…The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents met for their first meeting of the 2019-2020 school year Thursday. Regents Jordan Acker (D) and Michael Behm (D) were not present, and chair Ron Weiser (R) arrived late. University President Mark Schlissel began the meeting by thanking E. Royster Harper, vice president for Student Life, for her time at the University. Harper announced her retirement this week. “After an amazing f...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 20, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Diag was occupied by more than 30 students Tuesday night participating in the first “One Night Without a Home” sleep-out in Ann Arbor. The event, hosted by the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, as well as student activist organizations MReach and CURIS - Public Health Advocacy, comes as one of many...…
…Before “The Weinstein Effect: Breaking the Stories that Spurred a Movement” event hosted by the Wallace House, The Michigan Daily sat down with journalists Ronan Farrow and Ken Auletta to discuss their roles in reporting on Harvey Weinstein and where they see the next cultural reckoning coming from. The Michigan Daily: When you first started investigating Harvey Weinstein, did you ever envision the magnitude of the cultural rec...…
…Amid objections from community activists, Ann Arbor City Council moved forward Tuesday with a proposed amendment to allow for a waiver of restrictions on the eligibility of city employees to sit on the police oversight commission. The amendment will be addressed at a second reading during the next council meeting. The 2014 shooting of Aura Rosser by an Ann Arbor Police officer provoked months of debate and protest, eve...…
…Thursday, June 20, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 114 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR My name Subarna Bhattacharya shares sentiments behind her Bengali name, which trans- lates to “the color of gold” >> SEE PAGE ...…
…2 — September 20, 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 B E HIND THE STORY QUOTE OF THE WE E K “ A public university should not be in the business of deciding which of their students get to host speakers or speak their minds. It is the government’s responsibility to ensure that our rights are p...…
…Student organizations Elevate, South Asian Awareness Network and Paani jointly hosted a collaborative workshop to discuss feminism through a South-Asian lens on Tuesday night. The event was part of a four-part series exploring global perspectives on feminism. About 50 people engaged in the discussion and Q&A led by Debotri Dhar, women’s studies lecturer, and Zunaira Jilani, a Wayne State health and social psychology P...…
…As students gear up for the University of Michigan’s Student Government elections on March 27 and 28, The Daily sat down with LSA presidential and vice presidential candidates to talk platforms, vision and plans. In this installment, we profile the Wang-McKillop ticket. This is the first in a series profiling each set of candidates for the executive team. LSA junior Brian Wang, the LSA presidential candidate, and LSA sophomore Mary...…
…The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding “The Ann Arbor Greenbelt: Saving Michigan Farms Regional Conservation Partnership Program” $1 million dollars, according to a Feb. 4 press release. The project is led by the City of Ann Arbor Open Space and Parkland Preservation Program, also called the Greenbelt. It aims to protect surrounding Ann Arbor agricultural lands through conservation easements, the right to use some...…
…2 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 2 8 3 7 3 1 4 2 4 3 5 7 9 5 6 4 7 1 9 5 6 1 6 9 4 7 3 2 8 5 3 1 7 4 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 3/5/09 12:14 PM STRAWBERRIES puzzle by sudokusyndication.com NEWS ‘U’ hosts STEM diversity plenary SEISMIC conference holds first annual summer meeting SEISMIC, a coalition of American researc...…
…“CSG is encouraged by the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality and its joining of the Climate Change Coalition. We hope the University continues to take meaningful steps to reduce our carbon footprint.” The Board of Regents then unanimously approved the construction of a new University in-patient hospital next to the Frankel Cardiovascular Center. The hospital has an estimated cost of $920 million, will be 1...…
…LSA junior Rain Uddin decided to get involved in this campaign when she learned that Michigan’s 12th District was represented by a Democrat rather than a Democratic Socialist. “I am really interested in seeing the progressive take this seat, especially in this district,” Uddin said. “I am a transfer here, and once I experienced the community it was shocking to me that we had such an established Democrat as our representativ...…
…TMD: Ken, you have talked about your experience with trying to break the Weinstein story back in 2002 and 2015. What about the circumstances in 2017 were different from 2002 and 2015 that allowed the story to be released? Ken Auletta: But I think you know there’s a tendency to say, well because of Cosby, because of Roger Ailes, because of O’Reilly and others have the culture change and therefore continue to meddle with ... I think ...…
…According to the website, when going over each case, HR will focus on the nature and gravity of the offense, the timeliness and accuracy of the disclosure and the relevancy to the role held at the University. HR’s statement explains the policy is meant to preserve a safe University community. “Information about a faculty or staff member’s criminal activity helps the University maintain a safe community and prevent putting people at...…
