…The Interfraternity Council at the University of Michigan will begin to restore social event privileges to fraternities this semester, according to a statement released on the organization’s website Wednesday morning. The announcement comes after a two-month self-imposed ban. Recruitment this semester for the IFC fraternities will continue as scheduled. “IFC will begin a phased process of restoring social event p...…
…“Whether these ideas are new to you or you’re very familiar with inclusive teaching, we encourage you to share these documents widely!” the post read. The Inclusive Teaching Network, a new University group comprised of faculty, graduate students and activists, works to make classrooms more supportive for marginalized students. In the wake of a spate of racist attacks and bias incidents on campus in the last two year...…
…As a child, I used to think about the stories and poems I wanted to write when I got older. Whenever something funny happened, I thought of how I could write a story about it and make someone else laugh too. Yet, I never actually put pen to paper. The stories I wanted to write were so different from the books I read, and my experiences were so noticeably different from those of my favorite characters. I thought my sto...…
…“W e have an opportunity to rebuild the financial system,” Galia Benartzi, technology entrepreneur at cryptocurrency protocol Bancor, said to Fortune in December. “Are we going to do it with all guys again?” To the average follower of the Bitcoin fad, Benartzi’s comment may appear blindly optimistic. Blockchain is a relatively new technology that allows for digital interactions that don’t require a third party — think a...…
…The NCAA’s new early signing period has had several effects. One of those? The yearly coaching carousel began spinning earlier than usual. Among the bigger moves include Chip Kelly to UCLA, Herm Edwards to Arizona State, Scott Frost to Nebraska and Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M. It appears there are a couple that will affect Michigan as well. Willie Taggart left Oregon for Florida State in early December, and according to rep...…
…6A — Thursday, January 4, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Winovich announces his return to Michigan Chase Winovich didn’t dream of the NFL in high school. Ask him if he always wanted to play professional football, and he’ll recount a memory from his junior year at Thomas Jefferson High School. Then-Florida State defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri approached him, asking if he wanted to play in the NFL. ...…
…BEST OF 2017 B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, January 4, 2018 Design by Casey Tin …
…2B — Thursday, January 4, 2018 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Writer, director and supreme leader Greta Gerwig’s semi- autobiographical, coming-of- age masterpiece “Lady Bird” is the film of the year — perhaps the decade. “Lady Bird” encapsulates the high school experience, filled with crushes, heartbreak, controlling mothers and everything in between with expert timing, quick wit and undeniable heart. Fol...…
…3B — Thursday, January 4, 2018 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arguably no other show reflected the uncertainty that pervaded 2017 quite like “The Leftovers.” Then again, “The Leftovers” was never about certainty to begin with. It was a miracle the series lasted so long, given its dismal ratings. But what the show lacked in strong viewership, it made up for with an incredible ensemble cast, poetic cinematograph...…
…DAMN. finds Kendrick Lamar running circles around his competition after the critical and commercial successes of Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City and To Pimp A Butterfly, but it doesn’t always feel like a victory lap. While songs like “ELEMENT.” and “LOYALTY.” find Kendrick at his most arrogant, other tracks like “YAH.” and “FEEL.” partially dispel this illusion of confidence, instead portraying his stardom through a lens of paranoia an...…
…5B — Thursday, January 4, 2018 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Power Center serves as the home for multiple organizations and functions on campus, such as the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the University Musical Society, the musical theatre troupe MUSKET and more. A building acutely aware of its geometrical design, the Power Center’s architectural layout demands to be noticed: From the outside mirrored ...…
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…As the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and e-cigarettes in Ann Arbor changes from 18 to 21 with the turn of the new year, the community reacts with mixed opinions. The resolution, introduced by Ann Arbor Councilmember Julie Grand (D–Ward 3), passed its initial read July 18, before being officially approved Aug. 4 by a City Council vote of 9-2. Ann Arbor is the first city in Michigan to implement the measure as par...…
