…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 2, 2016 — 5A NETFLIX It’s kilt season. Guest’s ‘Mascot’ lacks luster of his prior films Mockumentary focused on mascot competition silly, but overkill FILM REVIEW A few months ago, GQ ran a health-focused profile of Bill Clinton. The former president was but a sliver of his former self, the color drained from his lips and his southern grit and charm absent f...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Less-played song, usually 6 Big name in big projections 10 Skips, as TiVoed ads 14 Like Andean pyramids 15 Bumpkin 16 Touched down 17 “Gotta go!” 19 Without serious thought 20 Cuts down 21 Single 22 Garson of Hollywood 23 “Do it, __ will!” 24 Peter Parker’s alarm system 27 Bed blossoms 29 Hyundai rival 30 Vineyard cask 31 Stainless __ 32 Agent 33 “Looney Tunes” stinker, f...…
…Sports & News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 2, 2016 — 7A Michigan searching for an identity Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson knew right away. At Thompson Arena on Saturday night, he saw his players disheartened and discouraged. After battling with Dartmouth the whole game, his then-11th-ranked Wolverines let up a late goal to lose 3-2 to the Big Green. Michigan’s players looked to their coach ...…
…8A — Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 46.6 11.6 First Downs/Game 23.9 12.1 Rush Yards/Game 249.0 111.1 Yards/Rush 5.4 3.3 Rushing TDs 31 3 Passing Yards/Game 228.1 120.1 Completion % 63.9% 41.7% Yards/Pass 8.0 5.0 Passing TDs 14 8 Interceptions 3 8 Offensive Plays/Game 74.8 58.1 Total Offense 477.1 231.2 3rd-down Conversions 47.7% 15.5% 4th...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 2, 2016 …
…When I was five, I hated broccoli. I would scream and choke and run away for fear that I would have to eat broccoli. Cauliflower I would eat, sometimes, if my dad melted enough cheese on top. Brussel sprouts? Never. These reactions to food are similar to how I believe a lot of college students feel about cooking. No judgement, by the way. I would much rather dump a can of soup into a pot and heat it up than roast a chicken and use the...…
…I ’m not creative. I’m just not. I know saying that seems like the ultimate admission of failure to some, especial- ly considering my choice to pursue an English major, but after a lot of soul- searching and many failed attempts to write the next Great American Novel, I’ve come to the some- what depressing realization that I am just not creative. I have my creative moments, but the thought of sitting down to write something co...…
…This is part of an ongoing series on the writer’s study abroad in Chile. “65. He had no children, but the people loved him. 66. Like the Cross, do we have to come back to Neruda with our knees bloodied, our lungs full of holes, our eyes full of tears? 67. When our names no longer mean anything, his name will keep shining, it will keep projecting over an imaginary literature called chilean literature.” —Roberto Bolaño, “Carnet de bail...…
…S he lay on her side with her head on the armrest, her angular shoulder wedged into the square corner of the couch. She was so small, you nearly missed her with a quick glance at the living room. But if you stared long enough, you could see the rise and fall of her chest. If you listened close enough, you could hear the wheezing of her lungs. I remember a lot of things: the things you see in movies, the things you read in novels. He...…
…Wednesday, November 2, 2016 // The Statement 7B by Ana Lucena, Daily Arts Writer Learning to Love Myself in Safe Spaces A t the beginning of the summer, I went to my mid- dle school for a Girl Scouts reunion. The school remained exactly as I remembered it (including the stench of hormone-fueled hysteria clinging to the walls), except there were new stickers on the door of many class- rooms. Those rooms were designated as “safe spaces” ...…
…Wednesday, November 2, 2016 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : M U D B O W L P H O T O S B Y R Y A N M C L O U G H L I N Last weekend, I photographed Mud Bowl — a fundraiser for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. The atmosphere was unlike any other sport I’ve shot before; spectators ranged from tailgaters, to alumni to Greek life members, all cheering on their favorite team. Being on the sidelines was nothing short of ...…
…Detroit-based bakery Avalon International Breads is expanding outside the city by opening a brand new cafe in downtown Ann Arbor. The bakery closed a deal last Monday to secure the location of the former Mezzevino Mediterranean Kitchen and Bar on 129 E. Liberty St. The retail bakery will be named Avalon Hearth and Soul Café and is on track to be open by the end of this year. University of Michigan alum Jackie Victor, co...…
