…2B — October 18, 2017 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The 94-word blueprint for an upset I t was an honest, inward reflection. Asked to evalu- ate his play through the last two weeks — performances that have yielded 256 yards and three intercep- tions with a 47.3 percent completion rate — fifth- year senior quarter- back John O’Korn took accountabil- ity. “I need to pick it up, there’s no way around it...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday October 18. 2017 — 3B Michigan should see what it has in Peters B LOOMINGTON — For those who thought Michigan would avoid any more quarterback controversy this year, I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news. It may be time for Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines to give redshirt freshman backup Brandon Peters a shot. They had a chance to do so in the second half against ...…
…4B — October 18, 2017 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Hill highlights strong showing from secondary BLOOMINGTON — As Lavert Hill sat in the bowels of Memorial Stadium, he was asked if his brother had texted him. The sophomore cornerback admitted he hadn’t checked his phone yet, but it’s easy to understand why a detail like that could peak curiosity. It was just two years ago, after all, that Michigan ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 18, 2017 FITTING IN: Navigating campus culture as an international student …
…2C Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Hannah Myers Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Emily Koffsky Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement Soundtracking: House hunting *Three weeks ago* L ying in my dorm ro...…
…W hen I think about it too much, I wonder why I even go into all the effort of zapping water with waves of energy just to soak some leaves in it so it turns a slight shade that water is not supposed to be, for me to then sweeten it with copious amounts of honey that will only make my sedentary body softer. I started drinking tea in high school. I’m not really sure why. Probably because tea is easier to make than coff...…
…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 4C Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 5C FITTING IN: Navigating campus culture as an international student b y I s h i M o r i, Daily Staff Reporter A s a Japanese citizen who grew up in New Jersey, I know many Asian expatriates who never quite felt comfortable living here. Northern New Jersey is an area with a large Korean immigrant population. Many of my childhood frien...…
…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 6C Personal Statement: Puck I t’s March 1996. I’m only a few days old, and coming home for the first time. I was not old enough to remember anything, but I will always know this: my grandpa couldn’t be there for me when I was born, so he sent the next best thing — a giant, stuffed dog to hold his place as my companion until he could travel up from Chicago to visit me in Michigan. *** I’m...…
…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 7C Personal Statement: Bus #904 to Chelsea W hen I was a junior in high school, my sister moved away from our home in Michigan to pursue a career in the fashion industry in New York City. I was thrilled that my sis- ter was finally pursuing her dream of liv- ing in New York but saddened by the fact that I would no longer see her every day. After our initial trip to move her in, our co...…
…Wednesday, October 18, 2017 // The Statement 8C V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T C A M E R A M A L L P H O T O W A L K The colorful graffiti and the stark interor of the building provide an excellent opportunity to photograph contrast. While Andy was teaching, this man approached us and stuck around, intently listening to the workshop before finding a new group to talk to. I love how the three photographers all seem to be wearing the sam...…
…When Elizabeth James, program associate for the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, attended the University of Michigan for her undergraduate degree in the 1970s, she experienced an act of racism that seemed unthinkable to her: Someone vandalized her dorm room door with a racial slur. “We had someone scrawl on our door when we first moved into our dormitory, and at that time it was just unbelievable,” James ...…
…9 5 7 3 1 9 2 3 1 5 8 9 2 4 8 7 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 2/9/09 12:02 PM YIKES. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Panel discusses implications of the expiration of DACA for students DACA will not officially end until March 2018, though many see consequences now The Hispanic Business Students Association hosted an open ...…
