…CAMPUS LIFE ADMINISTRATION GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 65 ©2022 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 BUSINESS Cinnaholic, an Atlanta-based vegan bakery chain with locations across the United States and Canada, opened its first Michigan location in Ann Arbor on Friday morning. The store sold its specialty cinnamon rolls at $1 to the customers braving the freezing temperatures for the opening event. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell spoke at the ribbon cutting c...…
…CAMPUS LIFE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION The University of Michigan was ranked the top-funded institution in social science research in the U.S., according to the Fiscal Year 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey recently released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The survey measures the annual research and development (R&D) spending by academic institutions across all academic disciplines. Higher...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Everyone grows up. It’s the inevi- table consequence of life ticking for- ward one second at a time, but just because we grow up doesn’t mean we are grown-ups. We all come of age dis- tinctly, surrounded by different people and existing in different circumstances, but we are united in the fact that grow- ing up sucks. It’s a beautiful, disgusting, painful, eupho...…
…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com About a year ago, I ran into an old friend during the com- mute home from one of my classes. Given the state of the world in 2021, that commute was, of course, entirely vir- tual, and consisted merely of moving a cursor from the big red “Leave Meeting” button on Zoom to the power down button on the Windows start menu. But during my cursor’s brief virtual tr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Hot take: I hate syllabus week. Better known as “sylly week,” the first week of college classes in a semes- ter is often referenced affectionately as the final week in which a student could condone their laziness and theoretically couldn’t yet be behind. For some stu- dents, it’s purgatory at worst, party time at best. For me, though, sylly week (and its singl...…
…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com It all started as an innocent way of sending funny pictures of yourself to your friends on Snapchat and “harm- lessly” touching up small blemishes on our faces to appear more flatter- ing in our selfies. Now, social media has transformed into an inescapable reality where significantly altering your appearance to seem more “pol- ished” and “socially...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 On Sunday Jan. 26, student organizers from the Indian Amer- ican Student Association and the United Asian American Orga- nizations came together to host an intimate dialogue about the re-examination of South Asian Queerness — a much-needed first of its kind. Before the event was underway, I sensed something irresolute in the air of the dimly li...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 9 O n Aug. 19, 2021, Only- Fans announced that the platform would ban sexually explicit content. This came as a shock to many, espe- cially sex workers who depend on posting their content on the site for income. OnlyFans’ pub- licity has skyrocketed because of its explicit content, and it is supported immensely by explicit content creators. Banks and pa...…
…O n Jan. 19, coming off a year of unprecedented attacks on the right to vote by Republican state legislatures throughout the country, congressional Democrats made their last- chance gambit and finally had a vote on carving out an exception for the filibuster for voting rights and election reform legislation. As had been telegraphed for months, the move failed, coming up two votes short of the 50-vote threshold nee...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 11 JENNA HICKEY/Daily Michigan isn’t a good team, but late in the season, it is making some strides toward getting better. Women’s tennis optimistic despite loss to UNC Entering Saturday’s match against North Carolina, Michigan women’s tennis coach Ronni Ber- nstein was just a single win shy of becoming the winningest coach in program history. The Wo...…
…Julia Schachinger/Daily | Dominick Sokotoff/Daily | Kate Hua/Design | Design by Sophie Grand One month and a lifetime ago, Jim Harbaugh sat at a podium with a backdrop of College Football Playoff logos, expressing vigorous optimism for the future of the Michigan foot- ball program. “It’s still a beginning for this team,” Harbaugh waxed, his outlook unchanged in the wake of Georgia’s 23-point drubbing in the Orange Bowl. “That’s whe...…
