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…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 12, 2017 student of the year the issue …

…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 12, 2017 // The Statement Golden State Worrior: Closure.Mov A t work on Thursday, my boss, who is a kind 4...…

…Dedicated to the memory of my great- aunt Tillie Gross, a force to be reckoned with and as sharp-minded as they come. I am graduating a year early from the University of Michigan, receiving a B.A. in international studies with a concentration in international security, norms and cooperation, as well as minors in history of art and oceanography. Yeah, thank you, I would love my gold star now please. The reason I’m starting off wi...…

…Wednesday, April 12, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, April 12, 2017 // The Statement 5B Meet the Students Student of the Year Issue “I loved the people, I think is what first drew me to it. … It’s a very specific kind of openness you have to have, as a performer.” It’s the end of the week, and though Megumi Nakamura, a sophomore in the University of Michigan’s Music, Theatre & Dance School, is juggling a packed schedule — she...…

…Wednesday, April 12, 2017 // The Statement 6B Antara Afrin’s small stature belies her ambi- tious dreams. A mentor and role model to aspiring doctors from underrepresented back- grounds, she plans to make medicine more accessible to people like her in the United States. Antara is the undergraduate president of the University of Michigan Medical School’s Doc- tors of Tomorrow, a program that sparks interest in underrepresented minority ...…

…Wednesday, April 12, 2017 // The Statement 7B “I had a meeting with Dan Gilbert the second day (of my internship) — I think we were talking about one of his developments — and he calls me out and says, ‘You’re the girl whose family owns Dutch Girl!’ And I was like, ‘Yes, sir, that’s me.’ And he stole my note- book and he stole my pen and started making a map, and he was like, ‘This is your doughnut shop, this is where my dad’s bar ...…

…Wednesday, April 12, 2017 // The Statement 8B P H O T O S O F T H E Y E A R The Flaming Lips perform. (Zoey Holmstrom/Daily) Basketball wins Big Ten championship. (Sam Mousigian/Daily) President Obama gives a speech. (Marina Ross/Daily) People cheer at The Democrat National Convention. (Grant Hardy/Daily) Cooper Marody body checks an Ohio state player. (Evan Aaron/Daily) The Lumineers perform at the Palace of Auburn Hills. (Alexis Rankin/...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 11, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 64 ©2017 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S U D O K U . . . ...…

…Heather Ann Thompson, a professor of history in the Afro- American and African Studies Department, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in history for her novel “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy.” In an email interview, Thompson — who is also in the Residential College Social Theory and Practice Program — wrote she found out about her award during class and looked at her students in disbeli...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, April 11, 2017 — 3 quarterfinalist, marking the beginning of a 22-year NCAA Tournament streak that remains the longest streak any team has ever put together in college hockey. During that streak, Michigan made the Frozen Four 11 times, finishing as the runner-up once while collecting two national championships. Berenson has left an enduring legacy not only with...…

…I n light of the ongoing contract negotiations between the University of Michigan and members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization, I felt moved to write a piece that details my experience with Graduate Student Instructors and the tremendous impact they have had on my educational experience here. As a dual-degree student in both LSA and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, I have had wonderfully ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, April 11, 2017 — 5 A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth to play Rackham NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS Room Full of Teeth will be performing at Rackham this Wednesday. At its heart, public music making is about the way in which we exist in the same time and place as other people. It’s about how we communicate with and relate to one another. The playing of music is a conversation of sorts,...…

…ACROSS 1 Prefix with deed, feed and read 4 Fave texting buds 8 One looking for something 14 Gorilla, for one 15 To whom Rick said, “We’ll always have Paris” 16 Mode of dress 17 *Pay for your online purchases, say 19 Admirers, as a group 20 Actress O’Donnell 21 Caspian, e.g. 23 Nick and Nora’s dog 24 Ancients, for instance? 27 Big Band __ 29 White wine apéritif 30 Kitten cries 31 *Skip work because of illness 34 Double curve 35 One to say “G’da...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, April 11, 2017 — 7 THANK YOU, MR. BERENSON On Tuesday, Red Berenson announced his retirement as the head coach of the Michigan hockey team after 33 seasons. With his career coming to a close, former Michigan Daily hockey beat writers chose to reflect on their time covering the Wolverines under Mr. Berenson. Avi Sholkoff, 2016-17: Prior to beginning my studies at Michigan, I ...…

…8 — Tuesday, April 11, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Berenson revived ‘M’ with family atmosphere R ed Berenson was Michigan hockey. For the last 33 seasons, he has been the Wolverines’ head coach. And before that, Berenson tallied 43 goals in his senior season at Michigan in 1961-62. That total still stands today as the most goals in a season in Wolverine history. After his collegiate playing career,...…

