…8A — Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Martin gains confidence as penalty-kill specialist With his team on the penalty kill and the score level in the third period of Saturday night’s game against No. 4 Boston University, Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson put defenseman Luke Martin on the ice. Martin, known for his physical blocking style, was tasked with maintaining the 1-1 score for two...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 16, 2016 MICHIGAN IN COLOR an inclusive space by and for people of color in collaboration with …
…T he summer between my freshman and sophomore years, my family housed our first exchange student. At the time, Caro, a bubbly soccer player with an infectious smile, was a junior in high school from Bully, a small French city. She came to Midland, Mich., where my family lives, through the Rotary Club Exchange, which provides high school students with the opportunity to spend a year abroad with three or four different host families to ...…
…3B Wednesday, November 16, 2016 / The Statement NOW MORE THAN EVER: 10 student leaders put the conversation about progress in context V ery soon after enrolling at this campus, the illusion of inclusivity was shattered for me. Throughout the years this has become clearer, as time and time again I have watched Islamophobia being ignored at the University of Michigan and throughout the country. At the end of my freshman year, I, along...…
…Wednesday, November 16, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 16, 2016 // The Statement 5B MADINAH LUQMAAN SOCIAL WORK STUDENT/ PEOPLE OF COLOR COLLECTIVE When you’re used to privilege, equality feels like oppression. When you are used to everything benefit- ting you, and suddenly, other voices are being heard more than yours, you’re of course going to feel some- what left out … We are all aware that Republicans are not heartles...…
…T he first time I fell in love with water was the first time I almost drowned. I was 2 years old and running around my second home: The Valley Swim Club. My dad noticed I wasn’t eating lunch at the picnic table, so he went looking for me by the pool. There I was: submerged like a rock at the bottom of the shallow end. My dad, the hero in this story, claims that he yanked me out of the water by my arm as I coughed hard to get the wate...…
…L ast Tuesday night, I watched the map of the United States turn bright red and I felt a fist grip my heart. I had been trying to do homework and watch election coverage at the same time, but I’ve never been the best multi-tasker. As the night progressed, my notebook fell to the side and I found myself intently reading Washington Post coverage, analysis and speculation. Hours passed in minutes, and Hillary Clinton’s path to the White ...…
…Wednesday, November 16, 2016 // The Statement 8B NICOLE KHAMIS LSA SENIOR / FOUNDER OF MICHIGAN REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM It’s hard to put into words the disappointment I have felt over the past couple of days. My disappointment has nothing to do with partisanship, but everything to do with the fact that a man, who ran a campaign on white supremacy, racism, sexism and xenophobia, is now our president-elect — and more so, that half ...…
…Martha Pollack, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, has been appointed Cornell University’s 14th president, according to a Cornell press release published Monday afternoon. Pollack has served as the University’s provost since 2013, acting as the chief budgetary and academic officer overseeing all teaching and research in each of the University’s 19 schools and ...…
…Dynamic on and off the field and now online, linebacker Jabrill Peppers is in the spotlight of a popular parody Twitter account made by LSA sophomore Bennet Sakelaris. The account was created in September this year, and has followed developments of the football team’s players throughout the season. Sakelaris wrote in an email interview that the idea for the account began after a friend of his bought a pet fish and nam...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, November 15, 2016 — 3 accomplishments as provost. “Our loss is most certainly Cornell’s gain,” he wrote. In a University statement, Schlissel also said he will appoint an interim provost before the end of Fall semester, and organize a nationwide search for a permanent replacement by January. University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said while the announcement came...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, November 15, 2016 EMILY WOLFE | CONTACT EMILY AT ELWOLFE@UMICH.EDU Human rights: not just an issue abroad ADITHI REDDI | OP-ED L ook at the person sitting next to you. Who are they? You question yourself: Are they different from you because of some physicality, some accent, or maybe they are just like you — human. That person might not be treated with the same respec...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 15, 2016 — 5 “Skyrim” is a video game of profound influence. It’s one of those names, like “Mario” or “Zelda,” that everybody seems to know. My non-gamer girlfriend says, when people ask, that she “doesn’t play, but played ‘Sky- rim’ for a little bit once.” To say it’s broken into the mainstream would be a mas- sive understatement — it’s one of the top 20 ...…
