…F or the first time since 2015, the Michigan men’s basketball team will miss the Big Dance. After a disappointing season filled with potential but a lack of follow through, the Wolverines missed the NCAA Tournament. Instead, they will participate in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT). Michigan earned a No. 3 seed in the Clemson region. It will kick off its postseason against Toledo on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Crisler Cen...…
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…After Naomi Morrison’s mother, JoAnn, learned that her daughter taught herself how to do a back handspring on the side of the house, she decided it was time to enroll Naomi in gymnastics. That decision began her lifelong love of the sport. Now a junior at Michigan currently ranked 17th in the nation on the floor, with first-team Big Ten honors for the second straight season, Morrison has had an impressive career so far at Mich- igan...…
…My fascination with witches was born out of reading “The Crucible” my sophomore year of high school. I read aloud the voice of Elizabeth Proctor to the class, my voice trembling as I pleaded with the judge for my innocence, that I did not harm Abigail Williams through supernatural means, that John Proctor was a faithful husband, that I wasn’t a witch. But the judge didn’t believe me, nor did the town of Salem, swept away by a fear on...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 16 — Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Achievement in the Arts Awards The Arts at Michigan and the Arts Initiative are pleased to present the Accolades Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements by student organizations in the arts. Awards were decided by public vote in a range of different categories. Congratulations to the 2022-2023 Accolades Awards winners! LITERARY ARTS PUBLICATION DESIGN ALTERN...…
…I’m a heavy sleeper. I wake up everyday feeling like I’ve been bulldozed over, rolling around and fermenting in my conscious- ness, like a grain malt steeping in the darkness. Sometimes, espe- cially recently, I’ve been carrying a sapped, dragged energy through- out my days, wishing that I’d get my life more together but never really having the spirit to do so, rolling around and wishing I’d do some- thing. My other Immersion Edition ...…
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…MONDAY With second consecutive win over Ohio State, light shines on Michigan as Big Ten standard C OLUMBUS — One stat defines a Michigan football player’s career in Ann Arbor. The overall number of wins you accumulate doesn’t matter. The personal statistics and accolades ultimately don’t matter, either. Those are nice shiny resume points to add to a list, but one stat is held above anything else: Your record against Ohio State. P...…
…S omething was off from the start. Before the No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team could even get going, senior Gabby Wilson fell on the second routine of the team’s first rotation. With an uncharacteristic fall on bars, Wilson, and the Wolverines’ hopes, were already on the ground. And that’s just about where they would stay — no matter how hard the team fought. Although Michigan (26-2 overall) led for the first two rou...…
…Old houses are difficult to live in. Extreme heat and chill come from bad insulation, par- tially due to aging window sills with painted- over handles and shitty screens; summers can be especially problematic. Radiators melt shoe soles and burn curious visitors’ hands in the winter months, but summer’s inescapable heat is easily the worst part of an aging home. That was why Chloe and Janet kept as many windows open as they did in their t...…
…Wednesday, December 7, 2022 // The Statement — 4 Let’s talk date parties, pseudo-consent and transactional sex “He tried to kiss me like eight times,” my friend said as she casually took a sip from her iced coffee — her mascara from the night before smudged un- der her eyes. “He did what?” I asked. “I kept telling him it wouldn’t be a good idea, but he was so drunk he just kept lean- ing in. It was crazy,” she chuck- led uncomf...…
…16A — Wednesday, August 31, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com $100 Visa® Gift Card Student off er ends 10/9/22. Off er requires enrollment in both automatic payments and paperless billing with stored bank account ($10/month more without). Automatic payment and paperless billing discount eff ective within 45 days of enrolling. If either automatic payments or paperless billing is subsequently canceled, the $10 monthly discount ...…
