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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 From the age of five, LSA senior Ninnie Chiang knew she had a love for dance — a realization that came from her first kindergarten class performance, where she soared across the stage. After taking a break from dance, Chiang said she decided to re-immerse herself in the art upon arriving at the University of Michigan to take back part of her identit...…
…Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WE HAVE ALWAYS been obsessed with the looming apocalypse — the final, cata- clysmic catastrophe that will end the world as we know it. It’s a question that has preoc- cupied humanity seemingly forever, from biblical Rev- elations to zombie flicks. But increasingly, the apocalypse doesn’t feel so far away. We’ve all gotten accustomed to our current “unprec...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 POETRY HAS THE ability to give us strength in our darkest times and reflect our joy in our happiest moments. For evidence, just look at the outpouring of gratitude for Amanda Gorman — Presi- dent Biden’s inaugural poet — and the virality of her poem “The Hill We Climb.” The line “For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re b...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Design by Grace Aretakis / / Page Design by Sarah Chung S T A T E M E N T OSCAR NOLLETTE-PATULSKI Statement Columnist Read more at MichiganDaily.com The anonymous art of the University’s public pianos I saw it online: The importance of digital communities at U-M I sit on the gray, pleather couches in the East Quad Residence Hall lobby, passing time betwee...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 7 Read more at MichiganDaily.com When you are young, anything is possible. Princesses fly on magic carpets, fairies lurk in the depths of every forest and animals seem to always seem to be able to speak fluently. There is no greater liberation than being a child, mind open to the possibility of anything and everything. Pure, (literally) u...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Well, here we are again. I can’t say I’m surprised; I don’t even think I’m disappointed. Deep down, I knew it was only a matter of time before more of the National Football League’s (NFL) corruption would come to light to prove, yet again, that no matter how many helmets they print “end racism” on, the NFL is, without a doubt, racist. I was ...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. Al...…
…R ecently, I pursued a very exciting opportunity, one that afforded me the chance to work in an industry I’ve loved since I can remember: sports. Of all the extracurricular opportunities I’ve involved myself in this year — professional fraternities, sports business groups, writing for this awesome paper, etc. — this felt different. This was the chance of a lifetime, one that could define my college career. One thing you sho...…
…Junior outfielder Clark Elliott stared down Texas Tech pitcher Andrew Morris with an 0-1 count. His eyes locked onto the second pitch of the season and didn’t leave the ball until it reached the right field stands. The solo home run gave the Michigan baseball team an early 1-0 lead against the Red Raiders and led off an explosive but inconsistent offensive perfor- mance on the weekend from the Wolverines. Michigan (1-2) won just o...…
…Julia Schachinger/Daily | Design by Lys Goldman JACK KINGSLEY Daily Sports Editor GUT GUT SPORTSWEDNESDAY SPORTSWEDNESDAY H eading into Sunday’s game at No. 15 Wisconsin, the questions surrounding the Michigan men’s basketball team were solely on the court. Would the Wolverines be able to pick up a second consecutive Quadrant 1 road win and put themselves safely on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble? Or would they...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Whitmer grants $76.3 million for Michigan colleges and universities GOVERNMENT Coronavirus funding allows state to boost contributions to higher education The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additiona...…
…City looks to citizens to dole out money given for COVID-19 mitigation ACADEMICS AUDREY CLAYTON Daily Staff Reporter On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act to mitigate the economic effects of the COVID- 19 pandemic by allocating funding to local governments. Nearly a year later, Ann Arbor is deciding what to do with the $24.1 million it received in ARPA funding. City Councilmember Kathy ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 When your university’s president is put on blast for flirting through the prover- bial family iPad, you don’t just brush it off. It’s time to talk about the Schlissel memes. They take many forms: a Yik Yak post, a cheeky affirmation, a spray paint installment in the Diag. Instead of an outpouring of disappointment or grief, stu- dents are resorting to h...…
…Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There aren’t many bands that can successfully combine a traditional rock instrumenta- tion with saxophone, violin and acoustic piano, but Black Coun- try, New Road have made a name for themselves precisely by forg- ing those elements into a truly one-of-a-kind sound. Last year, the band teased their potential with their debut album For the First Time, a c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Are you a hopeless romantic who is always reading about all things love? Whether you’re single or in a relation- ship this Valentine’s Day, the Daily Book Review has you covered. Some of these books are fantasy, while others are con- temporary romances that deserve all the hype. With a wide variety of romances and tropes galore, here are six books we think yo...…
…Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 7 The Michigan Daily The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Normalize one-pan everything. Cheesy White Bean-Tomato Bake By Ali Slagle University of Michigan students now have access to New York Times Cooking — which means your normal food routine just became anything but. Activate your free Cooking subscription. …
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTOR S T A T E M E N T Read more at MichiganDaily.com From stalking to harassment: TW: Sexual Assault, Stalking, Sexual Harassment, Rape Dear U-M Housing, You called my being stalked, threatened and sexually harrased by my residents a “personal matter.” It is not. It is a hazard and a direct result of the unsafe job you hired me for. I...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 9 Read more at MichiganDaily.com Bimbofication is a revolutionary act Have you seen the bimbofication meme? In most iterations, it depicts a woman in plain clothes holding a book and quizzically flipping through its pages. She then begins to stretch the book farther away from herself, and over time, becoming more scantily clad, drops the volume ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily 10 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 No more fomo. Do it all with Amazon Prime Student. Fast delivery, entertainment, exclusive deals for students, and more. Start your 6-month trial. amazon.com/UofMichigan …
…Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 11 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com All life experiences are bina- ry; they are either expected or unexpected. You are familiar with most of your daily rou- tine, starting with waking up. What you do for the rest of your day is up to you. Maybe you decide to get out of bed. Maybe you choose to shower and get ready for the rest of your day. Maybe you visit your favorite coffee sh...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 12 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 “ W ho ‘ b elon g s ’ i n col- le g e , a nd who f e el s l i ke t he y b elon g ? ” Th i s i s a q uot e f r om t he s yl l a bu s of WG S 258 : B elon g i n g i n C ol le g e , a cl a s s I de c ide d t o t a ke a f t er s c r ol l i n g t h r ou g h wh at s e eme d l i ke hu n- d r e d s of pa g e s on t he L S A C ou r s e G u ide...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 13 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. A...…
…T he events of Jan. 6, 2021, have been a topic of Republican revisionist history, willing ignorance and delusional falsehoods for over a year now. Leaders of the Republican Party have gone from blaming former President Donald Trump at least in part for the insurrection, to absolving him of all responsibility. Those who were once labeled domestic terrorists are now being labeled political prisoners, with T...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 15 SportsMonday: Michigan women’s basketball is a title contender, so start treating them like one There’s something we try very hard not to do here at The Daily, and that’s write about the fans. For the three years I’ve cov- ered the Michigan women’s basketball team, not talking about the crowd has been easy. It’s a sea of gray-haired retir- ees that sh...…
…Tess Crowley/Daily | Madeline Hinkley/Daily | Design by Sophie Grand W hen it’s boiled down to its bare bones, basketball has a simple premise: get the ball in the basket. When a team can’t do that efficiently, the chances of coming away with a win drop significantly. The Michigan men’s basketball team (13-10 overall, 7-6 Big Ten) proved the adage true on Saturday, falling to No. 16 Ohio State (15-6, 8-4), 68-57, in ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 BUSINESS Cinnaholic, an Atlanta-based vegan bakery chain with locations across the United States and Canada, opened its first Michigan location in Ann Arbor on Friday morning. The store sold its specialty cinnamon rolls at $1 to the customers braving the freezing temperatures for the opening event. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell spoke at the ribbon cutting c...…
…CAMPUS LIFE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION The University of Michigan was ranked the top-funded institution in social science research in the U.S., according to the Fiscal Year 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey recently released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The survey measures the annual research and development (R&D) spending by academic institutions across all academic disciplines. Higher...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Everyone grows up. It’s the inevi- table consequence of life ticking for- ward one second at a time, but just because we grow up doesn’t mean we are grown-ups. We all come of age dis- tinctly, surrounded by different people and existing in different circumstances, but we are united in the fact that grow- ing up sucks. It’s a beautiful, disgusting, painful, eupho...…
…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com About a year ago, I ran into an old friend during the com- mute home from one of my classes. Given the state of the world in 2021, that commute was, of course, entirely vir- tual, and consisted merely of moving a cursor from the big red “Leave Meeting” button on Zoom to the power down button on the Windows start menu. But during my cursor’s brief virtual tr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Hot take: I hate syllabus week. Better known as “sylly week,” the first week of college classes in a semes- ter is often referenced affectionately as the final week in which a student could condone their laziness and theoretically couldn’t yet be behind. For some stu- dents, it’s purgatory at worst, party time at best. For me, though, sylly week (and its singl...…