…ILLUSTRATION BY JENNIE VANG PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG VINTAGE VALENTINE CREDIT: Bentley Historical Library Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Read more at MichiganDaily.com BY JULIA VERKLAN MALONEY, STATEMENT DEPUTY EDITOR Can’t Buy Me Love Can’t Buy Me Love What is love? Scientists explain it in terms of the body’s release of adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin; cynics refute its existence by citing ancient philo...…
…3 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement Fathers, daughters and daddies Necto, TikTok, And the importance of queer spaces Fathers, daughters and daddies Necto, TikTok, And the importance of queer spaces When thinking about father-daughter rela- tionships, unfortunately, there is no “dad” without a “daddy.” Since entering our collective vocabulary, terms like “daddy issues,” “fatherless behavior” and “father complex” have do...…
…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement — 4 Love Notes Love Notes Hi, Hope all is well. lonely out here in italy. this is from your secret admirer. I hope you share this with everyone. miss you! You + me = forever baby. Love you lady You are the absolute coolest, most funny most creative guy out there ! So glad we’re friends :) to my dear, smelly friends on e ann and my gorgeous, beautiful roommat...…
…ROSEANNE CHAO/Daily Universities across the United States, and especially those in the Midwest, are struggling to attract international students to their campuses. International enrollment has most noticeably declined in non-flagship state universities, where funding for classes and facilities has dried up due to the lack of international students who are willing to pay full price for tuition. University of Michigan students ...…
…Wednesday, Gov. Rick Snyder suggested a 2 percent increase in funding for the state’s higher education budget during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. According to a University of Michigan press release, the proposed plans would provide the University’s Ann Arbor campus with $320.8 million. The budget would also provide the Dearborn campus with $26.1 million, a 2.6 percent increase, and the Flint campus with $23.6 million, a 2.3 percen...…
…world to ensure a globally diverse campus community.” Despite these challenges, U-M’s Ann Arbor campus has held up well, with the number and percentage of international students growing almost uninterrupted for 10 years. In 2008, the percentage of international students at the University’s Ann Arbor campus was 11.55, growing to 15.14 percent in 2017. Kedra Ishop, vice provost for Enrollment Management, said because gover...…
…“ The barrier of loneliness: The palpable, desperate need of the human animal to be with his fellow man … up there is an enemy known as isolation” - Rod Serling. The haunting nature of loneliness is vividly captured by Serling at the end of the very first episode of “The Twilight Zone,” in which a man finds himself trapped in a town with no people in it. While you and I will likely never experience such a frightening scenar...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 9, 2018 — 5 “Hostiles” by Scott Cooper is a paradoxically violent yet aesthetically gorgeous take on a Western classic. Captain Joseph J. Blocker (Christian Bale, “The Promise”), a seasoned military leader with a history of killing Native Americans, is ordered to return a Cheyenne war chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi, “Penny Dreadful”) back to his ancestral land after being ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 9, 2018 — 7 Behind Enemy Lines: Wisconsin center Ethan Happ For the first time in two decades, the Wisconsin basketball program is rebuilding. After two pairs of Final Four and Sweet Sixteen appearances in the past four years, the Badgers have struggled from the get-go this season. A drop of some degree was anticipated for Wisconsin. Gone is the steady a...…
…8 —Friday, February 9, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Harbaugh, Michigan looking to fill 10th assistant spot on coaching staff While the Michigan football team finalized a new class of signees, one group on the team could still use a little more depth. The coaching staff, as of Wednesday, has filled just nine of the 10 available spots for full- time assistants — despite the 10th having been temporarily filled ju...…
…Faculty and graduate students have recently responded with personal and professional concerns to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The order, met with much opposition at the University of Michigan and nationallyupon its signing on Jan. 27, sparks questions as to who will and will not be able to travel in and out of the United States. It also prevent...…
