…It’s a Saturday night in the middle of nowhere. You’re driving down a dirt road (in a pickup truck, obviously) and passing cornfield after cornfield. Eventually you reach a massive bonfire where attractive young people are gathered. Tailgates are down. Speakers are turned up. Everyone is drinking. It’s a common image in popular contemporary country music. The light-hearted, quasi-romantic night in the backwoods. ...…
…6A — Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Jared Tamarkin (c)2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/22/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/22/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, Janury 22, 2020 ACROSS 1 Construction guideline 5 Pitfalls 10 Bible book that chronicles the conversion of Paul 14...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 22, 2020 — 7A Pacific breeze Michigan sweeps through West Coast trip, beating Washington on Friday and Oregon on Saturday After a disappointing loss in its season opener to No. 23 North Carolina State, the No. 17 Michigan men’s tennis team (2-1) headed to the Pacific Northwest in search of its first win of the season. The team bounced back in dominant fashion, notch...…
…8A — Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Robbins out with ACL The Michigan women’s basketball team has lost a key player in senior forward Kayla Robbins, who announced via Twitter on Tuesday that she tore her ACL in Sunday’s game at Nebraska. “Unfortunately, I have suffered an ACL tear that will keep me out for the remainder of my senior season” Robbins said in a statement posted to Twitt...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 22, , 2020 PHOTO COURTESY OF VERITY STURM Why destruction is the new American pastime …
…I n the past few weeks of January, news headlines, social media and essentially every aspect of my digital media sphere seem to have been dominated by Oscars news. Even for someone who con- siders herself relatively removed from the world of cinema, it’s impossible to ignore the buzz. Discussions about whether the Netflix Original “Marriage Story” deserved its nomination, if a remake of Bong Joon- ho’s “Parasite” would be inherently W...…
…T he loud music, dim lighting and cheap liquor blurred my surroundings in Rick’s American Cafe, an underground hideaway for most seniors at the University of Michigan. It was the beginning of another interminable Thursday night. It took me a few seconds to notice that a man had slid into the sticky upholstered seating next to me. He was inches away from my bare arm and lightly bumped into me, giving himself away. “Sorry,” I said, mov...…
…W e don’t wanna just throw the axe at the board. We wanna throw through the board. Whatever it takes.” Anthony Taylor, the bearded and tattooed co-owner of Axe Ventura, Ann Arbor’s newest and only axe throwing venue, is giving me a pep talk. My friend Emily and I have been chucking axes at the wall for the past 15 minutes, and I can’t land a stick (Emily, for the record, stuck her second throw). I assume position: toes on the line,...…
…R achel escorted us to the gear room, instructing us to suit up in full-length coveralls and plastic face shields. We emerged resembling a very skinny third of BROCKHAMPTON and met her by the weapons, a towering wall of recycled compressed wood hung with baseball bats, crowbars, frying pans, sledgehammers, wrenches, golf clubs, hammers, hockey sticks and mallets. Gibby grabbed a large wrench, Sophie an orange mallet. Jacob took his ti...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, January 22, 2020 // The Statement 7B W hen I was 10, my mother gave me my first copy of “Little Women” in the middle of summer. It was a bright pink paperback with a monochrome drawing of a woman’s skirt and shoes, simple and minimalistic. As a little kid who was used to the detailed, flashy covers of “Harry Potter” and “Percy Jackson” books, I was less than intrigued. Even...…
…8B Wednesday, January 22, 2020 // The Statment PHOTOS BY ALLISON ENGKVIST NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENS TRAIN SHOW …
…University of Michigan Provost Martin A. Philbert, executive vice president of academic affairs, was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 21 following several allegations of sexual misconduct. According to an email sent to the campus community by University President Mark Schlissel, these allegations were first reported to University administration on Jan. 16, prompting a three-day investigation by an outside law firm and the Div...…
…Exciting news for exercise Exciting news for exercise enthusiasts and casual gym- enthusiasts and casual gym- goers: researchers at the goers: researchers at the University of Michigan have University of Michigan have found a protein called Sestrin found a protein called Sestrin that has the potential to induce that has the potential to induce some of the most positive effects some of the most positive effects of exercise w...…
…Typically, the Office of Institutional Equity handles cases of sexual misconduct, but this office reports to Philbert and the Office of the Provost. In the email sent Wednesday afternoon, Schlissel said the reporting line for all matters related to investigations surrounding Philbert will be directed to Richard S. Holcomb, associate vice president for human resources. It is unclear what will happen to pending OIE invest...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, January 23, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, January 23, 2020 — 5 The lasting odyssey of ‘Uncut Gems’ FILM NOTEBOOK ANDREW WARRICK Daily Arts Writer “Everything will be OK” is the kind of thing we tell someone when one of two situations has occurred: Someone is irrationally caught up in a minute problem, or everything will absolutely not be OK. Yet, the new comedy from Australian comedian Josh Thomas (“Please Like Me”) walks...…
…6 — Thursday, January 23, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Bruce Haight (c)2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/23/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/23/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, January 23, 2020 ACROSS 1 Spunky 8 Longest-serving Japanese prime minister 11 Ave. crossers 14 Steel foundry input 15 Traction...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 23, 2020 — 7 ‘It extends further than lacrosse’ Playing against the best atheletes of your sport at the Division I level is daunting. Playing in a starting role as a freshman — even more daunting. But when attackman Bryce Clay and defenseman Andrew Darby both found themselves in the starting lineup for the Michigan men’s lacrosse team against Drexel last Februrary — ...…
