…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, August 3, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 88 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 MIC ........................ 3 STATEMENT.............4 O PIN ...…
…New COVID-19 research from the Uni- versity of Michigan reveals little spread of the virus between the campus and the surround- ing community last fall. Lead researcher Dr. Adam Lauring, a virologist and infectious disease physician at Michigan Medicine, told The Michigan Daily the results of the study are important because previous work related to COVID-19 transmis- sion in college environments has been quite ambiguous in the past. Thi...…
…Dr. Jeanice Swift, superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS), announced on May 13 that the School Age Child Care program (SACC) will not be offered during the 2021- 2022 school year. According to AAPS, SACC is a state-licensed child care program designed to meet the needs of working parents by offering planned and supervised activities before and after school . This decision stunned AAPS parents and was met with...…
…The college experience widely varies, especially amid a pandemic that makes having a large social circle and in-person classes dangerous. But according to data obtained by The Michigan Daily, 1 in 10 members of the University of Michigan Fall 2019 freshman class came from just 10 high schools, meaning it’s very likely some students in every class come into college with already- established friend groups. Though students from ov...…
…On Jan. 27, the Washtenaw County Health Department issued a two week long stay-in-place recommendation urging University of Michigan students living on or near the Ann Arbor campus to stay in their residences and avoid group contact. The recommendation came after numerous cases of the more contagious B.1.1.7 variant were discovered among University students, prompting Michigan Athletics to cease all activity for two weeks. ...…
…The Michigan state legislature passed two bills to appropriate $150 million in response to the coronavirus pandemic. On March 17, the House unanimously passed House Bill 4729. The bill appropriated $50 million to the Health and Human Services Department, which requires the funds to be distributed to critical health care providers in order to expand the state’s response to the coronavirus. It also allocated $75 ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 3, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM BEN ROSENFELD Daily News Editor Your name is Michael Sterling and you are 6 years old. You are sitting cross-legged on the rug of your first-grade classroom, watching three white children play with colorful plastic blocks. One of the kids has built a wall, while the other two launch blocks — “fireballs,” in their chi...…
…Current faculty member Emily Lawsin and former faculty member Scott Kurashige filed a discrimination lawsuit in 2016 against the University of Michigan under the Elliott- Larsen Civil Rights Act. Their trial began yesterday at 9 a.m. at the Washtenaw County Court and it is scheduled to continue until December 23. Kurashige and Lawsin are seeking more than $25,000 in damages to compensate for emotional distress, loss of ...…
…The Center of the City Task Force met at Larcom City Hall Wednesday afternoon to advance their public engagement plan. It was the fifth task force meeting for the 10-person municipal committee, created after local voters approved Proposal A to designate the library lot between Fifth Avenue and Division Street for plans to become a park and civic center commons. Community member and Pioneer High School senior Miles Klapthor ...…
…University of Michigan student tuition will no longer cover testing for sexually transmitted infections at University Health Services. This update is part of UHS and Michigan Medicine’s new policy of billing students’ personal insurance for “laboratory testing, radiology x-rays and ultrasounds and allergy injections,” as announced in a policy memo on July 15. Previously, these services were covered by the Health...…
…Wednesday, July 3, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 116 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Identity abroad Lorna Brown reflects upon her cultural identity and ho er self-view has changed while abroad >> SEE PAGE 9 ...…
…The second Democratic presidential debate will be hosted in Detroit on July 30 and 31. The Democratic National Convention approved 12 debates, which will start in June 2019. The DNC told the Detroit Free Press the primary debate will host approximately 20 candidates including Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Elizabeth Warren. DNC Chairman Tom Perez told the Detro...…
…Around 8:12 p.m. Friday, the Epsilon Alpha Sigma Sorority, is the University of Michigan’s first Arab sorority, dubbed the Empowered Arab Sisterhood, revealed its first class of new recruits. The seven girls recruited, the “Al-Afdal line,” marched into Auditorium D in Angell Hall, yelling “We’re the girls of Arab countries!” in Arabic. As the girls were revealed, a founding member of the sorority’s chapter at the Unive...…
