…Five speakers shared their research in regulating false information online to a crowd of approximately 50 students and faculty members Tuesday night at Rackham Assembly Hall. The panel, titled “Catching Fake News,” was part of the University of Michigan Dissonance Event Series, which focuses on the intersection of technology, privacy, policy, security and law. Panelists included Mark Ackerman, a School of Informa...…
…These findings come amid former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s forced resignation, which has left the future of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election unclear. Trump has since appointed Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general. According to the study, 35 percent of the respondents identified as Republicans or independents who lean Repub...…
…current moment, not a debate. The second part of the event featured a workshop for developing policy recommendations for the University. “This event is first and foremost a proactive, student- generated response to the administration’s call to gather input from stakeholders across the University, and its primary objective is to gain insights and recommendations from a diverse, multidisciplinary, intergenerationa...…
…T his year, I recently enrolled in the Ross School of Business from the College of Literature, Science and Arts to be on track for pursuing dual degrees in English and Business. Now that the first semester is nearly over, I’ve noticed some notable differences between the schools. More specifically, I’ve found that the Business School is very different from what I expected. One key difference is that the Business School f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 28, 2018 — 5A ALEC COHEN / DAILY THEATRE REVIEW TV REVIEW “come out and play” Billie Eilish Interscope Records The night that Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was bitterly cold outside. Early October — too early to dig out your winter jacket, but too late for thin windbreakers. As I was leaving a restaurant with m...…
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…T he No. 7 Michigan men’s basketball team enters Wednesday’s top-15 showdown with North Carolina ranked just four spots ahead of the Tar Heels. How they got there couldn’t be more dif- ferent. North Carolina’s high-pow- ered offense is averaging 96.6 points per game in its 6-1 start. The Wolverines, meanwhile, have ascended to their highest regular-season ranking in six years on the back of a defense that allows just 48.8 p...…
…8A — Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A 4-part series of forums on accountability, transparency and powerholders in Ann Arbor Wednesday, Dec. 5 @ 7PM Ann Arbor District Library 343 S 5th Ave. Ann Arbor FEATURING PANELISTS Who Holds the Power in Ann Arbor? Speak Truth to Power: The Role of Journalism PRESENTS: ALEXA ST. JOHN 2018 Michigan Daily Editor in Chief and Moderator ROBERT YOON Polit...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 28, 2018 ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINE JEGARL “I didn’t realize academia was a career for me” …
…S ometimes I dim my computer screen and meander down the streets of my hometown via the panoramic lens of Google Street View. This is a pathetic confes- sion, I know, but also an unexpected remedy for the occasional pangs of nostalgia. In my head, I relate these virtual escapes to the same sort of self-reflection preached by Henry David Thoreau and his transcen- dentalist clique. I’ll pause for a second and admit that this analogy woul...…
…Wednesday, November 28, 2018// The Statement 3B O ne afternoon in late May 2017, my family and I pulled our Ford Escape into the drive- way — we’d just gotten back from a short Memorial Day weekend trip — to find a small, red chicken coop sitting on our lawn. I dashed over and lifted up the roof of the coop, exposing two anxiously clucking, rust-colored hens cowering in the sawdust-covered nesting box. The birds were afraid to let ...…
…Wednesday, November 28, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 28, 2018 // The Statement 5B I remember it vividly. It was summer of 2015 and I was receiving emails from the University of Michigan about something called the “Undergradu- ate Research Opportunity.” I had no idea what this meant, nor did I take the time to care. I was excited to be attending the University in just a few months, but was not one to open seemingly-...…
…Wednesday, November 28, 2018 // The Statement 6B E very semester starts with the same ice- breaker: Where are you from, what year are you and what is your major? I always got tripped up by the first question. I was born in Santiago de Chile but I left before my first birthday. I lived in in Pittsburgh for five years and by the time I was six I had already crossed into new state lines. I lived in Jonesboro, Ark., only to move...…
…Wednesday, November 28, 2018 // The Statement 7B The Comical Strangeness of Second-Hand Embarrassment BY SAM ROSENBERG, SENIOR ARTS EDITOR H eavy breathing, a rapid heartbeat, trem- bling knees, a tightened throat — these are typical symptoms for someone who expe- riences performance anxiety. You know, that noxious feeling you get when you’re about to go onstage and speak, dance or sing in front of a crowd of people. I’ve had that a...…
…V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : A n n A r b o r Tr e e L i g h t i n g Fe s i t va l photos by Max Kuang Wednesday, November 28, 2018 // The Statement 8B …