…Top health professionals with different backgrounds and areas of expertise, including University of Michigan alumni, delivered lectures and participated in a panel Friday afternoon regarding infectious diseases and moderated by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent and neurosurgeon. University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel delivered the opening remarks for the convention to over 300 people. Schlissel,...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, April 10, 2017 — 3A musical performances. “True Blue was really great,” Alcantara said. “That was one of the larger crowds I think I’ve ever performed in front of. ‘Glory’ felt particularly strong. It’s a great feeling when you perform a song and it goes over with the crowd as well as it did (that night).” As Darren Criss, event emcee, took the stage, he reminded the audience of...…

…As of now, the University’s proposals for GSI and GSSA salaries and benefits do not appear to respect the value of their labor. Graduate students play a particularly tangible role in undergraduate education, often serving as a valuable link between a student’s desire to learn and achieving mastery in a subject by teaching small discussion sections that complement large lecture courses. GSIs alleviate much of the burden o...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, April 10, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “__ Noon”: Gary Cooper classic 5 Tippy watercraft 10 “Make it snappy,” in memos 14 Length-times- width calculation 15 Take place 16 Pleasant 17 *Niña and Pinta’s sister ship 19 Camper’s quarters 20 Like some rye bread 21 Number of little pigs, in a fable 22 Decorative theme 24 Crystal ball reader 25 ...…

…6A — Monday, April 10, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Directed by Olivier Assayas (“Clouds of Sils Maria”), “Personal Shopper” is the story of Maureen (Kristen Stewart, “Certain Women”), an American expat living in Paris and working for a wealthy model as a personal shopper and assistant. Maureen is grappling with the recent death of her twin brother, Lewis, of a genetic heart condition. The siblings believed ...…

…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | April 10, 2017 A busted streak The Michigan baseball team failed to complete a comeback and dropped the third game of its weekend series against Illinois. » Page 4B Livin’ on a prayer Andrew Robinson and Dymonte Thomas united in prayer before every game of 2016 season. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Wolverines’ offense sputters against Ohio State, Michigan fails to maintain perfec...…

…2B — April 10, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A starter, a walk-on and a prayer A ndrew Robinson’s house was on State Street, and Dymonte Thomas’ was right behind it on White Street. So last sum- mer, as the two were in Ann Arbor preparing for the Michigan football sea- son, Thomas was always cutting through Rob- inson’s yard. Whenever Thomas went anywhere, he walked down Robinson’s driveway, and t...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday April 10, 2017 — 3B Hudson leads the way in VIPER competition Entering the 2017-18 season, replacing Jabrill Peppers is the undisputed top priority for the Michigan football team. The redshirt sophomore took ‘making an impact all over the field’ to a whole new level last year, spending time at linebacker, safety, nickelback, running back, slot receiver and wildcat quarterback....…

…4B — April 10, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BASEBALL Lugbauer’s grand slam propels ‘M’ to victory With one swing of the bat, junior third baseman Drew Lugbauer rejuvenated the No. 18 Michigan baseball team and the depleted crowd at Ray Fisher stadium. In the bottom of the fifth, with the bases loaded and the Wolverines down 8-3, Lugbauer sent the ball over the left-field wall for his second gr...…

…Despite frigid temperatures, about 100 students and community members marched through the streets of Ann Arbor on Thursday night to “take back the night” and raise awareness for sexual assault on college campuses. Though Take Back the Night is believed to have originated in 19th-century London when women marched for safer streets, it has since evolved into an international movement of over 1,000 annual marc...…

… NETFLIX BINGE. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, April 7, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Univ. of Michigan @UMich .@DrSanjayGupta earned a U-M BS in 1990, MD in ‘93, then became a neurosurgeon and @CNN chief medical correspondent. #UMich200 Michigan Students @UMichStudents Favorite part of Spring: No one has any idea what to wear. Shorts? Parka? One of ...…

…Interim Provost Paul Courant, who was a moderator of the event and introduced the overarching topic to be addressed. “The bargain between the research university and society is under much greater stress than we imagined it could or would be,” Courant said before introducing Shapiro. Shapiro, who was president of the University from 1980 to 1987, agreed with Courant’s initial sentiments. “It is critical to acknowledge as a nat...…

…O n Saturday, I participated in Detroit Partnership’s annual Detroit Partnership Day for the second year in a row. This time, thankfully, there was no self- congratulatory rhetoric or encouragement to “fix Detroit.” We were there to learn about the community, do what we could in the few hours we had and leave with the understanding that we hadn’t even made a dent in the process. Residents thanked us, but no one praise...…

…When you live with 13 people, it gets a little hard to coordinate family-style dinners. You may have stopped reading after “13 people.” Trust me, I understand. But it somehow works — and so can making a family style dinner big enough to feed the Von Trapp family on a budget. Gathering with others for a meal is a deeply rooted tradition in our society and within my own experiences at school. For many reasons, which vary from tab...…

