…The University of Michigan is freezing its fossil fuel investments — for the time being. On Thursday evening, during the University’s Board of Regents meeting at the Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse, University Regent Mark Bernstein (D) announced the board is looking into the University’s policy on investments in fossil fuel companies. New investments will not occur during this time. “We will not bring forward new ...…
…The University of Michigan’s brand new Center for Ethics, Society and Computing opened in January with the goal of addressing inequality produced by digital media and computing technology. With the prevalence of computing technology across almost every professional field and modern, everyday life, the potential for inequity and exclusion exists across many disciplines. The center aims to use University resources to better under...…
…GEO President Emily Gauld, a Rackham student, spoke to The Daily before the grade-in and described GEO’s disappointment with the University’s rejection of proposals for promoting equitable and accessible working conditions. “We spent many hours answering questions about the language and trying to start problem-solving,” Gauld said. “They were really trying to understand the root of the problem we were getting at, we were trying to ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 21, 2020 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and manage...…
…As enticing as a story about a manipulative mother who systematically poisons her daughter for years sounds, Stephanie Wrobel’s debut “Darling Rose Gold” manages to add an even more interesting wrinkle to this premise. It’s likely you’ve heard of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP): A child’s caretaker fabricates illnesses to make the child seem sick. This form of child abuse is a focal point of depictions such as HBO’s documentary “M...…
…6 — Friday, February 21, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/21/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/21/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, February 21, 2020 ACROSS 1 “... morning roses newly wash’d with __”: Petruchio 4 Jacket stories 8 Caused trepidation 14 Phoeni...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 21, 2020 — 7 In the fourth inning of Sunday’s game against Louisville, Michigan had trimmed a two-run deficit to one and was threatening for more with the potential tying run standing at first. Senior infielder Madison Uden was next in line to prolong the rally. But instead of letting Uden bat, Carol Hutchins opted for a change. Michigan’s coach looked down he...…
…8 — Friday, February 21, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Simpson’s 3-point shooting a boon For a while now, it’s been evident that Michigan coach Juwan Howard has transformed the Wolverines’ offense to live by one principle: If you’re open, shoot your shot. This wheeling-and-dealing style of play has led to a much faster-paced Michigan team that consistently runs the score up far past season averages of ye...…
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…This Wednesday, the Climate Action Movement at the Univer- sity of Michigan hosted an event focused on building the climate change movement on campus. Held in the Annenberg Auditori- um at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the event at- tracted about 100 students, fac- ulty and community members. The event began with four panelists discussing the most pressing issues concerning cli- mate change and how to address them, follo...…
…2B — Thursday, February 21, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Clad in a denim-on-denim ensemble, a girl walks down the bustling streets of Ann Arbor. She’s wearing earphones and the clash of drums in Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” seems to eradicate the chaos that surrounds her. Her getup is anything but form-fitting. The oversized jean jacket and the Adidas sneakers create a unisex style while her accent brai...…
…According to their website, Mcity is collaborating with the University’s Transportation Insti- tute to launch an on-demand, autonomous transportation sys- tem in Ann Arbor by 2021. Morton said Mcity’s next step would be working on individual, completely self-sufficient cars, an achievement she does not expect to see during her career due to the various hurdles in autonomous vehicle research. Citing a report by the Rand Corporation, M...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 21, 2019 — 3B Look what’s going down: Protesting in Ann Arbor LENI SINCLAIR ALIX CURNOW Daily Arts Writer B-SIDE LEAD There’s nothing special about a street corner. It’s only a tiny intersection that thousands of busy passerbys see in their peripheral vision on their drive to work each day. Thoughts of their to-do lists or annoyance at the poorly made coffee the b...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, February 21, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. ...…