…2 — Tuesday, November 1, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With Election Day one week away and many University of Michigan students voting in what is most likely their first presidential race, many campus organizations are holding events for students to engage with their fellow classmates in conversation about their beliefs and what they think the most important issues will be in the next four years. Eve...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, November 1, 2016 — 3 homophobia,” Schlissel said. “I think that faculty have a big role to play in helping our students.” Schlissel also noted that throughout his interactions with various groups on campus about the incident, students have expressed disappointment that many professors did not bring up the incidents in their classrooms to discuss. “It was on the forefront o...…
…M e: *Reading off a 30-page script in high- pitched, infantilizing voice even though I’m only one year older than you* “Hey everyone, welcome to Relationship Remix! I’m your Sexperteam facilitator, Clarissa!” *10 minutes and one obviously forced and uncomfortable ice breaker later* “OK! Now let’s talk about our values and how we act in accordance with those values. Can anyone give me an example?” Student 1: “We...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 1, 2016 — 5 WARNER BROS. Maybe you could conjure up some more Tim Burton movies. ’Tis the season of Halloween, and besides putting on a pair of mouse ears or paraphernalia associated with Ken Bone, Hal- loween is also the time of year that horror movies make their grand reappearance on network television. Although the majority of these movies are available year-round, ...…
…HEY. YOU'RE DOING GREAT AND WE know you can do it. Don't give up! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Working stiff 5 Brief timetable 9 Racing venue near Windsor Castle 14 “Beetle Bailey” dog 15 Greet from a distance 16 Waste not 17 Inch or foot 18 Actor Bana of “Closed Circuit” 19 Singer Haggard 20 *Shake off one’s daydreams 23 Towel holder 24 Strokes on greens 25 Rap fan 27 Little child, in Cannes...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 1, 2016 — 7 T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 46.6 11.6 First Downs/Game 23.9 12.1 Rush Yards/Game 249.0 111.1 Yards/Rush 5.4 3.3 Rushing TDs 31 3 Passing Yards/Game 228.1 120.1 Completion % 63.9% 41.7% Yards/Pass 8.0 5.0 Passing TDs 14 8 Interceptions 3 8 Offensive Plays/Game 74.8 58.1 Total Offense 477.1 231.2 3rd-down Conversions 47.7% 15.5% 4th-do...…
…8 — Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘M’ slumps to fifth at Big Ten meet Before the Michigan men’s cross country team even left Minnesota this weekend, it was already planning on how to outperform itself at its next event, the Great Lakes Regionals. At this meet, though, the Wolverines fell short of expectations. Hoping to win a second straight Big Ten title, Michigan instead fell to...…
…The University of Michigan Bicentennial Office released their plans Monday morning for the anticipated year-long celebration of the University’s bicentennial in 2017, which include festivals, lecture series and themed semesters. Both LSA semesters of the year are slated to be themed. Next year’s winter semester will focus on “Making Michigan,” or the history of the University, while the 2017 fall semester centers around...…
…SPOOKY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Last year, Engineering junior Chris Baldwin found himself as the poster child of a dark period in Michigan football history. After the last second 27-23 loss in the Michigan State game last year, his reaction was immortalized as a meme. But as of Saturday, Baldwin can finally follow up with a victorious pose after the University’s win against Michigan State University, 32-23. In t...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, October 31, 2016 — 3A into the commemoration. Themed Semesters LSA departments will devote the winter 2017 semester to exploring the origins of the University of Michigan system and examining its role in the state, nation and world through course offerings and symposia complimented by a series of lectures and discussions. In a University press release, History Prof. Greg...…
…A month ago, a guy at a party turned to me and said, “I don’t know your name, so I’m going to call you sugar tits.” Just three weeks ago, a recording of Donald Trump lauding his power to grab women “by the pussy” surfaced. One in four women on college campuses are survivors of sexual assault. It is frustratingly clear that gender inequalities persist in our world. When I express this frustration to women a generation or two o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 31, 2016 — 5A ACROSS 1 Words before “Tricked you!” 5 Whirled 9 Exxon merger partner 14 Musk of Tesla Motors 15 Syllables from Santa 16 Get away from, as pursuers 17 Tooth anchor 18 Border on 19 Female 33- Across 20 Bovine skin once used as a painting surface by Native Americans 23 Nocturnal flier 24 Partner 25 Peruvian peaks 27 Music room system 30 Zsa Zsa, to Eva 32 Toasty 33 Untame...…