…6 — Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Wobbly dessert 6 Pal 9 Vintner’s tub 12 Birdlike 13 Drachma replacer 14 B&Bs 16 Source of post- toilet training anxiety 18 Use too much of, briefly 19 Many SAT takers 20 Dashboard feature 21 Reach through the air 22 Surfer’s destination 25 Treat, as table salt 28 Major blood vessel 29 Male in the hive 30 Sharp-tasting 32 Trailer park parkers 35 Actor Cariou of...…
…T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 44.5 11.0 First Downs/Game 23.6 13.3 Rush Yards/Game 236.3 113.1 Yards/Rush 5.3 3.1 Rushing TDs 37 3 Passing Yards/Game 231.5 131.6 Completion % 63.2% 43.9% Yards/Pass 8.3 5.5 Passing TDs 17 9 Interceptions 4 11 Offensive Plays/Game 72.5 59.9 Total Offense 467.8 244.7 3rd-down Conversions 46.5% 19.7% 4th-down Conversions 61.5% 34.8% Sacks/Game 3.3 1.4 Kick return average 17.8 21....…
…8 — Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Big Ten falls, but Wolverines shine at USA Challenge For once, Big Ten swimmers weren’t competing against each other. This weekend, swimmers from the conference formed a collective team and faced select members of Team USA in the USA College Challenge. Representing Michigan on the Big Ten team were five swimmers from the men’s swimming and diving tea...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 14, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM IOWA CITY — It seemed like it would be Michigan’s special teams that would win the day. Instead, it was Iowa’s. After fifth-year senior kicker Kenny Allen booted a career- long 51-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter to put the Wolverines up, 13-11, and after senior cornerback Channing Stribling picked...…
…2A — Monday, November 14, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com XMAS MUSIC SZN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for...…
…With the clock winding down in the final minute of the first half, senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. got the ball in transition. He drew two defenders at midcourt before dishing the ball to Zak Irvin, who finished a wide-open layup with ease. The senior guard’s basket marked the Michigan basketball team’s last points of the half and capped off a 13-0 run for the Wolverines over the final 3:47. After stringing together those po...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, November 14, 2016 Let’s grieve, let’s fight T he first time I remember it happening, I was standing on the rooftop of the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. I had just finished a 600-mile solo pilgrimage, in which I walked from Seville in the south of Spain to Santiago in the northwestern corner over the course of six weeks. I was taking a tour of the Cathedr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 14, 2016 — 5A FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Joined, as a team of oxen 6 Per person 10 Pockmark, e.g. 14 Bacteria in rare meat, maybe 15 Hockey score 16 Get through tough times 17 Celebration with personnel 19 Like certain inappropriate remarks 20 __ Destiny: 19th- century U.S. doctrine 21 Televisio...…
…‘Doctor Strange’ fails as a superhero fantasy film MARVEL When the drugs hit in newly-legalized Massachusetts At the core of cinema is the uniquely human desire to transcend our own bodies. The earliest films were exhibitionist displays of beauty and power — muscle-bound men performing athletic feats; graceful dancers twirling their extravagant skirts. Audiences paid to observe abilities and traits that they did not have th...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 14, 2016 Keeping perspective Given the difficult events of the past week, sports shouldn’t be such an easy escape from the problems we face » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B You win some The Michigan hockey team managed one big upset against No. 4 Boston University before losing Saturday’s finale » Page 3B I OWA CITY — The eleva- tor doors slid open, and an alcohol-scented ro...…
…2B — November 14, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN Sports are not an escape from politics I appreciate the need for distraction, but this won’t be a sports column today. Something unthinkable happened last week, so I’m going to think about it. I’m going to ask you to do the same. If you’re reading this, you’re probably a sports fan, and that’s great, because it means we have so...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday November 14, 2016 — 3B Wolverines fall to BU, split weekend After a 4-0 shutout of fourth- ranked Boston University (4-3-1) on Friday, the No. 18 Michigan hockey team (5-3-1) returned to Yost Ice Arena on Saturday to finish its weekend series. In a much closer game than Friday’s, with the score knotted up 1-1 for the majority of the second period, the matchup boiled down to the...…
