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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 From the age of five, LSA senior Ninnie Chiang knew she had a love for dance — a realization that came from her first kindergarten class performance, where she soared across the stage. After taking a break from dance, Chiang said she decided to re-immerse herself in the art upon arriving at the University of Michigan to take back part of her identit...…
…Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WE HAVE ALWAYS been obsessed with the looming apocalypse — the final, cata- clysmic catastrophe that will end the world as we know it. It’s a question that has preoc- cupied humanity seemingly forever, from biblical Rev- elations to zombie flicks. But increasingly, the apocalypse doesn’t feel so far away. We’ve all gotten accustomed to our current “unprec...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 POETRY HAS THE ability to give us strength in our darkest times and reflect our joy in our happiest moments. For evidence, just look at the outpouring of gratitude for Amanda Gorman — Presi- dent Biden’s inaugural poet — and the virality of her poem “The Hill We Climb.” The line “For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re b...…
…No more fomo. Do it all with Amazon Prime Student. Fast delivery, entertainment, exclusive deals for students, and more. Start your 6-month trial. amazon.com/UofMichigan The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 5 …
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Design by Grace Aretakis / / Page Design by Sarah Chung S T A T E M E N T OSCAR NOLLETTE-PATULSKI Statement Columnist Read more at MichiganDaily.com The anonymous art of the University’s public pianos I saw it online: The importance of digital communities at U-M I sit on the gray, pleather couches in the East Quad Residence Hall lobby, passing time betwee...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 7 Read more at MichiganDaily.com When you are young, anything is possible. Princesses fly on magic carpets, fairies lurk in the depths of every forest and animals seem to always seem to be able to speak fluently. There is no greater liberation than being a child, mind open to the possibility of anything and everything. Pure, (literally) u...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Well, here we are again. I can’t say I’m surprised; I don’t even think I’m disappointed. Deep down, I knew it was only a matter of time before more of the National Football League’s (NFL) corruption would come to light to prove, yet again, that no matter how many helmets they print “end racism” on, the NFL is, without a doubt, racist. I was ...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER 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. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. Al...…
…R ecently, I pursued a very exciting opportunity, one that afforded me the chance to work in an industry I’ve loved since I can remember: sports. Of all the extracurricular opportunities I’ve involved myself in this year — professional fraternities, sports business groups, writing for this awesome paper, etc. — this felt different. This was the chance of a lifetime, one that could define my college career. One thing you sho...…
…Junior outfielder Clark Elliott stared down Texas Tech pitcher Andrew Morris with an 0-1 count. His eyes locked onto the second pitch of the season and didn’t leave the ball until it reached the right field stands. The solo home run gave the Michigan baseball team an early 1-0 lead against the Red Raiders and led off an explosive but inconsistent offensive perfor- mance on the weekend from the Wolverines. Michigan (1-2) won just o...…
…Julia Schachinger/Daily | Design by Lys Goldman JACK KINGSLEY Daily Sports Editor GUT GUT SPORTSWEDNESDAY SPORTSWEDNESDAY H eading into Sunday’s game at No. 15 Wisconsin, the questions surrounding the Michigan men’s basketball team were solely on the court. Would the Wolverines be able to pick up a second consecutive Quadrant 1 road win and put themselves safely on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble? Or would they...…
…After the Graduate Employees’ Organization voted to accept the University of Michigan’s proposal and end its strike, Rackham student Bec Roldan posted their feelings about the offer on TikTok. “To be frank, it’s a pretty s— offer,” Roldan said on the popular social media app, where they have been posting updates about the strike since it began Sept. 8. Roldan said in the TikTok that they were frustrated they had to accept t...…
…The Graduate Employees’ Organization found broad support for their demands for greater accommodations against COVID-19, but its anti-policing demands became a lightning rod issue for those trying to criticize or delegitimize the union’s strike. Negotiations between the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees’ Organization have been at the center of conversation on campus since GEO announced their stri...…
