…Around two hundred people gathered in Weiser Hall Wednesday night to hear Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speak on the world’s greatest challenges to human rights. Sociology Professor Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director of the Donia Human Rights Center, said the Distinguished Lecture series invites speakers to campus who have both experience in human rights and the ability to s...…
…The University of Michigan’s Theme Semester for Winter 2020 will center around the Great Lakes. Sponsored by the School of Literature, Science and the Arts, the Great Lakes Theme Semester will feature classes and events focused on issues dealing with the Great Lakes region. English Department Chair David Porter, who serves as the Great Lakes Theme Semester Steering Committee director, said the committee hopes the theme semester...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 3 “So, we kind of do everything in house.” Businesses with recreational marijuana licenses will be able to tap into a whole new market of users. Jarrous explained the potential impact recreational licensing could have on the accessibility of the drug. “One of the biggest criticisms of the industry is that it’s been inaccessible to people for a really long tim...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson 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 E...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 5 P O L I C Y T A L K S @ T H E F O R D S C H O O L HARRY A. AND MARGARET D.TOWSLEY FOUNDATION LECTURE SERIES Conversation on national security, service, and policy Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Information: 734-615-7545 or fspp-events@umich.edu @fordschool #policytalks Monday, November 11, 2019 4:00 - 5:20 pm Gerald R. Ford School of Publi...…
…6 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Sean Biggins (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/07/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/07/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019 ACROSS 1 Astrological Ram 6 Cleans out badly? 10 __-pitch softball 13 Dry up 14 Old photo hue 15 Equivocate 16 International waters 18 Scr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 7 Teske’s career night anchors Wolverines in season-opening victory When Jon Teske’s baseline post hook grazed the left side of the rim on the opening possession, it didn’t take long for him to clean up his own mess. Instead of trotting back on defense, the senior center bulldozed into the paint to corral his own rebound. In one fell swoop, he landed on the...…
…8 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2017, in New Bremen, Ohio — population of 2,973 — then-Michigan commit Paige Jones brought home the first state championship for her high school, simultaneously setting state records for kills in the state tournament (72) and kills in a match (47). Fall 2018, in Ann Arbor, Michigan — student population of 46,716 — Jones looked to prove herself a...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 7, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 26 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S ...…
…anything we set our hearts to … And if history has not yet been made then we can make it.” Gilchrist then introduced Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, winner of the governor’s race. “I am so excited about what the state of Michigan is doing right now,” Gilchrist said. “And the only thing I might be more excited about is the woman who’s going be the next governor and that’s Gretchen Whitmer.” Whitmer defeated Republican candidate ...…
…I’m still in awe of Aida Cuevas’s performance of her album Totalmente Juan Gabriel last Friday night. Cuevas is a powerhouse performer with phenomenal vocals. She has been in the music industry for over 40 years, winning both a Grammy and a Latin Grammy award. Not only is Cuevas an incredible singer, but she also has a strong stage presence, holding herself with tremendous confidence and grace. Totalmente Juan Gabriel...…
…Sarah Zettel, University alum and author of “The Other Sister” recently sat down to speak with The Daily about her latest release. From starting off at the University scribbling in “notebooks with friends creating shared worlds,” today Zettel has produced over 18 novels in sci-fi, romance, fantasy and various other genres. “The Other Sister” is a domestic suspense and psychological thriller that flips the traditional fairytale ups...…
…Professors and people in power at the University of Michigan, in order for any of this anti-racist activism to work, you all need to constantly be checking your privilege. That means not telling your students they will not succeed because of where they are from. Looking at you, University of Michigan, Residential College That means not castigating a Black student on her tone and thoughts in front of 80 of her white ...…
