…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 2, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY 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. ©2020 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . ....…
…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Fall 2020 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. ERIN WHITE Managing Editor ekwhite...…
…In an email to The Michigan Daily, an IBM spokesperson wrote that IBM established history’s first corporate “equal opportunity policy” in 1953, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of “race, color and creed.” However, the spokesperson wrote that the company did not specifically protect non- cisgender individuals, like Conway, until 2002. Conway told The Daily “she lived her life in stealth” after IBM. She r...…
…As of November 2020, the Face- book group Subtle Asian Traits has amassed almost two million members. Articles in The Atlan- tic, The New Yorker and The New York Times have hailed it as a “safe space — where Asian Ameri- cans can express (their) authentic selves.” The group shares memes, tweets, funny screenshots, cute art and Tiktoks meant to be relat- able to the Asian diasporic expe- rience. In August 2020, Sarah Mae Dizon wrote ...…
…7-Opinion I am a sorority girl, but not in the way they are typically por- trayed: skinny, blonde and white. I am none of those, yet I am still in a sorority. This type of sorority often gets lost in the great umbrel- la of Fraternity and Sorority Life; I myself didn’t realize a space like this existed until later into my freshman year, eventually joining during the first semester of my sophomore year. South Asian Fraternity an...…
…2-News 6 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BOOK REVIEW MUSIC REVIEW Daily Arts on ‘Shuggie Bain’ and the Booker shortlist Kali Uchis shines on debut Latin album ‘Sin Miedo’ WINNER: Douglas Stuart, ‘Shuggie Bain’ “Shuggie Bain” is a novel that is quick to overwhelm the reader with its vivid and frequent depictions of tragedy, though in an unsustainable fashion. The reader immediately becomes...…
…Arts Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Three weeks ago, Kalie Shorr released “My Voice,” an anthemic middle finger to the country radio system that will “probably never play me ‘cause I’m not a boy.” As bold as it is, “My Voice” falls in line with Shorr’s other aptly-titled projects — her debut record Open Book from 2019 and newly-minted iHeartRadio podcast “Too Much to Say” both cast Shorr as ...…
…Opinion B efore this election and the anti-democracy maneuvering that quickly ensued, Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court had already destroyed any expectation the American left may have had for mutual respect between them and the Republican Party. Now, let’s be clear: reducing the identity of any Supreme Court justice to their nominating party is a mistake. But in an ideal world where people abide by...…
…2-News I n the seminal classic “Under Pressure,” David Bowie sings what is perhaps the most insightful lyric of the 20th Century: “Love’s such an old- fashioned word and love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night, and love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves.” While it might be considered an overdramatization of what is much more often a mundane and long-winded process, Bow...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 statement W hat is the first image that comes to your mind when you think of TikTok? Is it Charli D’Amelio and her friends dancing to a viral song? Or is it half-naked white boys jamming to hip hop music? While these may be the most common associations of TikTok, the platform has many more sides to it than just the content of attractive young people doing sill...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement ‘A season of grief’: Profiles of the LGBTQ+ holiday experience BY GRACE TUCKER, STATEMENT COLUMNIST Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 11 H ey my girl. Is there anyone you would like to bring home for Thanksgiving? Someone who isn’t travelling home or needs allies to have Thanksgiving with?” In something like extending a hand or offering a warm hug, my mom sent me that text message ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 12 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 statement S o, do you want me to buy a share of a water buffalo or a flock of chicks?” my friend Kat asked me as we discussed what we wanted for the upcoming holiday season. After a few min- utes of searching the internet, we some- how ended up on the website of Heifer In- ternational, a global nonprofit that aims to provide livestock and services to farmers. Ac...…
