…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 6, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Sam McGuffie’s path from football to bobsledding » INSIDE Football Saturday MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily Black Lives Matter protesters gather in front of Ann Arbor City Hall on Thursday evening to honor the one year anniversary of the death of Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser. Demonstrators held signs calling for the firing o...…
…Police have identified the man who stabbed four people at the University of California’s Merced campus as 18-year- old freshman Faisal Mohamma, CNN reported. Mohamma used an 8 to 10 inch knife in the attack. 2A — Friday, November 6, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan football team will play host to Rutgers on Saturday. The Wolverines enter the game as heavy favorites c...…
…outlined the University’s plan to reduce carbon emissions. He said the University aims to cut emissions by 25 percent by 2025. One of the biggest contributors to that goal will be the new turbine, which uses natural gas to produce electricity. Once in place, Robben said, the turbine will increase Central Campus’ power plant efficiency significantly. The plant is currently fueled by both gas and oil. “The central power plant is ...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 6, 2015 — 5A Arctic Monkeys: A perf teen band Alex Turner turned me on to British indie power-snark By ADAM THEISEN Senior Arts Editor Arctic Monkeys had every- thing you want out of music when you’re just becoming a teenager: relatable lyrics, huge choruses and a hot-as-hell lead singer with an accent. They caught on ridiculously quick in the U.K., where Whatever Peo...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com have fun doing the sudoku. xoxo ACROSS 1 They’re bought and soled 6 Educational foundation 10 Lowest part 15 Make like a tree, facetiously 16 “Uh-huh” 17 Butyl acetate, e.g. 18 AAEGIMRR 21 Balkan region 22 Wild period 23 Edible tuber 24 __ Plantation, site of the world’s largest maze 26 Sun Valley locale 28 AACDEINNV 35 Sea sound 36 One of Suetonius’ “Twelve Caesars” 37 ...…
…Father, son match wits in exhibition By LEV FACHER Managing Editor John Beilein doesn’t typically invite opposing coaches over to his house after games, but Friday will prove an exception. After all, the Michigan men’s basketball coach is going up against the school that employed him for nine years. Odder still, the man now running the show at Division II Le Moyne College is Beilein’s son, Patrick. “I’m...…
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…November 7, 2015: Rutgers From the gridiron to the snow …
…FootballSaturday, November 7, 2015 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2015 football season. Max Bultman Max Cohen Jake Lourim Zach Shaw Rutgers (+25) at No. 17 Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan No. 16 Florida State (+12) at No. 1 Clemson Clemson Florida State Clemson Florida State Clemson No. 2 LSU (+6.5) at No. 4 Alabama Alabama...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Wolverines have opportunity to reassert dominance vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights struggling heading into first trip to Michigan Stadium By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Four weeks have passed since the No. 17 Michigan football team’s 38-0 rout of Northwestern, the last game the Wolverines played that wasn’t close. Their two games since then have hinged on the final pla...…
…Sam McGuffie, seven years removed from Michigan, works toward Olympic dream By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor When he was growing up in Texas in the 1990s and early 2000s, Sam McGuffie made sure he never missed the gymnastics events in the Summer Olympics. He’d sit in his living room every four years and watch all of the routines, just like millions of other Americans. But what McGuffie did between the routines separated h...…
…FootballSaturday, November 7, 2015 6 Breakdown: ‘M’ owns advantage The Wolverines enter Saturday’s game as heavy favorites By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor The No. 17 Michigan football team plays Rutgers on Saturday in a game not expected to be close. The Scarlet Knights have a first-year quarterback, the 111th-best defense in the country and a coaching staff riddled with violations and controversy. Oh, and they’ve been ...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to Watch For: Peppers, quarterback, the ‘carry fairy’ By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Last season, the Michigan football team was the victim of Rutgers’ first-ever Big Ten win, when the Scarlet Knights topped the Wolverines, 26-24, in Piscataway. Rutgers fans stormed the field, celebrating a momentous victory in school history. Saturday, the Scarlet Knights will take the fiel...…
…FootballSaturday, November 7, 2015 8 Behind Enemy Lines: Leonte Carroo By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor If last season’s loss at Rutgers was a nightmare for Michigan, it was a dream come true for the Scarlet Knights. Their first- ever Big Ten win led fans to storm the field after the game ended. Now in their second season in the conference, the Scarlet Knights are struggling to match their 2014 output, which was char...…
…Service to connect students with licensed psychologist over the phone By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter As of Monday night, conversations about mental health are now constantly accessible beyond the traditional hours offered by Counseling and Psychological Services. Partnering with a company called ProtoCall, CAPS will now give students the option to call a mental health hotline after its office in the Michiga...…
…with mental health needs. She said implementing a ProtoCall hotline on campus will help bridge a gap between the current services offered and extra help students might need. “CAPS wanted to offer this service because they realized that there was a need among the student body in terms of offering alternative resources for mental health crises that happen after hours, on the weekends or on holidays,” she said. Sevig noted that...…