…4B — November 14, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday FOOTBALL ‘We couldn’t believe it’: Iowa fans relish chaos of upset win IOWA CITY — Inside the Iowa student section, at the end of a night both sides will remember for a long time, Liam Crawford had one thought. And of course everyone else had the same one. At 5-4, the Hawkeyes had trudged through a forgettable season. They lost to North Dakota State and Nor...…
…Many staffers from the Ginsberg Center, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and the Office of Student Life joined graduate students to discuss responses to the presidential election results Thursday afternoon. The discussion, labeled the “Post-Election Dialogue: Impact, Perspective-taking and Moving Forward,” took place at the Michigan League ballroom as part of the 10th annual Professional Development ...…
…11/11 MAKE A WISH. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, November 11, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily LSA freshman Eshan Jain colors in an electoral map in the Shapiro Undergraduate library Tuesday. AMANDA ALLEN/Daily Art & Design freshman Destiny Franks and LSA freshman Courtney Eberlein embrace each other during a protest of President-elect Donald Trump on the Diag Wednesday. PHOTOS of...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, November 11, 2016 — 3A does not know much about the board, who they are or what they do. “I think there might be eight members on the board,” Cohen said. “I’m pretty sure it’s a committee of influential alumni who make decisions with Schlissel.” The board’s lack of visibility may stem from the president’s more visible position in times of crisis. Schlissel is often the...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Friday, November 11, 2016 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. SHOHAM GEVA Editor in Chief CLAIRE BRYAN and REGAN DETWILER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 11, 2016 — 5A RCA I got the Keys Alicia Keys is coming off of a four-year hiatus from mak- ing albums, but that doesn’t mean her career has been stag- nant. Since Girl on Fire, Keys has been making bold statement after bold statement. Most notably, she has pioneered a #NoMakeup move- ment and called upon girls to revel in the beauty of their own skin, and has a...…
…CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Assuming it’s true 7 “Bloom County” penguin 11 Jams 14 After-dinner gathering 15 Go in different directions 16 Service to redo 17 Spoon 19 Flight status info 20 In addition 21 “The Fault in __ Stars”: John Green novel 22 Leader’s domain 24 Dish 28 Chatter boxes? 31 Light weight 32 It may precede bad news 33 Beavers...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, November 11, 2016 — 7A Wolverines set for road night game For the second time this season, the Michigan football team is headed on the road to play a game that was circled on most fans’ preseason calendars. And for the second time, the hype surrounding the game has faded considerably. After Iowa raced to a 12-2 season in 2015, including an 8-0 Big Ten regular...…
…8A — Friday, November 11, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com What to Watch For: Iowa The spotlight has shone on the Michigan football team all season, and this Saturday, the bright lights of Kinnick Stadium will, too. As prevalent as the Wolverines have been all season, they have played only one night game, Oct. 8 at Rutgers, in one of the most lopsided games in college football this year. This week, Michigan get...…
…PREVIEW MICHIGAN BASKETBALL TIP OFF 2016-17 Friday, November 11, 2016 // Tip Off 2B 21-10 Wisconsin Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Melo Trimble, Maryland Gard Illinois Walton Monte Morris, Iowa State Lonzo Ball, UCLA NCAA Round of 32 Valparaiso Duke Kansas Wisconsin Villanova Kevin Santo Betelhem Ashame Minh Doan Brandon Carney 20-11 Indiana Michigan State Wisconsin Michigan State Thomas Bryant, Indiana Tom Crean, Indian...…
…Recreating the two-headed monster T he 1991-92 season was a good year for Michigan athletics. In the fall, the football team, led by eventual Heisman Award-winning wide receiver Desmond Howard, marched through the regular season, losing just once to No. 1 Florida State. The 10-1 regular season earned the Wolverines a bid to the Rose Bowl, where they lost to eventual national champion Washington. As the football team was ...…
