…On a Thursday night in September, a LSA freshman named Hannah — who asked that only her first name be used because she is discussing underage drinking — had a few mixed drinks with her friends in her dorm room before going out. It was an 18+ night at BTB Cantina — a bar located on South University Avenue. At the time, Hannah was just old enough to get through the door. She was careful not drink at the bar — the bouncers h...…
…TAKIN’ SHORTCUTS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, December 9, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily UniversityofMichigan @UMich CAPS and IGR invite you to come “RECHARGE.” Relax, reflect and learn sustainable self-care strategies. the Other Vigo @alejovigo That Michigan Winter never knows what’s happening... @ University of Michigan Susan Arceneaux @susan_arceneaux According...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, December 9, 2016 — 3 building,” he said. “The condition of the Fleming building is one of the worst on this campus … the building continues to deteriorate and now requires an annual inspection to ensure its safety.” Faculty and staff currently working in the Ruthven Building will move to the planned Biological Sciences Building, which is slated to be completed in the summ...…
…” I ’m not sure if any word has been used as frequently as “populism” in regard to politics this year. Politicians, experts, media outlets and everyone in between hasve been using “populism” to describe the recent and frequently unnerving political volatility around the world. I know the Oxford Dictionary has already chosen “post-truth” as its word of the year, but I think “populism” is a worthy runner-up. The United S...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, December 9, 2016 — 5 At the end of my penultimate semester at the University of Michigan, and in the final days of my editing career at The Daily, I’ve found myself turning to songs that I used to hate — the kind of tearjerking, stereotypical goodbye songs that always seem tailormade for these moments in life so that anybody who even mildly connects with the sentiment can feel un...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Photoshop maker 6 Late __ 9 Average Joes, e.g. 14 Fishing needs 15 Bill’s future, maybe 16 Troy story 17 Dutch vodka brand 19 Coin receivers 20 Round orders 21 Extraction target 22 Hide in a crowd 23 Piano part 24 End of an Ernie Banks catchphrase about doubleheaders 27 State bordering six others and the Canadian mainland 29 Beam 30 Beats Electronics co-founder 31 Rebuke ...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, December 9, 2016 — 7 Season Review: Offensive Line With the Michigan football team’s 2016 regular season in the books, the Daily looks back at the performance of each unit this year and looks ahead to the future in 2017. In this edition: offensive line. It was the same story in 2016 as in 2015 for the Michigan football team’s offensive line, and that was good news for the Wolve...…
…8 — Friday, December 9, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines head west to visit high-scoring UCLA The Michigan men’s basketball team’s defense had to dig deep to come away with a win against Texas on Tuesday because the offense scored just 53 points. While the Wolverines struggled to find anything consistent on offense, the Longhorns were just as poor attacking, and Michigan was able to fall ...…
…ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM In a large upset victory, Republican nominee Donald Trump won the presidential election after capturing Wisconsin, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, which Democrats had considered crucial to their victory. The race was called at 2:30 a.m. by the Associated Press. On campus, which largely voted against Trump, his election sparked some celebration, but also significant anx...…
…As University of Michigan students line up at the polls Tuesday to select either Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton or Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, some are expressing more hesitancy than enthusiasm as they cast their ballot and wait for the results. The race in Michigan has significantly narrowed in the final weeks leading up to the election, after Clinto...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, November 9, 2016 — 3A They cheered when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won Alabama. They smiled when they saw Rubio win Senator of Florida. Like the rest of America, they shifted nervously back and forth in their seats. Some gripped their phones as they received notifications of results.This was how some of the University of Michigan’s Republican students wa...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, November 9, 2016 FROM THE DAILY Together we must repair our wounds W hat we feel — and what most of our campus feels — is an enormous loss in Hillary Clinton’s defeat in this election. With Trump’s victory, racism, misogyny and hate appear to have won. People who have stood in staunch opposition to Trump are now left disenfranchised with him as our leader, and some are fea...