…As the first day of fall semester approaches and students move into on-campus residence halls, freshmen have had to modify their expectations for what the semester will now look like. LSA freshman Elizabeth Wolfe, who lives in East Quad Residence Hall, said she has tried to make her first several days as normal as possible despite the semester’s clear differences. “Interactions have been limited but I’ve k...…
…T here may finally be some clarity surrounding college football. After a meeting on Tuesday morning, Big Ten Presidents and Chancellors voted to postpone fall sports. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said. “As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big...…
…Thursday, June 11, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 125 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Lebanon: where suffering meets resilience Lebanon has another crisis and, like before, we have abandoned them. >> SEE PAGE 9 NEWS Philber...…
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…In an email to students and fac- ulty Monday, University of Mich- igan President Mark Schlissel outlined the new interim policy on sexual and gender-based mis- conduct, which will go into effect Aug 14. The policy will apply to students, faculty, staff and third parties on all three campuses and Michigan Medicine. “Improving how we prevent and address sexual and gender- based misconduct in our com- munity must always remain a foremost ...…
…LSA instructors prepare for a mostly virtual fall semester As the University of Michigan campus gears up for a “public health-informed in-residence semester” this fall, departments and instructors have had to decide how to hold their classes while aligning with University guidelines. For LSA, these guidelines means large classes over 45 will be fully online, and smaller classes have the option to be in-person, hybrid or fully on...…
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…Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com VANESSA KIEFER Editor-in-Chief eic@michigandaily.com ANGIE YU Business Manager business@michigan- daily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Brandon Cowit Managing Editor cowitb@michigandaily.com Tess Crowley Digital Managing Editor crowlete@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on...…
…As students from all over reunite in Ann Arbor for a new school year, The Michigan Daily has you covered with all the major news coming out of the University of Michigan this summer. It’s been an eventful summer for the Wolverines. From announcing a new president to medical students walking out of their white coat ceremony, from a new minimum wage to LEO-GLAM’s first contract with the University of Michigan, here’s what you need to...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, August 31, 2020 — 3 In the main hallway of Markley Residence Hall is a selection of large blue move-in bins. Standing next to the bins is a portable whiteboard sign with a hand-written message: “Please wipe before & after use!” On the floor lies a tube of disinfectant wipes, empty. This week, thousands of students are moving into University of Michigan residence hal...…
…As the Michigan Union reopened Monday morning for the second time this calendar year, University of Michigan alumni Isabel Wil- liams, Amanda Wasserman and Lucy Rosenthal stopped to say goodbye. The trio, who met their freshman year, roamed the silent, empty halls, reminiscing on game days and late-night food runs together one last time before their senior year housing lease ends later this week. “It’s definitely very sad look- ing ...…
…WilmerHale released its 88-page report of its independent investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct by former Uni- versity of Michigan Provost Mar- tin Philbert Friday. The report found “significant evidence” that Philbert violated the Universi- ty’s Sexual Harassment policy. It identified numerous times when University personnel and adminis- tration received information about Philbert’s sexual misconduct. “Two things are cle...…
…Wednesday, August 10, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com One of the best things about reading romance novels or watching romance movies is that you can almost always count on the presence of a trope. Whether it’s enemies to lovers (think Darcy and Lizzy in “Pride and Prejudice” or, more recently, Season 2 of “Bridgerton”), fake relationships (a #BookTok favorite), good girl/bad boy (which always reminds me of that 5...…
… Wednesday, August 3, 2022 — 3 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Warning: The following story contains descriptions of violence against people and animals. While based on true events, this piece is a work of fiction, and no people or animals were harmed. The grass had grown and grown and grown until, one day, my father declared that it was unacceptable. He went out to the hardware store and returned an hour ...…
…Students, community members, politicians and activists gathered at the University of Michigan Diag for the “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally Sat- urday afternoon to speak out against the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade. One of around 50 “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies held Saturday, the protest was held in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on the pending Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organiza- tion case. The decision,...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 4 — Monday, August 31, 2020 Thousands protest police brutality across Michigan CLAIRE HAO & CALDER LEWIS Daily News Editor and Summer News Editor Last weekend, The Michigan Daily reporters went to 11 different protests, driving 269 miles and speaking to almost 100 people in 10 cities about why they came out. Some said it was their first time protesting. Many more said they were use...…
…The Daily spoke with Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., on July 24 about his re-election campaign to the U.S. Senate, the federal govern- ment’s COVID-19 response and racial inequality. John James is the Republican nominee running against Peters for the Senate seat in this November’s election. The James campaign declined multiple requests for an interview. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. TMD: Why should young peo- p...…