…A couple of months ago, I called my dad to complain. I don’t even remember what I was calling to complain about. Before jumping into my tirade, I asked him how his day was going. He said, with a big sigh, something along the lines of, “Well I showed up to the scene of an accident today where the victim was dead on arrival.” He wasn’t wearing his helmet on his motorcycle and according to my dad, “His brains were all ove...…
…Read the full story online at MichiganDaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 7, 2018 — 7A Juwann Bushell-Beatty and the virtue of patience in his fifth season Juwann Bushell-Beatty had a particular confidence about him when he first got to Ann Arbor. The now-fifth-year-senior says he was like most freshman on the Michigan football team in that way — upbeat that high school success would carry ove...…
…8A — Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Season-opening snoozer Michigan beats Norfolk State, 63-44 Norfolk State didn’t score its first points until seven minutes and 16 seconds into the game. By that point, it was far too late. Sophomore guard Jordan Poole found Charles Matthews with a nifty wrap-around pass in the post, and the redshirt junior forward finished off the Michigan men’s baske...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 7, 2018 Charting the politics of Michigan 2016 ELECTION …
…H ad I owned a laptop in early high school, I probably would’ve had one of those text bubble “*you’re” stickers smugly displayed on it, announcing to the world how grammatically superior I was to those who dared to write “your welcome.” Luckily, I didn’t have a laptop, and luckily, my view of grammar has changed since then. Grammar has always been something I thought was both fun and important, particularly as s...…
…I n the spring of 2016, I voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary for president. I’d gone to a rally that March, and Sanders had said things I’d never heard any politician say. He wanted to give Americans universal health care, economic equality, affordable college education, a more sustainable economy and easier access to reproductive health services. When I recall my excitement at these endeavors — and his — I fee...…
…Charting the politics of Michigan Design by Willa Hua | Analysis by Robert Lesser | Written by Brian Kuang An election is nothing more than a snapshot of the electorate at a given time. Nevertheless, the results of the 2018 midterm elections in Michigan help form a wider story of the shifting political sands of the state and the nation. To help conceptualize today’s election results, the Statement Magazine has charted out how Michigan’s ...…
…Wednesday, November 7, 2018 // The Statement 6B D o you guys want to hang Saturday night?” I text some guys I met dur- ing Welcome Week, the October of my freshman year. “Sorry, we have to be at our frat party,” the reply reads. I already know I’m prob- ably not getting in, as me being a guy would mess up the “ratio” of their party. Next, I text some friends from home, firing off the same message, and a few m...…
…Wednesday, November 7, 2018 // The Statement 7B W hile at times it seems that we are living a political farce, President Donald Trump’s admin- istration is not an exaggerated the- atrical mockery of politics. It is the overt and vio- lent manifestation and expansion of American imperi- alism. What is hap- pening south of the U.S.-Mexico border — the approaching caravan of migrants — is a direct con- sequence...…
…Claire Meingast/Daily The polls at Tappan Middle School. Hannah Siegel/Daily The polls in the Michigan League. Hannah Siegel/Daily A student makes poster with voting information in Mason Hall. Hannah Siegel/Daily A sign on a lightpole in the Diag. Annie Klus/Daily Students leaving the Sports Coliseum after voting. Annie Klus/Daily Polls at the Sports Coliseum. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : Midterm Elec tions Wednesday, November...…
…Robert Ortega, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, opened Monday’s meeting by alerting members of the groundbreaking of the new Trotter Multicultural Center and the release of the diversity, equity and inclusion survey results. The climate survey found 1 in 5 University of Michigan students experienced a discriminatory event during the past year, even though the large majority of stu...…
…resolution through CSG or just having University Council submit a statement of support or solidarity that they agree that there should be more awareness or resources for student caregivers.” According to Nasr, the University of Michigan currently does not collect any data on student caregivers and there is currently no estimate on the number of student caregivers studying at the University. “That was one of the ...…
…staff. In addition earlier this week, students were also sent a second climate survey. SACUA members later spoke about the new Trotter Multicultural Center’s groundbreaking. Construction on the future site began over the summer outside the Helen Newberry and Betsy Barbour residences on State Street. The Trotter Center is currently located in an old fraternity house on Washtenaw Avenue. In Winter 2014, the Black St...…