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts & News Wednesday, November 9, 2016 — 5A NBC The bird-man is maybe more attractive than Benedict Cumberbatch. In the 41 years that “Saturday Night Live” has been on the air, the long-standing live sketch comedy series has thrived on the special material that ensues during electoral years. This year has been no exception to that rule, with Kate McKinnon (“Ghostbusters”) and Alec Baldwi...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Welcomed at the door 6 “Shame on you!” 9 German trick- taking card game 13 St. Teresa’s town 14 Use as a source 15 Egg on 16 Shade lighter than jade 18 Reckless act instigator 19 Witty Bombeck 20 Euros replaced them 21 Buffoons 22 Target Field, e.g. 24 Nowhere near cool 26 N.L. mascot whose head is a large baseball 28 Cracks up 31 Finnish telecommunica- tions company 34 L...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 9, 2016 — 7A Wagner seeks breakout year The Michigan men’s basketball team hopes it can look back at summer 2016 as not only one of the healthiest summers in recent memory, but also as “The Summer of Mo.” By the end of the 2015-16 season, sophomore forward Moritz Wagner was beginning to break through and make an impact for the Wolverines. His eight-rebound, f...…
…8A — Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 48.0 10.7 First Downs/Game 24.7 12.9 Rush Yards/Game 251.7 107.4 Yards/Rush 5.5 3.1 Rushing TDs 36 3 Passing Yards/Game 245.8 138.9 Completion % 65.4% 44.1% Yards/Pass 8.7 5.7 Passing TDs 17 8 Interceptions 3 10 Offensive Plays/Game 73.8 59.0 Total Offense 497.4 246.3 3rd-down Conversions 48.2% 19.0% 4t...…
…body of the father statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 9, 2016 …
…I was talking to a friend of mine about a recent episode of “This Is Us,” a show I’ve written about substantially in the past. She was telling me how she’s dreading the moment when the show goes off the cliff. It’s a general fear about the show not being able to maintain its quality over its run. My response, though, was why not trust the show to be good and enjoy it while it’s at its peak? Every TV show fades at least a little befor...…
…Y ou could call me a socializing addict. I’m not an extrovert — though I am extroverted. I’m not an introvert — though I crave my alone time. I fall somewhere in the middle (I think many of us do), with a slight tilt on the extroverted side. The thing is, people are wonderful. And though I crave myself, people teach me about myself, and so I crave them all the more — their idiosyncrasies, foibles, hugs and shrugs. I have to be ar...…
…Wednesday, November 9, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 9, 2016 // The Statement 5B A nd so we drove, taking his way, the way he always takes, we always take, past the trees and fields that form, I imagine, the mental landscape of his child- hood, a time lost and, with each passing, not quite regained. We drove past those fields, those trees, that granite sky, the ones we’ve always passed, the ones that haven’t changed. It ...…
…E leanor* The first time I ever went on a date, it was with a girl from Tinder. I was 19, fresh off my freshman year and spending the summer back home in New York. So innocent. So pure. So skinny. I remember seeing the notification that Eleanor had messaged me flash on my phone and immediately thought she was a bot. Usually these bots present themselves as very attractive women whose low standards are only matched by the low resolut...…
…Wednesday, November 9, 2016 // The Statement 7B by Jackie Charniga, Daily News Editor A Toast to Grandpa John I ’d wake up feeling sticky. The inside of my mouth, my hair, my skin. I would lurch out of the twin bed and stumble over to the sink in my dorm room to survey the damage. It was all a smudge. My eyeliner down my face. My memories of the night before. I always knew if I had smoked because my chest hurt and my fingers tasted...…
…Wednesday, November 9, 2016 // The Statement 8B Rihanna Medina, 6, holds a sign at the protest. Medina, a Saginaw resident, belongs to the Leech Lake band of the Ojibwe tribe. Protestors gather in support of Standing Rock. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : S T A N D I N G R O C K P R O T E S T P H O T O S B Y C A R O L Y N G E A R I G Signs are held protesting the pipeline in front of the state Capitol. LSA senior Noor Ahmed holds a si...…
…As part of the University of Michigan’s Complex Systems Seminar Series, LSA Dean Andrew Martin spoke Thursday afternoon at West Hall about the “Martin- Quinn” scores, a measurement of the liberal or conservative ideologies of U.S. Supreme Court justices, which Martin researched and developed with Kevin Quinn from the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Law in 2002. Martin and Quinn’s model encompasses ev...…
