…In the five years since the 2014 police shooting death of Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser, the city’s law enforcement has worked to undertake reform and increase transparency. While certain city leaders and activists have since left town or moved to new positions, work to increase accountability for law enforcement continues, both in Ann Arbor and elsewhere. Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor was sworn in less than 24 hours a...…
…community and experts. According to Ann Arbor Police Department Chief Michael Cox, AAPD officers receive training in de-escalation, as well as implicit bias training. A new addition to training, however, is incorporating an awareness of mental health. Cox said AAPD and Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department officers are working with community mental health departments to recognize and de-escalate situations with citizens who ...…
…Multicultural Fraternities Multicultural fraternities at the University of Michigan have also reported incidents of over-policing at their tailgates and parties. Before the 2017 Michigan v. Michigan State game, Lambda Theta Phi, a Latin fraternity, and Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically Black fraternity, were issued six minor citations. The citations were for disturbing public peace, creating a nuisance, obstructing police a...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Friday, November 8, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 8, 2019 — 5A It was the second distinct time I was lobbied to watch “BoJack Horseman.” This was a few days before I, more willingly, saw Bong Joon-ho’s (“Snowpiercer”) “Parasite.” I had given “BoJack” a chance once before, at another trusted friend’s lobbying, only to be turned off by how on-the-nose the show seemed to be. At the time, I preferred my social commentary to take m...…
…By Jeffrey Wechsler (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/08/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/08/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, November 8, 2019 ACROSS 1 Long-nosed fish 4 Took to the cleaners 11 With 29-Down, anticipates potential trouble 14 Burns wrote one on a louse 15 “After this, no more questions” 16 Tahiti, to Gauguin 17 Total confusion at the ...…
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…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 2B Western Michigan Bradley Kent State (N) at Akron Notre Dame at Eastern Michigan Morgan State Syracuse Oakland Appalachian State Florida State (N) at Maryland Penn State Michigan State at Ohio State Nov. 8 Nov. 10 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Dec. 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 14 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 31 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 16 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 ...…
…Bigs leading the way to positionless basketball Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 3B F or decades, basketball has been a mostly specialized sport, with specific, stan- dardized roles drawn up for the different positions on the court. The smaller, more athletic guards captain the offense, take the ball up the floor, call plays, find open team- mates on passes and hit medium to long-range shots. The taller, stronger forw...…
…Fifteen seconds remained in the fourth quarter of the gold-medal match in the Under-19 Women’s World Cup. The United States and Naz Hillmon were staring down the barrel of a defeat to Australia as, back to the basket, Hillmon posted up against an Australian defender on the top of the key. She watched as two of her teammates crossed in front of her, waiting for the inbound and a chance to tie the game at 66. *** Two years earlier, Hill...…
…“I turned to (guard Rhyne Howard’s) mom and I’m like, ‘We did not come to Thailand to get a silver medal.’ “‘What is he going to pull out? What is he possibly going to do?’” It was going to be a long fifteen seconds. Howard went for the first foul, reaching around Australia’s Isobel Anstey. Trying to waste time by avoiding the foul as long as possible, Antsey twisted her upper body back in Howard’s direction. Her elbow went straight int...…
…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 6B Roster breakdown The Michigan women’s basketball team is coming off its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, and for the second consecutive season, the Wolverines have undergone a significant amount of roster turnover. With Hallie Thome and Nicole Munger graduating and Deja Church transferring, Michigan has three starting spots to fill and 30.6 points per game to repla...…
…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 7B Jack Kingsley, Brendan Roose and Kent Schwartz contributed to this story. Michigan finished last season fourth in the Big Ten and with a good chunk of teams competing for real estate at the top of the conference standings, life won’t be getting any easier. Here’s everything you need to know about the Big Ten’s top teams this year. No. 4 Maryland After winning the Big Ten regular season t...…
…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 8B Rutgers The Scarlet Knights enter the 2019-20 season missing four out of five starters from last year’s team that finished third in the Big Ten. They can hope to fill some of that gap with five-star center Maori Davenport, and redshirt junior guard Arella Guirantes also seems poised for a big season — scoring 27 points in Rutgers’ season opener against South Alabama on Tuesday. Still, re...…
…Ann Arbor City Council had its first October meeting this Monday, discussing issues such as a Packard Road rezoning ordinance and marijuana legislation. The meeting began with a proclamation from Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor and Ann Arbor Fire Chief Mike Kennedy to kick off Fire Prevention Week. The Ann Arbor Fire Department and the National Fire Protection Association are collaborating to promote the nati...…
…CLIM ATE CHANGE PROTEST 2 — Tuesday, October 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News ASHA LEWIS/Daily Extinction Rebellion protestors stop traffic to urge Ann Arbor politcal leaders to take action on climate change at the Central Campus Transit Center Monday. TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusynd...…
