…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 15, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at the Heidelberg Project ahead of its 30th anniversary. » INSIDE the b-side CAMPUS LIFE During conversation, participants react to recent shootings on college campuses By ALYSSA BRANDON Daily Staff Reporter The issue of mass violence drove the conversation Tuesday during an open discussion about a topi...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 14, 2014 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Housing Headache: Finding a place to live off-campus » INSIDE THE STATEMENT Piper Kerman, whose book inspired Netflix series, addresses packed Rackham By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter The Rackham Auditorium was packed to full capacity Tuesday night as Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black: ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 16, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM ADMINISTRATION CAMPUS LIFE Return on investment drops 15.3 percent since 2014 report By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter FLINT — Though the University’s endowment continued to increase in fiscal year 2015, its return on investment decreased by 15.3 percent from 2014, University administrators anno...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 12, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM CITY COUNCIL Jane Lumm, Sally Hart Peterson address pedestrian safety, deer cull By ANNA HARITOS For the Daily With Election Day less than a month away, City Councilmember Jane Lumm (I– Ward 2) and former Democratic councilmember Sally Hart Petersen took to the podium Sunday to pitch their candidaci...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 5, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan kept rolling with a rout of Maryland in College Park » INSIDE Hurricane Harbaugh RESEARCH Patients who respond to placebo more likely to see improvement with antidepressants By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter A recent University study found that people with depression whose symptoms are decreased by p...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 1, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at the Michigan Gospel Chorale. » INSIDE the b-side CAMPUS CONTEXT Schlissel has ramped up efforts to initiate culture change, curb drinking on campus By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter University Presi- dent Mark Schlissel and his administra- tion have spent the last academic year working to ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 2, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM New initiatives, evaluative process kick in a year after Schlissel arrives By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter University Presi- dent Mark Schlissel and his administra- tion have spent the last academic year working to roll out new policy initiatives regarding sever- al campus issues — most notably, athletics...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 21, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Saturday didn’t end how it was supposed to end A look at the business landscape in Ann Arbor » INSIDE » INSIDE sportswednesday the statement Former SAM president, treasurer could face jail time By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Repoter The case against two former fraternity members involved in the January de...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 28, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Personal Statement Issue » INSIDE let’s get personal Nutrition, food security and fair trade featured in short lectures By ANNA HARITOS Daily Staff Reporter The University’s Sustainable Food Systems Initiative hosted 10 bite-sized talks Tuesday night on topics related to food and agriculture. The seco...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 29, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Take a walk in the Terrorfied Forest. » INSIDE the b-side Survey results from Change It Up! program illustrate progress in 2014 By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter Though violations related to alcohol, drugs and sexual misconduct increased in 2014 over the previous year, data from the University’s Change ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 7, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 6 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS......................8A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A THE STATEMENT..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Top 11 songs from ‘Supernatural’ MICHIGANDAIL...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 9, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan’s game against Northwestern will be a defensive struggle » INSIDE Football Saturday ADMINISTRATION Under proposed changes, external party would handle appeals process By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter A draft of updates to the University’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy released Thursd...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 30, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM AMANDA ALLEN/Daily Sally Peterson (D-Ward 2), an Ann Arbor City Council member, speaks to the College Democrats about voting at their Get Out the Vote City Council Elections meeting in the Michigan Union on Thursday. MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily LSA Dean Andrew D. Martin answers students’ questions in a casual Q&A session at ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 23, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 17 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 S U D O K U . . . . ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 26, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 18 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS...........................5A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A SPORTS MONDAY.........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM ‘Crisis in Context’ talks immigration MICHIG...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 13, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM ADMINISTRATION Percentage of minorities in first- year cohort is the highest since 2005 By ALLANA AKHTAR and LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporters The percentage of underrepresented minorities in this year’s freshman class is the highest since 2005, according to enrollment figures released by the University e...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 27, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Following enrollment report, groups say bump is step in the right direction By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter Though the University’s fall 2015 enrollment data reported the highest proportion of underrepresented minorities in a decade, leaders of Black, Latin American and Native American student groups...…
