…T his month a year ago, Donald Trump was sworn in as President of these United States, and many of us were bracing for the worst. It seemed too simple — 30 seconds with his hand on a Bible, rain drizzling down on the CNN camera — for such a momentous event. I’d spent the last three months dreading that moment, reevaluating how great a sin it had been for President Barack Obama to be such a mild liberal. And then, all at ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, Janurary 5, 2018 — 5 Every winter break, I try to catch up on all the reading, writing and music I haven’t had time for all semester. Inevitably, over the past few years, this has extended to include catching up on all of the films and TV shows — or at least episodes — that I’ve missed out on. So, I finally watched “San Junipero,” the Emmy award-winning episode of “Black Mirror,”...…
…ACROSS 1 Fey of “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” 5 Ready to rock 10 Mug shot subject 14 “I got this!” 15 Wheels since 1986 16 Adidas rival 17 Attire with a spreadsheet design? 19 Minor points 20 Under 21 More than tickles 23 Liquor in a Singapore sling 24 Disreputable court proceeding? 26 Unskilled in 29 Hebrides tongue 30 Arrived, in a way 31 Hardly an original 34 Office administrations 38 Superstation that broadcasts some Cubs games 39 Old Testament ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 5, 2018 — 7 Behind Enemy Lines: Illinois forward Finke talks Michigan The Illinois men’s basketball team hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since they entered as a No. 7 seed in 2013. With a new coach in Brad Underwood, as well as the loss of one of its best players in program history in Malcolm Hill, the learning curve doesn’t make a hopeful tournament bid any easier. A...…
…8 — Friday, January 5, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan hires new strength coach After a regular-season ending loss to Ohio State, Jim Harbaugh said his team needed to get stronger. At the time, it wasn’t clear if he meant that literally. But it’s clear now that Harbaugh believed in making a change, as the Michigan football team announced Thursday afternoon it has hired Ben Herbert as the team’s new st...…
…City Council was rocked again Monday night as residents continued to show resistance against a $146 million development plan on Broadway Street, near the University of Michigan Hospital. It was the culmination of yet another episode in the divisions that have characterized Ann Arbor politics in recent years. Though most council members agree increasing density and housing supply are crucial for th...…
…This fall, the University of Michigan launched an undergraduate public health program for the first time, welcoming its first cohort of 95 upper-level students. University students applied to the program the winter of their sophomore year, and planned to take classes through the School of Public Health throughout their junior and senior years. The program offers two degrees. One, a Bachelor of Arts in communit...…
…LAURA KASISCHKE ALLAN SEAGER COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE a poetry reading from new and selected poems December 5, 4:10 p.m. Rackham Amphitheatre A public lecture and reception For more information call 734.615.6667 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, December 5, 2017 — 3 feature of the recent tax reform bills and has been met with both criticism and praise, from the left and right,...…
…T oday, many people say America is more divided than ever. We see it in our discourse, the slurs thrown at one another, the struggle for moral high ground and even the violence in our streets. When I see this, I lament the lack of interest in nuanced conversation and appreciation for context in every discussion. I welcome and continue to engage with truly different perspectives from my own. Though, when I do try to reach acr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 5, 2017 — 5 COURTESY OF A24 Greta Gerwig talks ‘Lady Bird’ and growing up Greta Gerwig has hit the ground running with her directorial debut in “Lady Bird.” A vaguely autobiographical comedy- drama about teen angst in 2002 Sacramento, Gerwig illustrates a mother-daughter relationship that has already captured several awards, earned a record-shattering 100 perce...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, December 5, 2017 — 7 ‘M’ takes down Detroit Mercy DETROIT — The Michigan women’s basketball team’s game against Detroit Mercy started off in dramatic fashion on Monday night. The Titans drilled four consecutive 3-pointers to take the lead within the first few minutes. Detroit Mercy’s bench carried all the energy in the gym and got louder with every basket as the ...…
…Directed by John Neville-Andrews • Dept. of Theatre & Drama Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM • Dec. 8 & 9 at 8 PM • Dec. 10 at 2 PM • Power Center Reserved Seating $30 & $24 • Students $12 with ID League Ticket Office • 734-764-2538 • tickets.smtd.umich.edu By William Shakespeare 8 —Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2017 Season in Review: Offensive Line One step forward, one step back. That described the state...…
…“I can say ‘I’m gay’ so easily now, but for the majority of my life those words held me hostage,” one performer said. Public Policy junior Lena Dreves recently started approaching student groups and organizations for support to create a LGBTQ Monologues event happen, which was ultimately co-sponsored by the Spectrum Center and LGBT+ Michigan. Dreves wanted to bring to light the experiences of members of this community...…
…1 3 5 9 6 4 9 5 6 3 1 8 6 9 9 2 4 5 1 9 3 8 2 9 3 7 5 6 2 8 1 5 6 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 1/23/09 1:57 PM LOL puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Thursday, October 5, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS...…