…statement A reluctant ‘Go Blue!’ The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 13 B ack in March, when COVID-19 hit and it became clear that schools would have to shut down, I remember thinking: well, at least I go to the University of Michigan. I was lucky, I thought, to go to such a cutting-edge school. Our president is a physician. We have a faculty of in- credibly knowledgeable researchers and prof...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 14 — Wednesday, November 18, 2020 statement T he code word was perfect: obscure enough so that the boys couldn’t decipher it, but not so strange that it would attract the attention of our teach- ers. In the lunch line, we were giggling by the shelves of Cheetos and Funyuns, pointing at the girl a few steps ahead: “Look, look,” I said, motioning to the back of her white t-shirt. “Her walrus is ...…
…For its most important series yet this season, the Michigan hockey team will be without five of its key players against Minnesota next week. Monday afternoon, USA Hockey released its preliminary roster for the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. It includes three Wolverine freshman forwards — Matty Beniers, Thomas Bordeleau, and Brendan Brisson — as well as sophomore forward Johnny Beecher and sophomore ...…
…16 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Erratic quarterback play hurts Wolverines Run defense collapses in Penn State loss Don Brown looked down, then back up. His lips pursed as his mask sat below his chin. Penn State quarterback Will Levis was in the end zone celebrating. Brown was left to watch and wonder. About what was next after the final Nittany Lions touchdown to seal a 27-17 Mi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 17 Michigan football coaches need to wear their masks correctly As of Monday, there have been well over 13 million COVID-19 cases and more than 265,000 deaths in the United States. In the state of Michigan alone, there have been over 350,000 cases and more than 9,000 deaths. Regardless, a football season is being played at Michigan — for now. ...…
…First, Michigan lost to a Michigan State team in Year One of a new coach. Then it lost to a team it hadn’t lost to in 30 years. Then, a week after losing to Wisconsin in the biggest loss in Michigan Stadium history, it took three overtimes to beat conference bottom-feeder Rutgers. On Saturday, the lows kept coming. This time, the Wolverines (2-4) handed Penn State (1-5) its first win of the season, 27-17, the second time this ...…
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…Phase 2 is set to begin in the late winter or early spring and will extend to the broader University community. A start date for Phase 3 has not been announced. General students will likely be in the second phase of the vaccine’s distribution, unless they are high risk, which could move them to the first phase, Cinti said. He expects the University to vaccinate about 80,000 U-M community members in the coming months. Two dos...…
…When my mother emphatically woke me up at 1 a.m. and claimed that I might die from a pulmonary embolism, I didn’t know how to react. Moreover, I didn’t know what I could do. I was laying on my bed with my right leg elevat- ed over almost every pillow we owned to combat the swelling that came with a torn ACL. At first, I rolled my eyes at what seemed to be the classic WebMD diagnosis. However, there was a confidence and fear in her...…
…7-Opinion Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 5 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Why Writing? Think of all the things you’ve ever written. Essay. Journal entry. TikTok comment. What did you write it for? To inform whoever reads it? To release your emotions? To complete the essay that you’ve put off all of Thanksgiving Break? There has to be some mean- ing or reason behind every- thing that is written because if ...…
…7-Opinion Opinion K ing George III probably assumed that George Washington would go the way of Oliver Cromwell. To be fair to America’s colonial monarch, it was a reasonable assumption. Across history, such astronomic victories in the field were rarely followed by voluntary concessions. Many Europeans — and even Americans — suspected that in the event of a Franco-American victory, Washington would retain his power, perhap...…
…I n just under two months, former Vice President Joe Biden will assume the Oval Office after defeating incumbent President Donald Trump during the election in November. President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will seek to quickly make changes from the executive branch that will alter the nature of American leadership at home and abroad and create significant daylight between their policies and those put...…
…Opinion A s many begin to head home for the holidays, it has become clear that this year will look different. If you are planning to safely reconnect with family this holiday season, there is bound to be tension regarding any discussion from a year that is seemingly a simulation gone rogue. Despite the largely-acknowledged principle of avoiding controversial talk at the Thanksgiving table, complicated conversations are essen...…
…the the sex sex issue issue the statement the statement …
