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…LEO occupies administration building as contract expires ALEC COHEN / DAILY Lecturers and LEO supporters march from the Michigan League to the Fleming Administration Building in support of the Lecturers Union April 6, 2018. On Friday afternoon, about 30 members of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization occupied a floor of the Fleming Administration Building. Lecturers camped outside of University of Michigan Provost Martin Philbert’...…

…2C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Game over for Michigan Time LSA sophomore Lexi Michaels wasn’t expecting to be late to her Psychology 280 exam. In fact, she thought she was early. But when she walked into the testing accommodations room a few minutes after 2:30 — she’d run there right from her last class — she realized the exam was not being administered on Michigan time, and everyone else had already started...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 3C After three days of electronic balloting and five membership events spread out across the three campuses outlining the new contract, the Lecturers’ Employee Organization voted to ratify a new labor agreement with the University on July 13. Ninety eight percent of LEO members voted in favor of the new contract which will raise wages, improve healthcare and boost job security f...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4C — Fall 2018 When Justice Isn’t Served NARMEEN REHMAN MiC Contributor I pin my scarf around my hair until it feels secure. The night is still as the call for prayer (athan) sings through my phone — I close my eyes and take a deep breath of the warm June air. I exhale to the cadence of the athan, renewing a sense of calm and strength in my body after a long day of fasting. As I...…

…Fall 2018 — 5C The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Combating the monolith: Part one Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month celebrations have begun, and while I am actively taking part in celebrating A/PIA history, I have also taken time to reflect on my engagement with the A/ PIA community on campus. A/PIAs are often subject to narratives that paint us as a monolith — a homogeneous group of people from an arbitra...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6C— Fall 2018 Mental illness is something hardly talked about in our country. Though mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are extremely common and are extremely pressing issues, for some reason, discussion of them always seems to get swept under the rug. Mental illness plays a role in as high as 90 percent of suicides amongst some professionals, though this ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 7C An homage to freshman year Coming to college, everyone echoed a similar mantra: “Cherish every moment, you only have one freshman year.” In the weeks before I finally left for Ann Arbor, I was wrought with anxiety and apprehension by the thought of going to college and leaving everything I knew behind. After unpacking my dorm room and hugging my parents goodbye, I knew, v...…

…8C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Female athletics in sports media Just as ticket prices appear to impact the public’s opinion of women’s sports, so does the sports media. There is little to no coverage of women’s athletics and that leads to a lack of investment, interest and education on the part of the public. It becomes extremely difficult to generate support when the big influencers in sports media disrega...…

…10C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com We have a glitter shortage You know that episode of “Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse” where Malibu has a glitter shortage and all hell breaks loose because Barbie is supposed to attend a Hollywood premiere that night and she doesn’t want her fans to see her without any glitter? I feel like that’s a pretty accurate depiction of how my summer’s gone so far. My “dreamhouse” is a ...…

…The University of Michigan has an Adderall problem. Some would even call it an epidemic. Despite the University’s increased campaign to recognize mental health on campus, it has failed to address how campus culture fosters the use of Adderall throughout the school. As students become more entrenched in the popular “work hard, play hard” mentality that grips much of the student body, they turn to Adderall to achieve the academic an...…

…A conversation with Bo Burnham on his film debut A24 I lingered in the Michigan Theater’s main auditorium last Thursday after the screening of Bo Burnham’s directorial debut, “Eighth Grade.” A crowd of teenagers, young adults and retirees had just finished giving Burnham a standing ovation after his short Q&A and were now streaming out the back of the theater while I fought to make my way to the front. Not a seat in the theate...…

…King Krule sinks deeper and deeper on his third full-length, ‘The OOZ’ London is a melting pot, sure, but Peckham is something else. There are Nigerian fashion retailers mixed with Jamaican chicken shacks; down the road there are cult-like gatherings where British youth reminisce about the days before CCTV monitored the top deck of buses. It’s a bizarre place, and a fitting home for Archy Marshall — a scraggly white kid with red ha...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 3D ‘Silicon Valley’ finds itself again in its fifth season, after a rough patch As someone who grew up in Silicon Valley, the HBO show of the same name always felt uncannily more like a documentary than a comedy. From the get- go, “Silicon Valley” has been an astute satire of the Valley, a place where obscene amounts of money and a somewhat overzealous sense of self-importance p...…