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…“T hat’s incredible. I wish I could be there alongside him right now,” I thought as I clicked the like button on the article detailing University of Michigan student Dana Greene’s protest against racism on the Diag. I closed Facebook and continued typing away at the paper due in class the next day, sitting comfortably on my bed. My paper had a long way to go; protests would have to wait. Looking back at this moment,...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Thursday, October 5, 2017 — 5 Arts WHITE HOUSE ARCHIVES Paul McCartney gives live music newfound meaning LAURA DZUBAY Daily Arts Writer My ideal concert venue is an abandoned barn. Hear me out: It’s surrounded by empty fields, all quiet and attentive to themselves. It’s dark, but not frightening: you feel welcome, you’ve only stopped here for the night. The roof is patchy, the windows and ...…
…ACROSS 1 Seize 6 Just slightly 10 Lip-__ 14 Justice nominated by Barack 15 Buddy, in slang 16 Secure with lines 17 Cut most likely to win a BBQ competition? 19 TT automaker 20 Part of 21 Feminine side 22 Keyboard shortcuts 24 TV scientist with 19 Emmys 25 Keurig coffee for the big day? 27 Tear drier 29 Richmond-to- D.C. direction 30 Hunk’s pride 31 Finishes second 34 Deli order 35 Rental to get the twins to college? 38 Word before or after pa...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 5, 2017 — 7A Secondary to face new test against Spartans Jim Harbaugh’s assessment was brief, yet accurate. “He throws very well, runs very well,” Harbaugh said of Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke on Monday. “He has a penchant for making the big play.” Against Western Michigan, Lewerke flashed an example of his playmaking ability, taking a read option 61 ya...…
…8A — Thursday, October 5, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Dueling Columns: 2017 R especting our opponents in this “touch” football game has become very difficult. Every year, The Michigan Daily plays The State News. And every year, your staff continues to degrade itself. Maybe I should have expected that, but to be honest, as a New York native, the Michigan- Michigan State rivalry was entirely foreign to...…
…Information and Technology Services at the University of Michigan released updates to campus computing sites for fall 2017. The updates are part of an initiative to make technology more accessible to students on more devices, according to a University press release. The updates include Sites Windows computer software, which will now be available through AppsAnywhere, a portal similar to the app store that can be accessed via...…
…2A — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers My message to #Dreamers at @umich is simple: Wel- come to class. Michigan Students @UMichStudents Ugh. Welcome weekend is over and now I gotta go back to being a mediocre student. edamami @jamsjohns umich is a lotta average looking white boys lemme tell u Dr. Mark Schissel @DrMarkSchlissel New disco...…
…across campus while inspiring further advances in the techniques of data science itself,” Hu also said in 2015. Big data has been the crux of medical initiatives and disease research, the uncovering of international corruption scandals such as in the Panama Papers, and worldwide technological and economic development. For example, access to massive deposits of information related to issues such as on-field behavior can help...…
…sophomore year. This year, there were 131 complete applications. Harper said there continues to be a lot of interest in the program, even inquiries from high school students who have heard about the new major and are wondering what they can do to be accepted as sophomores. “The group of applicants were all, I would say, stellar applicants — people with a lot of great experiences, a lot of really beneficial coursework,” he said....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 5, 2017 — 5A Opinion W hen asked about the violent white supremacist, neo- Nazi rally that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump not-so-deftly shifted attention to the “alt-Left that came charging at (the neo-Nazis)” asking, “(D)o they have any semblance of guilt?” President Trump’s false equivalency of the predominantly peacefu...…
…Arts Local playwright unveils work on Tennessee Williams THEATRE It all began when LSA Junior Max Vinogradov and his good friend Jackson Abohasira decided to make short films together, creating funny scripts to match their ideas. Those short films turned into a series of small projects that combined creativity with a touch of theatre. Vinogradov recently won the Hopwood award in Drama, and the Dennis McIntyre Prize f...…
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…Latest PVRIS album is catchy & thrillingly dark “You took my heaven away,” sings Lynn Gunn on “Heaven,” the first track of PVRIS’s new album All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell. This sentiment — anguished and accusatory, the lyrics backed by a hard swell of rock — sets the tone for the rest of the album, a self-assured musical exploration that is as angry and troubled as it is fierce. All We Know of Heaven, All We Need...…
…Arts TBS breaks 2000s mold Remember the last time you had a truly cathartic release at a concert — who was there and what songs you screamed. Nostalgia holds an undeniable power over musical experiences, but it can also become toxic when exploited in the present. In a world of never ending anniversary tour announcements, it’s refreshing to find a band stand out among the rest without the crutch of nostalgia. On August 13th, Taki...…
…Sports WOMEN’S SOCCER FIELD HOCKEY Wolverines fall short at Notre Dame Invitational Dowthwaite falls just short of giving Wolverines victory After a 1-1 tie against Santa Clara (2-3-1) Friday, the No. 23 Michigan women’s soccer team was slated to face No. 11 South Carolina as its last opportunity to come out of the Notre Dame Invitational with a win. And for a brief moment, it looked like a possibility. Just eight minutes into t...…
…Sports FOOTBALL MEN’S SOCCER Patience paying off for Marshall Mukuna proving value for Michigan The last four years of Lawrence Marshall’s life have been all about trusting a process he never knew would take so long. It’s a process that required nearly 50 pounds of weight gain, two position switches and three years of patiently waiting. That process isn’t over yet. But, at least for one play, the redshirt junior cau...…