…FOLLOWING UR <3. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Thursday, February 9, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES BLI Habit Workshop: Build a Team WHAT: David Korus, founder of Owenoke Capital Management, will lead a workshop on effective team building. WHO: Barger Leadership Institute WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Ruthven Museums Building, Room 2009 Prison Creative Arts Project Art Auction...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, February 9, 2017 — 3 “Matt and I did not send them, and we don’t know who did. As I teach in my computer security classes, it takes very little technical sophistication to forge the sender’s address in an email.” In response to the emails, parallels are being drawn to similar anonymous racist acts on campus earlier this school year, including multiple rounds of posters prom...…
…L ast Monday, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Susanne Baer of the Federal Constitution Court of Germany hosted a talk sponsored by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance about the role of the performing arts in advancing social justice. The event aimed to discuss the pivotal role of the arts in defining the human condition and bringing about justice, and featured student performan...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Style Thursday, February 9, 2017 — 5 As far as style goes, January 2017 is the month of the man. The fashion industry raked in millions after shows in Paris, Milan, New York, Florence — you name it. The farthest reaching fashion media feeds gave menswear its due, Vogue publishing its usual glorious photo slides of each collection and hundreds of articles were published raving over or crit...…
…ACROSS 1 Subj. for a non- native speaker 4 __-top: Beatles’ style 7 Much of “Star Wars” FX 10 Clumsy type 13 __ Michele, 8-Down co-star 14 “The Princess Diaries” princess 15 Tetris shape 16 Sporty truck, briefly 17 War film with a cast of 60-Across? 21 “Rock and Roll All __”: Kiss hit 22 Reckon 23 Custardy dessert 24 Thrown for a loop 26 Cool, once 27 Campus groups 28 Newspaper with a staff of 60-Across? 31 Dough for ramen? 32 Square __ 33...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 9, 2017 — 7A Newcomers look to fit into veteran squad Leading up to the 2017 season, the Michigan baseball team has been stressing two recurring themes — culture and experience. The program has now won 30 or more games in each of the last three seasons under coach Erik Bakich, improving its winning percentage each year. With a veteran core of 12 juniors and seven seni...…
…8A — Thursday, February 9, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Betsa chases perfection in circle For a steadfast endurer like Megan Betsa, stopping is the most difficult aspect of striving for perfection. But that’s what the senior pitcher — who was described as the epitome of a perfectionist by Michigan coach Carol Hutchins — was forced to do this fall while healing nagging injuries. Following a dominant season...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 9, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW Researchers find use of the drug negatively impacts verbal recollection By MADELINE GERSON For the Daily According to a recent study by Deborah Levine, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan Medic...…
…2-News 2 — Tuesday, February 9, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES 3 TUESDAY: Tents and Tables THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers MONDAY: This Week in History TENTS AND TABLES Voter registration, fundraising CLAIRE ABDO/Daily Art & Design freshman Keef Edwards models a hat he sewed in his dorm room shop in B...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, February 9, 2016 — 3 Detroit Public Schools invests $300,000 for building repairs Detroit Public Schools has budgeted money from other departments to repair some of the building issues in many of its schools. This decision follows a series of sick-out protests staged by teachers speaking out against the conditions of their schools. Teachers called in sick in such lar...…
…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 9, 2016 — 5 On new Elton, Yellow Brick Road is closed By SHIMA SADAGHIYANI For the Daily Elton John peaked at “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” Since 1994, the legendary British art- ist has been on a rapid decline. Won- derful Crazy Night is Elton John’s last- ditch attempt to relive the glory years; much like an aging 50-year- old dad going through a m...…
…HAPPY TUESDAY! ACROSS 1 Campaign display 7 Tuber made into poi 11 Actor Beatty 14 Give in 15 Out for the night 16 Australian bird 17 *Oft-minced bulb 19 Came in first 20 Woman in a Beethoven piano title 21 Oscar night rides 22 Classic sports cars 23 Absorbed 24 *Laura Hillenbrand best- seller about a racehorse 26 Honest prez 28 Math comparison 29 Sally Ride, e.g. 35 Diarist Frank 37 Island wreath 38 Recipe direction ... and a literal hint to ...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 9, 2016 — 7 ‘M’ looks to retool pitching staff By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer Backed by an explosive batting lineup and a lethal pitching staff, the No. 2 Michigan softball team enjoyed a magical run to the Women’s College World Series last season. And though the Wolverines graduated All-American pitcher Haylie Wagner, this year’s pitching staff has the poten...…