…3 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Earlier this month, a team of scientists published a study in Nature Medi- cine journal that could lead researchers closer to a uni- versal vaccine for influenza, commonly known as the flu. Principal investigators include Aubree Gordon, Uni- versity of Michigan assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, and Florian Krammer, pro- fessor of micro...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4— Friday, September 20, 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 Edit...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, November 20, 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...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St....…
…4 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Toma...…
…The second day of Riot Fest began with a large blow-up cherry and a burgundy slip dress. The latter was donned by Cherry Glazerr’s always-on frontwoman, Clementine Creevy, and the former teetered in the background of their set. With the level of noise coming from each instrument, you would have expected it to pop. But no, it held up throughout their raucous and entertaining set, a whimsical piece of mythology that encapsulated the group’...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 20, 2019 — 5A Social media and what we think of as DIY culture today are incredibly interconnected. Shows are organized on Facebook, with attendance being estimated based on the number of “goings” and “maybes,” videos of bands performing are publicized through Instagram stories. Even Twitter plays a part in allowing bands to personally connect with fans via memes and rants. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 20, 2019 — 5A In 1973, a man purchased a can of gasoline from the Walgreens in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In an act that he would never be indicted for, he proceeded to “the Upstairs,” a New Orleanian gay bar, where he used the fluid to ignite the stairwell of the bar, a passage already conducive to flame, trapping many patrons inside. In a span of minutes, the...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 20, 2019 — 5A In 1978, the acclaimed novelist Yuko Tsushima published “Territory Of Light” a chapter at a time in the Japanese monthly literary magazine Gunzo, each chapter representing one month in a year. Tsushima is well-known in Japan, but is relatively unknown to Anglophone readers. The small amount of her work that has been translated into English is her most ...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION I n Costa Rica, there is a relaxed pace in both wild life and human nature. It is a place to truly take in the untouched world around you. When I visit, my favorite spots to explore are the empty miles of coast line, water- falls or jungle pathways. Beaches are stripped away of human presence and footprints through the circuitous cycle of washing wave...…
…6 — Friday, September 20, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com FACULTY COUPLE SEEKING Jr., sr., or grad student as study helper for 19‑year‑old dyslexic daughter. 2‑3 days/week, max 10 hours, $15/hour, flexi bleschedule. Email tareid458@gmail.com NEW HEALTH DISEASE‑related ChemicalbeingtestedbyOregon, UBC Argentina & Mexico. Chemical has 4 re lated USA...…
…6A — Wednesday, November 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com By Kurt Krauss ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/18/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/18/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, November 18, 2019 ACROSS 1 Aquarium 5 Yeshiva teacher 10 Dance in a pit 14 Iranian money 15 For...…
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…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com By George Jasper ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/20/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/20/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 ACROSS 1 Gaping mouths 5 “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” composer 10 States in an outdated atlas: Abbr. 14 Nobelist Wiesel 15 Official mandate 16 Analo...…
…6 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Hippo Campus opened Bonna- roo’s Saturday evening sets with an energetic performance that prevailed over the scorching heat. The Minnesota band played hits from both of their last two albums — Landmark which dropped in the winter of 2017 and Bambi that followed a year later — the sixty- minute set showing their range as a collective, while giving a taste of their ...…
…P O L I C Y T A L K S @ T H E F O R D S C H O O L SAMANTHA POWER Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Author of The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir September 2019 Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Info: fspp-events@umich.edu fordschool.umich.edu @fordschool #policytalks T H I R D A N N U A L VA N D E N B E R G L E CT U R E W E I S E R D I P LO M ACY C E N T E R L A U N C H S E R I E S The Education ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 20, 2019 — 7A DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD? University of Michigan Study looking for Eligible Participants at the Jonides Lab. Participants needed to complete visual attention tasks! Duration of study: 1-2 hours, compensation ranging from 10$ to 15$ an hour, located at B434 East Hall, 530 Church Street, contact us back for a phone screening at JLabAttention@gmail.com! Wolverines a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 20, 2019 — 7A For ‘M,’ second bid means progress The year was 2006. In the midst of her fourth season as head coach of the St. John’s women’s basketball team, Kim Barnes Arico reached her first NCAA Tournament. She was thrilled just to be there. The team headed to State College, Pa., for the first weekend of the tournament. Connecticut and its coach, Geno Auriemma, were ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 20, 2019 — 7A Joseph Cecconi’s lifelong competitive drive is paying off It was the night before the United States junior hockey team’s last exhibition game at the 2017 World Juniors tournament, and Joseph Cecconi wasn’t nervous at all. He probably should’ve been. The Michigan captain — then a sophomore playing for his country at the World Juniors for the first time...…