…Forum draws law enforcement leadership from across the county By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter Following an ongoing national conversation about the relationship between police and communities, Washtenaw County Police and Public Safety department will now implement additional measures to communicate with the public. On Wednesday, the 16th Annual Public Forum for the Enhancement of Police and Community Trust featured a p...…
…Service to connect students with licensed psychologist over the phone By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter As of Monday night, conversations about mental health are now constantly accessible beyond the traditional hours offered by Counseling and Psychological Services. Partnering with a company called ProtoCall, CAPS will now give students the option to call a mental health hotline after its office in the Michiga...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 8, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM ‘The Big House 5’ brings competitive gaming to the ‘U’ » INSIDE the b-side HOSPITAL Medical School, health system to increase collaboration By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter A few days after the University’s Board of Regents approved a reorganization of the University of Michigan Health System and the Uni...…
…2A — Thursday, October 15, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Daily Film Editor writes about competitive web gaming event “Big House 5,” Aviva Kempner documents the lives of Jewish heroes, artist profile of local musician Hannah Elizabeth, Baked Buzzed Bored of RC theatre. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Gifts of Art youth recital WHAT: All String Preparatory Academy students showcas...…
…starting point for determining the efficacy of current policies. “We now how have, for the first time, University-specific information on unreported as well as reported behavior of sexual misconduct,” Rider-Milkovich said. “We now have a baseline which we could use going forward whether our activities taken as a whole have moved the needle on this unbelievably heartbreaking issue.” Rider-Milkovich said SAPAC aims to increase ...…
…2A — Friday, October 16, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Campus Voices THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers MONDAY: This Week in History LEFT: Coach Jim Harbaugh’s hat falls over his eyes as yells at the referees duing Saturday’s 38-0 shut out of Northwestern. (LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily) RIGHT: LSA sophomore Nick Zoppi helps LSA senior Luke Tobeler hose o...…
…2A — Monday, October 12, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan foot- ball team has shut out three straight oppo- nents for the first time since 1980. The Wolverines take on No. 7 Michigan State at home Saturday. >>FOR MORE, READ SPORTSMONDAY 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Law panel WHAT: Deans and directors from Cal Berkeley, Northwestern, NYU, Texas and USC law schools w...…
…2A — Monday, October 5, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan foot- ball team won its Big Ten opener at Maryland on Saturday, 28-0. The Wolverines have now shut out their past two opponents. They face No. 13 Northwestern at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Talk on radicalization WHAT: London-based writer Kenan Malik will talk about radicalization ...…
…News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Daily Arts Section’s B-Side takes a look at the Michigan Gospel Chorale in this week’s issue. The group started in 1972, and is still thriving on campus. >>FOR MORE, SEE 1B. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Anthropology lecture WHAT: Nimmi Rangaswamy will discuss her research on technologies in low-income Indian communities. WHO: Information Alliance for Community Development WHEN: Today at...…
…omy is just kind of a basic right that you have, so I think it’s really amazing that they’re doing this.” Engineering junior Jake Sat- terelli, a member of Students for Choice, said Planned Parent- hood’s continued operation was important to him because of his background. “It’s important to me because I come from a less privileged back- ground,” Satterelli said. “So I know people in the community — espe- cially women — should have a...…
…2 3 9 5 3 4 6 1 9 5 7 3 5 2 9 8 1 6 2 9 4 8 6 4 4 3 9 RETURNING FROM BREAK. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, October 21, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Discussing the drug war WHAT: Dawn Paley will discuss her recently released book, “Drug War Capitalism.” WHO: Department of Romance Literatures and Languages WHEN: Today from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Michi...…
…and with their hands, people connect with food. “Just think about what you have to know to grow a crop, the land, the weather, the markets,” he said. “A lot of that knowledge is not from food study or data it is from the very feel of the land. Maybe the increased interest in food that we feel more human when we engage with food.” University Lecturer Margot Finn discussed the connection between fast food and social class. During...…
…you will go through something, but hopefully nothing as severe and traumatic as I have. But life isn’t pretty all the time, things happen. Set a goal, and work towards it and don’t let anything get in the way.” Hatch played basketball for the University during his fresh- man year, but left the team to focus on academics. Denise Kozikowski, an LSA academic adviser and organizer of the event, said it was modeled after a Stanford ...…
…2A — Wednesday, October 7, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Funding for internships WHAT: Representatives from University funding offices will sit on a panel to address options for overseas internships and research opportunities. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1636 Brown bag WHAT: Molly Lindner, who recently retired after serving as an associate professor of art ...…
…2A — Friday, October 9, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan football team takes on Northwestern at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The Wolverines and Wildcats are the No. 1 and 2 scoring defenses in the Big Ten. >>>SEE SPORTS, PAGE 1B 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES New York Philharmonic WHAT: Principal musicians offer a range of instrumental masterclasses. WHO: School of Music, ...…
…2-News 2 — Friday, October 30, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The No. 15 Michigan football team travels to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers on Saturday. The Wolverines come in at 5-2, 2-1 in the Big Ten. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. on ESPN. >>SEE SPORTS, PAGE 7 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Horror Film Festival WHAT: The film festival will feature four foreign language horror m...…
…2 — Friday, October 23, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY In 2015, minority enrollment for the freshman class increased 2.8 percent. The Daily’s Editorial Board discusses ways in which the administration can implement strategies to further this drive. >>SEE OPINION, PG. 4 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Transcription of tones WHAT: San Duanmu discusses his project to develo...…