…NETFLIX By the mid-1960s, shooting your film in black and white was already becoming a stylistic choice. Fighting against the pull of the monochromatic little television boxes that were more and more frequently gluing families to their living room sofas on Saturday nights, the industry made dazzling, colorful wide- screen cinema the de-facto standard. Stalwarts of that era, Mike Nichol’s “The Graduate,” Arthur Penn...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 21, 2019 — 5A The keys to Wolverines’ win streak It’s hard to believe that, just four short weeks ago, the Michigan women’s basketball team suffered a loss to Michigan State that put its tournament hopes on life support. Just two weeks later, freshman point guard Amy Dilk went down with an ankle injury, and the Wolverines’ slim odds became even slimmer on paper. But, ...…
…On the day George G. Gannon got married, he didn’t wear a wedding ring. Instead, he simply turned his University class of 1952 ring around on his finger; silver band on the outside, ostentatious blue sapphire facing the palm. Real classy, grandpa. But then again, as a newly minted Wolverine myself, such an incident is rather unsurprising. School spirit has always been the University of Michigan’s most prized commodity. Or, at least...…
…6A — Thursday, February 21, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Improvement on free throws spurs Wolverines down the stretch With the clock running down and Maryland facing a 10-point deficit, Anthony Cowan grabbed Zavier Simpson. The whistle blew. Cowan was playing hack- a-Simpson, assuming that the junior guard — a notoriously poor free-throw shooter — would miss, giving the Terrapins an extra possession. But Simpso...…
…ARTIST PROFILE IN What is nostalgia, exactly? Rooted in the past, this feeling of longing can often bombard us when we’re watching old shows (“Kim Possible,” anyone?), flipping through old photos or even just taking a bite of a chicken nugget. In 2016, Scientific American reported on the positive effects of reminiscence, stating that nostalgia “boosted self-continuity by increasing a sense of social connectedness.” In othe...…
…Dozens filed in and out of Seek Refuge’s first clothing line launch party held in the Michigan League’s Hussey Room on Tuesday evening. Seek Refuge is an organization, founded by Dearborn native Shazia Ijaz, committed to bringing awareness to aid refugees, empower women and represent Muslims through its clothing line. The organization currently gives a portion of its proceeds to a refugee aid program and was recently feature...…
…As students gear up for the Uni- versity of Michigan’s Central Student Government elections on March 21 and 22, The Daily sat down with ex- ecutive candidates to talk platforms, vision, and plans. In this installment, we profile the MomentUM party, headlined by presidential candidate AJ Ashman and vice presidential candidate Charlie Bingham. Engineering junior AJ Ashman said his inspiration to run for CSG President comes from three...…
…could.” Jones noted the University will save on classroom construction, which “dries up tuition,” by standardizing start times across all campuses. She also said “interdisciplinary” students will benefit from the switch. Jones explained under the current system, a student taking back-to-back LSA and nursing courses has no transition time between classes. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald and Christine Gerdes, Specia...…
…E very time a classroom door opens in the middle of a class, I momentarily freeze. I look toward the door, no longer able to hear my professor’s words, only coming to a place of relaxation when a student or somebody else who’s meant to be there meets my eyes. I’m scared of it being someone who has come to shoot my peers and me. This has been true throughout my time at college, in all kinds of classrooms. Maybe you think this ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 21, 2018 — 5A Maybe the strangest thing to come out of the rise of the television antihero was the writers’ room assumption that if viewers could root for the flawed and morally ambiguous — the Don Drapers and Tony Sopranos — surely we would find it in ourselves to extend that empathy to the downright insufferable. Sometimes, if executed well, we actually might; “Gi...…