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, December 9, 2020 statement P eople love listening to other peo- ple talk about sex. The fear is actually talking about it themselves. Aside from the awkward sit-down discussions some parents force upon their adolescent children and the inad- equate sex education classes most students are subjected to, talking about sex is gener- ally considered taboo — most especially for women. ...…
…Quarantine Quarantine means time to means time to make use of make use of our hands our hands The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement BY GRACE TUCKER, STATEMENT COLUMNIST Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 11 C an anyone else, like, not stop jerk- ing off?” Our respective Zoom boxes lit up in a staggered glow as my group of friends and I erupted into laughter. It was April, and we were enduring what would be the second mo...…
…12 — Wednesday, December 9, 2020 I t’s that time of year again, Michigan Daily readers. The leaves are chang- ing, holiday music is playing, snow is falling and you guessed it — The Statement Magazine is analyzing campus sex culture. Welcome to our annual sex edition, where we dive deep into the topic’s nuances and in- tricacies through narratives and investigative pieces. But first, in order to get quantitative data about what sex ...…
…T he survey posed two questions to gauge how students’ perceptions of their peers’ sexual behavior dif- fered from reality. Indeed, our findings show that while the majority of students think that students on campus are having sex once or twice a week or less, the reality involves less frequent sex. Of the respondents, 39.8% indicated not having sex at all this semes- ter, while 25.1% indicated once or twice per month or less and 23....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 14 — Wednesday, December 9, 2020 statement T his September, Netflix announced that it would start streaming the film “Cuties,” a French film directed by Senagalese-French director Maïmouna Dou- couré, and the Internet went wild. “Cuties” is a coming of age film following an eleven-year- old girl who uses dance to explore her identity, against the ideals of her conservative family. The film has b...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 15 statement Sex on the Sex on the internet internet BY ALIX CURNOW, STATEMENT COLUMNIST P lease, no, not on social media. I *heart emoji* you so much and really no. Sa- vor it for the personal and unique, not the masses,” read the comment my aunt had left on a photo I posted on Instagram last week. The photo was of me, with my back to the cam- era, wearing a bra a...…
…2-News 16 — Wednesday, December 9, 2020 The B-Side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The B-Side: Harry Potter and the Canceled Author It’s time that we talk about ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ I grew up in a house in the middle of the woods, surrounded by deer and trees and friendly small-town neighbors, but I spent a lot of my childhood immersed in books instead. Something about the allure of a different world enthralled me; magica...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The B-Side Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 17 The B-Side: How has ‘South Park’ not been canceled? Should “South Park” be canceled? With debates spawned by controversial episodes raging across Twitter and echoing on Reddit subthreads, “South Park” remains as scandalous as it was back in 1997. Mocking Clinton’s sex scandals, Scientology and the Virgin Mary with equal vigor, the show has ...…
…Arts michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily 18 — Wednesday, December 9, 2020 This article is a part of the Daily Arts “Canceled” b-side. For a full look at our b-side pieces exploring this theme, visit our site. Season four of Netflix’s “The Crown” opens with a lunchtime conversation at Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”) sits at the end of a long table stacked with food and flower arrangemen...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 19 This season, the Michigan hockey team’s penalty kill has been crucial in shutting down high ranked opponents. But on Thursday, it was a major factor in the Wolverines’ downfall. Before its second matchup against Penn State, Michigan had killed 19 of its 22 penalties. “We have faith in our players,” sophomore forward Nick Granowicz said on Nov. 2...…
…20 — Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Oftentimes in practice, the Michigan men’s basketball team plays exhibitions between its first and second units. Normally, the result is exactly what you’d expect it to be. “We may beat them a few times but most of the time (the starters are) beating up on us,” senior forward Chaundee Brown said. In Sunday’s 80-58 victory over Central Florida, thou...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 21 Michigan’s reaction to Ohio State game cancelation Jim Harbaugh protested and marched, released statements and said publicly at every turn that he wanted this football season to happen. And when he told the Michigan football team that the biggest game of their season was canceled — marking the first time in over a century that the Wolverines won’t p...…