…ACROSS 1 Chanel product 6 Father of Hector 11 Interruption 14 Give the green light 15 “The Flintstones” co-creator 16 Martial arts accessory 17 Young Pharaoh’s mischievous playmate? 20 It’s on display while boasting 21 Eccentric 22 Stephen Colbert forte 23 Papuan food staple 24 Solar prod. 25 Overly sweet fruit? 31 Features of a Los Angeles aerial view 32 Charged thing 33 Chekov colleague 34 Line on a globe 35 Apt cry in reaction to four puzzl...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, April 7, 2017 — 7 Speight and Hamilton quickly develop working relationship The first time Pep Hamilton ever saw Wilton Speight, it had nothing to do with the Michigan football team. Speight wasn’t the starting quarterback for the Wolverines yet. In this case, he was just a high school lacrosse player. Hamilton, then at Stanford, had made his way down to Richmond, Va., to wat...…

…8 — Friday, April 7, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Wolverines, three voices form one vision Every year, Carol Hutchins’ phone rings. It’s the athletic department of yet another college, and they want to offer associate head coach Bonnie Tholl and assistant coach Jennifer Brundage head coaching positions. And every year, these programs receive the same answer. The assistants always turn the offers down. ...…

…Creating social change and gaining entrepreneurial success as a woman were among the emphasized topics discussed by female business leaders at the Women, Entrepreneurship and Social Change Conference Wednesday afternoon. Fostering conference, held in the Michigan League, was organized by LSA senior Hayley Maybaum. Maybaum met Sonya Passi, the founder and CEO of FreeFrom, while doing pro bono work at a law firm in New York Cit...…

…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 10/27/08 1:10 PM SUDOKU HARD 9 6 4 9 1 8 5 6 4 9 8 5 1 2 9 9 5 2 7 4 1 5 6 3 2 5 8 4 6 1 6 4 A TRADITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, April 6, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES The Research University and Society WHAT: Five former University presidents will ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 3A I’m not proud to make this declaration by any means; I’m actually quite devastated that this has become a facet of my being, but holy fuck do I detest reading. I’m not talking about the day- to-day casual Reddit browsing, Facebook lurking stuff, or the kind that is fundamental. I’m talking like the big-ass textbooks, fucking “War and Peace” type of...…

…T here is nothing like a fall afternoon at the Big House. A football game, a great band, discerning fans and lots of excitement. About 110,168 fans on a regular basis, not counting the vast TV audiences, couldn’t be wrong. But there is another storyline here. College football has become much bigger than the universities it actually purports to represent. Michigan football is branded on the sweats and tees and mugs of every Wal...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Highlands hat 4 Serenade, as the moon 9 Pearl seeker 14 Botanist Gray 15 Naproxen brand 16 “__ Mio” 17 *Judy Blume genre 19 Bags with handles 20 Calendario start 21 Sierra __ 23 Former Radiohead label 24 __ Valley: Reagan Library site 25 *Got from the cloud? 27 Not having the know-how 29 Locomotive, e.g. 30 Compose, in a way 31 Single-celled creature 35 Sinusi...…

…6A — Thursday, April 6, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Seizing catcher role, Alexander aids Betsa’s pitching When sophomore catcher Katie Alexander visits senior right-hander Megan Betsa in the circle between pitches, the message is usually simple: just breathe. As complex as a softball pitcher’s throwing technique can be, that’s what the pair focuses on in the middle of pressure-cooker games. Alexander’s ...…

…THE ISSUE B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, April 6, 2017 Design By Jacob Bergen …

…2B — Thursday, April 6, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Seventy years later, all roads lead to Fleetwood The peculiar Ann Arbor diner is riddled with stories and history THE MICHIGAN DAILY Ann Arbor’s own Fleetwood Diner “There’s an old payphone back here that doesn’t work,” said server Rob Bell to me one hazy afternoon, as I stopped by the restaurant where he worked. “One night this total crazy person was t...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 3B Srijith Gopinathan — executive chef to San Francisco’s Taj Campton Place Hotel — found his career path to be fraught with what he says were “big time complications.” Hailing from southern India, Gopinathan had as traditional of an upbringing as any of his regional contemporaries possibly could — a mother who (at least initially) wasn’t the happie...…

…4B — Thursday, April 6, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com As inspiring as the perfect kiss scene UNIVERSAL PICTURES Still from Bridget Jone’s Diary A look at food & chocolate in the most notable romantic comedies “What originally turned you on to cooking?” “Fire.” And so answered Chef Roger Urso, owner of the company Food and Logic, chef for multiple organizations on campus including fraternity Sigma Ch...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 5B SARAH AGNONE/THE MICHIGAN DAILY Literati’s Espresso Bar A mixed review of my top three coffee shops in AA Arts Writer Sarah Agnone travels around Ann Arbor recording the tastes and sounds of her favorite caffeine-crutch suppliers On any college campus, coffee indisputably reigns supreme and the University of Michigan is no different. Students ...…

…6B — Thursday, April 6, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com When the “Rick & Morty” surprise episode that dropped last Saturday gave nod to a long lost Szechuan McNugget dipping sauce, the internet blew up and “Binging with Babish” was on the case to try to recreate the mysterious sauce. Andrew Rea, the man behind the hit YouTube channel has carved out his own little corner of the web cooking famous dishes from mov...…

…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...…