…FOR RENT HELP WANTED DOMINICK’S NOW HIRING all positions FT/PT. Call 734‑834‑5021. READ THE MICHIGAN DAILY :) :) ACROSS 1 Your business is her business 6 Tiny cut 10 Jeans line 14 Spreadsheet program 15 Comes to the rescue of 16 “The Time Machine” race 17 Like a cowboy in denial? 20 Emotional wound 21 “At __, soldier!” 22 Quartet in “Whose woods these are I think I know” 23 Fodder for Forbes, initially 25 Play a part 26 Like an eag...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 21, 2018 — 7A A dad and his daughter: How Katelynn Flaherty became the face of Michigan Katelynn Flaherty’s back was acting up again. During the summer, she spent six weeks off the court recovering from a back injury, her only basketball activities consisting of dribbling a ball as she walked around the block and taking between 800 and 1,000 foul shots every day. She...…
…8A — Wednesday, Feburary 21, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Versatile players help Michigan In South Bend, Ind. on Friday, sophomore forward Adam Winborg notched the first goal of the Michigan hockey team’s series against Notre Dame, a goal that would catalyze the rest of the offense to rout the top team in the country. Winborg is just one example of an emerging category of Wolverine skaters who fill a ut...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 21, 2018 An Afternoon Tea …
…M y relatives like to joke that Asians and Asian- Americans shouldn’t do hip-hop because we haven’t faced the same tribulations as other races. They especially ridicule certain rappers from their native Japan, who never suffered from racism, abject poverty, street violence or drug dealing but don expensive sneakers and talk about swag. I wonder what they would think of Rich Chigga. “And you don’t wanna f--k with a chi...…
…3B Wednesday, February 21 2018 // The Statement Let’s Bitch About It: Your study space is trash W hen not fawning over Reggie or tailgating before football games (both of which are overrated), most students spend their time outside of class studying for said classes. Students spend night after night in various study spaces cramming for exams, having mental breakdowns or procrastinating on Facebook. However, despite the...…
…The stark traditionalism of Martha Cook Wednesday, February 21, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 21, 2018 // The Statement 5B An Afternoon Tea A s I pass through the doors of Martha Cook Residence Hall at the University of Michigan, I enter a hallway clad in wooden panels whose austerity of color and design evokes past eras. Brightly lit by ostentatious chandeliers and archaic windows, the space draws the eye to the V...…
…I planned out everything I wanted to say and how much I wanted to reveal about myself in this personal statement the entire week prior to the moment I sat down to write. I would pretend to write it in my head during class, dictating telepathically to someone somewhere with a pad and paper. I expected to wake up and have all of my emotions and experiences laying on my lap typed, double-spaced and stapled with eloquent prose to bo...…
…I remember practice lockdowns to be some of the most awkward experiences of my early schooling. The entire class huddled into the corner of a dark classroom so we would be prepared if anyone potentially dangerous entered the school. I remember thinking it unlikely that turning the lights off would be enough to keep someone from trying to enter the room. I thought about what decisions my teacher would have to make if some...…
…Wednesday, February 21, 2018 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : L IVI N G S PACE S Betsy Barbour, Katelyn Mulcahy Mosher-Jordan, Alice Liu Martha Cook is one of many dorms on campus. Here, photo staff highlights their favorite dorm spots. Mosher-Jordan, Alice Liu Stockwell, Alexis Rankin …
…Pink “pussy hats” lined the seats of Ann Arbor’s local venue Neutral Zone on Monday night where over 100 University of Michigan faculty, students and community members gathered to perform and watch performance-based art and comedy acts in a “Not My President’s Day” rally in opposition to the current President Donald Trump. The rally was organized by Bad and Nasty, an online movement that has organized and pla...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 KYGO & SELENA. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com WANT TO NAME A SUDOKU? GO TO TINYURL.COM/TMDSUDOKU Tweets Follow @michigandaily Coach Harbaugh @CoachJim4UM Alert & Savvy parenting when you get a picture of your kids on the jumbotron, feeling pretty good about myself. Matthew Ramirez @monomuted Popular discussion topic in Ann Arbor: “the weather is so nice bu...…
…of the event’s sketches and acts, which ranged from personal journal readings and comedy acts. Many of the actors were involved with the University’s Educational Theatre Company or were a part of the School of Art & Design BFA in Interarts Performance program. ETC Director Callie McKee was the Master of Ceremonies for the event and performed a recitation of a prose piece she wrote after the election. In it, she describes the emo...…