…LIONSGATE FILMS Boo! “Boo! A Madea Halloween” is the worst comedy of 2016, thus far. No other movie of the genre, not even Melissa McCarthy’s godawful career nadir, “The Boss,” has featured such a staggering lack of laughter, such unlikeable charac- ters and such an idi- otic story. No other movie of any genre, short of “Norm of the North,” has turned a runtime of less than two hours into such a cross for its viewers to b...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 31, 2016 Dare to dream Michigan is now 8-0 with a long-awaited rivalry win. It’s safe to start thinking about what could be » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Oh, so close The Michigan men’s soccer team led 2-0 at halftime, but lost a double-overtime heartbreaker against No. 1 Maryland » Page 3B Michigan 32, Michigan State 23 AMANDA ALLEN/Daily …
…2B — October 31, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A heartbreaker moves into the past E AST LANSING — It was heartbreaking, Kenny Allen said, though even that doesn’t seem to do it justice. A year and a couple of weeks ago, Allen stood in the Crisler Center media room after one of the most stunning losses in the history of college football. The kicker had the unenviable task of speaking to reporter...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 31, 2016 — 3B ‘M’ falls to top-ranked Terps in 2OT In the 15-year history of the Michigan men’s soccer program, the Wolverines had never beaten the nation’s top-ranked team. And despite holding a two-goal lead 65 minutes into the game, Sunday, Michigan (1-6-1 Big Ten, 3-10-4 overall) allowed that streak to continue against No. 1 Maryland (7-0-1, 15-0-2), falling, 3-2, i...…
…4B — October 31, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Five Things We Learned: Michigan State The day Michigan fans awaited for a year finally arrived, and the Michigan football team came home with the trophy it expected. For the first time since 2012, and the first time in East Lansing since 2007, the Wolverines beat Michigan State on Saturday, 32-23. The spread closed with Michigan favored by 24.5, and man...…
…There are five Ann Arbor City Council positions up for re-election this November, but Ward 5 on the city’s northwest side is the only contested race. Incumbent Councilmember Chuck Warpehoski (D), who has served four years on City Council, is running against political newcomer David Silkworth (I), an insurance claim representative for homeowners and businesses. In the August Democratic primary election, Warpehoski defeated...…
…scripture that she said Muslims believe predetermine the patriarchal relations between men and women in the culture. She reads the Quran “as a liberty text” for women. “This isn’t to say that the Quran doesn’t speak of women and men; it is only to point out that the Quran does not say that one is superior to another,” Barlas said. “For example, there are no voices that define women in terms of female attributes that are uniqu...…
…Drawing the line: Which side will you choose? President Schlissel, the Board of Regents, and the Administration of the University of Michigan: The University has continuously shown its allegiance and dedication to “defend” the right to freedom of speech, but fails at providing and promising safety for students of color. The safety of students should not come as an afterthought; it should be a priority. The active stance that the ...…
…W ith Halloween fast approaching, so comes the narrative of costumes stained with cultural appropriation and racism. Yes, there are posters hung across the University of Michigan to say costumes like these are wrong, but there still are ignorant people who will choose to sport blackface or insensitive garb that incorrectly represents a culture of people. We’ll see it on the streets on our way to part...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, October 28, 2016 — 5 BBC AMERICA The hound of the Baskervilles From the pages of Douglas Adams, author of “The Hitch- hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” comes a quirky television series that plays off of the ages-old trope of an intelligent, yet socially awk- ward detective who solves crimes for a living. This setup is not out- side of the BBC’s domain, as the network ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Arafat’s successor 6 City near Yorba Linda 10 Brief responses to common concerns 14 Composer of a seven-movement work that excludes Earth 15 Tach count 16 “... even now / __ myself to thy direction”: “Macbeth” 17 “What’s My Line?” comedian’s craft brewery? 19 Sail support 20 R.E.M.’s “The __ Love” 21 Heifetz’s teacher 22 Present 23 Pop diva’s fruit stand? 27 City of nort...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 28, 2016 — 7 T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 48.7 10.0 First Downs/Game 23.9 10.6 Rush Yards/Game 257.1 96.0 Yards/Rush 5.5 2.9 Rushing TDs 28 2 Passing Yards/Game 225.9 111.0 Completion % 63.9% 40.9% Yards/Pass 7.8 4.7 Passing TDs 14 6 Interceptions 2 7 Offensive Plays/Game 75.9 56.4 Total Offense 483.0 207.0 3rd-down Conversions 48.5% 13.0% 4th-down...…
…8 — Friday, October 28, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines seek to remedy offensive woes It was back to basics this week in practice for the No. 11 Michigan hockey team. The Wolverines (3-1-1) escaped last Saturday’s game against Michigan Tech with a tie despite being outplayed and outshot by the Huskies, 45-18. As Michigan prepared for a road series against Vermont and Dartmouth this upcoming weeke...…
