…University announces new Knight-Wallace Fellows Conference celebrates Ann Arbor and Detroit innovators Fellows consist of 12 U.S. and seven International journalists By KAELA THEUT Daily News Editor The University of Michigan has announced its 44th class of Knight- Wallace Journalism Fellows. The new group consists of 12 U.S. and seven international journalists. Fellows spend a year living in the University’s Wallace House, wh...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Following intense bargaining, GEO contract ratified with U According to the GEO website, the contract went into effect May 1 By MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter After months of sit-ins, walk- out speculations and negotiations with the University of Michigan, the Graduate Employees’ Orga- nization officially ratified their new contract April 15; according to th...…
…4 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION A day or two after Spring Break this year, as I sat studying in the Java Blu cafe in East Quad, I heard a girl say: “Well it isn’t Spring Break if someone doesn’t throw up.” She was referring to something her friend had said about someone on a Spring Break trip who’d vomited after drinking too much alcohol. Immediately, the casual way she responded struck me ...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com N owadays, I feel that we are out of touch with true kindness. Kindness is seen almost exclusively on phone screens through social media, where selfless people feed the homeless and leave extra-large cash tips at restaurants, where abandoned puppies are adopted by strangers and giant teddy bears distribute roses on the streets. Kindness is no more than a ...…
…6 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Circle’ tanks By BECKY PORTMAN Daily Arts Writer Directed by James Ponsoldt (“The Spectacular Now”) and star- ring big-time actors like Emma Watson (“Beauty and the Beast”), Tom Hanks (“Bridge of Spies”) and strangely Patton Oswalt (“Ratatouil- le”) in a suit, “The Circle” is a film wrought with wasted potential. The concept is strong — it points out the omnip...…
…7 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Veep’ star talks politics Matt Walsh discusses political satire and comedy By SHIR AVINADAV Daily Arts Writer “That came out wrong,” was uttered not by U.S. Press Secre- tary Sean Spicer, but by “Veep”’s Mike McLintock (Matt Walsh) after a gaffe that earned him one of Selena Meyer’s (Julia Louis- Dreyfus, “Seinfeld”) famous glares. Though the bumbling former ...…
…8 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com WINTEK CORPORATION AND Wintek Electro‑Optics Corporation are auctioning off its overseas assets and equipment. Bid period: announcement date 26 April 2017, bid closing date: May 9th 2017, bid opening date: May 10th 2017. For more detailed information, visit the Reorganization section a...…
…Ann Arbor observes May Day by social inequality protest University research buildings honored in competition for increased energy efficiency Hundreds of students and organizers gathered for festival with social and political focus By EDUARDO BATISTA Daily Staff Reporter On Monday, hundreds of students and organizers gathered in Ann Arbor for the May Day Festival of Resistance, an event with a social and political focus. The o...…
…10 Thursday,May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan Softball Academy makes impact Michigan coach Carol Hutchins stepped from the first baseline toward home plate. Her smile couldn’t have been larger. “Alright, let’s go baserunners,” she screamed emphatically. Unlike most cases, though, she wasn’t critiquing her players’ form or implementing game strategy. Hutchins was rooting on a handful of the part...…
…11 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS In the Michigan baseball team’s game against Rutgers Saturday, what should have been a harmless first inning fly-out was anything but. Left fielder Miles Lewis sprinted into the gap in left- center field in pursuit of a high fly ball off the bat of Scarlet Knight designated hitter Mike Carter. Meanwhile, senior center fielder Johnny Slater...…
…12 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In its 10th annual “Pink Game” to raise awareness for breast cancer, the Michigan softball team capped off an undefeated regular season home record with an 8-0 run-rule victory over Western Michigan Tuesday. The win gave the Wolverines (38-10-1 overall, 17-3 Big Ten) a perfect home record of 17-0 to end the season, a feat it hasn’t accomplished since 2009. Western...…