…2A — Monday, October 26, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Columnist Anne Katz discusses her struggle with self- objectifying, something she hadn’t come to terms with until recently. >>FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Laboratory open house WHAT: The Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory will host an open house to showcase new upgrades. WHO: College of Enginee...…
…2-News 2 — Tuesday, October 13, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan football team hasn’t recorded three consecutive shutouts since 1980, but its defense remains improve- ment-oriented in the leadup to the Michigan-Michigan State game Saturday. >>PG. 8 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Jason Rezaian, a U.S. citizen and Washington Post reporter has been convicted o...…
…country and on our campus,” Downing said. “There’s a growing need for more inclusive research and teaching pedagogies that acknowledge intersections of social identities, and there’s a growing pipeline of multiracial students, staff and faculty.” The panel included Martha Jones, a professor of history and Afroamerican and African Studies and co-director of the Michigan Law Program in Race, Law and History, as well as...…
…effect, allowing doctors to see specific structural details. Lewis, working under Daniel Orringer, assistant professor of neurological surgery, said the development team currently uses the SRS microscope to detect proteins and lipids, two major structural components of cells and tissues. While tumor tissues look similar to normal tissues to the naked eye, they organize proteins and lipids very differently at the cellular level, a...…
…with mental health needs. She said implementing a ProtoCall hotline on campus will help bridge a gap between the current services offered and extra help students might need. “CAPS wanted to offer this service because they realized that there was a need among the student body in terms of offering alternative resources for mental health crises that happen after hours, on the weekends or on holidays,” she said. Sevig noted that...…
…attainment, income and gender and racial equality. House said the divergence between the quality of care in Western Europe and the United States began during the 1970s, when socioeconomic inequality increased in the United States. “We can’t just rely on rescuing people after they’ve gotten sick by living a lifetime in deprived conditions,” he said. According to House, this misconception has caused the United States to primar...…
…working in public health, told the crowd that the University’s commitment to community service and human rights is impressive. “The University of Michigan has been a real beacon of hope and prosperity and human rights for so many years,” she said. “The bond between Peace Corps and the University of Michigan could not be stronger.” Members of the University community may not be aware, however, of the crucial role University ...…
…substance as opposed to the more personality contrast between the different candidates,” he said. Public Policy senior Max Lerner, chair of the University’s chapter of College Democrats, said the Democratic debate was more productive compared with the Republican debate because of the smaller number of people on stage. “I think not having a clown show of 10 or 11 different candidates actually allows us to dive deeper into the ...…
…term performance continues to rank in the top quartile compared to the performance of other large university endowments,” Kevin Hegarty, executive vice president and chief financial officer, said Thursday. Erik Lundberg, University chief investment officer, said the investment return is down due to lower energy prices — the University allocates a large number of its investments to natural resources — and the appreciation of th...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, October 12, 2015 — 3A the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Martha Minow, who graduated from the University in 1975 with an honors concentration in history, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws. In addition to serving as the dean of Harvard Law School, Minow is currently the vice chair of the Legal Services Corporation, which, according to its website, is “t...…
…issues and then we have bad air,” said Rhonda Anderson, senior organizing representative for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Cam- paign and Environmental Justice Program. “The bad air is killing us just as much as the other issues are killing us.” The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has iden- tified several power plants in the area as the source of high sulfur dioxide levels and is working to reduce emissions at these pl...…
…The project was driven in large part by Munger, both in terms of providing a vision for the final product and funding most of the construction costs. The real estate tycoon had previously funded a similar model of graduate stu- dent housing at Stanford Univer- sity, and his record-breaking $110 million donation to the Univer- sity in September 2013 was given expressly to fund such a project in Ann Arbor. E. Royster Harper, vice pres...…
…dull crayons while microscopes with good resolution draw with fine-tipped pencils. As microscopes were improved, they hit a limit: The resolution could never get better than half a wavelength of light. Since microscopes use light to see, they can’t tell the differ- ence between two objects closer together to each other than a ray of light. Because of this, micro- scopes could easily see cells and some of the larger objects inside...…
…vacy. Even so, the synthetic data was based on real patterns from 150 of the most popular cours- es at the University. The data included information regarding high school performance, current course performance and gender. Each team took a different approach to the data. Team Col- lab estimated where correlations might occur within the data sets. Information senior Meera Desai said one factor they focused on was GPA. “We are tryin...…
…every morning in mortal fear that some well-funded, crazy extreme candidate in their own party is going to run against them in the primary, so they alter their voting patterns and they are less likely to cooperate with the other side,” Frost said. The duo suggested that a law requiring states to appoint non- partisan district commissions would mitigate the current polarization in Congress. “That would help, and you wouldn’t have...…
…exhausted all other means of acquiring necessary goods and services. “To reduce and understand corruption, we need to move away from this idea that state institutions and culture pro- pel people — ordinary citizens — into corrupt exchanges, and instead consider their decision- making processes and the alter- natives that are available to them,” she said. The central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan serv...…
