…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 15, 2019 — 7 ‘M’ set to take on ACC opponents UNC, Louisville over weekend When the No. 17 Michigan softball team takes the field this weekend, it will see a pair of unfamiliar foes on the other side of the diamond. The Wolverines (3-2) will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to participate in their fourth straight ACC/Big Ten Challenge. This year, they’ll take on Louisville...…
…8 — Friday, February 15, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com As the Big Ten race tightens, the Wolverines keep their eyes ahead This was supposed to be straightforward. The Big Ten was supposed to run through the mitten this year. Michigan and Michigan State were the two highest-ranked teams in the conference before the season and the disparity between them and everyone else only seemed to grow as the season progresse...…
…GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 72 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 S P O R T S . . . . . . ....…
…On Wednesday, about 50 people gathered for the first in a series of luncheons in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building. The event was hosted by the Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach and Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honors society. The event began with a pre- sentation by two executive board members of WeListen, a club that strives to bridge the political divide through respectful...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, February 14, 2019 — 3A DISPLACED From Page 1 PARKLAND From Page 1 Read more at MichiganDaily.com HARMON From Page 1 MICHIGAN DAILY ALUMNI TALK ALEC COHEN/Daily Former Michigan Daily photographer Dhani Jones and businessman Howard Luckoff speak on their experiences working in the business industry in the Student Publications Building Wednesday. “School shootings and kids being shot...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, February 14, 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. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, February 14, 2019 — 5A Valentine’s Day music for lovers and loners SHERRY CHEN / DAILY The day is nigh. Valentine’s day, Saint Valentine’s Day, the Feast of the Valentine, “Valentimes” Day, V-Day — regardless of its many iterations, February 14th is both interpersonally and commercially accepted as the day of love. Unfortunately, love, in the romanticized context of this holiday we’r...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 14, 2019 — 7A Matthews provides blueprint for Michigan to get back on track Charles Matthews stood outside the away locker room at the Bryce Jordan Center, surrounded by a swarm of reporters. Coming off a Big Ten career-high 24-point performance — a continuation of the redshirt junior’s most impressive stretch in months — it was a logical scene. This time, though,...…
…8A — Thursday, February 14, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Position review: Tight Ends With the Michigan football team’s 2018 regular season in the books, The Daily looks back at the performance of each unit this year and peers ahead to the future in 2019. In this edition: tight ends. When the Wolverines went 8-5 in 2017, one of the lowest points in a disappointing season was the performance of the receiving cor...…
…The Michigan Daily LOVE NOTES— michigandaily.com Thursday, February 14, 2019 — 2B To my TMD fam-loving u guys all the way from Florence. Xoxo, Lilly I love u milind Anmol, thanks for put- ting up with me <3 “Sweet Sweet Riley Jane, Thank you for being the best friend I could ever ask for. You never fail to make my day brighter. So lucky that you came into my life, Mich would not be the same without you. Xo, Nik” Love you Maggi...…
…The Michigan Daily LOVE NOTES Thursday, February 14, 2019 — 3B thank u for being my val- entines U have nice fingers juya Brothers of ATO, Thank you for everything you always do. Laser tag, sled- ding, mom mixers, and more. Our college experi- ences would not be the same without the fun and friendship you bring into our lives. We love and appreciate you everyday <3, AGD Helloooo my beautiful boss ladies imy and ily from CA Dear...…
…Friends, family and several prominent politicians braved icy conditions to honor the life of former U.S. Rep. John Dingell at funeral services in Dearborn, Mich. The longest-serving member of Congress in history and spouse of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., passed away last week at the age of 92. John Dingell had a heart attack in September and had been battling cancer, though the exact cause of death has not yet ...…
…Build a Better Michigan will have to pay a $37,500 fine after Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson determined Friday that the nonprofit organization violated campaign laws with advertisements run in support of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Build a Better Michigan was formed by Whitmer allies, and spent more than $2.4 million in the 2018 election. The group ran a series of ads they described as “issue advocacy,” exempti...…
