…A re you familiar with the feeling of talking to someone you know isn’t really listening? I imag- ine it draws strong resemblances to speaking to a robot: it nods, it provides answers, but it’s incapable of really hearing, or caring, about what you have to say. I find myself personally frustrated when, in the middle of a conversation, the person I’m talking to interrupts with a story about him or herself. Sadly, I’ve noticed this gen- ...…
…3B Wednesday, March 16, 2016 / The Statement “What have I in common with Jews? I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.” -Franz Kafka, 1914, diary I have noticed that Jewish people at the University of Michigan call Jews, collectively, “The Tribe.” It sounds kind of to me like one of those secret societies at an Ivy League where you have to destroy a Rolex to...…
…Wednesday, March 16, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 16, 2016 // The Statement 5B Every Monday and Wednesday at 1 p.m., room 1230 of the Undergraduate Science Building slowly fills with students. Around 1:05, Communication Prof. Paddy Scannell walks to the chalkboard at the front of the room and begins to write out his plan of attack. As white chalk hits green slate stone, his nearly 50 years of academic teachings present th...…
…Wednesday, March 16, 2016 // The Statement 6B Fear and Self-Loathing in Santiago: A Dry Heave in the Sunshine by Adam DePollo, Daily Arts Writer M y journey to West Palm Beach, Fla. began with six hours aboard a passenger train rid- ing out of Orlando. A sizable portion of the travel time was spent moving in reverse, much of the retrograde locomotion happening around a few miles of incredibly dry-looking, cow-dotted farmland out- side...…
…Wednesday, March 16, 2016 // The Statement 7B My Brother, Joseph by Katie Penrod, Daily News Editor T he moment a baby takes its first steps is such a beautiful thing: the stumble, the arms reach- ing out, mom and dad smiling across the room, the “you can do it” and “just one more step.” I don’t remember my first steps, but I remember Joseph’s. My brother Joseph took his first steps like any other child. It was probably as normal...…
…Wednesday, March 16, 2016 // The Statement 8B Members of the Ann Arbor Alliance for Black Lives lead a walk in the memory of Aura Rosser from the League to the pedestrian bridge over Washtenaw Ave on January 20, 2016. GRANT HARDY/Daily HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : S P R I N G B R E A K ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily ZACH MOORE/Daily MAZIE HYAMS/ Daily GRANT HARDY/ Daily N...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 16, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 74 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL ASSIFIEDS.................6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/16/08 2:17 PM 4 3 2 6 9 7 1 3 6 9 3 1 1 2 3 9 5 4 9 8 4 1 6 PRE-SPRING BREAK SLUMP . puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, February 16, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Taylor Swift won Album of the Year at the 2015 Grammy Awards show Monday night. Song of the year went t...…
…develop the prototype helmet technology, called Mitigatium, for the Head Health Challenge III. This competition was created to encourage the development of materials that better absorb or dissipate harsh impact. The prototype Arruda and her colleagues are developing has different capabilities than traditional football helmets already in use, the team said. “It has the ability to dissipate impulse, or take kinetic energy out ...…
…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 Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 5 ‘Scandal’ is back and needs to change it up By BEN ROSENSTOCK Senior Arts Editor “Scandal” seems to follow a similar pattern every half-season or so. After each season of crazy, convoluted plot, the show presses the reset button, leaving all the characters in a state of relative peace. Olivia Pope (Kerry Washing- ton, “Django Unchained”) be...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Mud wrap venue 4 Bridge, to Botticelli 9 On a cruise 14 Knock gently 15 Unalaska inhabitant 16 With 27-Down, striped holiday treat 17 Tycoon Onassis 18 Add to the language 20 North Atlantic hazard 22 Perching on 23 Unusually high temperatures, often 26 Letters used in old dates 29 Beirut’s country: Abbr. 30 __-Cat: winter vehicle 31 Skin-and-bones sort 33 Fish and chips o...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 7 Huntley owns second Senior Night By MAGGIE KOLCON For the Daily The Michigan wrestling team is going to have a huge hole to fill at the 197-pound weight class come next season. Sixth-year senior Max Huntley wrestled his last regular-season match Friday night at Cliff Keen Arena, winning against Purdue’s Drake Stein with an impressive 16-1 technical fall...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com LeVert: “I was thinking positive” By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor Despite injuring his lower left leg in December and potentially hurting his future NBA Draft stock, Caris LeVert said he never worried during his recovery. Monday, two days after returning to action in the Michigan men’s basketball team’s win against Purdue on Saturday, the ...…
