…Thursday, June 6, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 108 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Pride Month Dierra Barlow reflects on queer indentity, person journey in during world- wide LGBTQ+ celebration >> SEE PAGE 9 NEWS 2...…
…2 Thursday, June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 6/4/09 2:22 PM 3 2 5 4 5 9 7 7 2 9 8 6 6 7 2 6 7 8 4 8 3 9 7 2 8 3 CHALLENGER puzzle by sudokusyndication.com City Council talks rezoning projects Council examines affodability, scale of proposals On Monday evening, the Ann Arbor City Council discussed several rezoning...…
…More than 75 Washtenaw County residents made the trek from Ypsilanti to Ann Arbor Saturday morning during the second annual Bridging 23 Unity Walk. Organizer Robin Stephens said the 8-mile walk was cre- ated to unify the east and west sides of Washtenaw County, which faces dispari- ties in job access, economics and education. “I think it’s so important for us to really connect as an entire community so we’re all responsible for e...…
…4 Thursday, June 6, 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 Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomai...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION I t’s officially June, which means two things: The Peony Garden in Nichols Arboretum is due to bloom any day, and it’s time to cel- ebrate Pride. LGBTQ+ Pride month has gone through many evolutions since its origins in New York in 1970, where the first Pride was held to commemorate a year since the Stonewall riots. The Stonewall riots are a historical...…
…6 Thursday, June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Rocketman Paramount Pictures Ann Arbor 20 + IMAX, GT6 Quality 16, the State Theatre Taron Egerton (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”) doesn’t consider “Rocketman” a biopic. While the story revolves around the life and music of Elton John, Egerton himself filling John’s (platform) shoes, he has a point: “Rocketman,” with its all-out musical numbers and its elegant ...…
…7 Thursday, June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Amid earth-shaking thunder- storms and sweltering heat, New York City’s Governors Ball start- ed and ended with a bang — liter- ally. The third and final day of the outdoor music festival on Ran- dall’s Island came to a close with performance cancellations, a tor- rential downpour and hundreds stranded as they awaited a break in the storm. But before Mother Nature a...…
…Democratic presidential candidates Jay Inslee and Elizabeth Warren both visited Detroit on Tuesday. Inslee has been governor of the state of Washington since 2013 and has focused his campaign on environmental issues. Warren, a Massachusetts senator, has created a progressive campaign focused on rebuilding the middle class and fighting corruption. According to Real Clear Politics averages, Warren and Inslee currently poll at 8.3...…
…9 Thursday June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Pride month feature: “Not my binary” When I was five years old, I found myself on a muddy, cold football field. I was in kin- dergarten playing flag football in Saginaw, Michigan. I was the only girl. That day, I didn’t think about being the only girl on the field, I only remembered being forced onto my back by an illegal tackle and scoring a touchdown th...…
…Michigan hires Phil Martelli, Howard Eisley as assistants John Beilein was the veteran coach who filled his bench with younger, up-and-coming assistants. For new coach Juwan Howard, it was the opposite for his first hire. It had long been rumored that Howard, a young coach with no college or head coaching experience, was looking for a veteran head coach to join his staff, and Howard has now found that person in former St. Jos...…
…SPORTS 11 Thursday, June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Howard, recruiting will be biggest challenge When Jimmy King came home from high school practice as a highly-touted recruit, he wasn’t just greeted by his mother but often another call from Juwan Howard. With only one phone attached to a cord that stretched through the house, as King recalled, he would mouth to his mom the moment it rang. “I’m not here, I’...…
…12 Thursday, June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Warde Manuel spoke directly, with certainty and confidence. “We looked at many,” Manuel said. “Broad scope. I stand here today with my choice.” Before Juwan Howard had stepped to the podium as Michigan’s new basketball coach and before a question had been asked, Manuel answered the day’s biggest one. Since John Beilein left, a coaching search unfolde...…