…This November, Michigan voters will decide the fate of Proposal 2, a citizen-initiated proposition to move the power of creating legislative districts from the state House of Representatives to an Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. The proposal aims to end the practice of “gerrymandering,” or strategically creating districts to GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know....…
…michigandaily.com Thursday, May 3, 2018 INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 115 | © 2018 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR MiC Contributor “Therse are all the things I would like to tell my moth- er someday.” >> SEE PA...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 3, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 70 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . . ...…
…The Ann Arbor Police Department is beginning 2018 with a new addition to its force. Tuesday, Jason Forsberg began his tenure as Deputy Chief of Police of the AAPD. Forsberg joins current Deputy Chief Robert Pfannes and will be in charge of the support services division, which includes the administrative services, professional standards and special services sections. The department typically has two deputy c...…
…In November 2015, while other students were focusing on midterms, football games and the fast-approaching Michigan winter, then-LSA senior Zachary Ackerman had something else on his mind. He was running for Ann Arbor City Council. “I grew up in Ann Arbor and grew up as a pretty nerdy kid. When I was 15 and a student at Pioneer High School, that nerdiness channeled itself into an interest in politics and government. Figuring...…
…A recent study conducted by University of Michigan researchers has found 20 percent of adolescents and teenagers have sustained a concussion at least once. This research project was directed under the 2016 Monitoring the Future study, a broader project conducted under the University, which explores the behaviors of American students from kindergarten through university level. This study is funded by the National Insti...…
…Artists discuss the evolution of Warped Tour By DOMINIC POLSINELLI Summer Senior Arts Editor I’m sure a lot of you are wondering why the Daily is covering Warped Tour in 2017. As a college newspaper, our standard music coverage typically includes anything from indie rock to underground hip hop — anything but the Warped Tour scene. Yet in recent years, Warped has been actively marketing the festival toward older crowds, those wh...…
…After President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to reverse carbon emission regulations on coal- fired power plants enacted by former President Barack Obama, members of the University of Michigan community reacted, on the whole, with criticism. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said University leaders are working to understand the full implications of Trump’s order, and are still working toward a 25 perc...…
…A Haven Hall classroom was overflowed with University of Michigan students listening to a series of speakers who discussed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which may come under threat because of executive actions by President Donald Trump. DACA, an executive action — signed in 2012 by former President Barack Obama in response to a gridlock on immigration policy on the part of Congress — protects und...…
…Last year, LSA sophomore Lauren Schandevel and Sociology Prof. Dwight Lang had an informal discussion about the absence of social class in University of Michigan class curriculum. Schandevel and Lang both noted that though the University has a Women’s Studies Department and a Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, which intersect with social class, there is no major that focuses solely on socioeconomic st...…
…During a community conversation on race and campus climate Sunday, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel listened to student concerns and emphasized the impact he hopes the upcoming release of a University-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan will have on campus. The conversation, announced on Wednesday, was planned in response to racially charged fliers that were hung in Mason and Haven Halls last week. Th...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 3, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 65 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM See the Statement magaz...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, December 3, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at The Moxies » INSIDE the b-side ‘U’ has contracted outside search firm, appointed selection committee By LEV FACHER Managing Editor Michigan interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett describes his tenure at the University as a love story — one that begins with a phone call. This love story, however, i...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 3, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Discussion points to special interests as detriment to the collective good By DANIEL OH For the Daily Hundreds filled Rackham Auditorium on Monday to hear Naomi Klein, a noted Canadian author and social activist, discuss her new book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate.” The book dis...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, April 3, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 94 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 S U D O K U . . ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 3, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM If passed, children of unmarried couples would receive benefits By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor) proposed a bill on Thurs- day to legalize unwed, two-par- ent adoption in Michigan. The issue originally catalyzed what is soon to be a U.S. Supreme Court case,...…
