…The Michigan state legislature passed two bills to appropriate $150 million in response to the coronavirus pandemic. On March 17, the House unanimously passed House Bill 4729. The bill appropriated $50 million to the Health and Human Services Department, which requires the funds to be distributed to critical health care providers in order to expand the state’s response to the coronavirus. It also allocated $75 ...…
…2 — Friday, April 3, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Take Back The Night rally, usually held every year in Ann Arbor, was broadcasted on Thursday in a 29-minute YouTube video, including clips from keynote speaker Jaclyn Friedman, an activist for sexual violence awareness. Presented by the Standing Tough Against Rape Society and the University Students Against Rape, the video contained messages f...…
…Besides being a valuable experience for learning, internships are often stepping stones to full-time job offers. In a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) in 2019, 57.5 percent of graduates in the class of 2019 who had internship experience received full-time job offers. LSA senior Nissa Thodesen- Kasparian had planned for an internship at Estrel Berlin in Germany sin...…
…I n early March, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in Michigan. Citizens are harboring unease and fear about the coronavirus pandemic. In an effort to flatten the curve, Whitmer enacted mandatory self-quarantine and social distancing for all people with nonessential jobs to try and limit the spread of the coronavirus. Since Gov. Whitmer’s order, Michigan has experienced 10,791 confirmed case...…
…Friday, April 3, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WIKIMEDIA COMMONS MUSIC REVIEW Just a few hours before the release of his highly anticipated album Cezinas, Nicolas Jaar took to his blog to provide listeners with some background info. He wrote: “The music comes from a desire to feel everything -- a few years ago, I stopped drinking alcohol, smoking, consuming caffeine, eating animals, etc., and, for a p...…
…Friday, April 3, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Spenser Confidential” is a terrible movie. Or, it’s perfect if you’re looking for a movie you can have on in the background while you scroll mindlessly through your phone. As much as I tried to understand what was going on, the entire film is a mess. Spenser (Mark Wahlberg, “Daddy’s Home”) is an ex-convict and ex-cop who is trying to track down the killer of ...…
…7 — Friday, April 3, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With vision in place, Gattis’s offense ready for next step in 2020 At this time last year, Josh Gattis fielded questions for the first time since joining the Michigan football team two months earlier. As the Wolverines’ newly-minted offensive coordinator leaned on a glass timeline of the program’s history at the Towsley Museum, he prepared to s...…
…Olivia Carter’s swimming career has been studded with peaks and relatively free of valleys. The sophomore’s record shows no shortage of first-place finishes and record- setting times. She’s represented two top- tier collegiate programs, as well as her country, in competition. But any discussion of winning or losing overlooks her love of swimming. “I love the feeling of being in the water, and having so much power to move ...…