…ALEC COHEN/Daily LSA students Kellee Byard and Rebekah Gere get samples at the farmers market on Ingalls Mall Thursday. FRESH! The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 13, 2017 — 3 News (which didn’t bother me) … I thought that the idea of someone not wanting to work with me was absurd, but I realized that there are many people I will encounter that will question my ability comprehend and function.” “Students are no...…
…W hat can I say about my hometown in Northern Michigan? A small village right on the harbor, with plenty of hipster-y restaurants and quaint knick-knack shops, it’s the perfect spot for upper middle class families to vacation during the summer. Go a few miles out, and there is an endless supply of hiking trails and hunting spots for the more adventurous type. Tourists come every year to enjoy the beaches and take par...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 13, 2017 — 5 Arts FLORIAN KOPPE Future Islands authentic, exciting in Royal Oak show In 2014, after the release of their fourth album, Singles, Baltimore-based Future Islands were propelled from relative obscurity to immediate relevance in the wake of their performance of “Seasons (Waiting On You)” on the Late Show with David Letterman. Three years later, their fifth al...…
…6 — Friday, October 13, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Yanks’ foes 5 Operation designed to hurt 10 Shipboard resident 14 CFO, e.g. 15 Not as likely to mess up 16 Walk without getting anywhere? 17 TW ... 20 Shoelace site 21 Shipboard chums 22 Tenn. neighbor 24 Apartment listing abbr. 25 DCYC ... 34 Nice with? 35 Gobs and gobs 36 Cart for heavy loads 37 Filly’s brother 38 Fighter eulogized by Bill Clinton, among other...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, October 13, 2017 — 7 What to Watch For: Can O’Korn bounce back against Indiana? Michigan (1-1 Big Ten, 4-1 overall) has its sights set on running the table. The 17th-ranked Wolverines lost their first game of the season last week, and now they face the daunting challenge of bouncing back from disappointment. With the bye week already behind it, the Michigan football team ...…
…umichsmtd By Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim Directed by Malcolm Tulip Department of Theatre & Drama Oct. 5 & 12 at 7:30 PM Oct. 6, 7, 13, & 14 at 8 PM Oct. 8 & 15 at 2 PM Arthur Miller Theatre League Ticket Office 734-764-2538 tickets.smtd.umich.edu Book by Jeremy Desmon Additional songs by Jeff Thomson & Jeremy Desmon Arrangements and Orchestrations by Jesse Vargas Oct. 12 & 19 at 7:30PM • Oct. 13, 14, 20 & 21 at 8 PM Oct...…
…About 100 University of Michigan students, faculty and staff gathered Wednesday afternoon on the Diag to protest a speech to be given on campus later that night by Charles Murray, author of “The Bell Curve,” a book widely criticized for its attribution of intelligence and other genetic traits with race. Big data, data science and analytics were among the main topics discussed at the third annual Michigan Institute for Da...…
…attending the speech had to have their bags and belongings searched prior to entering Palmer Commons, and they were once again searched before entering the room where the speech would be held. LSA senior Ben Decatur, co-chair of the AEI Executive Council at the University, introduced Murray and spoke on the right of free speech and the importance of that right. He went on to discuss the potential for protest and inv...…
…Specialty Fries Student Special Every Thursday 10pm-1am Starting at $5: Poutine Bacon Cheddar Chive Curry Stilton Pesto (Additional $5 Purchase Required) Dine-In Only Student ID Required Plus...$4 Shot Menu $4 Michigan IPA’s (Some Exclusions) 10pm-2am 338 S. State St. 734.996.9191 www.ashleys.com Michigan’s Premier Multi-Tap The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Thursday, October 12, 2017— 3A Following the Black L...…
…“A s a straight, white, cisgender man of relatively high socioeconomic status and having been raised in the Catholic Church …” That’s how I started my sentence. It was a muggy July evening in New Jersey, with mosquitoes everywhere and the temperature easily over 80 degrees still after dark. I was spinning around on an old deck chair in my backyard. A close friend of mine from high school had come o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 12, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Part of BYOB and MYOB 4 Band name with a lightning bolt slash 8 Unlike a couch potato 14 T’ai __ 15 Afrikaans speaker 16 9Lives mascot 17 *What may put a fire in the belly? 19 Makes room on, as a schedule 20 Window part 21 Mother of Pollux 23 She plays Crawford in FX’s “Feud” 24 *Commuter entertainment source 27 Regards with surprise 30 Sped 31 Botch 32 Mir...…
…6A — Thursday, October 12, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Grading Michigan’s special teams unit through five games New punters. New kickers. New returners. New everything. Special teams coordinator Chris Partridge has had a lot on his plate this year, which has been a big change from last season when just two players handled all of the responsibilities. Former Wolverine Kenny Allen used to command all thre...…