…“This time is for us to come together and say, ‘Well, the University’s cruelty is on full display, we gave them every opportunity not to be cruel, they have every opportunity not to be, it’s a choice, in a big way,’” Peterson said. “These people have real power: President Schlissel has real power, Provost Collins has real power, Anne Curzan has real power, the regents have real power. So that all of them pander to us by saying th...…
…Solomon Rajput decided to put medical school on hold in September 2019 and run for U.S. Congress in Michigan’s 12th district against incumbent Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, D-Mich. After losing the primary election in August, Rajput went back to medical school and started Done Waiting, an organization working to get other progressive candidates elected. “That night of the election and the day after we were thinking, ‘You k...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 5 COVID-19 reported at Brown Jug as semester began The Brown Jug, a popular student restaurant and bar on South University Avenue, has reported at least six positive COVID-19 cases among staff since late August. A server, who requested to remain anonymous due to fear of retaliation from their employer, told The Daily six employees tested positive for COV...…
…The Remarkable Brevity of Grief The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color 6 — Wednesday, September 23, 2020 So it begins. The bass drums through me as I move my body to the music, my eyes closed. Psi U is full of bodies, all moving in a haze. If I swing my hips too quick- ly to one side, I find myself grazing a hip, but if I miss the rhythm, a hand creeps along my side. The dance floor is a careful game, where if y...…
…Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color Twitter has always been my social media drug of choice. My timeline — essentially Arab twit- ter, Muslim twitter and Leftist twitter, speaks to my personal- ity and beliefs to a concerningly accurate degree. As my relation- ship with Twitter has adapted — what was once a 30 minute daily check-in has seamlessly transitioned into a pandemic ritua...…
…7-Opinion Opinion I f you’ve been on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. this past week, you’ve likely heard chants of “Solidarity Forever,” impassioned speeches about quarantine conditions and a noticeable lack of construction noise. If you haven’t figured it out by now, the Graduate Employees’ Organization, non-unionized resident advisers and a host of MDining staff have been striki...…
…W hen I think of a social media influencer, I typically think of a young, white woman promoting skin care products and niche clothing brands to her 10,000 or more followers between posts about her glamorous life. I follow a couple of influencers, vaguely interested in the pseudo-fame that comes with having an Instagram platform and occasionally taking their book recommendations or recipe ideas. I associated these influencers a...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T his week, President Donald Trump came to Michigan to ask for our votes in an election that’s now less than 50 days away. But Trump didn’t come to Michigan to campaign to undecided voters. At no point did he make any discernible attempt to have an honest conversation with Michigan voters about issues and policies that affect their lives. Instead, Trump’s superspreader grievance tou...…
…2-News Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 11 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FILM REVIEW ‘The Babysitter’ is gory, mindless fun In need of a laugh and looking for a Tarantino knockoff with a B-list cast? Look no further than “The Babysitter: Killer Queen,” released last Thursday on Netflix. This film is a sequel to Netflix’s 2017 film “The Babysitter.” At the time of writing this, “Killer Queen” is #3 in th...…
…Last spring, the Daily Film beat was inspired by the doldrums of quarantine and the introduction of Disney+ to watch and review a number of Disney Channel Original Movies — DCOMs for short. There are many ways to look at DCOMs — as relics of the 2000s, as problematic attempts at representation, as textbook examples of the power of nostalgia — but there is no denying that they are somewhat trivial in the grand scheme of things. If w...…
…Arts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 13 Pepe the Frog’s fall from grace in ‘Feels Good Man’ This review has taken longer to write than I, or my editors, expected. In the last few days my time has been spent digesting the insidious darkness that characterizes “Feels Good Man.” This documentary follows the tale of Pepe the Frog and the character-turned-meme’s journey to become a symbol of hate. But it is also a tale of ...…
…I put my fingers on the scanning screen for the third time, as the machine was unable to recognize my fingerprints. After finally succeeding, I quickly put my mask back on as my fingers fumbled with my immigration documents. “Please come with me,” a U.S. Customs and Bor- der Protection officer sig- naled in my direction after I passed the Canadian bor- der into the United States, proceeding to walk me to a door on ...…