…8 — Thursday, January 23, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Pearson’s vision coming true In sports, positive messages about resilience and perseverance have become the staple of struggling teams. Yet such optimism often falls short. Out of all the teams that pledge to stick with it, trust the process, work hard and improve each day to make a midseason comeback, only a handful will see such promises com...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 24, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 56 ©2019 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A SSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 S U D O K U . . . . . . ...…
…A group of about 30 faculty members, including the nine members of the tenure bylaw working group, gathered in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union Thursday to discuss proposed changes to the University of Michigan’s tenure policy. Due to recent sexual misconduct allegations against Provost Martin A. Philbert, many professors expressed a feeling of urgency about amending these bylaws. The working group, which is compris...…
…“We realize that it is deeply complicated to ask to divest completely from fossil fuels cold turkey, so we’re just asking for no more from here.” Student groups and CSG have lobbied the University to divest from fossil fuel companies. While the University Board of Regents voted in December against investing $50 million in a company with ties to oil and gas production, members of the Climate Action Movement released a statement ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, January 24, 2020 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 24, 2020 — 5 There are no Kinks in The Kinks, no Smiths in The Smiths, not a stroke in the The Strokes to be found. Perhaps then, to some surprise, front woman María of The Marías seems anything but out of place. María (who leaves off her surname in press) is the focal point of the band’s aesthetic, supplying the velvety vocals to the songs she co-writes, wearing the bob of b...…
…6 — Friday, January 24, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Paul Coulter (c)2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/24/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/24/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, January 24, 2020 ACROSS 1 Draft category 5 Crisply played, in mus. 9 Qatar’s capital 13 Inflammation treatment 15 Apple product 16 ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 24, 2020 — 7 T he problems plaguing the Michigan men’s basket- ball team are supposed to be early-season kinks, not late-January shortcom- ings. But this roller coaster of a season didn’t have any initial kinks. It began with seven straight wins and a smooth ascension to the No. 4 spot in the national poll. That was seven weeks ago. Now, the Wolverines are mired i...…
… The first time Nick Pastujov ever saw snow, he was five years old. As a kid from Bradenton, Fla., snow was a foreign concept to him. Sure, it existed on TV where kids would build snowmen and have snowball fights, but to him, it was more of an illusion. Movies were the closest he ever got to it. Then he got his chance. For the Silver Sticks International Tournament over Christmas, Nick traveled to Michigan, and there he saw it: the po...…
…About 50 Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students gathered in the Ann Arbor District Library to learn about the future of artificial intelligence on Friday night. The talk, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Finance,” featured Engineering professors Rada Mihalcea and Michael Wellman, who discussed how AI will affect trading in the financial world. Mihalcea started the conversation by asking Wellman about his ...…
…According to Turpin, some of these projects are in coordination with NASA, adding the two organizations hope to have astronauts on the moon by 2024. “Now Boeing is taking a unique approach,” Turpin said. “Because we build the Space Launch System, we’re building so much capability into our rockets, and we’re taking five steps to learn (from our past flights) so we can shorten our path … We want to be (on the moon in) about 2024...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, January 27, 2020 — 3A As soon as I stepped into the harshly-lit, humid and ever- so-crowded Beirut airport, familiarity flooded my senses. Anxiety did as well, as it had ever since I boarded the plane from Rome. I was going to visit my extended family alone after completing a study abroad program in Greece, one I deliberately chose for its proximity to Lebanon. My s...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, January 27, 2020 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at...…
…2015’s era of bright, side- swept hair and Tumblr edginess is embodied in one famous figure: Halsey. Rising to extreme stardom with the release of her fantastical debut album, BADLANDS, she became a voice that many angsty teenagers clung to. Her music created an alternate reality, BADLANDS existing as a fake universe for teenage fans to get lost in. Her distinctive, almost warbling vocals have garnered both praise and cri...…
…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Frank Virzi ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/27/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/27/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, January 27, 2020 ACROSS 1 Tibetan monks 6 Rise up against authority 11 U.S. interstate, e.g. 14 Grind, as teeth 15 Amazon Echo Dot’s voice service 16 West end? 1...…
…Isaiah Livers and the fate of the Michigan men’s basketball team Isaiah Livers shouldn’t have been in the game. In fact, for over half of it, he wasn’t. But despite suffering anoth- er injury in the second half, the Michigan men’s basketball team knew who it needed on the floor. The Wolverines were down by two points to Illinois with half a second and one chance, maybe, to pry a victory away from the Illini (15-5 overall, 7-2 Big ...…