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…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 5, 2017 Meet Mr. Riddle By now, you’ve probably heard of the letter that inspired the Wolverines. Get to know the Marine who wrote it. » Page 6B Feelin’ special Quinn Nordin and the special teams unit helped Michigan win a phase of the game Saturday that they were never supposed to. » Page 5B The 11th-ranked Wolverines defeated No. 17 Florida at AT&T Stadium in the Advo...…
…2B — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday A letter and a lesson A RLINGTON, Tex. — Dear Coach Harbaugh, The letter began. My name is Anthony Riddle; I’m a 13-year combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. I now live just thirty minutes west of Ann Arbor in Jackson, MI. Michigan’s football coach kept reading. The reason for this letter is for the last three months I have heard how...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Tuesday, September 5, 2017 — 3B Five Things We Learned: Florida Yes, things didn’t go perfectly. But, all things considered, Michigan’s 33-17 victory over Florida in the season opener at AT&T Stadium was a win the Wolverines could be proud of. For some reason, Jim Harbaugh just seems to have Jim McElwain’s number. Now, a young Michigan team whose main detriment may be inexperienc...…
…4B — September 5, 2017 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Notebook: Harbaugh praises offensive line Long third downs can be an offense’s worst nightmare. The defense often sells out against the pass, making it all the more difficult to convert long completions. In Michigan’s 33-17 victory over Florida, the Wolverines faced one of those situations during their opening drive when a sack forced a third- and-13 from M...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 5, 2017 — 5B The battle they won A RLINGTON, Tex. — Special teams was the battle Michigan was supposed to lose. Florida had kicker Eddy Pineiro and punter Johnny Townsend — both of whom were named to the preseason All-SEC second team. Pineiro made 21 of 25 field-goal attempts last year — 11 of 13 from 40 yards or farther — while Townsend averaged 47.9 yards per ...…
…6B — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Marine whose inspiration Harbaugh found letter-perfect On Monday, Anthony Riddle still couldn’t believe what Jim Harbaugh did with his letter. After all, a 15-minute press conference after Michigan beat Florida — during which Harbaugh explained that Riddle’s letter became his pregame speech — turned him into a celebrity. His Facebook blew up with...…
…The University of Michigan, though established in Ann Arbor in 1837, opened its first building in Detroit in 1817. Before this, the Michigan Territory had no organized schools, and very few students were prepared to attend a university. The year 1817 itself was crucial in the development of Michigan, and on Tuesday evening, Brian Dunnigan, William Clements Library associate director and curator of maps, addressed members...…
…FINDING A FIRE PLAYLIST. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, April 5, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Tift Merritt WHAT: Songwriter Tift Merritt performs a concert featuring her new music, which is known as distaff country soul. WHO: The Ark WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: 316 S. Main St. Party for the Planet WHAT: The dining halls will serve a selection of earth-friendly foods as they ce...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, April 5, 2017 — 2A Journalist Jon Cohen spoke about methods to curb the stigma behind HIV/AIDS Tuesday evening in an event that was part of the Pulitzer Center’s collaboration with the Communication Studies Department. About 20 University of Michigan students and faculty attended the event, where Cohen especially covered efforts to end AIDS in Africa and the U...…
…“T his is what democracy is all about,” remarked my representative, Dave Trott (R–Mich.), to a room crowded full of constituents, many of whom had just repeatedly chanted “shame” in response to one of his statements. In many ways, this town hall was a microcosm of a larger conflict between Republican congressmen and their alienated constituents that has been happening across the United States since Trump’s inaugura...…
…I just finished devouring “S-Town,” a new podcast from Serial and This American Life. I expected the story to follow in the true-crime footsteps of its predecessors and, for the first few installments at least, that appeared to be the direction it was heading. Lured by the promise of a small town whodunit, journalist Brian Reed falls instead into the life of John B. McLemore, a contradictorily misanthropic and charismatic horolo...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, April 5, 2011 — 7A In search of validation T he Michigan softball team left the John Cropp Classic in Lexington, Ky. teetering on the brink of disaster. Following a swift 5-1 defeat to No. 19 Kentucky on March 12, its record dropped to 14-7- 1 — the worst 22-game start since 2006. “We’re not playing the game of softball,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins after that g...…
…8A — Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Sophomore running back Chris Evans has taken advantage of the offseason to gain more strength and knowledge. Evans builds stronger physique Chris Evans strolled into the lobby of Towsley Family Museum, clad in a grey cut-off t-shirt and a pair of flip-flops. The customary flattop hairstyle — a trait which he became known for last year...…
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…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Nicole Doctoroff Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Danielle Jackson Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, April 5, 2017 // The Statement Personal Statement: Reflection Based on “Long Distance” by Victor Lavelle Preface: ...…
…I n the skinny budget proposed in March by President Donald Trump, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be defunded. The agency, which carries a budget of about $445 million, would lose all its money and, as a result, public media stations and producers are slated to lose sizable amounts of their budgets. This isn’t the first time that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was threatened with budget cuts. Du...…