…4be0ldigan0aFj (II 4j j ajN() II ~ 1) 1111\(III) II II \ Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 3, 2014 michigandailycom BRADY HOKE FIRED PAUL SHERMAN/DAILY Brady Hoke, fired on Tuesday afternoon, spent four years at Michigan, finishing this season with a05-7 record and marking the third session in the last 30 years to miss a bowl game. He finished1-3 against Ohio State and Michigan State in his time. Dream job comes to Hackett explains ...…
…~1iedI~lipan ~&I~ CELEBRATING OUR ONE-IIUNI)REDI-TWENTY-FIFTIIYEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 3, 2014 michigandailycom DAVE BRANDON RESIGNS Former Steelecase CEO Jim Hackett to serve as interim AD, Schlissel announces After resignation, 9 contract settlement topayformerAD $3M By JENNIFER CALFAS ManagingNews Editor Though Dave Brandon will no longer serve as the Univer- sity's Athletic Director starting Nov. 1, t...…
…1e ARidigan Oailj C EIlljA VING~ IU1IEKI U NI \I) Ei N T fHYEAR IF E IT A F ED Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 3, 2014 michigandailycom ATHIETICS Physicians silent on Morris concussion TERESA MATHEW/Dally University Athletic Director Dave Brandon discusses the Athletic Department's recent mistakes, including playing sophomore quarterback Shane Morris at Saturday's game against Minnesota, during a one-on-one interview at The Michigan D...…
….(1i lclkljian 0a Ijj O NF-I HANI')I)[D-TWLfa0i Y-E1{ E 1 1 )ItSA EIEIT'1)O Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 3, 2014 michigandaily.com MINI-TE NNIS ADMINISTRATION Schlissel tours state to discover new home LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily Rackham student Geoff Cheung promotes Michigan's Table Tennis Team on the Diag Tuesday. Last year's team ranked seventh natiionally. RESEARCH Leading ALS researcher talks Ice Bucket Challenge Univers...…
… 121 Thursday, July 3, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ~ekmritinMannDai Weekly Summer Edition Michigan Dailycom Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY FOUR YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Thursday, July 3, 2014 ACADEMICS Chemistry prof. earns $1 million grant, set to improve intro classes DETROIT - Like most of the places oo Lyodoo Street, Jody Sackett's houose is small, white and boxy. Her lawn is cut, the yard filled with flowering...…
…U~be Mid~gan aiIF Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, April 3, 2014 michigandailycom A WLCOME RETRN President Barack Obama addressed his administration's push to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour at the Intramural Sports Building on South Campus Wednesday afternoon. Speech echoes, Johnson in '64 Wages focus of address 50 years after Great Society speech, a new call for equal opportunities By KATIE BURKE ManagingEditor Fift...…
…46FN4)F Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 3,2014 michigandailycom TECHNOLOGY MHacks champions push ahead Former Gen. David Petraeus discusses using physical activity as a way to adjust to civilian life during a speech at the sixth annual Student Veterans of America dinner at the Union Friday. Former C rctotalks vet eran support, fitness Winners to launch "WorkFlow" in Apple Store later this month By WILLIAM LANE Daily Staff Reporter T...…
…41F 46F y 0 an4..3.atlV .. 11 1U N l t %1... -T Yt l":. 'I wl Aj^ t L. . . rl i . k..J O F 1... .I IL Ar ,l ll1. i . t.J l i_. N .. Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, December 3, 2013 michigandaily.com ADMINISTRATION In wake of outcry, 'U' to rethink service plan ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Business Prof. Scott Masten speaks at a meeting of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs at the Fleming Administration Building Monday to discuss t...…
…()NAAbIUNDhEI)Thurl dyli 'tber321nYEihS OF EDITOIALganday11 Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 3, 2013 michigandailycom FUN IN THE HARVEST SUN R , _ Alm 4 '4L 1". " aLE °'J SCIENCE Research on treatment for ALS aided by stem cells ALLISON FARRAND/Daily TOP LEFT: LSA junior Rebekah Kreckman gives tours of the campus farm during the Sustainable Food Program's annual harvest festival at the Matthei Botanical Gardens Wednesday. BOTTOM LEFT: ...…
…O~ tN J) 1 ) 1 I -i ll iI I sSI 11 )1 1(AB1 F\.I I I I,; I) s Ann Abor, Michigan Tuesday, September 3, 2013 michigandaily.com CAMPUS SAFETY 'U' changes sex misconduct procedures PICK YOUR PRODUCE New policy demands investigations into all allegations By AUSTEN HUFFORD Online Editor The University has adopted a new policy for how it responds to student sexual-misconduct allegations, tran- sitioning from a complainant-driven model to one ...…