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…2B —Thursday, October 12, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COURTESY OF SAHANA COURTESY OF SAHANA Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi: Preserving a tradition on a college campus through dancing B-SIDE LEAD As global citizens in this day, interdisciplinary thinking has become more important than ever, and places that bring together multiple disciplines are crucial. At the University of Michigan, the Michigan Saha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, October 12, 2017 — 3B Pass the Cake: A look at food, family and being together when you’re not STOCK/ DAILY Good eating Arts writer Arya Naidu reflects on her cultural & familial attachment to food and her family’s incomparable cooking Sometime about 2006, my family started doing these semi-huge reunions. I say semi-huge because we’re kind of an overwhelming bunch. What we...…
…4B —Thursday, October 12, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COURTESY OF GABRIELA LENA FRANK Composer Gabriela Lena Frank at work Life outside a golden cage with Gabriela Lena Frank Acclaimed composer draws on her family’s rich, Peruvian heritage with a compelling personal compositional voice To a certain extent, creation is, at its very core, a synthetic act. Not synthetic in the sense of artificiality or fakeness, b...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, October 12, 2017 — 5B COMMUNITY CULTURE PROFILE COURTESY OF CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE STUDIES CWPS: Travel, art and the shaping of an identity The Center for World Performance Studies provides a space to delve into rich performance traditions globally Sometimes, you have to travel far to understand. The Center for World Performance Studies is a multidisciplinary program ...…
…umichsmtd By Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim Directed by Malcolm Tulip Department of Theatre & Drama Oct. 5 & 12 at 7:30 PM Oct. 6, 7, 13, & 14 at 8 PM Oct. 8 & 15 at 2 PM Arthur Miller Theatre League Ticket Office 734-764-2538 tickets.smtd.umich.edu The RC congratulates its award- winning faculty and students! Find our schedule of events at lsa.umich.edu/rc/alum- ni-friends/the-residential-col- lege-50th-anniversary-celebrat...…
…After an unsuccessful attempt at repealing the entire Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump’s administration repealed a mandate that required employers to provide free birth control coverage, which currently gives more than 55 million women access to birth control. These stipulations will allow a wide range of employers to deny birth control coverage, including those with “moral convictions” against the drug. Because of ...…
…2A — Wednesday, October 11, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Central Student Government joins conversation on C.C. Little renaming LSA SG president Fadanelli introduces the resolution to assembly for first reads Following the initiatives put forth on behalf of LSA Student Government, Central Student Government briefly convened Tuesday night to introduce a r...…
…central part of Active Minds, a nonprofit organization dedicated to destigmatizing and encouraging an open dialogue about mental health. The exhibit, though it has been to the University’s campus years prior, is just one of many events organized by the University’s LSA Student Government as a part of its first mental health week, which LSA SG plans to hold yearly. LSA junior Bekah Cone, who helped organize the event,...…
…T his Wednesday, the University of Michigan College Republicans and American Enterprise Institute are sponsoring Charles Murray, a white supremacist, to speak on campus and promote his new book. Murray, who is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, co-wrote the “The Bell Curve” in 1994. The publication of this book marked the 1990s re-emergence of racist eugenics and biological determinist theories ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 11, 2017 — 5 Arts Rihanna is taking the world by storm — but not in her usual manner. In early September, she released her makeup line, Fenty Beauty, and it received almost-instant praise for the line’s quality products and unique colors. It launched as a makeup line that is dedicated to inclusivity, offering 40 shades of makeup in an effort to target all skin ...…
