…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, April 1, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM STUDENT GOVERNMENT RESEARCH Pending litigation yields student-voter disillusionment with election system By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter The closest Central Student Government race of the decade is not over yet, as ongoing litigation between Make Michigan and The Team could alter the outcome...…
…2-News 2A — Wednesday, April 1, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Israel-Palestine debate has been waged on college campus — including the University’s — for decades. But how did this debate come to polarize student leaders, and where are we going? >> FOR MORE, SEE STATEMENT 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Public meeting WHAT:A discussio...…
…the cost of this computer package is included in the cost of first-year tuition for Art & Design students — which is sometimes covered by financial aid. “Our students have a larger budget for financial aid,” she said. “The cost of being a freshman in the School of Art & Design is greater than the cost of being a freshman in, say, LSA. And the difference is that our students are required to buy a computer package. So it’s included...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 1, 2015 — 5A The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News ‘Genes for Good’ study could predict diseases ‘U’ researchers analyze fluxuation in wages and poverty, among other factors By IRENE PARK Daily Staff Reporter Doctors may soon be able to predict if patients will develop a particular disease based on their genes and lifestyle. University researchers launched a study ...…
…ACROSS 1 “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” rhyme scheme 5 Govt. org. with a “Safety Compass” blog 9 Under-the-tree pile 14 Silly smile, maybe 15 Snack with a white center 16 Garnish 17 “Gotcha!” 19 Brawl 20 Menlo Park initials 21 Those, in Oaxaca 22 __ mater 23 Gear on a tour bus 24 “Gotcha!” 28 They blow off steam 30 Bugged by a bug 31 Like a twisted remark 32 Within: Pref. 33 Hive-dwelling 35 “Gotcha!” 41 College declaration 42 Feminizi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, April 1, 2015 — 7A DETROIT ARTS COLUMN Bringing music back to Detroit’s kids W hen 11 University of Michigan students walked through the doors of Woodbridge Commu- nity Center, a chorus of elementary schoolers greeted them with cheers, shouting “They’re here! They’re here!” as they ran down the hall. The Uni- versity stu- dents are part of a club called Seventh M...…
…Sports 8A — Wednesday, April 1, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com UCLA awaits Michigan in semifinal By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Writer As April begins and the collegiate year draws to a close, there are only eight women’s basketball teams in the country that are still playing. And while it’s not one of the four battling for the national championship, Michigan is playing in April for the first...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY APRIL 1, 2015 statement …
…The University of Michigan is known as one of the premier research universities in the world. Here we honor five of the science leaders who once walked the halls of Angell. 2B Magazine Editor: Ian DIllingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Illustrator: Megan Mulholland Maggie Miller Editor in Chief: Jennifer Calfas Managing Editor: Lev Facher Copy Editors: Hannah B...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 3B An interview with former Congressman Rush Holt The following is an interview with Rush Holt conducted during the Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium on Strengthening the Roles of Universi- ties in National Science Policymak- ing. Holt is currently chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Before taking over this role in Feb- ruary, he served sixteen years...…
…I n 1988, the Muslim Student Association and the Palestinian Solidarity Committee took to the Diag to construct a wooden “shanty house,” a popular protest among anti- apartheid activists of the time. The MSA and PSC were demonstrating in solidarity with the first Palestinian Intifada, painting on their shanty “STOP ISRAELI OPPRESSION.” Angered by the demonstration, members of the right-leaning pro-Israel group Tagar responded in the f...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 6B The Public Ivy: A brief history of University governance by Claire Bryan, Senior Opinion Editor P ublic Ivy.” Richard Moll, an admissions officer at Yale University, originated the term in his 1985 book titled “Public Ivies: A Guide to America’s best public undergraduate colleges and universities.” He noted eight schools that offer an Ivy League experience at a public school price, namin...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: The image of a scientist by Irene Park, Daily Staff Reporter I knew what I wanted to be since I was three: a scientist. The thought of solving the mysteries of the universe was the only thing that got me excited — even more than Disney characters, or whatever three-year-olds were into at the time. For the next twenty-something years, I dedicated my life to science. I ...…
…Wednesday, April 1, 2015 // The Statement 8B The issue of funding This ultra-polarization of campus is often blamed solely on BDS, but the responses rather than the act itself may be more culpable. Campus leaders have bemoaned the breakdown of dialogue and meaningful debate regarding Israel-Palestine — people like Friedman and Abudaram, Dishell and Blume, and even Tilly Shames, the Hillel director. “Something’s gotta change,” Abudaram...…