…On Feb. 11, after relentless student protests, Yale announced that the university would change the name of its residential college named after John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States remembered for his racist views and as a prominent spokesman for slavery. While there have been no similar protests about University of Michigan facilities, we recognize that there are buildings on campus named...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 5 Two young girls sit in a locker room. They are scared and unsure. One girl tells the other to punch her in the stomach — maybe that will suffice to abort the fetus growing inside of her. This week, Basement Arts presents Ruby Rae Spiegel’s “Dry Land,” in Studio One at the Walgreen Drama Center. “Dry Land” tells the story of an unlikely friendship that ...…
…ACROSS 1 One in a bad mood 5 Diplomat’s asset 9 Vatican-related 14 Memorization method 15 Patron saint of Norway 16 Nimble 17 High-tech bookmark 20 African language group 21 Winter bug 22 Cupid’s counterpart 23 Safari beast 26 Mystery writer whose Baltimore home is preserved as a museum 28 Office gossip 35 Moved quickly, old-style 36 Meat inspector’s org. 37 “Awesome!” 38 Office coffee holder, perhaps 39 Hard-rock link 40 “O Sole __” 42 1965 m...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 7 Michigan completes shutout over Baylor Junior Mira Ruder-Hook drove her shot deep into the court, catching her opponent off guard and forcing her to hit it wide. Though the match had been clinched for a while, Ruder-Hook’s win meant the Wolverines had swept their dual match against Baylor, 7-0. While Michigan was in control during the singles,...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Lin, Michigan go down to the wire to beat No. 15 Kentucky Kentucky’s Enzo Wallart prepared to return a serve from Michigan junior Carter Lin in the right corner of the backcourt. Wallart struck the return and the ball torpedoed back over the net, landing just outside of the singles’ sideline. Lin dropped to his knees and the rest of the Michigan men’s t...…
…46F 46F ic in at 1, 4 ;;, a n 4'.3 IV O N E- 7 _ i1 1.J r, 1T1{ V?, , 0 l; I ..4 t 1ii Ia1 r 1 1 .Xl .i '. N. DO N _ Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 21,2014 RENOVATIONS Biology building project to begin Regents approve host of construction and renovation plans By CLAIRE BRYAN Daily Staff Reporter At their meeting on Thursday, the University's Board of Regents unan- imously voted to commence ahost of construction projects with project- ...…
…2 - Friday, February 21, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ie idiigan aW11 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com kvoigtman@michigandaily.com LEFT Protesters gather on the Diag Tuesday to raise aware- ness of the recent outbreak of viol nce toward peaceful demonstrations in Ven...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 21, 2014 - 3 SAPAC director addresses regents From Pge Privacy of sexual misconduct victims the focus of recent discussions, op-ed By AUSTEN HUFFORD Online Editor Holly Rider-Milkovich, director of the University's Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Center, spoke to the University's Board of Regents Thursday about SAPAC's role in the community. In her speech, Rider-Milkov- ich la...…
…4 - Friday, February 21, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com WtIihinan 43at*1J Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com MEGAN MCDONALD PETER SHAHIN and DANIEL WANG KATIE BURKE EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com F Favorable tidings or 'Sea Legs' Friday, February 21, 2014 - 5 Student-run production to captivate hearts By REBECCA GODWIN DailyArts Writer One of the last lyrics in Base- ment Arts's upcoming show "Sea Legs: A Nautical New Musi- cal" is "Sweet Ann Harbor is Se Legs: always here for A Nautical you / No matter where you go / NewMusical No matter what you do." While Fridayat7p.m. the lyric refers and Sa...…
…6 - Friday, February 21, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 - Friday, February 21, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Proposal claims California must be split into six states to thrive Man says state is too big to be efficient, pushes ballot initiative LOS ANGELES (AP) - California has reached the breaking point, says Tim Draper. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist is pushing a proposal to crack the nation's most popul...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 21, 2014 - 7 E-mail announces international club teams to play iAnn Arbor Baseball aiming to stay consistent By A LEJANDRO ZUNIGA Daily Sports Editor The beautiful game is finally coming to Ann Arbor. Thursday afternoon, the International Champions Cup sent an e-mail promoting "The Gods of Soccer" visiting Ann Arbor, among 11 other North American cities. The International Champions Cu...…