…ACROSS 1 Ballet divisions 5 Crank (up) 8 Hunchbacked lab assistant 12 Un-fizzy 13 PGA Tour golf course near Miami 15 Fish in salade niçoise 16 Inc. and LLC? 19 “No fighting!” 20 Self-worth 21 Gym unit 22 Beaming and shining? 25 Jibe grammatically 28 Come-__: enticements 29 Covent Garden highlight 30 Wolfish look 31 Pal of Pooh 32 Green shampoo 33 Ranking org. for court players 34 Google operating system 36 “Never __ Me Go”: Kazuo Ishiguro nove...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 11, 2017 — 7A Wolverines’ win streak snapped by 3-1 loss in South Bend Michigan didn’t fall apart until the 90th minute. The 24th-ranked Wolverines (4-1-1 Big Ten, 7-4-2 overall) had been outplayed prior to that, with No. 7 Notre Dame (9-2-1 ACC, 3-1-1 overall) dominating possession and leading 2-1. But when Fighting Irish forward Jon Gallagher sprinted past the de...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 11, 2017 — 9A Extra practice time a plus for Wolverines There’s a common phrase often heard around the Michigan hockey team’s practices. “When the time to perform has arrived,” says coach Mel Pearson, “the time to prepare is long gone.” Following a split in their first regular season contests — a 3-1 win Friday against St. Lawrence and 3-0 loss Saturday at Clarkso...…
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…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 11, 2017 ON EDGE michigan in color x the statement mission statement: …
…I walk down to the kitchen to find a bowl of walnuts sitting on the counter. “Your dad got them for ‘health and happiness,’” my mom recounts to me. “Health and happiness,” I repeat to myself. It’s a simple idea, but in practice it seems like a long journey in need of consistent upkeep. Being “in control” of your own happiness is a concept many people try to live by, but it is not representative of the direction of so...…
…3B Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement The picture stays in the kid: Ghosts I n retrospect, it was a bad decision to review “A Ghost Story” for the Daily this past summer. But in my defense, how was I supposed to know that the film — in which a 30- or 40-something dies in a car crash and morosely yet patiently haunts his widow and home, where successive tenants cycle through until a developer buildings a large tower in...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 5B On Edge Students of color combat campus apathy b y M i C E d i t o r s : Adam Brodnax, Tanya Madhani, Halimat Olaniyan, Christian Paneda, Jason Rowland, Ashley Tjhung and Sivanthy Vasanthan L SA sophomore Tyrice Grice Jr. was eager to kick off foot- ball season at the Big House, ready to get started on his classes and to meet up with his ...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: Trigger warning Editor’s note: The author of this piece remains anonymous to protect their identity. M onday morning. I sit waiting with classmates for the professor of our literature and human rights class to arrive. “Did you hear about the shooting in Las Vegas?” someone asks. I hadn’t. I whip out my phone to read about an aged man who was an ac...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 7B Copy That: Beauty in disorder I n fifth-grade art class, we learned about Jackson Pollock, an artist known for abstract expressionism. He became famous for dripping paint onto canvases, flicking and throwing and pouring colors all over the place in the name of art. Some of my classmates were skeptical, because, after all, to our 10-year-old selves, the Pollock replic...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T P E R F E C T I N G T H E P I A N O Each part and each piano stands unique in the workshop. Workshop desks and tables are littered with various tools and parts to alter and restore the pianos. Each staff member works on a particular aspect of the restoration process. Reeder looks over a piano hiding away in the workshop. The inside of a piano sits exposed and t...…
…In response to recent racist events on campus such as the racist graffiti in West Quad Residence Hall and the “Make America White Again” posters found near Stockwell Residence Hall last week, the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs and University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel met Monday to discuss how administration and faculty can respond to discrimination on campus afternoon. Schlissel also updated...…
…LSA Student Government kicked off its Mental Health Week Monday afternoon by gathering student organizations focused on mental health for a Diag Day. At the far end of the Diag, LSA SG representatives Eli Rachlin, an LSA junior, and Kristen Ball, an LSA senior, blew bubbles and blasted music as students walked by. Rachlin, spouting positive encouragement to passersby said the Diag Day is an important part of the Awareness We...…
…an associate professor of accounting at the Ross School of Business, brought up the Leadership Crisis Challenge, a leadership simulation for Business students that puts students in the seat of a business leader or executive during a crisis of any kind. Students then must handle the crisis, talk to reporters and maintain their public persona. Wright said this program could be adapted for faculty to teach them how to respond to...…