…On Nov. 8, 2013, Michigan hung a banner from the rafters. It was Walton’s college debut, and he took his spot in line alongside his 14 teammates during the national anthem. For the majority of them, the banner signified fulfillment, a lasting commemoration of the Wolverines run to the NCAA Tournament championship the season prior. For Walton, it was a symbol of what he expected his future to hold. “Walking into it, there was jus...…
…Friday, November 11, 2016 // Tip Off 6B Position-by-position breakdown: Youth, experience come together for Wolverines A summer and preseason where all attention and focus could be put on the court rather than on the training table couldn’t have come at a better time for the Michigan men’s basketball team. Michigan coach John Beilein, for the first time in recent years, was able to work with his entire squad with little to no dist...…
…Friday, November 11, 2016 // Tip Off 2016 7B see a rise in minutes. Flying under the radar as a potential major contributor at the ‘4’ is redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson. Averaging six minutes per game, the 6-foot- 10 forward was used sparingly last season and was often seen as a rebounding liability. After a healthy offseason, Wilson is stronger than ever and more willing to crash the boards and get the Wolverines the rebo...…
…Friday, November 11, 2016 // Tip Off 8B while averaging 10.2 points in his first season at the collegiate level. Purdue will also benefit from the veteran experience of former Wolverine Spike Albrecht, who returns to his home state as a graduate transfer and the lone Boilermaker to have won an NCAA Tournament game. While Purdue may be overlooked because of the caliber of the other three teams at the top, the Boilermakers have ...…
…ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 10, 2016 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXVI, No. 26 ©2016 The Michigan Daily NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 2A C L A S S I F I E D S . . . . . . . . . . . ....…
…CHANGING DIRECTIONS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, November 10, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Ann Arbor community reflected on President-elect Donald Trump’s upset win at an event “Anxious Election,” held Wednesday evening after the election was called early that morning. “I, like most people on campus, woke up this morning absolutely shocked at the news,” attendee and Rackham studen...…
…More than 200 people, many sitting on the floor to fit into the space, assembled Wednesday at the Ford School of Public Policy to listen to a panel of five professors and politicians analyze the results of the election and give projections on how future policy will be affected by President-elect Donald Trump. The panel also answered audience questions on the social implications of Trump’s rhetoric and reasons for the election’...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, November 10, 2016 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. SHOHAM GEVA Editor in Chief CLAIRE BRYAN and REGAN DETWILER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other sign...…
…ACROSS 1 Powerful watchdogs 7 Silk Road desert 11 Pulls a Halloween prank on, for short 14 Put a new handle on 15 “... wish __ a star” 16 Part of the fam. 17 Very close 19 Police blotter letters 20 Daughter of Polonius 21 Dependable source of income 23 Tearful queen 25 Short strings? 26 More skittish 29 Dark mark 33 Admonish 34 Artisan pizzeria feature 37 Seventh in a Greek series 38 Birthday party staple, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles 4...…
…6A — Thursday, November 10, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com B1G Breakdown: Terps on top Once again, Michigan will see red on its road to the top of the Big Ten — the top two teams the Wolverines will be attempting to box out will be Maryland and Ohio State. But if the season plays out in their favor, they won’t experience deja vu and once again be passed over for an NCAA Tournament bid. The Michigan women’s ...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, November 10, 2016 We are good, bad, and ugly: Embracing free artisitic spirit and consumerism at ComplexCon By Tess Garcia, Daily Arts Writer Design by Francesca Kielb and Katie Beukema …
…2B — Thursday, November 10, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COMPLEXCON From Page 1B ComplexCon. Part of speech: noun. Language of origin: the youth’s English. Definition: uh, well ... Definition? That’s a great ques- tion. From Nov. 5 to Nov. 6 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertain- ment Center in California, Complex magazine hosted ComplexCon, its inaugural … convention? Festival? Hypebeast cooperativ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, November 10, 2016 — 3B In 2009, Kid Cudi released Man on the Moon: The End of Day, a now-iconic debut album that redefined vulnerability’s place in rap and, consequently, resonated with a cultish fan base. The attention caught up to the Cleveland rapper, how- ever. In 2013, he opened up about his perpetual troubles with addiction and depression, culminating in a visit to r...…
