…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 83 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....…
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…The word “showtime” evokes two images: first, a rising curtain, and second, a 12-year era (1979-1991) of entertaining Los Angeles Lakers basketball. “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” is a gritty HBO sports drama with Hollywood appeal beyond the Lakers fan base. Based on Jeff Pearlman’s nonfiction book, “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s,” “Winning Time” is a fictionalizat...…
…4 Disney’s still too scared to say “gay” For decades, Disney has prided itself on creating magic. Disney’s products are designed to add some magic to life, to create an escape from the greater problems of the world. But all of that work promoting itself as a source of joy and happily-ever-after sometimes seems like a shiny coat of paint over a cluster of wider issues. The truth is, when you wish upon Disney’s star … well, it might ...…
…Wednesday, June 29, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Watch more Telugu movies (and listen to ThyGap!) SMARANI KOMANDURI MiC Columnist Maybe I’m biased, but Telugu films never get the recognition they deserve. Only recently have Telugu films become more readily available in their original language via streaming platforms and screened in theaters worldwide, increasing accessibility. Out of the top 87 hi...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, June 29, 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 Think about a time when you’ve heard a comment about college athletes not going to school “for school.” Maybe, in...…
…Wednesday, June 29, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Absence of female athletic directors in the NCAA stands out TAYLOR DANIELS Daily Sports Writer The concept of women in sports often centers around the idea of female athletes. But there are so many roles beyond athletes that are crucial to the functioning of a team behind the scenes. For every school and for every sport, the athletic director is a role that i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Task Force on Women in Sports shows that Title IX isn’t enough in Michigan In 2019, Governor Gretchen Whitmer created the Task Force on Women in Sports in the leadup to the 50th anniversary of Title IX with the goal of creating “opportunities in Michigan for girls and women in sports” and increasing the presence of women in leadership positions in the larg...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 82 ©2022 The Michigan Daily SPORTS................... 2 NEWS...................... 3 ARTS.............. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 STATEMENT.............6 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
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…Wednesday, June 22, 2022 — 3 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Second Juneteenth Annual Symposium opens with Opal Lee and discussions of healing UMich welcomed the start of the Second Annual Juneteenth Symposium on June 15, held in collaboration with the Ann Arbor branch of the NAACP The University of Michigan recognized the start of the Second Annual Juneteenth Symposium on June 15, a four-day event held in collaboration...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 4 — Wednesday, June 22, 2022 LEO-GLAM demonstrates on the Diag to raise support during ongoing negotiations The LEO-GLAM union at UMich gathered on the Diag on Thursday to rally support during ongoing contract negotiations Members of the Galleries, Librarians, Archivists and Museums (GLAM) subunit of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) at the University of Michigan staged a protest...…
…This review contains spoilers for “Downton Abbey: A New Era.” I watched “Downton Abbey” for the first time during the summer of 2020. It was the summer after my freshman year of college and we had all just been sent home from the University of Michigan due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. My mom and I were sitting in the basement one night, as we did most nights during those six months of isolation, looking for something to watch...…
…Reading between the lines Each night at 7:45 p.m. (my unwilling and adult-dictated bedtime) my mom would read my favorite book to coax my 4-year-old brain to sleep. Red and blue fish circled my head and matching letters swirled around as she read … “Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well, we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These ...…
…Growing up as a latchkey kid, I’d often squirm my way out of revealing where I lived to others. Instead, I’d lie. I’d tell friends I already had a ride or that it was no big deal for me to walk back home. I’d do or say anything to obfuscate details of where I lived and divert people away from seeing my dilapidated house. The faded blue paint that coated the wooden panels was slowly chipping away, just like my self-esteem. Needless ...…
…A s a young and impressionable child, the concept of gender and what it meant to be a “proper” girl were enshrined into seemingly every fabric of the world that surrounded me. When I visited Target to spend my carefully accrued Tooth Fairy money, the segregated blue and pink aisles quickly indicated which section I should browse. The girls section was filled with gendered stereotypes to carefully cultivate a new generation o...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 81 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....…
…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...…