…The proposed process would have the outgoing SOFC chair nominate at least two individuals to take their place. Further, the chair of the Executive Nominations Committee would vet the nominees and present them to the Assembly, who would vote to confirm the position. Prior to last week’s CSG meeting, in which the Assembly discussed the veto of the resolution, Greene released a statement describing his decision to veto. ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, February 13, 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....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 13, 2019 — 5A When I think of A Tribe Called Quest, I think of my high school’s art room. I think of the overflowing cork board, pushpins doing their darndest to tack down exceptional student work and inspiration, with a cardstock square print of the Beats, Rhymes and Life cover hanging on for dear life at the top left corner. I think of playing “Oh My God” in the select...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 13, 2019 — 7A To be successful, Michigan baseball needs to be consistent Last season, the Michigan baseball team got off to a horrid 4-11 start. It lost a three-game series to Lipscomb — which had just a .444 win percentage last season. The Wolverines were outscored by an average of 1.2 runs and posted a batting average of .230 while their opponents maintained an ...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com State College stunner Beilein ejected for first time at Michigan, frustrations spill over in ugly upset loss at Penn State, 75-69 No luck Michigan surrenders early flurry of goals, falls to 15th-ranked Fighting Irish in South Bend, 5-2 STATE COLLEGE — The Michigan men’s basketball team ran out of the tunnel, but this time John Beilein did not join them. ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 13, 2019 Last in line: University climate policy faces re-evaluation ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN KUZEE PHOTO BY ANNIE KLUSENDORF …
…I begged my mom to pack me American food for lunch every day. I wanted perfectly prepared meals with sliced green apples in a brown bag and a cute note on the nap- kin. Almost every day from elementary school to high school graduation I ate either turkey and Swiss or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I prayed that she didn’t run out of time in the morning and resort to slapping sticky white rice with bulgogi beef into a container ...…
…A fter the Patri- ots and the Rams kicked off the low- est-scoring Super Bowl in its 53-year history, ad space became as scrutinized as the space between Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks and the ball in the third quarter. Whether you were wear- ing a Brady or Goff jersey at Charley’s last Sunday night, rivalries united during com- mercial breaks to watch the notorious Super Bowl ads. From the Backstreet Boys promoting Doritos, ...…
…C limate activists can usually remember the moment they real- ized the magnitude of the ecologi- cal problem humanity faces. Ten years ago, Noah Weaverdyck, cur- rently a doctoral student in physics at the University of Michigan and a member of Climate Action Movement, an environmen- tal policy organization on campus, attended an environmental advocacy event at Goshen College. He had heard about climate change and its supposed danger...…
…Wednesday, February 13, 2019// The Statement 6B The University does not count scope 3 emissions in its measurements, and neither do other institutions; this is the standard procedure for emissions measures. But during the extraction, storage and transportation of natural gas, methane — a greenhouse gas — leaks into the atmosphere and warms the planet. These emissions fall under scope 3 and are thus not considered when calculating em...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, February 13, 2019 // The Statement 7B F or the last three years, I’ve measured my self-worth by an admission officer’s decision. I spent countless hours drafting Common Application essays about my commu- nity and “Why Michigan?” to prove I was worthy of going to the Univer- sity of Michigan. The first two times I was rejected, it felt personal. I had bared everything in m...…
…the visual statement photos by Annie Klusendorf Wednesday, February 13, 2019 // The Statement 8B …
…As immigration status has become an increasingly divisive political topic in recent years, student organizations and local activists are working to advocate undocumented students and Washtenaw County residents. Local activist organization, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, has addressed issues of immigration enforcement by advocating for and providing support to the families of undocumented individuals w...…
…Students at the University of Michigan received a total of 24 Fulbright grants for the 2018-2019 academic year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. This is the highest number of Fulbright scholarships given to any public university for the 14th year in a row, according to the U.S. State Department. The Fulbright Program, one of the most prestigious awards funded by the U.S. State Department, granted scho...…
…“For some of them, it is their first time ever reading their work in front of an audience other than their classroom, and so we really like being able to give them that experience,” Peters said. “For the listeners, they’re just hearing so many interesting stories about the student experience because a lot of students are writing about their own life experiences or people they know.” The event features students studyin...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, February 12, 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. Ann Arbor, MI...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 12, 2019 — 5 It’s apparent that the internet has shaped our culture in ways our grandparents couldn’t have imagined. The internet holds endless information that will take years to even brush the surface of, information that lends to the shaping of nations, of cultures, of racial oppression and destructive gender norms. The internet is a powerful force that has shaped the...…