…FIRST REAL LECTURES. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Dance Master Class WHAT: In the school year’s first Modern Lab Master Class Repertory Series, new theatre faculty member Tzveta Kassabova will present an original work, introduce her aesthetic style, and participate in a Q&A. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 12:10pm - 2:00pm WHERE: Dance Building, Betty Pease Studio Theatre Costa Rica Earth...…
…though he invited the press on board for a recent flight. Both have faced criticism about their treatment of the press — Clinton, because of her lack of press conferences, and Trump because of his recently lifted order to blacklist certain news outlets from events. In the call Thursday, Clinton spoke for approximately 10 minutes, spending half of the time answering two questions from students, both of whom were unaffili...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE 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 Friday, September 9, 2016 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Crudités enhancers 5 __ puppet 9 Hot dogs and hams 14 With, on la carte 15 Tartan wearers 16 Lowest deck on a ship 17 Gadget that exercises the wrist 18 Spydom name 19 Crisp 20 Beer made in Johannesburg? 23 Lorry supply 24 Deck wood 25 Chi. setting 28 Citrus suffix 29 Letter before upsilon 31 Rank...…
…6A — Friday, September 9, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Does binge-watching help or hurt viewers? By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer I have a mixed relationship with binge-watching. A fad that started with the release of TV shows like “24” on DVD in the early 2000s and was popularized by streaming ser- vices like Netflix, binge-watching has become all the rage. Still, as a TV viewer, I have an up-and- down relati...…
…September 10, 2016: Central Florida Only in Harrison Max Bultman, Managing Sports Editor …
…FootballSaturday, September 10, 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 UCF (+35.5) at No. 5 Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Western Kentucky (+28.5) at No. 1 Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Troy (+35.5) at No. 2 Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson ...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Michigan welcomes rebuilding Central Florida to Ann Arbor Speight, defense look to repeat impressive opening-week performances By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor Though it may be the first-ever meeting between Central Florida (1-0) and No. 5 Michigan, nothing too unexpected is anticipated for Saturday’s matchup at Michigan Stadium. In the Wolverines’ second straight home...…
…ONLY IN HARRISON Max Bultman, Managing Sports Editor In April, Jourdan Lewis spent a weekend in a town he won’t soon forget HARRISON, Mich. — When Tucker and Tyler Vasher’s large gray van pulled into the Dairy Queen, they could see the employees inside buzzing. In the car was perhaps the most famous athlete to visit Harrison in recent memory, and word had spread. Jourdan Lewis only has so many spare weekends, and yet her...…
…played live basketball, too. When Lewis showed them how to dunk, the Vashers could not even attempt it. But while their obvious differences could have drawn a dividing line, Lewis saw a connecting one. “The way they go about life,” Lewis said. “They don’t think about (their limitations). They don’t think about any repercussions of what they want to do, they just go out there and they do it. And that’s honestly what you have ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 10, 2016 6 UCF Q&A with the Knight News Knights come into Michigan Stadium with new coach, higher intensity By MICHIGAN DAILY STAFF Central Florida pays its first visit to Michigan Stadium on Saturday for a noon kickoff. Football writer Tyler Graddy from UCF’s student newspaper, Knight News, took some time to shed insight on Michigan’s unfamiliar opponent this weekend. The Michigan Daily: What’s b...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Breakdown: Michigan vs. UCF By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor In October of 2013, when the Michigan football team scheduled a game against Central Florida for this weekend, it looked like it would be a tough non-conference test. Then quarterbacked by future No. 3 overall pick Blake Bortles, the Knights rolled to a 12-1 season, an American Athletic Conference championship and a victo...…
…FootballSaturday, September 10, 2016 8 What to Watch: Injuries, backups By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor After jumping into the top five of the Associated Press poll for the first time since before the 2007 season, the No. 5 Michigan football team will be a heavy favorite for the second straight week at Michigan Stadium, this time taking on Central Florida. The Knights (1-0) did pick up a 38-0 win over South Carolina State in...…
…One Hundred and TwenTy Five years OF ediTOrial FreedOm Thursday, June 9, 2016 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SUDOKU................................ SPORTS................................10 NEWS Disclosure of train project raises ire City councilme...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com LARA MOEHLMAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 larakm@michigandaily.com EMILY RICHNER Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 errich@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Bradley Whipple Managing Editor bmwhip@michigandaily.com Lydia Murray Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Brian Kuang , Irene Park, Riyah Basha Jeremy Kapla...…
