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…N othing is guaranteed in big games. Opportunities come and go like the wind, and momentum can shift at the drop of a hat. In a moment, a game that looks fully in control can unravel, testing the mettle of both teams involved. The side that responds best is the one that takes home the victory. On Saturday, the No. 5 Michigan football team (7-0 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) responded to the adversity it faced in a big way in its most challeng...…

…Incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon faced off in the first of two debates in Grand Rapids, Mich. Thursday evening. The debate was hosted in the WOOD-TV studio and moderated by political reporter Rick Albin. Whitmer’s campaign announced on Aug. 24 that she had accepted invitations from WOOD-TV for their Oct. 13 debate and WXYZ, WXMI and WSYM for their Oct. 25 debat...…

…Students gathered in the Trotter Multicultural Center Wednesday evening for the center’s first “Kaleidoscope conversation”, an event for students to engage in discussion about their thoughts and feelings related to environmental racism. The conversation addressed the ways in which environmental policies and regulations negatively impact minority racial and ethnic groups at disproportionate rate...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Look, I’m not here to argue that Jar-Jar Binks (Ahmed Best, “Alabama Jackson”) is the best character in Star Wars. I’m not even going to argue he’s a great character in Star Wars. But come on — does he really deserve to sit on “most hated movie character” lists, among the ranks of Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton, “Downton Abbey: A New Era”) and Meredi...…

…Matthew McConaughey’s (“Sing 2”) memoir has no business being as good as it is. As I perused Audible for a nonfiction book, “Greenlights” caught my eye — not because I’m a diehard McConaughey fan, but because I had seen it circulating Bookstagram and BookTok and decided to give it a go. This was two years ago. I’ve read McConaughey’s memoir six times since. The following statement is probably going to haunt me forever, bu...…

…“Something is being made in this room.” I hadn’t heard many other people speak as passionately about a space as Groundcover News editor-in-chief Lindsay Calka spoke of their office. I descended late Monday morning into the basement of Bethlehem United Church of Christ: It was a space in motion, a breathing entity. Over text to The Statement’s photographer, I described it as “an office, kitchen, lounge, storage all in one. And...…

…Last month, I applied to a study abroad program in Paris and had to fill out an application with an “activities” section. My heart sank. I got the same feeling as when a professor, attempting an icebreaker, asks: “What do you like to do for fun?” To be truthful, what I like to do for fun is send TikToks to my roommates as they sit right next to me doing the same, but that didn’t seem like an acceptable answer to present to my uppe...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Newaygo, MI – Tubing on the Muskegon River Coloring outside the lines In 1983, poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde wrote, “Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian … There is no hierarchy of oppres- sion. I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot afford to ...…

…Opinion Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com N.A.T.O. must liberate itself from U.S. domination S ince its establishment during the Cold War, N.A.T.O. has served as a transatlantic allegiance for peace; serving post-World War II to unite European countries and the U.S. as well as deter Soviet expansion. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, N.A.T.O. has focused on promoting its values — ...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Read more at MichiganDaily.com “T he helicopter parent” is a term that has gained significant popularity over the past several years. It was coined for the parent who deems it their personal responsibility to be involved in every aspect of their child’s life. The duties of the helicopter parent include endlessly prying about their child’s fri...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 11 Corum, Edwards show full capabilities in dominant performance against Penn State JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor After Penn State allowed a stunning 418 rushing yards in a 41-17 loss to the Michigan foot- ball team, a number of defensive standouts admitted that the Nit- tany Lions needed to be better. That much was evident to anyone who watched Penn State...…

…12 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com YOUR CARE IS OUR PRIORITY. GET CARE. The Michigan Daily …

…Four years ago, the Black Student Union launched the online campaign #BBUM, or Being Black at the University of Michigan, and gave the University seven days to respond to seven demands. Some of the demands included more affordable campus housing, an increase in Black representation on campus and a digitization of documents in the University’s Bentley Historical Library. Now, four years after BSU put forward its initi...…

…administration informed her if she taught a course on the history of photography, she would not be allowed to show images of sex, children, violence, drugs or “complicated emotional imagery.” Poor scheduled a meeting with the prison warden and another department secretary and, after describing her curriculum, was granted permission to teach the class as she originally intended. The men in the facility were not allo...…

