…michigandaily.com Thursday, August 3, 2018 INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 125 © 2018 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Why I write MiC columnist reflects on experiences with the craft >> SEE PAGE 9 NEWS Water safety ...…
…2 Thursday, August 2, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Task Force calls for subpoena power The group discusses responsibilites of future AAPD review board By ROB DALKA Daily Staff Reporter The Ann Arbor Police Task Force met Wednesday night to continue documenting a plan for how the future official police review board would operate. Specifically, the task force discussed the powers and tools the future commissio...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, August 2, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com U-M prof improves water safety in lakes After almost drowning, Jamie Racklyeft creates new intiative By NATASHA PIETRUSCHKA Daily Staff Reporter Jamie Racklyeft, the commu- nications director of the Michi- gan Institute for Clinical and Health Research at the Univer- sity of Michigan, knows second chances are rare. After nearly drowning off the shore of Van’s Be...…
…L ast week in Helsinki with the whole world watching, President Donald Trump enthusias- tically renounced any last semblance of presidential demeanor he possessed, yielding to one of America’s greatest foes with seeming indifference. Beside adver- sarial strongman and Rus- sian President Vladimir Putin, Trump issued a stun- ning rebuke of all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies and an emphatic denial of Putin’s chicanery in the...…
…JULIA MONTAG| COLUMN A s covered in Part 1 of this three-part series, a look at nationwide opioid overdose data led me to question the presence of an epidemic here at the University of Michigan, and, upon investigat- ing, I was confounded by shockingly low numbers. The 2016 University of Michigan National College Health Assessment shows 98.5 percent of respondents answering “never” when asked about the frequency of their ...…
…6 Thursday, August 2, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS With just one look at the 2018 lineup for Mo Pop Festival, anyone with a decent grip on modern music knew the event was going to be a hit. Stationed in Detroit’s West RiverFront Park adjacent to the Detroit River, with Detroit’s eclectic skyline as a backdrop and equally eclectic acts like Bon Iver, The National, BROCKHAMPTON, Billie Eilish, Rex Orange County, ...…
…7 Thursday, August 2, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Rap’s current state of affairs is puzzling, to say the least. Juggernauts like the Migos, Drake and J. Cole have put out some of the most stagnant music of their careers and have plateaued artistically. Pusha T appears to be the last of rap’s old guard who can drop a quality album. Female rappers like Cardi B and CupcakKe are blazing a much-needed trail critically...…
…8 Thursday, August 2, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 1015 PACKARD 3 Bdrm Apt Avail Fall 2018 2 parking space, onsite laundry, 1st floor $2250 + $120/month for electric to DTE Call 734‑996‑1991 115 W. MADISON 48103 2 large bed rooms. one bath, two stories, grad student moving soon, available for Mid August rental. Water, HVAC ,and electric in cluded, washer and dryer, also one off street parking spot, $2200.00 a mo...…
…9 Thursday August 2, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Playing more than a “Black Woman” So, I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately… Whenever my life gets real messy or whatever, I turn to writing to kind of just detach from everything that’s happening all around me. It’s like this super cathartic practice I’ve taken up over the years to decompress and flush a bunch of things from my head all...…
…10 Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS For many Americans, soccer is an ultimately illusive idea, a foreign phenomenon that the whole world has seemingly bought into and that has left America unaltered. Citizens across the country watch the unmatched excitement surrounding events such as the World Cup or Champions League Final year after year with indifference. They see mega-stars such as Ch...…
…11 Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS State of soccer in USA Waking up at 8.a.m on a weekend isn’t what most would consider normal. But that is the life of a soccer fan in the United States: watching the first half of a Premier League game on NBC Sports through groggy eyes before being woken up by a Mohamed Salah curler or Kevin De Bruyne screamer. The International Champions Cup pays European...…
…12 Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS The name of the game for both teams was pressure. While there are little stakes in a preseason game — even in a rivalry matchup — the pressure exerted, not by the situation, but by the players on one another made the difference. Squashing any remote chances created by Manchester United, Liverpool FC swarmed the midfield and controlled the pace of play for the...…
…Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly summer Edition NEWS Polling stations to relocate on campus Voting stations in Univer- sity residential halls will be removed for security. >> SEE PAGE 2 OPINION The right choices for city government The Daily endorses candi- dates for mayor and council- members for Wards]1, 4 and 5. >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS All is right at the Michigan As lesbian couple, Moore and Bening stand out i...…
…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com On-campus polling to change Non-residential buildings become new site of polling stations By CAITLIN HUSTON Daily StaffReporter As the August general primary election approaches, Ann Arbor vot- ers will seea change in their on-cam- pus polling locations, as the residence halls will no longer be used as voting stations. In an effort to maintain security, polling stations previously...…
…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 'U' study: women base self-worth in weight Among other races, white women who are preoccupied with body weight seek thinness By CAITLIN HUSTON Daily StffReporter A University study suggests that white women who base their self- worth on body weight experience a significant drive toward thinness, despite having healthy body mass indices. Women of other races share a similar, tho...…
…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tie fidtcitgan Baily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arboyr MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Iwould hope that there isn't a place in Ann Arbor politics for the kind of rhetoric that's been thrown around during this campaign." - Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, following a recent debate, as reported yesterday by AnnArbor.com. ...…
…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 JEREMY LEVY I My own identity ELAINE MORTON E-MAIL ELAINEAT EMORT @UMICH.EDU. Last week, many American Jews, myself included, breathed a sigh of relief - for the moment, at least - when the Israeli Knes- set declined to vote on a bill that could give Israel's Orthodox Rab- binate the authority to validate or invalidate conversions performed in the country. As the Knesset bre...…
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…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com The unsung heroes of the pine 7 People always debate the high- est-pressure position on sports team. Most sports have a more or less con- sensus answer - for hockey, the goalie; for football, the quarterback; for volleyball, the set- ter. But the answer is actually the same for all sports - it's COURTNEY the benchwarmer. FLETCHER There are no arti- cles written about them, no glor...…
…8 Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ELECTIONS From Page 1 council members - Anglin, Kun- selman and Tony Derezinski (D- Ward 2) - Rabhi has the support of Conan Smith, a current member of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. And recently, the Michigan Democratic Party's LGBT Caucus publicly backed his cam- paign. But according to Rabhi, his great- est support comes from what he calls "face time" - going do...…
…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 'Kids' is all right . Non-traditional comedy focuses on non-traditional family By JENNIFER XU Daily Arts Writer So let's say you happen to look over at the marquee of the Michigan The- ater's latest cinematic pickings, and you spot the title "The Kids Are All Right." What's that all about? you ask The Kids Ar yourself. And so you cruise over to Rt IMDb to read the At the Michig...…
…101 Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Vegging out @burger A2's newest burger joint is forbidden fruit for vegetarians By EMMA JESZKE Managing Arts Editor Veggies ... beware. East Liberty Street's latest lovechild, @burger, is kind of like the Noodles & Co. of burgers - order at the counter, deliver to the table, no tipping, etc. - but the comparison stops there. With a menu extremely inaccessible to the iron-depr...…
…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Taylor excelswithUSAFutures at World Cup By CASANDRA PAGNI Daily Sports Writer Wearing a uniform of red, white and blue, Michigan softball pitcher Jordan Taylor pulled up to the Ama- teur Softball Association Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ready to compete against some of the world's top players. Taylor, who was named in mid- May to compete on the USA Futures team...…
…Monday, August 2, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com A.-ic h iganf Defensive Line Linebackers Defensive Backs Special Teams Football Rcies Seso reie Offensive Line Tcihtens RunningBacks Quarterback season Prowdedbacfiedl Blue's crowded ackfieldladen With talent With Minor and Brown gone, Wolverines will lean on young, unproven backfield By TIM ROHAN Daily Sports Writer Former Michigan running backs Carlos Brown and Brandon Minor foug...…
