…Panelists at the University of Michigan met Tuesday afternoon to discuss Poverty Solutions — an initiative introduced by University President Mark Schlissel in October 2016 — and review nine research projects funded through a new grant program operated by the initiative. The projects, totaling $200,000, represent the initiative’s first investments in research and model testing aiming to use research about poverty to ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 18, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Hans von Spakovsky, The Heritage Foundation’s manager on the election law reform initiative, and Bryan Caplan, economics professor at George Mason University, debated if President Donald Trump’s immigration platform harms the United States in an event hosted by The Michigan Review on Friday night. In ...…
…Three Black students’ room doors in Michigan Community Scholars Program, located in West Quad Residence Hall, were vandalized with racial slurs over the weekend. The hate speech, including “N-----,” was written underneath their name tags placed on their dorm room doors. LSA sophomore Travon Stearns, one of the students whose door was vandalized, said he did not see the nametag when he first woke up — it was around 1 p.m., whe...…
…University of Michigan student Dyshon Toxey doesn’t smile much anymore. An LSA senior, Toxey is finishing his degree in cognitive science and mathematics, and is involved in a number of development programs for fellow first-generation students. Toxey is Black, and said he often took pride in his perfectly straight, groomed set of teeth to build connections in Black circles and beyond — he’s known as a community mentor wit...…
…Art professor confronts spousal discrimination Speakers at conference accentuate principled businesses Grievance board investigating claims found promotion process was biased By ANDREW HIYAMA Summer Daily News Editor A University of Michigan faculty member in the School of Art & Design said she was the subject of discrimination based on her gender and status as a spousal hire throughout the process of consideration for p...…
…2A — Wednesday, January 18, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com EASY AS 1 2 3. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Fulbright Information Session WHAT: Come learn about earning a fellowship to study, research, teach English or train in the creative arts aborad from a University student adviser. WHO: International Institute WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1644 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Center Spa...…
…Outdoor enthusiasts in the Ann Arbor area now have two new miles of paved trail to blaze as of Saturday. The trail will connect hikers and bikers to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens northeast of Ann Arbor, Nicols Arboretum and Gallup Park’s Border-to- Border bike trails along the Huron River, offering a pathway to the Matthaei gardens that doesn’t require a car. Karen Sikkenga, associate director of the botanical gardens, sa...…
…2A — Monday, September 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NATHAN GUPTA Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 ...…
…I’LL MISS YOU DEARLY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, April 18, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Climate Change and Its Effect on Health WHAT: The intersection of health and climate change will be analyzed in this discussion with the Citizens’ Climate Lobby. WHO: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Matthaei Botanical Gardens The University of Michigan’s ...…
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…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — 3A government organizations recognizing the holiday, and I’m all for that,” Smith said. The resolution was passed on the premise that the University is located on land that belongs historically to Native Americans, and that tribes are still active inthe state. The resolution notes that it complies with the University’s Diversity, Equit...…
…misconceptions about precision medicine, an approach for protecting health and treating disease that considers other factors aside from an individual’s own health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The idea is really to bring together multiple disciplines and expertise from across campus to address the issue of precision health,” Creguer said. “We specifically chose the name Precision Health ...…
…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Monday, September 18, 2017 — 3A ROBERT BUECHLER/DAILY George Hastings, a retired judge, speaks alongside distinguished Michigan Daily alumni at Rackham on Friday. Publications and Wallace House, home of the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship and The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. Lisa Powers, event coordinator and Student Publications Development /Alumni Relations ...…