…know where I was from,” Offendum said. “When I’d tell them I was from Syria, I’d get a weird joke about breakfast cereal or something. Now you can’t turn on the news without hearing about it at least once a day.” Rackham student Yahya Alami Hafez, a graduate student instructor for Introduction to Arab-American Studies, said Offendum’s presentation showed how current artistic mediums such as rap actually trace back to a ...…

…W hen I arrived at the University of Michigan at the beginning of freshman year, my friends and I discovered Bird electric scooters on the Diag. I’d never ridden e-scooters since they had not yet made it to my native New York City, where Citi Bike and Uber reign supreme. “Pick up and drop off anywhere,” the app promised, for only 15 cents per minute. We took them for a spin. Soon we were hooked. We used Bird to get to class on...…

…From enigmatic plot to disconcerting characters, normality is but a common thread in Katya Apekina’s debut novel, “The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish.” Coming from a mother who swallows her loved ones whole and a narcissistic father, two daughters are torn between the chaotic obsessions and depressions of their parents. After Edith and Mae’s mother, Marianne, attempts to hang herself they are taken under the wing of thei...…

…The Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre was buzzing with excitement, as the audience was antsy to see another spectacular performance put on by the University’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD). The energy in the room bounced off the bright red curtain that fell so elegantly, covering the floral, colorful, ’60s flower-power set of “Sweet Charity.” “Sweet Charity” is a musical based on an original screenplay by Frederico Fellini, writt...…

…OCTOBER 19, 2018 Preview of the 2018-2019 Michigan Hockey Team Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy …

…Friday, October 19, 2018 // FACEOFF 2018 2B Vermont Waterloo (ex.) U.S. NTDP (ex.) Western Michigan at Western Michigan St. Lawrence at Lake Superior State Notre Dame at Penn State Wisconsin at Michigan State Michigan State Minnesota Great Lakes Invitational Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 26, 27 Nov. 2, 3 Nov. 9, 10 Nov. 16, 17 Nov. 23, 24 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 7, 8 Dec. 30, 31 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 11, 1...…

…Friday, October 19, 2018 // FACEOFF 2018 3B Let it go H opefully, by now, you’ve regained your senses after the Michigan hockey team’s roller-coaster of a season last year. The Wolverines started in the shadow of Red Berenson’s retirement and low expectations, struggled to escape the darkness until mid-January, then finished seconds away from a spot in the National Championship game. Not to mention this all happened in ...…

…OCTOBER 19, 2018 Preview of the 2018-2019 Michigan Hockey Team Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy …

…Friday, October 19, 2018 FACEOFF 2018 4B Hayden Lavigne: No longer a mystery Written by Tien Le H ayden Lavigne is currently reading a mys- tery book. It should come to no one’s sur- prise, though. After all, he’s a mys- tery himself. Talk to people around Lavigne and two common themes emerge. One is that he’s a serious, intense guy. Two is that no one can ever tell what he’s thinking — he’s just an e...…

…Friday, October 19, 2018 FACEOFF 2018 5B Hayden Lavigne: No longer a mystery Written by Tien Le Photo Credits: Top - Katelyn Mulcahy / Bottom - Alec Cohen through 16 games, Lavigne’s per- formance proved uninspiring, especially with his competition including the current Mike Rich- ter Award winner and Notre Dame goalie, Cale Morris, who posted a .937 through 28 games. “When I was in the USHL, I got cut from ...…

…Friday, October 19, 2018 // FACEOFF 2018 6B Big Ten Breakdown: Entire conference hoping to maintain success of last season, when three teams made Frozen Four When the No. 11 Michigan hockey team starts Big Ten play against Notre Dame three weeks from now, it will have a chance at redemption. In last year’s Frozen Four semifinal, a last-second Fighting Irish goal ended the Wolverines’ tournament run and their surprisingly succes...…

…Friday, October 19, 2018 // FACEOFF 2018 7B See ROSTER, Page 8B BY THE NUMBERS Big Ten Hockey 75 % Ohio State returned 75 percent of its production from last season’s Frozen Four team. 128 Ohio State forward Mason Jobst is the active leader in career points in the NCAA 8 Notre Dame won the regular season Big Ten Championship by eight points last season .001 Minnesota missed out on the NCAA Tournament last season by .001 points, fa...…

…Friday, October 19, 2018 // FACEOFF 2018 8B KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily Sophomore forward Will Lockwood was the second-highest scorer for Michigan in the 2016-17 season but suffered a season-ending shoulder injury last year. Now he has returned to the Wolverines’ lineup. pairing of Hughes and Cecconi is returning for this season. Both had the option of making the move to the NHL but chose to remain in Ann Arbor for another go-around. Hughe...…