…Black student enrollment at the University of Michigan decreased in this year’s freshman class of 2020, according to enrollment figures released by the University Wednesday morning. The new class of students is overall more diverse than last year’s class, however. Enrollment of Black freshmen fell from 5.1 percent in 2015 to 4.6 percent this year. 13.8 percent of the class comes from underrepresented minority backgrounds — ...…
…E-Z-P-Z. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, October 27, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The University of Michigan announcedTuesday that the academic platform CTools — which was launched in 2004 — will be entirely phased out by the end of 2017. According to the press release, CTools users, both faculty and students, will be able to set up CTools project sites to be used for research, information ...…
…2-News 3-News Thursday, October 27, 2016— 3A News & Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said in an interview Wednesday administrators are focusing their efforts on improving diversity of all types, including racial and economic, as well as on admitting first-generation students and students from a wider variety of high schools. He acknowledged, however, that efforts to increase ...…
…F or weeks, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed that the election is rigged against him and that voter fraud will hand Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton the presidency. These claims are baseless and clearly seek to undermine the trust that U.S. citizens have in their political system. But last week, Mr. Trump was given an opportunity to walk back on his claims. During the...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com HEY. YOU'RE DOING GREAT AND WE know you can do it. Don't give up! ACROSS 1 Dench of “Philomena” 5 Alternative strategy 10 “Ladies First Since 1916” sneakers 14 Tourney format, briefly 15 Secretary Thomas Perez’s department 16 Chicken vindaloo go-with 17 Sister of Rachel 18 Jazz pianist Blake 19 Logician’s word 20 Sasquatch, for one 22 Rub the wrong away 24 Head covering 25...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6A — Thursday, October 27, 2016 …
…Mindfulness in Magic: practicing the mystical arts on campus B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, October 27, 2016 Written By Daily Arts Writer Jackie Charniga Designed By Ava Weiner, Julia Margalit and Anne Lynch …
…2B — Thursday, October 27, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Editor’s note: One individual interviewed for this article has had her name changed due to concerns of prejudice, denoted with an asterisk. “Where shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won.” — William Shakespeare, “Macbeth” It was a particularly cold evening last Octo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, October 27, 2016 — 3B “ You’re an English major? Well … what are you going to do with that?” Ah, I see. You’re relying on notions of practicality rather than considering the true reasoning behind why I study what I do. That’s not wise. If I’m going to devote my life to something, it might as well be something I’m passionate about. I’m not really interested in ...…
…KEVIN ZHENG/DAILY The Getup Vintage offers apparel from many decades. Getup and find a costume State Street vintage store is the perfect haunt for Halloween Walking into The Getup Vin- tage was like shifting through all the hustle-and-bustle of State Street and finding an unexpected diamond; exposed brick walls adorned with various pieces of art encased a homey space, with bright lines of the racks of vibrant clothing shining out l...…
…University of Michigan alumni Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg, as well as the Eisenberg family overall, donated $10.75 million last Thursday to the University’s Depression Center to fund research projects for mental illnesses such as depression and bipolar disorder. Kenneth Eisenberg said in a press release his family’s goal was to find solutions to meaningfully treat this widespread disorder, emphasizing the need ...…
…16-year-old Qi-Xuan “Justin” Tang, an Ann Arbor high school student, was struck by a car and killed Tuesday morning around 7:20 a.m. He was struck by a car while crossing Fuller Road near Huron High School, according to Ann Arbor Police and Ann Arbor Public Schools. Tang was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital after the accident, where he passed away, according to the Detroit Free Press. Ann Arbor Police Lt. R...…
…and depression disorders comprehensively, focusing on medical research, clinical care, education and public policy. The Eisenberg’s gift will mainly be used for medical research. John Greden, founder and executive director of the center, said the gift will help fund projects that aim to uncover the underlying causes of the illnesses, which will allow clinicians to personalize treatments for each patient with depression o...…