…Matt Diamond sonia shekar jessica stewart anna he HUSSEIN HAKIM to the seniors of the Michigan Daily Business Staff! Thank you for your companionship, guidance, and unwavering dedication to this paper. Best of luck in your future endeavors! Love, your TMD family The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, April 18, 2017 — 3 especially with depleting storage space, ongoing efforts of digitization and a desire to distinguish ...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Author H. Luke Shaefer presents his research on challenges faced by the impoverished community Lecture hosted by Institute of Social Research meant to impart experience of living in poverty By CHETALI JAIN Daily Staff Reporter H. Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions at the Univer- sity of Michigan and co-author of acclaimed book “$2.00 a Day: Liv- ing o...…
…R eading Trump’s Twitter rants is the best form of entertainment. You never know what he will say or who he will insult next. No one is safe from his social media-based shots. Not Alec Baldwin, not Meryl Streep, not even his fellow Republicans like Paul Ryan. Trump takes to Twitter to insult anyone who doesn’t completely agree with him, so it is no shock he went after congressman and civil rights legend John Lew...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, October 18, 2017 REBECCA LERNER Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. EMMA KINERY Editor in Chief ANNA POLUMBO-LEVY and REBECCA TARNOPOL Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All othe...…
…I t was 2:30 a.m. on a Thursday. I had just finished working a shift in my lab and needed to start fixing my newspaper column because it was ripped apart by the editor. As I was getting ready to write, I opened Spotify and was greeted by an advertisement of Taylor Swift’s new single. Because I hadn’t heard this song all the way through, I decided to give it a listen. I attempted to work but couldn’t think straight wh...…
…W e’re graduating into a world that is more fractious than ever before. This statement, which has been repeated for years, has moved from insight to truism to enduring political reality. We can put our heads in the sand, drown out the rest of the world with Colbert clips and retreat into our enclaves. Or we can do something about it. Personally, the last six years of the Obama administration lulled me into a sense of ...…
…4 Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION I n my participation in the never- ending American consumer competition of material acquisition, I recently purchased a fitness tracking smart watch that not only monitors my semi-decent heart rate, but also tracks and maps my outdoor workouts through GPS technology. I enthusiastically wear, use and check this watch with nearly every activity I’m doing. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — 5A “Hidden Figures” uplifts NASA’s unsung heroes Film highlights necessity of professional diversity and the ability storytelling has to retroactively write history Exiting the movie theater last week, I heard snippets of a conversation about “Hidden Figures.” “I grew up in the same town as her,” a woman said, referring to one of the main characters. “...…
…ACROSS 1 Back (out) 4 Go by 10 Peak in Thessaly 14 Can. neighbor 15 City on the Liffey 16 Performs like Kanye 17 Eastern seaboard, facetiously 19 Frantically 20 Out in the open 21 Open in the garden 22 Narrow opening 25 Unlikely to run 28 Insinuate 31 Kitchen gadgets brand 32 Sneak attack 33 Dryly amusing 34 “More info later”: Abbr. 37 Increase security twofold ... and what 17-, 25-, 46- and 58-Across literally do 41 Radical ’60s gp. 42 Beside...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, September 18, 2017 — 5A DAILY LITERATURE COLUMN LGBTQ writers & their place in literary cannon Literature columnist Laura Dzubay explores the uneven patterns of sexual identity scattered across the literary canon When you hear “Willa Cather,” you might think, “Oh yeah, I had to look up My Ántonia on SparkNotes in high school.” Or, if you’re a big literary fan, you might recall som...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, April 18, 2017 — 5 INTERSCOPE RECORDS Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” came out last Friday Cyclical black conscious is embodied on LP ‘DAMN.’ Although scholars contest the dates, Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period is set between 1901 and 1904. Reeling from a close friend’s suicide, Picasso descended into a deep depression, blue tones soon coming to dominate his canvases. As bright hues darke...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com B iologist Edward Wilson once remarked that biology seemingly holds us “on a leash,” and though we can design and develop our lives, we live within the constraints of human biology. The beauty of a leash, however, is that we are tethered, not immoveable. For example, we still have implicit bias, but through introspection and exposure to different backgro...