…T here may finally be some clarity surrounding college football. After a meeting on Tuesday morning, Big Ten Presidents and Chancellors voted to postpone fall sports. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said. “As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big...…
…In an email to students and fac- ulty Monday, University of Mich- igan President Mark Schlissel outlined the new interim policy on sexual and gender-based mis- conduct, which will go into effect Aug 14. The policy will apply to students, faculty, staff and third parties on all three campuses and Michigan Medicine. “Improving how we prevent and address sexual and gender- based misconduct in our com- munity must always remain a foremost ...…
…As the Michigan Union reopened Monday morning for the second time this calendar year, University of Michigan alumni Isabel Wil- liams, Amanda Wasserman and Lucy Rosenthal stopped to say goodbye. The trio, who met their freshman year, roamed the silent, empty halls, reminiscing on game days and late-night food runs together one last time before their senior year housing lease ends later this week. “It’s definitely very sad look- ing ...…
…The Daily spoke with Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., on July 24 about his re-election campaign to the U.S. Senate, the federal govern- ment’s COVID-19 response and racial inequality. John James is the Republican nominee running against Peters for the Senate seat in this November’s election. The James campaign declined multiple requests for an interview. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. TMD: Why should young peo- p...…
…A mid the global COVID-19 pan- demic, the American people are struggling to find a healthy rou- tine. Across the country, people are reck- lessly jumping the gun, looking to return to pre-pandemic life while their fellow American brothers and sisters die. Bars and restaurants are packed, parties rage and crowds gather with reckless aban- don, often without masks. Our immedi- ate future seems bleak and irredeemable. These pivotal times, ...…
…I n the past month, I have observed friends and peers drop their fraternity and soror- ity life memberships due to the his- toric and current racism embedded in the institution. Every year, there are more videos of historically white fraternities and sororities (HWFS) chanting racist slurs or being exposed for racist practices in their rush strategies. As a new member, there have been many mandatory educational trainings on not bein...…
…In the prologue of his 2019 memoir, cho- reographer Mark Morris wrote that “the live aspect of performance is what appeals: the dancers, the musicians, the audience — all living beings in the same room. People might say they’ve watched a dance on You- Tube and they have. But they haven’t. It isn’t live.” Morris is so passionate about this point that he reiterates it in almost every subsequent chapter. By the time the book is finished, ...…
…Imperial Triumphant’s newest album, Alphaville might be the most versatile album of the year. To call the black metal trio strange would be an understatement; their latest work is a raging, depraved inferno that combines brutal death metal, jazz and even doo-wop to disorient- ing effect. Despite Alphaville’s colossal battery and sheer weirdness, the album has its mellifluous moments. The constant variation in genre, tone and energy...…
…9 MICHIGAN IN COLOR A letter from the editors As the summer comes to a close, and our time as Managing Editors is now complete, we would like to close off with a letter and a hope for MiC — an ode to a summer of revolution, if you will. Neither of us could have predicted what we signed up for, but we are more than proud of what we were able to accomplish. Thanks to a group of brilliant and talented writers and staff, we were able ...…
…Because of you Thank you for changing my dia- pers when I was a baby to being my biggest cheerleader growing up. I never feel lonely because of you. For saving me from drown- ing in countless pools, fountains and other near-death experiences I’m sure I had. I always feel com- fortable testing my boundaries because of you. For downloading my first iPod with all your music and making me hip by introduc- ing me to artists like Maroon 5 a...…
…11 SPORTS What postponement means for college athletics, Michigan The Big Ten made it official on Tuesday, ending days of speculation and contradicting reports with a decision to postpone the fall season. In a perfect world, that would be the end of all the questions and things would be cut and dried. But it isn’t a perfect world, it’s the NCAA. And that means this decision opens up a whole lot of questions that Michigan’s athletic ...…
…12 SPORTS Reactions to a devastating day for sports Sitting on practice field behind Schembechler Hall, the Michigan football team learned what most already knew: Their season — like those of the MAC and Mountain West — would have to wait. The Big Ten, the first Power Five conference to do so, postponed their season, with hopes of playing in the Spring. They were in the middle of a break between practices when the news came down. ...…
…13 Thursday, August 13, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Kevin Warren talks about ‘uncertainties’ that led to Big Ten decision Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren had a lot to say about the postponement of sports in the conference this fall — unfortunately a lot of it translates to ‘We don’t know.’ “This is a holistic decision,” Warren said in an interview with the Big Ten Network. “There are just too many uncertainti...…
