…This semester, in honor of the University of Michigan’s bicentennial, LSA is carrying on its tradition of a themed semester by offering over 20 classes centered around the 200th anniversary of the University. The classes, offered in several different LSA departments with an overarching theme of Making Michigan, focus on the school’s place in important events of the past 200 years and where it lies in the current ...…
…It is expected that Gov. Rick Snyder will support the state’s Healthy Michigan Plan on Thursday in a U.S. Senate committee discussion. The roundtable in Washington D.C. will be discussing the future of Medicaid in the country. Healthy Michigan, the state’s brand of Medicaid for low-income residents, is funded through the Affordable Care Act. Recently, the Republican-majority Congress, fueled by President-elect Trump, ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 3A built form, as a kind of generator of records,” McDonald said. “We’re going to spend some time at the Bentley Library, attend a special tour of the show at UMMA on the history of the Union and the League, and we’re having a variety of guests come in and speak about other topics.” McDonald, who has been teaching at the University since 1980, believes that ...…
…T uesday marked the end of an era, as President Barack Obama bid the American public farewell during his final presidential rally in Chicago. The departing commander in chief has, in my estimation, always had tremendous skill in public speaking. Presenting himself with the same gravitas that we have seen for the better half of a decade, President Obama addressed the continued need for racial unity and economic...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Naproxen brand 6 Yap 10 Documentary divisions 14 Ricoh competitor 15 Green-skinned “Return of the Jedi” girl 16 Approaching 17 Not shady 18 Action figure? 19 Site of Shah Jahan’s tomb 20 Protective charm often adorned with feathers 23 Decorative globe 26 Ice cream maker Joseph 27 Holed a five- footer, say 28 Start of a hands- off declaration? 30 Fivers 32 P...…
…6A — Thursday, January 19, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines open indoor season in Simmons-Harvey Invitiational While the Simmons-Harvey Invitational signaled the beginning of the 2017 indoor season for the Michigan men’s and women’s track and field teams, it also marked the final collegiate competition in the U-M Indoor Track Building after 43 years in use. Going forward, the Wolverines will compete...…
…‘weird twitter’ the wonderfully weird world of Sam Rosenberg Daily Arts Writer B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, January 19, 2017 Design by Jacob Bergen …
…2B — Thursday, January 19, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The internet is, and always has been, a weird place. I’ll elaborate: The internet has developed into an uninhibited digital space where anyone, no matter how weird or strange one’s taste, can express oneself in any way one wants. Users can feel as if they are part of a community without actually physically interacting with it. Given this autonomy, th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 3B The first time I saw that specific permutation of symbols — “@fart” — was on a Headline News Network chyron. Someone had sent me a link to what he claimed was “the funniest shit I’ve ever seen.” Sure enough, it was; this stunt was peak performance art in the age of social media, a brilliantly stupid and stupidly brilliant confluence of the 24-hour ne...…
…4B — Thursday, January 19, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I know I’m in on “The Young Pope” from its first shot: a baby’s bare ass, climbing across a mountain of more naked babies. And who emerges from the infantile rubble? None other than my main man, David Jude Heyworth Law. I love this show already. I feel like I could write about “The Young Pope” for hours. The incredible, blistering, surreal, subversive...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 5B President-elect Donald Trump’s unique penchant for tweeting — and his distinct, brash style on that platform — has proven to be ripe for parody. But unlike that of Alec Baldwin on “Saturday Night Live,” which requires excellent acting in real time, plus all the production that accompanies it, Trumpian parodies on Twitter are essenti...…
…6B — Thursday, January 19, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com To be honest, it’s impos- sible to choose just one out of the many amazing Vines that exist out there. But if I had to pick, it would be this wonderful clip of a man skip- ping to the beat of Carly Rae Jepsen’s effervescent ‘80s reminis- cent “Run Away With Me.” This was one of several Vines that used Jep- sen’s song, but this one is by far the m...…