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Early sitcom co-star Arnaz 5 It’s over a foot 9 Zagreb native 14 Wolfs down 15 Madre’s boy 16 Toy in many “Peanuts” panels 17 Not a fearful place for acrophobia sufferers 20 Casino lineup 21 Starting on 22 Palette choices 23 Morose 25 Droop in the garden 27 Tight hold 29 401(k) alternative, briefly 32 Went ballistic 36 Not a fearful fund for agoraphobia sufferers 39 Folk...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 18, 2017 — 6A Arts THE CW ‘Jane the Virgin’ becomes Adam the Virgo in S4 shift Ah, friends. We begin again with our Jane, or wait a second… our Adam? Season four of CW’s “Jane the Virgin” opens not with the show’s namesake, but with one Adam Eduardo Alvaro (Tyler Posey, “Teen Wolf”) instead — Jane’s teenage love, with his own sultry- speaking narrator in tow. View...…
…6A — Monday, September 18, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Thursday, Sept. 7 kicked off the start of New York Fashion Week, a biannual event where designers debut their collection for buyers and the press. New York fashion week is the first of the “Big Four”: London, Milan, and Paris host the remaining major fashion weeks. Cushnie et Ochs Cushnie et Ochs is an American fashion brand founded in 2008 by Pars...…
…6 — Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I’m not going to compare my college graduation to the series finale of a TV show. It’s common knowledge that everyone who likes TV sees their own life as a TV show. We see ourselves as the protagonist of an indie movie, complete with romantic subplots and a built-in coming-of-age narrative. If you’re a person who watches a lot of TV, it’s impossible to avoid ...…
…6 Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Snatched’ gives empty laughter By ARYA NAIDU Daily Arts Writer Following the blatant wildness of his last movie, “The Night Before” (2015), director Jonathan Levine’s “Snatched” eases up on comic raun- chiness, instead striving to be a wild, yet touching, take on a mother- daughter vacation gone wrong. The beginning scenes show Emily Middleton (Amy Schumer, “Tr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — 7A Zach Nagelvoort organizes book drive to benefit local students Forty-two days from now, it will officially be March — or as grade school students know it, National Reading Month. All across the country, schools are dedicating the entire month to providing quality reading time to students, regardless of the school they go to. It’s an annual educational tr...…
…B Time for a change The 19th-ranked Wolverines already know what they have in John O’Korn. It’s time for them to find out the same thing about Brandon Peters. » Page 4B The blueprint In speaking to the media Monday, John O’Korn laid out what Michigan needs to do to upset No. 2 Penn State. » SportsMonday Column Page 2B BLOOMINGTON — The 10 yards could have made all the difference. With just over a minute left to play, the Wol...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 18, 2017 Still searching Michigan’s defense knows its identity. The same can’t be said for the offense, and that’s becoming a problem. » SportsMonday Column Page 2B The arrival Donovan Peoples-Jones finally had his moment, returning a punt for 79 yards and scoring the first touchdown of his career. » Page 4B One week later, and the boos rained down once again. Yikes. This...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, April 18, 2017 — 7 Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Valuable stone 4 Hamilton and Burr, notably 8 Find incredibly funny 14 Word for a Latin lover 15 Cookbook author Rombauer 16 Not certain 17 Mom-and-pop stores 20 Vietnam’s capital 21 Part of MST: Abbr. 22 FDR’s successor 23 Serpent’s tooth 26 Irreverence 29 Alfalfa, Darla and friends, with “the” 33...…
…7 Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘The Wall’ is atypical ‘spin’ is a welcomed emo album by Tigers Jaw ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS Aaron Taylor-Johnson in combat position BLACK CEMENT RECORDS Both members of Tigers Jaw By SAM LU Daily Arts Writer When listening to Tigers Jaw’s newest release, it’s pretty obvious that some drastic changes have occurred since the group’s infancy. spin car- rie...…
…8A — Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WRESTLING ‘M’ comes back to defeat Maryland Coming off a 31-7 loss to third- ranked Iowa, the Michigan wrestling team bounced back Friday with a convincing 25-16 win against Maryland at Cliff Keen Arena, with the group winning seven out of 10 individual matchups. “We talked all week about how we were approaching our matches, how we were going to ...…