…Ten months into his first season on a Division I coaching staff at Illinois State, 37-year-old Luke Yaklich created a Microsoft Word file on his computer. He named it “When I Become a Head Coach.” Yaklich divided the file into four sections: offense, defense, culture and recruiting. Tidbits of information — gleaned from picking the brains of other coaches and scouts, reading books, watching online clinics and just being aro...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 30, 2020 — 17 Will Tschetter leads a simple life. He lives on his family farm in the rural outskirts of Stewartville, Minn., a community of roughly 6,000 people. He doesn’t have social media. Basketball is his passion, but farm work comes first; he once instructed Juwan Howard to call him back so he could finish hauling the day’s load of rocks. Perhaps it’s fitting...…
…On May 30, 2019, the former Fab Five team member, NBA All- Star, two-time NBA champion and veteran NBA assistant teared up in front of reporters, family and friends as he was announced as the 17th head coach of the Michigan men’s basketball team. His raw emotion revealed the magnitude of the situation. Juwan Howard joined a small group of Black coaches in college basketball, becoming one of 14 Black head coaches in basketball’s s...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 4, 2020 — 17 With his waiver approved, Chaundee Brown is finally ready to win Chaundee Brown leaned back in his chair and smiled. Since transferring to Michigan from Wake Forest in May, Brown has been grounded in a perpetual state of limbo. The status of his waiver — which would determine his eligibility for the upcoming season — loomed over his head. On Friday, ...…
…9,673 miles. That’s the distance from Ann Arbor to Wagga Wagga, Australia, the rural hometown of Charlie Pilon. Pilon, now entering his senior season on the Michigan men’s golf team, found his love for the sport at a young age, a passion that would eventually take him across an ocean to compete against some of the best golfers in the world. “When I was four or five, my dad got me a little plastic set of clubs, and I would whack ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 18, 2020 — 17 Mira Shane aims to foster Michigan’s next generation in coaching role For four years, Mira Shane was the best goaltender in Michigan women’s lacrosse history. And now, just 18 months later, she’s making the return to Ann Arbor. Shane finished her career as Michigan’s all-time leader in career victories, saves and save percentage. Now, Shane is ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 17 Michigan football coaches need to wear their masks correctly As of Monday, there have been well over 13 million COVID-19 cases and more than 265,000 deaths in the United States. In the state of Michigan alone, there have been over 350,000 cases and more than 9,000 deaths. Regardless, a football season is being played at Michigan — for now. ...…
…THIS YEAR, UMCU IS GIVING BACK TO THE MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET Insured by the NCUA. *A charitable donation of 1% applies during the promotional period of November 1, 2020, until December 31, 2020, for merchandise purchased at participating vendors. This promotion applies for UMCU Visa Optimum and Visa Platinum Cash Rewards cards only. For each qualifying transaction, the University of Michigan Credit Union will apply 1% to the total sale...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 28, 2020 — 17 YOUR WEEKLY ARIES The Full Moon urges gratitude for what you already have, rather than what you would like to have. With Venus shifting into your love zone too, Aries, it’s the obvious time to show your sweetheart how much you care for them. AQUARIUS GEMINI Venus arrives in your dating zone, Gemini, but the Full Moon shines from the most private part...…
…Anita Michaud is the best business manager in the whole world. Anna Deluca and Becky To are the coolest ladies in the county To Mingi, my true sunshine, the light of my life and the mayonnaise to my Kevin To my Michigan Daily fam—love you guys! Thanks for the best semester yet <3 To the best roommates ever—205 is live!! You guys are the absolute best <3 There’s no one else I’d want to be my personal Rav. Thank you for being you, Rav L...…
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…17 — Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Despite unusual season, women’s rowing makes headway What the 14-day pause means for women’s basketball On Thursday, Michigan lost its first game of the season, falling 77-81 to Ohio State. Junior forward Naz Hillmon had a historic performance with 50 points, but the Wolverines couldn’t find the win in the end. In a normal season, the first ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The B-Side Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 17 The B-Side: How has ‘South Park’ not been canceled? Should “South Park” be canceled? With debates spawned by controversial episodes raging across Twitter and echoing on Reddit subthreads, “South Park” remains as scandalous as it was back in 1997. Mocking Clinton’s sex scandals, Scientology and the Virgin Mary with equal vigor, the show has ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 27, 2021 — 17 At 9:01 p.m. on Friday night, Chaundee Brown stood near halfcourt, dribbling out the waning seconds of the Michigan men’s basketball team’s decisive victory over Purdue in West Lafayette. His teammates danced on the sidelines behind him, serenading themselves with a chorus of cheers and high-fives. The final buzzer blared. Players and coache...…