…After a tumultuous first month with racist incidents and controversial speakers, student governments on campus are taking steps toward finding possible solutions to amending the campus climate. LSA senior Anushka Sarkar, president of Central Student Government, released sent an email Wednesday afternoon announcing the first Diag Assembly, in which the CSG body will host its Tuesday night meetings on the Diag. The govern...…

…2 — Thursday, October 19, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily STUART @stu_rozendal How do I know I just entered Michigan? The roads are actively trying to destroy my car. Alex Fotis Bot @fotisbot Lmao someone just snapchatted umich their ACT score babawise @rXXklessss Maybe I’ll move to Ann Arbor. There’s a lot of snacks there. Michigan Students @UMichStudents For most of tmrw I will be...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, October 19, 2017 — 3 PRASHANTH PANICKER/Daily SAPAC placed 400 flags on the Diag to represent sexual assault survivors Wednesday. AWARE NESS ourselves a big hole.” During Saturday’s round, however, the Wolverines found the answer they needed. Ashley Kim, who had shot a 74 in her initial round, rallied to card a six-under 66 with six birdies and no bogeys, moving her into a t...…

…U niversity of Michigan President Mark Schlissel has always said the right things about the value of a liberal arts education. In 2015, he said that a liberal arts education “prepares students to lead in increasingly multicultural workplaces and community environments.” He has since echoed those remarks, stating at a meeting with student leaders at the University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus in 2016 that “the t...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Thursday, October 19, 2017 — 5 Arts AMAZON STUDIOS ‘Last Flag Flying’ is one of the many films playing at Chicago Film Festival this month At Chicago International Film Festival, Day 2: ‘12 Days’ & ‘Last Flag Flying’ Daniel Hensel continues his daily updates this week from Chicago “12 Days,” a documentary by French filmmaker Raymond Depardon (“Journal de France”), is a bore. Even at under 90...…

…FALL 2018 HOUSES # Beds Location Rent 11 1014 Vaughn $7700 9 1015 Packard $6525 7 1129 White St $5250 6 415 N. Thayer $4350 6 511 Linden $4800 6 605 Hoover $4500 6 708 E. Kingsley $4800 6 722 E. Kingsley $4650 6 1119 S. Forest $4350 6 1207 Prospect $4900 6 1355 Wilmot Ct. $5075 5 515 S. Fourth $3700 5 935 S. Division $4000 5 1016 S. Forest $5400 5 1024 Packard $3700 4 809 Sybil $3200 4 827 Brookwood $3000 4 852 B...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 19, 2017 — 7 MEN’S SOCCER Zakyi plays the hero The Michigan soccer team was sputtering offensively Saturday against Omaha until freshman striker Mohammed Zakyi turned the match on its head. With the Wolverines down 1-0 in the 60th minute, freshman midfielder Marc Ybarra launched a free kick. His in-swinging cross over the top of the Omaha defense found Zakyi, who wa...…

…Did you know that the RC has a number of exciting academic and community-engagement programs? Semester in Detroit, the Prison Creative Arts Project, the Center for World Performance Studies, Telling It, and Proyecto Avance LatinoMentoring Association (PALMA), and the Spanish Language Internship Program (SLIP) are all available to non-RC students.winning faculty and students. Find our schedule of events at lsa.umich.edu/rc/alum- ni...…

…Last week, a new school faculty transition team was appointed to plan the transition from the School of Natural Resources and Environment to a new School of Sustainability. An internal faculty committee proposed in September 2016 that the University of Michigan create a new school of sustainability to replace the School of Natural Resources and Environment and increase interdisciplinary collaboration across...…

…with normal cells in the same individual. “The basic idea is, based on a patient’s molecular fingerprint, to suggest clinical trials or off- label use of approved agents based on the mutational profile of an individual advanced cancer, or, in general, metastatic disease,” Chinnaiyan said. “By matching a patient’s molecular fingerprint with potential drugs that target those aberrations, we have a better chance at treating canc...…

…control of the state House. Currently, Republicans have a majority in the state House, 62-44. “Not only are we going to elect Hillary Clinton as president, but the greater 12 can take the state House of Representatives,” she said. “If you’re unhappy about the fact that the Flint water was poisoned or all the others things that have happened, we need to take those seats back.” Albright also stressed the importance of not beco...…