…It has been nearly three years since the last season of the Netflix original series “Strangwer Things” graced our screens, in July 2019. That time was not wasted. After the success of season three, hints of what was to come for the show’s beloved characters kept rolling in. From casting announcements to the news that the season would be released in two volumes, things felt different this time around. The stakes became higher follo...…
…Wednesday, June 15, 2022 — 4 According to Havasupai legend, there are two gods. Tochopa is the grandfather of humanity, the bringer of good and harbinger of life. Hokomata is the bringer of discord and war, and Tochopa’s twin brother. Tochopa is their creator god, and Hokomata is their devil. In a time long past, the brothers clashed in a fight that would tattoo the Earth forever. With venom in his voice and fire in his eyes, Hoko...…
…5 — Wednesday, June 15, 2022 // The Statement When I was younger, I was adamant that when my family took trips, we were not tourists — we were travelers. In my brain, “tourist” was a dirty word, conjuring up the kind of ignorant, America-centric sightseer who goes into another country expecting everything to work exactly the same as it does at home. They don Hawaiian shirts, oversized hats, fanny packs, socks and sandals, or clo...…
…Content warning: This article contains mention of gun violence. I was in the fourth grade when Sandy Hook happened. There are some memories that remain vivid even as the days, months and years of your life start to mush together. Sandy Hook is a vivid memory for me, despite being a 10-year-old living 800 miles away. There are no words to describe the pain and horror you feel when your fourth grade teacher tells you that a group o...…
…Wednesday, June 15, 2022 — 7 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 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 T here are hundreds of thousands of words in the English language. Each word, no matter how commonplace, pack...…
…Noah West wasn’t supposed to play at Michigan. In the tumultuous past few seasons of college hockey, program growth and collapse remains a constant headline. But when those programs expand and contract, the pool of players does too. The Wolverines’ sophomore goaltender understands that reality well. In the middle of an offseason workout last summer — after backstopping the Robert Morris University men’s hockey team to an Atla...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 80 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
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…Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Take a tour through ‘Harry’s House’, song by song The long-awaited third studio album from Harry Styles is finally here, and it is exceeding all expectations. Harry’s House is an intimate portrait of love and fun that will guide you through every emotion. His crooning vocals and epic instrumentals (hello, steel guitar, I love you) make the album a cinema...…
…Patron saint of women in tech Packing for California was, for the most part, easy. If I couldn’t wear it in 100-degree heat or to my big tech internship, it went into storage. With near mechanical precision, I divided my wardrobe into “leave” and “take” piles. But there was one item that stumped me. Six months ago, my friend sent me a tweet with a picture of a t-shirt that read “Disgraced founder of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes” —...…
…Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Call me Tavo: Working-class salience, nicknames and parents Over the past several weeks, I’ve experienced elevated, irregular bursts of imposter syndrome and survivor guilt. As a first-generation college student, I have been submerged in a grueling and expedited process of upward mobility and assimilation. It feels like I have been worlds apart f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, June 8, 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 W e seem to be living in an era where “memes” are becoming reality. When Kanye West announced in 2015 his plan to r...…
…Wednesday, June 8, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines come up short against Louisville, end season DAVID WOELKERS Daily Sports Writer On Sunday night, things looked bleak for the Michigan baseball team. After winning the first two games of the Louisville Regional, the Wolverines were blown out by Louisville to force a third and final game between the two teams. In a back and forth affair on Monday, Mich...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, June 8, 2022 Charlie Pappalardo: Sports and politics are inseparable, especially right now TW: Gun violence In professional wrestling, there’s a principle known as kayfabe that governs the act playing out onstage. Kayfabe is a relatively simple distortion of reality that boils down to three essential points: One: Professional wrestling is fake. Two: Everyone watc...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 79 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
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…Wednesday, June 1, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Conversations with Friends’ isn’t the new ‘Normal People’ and that’s okay Heralded as the “voice of a generation,” critically renowned for her uncanny knack for capturing the zeitgeist of millennial malaise and certainly well-loved by the writers at this publication, Sally Rooney has quite rapidly become a household name. In what the internet affectiona...…
…4 From my mother’s garden With streaks of verdant green and dots of blooming flora, few places hold the same sanctity and beauty as a garden. Gifted a natural green thumb, my mother introduced me to the art of gardening — she spent years of her young life managing a local greenhouse in a small Michigan town, and her natural inclination to grow and create never quite dissipated. Her floods of floral beauty are something for the wor...…