…6 — Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Roland Huget ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/12/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/12/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 ACROSS 1 Enjoys Breckenridge, say 5 Cries out loud 9 “If I Had a Hammer” singer Lopez 14 In the past 15 Geometry calculation 16 Pay by mai...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 12, 2019 — 7 Bench sparks Michigan There are few things that can be the difference between winning or losing a basketball game. The Michigan women’s basketball team has one of them down: bench play. “The way that they’ve been able to play has been the difference between us being successful, and early on in league play, us not being successful,” said Michigan head...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Wolverines’ Quinn Hughes and the process of bouncing back With 17 minutes left in Michigan’s game against Penn State at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 26, the Wolverines trailed 4-0. But then sophomore defenseman Quinn Hughes fired a shot at goaltender Peyton Jones, and redshirt sophomore forward Luke Morgan was there to clean up the rebound and ...…
…This semester, LSA sophomore Grace Miller is enrolled in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 281, a higher- level computer science class that introduces students to data structures and algorithms. This course is the fourth EECS class Miller has taken at the University and has a much smaller enrollment than the other introductory computer science class, EECS 183. Like many students in project- based computer science ...…
…DR AWING IN THE GALLE RIES 2A — Monday, February 11, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News CARTER FOX/Daily Engineering sophomore Taylor Murray, who is also a Student Docent at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, sketches a sculpture during a Drawing in the Galleries event at the UMMA Saturday afternoon. DESIGN BY VIVIAN HARBER Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/15/08 9:40 A...…
…Sometime last year, my friends and I were chatting, and somehow—I don’t remember how—I had mentioned that my name, Monica, is not the name I was born with. A (white) friend asked me what it was, and I responded that the name I was born with—my Korean name—is Yejoo. He opened his mouth, tried to pronounce it, and asked me what it meant. I shrugged and said I didn’t know and that it probably meant a grassy field, or something. ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, February 11, 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. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 11, 2019 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com By Joe Deeney ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/11/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/11/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, February 11, 2019 ACROSS 1 Org. whose product is measured in barrels 5 Pillar of Islam involvin...…
…At this point I’m convinced that everyone who took French in high school knows the lyrics to a Stromae song by heart. Maybe I’m way off the mark, but my anecdotal evidence suggests that “Papaoutai” and “Tous Les Mêmes” are universally known and beloved. Whether or not that’s true, Belgian artist Stromae’s 2013 album Racine Carrée (Square Root) is a great choice for budding Francophones. Stromae had already broken through the wo...…
…SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 11, 2019 AUSTIN DAVIS’ JOURNEY FROM ONSTED TO ANN ARBOR Alec Cohen / Daily Design by Jack Silberman INSIDE SPORTSMONDAY See Page 2B DETROIT — This time two years ago, then-freshman forward Will Lockwood was still recovering from a disclocated shoulder when he won his first “Duel in the D” with the Michigan hockey team. While he notched one assist in that game, it was c...…
…2B — February 11, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T he village of Onsted does not have a lot. It doesn’t have more than 1,000 residents, and it doesn’t have a Meijer (or a Walmart, or a Whole Foods, or probably any store where most people would choose to go grocery shopping). It most defi- nitely does not have its own exit on the highway, or really even an exit near it at all, and just is not a conv...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 11, 2019— 3B Charles Matthews makes the difference for ‘M’ Three weeks ago in Madison, Michigan’s undefeated season lay in the balance of a one-point game with seven minutes to play. That time, the Wolverines’ offense wilted, scoring just 10 points over the remainder of the gane and falling, 64-54, at the hands of the Badgers. So on Saturday afternoon against the same oppo...…
…4B — February 11, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With 5-2 win, ‘M’ completes sweep of Spartans DETROIT — More than just the “Iron D” trophy was on the line when the Michigan hockey team took the ice on Saturday. Coming into the annual “Duel in the D” against Michigan State, just five points separated the Wolverines — who are deadlocked with Minnesota for second place — from last place in the Big Ten standin...…
…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...…