…S exual assault happens, and that’s what matters, not when, where or how. The sobriety of the victim doesn’t matter, nor does his or her race, gender or socioeconomic class. All that matters is that it happens. Two years ago, it happened to me. I was pushed up against a wall, choked and raped for the first time when I was 16 years old. For over a year, I didn’t tell a soul, because there was always the chance ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 19, 2016 — 5A ACROSS 1 Unlike this clue, obviously 5 Driving force? 10 Bar regulars, and then some 14 Bible book before Romans 15 One-named singer with 10 Grammys 16 William of “Broadcast News” 17 Does well at the casino? 19 On 20 URL ending 21 Bridge call 22 Hang loosely 23 Star’s statuette 25 Cereal box factoid 28 Mushroom cloud makers 30 Pale 31 __ shadow 32 Tip to one side 33 ...…

…6A — Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com HBO “Don’t ask me what’s on fleek.” ‘Insecure’ is a hilarious take on identity, romance Issa Rae is a ray of sunshine in HBO’s new true-to-life series Looking through the stock of new TV shows entering the fall season, a growing pattern of shows about race, specifically about the contempo- rary Black expe- rience, seems to be present. FX’s “Atlanta,” OW...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 19, 2016 …

…2B Magazine Editor: Karl Williams Deputy Editors: Nabeel Chollampat Lara Moehlman Design Editor: Shane Achenbach Photo Editor: Zoey Holmstrom Creative Director: Emilie Farrugia Editor in Chief: Shoham Geva Managing Editor: Laura Schinagle Copy Editors: Emily Campbell Alexis Nowicki Taylor Grandinetti the statement Wednesday, October 19, 2016 / The Statement How To: Achieving Employment B Y S Y LVA N N A G R O S S the ta...…

…W hile editing articles for The Michigan Daily, I’ll often question why a rule exists. For example, I might wonder why we don’t use the Oxford comma or why “percent” is spelled out. While these little rules are aggravating at times, I’ll always move on and con- tinue editing the article. If I let my frustration toward the silly rule con- sume me, I would waste time and never get my job done. I remember a similar reaction in high sc...…

…I t’s not here to give out grades, to set learning objectives or to change people. It doesn’t teach about alcoholism or how to balance a checkbook. It’s not here to save souls or proselytize. Rather, the Prison Creative Arts Project goes into prisons around Michigan with a simpler mission — to bring joy. Started in 1990 under Buzz Alexander, a pro- fessor of English at the University of Michigan, PCAP incorporates visual, written an...…

…My sister is the strongest person I know. On March 12, 2014, she was the victim of a head-on collision that should have sent her Pontiac’s engine into the cabin of her car and cut her in half. Instead, miraculously, it didn’t, and Kasandra is still here to laugh a little too loud and keep me in line. To say I love her is an understatement. While Kasandra’s unbelievable survival is something my family celebrates ...…

…Wednesday, October 19, 2016 // The Statement 7B by Melina Glusac, Senior Arts Editor Life is a Mixtape: Living in Color F irst, a confession: I’m jealous of people with synesthesia, and I always have been. Colours - Grouplove Ah yes, jealousy of an inborn neuro- logical phenomenon. All the great love stories in the world have spawned from it, right? Definitely not. Not at all. It’s just me. For those who don’t know, synesthe- s...…

…Wednesday, October 19, 2016 // The Statement 8B Press photographers and TV stations set up on bleachers at the back of the room before U.S. Sen.Tim Kaine (D-VA), Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at a Detroit rally. Members of the press work on writing articles after Tuesday’s rally. Camera crews from various news outlets wait before Kaine speaks. The view from the back of the room as Kaine speaks in front of a crowd and cameras...…

…C The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 19, 2016 LaFontaine’s debut Jack LaFontaine lifted Michigan in his debut with exactly the kind of showing the Wolverines needed » SportsWednesday Column, Page 2B Dead heat Michigan held firm at home with a 0-0 tie against No. 15 Minnesota on Sunday, staying at fourth place in the Big Ten » Page 3B BIG RAPIDS — It was the perfect storm: a hungry team searching for its first ...…

…2C — October 19, 2016 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Road win highlights areas for improvement Every time the Michigan hockey team killed off a penalty during Saturday’s game at Ferris State, the announcer would say something along the lines of, “And the Wolverines return to full strength,” which was immediately followed by, “And they still suck!” from the Bulldogs’ student section. At some point...…