…Additionally, more than 15 community members spoke against the 2857 Packard Road Planned Unit Development rezoning ordinance, a conditional zoning agreement introduced in 2016. The zoning would shift eight acres of property along Packard road from R1C single-family residential to R1E, a single-family residential zoning which allows for greater density. The developer is Jim Haeussler of Saline-based Peters Building Compan...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edite...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 8, 2019 — 5 ’Tis the season for atonement, folks. If you have been a dedicated reader of this here column, which I am certain you are, you will know that I am a big fan of apologizing. I apologize for everything, from taking up space to Jeffrey Epstein. Maybe it’s my midwestern upbringing or my Jewish guilt or my genitals, but I am always apologizing for one thing or another....…
…6 — Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Debra Hamel ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/08/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/08/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 ACROSS 1 How headless chickens may run 5 Argo and Titanic 10 Email asking for money, perhaps 14 Pedi partner 15 “A Confederacy of Dunces” author...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, October 8, 2019 — 7 Michigan power play refreshed in new system Jack Becker didn’t even need to look to find the open man. After Michael Pastujov’s shot missed just wide of an open net, his brother — senior forward Nick Pastujov — sent a pass to Becker, who was waiting on the edge of the left faceoff circle. Without a glance, Becker knew he had Jimmy Lambert wide op...…
…8 — Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Harbaugh comments on California NLI law Jim Harbaugh was asked an open-ended question Monday, as reporters searched for his thoughts on the California bill that was passed last week allowing players to profit off their name, image and likeness. As the hot-button topic of the college sports landscape, it’s more than a reasonable question to ask of the highest...…
…Thursday, August 8, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 121 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR ‘On Punjab’ Harnoor Singh shares his pride on being Punjabi and the lasting effects of coloniza- tion and Indian nationalism ...…
…Local attorney examines biases in criminal justice system, legal rulings On Monday night, a crowd of 20 people, mostly women, gathered in the Ypsilanti District Library to partake in a panel put on by Mothering Justice, a non-profit organization that advocates for women to become active in policy- making. The panel discussed how Black women are viewed in the legal system. The focal point of the evening was the caricature of “Sapph...…
…3 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS LSA junior Morgan McCaul has been selected by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, pending state senate approv- al, to serve on the Michigan Board of Athletic Trainers as a representative of the gen- eral public. McCaul, a sister survivor and sexual assault prevention advocate, said her personal experiences with athletic trainers give her a different view to bring to the b...…
…4 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Emily Considine Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spur...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION AKAASH TUMULURI | COLUMN D isney just broke (its own) record for annu- al box office earnings with five months still to go in 2019. The number? $7.67 billion. That’s on track for $13.15 billion by the end of the year, which would almost double the $7.61 billion record they set in 2016. Disney’s direct production stu- dio, Buena Vista, has captured 38...…
…ARTS 6 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There’s a saying that no one has your back like family. Through the good, the bad and the ugly, the peo- ple who have been by our side from the start are (hopefully) the ones we can turn to when the going gets tough. With endless ways to define what makes a “family,” it would seem nearly impossible to capture the essence of the word in just one film. That said, b...…
…“You can never publish my love,” Rogue Wave chants, in the song that the title of this series riffs on. Maybe that’s true, and we can never quite account for our love on paper or in print, but we sure can try. That’s what this series is devoted to: publishing our love. Us, the Arts section of The Michi- gan Daily, talking about artists, some of the people we love the most. Perhaps these are futile approximations of love for the poet ...…
…8 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS By Roland Huget ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 08/08/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 08/08/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019 ACROSS 1 Shelves for cooking 6 Image problem, briefly 11 Navy letters 14 Muscat native 15 Catherine of “Best in Show” 16 Water source 17 Annual ...…
…9 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Punjab. Literally the land of five rivers. . . or, well, it used to be. You see, even the name of our homeland brings pain these days. How can I tell you the pain of Punjab? Quite honestly, it is a pain that I can hardly even understand. My experience as a member of the Punjabi dias- pora has been filled with tragic realizations, one after the other....…
…10 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan hockey roster preview: An overview of returning players The Michigan hockey team’s season ended earlier than expected in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis. After an inconsistent regular season, the Wolverines were unable to collect themselves and make a deep postseason run. Players and coaches alike assert that it was not a s...…
…SPORTS 11 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Four position battles to watch as Michigan starts fall camp It must be August already, because fall camp is just starting to ramp up under the distinct whiff of optimism. The possibilities for the Michigan football team are endless and the hope, as it always does about this time, springs eternal. This summer, that enthusiasm is catalyzed by the promise of...…