…2B — January 27, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com M aybe some who pulled up to the Lincoln High School parking lot that night knew what they were getting into, but I sure did not. I was there — like most — to see Emoni Bates. Bates is the top prospect in the 2022 recruiting class, accord- ing to, well, everyone. Most recruit- ing analysts, including ESPN’s Paul Biancardi, tab Bates as the best prep p...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday January 27, 2020 — 3B A different perspective for volunteer assistant coach Matt Hunwick When the second intermission at the Great Lakes Invitational ended, the coaches walked across the ice and to their places behind the bench. But there was something different about the sight of them, gripping along the glass as they trotted. There was a new face, or at least a new face in t...…
…4B — January 27, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘M’ falls, 64- 62, to Illinois Ayo Dosunmu called game. Despite being hounded by Zavier Simpson, the Illinois guard, with ice in his veins, rose up over Michigan’s shorter senior point guard and drained the go-ahead jumper from the elbow with just 0.5 seconds on the clock. “That last play was guarded as well as you could possibly guard it,” Illinois coach Brad...…
…In 2018, Engineering senior Barry Chen went to his first and last career fair to look for aerospace engineering internships. Before the fair, he had already done research on which companies would be willing to hire international students. “When we had a career fair, we had a list of companies, and we could also check if they want to sponsor international students,” Chen said. “I checked it, and turns out very few of them (sponsor...…
…About 500 community members About 500 community members gathered at the Power Center Saturday gathered at the Power Center Saturday night to witness Đêm Việt Nam, a night to witness Đêm Việt Nam, a celebration of Vietnamese culture celebration of Vietnamese culture through different styles of dance. through different styles of dance. The theme this year was “Ignite Your The theme this year was “Ignite Your Flame.” Flame.” One o...…
…will be composed of students from across campus, with inclusion and equity in mind. Gerstein told The Daily the CCAC application will soon be sent to all students by email, and the Council will select students with the goal of representing a diversity of student voices. “The main thing we’re trying to ensure … with the selection of groups and the way we’ve sort of put together the CCAC, we hope it’s representative ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at...…
…It’s been nearly a year since “Broad City” concluded its run, leaving a hole in the heart of anyone who watched — especially for Comedy Central. The apparent heir to this is “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” which should fit in just fine, once it settles down. After Awkwafina’s recent string of success in high-profile films like “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Ocean’s 8,” and after becoming the first Asian-American woman to win a Golden Gl...…
…In the current rap arena, simplicity is key. Few people want to spend hours laboring over a heady underground release with a fine-tooth comb. The people want bangers, and they want them fast. The only way to keep up with the demand is to strip the songs down so only the essential elements remain. Those best equipped to dominate the current climate are those operating in the realm of “derivative rap.” That’s not to say they imitate...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, January 28, 2020 — 7 ‘M’ beats UCSB to go 3-1 on weekend The final shot came barrelling in, but Heidi Ritner was never worried. The senior goaltender had her defense in perfect position and the ball sailed harmlessly over the net. That strong defensive effort led the No. 7 Michigan water polo team (5-3) to a 7-6 victory on Sunday against No. 9 UC Santa Barbara (6-3) to close ou...…
…8 — Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Simpson violated team policies, won’t travel, Juwan Howard says The Michigan men’s basketball team has suspended senior point guard Zavier Simpson for one game, coach Juwan Howard announced on Monday. “While we are disappointed with what has transpired with Zavier, we know there are always lessons to learn and grow from,” Howard said in a statement. “...…
…Nikole Hannah-Jones, domestic correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and creator of the NYT 1619 Project, compared slavery to the red pill in the movie, “The Matrix.” As Hannah- Jones described it, the legacy of slavery in America is “the coding and the architecture of everything that we see, and we have been allowing this country to pretend that slavery is marginal to the American story.” Tuesday night, The Wallace Hou...…
…With Ann Arbor rent prices skyrocketing and student voter turnout flatlining, the University of Michigan Central Student Government met Tuesday night in the Michigan Union to pass resolutions to renew a taskforce researching a student tenants union and to discuss CSG and national election reform. Because Ann Arbor rent has increased at a yearly rate of nearly 16 percent, the Assembly passed a resolution reauthorizing ...…
…Engineering sophomore Carla Voigt, the University’s liaison to the ABTS, said the passage of the proposal aligns with CSG’s past actions. “We really just wanted to get the other Big Ten schools to be a part of the same thing that we were investigating, pulling out of investments in fossil fuel industries,” Voigt said. “It’s not unlike claims that we have made in the past or actions that we have done, like when we divested from th...…
…I n Rick Santorum, Sean Duffy and every other commentator on cable news, there is a politician. More importantly, there is content. The outrage cycle is just a part of that content, and as long as there is more content, everyone is happy. Duffy, formerly of “The Real World” fame, was elected as part of the 2010 Tea Party wave to Congress, where he remained for almost ten years until resigning in September of 2019. After, he op...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 29, 2020 — 5A Unchained to curating a group of songs into an album, Shelton can release whatever he wants, whenever he wants. For better or for worse, it seems like we won’t be getting any new Blake Shelton albums for a long time … or maybe ever. Whether that possibility bums you out or makes you sigh in relief — keep in mind that Shelton isn’t going anywhere. In a...…