…It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. That refrain certainly rang true for the Michigan men’s basketball team (4-0) during Sunday’s 80-58 rout of Central Florida (1-1). After surviving three tune-up games against low mid-major opponents, the Wolverines came out flat against the Knights, who had beaten Auburn in their only game of the season. Not only was Michigan’s defense incapable of preventing UCF’s guards from getti...…
…For 3,653 days — long, arduous, hollow days — the Michigan football program lived in the shadows of its unremitting failures against Ohio State. There won’t be a 3,654th day. At long last, that futile streak is over. After eight consecutive bitter losses to the Buckeyes, the Wolverines emerged from The Game victorious. No. 5 Michigan (11-1 overall, 8-1 Big Ten) shocked No. 2 Ohio State (10- 2, 8-1), 42-27, clinching the Big Ten East...…
…When a couple knocked on Rack- ham student Jeffrey Lockhart’s door on Nov. 4 asking if he was planning on renewing his apartment lease, Lockhart knew something wasn’t right. As a tenant of Oxford Companies, a popular Ann Arbor real estate com- pany, Lockhart said he was surprised to find prospective tenants outside his home asking about his plans to renew so that they can potentially take over his lease next year. Lock- hart said he ...…
…The University of Michi- gan’s endowment, which is currently valued at $17 billion, rose by an estimated $4.7 bil- lion in the 2021 financial year, a 40.6% return on investment. The increase was announced by Geoffrey Chatas, executive vice president and chief financial officer, at the Oct. 21 Board of Regents meeting. This year, higher education institution endowments across the U.S. saw the strongest annual performance since 1986, ...…
…Around 50 students gathered on the Diag the afternoon of Nov. 19, with some walking out of their classes, to demand the University of Michigan expand its policies for climate change mitigation and sexual misconduct prevention and take responsibility for its actions. The strike was organized by Fridays for Future, an environmental organization that leads climate strikes around the world, as well as Roe v. Rape, a campus nonp...…
…“Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to yet another round of Bones or No Bones: the game where we find out if my 13-year-old pug woke up with bones, and, as a result, we’ll find out what kind of day we’re going to have.” This is how Jonathan Graziano opens almost every one of his Tik- Tok videos featuring his adorable pug, Noodle. For over a year now, Graziano has made jokes about Noodle having “no bones,” flopping back down o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, December 1, 2021 I can’t in good faith say that I’m a Swiftie. I’m a Swiftie in the sense that we all are Swifties — because you can’t avoid her. Her music has defined a generation, whether you like it or not. Even if I don’t buy tickets to Taylor’s shows, it’s still a Swift-dominated world, and I still reap the benefits of breakup songs. Everybody loves her femcel anthem, and ...…
…Wednesday, December 1, 2021 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Attending a 9 a.m. lecture. Setting up a table at the Posting Wall. Printing out a last- minute essay. Gathering for a student organi- zation meeting after hours. As students at the University of Michigan, we spend so much of our time in Angell Hall, but how many of us actually know who James Burrill Angell is and what his legacy entails? Learned pie...…
…I love a good, classic loading screen. I don’t mean those obnoxiously slow progres- sion bars or the tracker timelines on food delivery apps that halt on each stage for 15 minutes. My favorites are the small, simple graphics that repeat in perpetuity with no discernible end to their progression. The repetitive, continuous motion is oddly calm- ing. I love the little revolving lights that circle around and around, lavishing away the tim...…
…Since the start of my childhood, Nov. 1 meant the hanging of a quilt from the stove in my kitchen. It was my mom’s “Thankful Quilt,” decorated with felt leaves, turkeys and other Thanks- giving-esque patches. More importantly, the quilt was lined with little pockets numbered one through 30 — a pocket for each day of the month. And every night, before eating dinner, my mom would have my sister and I write down what we were thankful for ...…
… 10 — Wednesday, December 1, 2021 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SIDDHARTH PARMAR Opinion Columnist BRITTANY BOWMAN 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. CLAIRE HAO Editor in Chief ELIZABETH COOK AND JOEL WEINER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials re...…