…VISUAL STATEMENT: HUES OF HUMMINGBIRDS Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // The Statement 8B COSTA RICA HAS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE POPULA- TIONS OF HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES IN THE WORLD. HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS OF SOME THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE ON MY TRIP TO COSTA RICA OVER WINTER BREAK. BY JULIA SCHACHINGER …
…A common misconception about “coming out” is that it represents a clean break, where there is a de- finitive moment when you’re in the closet and when you’re fully out in public. Most queer people will tell you that coming out is instead something you have to do over and over — that the people you will meet will most likely assume you’re straight until you inform them otherwise. This conception of coming out might be more true f...…
…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...…
…Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 17 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Yost through the eyes of the equipment manager The dull whir of the skate sharpening machine sets a fitting background noise. Masked up in an empty Yost Ice Arena, Long-time Michigan hockey equipment manager Ian Hume sits at his desk, a wall of skates to his left. Before our interview can begin, a visitor arrives. Freshman forward Phillippe Lapoi...…
…On the day the Michigan football team was supposed to kick off its season against Washington, several Wol- verine players and parents instead gathered at Michigan Stadium to protest the sea- son’s postponement. The protest, which was pri- marily arranged by Michigan parents Peach Pagano (Carlo Kemp’s mother), Melissa Hutchinson and Lisa McCaf- frey, included over 50 people in total, including a handful of players and coach Jim Har...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 17 Michigan athlete creates group to battle racism Last week, NBA players boycotted games after police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wis. This summer, the Big Ten created a coalition against hate and racism with members from every school in response to the police killing of George Floyd. But this June, amid the Black Lives Matt...…
…I like to joke that I-94 and I-80 are my second homes. I’ve spent thousands of miles on them, miles that trade scenery for ease — hop on and drive, no directions needed. The “check engine” light on the dashboard of my old car kept me company, a constant presence lingering in the corner of my vision. It was accompanied by a symphony of other warning lights who came and went as they pleased. My brain felt a lot like that dashboard...…
…Wednesday, March 22, 2023 // The Statement — 5 Appraisals from Port Huron When our editorial team de- cided to make the one-and-a-half- hour drive to Port Huron, Mich., where Hayden and nearly four dozen members of SDS composed the 1962 manifesto, our ambitions were high and our expectations higher still: we imagined unearthing documents that our peers back in Ann Arbor could envy, we envisioned deep revelations, hours spent dissect...…
…LUCK EDITION LUCK EDITION The Statement Magazine The Statement Magazine March 17, 2021 March 17, 2021 ILLUSTRATION BY KATHERINE LEE ILLUSTRATION BY KATHERINE LEE …
…7-Opinion M y first introduction to the possible future of genomic editing came while reading Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The novel begins in the year 2540 at an embryo factory called the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Centre. The director of the facility describes to a group of male students how eggs are modified during the gestation period of development to fit into five distinct castes: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delt...…
…Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 | The Lantern | 7 thelantern.com @TheLantern A look back at Ohio State’s uniforms from ‘The GamE’ REID MURRAY Lantern Sports Reporter ALEXA MAVROGIANIS | LANTERN FILE PHOTO Ohio State redshirt freshman Mike Weber (25) scores the Buckeyes’ first offensive touchdown of the day during the second half of the Buckeyes’ 30-27 overtime win against Michigan Nov. 26, 2016. From a 1954 national championship throwback i...…