…SEPARATION ANXIETY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Wednesday, January 4, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms 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. Subscriptions for September-April are $225 and year ...…
…late, and they made a great throw and catch. It was great execution. I just wish I turned my head around.” Murray caught the game- winning 12-yard touchdown pass from Deondre Francois to end Michigan’s season with yet another classic, as Florida State pulled out a 33-32 victory. In a year with so much promise, the Wolverines will finish with the same 10-3 record they had in 2015. In the end, that was the story of the Orange...…
…A ll over our social media feeds, everyone is dubbing 2016 the worst year. But was it really? Frankly, I think the reasoning for why it was the worst is hyperbolic. The statement is mainly tongue-in-cheek, citing the deaths of famous celebrities such as Prince, David Bowie and Carrie Fisher as the reason why the year was so horrible. The reactions to the deaths of some of our favorite stars are relatively harml...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 4, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “Scrubs” nurse married to Dr. Turk 6 Suddenly became attentive 11 Letter addition letters 14 They may be gray 15 Make one of many 16 __ polloi 17 Brown bread 18 Files in a recycle bin 20 Gathering for February’s big game 22 Exploit 23 Flooring choice 24 Irish lullaby syllables 26 Colombia neighbo...…
…6 — Wednesday,January 4, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There’s an acute heartbreak when something you love doesn’t receive the recognition you know it deserves. It’s a dagger in your overflowing heart. This year, that album was Pinegrove’s debut Cardinal, a refreshing blend of folky indie-rock that failed to reach the radar of most of Daily Music’s staff. As Pinegrove sing themselves: “How come every outco...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 30, 2016 the personal and painful of the opioid epidemic …
…H ey, you. How’s it hanging back there? Is the weather all right? Have you fallen victim to any wandering eyes recently? Who am I kidding, of course you have. I have felt many a strange glance searing in your direction as of late (read: cuffing sea- son, and the like). I am not here to mock your unusual width, nor your circumference. I have no desire to poke fun at your stretch marks, hard-earned by a body that I am still learn- i...…
…L et’s set the record straight: The term “soccer” didn’t originate in the America. Rather, it first appeared in England, and by some records it pre- dates the word “football” by about 18 years. So why does the rest of the world hate Americans for calling football “soccer?” Well, I, for one, was born and raised in Pakistan. Where — like most places around the world — football referred to the sport where only goalkeepers were allowed t...…
…Wednesday, January 4, 2017 / The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 4, 201 / The Statement 5B The personal and painful of the opioid epidemic M onths ago, when I was assigned a story on the opioid epidemic, I was confronted with an entirely foreign concept: I didn’t even know if opioids were injected or ingested. And this was an epidemic? I couldn’t begin to understand how overdose deaths could be happening in my community. On No...…
…T he common explanation post- 11/8/2016 includes some kind of combination of the terms “white,” “angry,” “xenophobic” and “racist” — the list is familiar, and not entirely unfair. White Americans did, quite factually, vote for Donald Trump in resounding numbers in the general election. According to an exit poll conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Pool, 58 percent of white non-hispanic voters cast ballots for Trum...…
…Wednesday, January 4 2016 // The Statement 7B and lack of mobility is at play in these communities, and it is not getting better. The cycle of poverty and devastation that many white Americans have been caught in is so large that it is affecting trends at a macro level. The New York Times, reporting on a study from 2015, found “The mortality rate for whites 45 to 54 years old with no more than a high school education increased by 13...…
…Wednesday, January 4 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : B L A C K L I V E S M AT T E R P H O T O S B Y H A L E Y M C L A U G H L I N The student organization Students4Justice organized a campus walkout to protest racism on Ann Arbor’s campus. This walkout occurred during the weeks following the election of president-elect Donald Trump, and similar walkouts were held on campuses across the country. The walkout be...…
…w C The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 4, 2017 An ugly start for Michigan Despite DJ Wilson’s 28 point-outing, the Wolverines lost their conference opener in Iowa. » Page 4C A new kind of disappointment Michigan fans expected much more after such a promising start to the 2016 season. » Page 2C When Mike McCray dove over the pylon in the final minute of the third quarter, the Michigan sideline erupted in chee...…