…12 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Notebook: Josh Gattis talks offense at the start of fall camp At Big Ten Media Days last month, Maryland coach Mike Locksley made headlines in characterizing the workload distribution between himself and Josh Gattis. The two were co-offensive coordinators at Alabama last year, though Gattis’ responsibilities also included the receivers. When Locksley got ...…
…Sunday afternoon, students and Ann Arbor residents gathered for the annual FestiFools public art parade on South Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor. Papier-maché puppets created and controlled by University of Michigan students and volunteers, along with other artists and dancers, performed under the theme “Dancin’ FOOLS.” The parade, organized by WonderFool productions, is one in a series of public art parades the grou...…
…FOOL MOON 2A — Monday, April 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily Ann Arbor residents light up Kerrytown with different luminaries during Foolmoon Friday night. DESIGN BY VIVIAN HARBER OH BABY puzzle by sudokusyndication.com It’s more about the overall experiences of womanhood, however that’s defined. ALYSSA MCMURTRY Daily Staff Reporter TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, April 8, 2019 — 3A Dearborn, Michigan is the epicenter of Muslim/ Arab American culture. It is a microcosm of the Middle East with people from every Arab country (i.e. Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, etc). There is such a diverse presence of nationalities and cultures that all contribute their own traditions while sharing similar traditions w...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, April 8, 2019 Erik Nesler can be reached at egnesler@umich.edu. FINNTAN STORER 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. MAYA GOLDMAN Editor in Chief MAGDALENA MIHAYLOVA AND JOEL DANILEWITZ Editorial Page Editors Unsign...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, April 8, 2019 — 5A When you walked out your door this morning, it was probably the first thing you smelled: spring. It’s a sweet ripeness in the air that contrasts with the smokier, earthier scent of colder days weeks prior. It triggers an immediate emotional response that, at least in spring’s earliest days, is impossible to ignore. It makes us more energetic, happier, lo...…
…6A — Monday, April 8, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Priests explores being bad on ‘Seduction of Kansas’ ALBUM REVIEW SISTER POLYGON RECORDS After releasing their excellent album Nothing Feels Natural, it was hard to imagine where Priests would take their sound. The band masterfully demonstrated their post-punk chops, but that genre seems to have its limitations. It is difficult to navigate the post-punk g...…
…“Can’t break steel.” All season long, that’s what Michigan’s gymnasts have preached. Through injury, through tough competition, through controversy and a long season of twisting and turning and tumbling — you can’t break steel. Saturday night, the culmination of that mentality was put to the test. A day of competition in the NCAA Regional Final left reigning national champion UCLA with a hefty lead and the Wolverines in second wi...…
…2B — April 8, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sainristil impressing in spring ball Mike Sainristil was one of those guys in high school. The kind that played seemingly every position and did it well, his athleticism the prevailing reason he stepped on a football field and stayed there nearly the whole time. Even when he committed to Michigan, it was unclear whether Sainristil’s talents would be best fit at w...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday April 8, 2019 — 3B Watching their team down 6-5 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, the crowd started to clear, anticipating Michigan’s first loss in the Big Ten. But the Wolverines didn’t back down. Facing a 3-2 count with two runners on base, senior MacKenzie Nemitz swung hard, finding a gap between center and right field that propelled the Wolverines to a 7-6 walk-off vi...…
…4B — April 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday PLANET IN PERIL Averting Climate Catastrophe Through Law and Social Change ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY PROGRAM CONFERENCE For a complete conference schedule, visit law.umich.edu/elpp Co-Sponsored by the Environmental Law Society and the Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law April 11-12, 2019 Jeffries Hall 1225 University of Michigan Law Sc...…
…See FELONY, Page 3 Read more online at michigandaily.com Meredith Clark, assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, spoke to about 30 students and faculty in North Quad on Thursday afternoon as part of the Communication and Media Speaker Series, hosted by the University of Michigan Communication Studies department. In her talk, titled “Black Women Tried to Tell Y’all,” Clark discussed participati...…
…Michigan is joining a coalition of 17 Democratic attorneys general fighting to appeal a Texas district court decision that ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. In her announcement, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Michigan has a strong interest in protecting the Affordable Care Act. “The Affordable Care Act provides important protections – including protecting people with pre- existing ...…
…He will be remembered for his decades of public service to the people of Southeast Michigan, his razor sharp wit and a lifetime of dedication to improving the lives of all who walk this earth.” John Dingell recently entered hospice care following a cancer diagnosis. On Wednesday he tweeted that while he was too ill to post on social media, Debbie Dingell would continue to share messages on his behalf. “The Lovely Deborah is insi...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 8, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. An...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 8, 2019 — 5 “Those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day and worried about their bills were dead. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again.” These are the words of none other than Henry Hill, one of the most fascinating gan...…