…4D — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Virgin Suicides’ and the loneliness of girlhood At the tender age of 28, Sofia Coppola (“The Beguiled”) wrote and directed the 1999 drama, “The Virgin Suicides,” based off of the 1993 Jeffrey Eugenides novel of the same name. The film set Coppola apart from her legendary father — Francis Ford Coppola of “Godfather” fame — and highlighted her dreamy, unique a...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 5D Disclaimer: Yes, it’s a little embarrassing how thoroughly I researched this article and how many pages of lyrics I obviously had to go through to come up with this list. It’s ridiculous to care this much about Taylor Swift when everybody knows cool people with Good Music Opinions don’t do that. But consider this: My apathy toward having a Good and Cool Music Opinion is equal a...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6D — Fall 2018 Ever since “‘03 Bonnie & Clyde,” Jay-Z and Beyoncé have wanted you to know two things about their relationship: they’re in love and they’re rich. For years that’s the most they’ve cared to divulge. They kept their 2008 wedding as hush- hush as possible and would almost never be caught publicly without sunglasses — Jay often opted to cover his eyes while they sat courtside at in...…

…Human Rights Commission calls for AAPD accountability SAM SO / DAILY Ann Arbor residents gather at the Human Rights Commission meeting to discuss the formation of a review board for the AAPD at Ann Arbor City Hall January 10, 2018. Seventy Ann Arbor residents called for increased accountability and transparency from the Ann Arbor Police Department at the Ann Arbor Human Rights Commission Wednesday. This comes after several local incide...…

…2E — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City to tackle deer overpopulation Earlier this week, Ann Arbor City Council introduced its 2018 deer management plan to the public. The city aims to eliminate up to 250 deer from Jan. 8 to Jan. 31 in the third year of its four- year deer management program. This is a large increase from winter 2017, when the city aimed to eliminate up to 100 deer. Furthermore, the plan states...…

…Fall 2018 — 3E The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Councilmembers sue city over Library Lot deal Ann Arbor City Councilmembers Sumi Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, and Anne Bannister, D-Ward 1, have sued the city of Ann Arbor, Mayor Christopher Taylor and City Clerk Jacqueline Beaudry over a $10 million deal regarding the development of Library Lot. The contract, signed by Taylor, Beaudry and Chicago-based developer Core Space...…

…4E — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Council approves new code for Greek housing At the Monday meeting, the Ann Arbor City Council approved changes to the zoning code for Greek life houses and moved to postpone the approval of a new development plan for the northern part of the city. City Council voted unanimously to approve new zoning for fraternity and sorority houses, which modifies the definition o...…

…At the end of a performance, an audience’s applause is usually directed toward the performers on stage. Often times audiences aren’t thinking, however, of the individuals behind the scenes: the composers. The Student Composers’ Concert at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance aims to do the opposite, by showing off new works from different student composers at the University. This will be the second of five different co...…

…6E — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers at the Pig Like it or hate it, the holiday season is undeniably upon us. A walk down Main Street offers proof of this: bright lights wrap themselves gracefully around trees, Christmas carols ring from inviting Kerrytown shops and couples walk hand-in-hand with a seemingly newfound sense of happiness. If you’re like me and love the spontaneous ...…

…Fall 2018 — 7E The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Music and magic at the first night of the 41st Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival On Friday, Jan. 26, Ann Arbor locals and residents from the far corners of the mitten state alike flocked to the University’s own Hill Auditorium for the 41st Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival. Being so close to the festival, in geographical terms, might make University of Michigan students write the event...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 4, 2018 Finding their voice LSA Dean Andrew Martin sent out an email to all LSA department chairs last month informing them the LSA Executive Committee has reached the decision to halt the production of new minors housed within LSA and for LSA students at the University of Michigan. The LSA Curriculum Committee will take time until the end of fall semester 2018 to review the curre...…