…2C — January 4, 2017 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Michigan in search of first conference win Michigan coach John Beilein is on the brink of a benchmark. After dropping its Big Ten opener to Iowa in overtime, 86-83, the Michigan men’s basketball team has returned home with an opportunity to give Beilein his 200th career win in its matchup against Penn State (1-1 Big Ten, 9-6 overall) on W...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday January 4, 2017 — 3C ICE HOCKEY Marody makes return to the ice for Wolverines Coming into the 2016-17 season, the Michigan hockey team expected sophomore forward Cooper Marody to be a main contributor on a team losing much of its scoring from the previous year. But after having academic issues last season, Marody was deemed ineligible for the first semester of this yea...…
…4C — January 4, 2017 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan falls short against Hawkeyes in overtime, 86-83 IOWA CITY — The Michigan men’s basketball team hadn’t won a game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 2011. Even then, the Wolverines needed five extra minutes to get the job done. On the first day of 2017, Michigan (0-1 Big Ten, 10-4 overall) found out overtime would not be in the formula to break that st...…
…Altc4toan tim Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 4, 2012T michigandaily.com EXTRA SWEET Michigan wills itself to victory, capping improbable season By MICHAEL FLOREK Daily Sports Editor N EW ORLEANS Stop trying to make sense of it. What happened inside the Superdome can't be explained. The scenes seem disjointed: third-and-20 conversion, touch- down, interception, touchdown, touchdown catch review. The first 55 minutes flashed by ina ...…
…I 2A - Wednesday, January 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN ZACH YANCER Editnr in Chief asiness Manager 734-410-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 lichteerman@michigandailyeeom zyancer@michigandailyecom Localizing communil After interning with the United Way of Washtenaw County during the summer of 2010, two University students decided to devel...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 3A * NEWS BRIEFS LANSING, Mich. Unemployment rate drops across much of Michigan The state says seasonally unad- justed unemployment rates have decreased in 14 of Michigan's 17 major labor markets. The figures for November were released yesterday. Rates declined everywhere except the Upper Peninsula and parts of the northern Lower Peninsula. The unemployment increases were se...…
…4A -- Wednesday, January 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4A - WednesdayJanuary 4, 2012The Michigan Dil ici.. alyo 4c Midhiian :4at4'1 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com ASHLEY GRIESSHAMMER JOSEPH LICHTERMAN and ANDREW WEINER JOSH HEALY EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the off...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 5A MICHIGAN From Page 1A the half winding down, Rob- inson had Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech's best cornerback, reach- ing for his ankles. But the junior quarterback reloaded and fired off his back foot as two more Hokies crashed into him. The ball floated. Virginia Tech safety Eddie Whitley whiffed on the pick, while his teammate, Antone Exum, was two steps out of place. The b...…
…6A - Wednesday, January 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Putin proposes new trade- focused Eurasian Union Los Angeles firefighters battle an arson car fire under a carport in Los Angeles Monday. Twelve suspected arson fires broke out early Monday in the Los Angeles area. German suspect detained after arsons terrorize L.A. Russian plan garners mixed responses from former Soviet states ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - Russian Prime Mi...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 7A Cruise's 'Protocol' revives failing franchise Rooney Mara is sad today. * No roar in 'Dragon Litt sad cS The a likel er. The unseen best th sliced The called feel ba of Chr Sadly, t lish-lan remake Girl w Dragon ends u neither ularly n prevail: disappo Inste David F plicated a-nutsh cohesiv hard. I ...…
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…: The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I January4, 2012 ERIN KIRKLAND/Daily Junior forward Chris Brown hoists junior forward Luke Moffatt in celebration after Michigan's overtime victory over Michigan State to claim its second consecutive Great Lakes Invitational championship at Joe Louis Arena on Friday. By MATT SLOVIN in sudden-death overtime when Daily Sports Editor a miscalculation or wrong guess would've sent the MacInnes Cup DE'hIT -...…