…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com It all started as an innocent way of sending funny pictures of yourself to your friends on Snapchat and “harm- lessly” touching up small blemishes on our faces to appear more flatter- ing in our selfies. Now, social media has transformed into an inescapable reality where significantly altering your appearance to seem more “pol- ished” and “socially...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 On Sunday Jan. 26, student organizers from the Indian Amer- ican Student Association and the United Asian American Orga- nizations came together to host an intimate dialogue about the re-examination of South Asian Queerness — a much-needed first of its kind. Before the event was underway, I sensed something irresolute in the air of the dimly li...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 9 O n Aug. 19, 2021, Only- Fans announced that the platform would ban sexually explicit content. This came as a shock to many, espe- cially sex workers who depend on posting their content on the site for income. OnlyFans’ pub- licity has skyrocketed because of its explicit content, and it is supported immensely by explicit content creators. Banks and pa...…
…O n Jan. 19, coming off a year of unprecedented attacks on the right to vote by Republican state legislatures throughout the country, congressional Democrats made their last- chance gambit and finally had a vote on carving out an exception for the filibuster for voting rights and election reform legislation. As had been telegraphed for months, the move failed, coming up two votes short of the 50-vote threshold nee...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 11 JENNA HICKEY/Daily Michigan isn’t a good team, but late in the season, it is making some strides toward getting better. Women’s tennis optimistic despite loss to UNC Entering Saturday’s match against North Carolina, Michigan women’s tennis coach Ronni Ber- nstein was just a single win shy of becoming the winningest coach in program history. The Wo...…
…Julia Schachinger/Daily | Dominick Sokotoff/Daily | Kate Hua/Design | Design by Sophie Grand One month and a lifetime ago, Jim Harbaugh sat at a podium with a backdrop of College Football Playoff logos, expressing vigorous optimism for the future of the Michigan foot- ball program. “It’s still a beginning for this team,” Harbaugh waxed, his outlook unchanged in the wake of Georgia’s 23-point drubbing in the Orange Bowl. “That’s whe...…
…ILLUSTRATION BY JENNIE VANG PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG VINTAGE VALENTINE CREDIT: Bentley Historical Library Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Read more at MichiganDaily.com BY JULIA VERKLAN MALONEY, STATEMENT DEPUTY EDITOR Can’t Buy Me Love Can’t Buy Me Love What is love? Scientists explain it in terms of the body’s release of adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin; cynics refute its existence by citing ancient philo...…
…3 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement Fathers, daughters and daddies Necto, TikTok, And the importance of queer spaces Fathers, daughters and daddies Necto, TikTok, And the importance of queer spaces When thinking about father-daughter rela- tionships, unfortunately, there is no “dad” without a “daddy.” Since entering our collective vocabulary, terms like “daddy issues,” “fatherless behavior” and “father complex” have do...…
…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement — 4 Love Notes Love Notes Hi, Hope all is well. lonely out here in italy. this is from your secret admirer. I hope you share this with everyone. miss you! You + me = forever baby. Love you lady You are the absolute coolest, most funny most creative guy out there ! So glad we’re friends :) to my dear, smelly friends on e ann and my gorgeous, beautiful roommat...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 2, 2022 ADMINISTRATION Amid a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases, the University of Michigan announced a new policy requiring either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID- 19 test for all indoor athletic events. The new requirement is in addition to the existing face covering mandate while inside University buildings. The policy specified that thos...…
…Wednesday, February 2, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The basement in my childhood home was equipped with a Magnavox box TV, a GameCube and a PlayStation 2. The furniture was old, and the basement was prone to flooding, but it didn’t mat- ter so long as my older brother and I had the TV and at least one console. Before the days of homework and exams, my brother and I would spend every day after school in the bas...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Face masks are my favorite acces- sory. Masks are a barrier between me and an outside world filled with strangers and infectious diseases. When the University of Michigan’s administration mandated facial cov- erings in classrooms, recreational buildings and common areas for the Winter semester, I was happy to com- ply — wearing masks has been proven to prevent...…
…Chocolate Birthday Cake Butter Mochi By Sara Bonisteel University of Michigan students now have access to New York Times Cooking — which means your normal food routine just became anything but. Activate your free Cooking subscription. Normalize cake for breakfast. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 2, 2022 — 5 …
…Chapter 1: ‘Meet Abby’ It seems dramatic to say, “When I was six, I happened upon a book in a library, and that’s why, 16 years later, I am where and what and who I am.” That’s just a completely insane statement. It also happens to be the truth. By the time I turned six, my mother had learned that the best way to deal with me was to put a book in my hands. And so, on an unremarkable winter afternoon, not unlike the day I’m writing...…