…Wednesday, April 12, 2023 // The Statement — 5 Canopy Magazine, a U-M student organization, will be publishing a book-length anthology of the tiny desk and its contents. There are hundreds and hundreds of anon- ymous entries. This piece was written in collaboration with oth- er members of the Canopy team. The project started with an idea: include everyone. Since the beginning of this semester, when the weather was pleasant, we’d rand...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / / Women’s Month — 5 For senior gymnast Gabby Wilson, attending Michigan was just a matter of when. Born in Ann Arbor and raised in Ypsilanti, the University has always been on Wilson’s radar athletically and aca- demically. The athlete gene runs in the family. Her parents were All-Americans on the track and field teams of Illinois and East- ern Michigan. Her younger sister runs on the track and field team ...…
…that summarizes books for you. I filled out their introduction ques- tionnaire, and I’m told that by using their service, I can save 56 hours a month from reading books! It makes me sick. The part of my brain responsible for artistic integrity is trying to unionize, but I placate it: try it. It couldn’t hurt. On Blinkist, I “read” the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” in 15 minutes. It’s a blur, but more pressingly, this meth...…
…For the Mattins, Michigan’s family atmosphere is only fitting In sports, your team is a family. Developing a relationship keeps the team together, and the closer it is to a family, the better. But the Michigan wrestling team is a step above the others, featuring three pairs of family members — the Amines, Corrells and Mattins. What has the program done to attract so many siblings? For the Mattin brothers, it’s the family conne...…
…Jaylen Jones and Tyler Fullman are two supremely talented student athletes from Georgia and Chicago, respectively. They both have athletic accolades under their belts, and they both have their sights set on professional ball. Jones and Fullman are two Black pitchers who will join Michigan’s baseball team next year. They will find themselves under the tutelage of coach Erik Bakich, who has gained national attention in ...…
…With experience in athletics and medicine, Alex Sobczak understands both sides Former Michigan softball player Alex Sobczak used to devote hours upon hours every week to practice, games, conditioning and team activities. The rest of her waking hours were spent working on her Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience degree to prepare her for medical school. Since graduating in 2019, Sobczak has spent the past year ...…
…Rocky Lombardi and the Spartans stun No. 13 Michigan Merely two months ago, the Merely two months ago, the thought of college football at thought of college football at Michigan Stadium this fall felt like Michigan Stadium this fall felt like an impossibility. Even less plausible an impossibility. Even less plausible was the thought of the Wolverines was the thought of the Wolverines losing to Michigan State. losing to Michigan...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Offense is up around college football. Can Michigan adapt? Of 29 FBS games played last week, 21 had 50 or more total points scored. The previous week, that number was 20 out of 32. Even teams known for defense have struggled to contain the scoring — just look at Pitt’s 31-30 loss to Boston College or Alabama’s 63-48 shootout with Mississippi. Whether it’s ...…
…18 — Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In lopsided loss, Michigan falls flat on its face Two weeks ago, the Michigan football team reached its lowest point at the Big House in Jim Harbaugh’s six-year tenure with a shocking loss to three-touchdown underdog Michigan State. It stooped even lower on Saturday night, this time to the tune of a 94-year record. For that, it has only its own lack ...…
…First, Michigan lost to a Michigan State team in Year One of a new coach. Then it lost to a team it hadn’t lost to in 30 years. Then, a week after losing to Wisconsin in the biggest loss in Michigan Stadium history, it took three overtimes to beat conference bottom-feeder Rutgers. On Saturday, the lows kept coming. This time, the Wolverines (2-4) handed Penn State (1-5) its first win of the season, 27-17, the second time this ...…
…BLOOMINGTON — Before Indiana even left its locker room, they were celebrating here. The students weren’t allowed into Memorial Stadium, but they showed up in the parking lot to sing their fight song, to chant “We Want Bama,” and to serenade Michigan goodbye. Here, on a night where a 24-game losing streak was snapped, there will be COVID-19 safety protocols broken and memories made. The Wolverines will be left to a long, sile...…
…In the coming week, Bengali Hindus around the world will begin Durga Puja celebrations. Durga Puja is an auspicious period where we offer our devo- tion to Maa Durga, the Mother Goddess. Durga exemplifies strength and victory as the slay- er of the demon Mahishasura. The days are filled with light and laughter, religious rituals and, of course, a million differ- ent types of sweets and food. We worship our Maa Durga because of h...…
