…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 8, 2021 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM CHAMPIONS DANIEL DASH Daily Sports Editor Michigan 42 42 Iowa 3 3 Wolverines capture elusive Big Ten Championship in win over Iowa GOT A NEWS TIP? Let us know: Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com IN DEX Vol. CXXX, No. 61 ©2021 The Michigan Daily NEWS.........................2 A RTS..................…
…In light of the University of Michi- gan’s commitment to achieve carbon neutrality for both on-campus and purchased-power emissions by 2040, community members are consider- ing how the University can introduce more energy-efficient lighting proce- dures. Multiple buildings and common areas across campus close each night and remain inaccessible to students, staff and faculty, but continue to be lit with the same light intensity as d...…
…The University of Michigan Diag was illuminated by a string of tealight candles the evening of Dec. 2 as community members gathered to mourn and commemorate the four lives lost in the Oxford High School shooting on Nov. 30, where a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire in what would become the deadliest K-12 school shooting since 2018. Three students spoke at the event: Public Policy junior Alyssa Donovan, LSA junior Mckenzie Mille...…
…In early November, the University of Pioneer High School parent Charmelle Kelsey filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Ann Arbor Public Schools on Nov. 30, in the latest of several attempts to make AAPS acknowledge racial disparities in their school system. The suit claims AAPS withheld public documents Kelsey believed would provide evidence of racial discrimination at Pioneer High School, according to a press...…
…Arts I’m the kind of person who looks for herself when she reads. I want so badly to find bits of myself in characters that I love. From Hermione Granger to Lizzy Bennet, I crave a connection to beloved characters, so much so that I force similarities. I try to become the characters instead of finding a natural connection, instead of finding something real. And then I read Uzma Jalaluddin’s “Hana Khan Carries On.” I’ve seen att...…
…On April 20, 2021, the Detroit Free Press broke the news that CEO of Activision Blizzard — one of America’s premier AAA game companies, publisher of juggernaut franchises like “Call of Duty” and “World of Warcraft” — Bobby Kotick gifted $4 million to the University of Michigan to establish an esports minor. Kotick, who studied Art History at the University, dropped out in the ’80s, supposedly based on the advice of Steve Jobs. Ac...…
…The boobs : balls ratio There are several tests to quantify how well a narrative treats characters who are women. The most famous is probably the Bechdel test for women’s representation — two women must have a conversation about a topic other than a man in the film for it to pass. When Alison Bechdel first created the test in 1985, most films were not able to pass, but, in recent years, over 50% do. Obviously, the Bechdel test only...…
…8 — Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The lack of diversity in public schools: A reflection of my time with Black Men Read When I take the time to reflect on my child- hood, I cannot help but appreciate the parts of my upbringing that nurtured a love for who I am and the cultural community that I come from. Growing up in a Black household in a largely Black area, I obtained ample expos...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, December 8, 2021 — 9 ALEX YEE Opinion Columnist BRITTANY BOWMAN Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. CLAIRE HAO Editor in Chief ELIZABETH COOK AND JOEL WEINER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials refle...…
… 10 — Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com E arlier this month, Democrats lost unified control of Virginia state government to Glenn Youngkin, a mild-mannered, sweater vest-wearing Republican who loves to talk about schools. Leading up to the election, education was consistently ranked as one of the most important issues to Virginia voters. The Youngkin campaign addressed education by constant...…
…On Sunday, the No. 2 Michigan football team learned its postseason fate: A trip to Miami to face No. 3 Georgia in the Orange Bowl. While the Bulldogs’ recent loss to Alabama toppled them from their long-held No. 1 spot, it’s hard to picture a National Championship game without them in it. But, as the Wolverines have said all season, they aren’t flinching. “We’re gonna be looking forward to it,” junior quarterback Cade McNamara s...…
…INDIANAPOLIS — There was a moment in Saturday’s game, deep in the fourth quarter once Michigan’s lead had swelled to 35-3, when Jim Harbaugh and Aidan Hutchinson flashed across the Lucas Oil Stadium big screen. The seventh-year Michigan coach and senior defensive end locked eyes. They screamed in each other’s face and whacked one another across the chest. And the crowd — delirious, jubilant and rollicking — roared in appreciation...…
…Statement Sex Edition …