…T his isn’t what was sup- posed to happen for the Michigan men’s basket- ball team. They were supposed to be a deep, experienced team capable of beating elite teams and making noise in the Big Ten. They were supposed to lean on senior leadership from Caris LeVert and Spike Albrecht, the faces of the pro- gram and the last two players remaining from the 2013 run to the Final Four. They were supposed to rebound from a di...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 9, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan fell just short of a road upset at Indiana, losing 70-67 » INSIDE Bloomington Bummer 200 students build consumer products at second annual Makeathon By JING JING MA Daily Staff Reporter The Art and Architecture Building buzzed with energy Saturday afternoon as students sketched designs, ...…
…optiMize; University alum David Merritt, founder of Merit Good- ness; and Michael Finney, senior economic adviser to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, all participated. The University is home to sever- al programs focused on entrepre- neuship, including the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and Medical Innovation Center. The panelists agreed that innovation and entrepren...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts & News Monday, February 9, 2015 — 3A MUSIC NOTEBOOK John Misty is an odd businessman Freaky folker makes a statement about money in music By RACHEL KERR Daily Arts Writer Right now, you were supposed to be reading a review of his new album I Love You, Honeybear, set to release this Tuesday. I was going to rave about his past efforts, how I’m still humming “Hollywood Forev- er C...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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....…
…ACROSS 1 “The Alphabet Song” opening 5 Closed 9 Postpone 14 Lemony in taste 15 “__ Lisa” 16 Overjoy 17 *Handy tool to have when you’re out of loose-leaf paper 19 Red-suited reindeer driver 20 China’s Zhou __ 21 Forming a queue 23 Memory aid, such as “HOMES” for the Great Lakes 26 Amount paid 29 *Amulet 34 Sch. in the smallest state 35 T-shirt sizes, for short 36 Sound portion of a movie 37 *Prime ballpark accommodation 39 *Architectural style ...…
…6A — Monday, February 9, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PARAMOUNT Finland! ‘SpongeBob’ only works for kids Latest iteration of SpongeBob franchise runs on fart jokes By CONRAD FOREMAN Daily Arts Writer A note from the writer: I must preface this review by making it known that I was never a SpongeBob fan and I have only a basic famil- iarity with the show. While I was not the only audience member in my...…
…BSportsMonday n Michigan hockey beat Michigan State outdoors at Soldier Field, 4-1, despite questionable ice conditions. Page 4B TIME TICKING The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 9, 2015 n Michigan continues to compete, but that might not matter in March, writes Greg Garno. SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Irvin, former Mr. Basketball, scores team-high 23 in return to home state By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor BL...…
…2B — February 9, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The moral victory Michigan doesn’t need H ere they were again. In a game they weren’t supposed to stick around in, with a roster that lacked the depth to do so. On this path through the season, the one that was disappointing, heartbreaking and yet still within reach, each shot and every break brought the Michigan men’s basketball team closer and c...…
…By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Writer Two minutes into the Michigan women’s basketball team’s matchup with No. 21 Rutgers, the offense was already working hard. In one possession, sophomore guard Siera Thompson missed two 3-pointers, senior forward Cyesha Goree grabbed two offensive rebounds but missed a put-back shot and senior guard Shannon Smith had to swoop in for a quick board and layup to prevent a complete disaster....…
…4B — February 9, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Conditions threaten to cancel Soldier Field game By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer CHICAGO — Window by window, the skyscrapers north of Soldier Field grew darker as the game went on, blending into the night sky as Saturday night turned into Sunday morning. On the ice, the puck could be seen bouncing over sticks and along the boards while play- ers slipped a...…
