…U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, spoke with University of Michigan students at the Michigan Union Friday night. The event was co-hosted by the Michigan-Hawaii Student Association (MIHI) and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LSA sophomore Ellie Omori-Sampson, founding member of MIHI, said their main goal for the event is to promote Hawaiian representation at the Unive...…
…As of the latest update on Sept. 7, 683 COVID-19 cases occurred on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus during the first week of school, according to the Campus Blueprint COVID-19 Dashboard. That’s nearly triple the number of cases on campus this time last year, with 182 positive cases reported during the first week in Fall 2021. The positivity rate for COVID- 19 cases during the first week of fall 2022 was 6.3...…
…At the June Board of Regents meeting, it was announced that Regent Paul Brown (D) would succeed Regent Jordan Acker (D) as Chair of the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents for the 2022-2023 academic year. The Michigan Daily sat down with Brown, who officially assumed his new role on July 1, to discuss his goals for his tenure as chair, the presidential transition and more. This interview has been edited and conden...…
…4 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The best kinds of romance novels will do more than give you butterflies in your stomach. You might cry or scream into your pillow, or in the case of Ali Hazelwood’s newest release “Love on the Brain,” you might walk away feeling smarter after reading. “Love on the Brain” follows Bee Königswasser, a neuroscientist who has just been offered a dream career o...…
…Stephen King’s newest novel, “Fairy Tale,” follows a teenage boy from Illinois named Charlie Reade who saves an old man’s life. The old man, a stranger named Mr. Bowditch, has an aging dog named Radar, whom Charlie immediately and irrevocably falls in love with. As Mr. Bowditch recovers from his life- threatening injury, Charlie takes care of him and his increasingly arthritic dog. Mr. Bowditch has a weird backyard shed and an even...…
…6 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Within the first two minutes of “Mo,” our titular character has hopped from Spanish to English to Arabic in the span of one scene. Such is the pace of the show, and the life of Mo Najjar — loosely based on star Mohammed Amer (“Ramy”) himself — who seems to be constantly experiencing one life speed bump after the next. After performing stand-up for over t...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — 7 OSCAR NOLLETTE- PATULSKI Statement Correspondent Read more at MichiganDaily.com When I was in my junior year of high school, I, like many in-state students, drove a couple of hours to Ann Arbor to take a tour of the University of Michigan. Sprinkled among other digestible one-liners about the school, our tour guide proclaimed that at the Unive...…
…S T A T E M E N T 8 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CHARLIE PAPPALARDO Statement Columnist Read more at MichiganDaily.com I think I was 17 when I came to the realization that my relation- ships with God and Major League Baseball are very similar. I was half-born into both Catholicism and the San Francisco Giants because with each, only one parent really cared. My dad would lecture me about all ...…
…G rowing up, June was always a month of unbearable anticipation. As the weather got warmer and the final days of school dragged on, talk of summer plans bounced around the classroom at remarkable speed. Many would spend the time off on family vacations. Others would be at home, spending time with friends and relatives. For me, however, the imminent arrival of summer could only mean one thing: it was time to go to camp. From...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 T oday we live in a wearied America where tensions run high and trust in government runs low. With over three quarters of Americans convinced the country is headed in the wrong direction, the need for political stability is perhaps as high as it’s ever been. With inflation, the economy and poor leadership ranking among the top issues for American...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — 11 Michigan shows improved chemistry in draw to Colorado LYS GOLDMAN Daily Sports Writer After losing numerous key con- tributors in the offseason, the Michigan women’s soccer team faced struggles in replicating last year’s dominance throughout its early-season matchups. Its two losses came in a similar manner, stemming from difficulties with communication, con...…
…JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor Michigan obliterates Hawaii in J.J. McCarthy’s first start J .J. McCarthy waited years to walk through the Big House tunnel as the starting quarterback of the Michigan football team. So perhaps it’s fitting that, on the day of his first collegiate start, he had to wait a little while longer. At 8:18 pm — 13 minutes after the originally scheduled kickoff time between the fourth- ranked Wolveri...…