…W hat does it mean to live in a community? In one sense, a commu- nity is a group of people who have something in common. When I reflect on what I have in common with my fellow students, faculty and staff, two things come to mind. The first is our affiliation with the University of Michigan. The mere fact of affiliation, however, confers little significance within Ann Arbor. Meeting a fellow Wolverine in your hometown or on...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 16 Take a seat BY TAYLOR SCHOTT, STATEMENT CONTRIBUTOR H ave you ever tried to count all of the benches in Nichols Arboretum? I tried once and have only an estimate to show for it: 72. Though I know that an estimate is bet- ter than nothing, better than not trying at all and better than letting that curios- ity fade into the recesses of a cluttere...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 17 T he last Michigan team to win a national title was men’s gymnastics. The last one before that was also men’s gymnastics. By any measure, it’s among the most success- ful programs in the school’s history, with six national titles and three in the last decade. In short, when Kurt Golder — the coach who won those championships — talks, you sho...…
…On Aug. 23, a video went viral of a police officer shooting a Black man named Jacob Blake seven times in his back in front of his family in Kenosha, Wisc. Yet another disturbing story of police brutality, the shooting of Blake sent shockwaves to the growing protests and marches that had been happening since June in cities across the country. Three days later, the Milwaukee Bucks’ players decided that it was not appropriate to co...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 19 Report: Jalen Mayfield hoping to opt back in for 2020 season When Michigan begins its season on Oct. 24, it will do so with one of its top prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft. On Friday afternoon, Rivals reported that offensive tackle Jalen Mayfield was hoping to opt back into the 2020 season after originally declaring for the draft in August. Mayfiel...…
…For years, Joe Milton’s talent has been a mercurial talking point at the tip of Michigan coaches’ tongues. There are the stories, repeated ad nauseum, of his arm strength. Early in his Michigan career, the stories go, he injured receivers with passes zipped in at warp speed. Eighty- five yards, allegedly, is his maximum throwing distance. Giles Jackson has one of those stories too, as told in a Zoom call with reporters Thursday. “In pr...…
…Thursday, June 11, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 123 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Kellon Yaani Kellon Staff writer Maya Kadouh redirects our attention to the pressing crises occurring in Lebanon. >> SEE PAGE 9 NEWS Teleme...…
…Cynthia Wilbanks, Univer- sity of Michigan vice presi- dent for government relations, announced her plans to retire in December 2020. She served as the vice president at the Univer- sity for 22 years, and is the long- est-serving executive officer. In her tenure as vice presi- dent, Wilbanks worked to develop University responses to proposed local, state and feder- al legislation. She also worked with government officials at all ...…
…The Board of Regents held its sixth meeting of the year Thursday afternoon to hear from public com- menters urging the University of Michigan to consider student input on administrative decisions and to continue expanding plans for an in- residence academic year. All Regents, except Regent Kath- erine White (D), and University executive officers were present for the meeting. This was the first meeting in which Regents Denise Ilitch...…
…In the fall of 1918, as midterm elections approached during the end of World War I and the second wave of the Spanish flu emerged in September, voters witnessed “the first masked ballot ever known in the history of America.” Today, as history so often likes to repeat itself, Americans are enduring sim- ilar situations. In the midst of the resurgence of the Black Lives Mat- ter movement, paired with a deadly pandemic that has taken t...…
…I f you’re anything like me, the Black Lives Matter movement has caused you to second guess everything you thought you knew about our country’s controversial his- tory. I went to a small high school that had little to no diversity from students to staff, which is reflected in the gaps in my education. Personally, June- teenth was a major awakening for me. Though June 19 was the day that the last enslaved people were emancipated in ...…
…A lot has changed since the last time we heard from The Chicks. They had a different name, different marital statuses and George W. Bush was still the president. The same president who lead singer Natalie Maines claimed she was “ashamed” of in 2003 — immediately sparking the trio’s fall from country music grace. Still, the group’s 2006 release Taking the Long Way offered no apologies for being outspoken. “I’ve paid a price and I’ll k...…