… Wednesday, July 3, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MEN'S TENNIS - Wurtzman joins men's tennis staff JIe3m d 19ankm nhaiIc Wkly Summer Edition Mirniganoaily~com Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-THREE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - -- - - - - -- - - - 7 - - - - .- By MATT SLOVIN Daily Sports Editor Losing the two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year is plenty hard enough for any program. But that's not al...…
…ON>1I II I )U.. II 1 ° 1 N I 111111 \ I II lOI 1 \I,11111 Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, April 3, 2013 michigandailycom STUDENT GOVERNMENT Hearing on election to be held this weekend MLENELACASSEUaily LSA freshman Anne Canavati and LSA senior Ben Clark help clean oil off of plastic sea creatures during a mock oil spill that hoped to raise campus awareness regarding the dangers of offshore drilling in the Diag Tuesday. Group Students tran...…
…46F 46F 46F 41tt i an t4c C4 !)at ONE-.FINNI)RE1)-rFWENTY- I'HREE YLARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM k S n 7JFF.c3 : a -I *y,- i, r, , Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, December 3, 2012 michigandaily.com s CUBAN CULTURE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Appeals court stays Proposal 2 ruling 6th Circuit puts will take the appeal," said Joy Yearout, a spokeswoman for ruling on hold Schuette. The University had been until Supreme hesitant to express whether it would ...…
…AN ODE TO THE BOSS 0 Even at 63, Bruce Springsteen represents hope and America. )PAGE 4A Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 3, 2012 michigandaily.com THE SPORT OF KINGS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 'U' begins search for library dean Committee formed collaborative venture between the University and 52 other to find Courant's libraries around the world to digitize works and make replacement them accessible to the public - as well as the Google ...…
…ONE-OL HUNDED-TWENTh-TW() YEAIIS OP EIIIAL LREEI)OM Tuesday, April3, 2012 SAnn Arbor, Michigan michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Of pu blic universities 'U' ranks as top spender on research NSF: University expenditure of $1.184 bil- lion during the 2010 fiscal spent $1.184 year. The University also , ranked second among pub- billion in fiscal lic and private institutions, below Johns Hopkins Uni- year 2010 versity at $2 billion in total...…
…Ube i~i~an 4,3aigj Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 3, 2012 michigandailycom UNIVERSITY RESEARCH - 'U' could see drop in federal funding VP for research still optimistic with gov't cuts looming By MARISA WINTER Daily StaffReporter At the University's Board of Regents meeting last month, Ste- phen Forrest, the University's vice president for research, introduced the University's annual research report with the pretense that the future o...…
…46F 4ilp (1;4c lli7tc4toan 3 1 Im Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 3, 2011 michigandailycom CAMPUS COMMUNITY SAPAC looks to future after 25 years at'U' Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center to add programs By SABIRA KHAN Daily StaffReporter In 1986, University students held a sit-in at the Office of the Dean of Students to demand more resources that inform students about sexual assault, intimate partner violence and appropr...…
…1 Ube4c1.*Iid~igan 0aiIjj ()"'vI lit Nih I) ~~'N N (' IIN S 1 1 1,N I{N Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 3, 2011 michigandailycom STATE BUDGET State assessing new measures for allocating higher ed..funds MARISSA MCCLAIN/daily Members of the Michigan football team celebrate with the Brown Jug. The Wolverines opened Big Ten play with a 58-0 win over Minnesota on Saturday. It wasn't traditional, but it was a nearly awless Big Ten beatdow...…
…()N 6-I I )) I TWNTY-TWN YEA ( IF E I Ti VI LIII NI Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday,^October 4,2011 michigandaily.com Ask, FACULTY GOVERNANCE SACUA mulls resolution on state same-sex benefits bill Members support current University policy concerning partner benefits By MARY HANNAHAN Daily Staff Reporter The University's leading faculty gov- ernance body is taking a stand against the state Legislature's attempt to block benefits for domestic ...…
…Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition Ann Arbor, Ml UIN 1>11 U IN JJtlIiiJ4 W Ji~1Ni Y-UIN L Y bAW5 Uli liAJlTUt{IAL HII JiJJUM Weekly Summer Edition A2 City Council passes ordinance Councilmembers unanimously vote to pass marijuana regulations. SEE PAGE 2 Excessive celebration? Teddy Papes criticizes the jubliation over Osama bin Laden's death. >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS Fleet Foxes gets five-star ...…
…HELP FIGHT CANCER: Sunnnrt cancer research hv narticinatin2 in ReIav For Iife's Purnle Week PAGE 4A t)i t I I ih N I N I I S D 101 I IIli 0 Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 3, 2011 SNOWMAN SUPPORT michigandaily.com OFFICE HOURS 'experts: Outcome in Egyptis still questionable Vice Provost says by the Mubarak regime. Howev- er, he added, the anti government conflict could spur protesters also could have initi- HANNAH CHIN/Daily Rack...…