…Be careful where you put your Zingerman’s sandwich this summer — you might just watch it get carried away by a group of children and their human-sized ant leader. Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival announced the 2018 month-long event would include performances by eVenti Verticali’s 2-D and 3-D show “Wanted,” as well as Australia’s Polyglot Theatre production of Ants. EVenti Verticali is an Italian multimedia aerial ...…

…through eBay to inform his research. In attendance at the event was LSA senior Levi Teitel who said he learned new information about how widespread the popularity of blackface was at one point in American culture. “What struck me is how much is really ingrained in American mass culture and that (blackface) was always a popular force within it and not a marginal prejudice,” Teitel said. LSA junior Nikola Jaksic, vice preside...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, April 4, 2018 T he instability in the White House deepened in the past two weeks with the firings of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and Secretary of Veteran Affairs David Shulkin. Amid this string of high-profile departures, rumors circulated that President Donald Trump is considering firing special counsel Robert Mue...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, April 4, 2018 — 5A The Weeknd is vulnerable on ‘My Dear Melancholy,’ ALBUM REVIEW ‘Flower’ is an underbaked try at a teen angst comedy “Flower” is like a Betty Crocker cake taken out of the oven 15 minutes too early — guiltily enticing, golden- brown on the outside, but evidently inedible after the first cut. With a cast headlined by Zoey Duetch (“Everybody Wants Some!!”) ...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, April 4, 2018 — 7A Wolverines sweep Delaware with Franklin homer As the Michigan baseball team clung to a 3-2 lead over Delaware in the bottom of the eighth inning, junior center fielder Jonathan Engelmann stepped up to the plate and delivered a rocket up the middle to get on base. With lectures about the importance of creative baserunning surely floating through his m...…

…8A — Wednesday, April 4, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Lavigne’s solid play exemplifies Michigan’s run I t all began with Hayden Lavi- gne. Before Michigan’s 14-6- 1 record since New Year’s Day, before it reached the 25th Frozen Four in program history, there was the sophomore, starting in goal against Michigan State in the Great Lakes Invitational. Lavigne wasn’t terrific, allowing four goals. But he ...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 4, 2018 Finding their voice …

…I ’m trying to write this column at Blue Leprechaun, a bar and grill on South University Avenue. A$AP Ferg’s “Plain Jane” is playing over the speakers and Bayern Munich is currently beating Borussia Dortmund five goals to nil. The other people at the table are enjoying their Saturday, camped out playing cards while waiting for Michigan men’s basketball to tip off in the Final Four against Loyola- Chicago and Sister Jean. I’ve been...…

…3B Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement Soundtracking: A Perfect Day T he End — The Doors “This is the end / My only friend, the end” This has been quite the journey for my mom and me, who is probably the only person to keep reading this column. We’ve been through a lot — public embarrassment, self-deprecating humor, the whole nine yards. But seeing as the semester is almost over and I have wasted space in the Statement w...…

…Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement 5B Finding their voice: Inside an American accent workshop by Maya Goldman, Daily News Editor I n an ivy-covered building hid- den in the depths of the medi- cal campus, a big wooden table sits in the center of a small blue room. At the head of the table sits Senior Speech-Language Pathologist Gordon Krainen, who leads a workshop titled “Speak...…

…D riving through the valley, we could see a storm looming in the distance, but all we could do was hope it wouldn’t be coming toward us. It’s incredibly difficult to predict where a storm is heading in the mountains, as one ridge will force it east and the next will push it south. As we pulled up to the trailhead, with the presence of the storm fading from our minds, a clap of thunder echoed between the mountains, remi...…

…Wednesday, April 4 2018// The Statement 7B Courtesy of Benji Bear V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P h o to Sta f f Cl a s s o f 201 8 : G o o d bye s Courtesy of Amelia Cacchione Photographing for The Daily has been a great outlet for me to explore what this campus has to offer. Some of the most memorable events I have been privileged to cap- ture through The Daily are men’s gymnastics, a panel of Michigan’s Democratic Guberna...…

…Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement 8B Sam Mousigian/Daily V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P h o to Sta f f Cl a s s o f 201 8 : Fa vo r i te P i c t u r e s Ahad Bootwala/Daily Ibrahim Ijaz/Daily Zoey Holmstrom/Daily …

…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. ...…

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…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...…