…7 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS As the old saying goes, the most qualified person is not always the best for the job. We’ve heard this for much of our lives, whether it be in ref- erence to getting an internship, a job, a seat in a graduate program or, hell, even a significant other. Someone can have every accolade to their name, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be the right fit. Sometimes, it takes...…
…8 — Friday,September 20, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Once dreaming of Wisconsin, the Bredeson brothers found a home Jack Bredeson remembers the routine perfectly. Every Saturday morning in the fall, his high school football team would wake up sore from the previous night’s game and go straight into a two-hour lifting session at 8 a.m. Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wis. was 30 minutes west of Milwaukee. ...…
…8A — Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The first sign that Michigan might retool its offense came months before Josh Gattis was hired to take over the coordinator role. Giles Jackson, then a four- star whose position in college was at question, committed last September. His skillset, based around speed, not size or technique, didn’t seem to fit into Jim Harbaugh and Pep Hamilton’s offense....…
…8A — Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Student-athletes create group to help survivors of sexual assault In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily’s sports section is launching its second annual series aimed at telling the stories of female athletes, coaches and teams at the University from the perspective of the female sports writers on staff. We continue the series with this story from ...…
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…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 20, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY MAGGGIE WIEBE Is it worth it? …
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 20, 2019 Catch, exploit, release: How the prison system disrupts families ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINE JEGARL ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN KUZEE …
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 20, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY SHERRY CHEN The search to understand online grief and digital melancholy …
…9 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR My name: the color of gold ; the color of gold. In Bengali, my mother tongue, pronounced: shoo-born- ah. The name given to me by my parents, recent immigrants to the Western Hemi- sphere, lovingly gazing down at their first- born child in this new world. The color of gold. My memories of the first three years of my life are backlit in a warm light, creat...…
…Wednesday, November 20, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Associate Editor Eli Rallo Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Silas Lee Emily Stillman Photo Editor Danyel Tharakan Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 13, 2019 W e left the farm to begin our weekly ...…
…Wednesday, March 20, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Miriam Francisco Madeline Turner Photo Editor Annie Klusendorf Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 20, 2019 Running along S trewn in the corner was a pair of beat-up, grey ...…
…I planned my dream wed- ding when I was 6 years old. I had met my soulmate in my kinder- garten class, and I was positive that our love was going to last forever. Because of my deep passion for organizing, my only clear option was to figure out every nitty- gritty detail of when and where we would tie the knot. Summer or Winter? Summer. The wed- ding will be outside, so it must be gor- geous out. Big or small? Big, with everyone I know ...…
…10 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Trio of Wolverines projected as potential second-round picks On June 20, Jordan Poole, Ignas Brazdeikis and Charles Matthews will have a new home — that is, assuming all three are drafted on draft night. With none of them expected to come off the draft board in the first round, the former Wolverines figure to be available in the second round and even after the...…
…I was in a witchy mood on Halloween. It was raining, and I was walking while listening to the Modern Love podcast when I saw something glittering in a puddle. It was an engagement ring. A sad Titanic, its stone was half-sunken in mud and pointed up like the bow of a ship. Instead of a single, perfect circle, the gold band had an arm split off that held the gem in its claws. I rescued it from the water in hopes it held a story. I bro...…
…I went to Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Stuyvesant was a part of the eight “specialized high schools” run by the NYC Department of Education that “supports the educational needs of students who excel academically and/or artistically.” To be admitted, stu- dents needed to score well on an exam called the SHSAT (Specialized High School Admissions Test). Stuyvesant stood at the top of the nine schools, and my experience the...…