…G rowing up, I always envisioned myself living in a sorority house at whatever college I ended up attending. For some reason, whenever I pictured what I would look like years down the road, happily committed to a university, I was always wearing Greek letters. To me, not going Greek was never an option. It seemed like a path everyone in my life had gone down and one I was willing to take myself. However, this compleme...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 7, 2017 — 5A ARBOR PROPERTIES Award-Winning Rentals in Kerrytown Central Campus, Old West Side, Burns Park. Now Renting for 2018. 734-649-8637 | www.arborprops.com FALL 2018 HOUSES # Beds Location Rent 11 1014 Vaughn $7700 9 1015 Packard $6525 6 511 Linden $4800 6 1016 S. Forest $5400 6 1207 Prospect $4900 6 1355 Wilmot Ct. $5075 5 935 S. Division $4000 4 412 E. W...…
…Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum Unraveling the Arab Spring Egypt since 2011 Panelists: Samer Ali, CMENAS director, U-M; Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, U-M; Jean Lachapelle, Weiser Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M; Bassem Youssef, satirist Moderator: Pauline Jones, DISC director Free and open to the public Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, Islamic St...…
…Tuesday, November 7, 2017 // TIP OFF 2017 2B George Mason Preseason WNIT Oakland at Ohio Notre Dame at LIU Brooklyn at Detroit Mercy Marquette Kent State North Florida Fort Wayne Delaware State Penn State at Iowa Nov. 10 Nov. 12, 16, 19 Nov. 22 Nov. 25 Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 Dec. 31 Jan. 4 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 8 Feb...…
…It’s time to go dancing J illian Dunston leaves no doubt. It’s Media Day at Crisler Center and the senior forward is taking questions. The one at hand: Tournament or bust? “Exactly.” Dunston has yet to play in the NCAA Tournament. Ditto for guard Katelynn Flaherty, the most talented scorer ever to put on a Wolverine uniform. And if neither of Michigan’s two seniors have gotten there, it’s not hard to figure out that no...…
…Tuesday, November 7, 2017 TIP OFF 2017 4B Jillian Dunston: The unsung hero ‘Coach, they made a mistake.’ At the Michigan women’s basketball team’s Media Day, coach Kim Barnes Arico reminisced about the day after her team wasn’t selected to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. As the players circled up before practice, with tears in their eyes, Jillian Dunston made one thing clear – the Wolverines should’ve been included in March Madness. ...…
…Tuesday, November 7, 2017 TIP OFF 2017 5B Dunston’s Michigan teammates have noticed the work ethic Joe instilled. “The work ethic and the theme of ‘hardest-working team in America’ is set by our other senior Jillian Dunston,” Barnes Arico said at Media Day. “If you’ve watched us play, (Dunston) … will do everything that’s needed to be done to help our team be successful. Whether that’s taking a charge to win a...…
…Tuesday, November 7, 2017 // TIP OFF 2017 6B Roster breakdown: Flaherty, Thome once again crucial to Michigan’s success The Michigan women’s basketball team is relying on its upperclassmen heading into the 2017-18 season. Though they lost two senior guards, Siera Thompson and Danielle Williams, the Wolverines have a lot of returners that make up the core of the team. That being said, there is a lot of young talent ...…
…Tuesday, November 7, 2017 // TIP OFF 2017 7B Big Ten Breakdown: Familiar foes present challenge Heartbroken. That’s how the Michigan women’s basketball team felt last March on selection day. Despite finishing third in a strong conference, the Wolverines failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive year. Michigan made the most out of the situation, though, winning the Women’s National Invita...…
…Tuesday, November 7, 2017 // TIP OFF 2017 8B Indiana has just four players returning from last year. Senior guard Tyra Buss and senior forward Amanda Cahill were top scorers last season and could be impact players again. To find the same success, the Hoosiers need Buss and Cahill to help the others find their roles. Purdue After a solid 2016-2017 season — in which they played in the Big Ten championship game, advanced to the sec...…
…ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM 76% Hillary Clinton 13% Donald Trump Projected Student Candidate Choice: Nov. 6 Source: Michigan Daily student survey (rounded to nearest percent) 6% Gary Johnson 1% Jill Stein 4.4% Other During the lead up to the presidential election, The Michigan Daily is polling students about campaign issues every two weeks. This is the fourth and final iteration of the survey. Ove...…