…Let’s unpack that: How and why we talk about sex in college If you walk into my house after 11 p.m., know that you will be talked about when you leave. Every morning after a night out, my roommates and I follow the same sacred ritual: the debrief. All 12 of us — and any male guests who have dared to stay past 9 a.m. — squeeze together on the couch to recap the night before. Over cups of cof- fee and pieces of dry toast, we rehash e...…
…I like to bring up my mom when talking to friends about sex. No, it isn’t a product of some sub- scription to one of Freud’s incestual talking points — my tendency to mention her is actually empiri- cally grounded: she is a professor who has taught about the history of sex for over 20 years. And my personal bias aside, I’d confidently say she is an expert in the field. Telling people what she does usually garners the same cautious, y...…
…The female ORGASM on Prozac W e are chronically misinformed when it comes to female pleasure — where it hap- pens, why it happens and how. At times, even the scientific and research communities are stumped on the evolutionary purpose behind the female orgasm: while some studies point at a procreating advantage prior to ovulating periods for women who orgasm, no firm claim can yet be made. Female orgasms, especially in contrast to mal...…
…For 3,653 days — long, arduous, hollow days — the Michigan football program lived in the shadows of its unremitting failures against Ohio State. There won’t be a 3,654th day. At long last, that futile streak is over. After eight consecutive bitter losses to the Buckeyes, the Wolverines emerged from The Game victorious. No. 5 Michigan (11-1 overall, 8-1 Big Ten) shocked No. 2 Ohio State (10- 2, 8-1), 42-27, clinching the Big Ten East...…
…When a couple knocked on Rack- ham student Jeffrey Lockhart’s door on Nov. 4 asking if he was planning on renewing his apartment lease, Lockhart knew something wasn’t right. As a tenant of Oxford Companies, a popular Ann Arbor real estate com- pany, Lockhart said he was surprised to find prospective tenants outside his home asking about his plans to renew so that they can potentially take over his lease next year. Lock- hart said he ...…
…The University of Michi- gan’s endowment, which is currently valued at $17 billion, rose by an estimated $4.7 bil- lion in the 2021 financial year, a 40.6% return on investment. The increase was announced by Geoffrey Chatas, executive vice president and chief financial officer, at the Oct. 21 Board of Regents meeting. This year, higher education institution endowments across the U.S. saw the strongest annual performance since 1986, ...…
…Around 50 students gathered on the Diag the afternoon of Nov. 19, with some walking out of their classes, to demand the University of Michigan expand its policies for climate change mitigation and sexual misconduct prevention and take responsibility for its actions. The strike was organized by Fridays for Future, an environmental organization that leads climate strikes around the world, as well as Roe v. Rape, a campus nonp...…
…“Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to yet another round of Bones or No Bones: the game where we find out if my 13-year-old pug woke up with bones, and, as a result, we’ll find out what kind of day we’re going to have.” This is how Jonathan Graziano opens almost every one of his Tik- Tok videos featuring his adorable pug, Noodle. For over a year now, Graziano has made jokes about Noodle having “no bones,” flopping back down o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, December 1, 2021 I can’t in good faith say that I’m a Swiftie. I’m a Swiftie in the sense that we all are Swifties — because you can’t avoid her. Her music has defined a generation, whether you like it or not. Even if I don’t buy tickets to Taylor’s shows, it’s still a Swift-dominated world, and I still reap the benefits of breakup songs. Everybody loves her femcel anthem, and ...…
…Wednesday, December 1, 2021 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Attending a 9 a.m. lecture. Setting up a table at the Posting Wall. Printing out a last- minute essay. Gathering for a student organi- zation meeting after hours. As students at the University of Michigan, we spend so much of our time in Angell Hall, but how many of us actually know who James Burrill Angell is and what his legacy entails? Learned pie...…
…I love a good, classic loading screen. I don’t mean those obnoxiously slow progres- sion bars or the tracker timelines on food delivery apps that halt on each stage for 15 minutes. My favorites are the small, simple graphics that repeat in perpetuity with no discernible end to their progression. The repetitive, continuous motion is oddly calm- ing. I love the little revolving lights that circle around and around, lavishing away the tim...…
…Since the start of my childhood, Nov. 1 meant the hanging of a quilt from the stove in my kitchen. It was my mom’s “Thankful Quilt,” decorated with felt leaves, turkeys and other Thanks- giving-esque patches. More importantly, the quilt was lined with little pockets numbered one through 30 — a pocket for each day of the month. And every night, before eating dinner, my mom would have my sister and I write down what we were thankful for ...…