…2B — October 18, 2017 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The 94-word blueprint for an upset I t was an honest, inward reflection. Asked to evalu- ate his play through the last two weeks — performances that have yielded 256 yards and three intercep- tions with a 47.3 percent completion rate — fifth- year senior quarter- back John O’Korn took accountabil- ity. “I need to pick it up, there’s no way around it...…
…2B — September 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday An identity crisis K aran Higdon paused for a moment when he was asked the question. If you had to sum up your offense in one word, one sentence, how would you describe it right now? The Wolverines’ sophomore running back had just scored the Michigan football team’s sole offensive touchdown in a 29-13 victory over Air Force that was far closer...…
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…8 Thursday, May 18, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily. OPINION ACROSS 1 Halloween costume that may involve a red cape and tail 6 Respected men 10 Banana Boat initials 13 “I Fall to Pieces” singer 14 “America’s FLAVORite Frozen Beverage since 1967” 15 Considerable age 17 Words requesting a pass 19 Apple choice 20 “Phooey!” 21 Words indicating a pass 23 Prof’s aides 24 Cardio chart 26 Overly 27 Team with 121 medals at the Rio Olympics 28...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday October 18. 2017 — 3B Michigan should see what it has in Peters B LOOMINGTON — For those who thought Michigan would avoid any more quarterback controversy this year, I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news. It may be time for Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines to give redshirt freshman backup Brandon Peters a shot. They had a chance to do so in the second half against ...…
…VISIT JIMMYJOHNS.COM TO FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU WE DELIVER! WHERE FRESH & FAST MEET ™ The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday September 18, 2017 — 3B Five Things We Learned: Air Force What’s the first rule about playing Air Force? Never play Air Force. No. 8 Michigan slogged its way to a mostly unsatisfying 29-13 win over the Falcons on Saturday. The Wolverines did well in shutting down Air Force’s triple-option a...…
…By ADAM BRODNAX Senior Michigan in Color Editor Dear Me, It’s been only six days since you came into my life and I keep replaying those 20 minutes the hospital gave us to breath in the same air. Once I learned the news that for certain you and the rest of my immediate family were alive, I wrote to myself that I was scared. I kept projecting and fan- tasizing about the visit. I began layering moments and expecta- tions of what my...…
…I don’t like to talk about him. It is December, the last month of my first semester of college. When people ask about him, I say he’s doing well. If they want to know what happened, I say that his life ran out of time for mine (bullshit). When they ask if I miss him, I say yes, very much. My cheeks pull my lips into a smile, closed-mouthed, and I duck away, in search of a solitude seldom found in Ann Arbor. The fl...…
…4B — October 18, 2017 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Hill highlights strong showing from secondary BLOOMINGTON — As Lavert Hill sat in the bowels of Memorial Stadium, he was asked if his brother had texted him. The sophomore cornerback admitted he hadn’t checked his phone yet, but it’s easy to understand why a detail like that could peak curiosity. It was just two years ago, after all, that Michigan ...…
…4B — September 18, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Peoples-Jones marks his arrival One foot made all the difference. It wasn’t that of redshirt freshman kicker Quinn Nordin, who nailed a career-best five field goals to tie a school record. And it wasn’t that of fifth-year senior Ty Isaac, who broke through the line of scrimmage and made it all the way into the end zone before the officials called him ...…
…10 Thursday, May 18, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Approaching the net, Alex Najarian half-volleyed the ball over the net, split stepped and prepared for the next shot. The junior scooped the ball and the backspin forced the ball to fall dead — clinching the No. 10 Michigan women’s tennis team’s advancement to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament. The beginning of the long road to a national championsh...…
…3B Wednesday, Janurary 18th, 2017 // The Statement A Girl Walks Into: Circus B Y J A C K I E C H A R N I G A , DA I LY S TA F F W R I T E R COVER DESIGN BY CLAIRE ABDO AND KATIE SPAK ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE SPAK The show will not go on for Circus, the clubbing complex in Ann Arbor’s Old West Side. After 22 years, the adult funhouse is slated to close its doors in early February. Circus has been a staple to some and an ano...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 18, 2017 FITTING IN: Navigating campus culture as an international student …