…4 Thursday, August 6, 2020 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. BRITTANY BOWMAN Editorial Page Editor Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Elizabeth Cook Jess D’Agostino Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Gabrijela Skoko Timothy Spurlin...…
…4 Tales from a Ragstock dressing room Content warning: Mentions of disordered eating A week before my first class at the University of Michigan, I wandered around Ann Arbor as a college student for the very first time. With friends who were already familiar with the city, I was given a grand tour of which buildings I’d enjoy, which are widely beloved and which to avoid altogether. We all swooned for the smells of Frita Batidos, ...…
… 4 — Wednesday, August 3, 2022 4 — Wednesday, August 3, 2022 It’s always a beautiful day in the neighborhood; that is, if you’re willing to crouch down in a variety of public places across Ann Arbor. In the late winter of 2020, the city felt relatively bleak. With almost the entire freshman class (including myself) being kicked out of the dorms, any potential for normalcy on campus and in Ann Arbor diminished to a faint, distant l...…
…The Board of Regents held a special meeting on Wednesday to officially appoint Dr. Santa J. Ono as the 15th president of the University of Michigan. Ono, 59, will begin his initial five-year tenure on Oct. 13 and will succeed Interim President Mary Sue Coleman, who was appointed by the board in January following the abrupt firing of former President Mark Schlissel. Coleman will continue to serve as president until Ono’s term begin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, August 31, 2020 — 5 LSA senior Dylan Gilbert was sitting in a class discussion with the other 20-or-so members of her class, when her English professor Scott Lyons read out loud the N-word from a short story by American writer William Faulkner. Gilbert, uncomfortable with the situation, left the discussion that day. Though the class carried on, the professor’s choice ...…
…A mid the global COVID-19 pan- demic, the American people are struggling to find a healthy rou- tine. Across the country, people are reck- lessly jumping the gun, looking to return to pre-pandemic life while their fellow American brothers and sisters die. Bars and restaurants are packed, parties rage and crowds gather with reckless aban- don, often without masks. Our immedi- ate future seems bleak and irredeemable. These pivotal times, ...…
…T wo months into this year’s Black Lives Matter protests that call for the defunding of police departments across the country, Presi- dent Donald Trump has yet to respond in a way that isn’t thoroughly racist and problematic. Outrage swept through the nation in response to the first reports of unidentified federal agents arriving in Portland, Ore., — a hotspot for Black Lives Matter protests — in unmarked vans, kidnapping citizens o...…
… Wednesday, August 10, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Ghosts are real. Maybe not in the ways you’ve heard, but I assure you, they’re very real. I’ve seen ghosts nearly everywhere in my hometown all my life — in every corner of my house, in every school I’ve attended, in every nook and cranny of my neighborhood. Every so often, I take it upon myself to collect these ghosts from their spots — not with...…
…Frank O’Hara, from Michigan to New York Frank O’Hara, from Michigan to New York 5 — Wednesday, August 3, 2022 // The Statement Nestled in between Catherine Street and Detroit Street, a sliver of a building sits — the eclectic and magnificent Detroit Street Filling Station. Surrounded by a moat of picnic tables and potted plants, a tributary of jazz, blues and boogie pours a cocktail of heart, soul and song into the summer streets ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — 5A VISIT US FOR A CHANCE TO WIN Stop by between August 29 and September 7. Sign up for our email newsletter to enter a raffle for Tech Shop gift cards. 20 winners receive $100, $200 or $500! In-store entry only. No purchase necessary to enter. Valid umich email address required; unsubscribe from the Tech Shop email newsletter anytime. Regular U-M employees and all ITS e...…
…Pools of carmel swirling around a black hole abyss My eyes call themselves beautiful. Candied flakes swallowing influxes of light, I love this skeleton, Composed of bones proven durable From years of resisting wordly tarnish I love this skeleton, Despite the unevenness of my ribs The lopsided steel bars that Protect my fragile beating core I love my shoulders, Likened to soils drenched And weighed down heavy in the exhaust...…
…I n the past month, I have observed friends and peers drop their fraternity and soror- ity life memberships due to the his- toric and current racism embedded in the institution. Every year, there are more videos of historically white fraternities and sororities (HWFS) chanting racist slurs or being exposed for racist practices in their rush strategies. As a new member, there have been many mandatory educational trainings on not bein...…
…It’s said that every theatre is inhabited by at least one ghost, and contrary to legends propa- gated by Halloween, these ghosts do not like the dark. Thus, when the curtain falls and a theatre’s house empties, an employee will leave a light — a ghost light — to burn onstage until the perform- ers return. Across the world, ghost lights have remained on and untouched for months. But the lives of performers continue offstage, each day add...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, August 10, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief Pay attention to your local elections E very four years, we are hounded with constant reminders to vote i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, August 3, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief From The Daily: For the January 6th Committee, truth and transparency are their own victory *A previous version of t...…
