingly grimacing at one another. An assortment of wildly- written words, profanities and codenames...…
…2-News 12 — Wednesday, September 16, 2020 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE B-SIDE: CITIES Why setting is so important in film When I tell people around here that I’m from Seattle, we often end up talking about one of the following: Microsoft or Amazon (or people they know that work there), rain or “Grey’s Anatomy.” No one seems to know anything about Seattle beyond the basics. And over time, as I’ve watched films...…
…Arts Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 13 I saw ‘Tenet’ in theaters. Here’s why you shouldn’t. Content warning: gun violence. They say not to yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater. Why? Are we so gullible that anyone who hears the forbidden word will throw their popcorn and sprint down the aisles like a re-showing of “Cats” has just begun? I don’t buy it. People aren’t that easy to scare. How many of us have grown up having clas...…
…L et’s get down to business, to de- feat the Huns!” I will always remember those summer nights I spent sprawled on my grandparents’ living room couch in China, as I passionately sang along to “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from the animated mov- ie “Mulan.” Based on an ancient Chinese ballad, Disney’s cartoon “Mulan” told the story of a young girl who disguised her- self as a man and enlisted in the army in the place of her f...…
…P erhaps one of the most cursed images a young woman can con- jure is the female dressing room — the one tucked in the backstage corner of every theatre, dance studio and concert hall. With its taunting mirrored walls and the rancid stenches of burnt hair and the nervous sweat only starved teenage girls can produce, the place is hellish in the most basic sense. Having grown up doing theatre and competitive show choir, I’v...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 16 The (really far) off-campus experience BY WILLA HART, STATEMENT COLUMNIST L ast March, when the University announced that classes would be moved online, I was in a philoso- phy seminar, cramming with my classmates for the exam we had in five minutes. It was one of those classmates who read out the University’s official statement, the rest of us...…
…Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 17 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Yost through the eyes of the equipment manager The dull whir of the skate sharpening machine sets a fitting background noise. Masked up in an empty Yost Ice Arena, Long-time Michigan hockey equipment manager Ian Hume sits at his desk, a wall of skates to his left. Before our interview can begin, a visitor arrives. Freshman forward Phillippe Lapoi...…
…Above all, Saturday in Ann Arbor missed the people 18 — Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FILE PHOTO/Daily On what would have been the Wolverines' home opener, Michigan Stadium sat empty, as did many of the traditionally lively tailgating spots. - wo-hundred- eighty-nine days ago, when 110,000 fans filed out of Michigan Stadium, sadness glued to their faces after yet another loss to Ohi...…
…Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 19 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com DANIEL DASH Daily Sports Editor Majdi Issa is no stranger to mentorship. As the youngest of seven children and owner of Ahmo’s Gyro and Deli in downtown Ann Arbor, he has 18 nieces and nephews and a restaurant staff looking up to him. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Issa has always been a passionate Michigan sports fan. So when his cousin put him in tou...…
…20 — Wednesday, September 16, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 16, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM An audience of 150 gathered Friday afternoon in the Annenberg Auditorium of the Ford School of Public Policy for a talk titled “Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era.” The event featured a conversation between former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley; former Assistant Secretary of State for European and ...…
…2A — Monday, September 16, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers IS IT BREAK YET? puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, September 16, 2019— 3A This summer, I studied abroad for 3 months in Prague, Czech Republic. I knew I wanted to do this program before I even started my freshman year at the University of Michigan, so this was really exciting for me. Aside from Prague, I also had the opportunity to visit other small cities in the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, German...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, September 16, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Ed...…
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…C O M M E M O R AT I N G MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 University of Michigan Law School, 1225 Jeffries Hall 4:10–5:30 p.m. Sponsored by U-M Office of the Provost A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH 46000 Summit Parkway Canton, MI 48188 734-394-5460 www.summitonthepark.org · · · · One Edith Wharton’s second novel, “The House Of Mirth,” depicts a world that I knew almost nothing about before picking it up — t...…
…Nick Eubanks felt chills when he heard the play-call. He knew it was one designed to free him over the middle, a play Michigan had practiced repeatedly in the lead-up to its Nov. 17, 2018 bout with Indiana. He lined up on the right side of the line, put his hand on the ground, heard the cadence and started flying as if carried by the wings of an angel. He released up the field, darting up the seam through the Hoosiers’ defense. A...…
…That’s when Nick turned to football, which doubled as both a coping mechanism and a tribute. It was always Cassandra’s dream for Nick to make it big in football, even while, at the time, his focus largely centered around basketball. Nick dove into football head-on. There were no guarantees, but his large frame and athletic gift made the transition a smooth one. He was a late-bloomer in recruiting, but as is often the case, word ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday September 16, 2019 — 3B Wolverines draw Nebraska-Omaha Eight minutes in, disaster struck for the Wolverines. They’d fight. They’d keep their composure. But they’d never recover. In that pivotal eighth minute of the Michigan men’s soccer team’s match at University of Nebraska-Omaha Friday, Maverick forward Aaron Uribe hit a header over senior goalkeeper Andrew Verdi. The...…
…4B — September 16, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After losing two of its last three games, the No. 24 Michigan volleyball team (6-2) looked to right the ship on Friday against Navy (4-4), a feat it would accomplish after battling through three close sets. From the outset, things didn’t look good for the Wolverines. Michigan was down 11-8 early against the Midshipmen in the first set. Looking to get his ...…
…Joe Palca, an award-winning science correspondent from National Public Radio, visited the University of Michigan Thursday afternoon to give a talk titled “Communicating Science for Fun and Profit” at West Hall. The talk focused on how to better communicate science with the general public. Palca, who has worked for NPR since 1992, has covered a large range of science news, such as the new genome editing technology and...…