… 10 — Wednesday, December 1, 2021 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SIDDHARTH PARMAR Opinion Columnist BRITTANY BOWMAN Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. CLAIRE HAO Editor in Chief ELIZABETH COOK AND JOEL WEINER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials re...…
…Come late November, the Michigan fanbase is used to singing the same melancholy song: There’s always next year. But, as the Wolverines have espoused since the first day of the season, this year — and this team — is different. On Saturday, when Michigan led Ohio State at the half, fans started to believe that it could be true. The 14-13 score was hardly an indication of the dominance to come, but rather a hint that this time, ma...…
…Sitting behind the podium after the Michigan football team’s win over No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday, Jim Harbaugh took a moment to look around. Usually, his press conferences strike the same somber, frustrated, dejected chords after games against the Buckeyes. But when Harbaugh’s well- documented 0-5 record against his arch rival changed during Saturday’s 42-27 victory, so did No. 5 Michigan’s season outlook. And Harbaugh’s ton...…
…At a sexual assault survivors’ forum on Nov. 13, Maya Crosman, a 2016 University of Michigan alum and survivor of former U-M lecturer Bruce Conforth, questioned the University’s investigation process into Conforth, who retired without any punishment in 2017. “I cannot be sure what happened at (the Office of Institutional Equity) when Conforth was allowed to retire with his reputation intact, but it is clear that justice was not give...…
…I feel like Mr. Vaughn and others who are camped outside are not disrupting my ability to come and go from the house. I have guests at the house where I do the University’s business quite often — that’s why I live on campus. That hasn’t been disrupted. So I want to really shout them out for the respectful way that they’re persistently advocating their cause, and that’s the way change happens. I understand the passion, and I respect ...…
…Two years ago, I embarked on a crusade: I removed every social media application from my phone save for Snapchat and YouTube. I got rid of TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Face- book, Pinterest — all in an effort to improve my mental health and mitigate my growing phone addiction. During the pandemic, I would cycli- cally download and delete these apps, a bit like a toxic relationship. Of course, I still have full access to some sites like I...…
…4 — Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The home screen of my Nintendo Switch lights up with the words “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” spread out across the screen. In the background, I can see my villagers Cherry, Punchy and Leopold running across the main plaza as the theme song for the game plays. All of my other villagers are somewhere fishing, running or in their homes creating a ...…
…T he Ann Arbor Public Schools district is in trouble. Within the past few weeks, AAPS has canceled in-person school three times. On Oct. 22, three schools went remote. Five days later, it was one school. The most recent closure, on Nov. 1, affected every school in the district. Naturally, parents were upset. For working parents, the need to find emergency child care is an exceptional burden. AAPS discontinued their before and aft...…
…Now that Halloween has passed and the holiday season encroaches upon us, my anticipation for a relatively new “holiday” tradition has begun. Like many other Spotify users, early November is when I begin both eagerly awaiting and bracing myself for Spotify’s 2021 Wrapped. Launched by the music streaming giant in 2015 and originally called “Year in Music,” Spotify Wrapped gives listeners a summary of their streaming habits over the past...…
…This was supposed to be a season of destiny for the Michigan field hockey team. Coming off a season in which it swept the Big Ten and earned the national runner-up, the Wolverines entered the 2021 season expecting greatness. That expectation was made even greater due to the circumstances, with the season coming 20 years after Michigan’s lone national championship and the NCAA finals being hosted in Ann Arbor. The season seemed a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, November 17, 2021 When the Michigan women’s soccer team took the field against Bowling Green on Friday, its starting lineup had only one thing that it noticeably lacked: Underclassmen. Of the Wolverines’ 11 starters, three were juniors, four were seniors and another four were either graduate students or fifth-year seniors. And from the way Michigan dominated the Falcons en...…
…10 : 00 a.m. By 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 5, Jonathan Vaughn, the Anderson survivor and former Michigan football player who has been leading the protest, will have been camping out in front of President Schlissel’s house for 28 days. On a normal day during the protest, Vaughn wakes up in his tent around 6:30 or 7:00 a.m. and heads to the Michigan Union, where he orders a coffee and breakfast sandwich from Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea. One ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, November 10, 2021 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2021 semester 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. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 10, 2021 — 3 “You’re not like other girls,” he says. You are supposed to take this as a compliment. But what he really means when he says this is that he looks down on women and girls as a whole and you do not fit the degrading image of women he has in his mind. And of course you don’t! Because (like all other women), you’re unique and a powerhouse; these are two things...…