…6A — Wednesday, August 31, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CHEN LYU Daily Staff Reporter Extended social district, block closures shift Ann Arbor downtown experience Resolutions passed by City Council change what downtown Ann Arbor looks like to consumers Downtown Ann Arbor District Library installs free Narcan vending machine RILEY HODDER Summer Managing News Editor Home of New Vision provides free overdose-reversing dru...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color Monday, August 31, 2020 — 7 Heard the ruckus for the new Netflix reality TV show “Indian Matchmaking,” but not sure if you want to watch it? Don’t fret the details, I won’t spoil any- thing, but I’ll help you navigate whether or not this is a show for you. If you come from a Desi fam- ily like me, you grew up hearing about how the numerous rela- tionships in your family were ...…
…In the prologue of his 2019 memoir, cho- reographer Mark Morris wrote that “the live aspect of performance is what appeals: the dancers, the musicians, the audience — all living beings in the same room. People might say they’ve watched a dance on You- Tube and they have. But they haven’t. It isn’t live.” Morris is so passionate about this point that he reiterates it in almost every subsequent chapter. By the time the book is finished, ...…
…Let it be known that Hozier, Irish singer-song- writer extraordinaire, receives poetry books as Christmas gifts. Yes, The man behind our favorite sleepy Sunday morning tunes with his poignant, dreamy voice reads poetry. And, most importantly: If you tune in to Instagram Live at the right time on Fridays, Hozier will read a selection of poetry to you. For the past four weeks, Hozier presented a kinder, gentler side of the internet. His p...…
…Wednesday, August 10, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After learning and overcoming, Jess Mruzik readies to lead Michigan LINDSAY BUDIN Summer Managing Sports Editor CHICAGO — When Michigan junior outside hitter Jess Mruzik arrived at Michigan after graduating high school a semester early in January 2020, she finally got the opportunity to take her talents to the collegiate level. But when she contracted mono a...…
…Wednesday, August 3, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Seamus Casey, the defensive process is key JOHN TONDORA Daily Sports Writer PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Seamus Casey’s offensive prowess and untapped upside are undeniable. The focal points of his game, Casey’s use of those abilities during his journey through the National Team Development Program was nothing short of exceptional. Yet as scouts analyzed his apt...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — 7A IRENA LI Summer News Editor Michigan Medicine nurses sue University amid contract negotiations Union alleges ‘U’ violated state law on bargaining Schedule an appointment with an advisor today! lsa.umich.edu/Judaic TRANSCENDS LEARNING THAT BORDERS I I .U M I C H . E D U/ P I C S The current state and future of abortion care at Michigan Medicine TESS CROWLEY...…
…2-News I have real problems with my city and my university. It’s legal in Ann Arbor to gather outside in groups of 25 and inside in groups of 10. But it isn’t safe. The city also requires that we wear masks when in groups, but even that’s not safe unless we are six feet apart. And how easy is it to wear a mask when you’re having a drink and a conversation? My city — the city I came home to 10 years after ...…
…Imperial Triumphant’s newest album, Alphaville might be the most versatile album of the year. To call the black metal trio strange would be an understatement; their latest work is a raging, depraved inferno that combines brutal death metal, jazz and even doo-wop to disorient- ing effect. Despite Alphaville’s colossal battery and sheer weirdness, the album has its mellifluous moments. The constant variation in genre, tone and energy...…
…8 Thursday, August 6, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Cracking open the coconut: the reality of being a ‘white washed Indian’ “Are you even Indian?” “You’re so light-skinned, you must be half.” “Why do you listen to so much white music?” “He’s a coconut (brown on the outside, white on the inside).” “She’s barely brown, have you seen who she hangs out with?” To be honest, I’ve said some of these things be...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Brandon Naurato named interim hockey coach This article was updated to include statements from Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel and interim Michigan hockey coach Brandon Naurato. Mel Pearson’s firing left the Michigan hockey team without a head coach, and with its first exhibition game just under two months away, it desperately needs a lea...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, August 3, 2022 ‘We don’t want to take any steps back’: Michigan looks to build off last season A year ago, Jim Harbaugh sat at a podium on the turf inside Lucas Oil Stadium and waxed about climbing a mountain — the mountain, of course, being a metaphor for defeating Ohio State. Harbaugh’s comparison, along with the confidence that he exuded, evoked both smirks and sideway...…
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…O n Sunday, June 7, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council acknowledged that the current system of policing is not working and that they intend to “defund and dismantle” the city police department. Council President Lisa Bender stated, “(We need) to listen, especially to our Black leaders, to our communities of color, for whom policing is not working and to really let the solutions lie in our community.” While still in the process o...…
…9 MICHIGAN IN COLOR A letter from the editors As the summer comes to a close, and our time as Managing Editors is now complete, we would like to close off with a letter and a hope for MiC — an ode to a summer of revolution, if you will. Neither of us could have predicted what we signed up for, but we are more than proud of what we were able to accomplish. Thanks to a group of brilliant and talented writers and staff, we were able ...…