…2B - January 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam S aRTsWEDy 4,S ihAY012 Denard develops as a leader or re-emerging 'A' *I NEW ORLEANS - enard Robinson has a shtick he plays outwith his center, Dave Molk. This week, as the two prepared for the Sugar Bowl, they made their rounds, meeting with the media and making appearances that may have seemed uncomfortable for the soft- spoken Robin- son or ornery Molk. At a hospital visit, Mol...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com January 4, 2012 - 3B The ichgan ail - mchiandalycm Jauar 4, 012- 3 Reynolds notches milestone in 'M'win By MICHAEL LAURILA Daily Sports Writer With 18:50 left in the game against Illinois on Friday, junior forward Rachel Scheffer drove and dished the ball to senior forward Carmen MICHIGAN 68 Reynolds ILLINOIS 52 for an easy layup. While it was an everyday play for the Wolverines women's bas- ketball ...…
…4B - January 4, 2012s d The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com In Rewind: A look back at Michigan athletics in 2011 By STEPHEN NESBITT Daily Sports Editor NEW ORLEANS - It was November 26, the date Jim Tres- sel emphasized when he was dis- missed at Ohio State five months earlier. "Don't forget: on November 26th we're going to kick (Michi- gan's) ass!" the embattled Tressel told a roaring crowd outside his home in mid-June. He was wrong. As t...…
…Spotted: Tweed Jackets During the gray-flannel days of the 1950s, professo- rial garb called for a closet full of wools, tweeds, dark suits and bowties. While the wool overcoat and gray flan- nel pant will always stand as the paragon of traditionalism, this winter season is popu- lated with the wonderful play of patterns, from a pair of blackwatch trousers to a tribal print jacket, all culminating in the polomatic man. But in the end, it doesn...…
… 0 0 0 0 0 2C Wednesday; January 4,2012 // The Staterent THE JUNK DRAWER Wednesday, January 4, 2012 // The Statement With letters of recommendation, an old tradition persists letter from the editors by dylan cinti and jennifer xu Stashu Kybartas is a senior lecturer in the University's Department of Screen Arts and Cultures. He usually teaches three classes a term and performs a number of other administrative duties. He teaches so mu...…
… 0C W yu 2m0 6C .. 201 0 0 Lecturers: Off the beaten track In April 2010, University lectur- -ers erupted in protest after Kirsten Herold, then vice president of the Lecturers'Employee Organization, was not reappointed to her position as a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature a post she'd heldfornS years. 'i Herold has since been hired as a lecturer in the School of Public Health, but she said being a lectur- er can...…
… .. Adbk .. Allk 0 0 0 0 IM - - -iy Jnury4 2012//Th taem Wednesday, January 4, 2012 // The Statement Stashu Kybartas: Why can't films get you tenure? Peter Hammer: Prejudice on the track? The University's Board of Regents approved a revision to its bylaws last April, which allows schools and colleges to extend the upper limit of their tenure probationary periods to lOyears. The regents left the decision up to schools as to whether they...…
…Sports, Page 9 Ann Arbor, Michigan CITY DEVELOPMENT 26-story South U. high rise planned Developers target students with proposed luxury apartment complex set to open in 2010 By KELLY FRASER Daily NewsEditor Developers are proposing plans for luxury high- rise student apartment building just steps from cen- tral campus. Ann Arbor-based developer Dan Ketelaar and Bingham Farms-based developer Ron Hughes sub- mitted plans for University Village ...…
…2 - Friday, January 4, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: The Extremist A costly blaze THURSDAY:FRIDAY: Explained BeforeYu Were Here EXTRA .94c IIW4l a ta1 E XTRA FLAMES GUT HAVEN HALL;. DAMAGE HITS $3,000,000 pecttoor ~ lp, -, ciwl Building rlinder Firemen ' ( Ttanll ' ul , On June 6, 1950, the fire alarm in Haven Hall rang. And for once, there was actually a fire. The fire, which is rumored to have be...…
…I The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 4, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON U.S. sends diplomat to Kenya to push for calm The top U.S. diplomat for Africa is being dispatched to Kenya to directly press leaders to calm vio- lence that has followed allegations of fraud in President Mwai Kibaki's re-election, the State Department said yesterday. JendayiFrazer,assistantsecretary of state for African affairs, planned to leave late...…
…4 -Friday, January 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C74C IWC4ig n 3atip Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu IMRAN SYED JEFFREY BLOOMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR The numbers tell us this was a debate between change and experience, and change won." -CNN political analyst Bill Schneider, speaking about presidential candidate...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 4, 2008 - 5 ARTS IN BRIEF Charlie's rules of War' All-star cast makes 'War' an instant classic among countless political dramas By IMRAN SYED DailyArts Writer The maneuvering and negotiating that goes into war is complicated. Deals are made by members of Congress, com- promises are structured, numbers are crunched and the corridors of the Pen- tagon, the White House and the Capitol are...…