…2A — Monday, November 7, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Students hoping to see President Barack Obama when he visits campus Monday to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will first need to pick up tickets Sunday between noon and 7 p.m. at the Ray L. Fisher stadium and on the Diag. According to the campaign’s website, the public event will last from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m Monday. Oba...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, November 7, 2016 — 3A MAX KUANG/Daily Ypsilanti resident Orin Kennedy and his family examine fossils from the Bristle Mammoth at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History Saturday. MUSEUM FINDINGS in this iteration of the survey continued to identify themselves as Democrats, at 54 percent, with students identifying as Republicans forming less than half o...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, November 7, 2016 Clinton calls wisely on Obama to deliver speech R acist, misogynistic, idiotic, corrupt, conniving, demonic. These are just a sampling of the colorful adjectives I’ve heard used to describe the major party nominees for president of one of the oldest and most powerful democracies on the planet. Such a vitriolic campaign has fractured the partisa...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 7, 2016 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Encircled by 5 Note from the boss 9 Strolls through the shallows 14 Calf-length skirt 15 Words while anteing 16 Make a speech 17 High school infatuation 19 Wash lightly 20 Slowpoke in a shell 21 Worker’s allowance for illness 23 Tide table term 26 U.K. flying squad 27 Detriment to air quality 30 A ...…
…I watch a lot of TV. This is old news. Sometimes, though, my obsession with keeping up with TV gets unhealthy, particularly when I’m unwilling to quit a show I don’t even like anymore. It’s “The Walking Dead.” “The Walking Dead” is what I’m talking about. Critic Matt Zoller Seitz calls “The Walking Dead” an example of the “Bad Relationship Show, taking its audience for granted or treating it like garba...…
…The waiting game For the third straight year, the Michigan women’s soccer team is on the bubble, hoping to see their name Monday » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Aerial attack Wilton Speight again played his best game of the season as Michigan shredded Maryland’s passing defense » Page 4B Michigan 59, Maryland 3 B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 7, 2016 The tales are now famous, those of the physical, bloody, ...…
…2B — November 7, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Ryan, Michigan await another anxious Monday It’s a Wednesday, which means it’s a day, which means Greg Ryan is optimistic. The Michigan women’s soccer coach always seems to be positive about his team, always seems to think its best days are still ahead. In a few hours, Ryan’s team will board a plane to Minneapolis for the Big Ten Tournament....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday November 7, 2016 — 3B Michigan opens with exhibition win Though the Michigan men’s basketball team absorbed a couple of significant losses to its NCAA Tournament squad from last year, the starting lineup was supposed to be the area that provided this year’s team a sense of stability. But when the Wolverines stormed out of the tunnel under the veil of darkness at Crisler...…
…4B — November 7, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday The news only worsened for Maryland in the second quarter, when Hills went down on the first play and did not return. Caleb Rowe replaced him under center, and whatever momentum the Terrapins had disappeared. Most of the second half was merely a formality. The stands cleared out, and the clock ran quickly. Early in the fourth quarter, Rowe moved Maryland i...…
…4be 131)1aF&t Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 7, 2014 michigandaily.com GOVERNMENT Same-sex marriage ban upheld in court JAMES COLLER/Daily Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje (D) leads his final meeting at the Ann Arbor City Council Meeting Thursday. Hieftje leads hi last ci ty Ch to council meeting as mayor ristopher Taylor for Councilmembers Sally Hart I also want to mention all the City Administrator Steve Pow- Petersen (D-Ward 2) an...…
…2 - Friday, November 7, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com *1 2 - Friday, November 7, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * 94CIdtcigan Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN DOUGLAS SOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4111 ext.1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com dougsolo@michigandaily.com TOP LEFT Republican Gov. Rick Snyder celebrates his victory Tu...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com New Friday, November 7, 2014 - 3 MARRIAGE From Page 1 cuit: Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee," Sutton wrote. Later in the decision, he wrote that same-sex marriage propo- nents have not clearly justified the case to make the definition of marriage - and the subsequent rights and recognition attached to that definition - a constitu- tional issue. Michigan's case, DeBoer v. Snyder, was initially ...…