…4 — Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Every time I think society may be making progress when it comes to protecting, respect- ing and standing in solidarity with women as we fight systemic abuse, I am gravely mis- taken once again. As a Drake fan, it pains me to write this article, but we must talk about this issue. In his highly anticipated album, Certi- fied Lover Boy (CLB), Drake cr...…
…5-Opinion O ver the last few weeks, the United States has had one of the biggest waves of labor strikes that it’s seen in recent history. Thousands of workers across different industries have been striking with demands including better pay, safer working conditions and more. This parallels a large worker shortage, as well as issues across the supply chain that have been happening this year. While these strikes may seem to have c...…
…P refatory Monday, Oct. 25, 2021: Julia Verklan Maloney The building is compact with soft red bricks lined in stone filigree trim. Its beauty lies in the reflective dormer and casement windows, sprawling alcoves and wooden rails. Charm and feminine austere is within the patterned tiling, fanciful garden-scape and coffered ceilings. Imaginative and luxurious, exclusive and emancipating. As a female student on campus, the Michigan Lea...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 10, 2021 — 7 SO WE CAN STAY TOGETHER STAY SAFE MASK UP STAY WELL *Social distancing is recommended for individuals who are not fully vaccinated. When I watch Michigan football games, here’s how I set it up: The game goes on my TV, I have my laptop open to watch another game and toggle through Twitter, then I have my phone to occupy the inevitable simulta- neous c...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Val Nainima brings strong basketball foundation as new assistant coach Val Nainima is a stickler for basketball basics. Passing, dribbling, shooting. As most do, she understands them to be the foundations of basketball, and having a solid foundation is key to being successful on and off the court. Throughout Nainima’s entire basketball career, she’s conti...…
…New COVID-19 research from the Uni- versity of Michigan reveals little spread of the virus between the campus and the surround- ing community last fall. Lead researcher Dr. Adam Lauring, a virologist and infectious disease physician at Michigan Medicine, told The Michigan Daily the results of the study are important because previous work related to COVID-19 transmis- sion in college environments has been quite ambiguous in the past. Thi...…
…The University of Michigan’s chap- ter of the Spill the Honey Foundation, an organization committed to telling the history of Black and Jewish civil rights alliances, screened the new film “Shared Legacies” Thursday evening. The documentary discusses the part- nership between the Black and Jewish communities during the Civil Rights Movement. About 70 students and professors attended the screening. The film highlighted how Jewish leade...…
…Similarly to the faculty open letter, the student open letter calls on the University to issue a public apology on Sheng’s behalf and reinstate him as instructor of the undergraduate composition course. Sheng also had no comment on the student letter. Cho and LaGrand told The Michigan Daily they decided to write the letter after noticing the impact the incident was having on the culture at SMTD and Sheng’s career. Cho said while Sh...…
…“The Fortune Men” by Nadifa Mohamed is a story that exists off the page. Nominated for the 2021 Booker Prize, “The Fortune Men” is based on true events, as Mohamed brings to light the wrongful conviction of Somali 29-year-old Mahmoud Hussein Mattan for the murder of Jewish shopkeeper, Lily Volpert. In the book, Mattan is referred to as ‘Mahmood,’ while Lily is renamed ‘Violet.’ Mattan was the last man to be hanged in Cardiff prison. “...…
…Wolverine claws, orgasms and Goop. This seemingly-odd combination takes the screen in Netflix’s new show: “Sex, Love & Goop.” Gwyneth Paltrow, along with a cast of sexological experts, tackle couples’ sex problems in hopes of enhancing their intimacy; they explore some interesting techniques to make sex lives more pleasurable. This even includes the incorporation of a wok cleaner (which is typically meant for the kitchen) into forep...…
…Every time I pass a Walgreens or CVS, I remember how I used to pace down the candy aisle while my dad chose photos to print out of all our family pictures saved on a chunky, silver 2010 digital camera. It was a monthly occurrence because of the hundreds of photos that would pile up on his SD card. My dad always carried the camera with him, only letting go of it when he’d set it on the nightstand to sleep. In addition to birthdays, wedd...…