…Jane Austen’s “Mansfield Park” is one of the last books remaining from the selection my mother left me. Without having read an Austen novel prior to “Mansfield Park,” Aus- ten has already held an influential role in my life. When I was little, I remember curling up to my mother on rainy days as we watched the BBC “Pride and Prejudice” series. I was too young to comprehend the intricacies of the story, yet I was able to find comfort in...…
…8 Thursday, July 23, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Kellon Yaani Kellon Disclaimer: *names have been abbreviat- ed in order to ensure the privacy of the iden- tities involved In October 2019, the people of Lebanon began to fill the streets chanting “kellon yaani kellon,” which translates to “all of them means all of them.” All of them, refer- ring to the corrupt sectarian government officials who have prio...…
…9 Thursday, July 23, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR A way to understand: banana leaves A few weeks ago, I was intro- duced to “Ugly Delicious,” a Netf- lix TV series hosted by American restaurateur, David Chang. In the series, Chang follows the history, culture and cooking which goes into dishes across the world, rang- ing from shrimp and crawfish, to fried rice to steak. As a huge fan of travel-food s...…
…1 0 Thursday, July 23, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Questions to answer with Big Ten-only schedule For months — really, since the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was canceled on March 12 — it’s been clear that this upcoming college football season would be anything but normal. And on Thursday afternoon, the Big Ten gave the first glimpse at what abnormal could look like for its 14 members, announcing...…
…11 Thursday, July 23, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS As Michigan regroups for the fall, a new reality sets in The Michigan volleyball team barely had barely begun its spring season when an ill-fated email landed in Mark Rosen’s inbox on the morning of March 12. Mark wasn’t sure what to make of the note, which merely specified the date and time of a required call for all University head coaches. When he first ...…
…12 Thursday, July 23, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS ‘M’ football parents express worry over testing Despite being optimistic about conference-only play, Chris and Mya Hinton still have concerns. So, with two sons currently in college football programs — Myles at Stanford and sophomore defensive lineman Chris Jr. at Michigan — the Hintons have chosen to be vocal. Tuesday night, Chris and Mya appeared on HBO’s ...…
…All undergraduate courses at the University of Michigan will transition to an alternative grade policy, according to an email sent to students from Acting Provost Susan Collins on Friday evening. In place of a letter grade, students will now receive a “Pass” or “No Record Covid” on their permanent transcripts. Students who receive a “Pass,” or “P,” on their transcript will get full credit for the course, with a grade c...…
…2 — Monday, March 23, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Beginning Wednesday morning, University of Michigan students will be able to vote for the LSA Student Government president and vice president. The Michigan Daily spoke with the candidates of each ticket to learn more about their past work and their platforms. Ticket #1: Jordan Schuler (President) and Sai Pamidighantam (Vice President) J...…
…Amidst the chaos of the world, I looked up to the sky and witnessed a flock of birds carelessly soaring. To them it was just another day. The outbreak of a virus, cancellation of classes, disruption of routine meant nothing to the birds as they remained unfazed. The birds didn’t have to worry about grocery store stocks running low, or the possibility of losing their jobs. They found their versions of toilet paper and ha...…
…T he newspaper endorsement, like the appendix, is a relic of a simpler time that is not particularly useful today. However, like the appendix, the endorsement persists. Before looking at the history of the endorsement, it’s worth considering its efficacy in recent years. In 2016, The Michigan Daily endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Ohio Gov. John Kasich in their ...…
…J ust over a month ago, I contributed to a Michigan Daily Editorial Board article on the COVID-19 outbreak, a piece which primarily warned the community not to panic. In light of recent events, it’s almost surreal to think about sitting in that room now, jokingly passing around hand sanitizer and casually discussing what I then believed to be a novel issue that would not have any major impact on life at the Univer...…
…Monday, March 23, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I first happened upon Conan Gray’s music as I would any great discovery: on a YouTube binge. An e-boy poster child with a mess of hair and a killer pout, I immediately wanted to dislike him. Instead, I clicked on music video after music video, impressed that he could be so melodramatic yet extremely self- aware. Gray’s debut album Kid Krow feels like stari...…