…3 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS See AMTRAK, Page 9 Resolution to disclose Amtrak station study fails in narrow vote City councilmembers criticize lack of project transparency regarding internal report By BRIAN KUANG Daily Summer News Editor The proposed Ann Arbor Amtrak station — which has been long-delayed — came under fire for an alleged lack of transparency from City Council members ...…
…Recently, the University has made a show of support for survivors of sexual assault. Michigan is one of 200 colleges in the United States taking part in the “It’s on Us” campaign — launched by the White House in September 2014 in an effort to end sexual violence on college campuses — and, this past winter semester, it rolled out a newer and more thorough sexual misconduct policy. Unfortunately for the University, these steps fo...…
…The controversial six-month sentencing for Stanford swimmer Brock Turner and the language used by the defendant and the judge have revealed the societal indifference toward rape. In this case, and in current culture in general, there is a dismissal of the credibility of the survivor by questioning whether the survivor’s actions may have provoked or enabled the attack. While these questions are common, they are...…
…6 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Governors Ball brings music and thrills MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW Festival features both talent and disappointment By NATALIE ZAK Daily Community Culture Editor NEW YORK, N.Y. — It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — it was a music festival scheduled for three days that only stretched to two. There was music and laughter, giddiness and excitement, b...…
…Strokes’ latest a no-frills record Band returns with much of the same in new EP By MATT GALLATIN Daily Arts Writer For all the traditionalism and tropes that define The Strokes — taut guitars, catchy chords, and an over-the- top rock ‘n’ roll attitude — they too have been a sort of experiment for a new interaction between artists, the public, labels and critics. The explosion of the group in 2001 was propelled...…
…8 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Teeth setting 5 Parts of gigs 9 Golf club part 14 Parrier’s tool 15 Rent-a-car choice 16 African city that hosts an annual international film festival 17 Lacks being 18 *Steinbeck novel set in Monterey 20 “Homeland” airer, briefly 21 GPS options 22 Stick homes 23 *Starter 27 “__ the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” 29 Stumped 30 Viennese “a” 31 Ale serving 32 “Git!” ...…
…9 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS points. Morgan worked for the Clinton presidential campaign in 2008 and was a delegate for Clinton in that year’s Democratic National Convention. He said his experience working for a losing primary campaign makes him empathetic with present-day Sanders supporters. “I’m very confident that, in the fall, when any rational person looks at the race between Hilla...…
…10 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan exits from WCWS with 1-0 loss After World Series loss, a fitting goodbye for Michigan OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Led by its coach, the Michigan softball team walked one-by-one, red- eyed, into the bowels of ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. It was all quiet but for the occasional sniffle as coach Carol Hutchins, senior second baseman Sierr...…
…End of season awards: Baseball By COLE ZINGAS Daily Sports Writer In Erik Bakich’s fourth year as the Michigan baseball coach, positivity was in the air. Over the last four years, Bakich has worked to build his program around a consistent mindset and a team-first mentality. According to Bakich, this was the most cohesive team he has had, and according to others across the country, it was his best. Michigan ev...…
…12 Thursday, June 9, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Misterwives The energetic equivalent of the previous day’s Years & Years, Misterwives presented the piercing vocals of the female frontman Mandy Lee and her endless encouragement and positivity that prefaced every song. It’s nice to hear, every once in awhile, that I can accomplish my dreams, even if those dreams are only vaguely defined in the back of ...…
…Clinton falls to Vermont senator after projected 20- point win By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.) won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary with 50.1 percent of the vote Tuesday night after an unexpected surge of vot- ing in the state broke records and pushed him over the edge. Sanders’ rival in the Demo- cratic contest, Hillary Clinton earned 48 percent of the vote. Sanders’ victory come...…