…Wednesday, June 1, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Not made for your consumption When I was younger, I would draw on the walls and furniture in my bedroom. One of my first memories was taking my mom’s bright red lipstick and smearing it on my dresser to replicate the dressers that I saw on HGTV. While I definitely got into trouble with my parents, the memory marks the first of many creative end...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, June 1, 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 A fter spending seven hours in the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital emergency room, I am embarrassed on the University ...…
…Wednesday, June 1, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Willie Weiss ejected and suspended for use of foreign substances IAN PAYNE Daily Sports Writer In the Michigan baseball team’s Big Ten Tournament victory over Iowa, senior right-hander Willie Weiss was caught with an illegal substance on his glove and ejected. His actions earned him a four- game suspension from the Big Ten, right in the heart of the Wolverines’ ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, June 1, 2022 FILE PHOTO/Daily The Wolverines fell to UCF, ending their season. Michigan defeats Rutgers, wins the Big Ten Championship JOSEPH ZAIN RODGER Daily Sports Writer Two weeks ago, anyone outside of the Michigan baseball team would’ve called you crazy if you said the Wolverines could win the Big Ten Championship. After getting demolished by Maryland in three st...…
…Matt Schembechler, the son of former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, will be speaking at a press conference on Thursday afternoon about “his own abuse by Dr. Anderson and his father’s failure to protect him and other athletes,” per a release from the Anderson Survivors Legal Team. Last month, the University of Michigan released a report from legal firm WilmerHale regarding the investigation into allegations of decades o...…
…2 Thursday, June 10, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com CALDER LEWIS Editor in Chief eic@michigandaily.com KATIE LYNGKLIP Business Manager business@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Madison Gagne Managing Editor mbgagne@umich.edu Allison Engkvist Digital Managing Editor engkvist@umich.edu Christian Juliano and Shannon Stocking Managing News Edi...…
…3 Thursday, June 10, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government (CSG) gathered on Tuesday to vote on various resolutions pertaining to tri-campus equality, scholarship distribution to U-M personal care assistants and a student health and wellness task force, as well as to confirm CSG cabinet positions. The Assembly discussed and passed a proposal, LDF 11-002, reques...…
…4 Thursday, June 10, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION I n the age of digital media, emojis have become commonplace as supplements for standard text, and their use has exploded since their conception. Whether coinciding with or replacing texting lingo such as LOL, the visual aspect that sets emojis apart from script is part of their popularity. Emojis allow for emotion and other cues used during face-to-face ...…
…so many others lacked was a set of parentheses and a sense of ambiguity. Specifically, the parentheses encom- passing the “s” in parents were part of the educational revolution toward inclusive language that only came relatively recently. That letter encom- passed by two curved brackets made having two parents optional — an option that this generation is the first to realize. Finally, being “incomplete” is an option rather than a burd...…
…The first solar eclipse of the year lands on June 10, while the new moon is in Gemini. The new moon heralds a new beginning for the signs, and the eclipse magnifies its effects. The moon in Gemini indicates an examination of how we communicate with others and learn new information. The sun’s conjunction with Mercury on the same day adds an extra emphasis on communication. Mercury still lingers in its retrograde orbit, but perhaps ...…
…7 Thursday, June 10 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR The scorching summer heat blasted my entire body as I opened the door to my childhood bedroom that had been frozen in time. After I froze in single-digit temperatures for the first time ever during my first semester of college, the uncomfortable, sweltering, Hawaiian air was comforting due to its familiarity; it felt like home. My family had added ne...…
…For the past few days, social media has been awash in reactions to Bo Burnham’s new special, “Inside.” My Twitter and Instagram feeds are a constant barrage of glowing reactions to Burnham’s introspective, 90-minute performance art piece. As I scroll through my Tiktok For You Page, songs from “Inside” play on endless fifteen second loops, worming themselves deeper into the app’s notorious algorithm the longer I listen to the lyric...…
…9 Thursday, June 10, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The existence of black midi as a band should be used as primary evidence that reality is simply a simulation whose source code has been written by either Kurt Vonnegut or David Mitchell. This is not because of how strange its aesthetic is, although there aren’t many acts out there that can claim to rival it, but because of how it’s managed to captivate such a large ...…
…10 Thursday, June 10, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com STATEMENT Macklemore and his contradictions: the unruly mess he has made In my middle-school world of Little League softball and sleepovers, I found myself listening to Macklemore’s (and Ryan Lewis’s) discussion of addiction, greed and failure throughout the album “The Heist.” Tuning out my parents’ car ride conversations and team chatter on the bus r...…