… The University of Michigan received a $3.9 million grant from the National Institue of Health to fund its musculoskeletal research, a program which involves several schools including the School of Dentistry, the School of Public Health and LSA on Aug. 30. Musculoskeletal work involves the way the muscles, skeleton, tendons and more relate to one another and work together. The grant funds will be utilized by t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 16, 2016 —3A On June 10, 2016, the city gave ReCommunity notice that if perceived safety concerns continued, the city reserved the right to terminate the contract. On July 7, ReCommunity was given a letter informing them their contract would be terminated effective July 11. On Sept. 2, the city responded to the lawsuit with a motion for partial dismissal and a mot...…
…T oday, in many households throughout the Bay Area, football jerseys are being set aflame. This is not necessarily an earth- shattering revelation for avid sports fans, as a good-ol’-fashioned jersey burning has become an off-season staple in recent years, a tradition akin to a bonfire in the fall. But this is a unique case. The passion of this situation runs even deeper than the vitriol that the city of ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 16, 2016 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Shot in the dark 5 Mild expletive 9 Contraction used with “up” 14 Confining room 15 River originating in Manchuria 16 Assails 17 Woodstock performer before Joan 18 Sci-fi guru 19 Rodeo maker 20 Number on some beer bottles? 23 Make even the slightest comment 24 Hall of Famer Musial 25 Some suits, ...…
…6A — Friday, September 16, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By DAYTON HARE Daily Classical Music Columnist T his is a true story. It was late night in June of 1937, and the young composer sat alone in his Moscow apartment, bent over his work. The room was quiet except for the metronomic ticking of the clock on the mantle and the furious scribbling of the composer’s pen. In the opposite corner his pi...…
…September 17, 2016: Colorado THAT DAMN GAME ‘ ’ …
…FootballSaturday, September 17, 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. 1 Alabama (-10.5) at No. 19 Ole Miss Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Alabama Alabama No. 2 Florida State (-1.5) at No. 10 Louisville Louisville Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State No. 3 Ohio Sta...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Colorado at Michigan Matchup: Colorado 2-0; Michigan 2-0 When: Saturday 3:30 P.M. Where: Michigan Stadium TV/Radio: BTN Michigan wraps up non-league schedule at home vs. Colorado By MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor And now, a test. The No. 4 Michigan football team (2-0) steamrolled its first two opponents by a combined 107 points. It left no doubt in Michigan Stad...…
…FootballSaturday, September 17, 2016 4 By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Michigan Stadium is usually silent. It is silent through the offseason. It is silent at night. It is silent today. And then there are the rare moments of silence when the largest building in football is packed with a crowd of 100,000-plus people who don’t make a sound. For some, that silence can drown out any of the roars from past memories — John Wangl...…
…5 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com into the air. Law jumped again to try for the interception, but Westbrook snatched the ball out of the air and fell into the end zone for the touchdown. Jackson on the broadcast: “Stewart, with time, lets it go … he’s got three people down there … the ball is up in the air … CAUGHT! TOUCHDOWN! CAUGHT BY WESTBROOK FOR A TOUCHDOWN! INCREDIBLE!” Westbrook, in the following Monday...…
…FootballSaturday, September 17, 2016 6 where they were and why did this happen. He was livid. It was a bad locker room.” Later, Falk went to the visiting coaches’ locker room to see Colorado coach Bill McCartney, who was an assistant at Michigan before he took the Colorado job. Falk: “I went in to see him after the game. Of course, Bill McCartney is a really religious guy. Very religious. And I walked into the coaches’ locker ro...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Colorado By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor After two stress-free wins over Hawaii and Central Florida, the No. 4 Michigan football team will finally face a bigger challenge this weekend in the form of Colorado, the Wolverines’ first Power Five opponent of the season. Though Michigan remains strongly favored, the Buffaloes (2-0) are also coming off a pair of routs, ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 17, 2016 8 What to Watch For: Secondary, Michigan run game, miracles By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor As the No. 4 Michigan football team gets ready for its third straight game at Michigan Stadium, the preparation will be slightly different this time around. The Wolverines (2-0) were heavy favorites over both Hawaii and Central Florida, and though they’re still a 20-point favorite over Colorad...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 16, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 126 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS.......................... 5A SPORTS ......................7A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A T H E S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . .1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM ‘U’ e...…
…2A — Wednesday, September 16, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com M AKE A R ACKET THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week MONDAY: This Week in History TUESDAY: Campus Voices IN OTHER IVORY TOWERS U. Texas fires athletic director The University of Texas, Austin fired its athletic director, Steve Patterson, The Daily Texan reported Tuesday. Patterson’s firing comes after UT’s athletic depart- ment 2013-2...…
…State lawmakers tout “Yes Means Yes” campaign State Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. (D–Meridian Twp.) and State Rep. Tom Cochran (D–Mason) proposed legislation to require schools to strengthen their definition of consent in their sexual education courses, the Detroit Free Press reported. The legislation would clarify that sex without a verbal “yes” could be assault. The bill would also clarify that individuals can take back their...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 16, 2015 — 5A ‘America’ paints millenial portrait Strongest work yet from Baumbach and Gerwig By VANESSA WONG Daily Arts Writer As students and future success- ful people, we all see college as a time to be unique, but most often we emulate peo- ple we admire to develop our own identities. In “Mistress America,” the hilariously well- scripted second collabor...…
…percent in 2006 to 35 percent in 2014. “The proportion of people both college age and adolescent, for that matter, who see mari- juana use as dangerous has been declining fairly sharply,” John- ston said. “I think that almost always leads to more use. Con- versely, if we see an increase in perceived risk, that usually leads to less use. I think the key belief about whether it’s dan- gerous or not has been changing a lot. I think tha...…
