…The Graduate Employee Organization published a petition last month requesting more information about a recently approved University of Michigan fee for most international students. The additional expense was created to bolster support services for international students at the University. The petition, which was published on Change.org three weeks ago, has amassed more than 380 signatures as of press time. GEO decid...…
…LSA senior Kathy Zhu, the vic LSA senior Kathy Zhu, the vice chair of the University of Michigan College Republicans, made national headlines after Miss World America stripped her of her Miss Michigan title in July. The action was in response to two tweets from her public Twitter account. According to an email the organization sent to Zhu, the tweets were deemed “offensive, insensitive and inappropriate content.” As a new schoo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 4, 2019 — 3A “We have a collective bargaining agreement,” Carter said. “We have specific language where the employer is supposed to provide parking for residents that are designated for being on-call. There is obviously no designated parking.” As a result of these changes, the Michigan Nurses Association and University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council filed...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, September 4, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 4, 2019 — 5A In the spirit of Welcome Week, Festifall and all things post-Labor- Day, The Michigan Daily Film section has written a collection of blurbs celebrating our favorite “Openings” to movies. Here’s to another year of learning, changing, trying, failing, crying, smiling, passing, movie- watching and (most importantly) a-best-picture-awarded-to-a-film- that-s...…
…The focus of Taylor Swift’s Lover is right in the title. From her love for her boyfriend and mom, to her love for being in love, Swift has clearly dedicated this album to the people and things she loves the most. Lover is hopeful, challenging and suggests there’s a certain kind of freedom in heartbreak. Unlike the dark edginess of her 2017 album Reputation, Lover feels more like a sequel to her pop album 1989, glitter and ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 4, 2019 — 7A Play while tired. For the Michigan women’s field hockey team, this mantra shapes everything. Early in the season, the Wolverines are trying to create their identity — an identity that puts playing through fatigue and adversity at the forefront. From quick, explosive starts to high-effort plays late in matches, intensity is the name of the game. No. 7 Mich...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 4, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines top Oakland, Northern Arizona For the Michigan volleyball team, Friday’s matches couldn’t have come sooner. The 15th-ranked Wolverines (2-0) have opened their season this deep into the calendar only once since 2004. But despite the long preseason, they didn’t show any signs of being behind the curve in a 25-18, 25-23, 25-8 sweep of Oakland (1-...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 PHOTO BY DANYEL THARAKAN Summer love stories …
…Wednesday, September 4, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Associate Editor Eli Rallo Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editor Silas Lee Photo Editor Danyel Tharakan Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 The scores DAY ONE The ever-present Arctic wind bearing down...…
…3B Wednesday, September 4, 2019 // The Statement 3B majority of the evening. Before that night, you’d never con- sidered yourself anything other than straight. Sure, you could recognize when other guys were objectively attractive, but your main preoccupation was girls. Spe- cifically, you dwelled on your inability to hook up with them, but the focus was girls, nonetheless. As you got drunk that night on cheap Scotch from a flask tuc...…
…I ’ve always been told I’m an extrovert. Funny how you can be told something but not believe it yourself. Typically, we think extroverts to be energized by social interactions to the point where they crave it constantly. And I do think this of myself. I love the feeling of being surrounded by friends, the room buzzing. Because of this expectation to fulfill the role of the extrovert, to be “on” 24/7, my perception of being isolated has ...…
…Wednesday, September 4, 2019// The Statement 6B I fall in love three times a day. Perhaps it’s because I’m a cancer sun and a cancer moon; perhaps it’s because I’m a writer. Perhaps it’s because I exclusively seek out experiences that make my heart race (in a good way). But with everything I’ve fallen blindly head over heels for in 21 years –– boys in glasses, coffee shops that sell newspapers, banana muffins, redheaded best friends...…
…Wednesday,September 4, 2019 // The Statement 7B E very year in early August, our mother would haul my siblings and me into our car in the stifling heat. The four of us would wait for hours in long lines at the international bridge, waiting to cross the border from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua into El Paso. We lived on the Mexican side of our sprawling binational metropolitan area and crossed often for groceries and shopping, so this wa...…
…VISUAL STATEMENT NATURE & SOLITUDE THE JOY OF A GOOD BOOK, SUNLIGHT & YOURSELF AS COMPANY. PHOTOS BY DANYEL THARAKAN/ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 // The Statement 8B …