…“It is not, in other words, a question of being groomed or indoctrinated, but of losing faith in mainstream moral frameworks and searching for an alternative,” he said. “Disengagement is, of course, not simply a Muslim issue. There is today widespread disenchantment in the political process, a sense of being politically voiceless.” Islam was not an all- encompassing philosophy in Malik’s father’s generation, he said....…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 6, 2015 — 5 ‘Other People’ will keep you chuckling IFC FILMS Pete Campbell wouldn’t wear flannel. Indie rom-com overcomes genre conventions with great jokes By BEN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer Nowadays, practically every romantic comedy is labeled “predictable” or “formulaic.” Movies like “Trainwreck,” though, have conclusively shown us that predictability i...…
…Question: What goes great with your morning coffee? Answer: michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Lose brightness 5 Sonic the Hedgehog developer 9 “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” instrument 14 High-resolution film format 15 Spanish cross 16 Lariat loop 17 Political nickname for the Pacific states 19 Up and about 20 Catch in a snare 21 Departs 23 Tiler’s calculation 25 Civil War side: Abbr. 26 Deep voice 29 Mexican seafood entrée 35 European peak 3...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 6, 2015 — 7 ‘No more freshmen’ on Wolverines By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Five games into its season, the Michigan football team has exceeded the expectations of many. After outscoring their last four opponents by a combined 122-14, the Wolverines have climbed to No. 18 in the AP poll, have the ninth-highest odds to win the national championship, according to Bo...…
…8 — Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Mo Weezy’ adjusting to life in America, Michigan The freshman is impressing, but still has room to improve By LEV FACHER Managing Editor Moritz Wagner hadn’t seen a rebounding gun before. A common sight in American gyms, Michigan men’s basketball players frequently use the device, which funnels made and missed shots into a machine that shoots the ...…
…Renovations to operating room, oncology center among improvements By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter At a media roundtable Mon- day afternoon, the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, located on Fuller Road, announced ongoing improvements to collaborative services involving veteran care, benefits and services. Robert McDivitt, director of VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Sys- tem, spoke about the mutually beneficial relationship betw...…
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…Taylor’s machine behind the effort they prevailed. That’s what politics is all about,” Kun- selman said. While the votes were not in his favor, Kunselman found a silver lining to his loss. “You know, when you’re a poli- tician as long as I’ve been, it feels good actually to be free from the responsibility, so either way it’s been a good run,” Kunselman said. In the race to represent Ward 5, Chip Smith won by 55.26 per- cent, d...…
…W hen I first heard “The Monster” by Eminem ft. Rihanna, I wasn’t impressed. My per- sonal music critics (read: all three of my housemates) constantly con- demned the entire “Marshall Mathers LP2”; there was no awe-inspiring tal- ent, the samples were awful, the lyr- ics mediocre. Emi- nem’s brilliance was dwindling. However, as I began to really listen to the lyrics, I couldn’t help but fall in love with the so...…
…E ver since its creation in 2009, the for-hire ride ser- vice, Uber, has faced count- less criticisms. Some regard- ing the con- duct of their drivers — in Dubai, women claim one Uber driver sexually assaulted them — some about the way in which Uber treats its drivers — who they con- sider independent contractors, not employees, and thus are ineligible to receive benefits. Some criticism has come from the community of taxicab dri...…
…Meek Mill & Drake: the beef isn’t even a contest Meek is just another competitor, yelling and screaming By SHAYAN SHAFII For The Daily “I Heard once, that they would rather hear about memories than enemies / Rather hear what was or what will be than what is / Rather hear how you got it over how much it cost you / Rather hear about find- ing yourself and how you lost you / Rather you make this an open letter about family and st...…
…7 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By CARLY SNIDER Daily Arts Writer Lollapalooza, you truly are a dusty, sweaty chaos of a festival. For three days you put me through my paces — forcing me to prioritize which acts I would have to sacrifice in order to see my musical idols, testing how long it is physically pos- sible for my body to stand in a crowd under the relentless sun, daring me to eat f...…
…8 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Group working together 5 Evaluation 9 Surf 14 Actress Lamarr 15 Sharp product 16 Opera’s birthplace 17 Christian denom. 18 EKTORP sofa seller 19 Ninnies 20 Simply marvelous, with “the” 22 Besides 23 Kipling title orphan 24 Pro Bowl team, briefly 25 General-turned- author Wallace 26 Cult following? 27 Soft drink that sounds like a bit of footwear 29 Get wind of 31...…
…9 Thursday, August 6 , 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Harris, women’s soccer eager to avenge rough 2014 season Falling short of expectations last season, Michigan looks to return to Elite Eight By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer Like her performance on the soccer field, Corinne Harris has kept her summer fast-paced. The senior forward began the sum- mertime as intern on the set of ESPN’s Pardon the Inter...…
…10 Thursday,August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Breaking down the men’s soccer roster LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily Senior forward and team captain James Murphy will lead the team after a disappointing 2014 season. By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Editor The Michigan men’s soccer team’s season opener is just 12 days away, and with the Wolver- ines’ matchup against Butler on the horizon. The Daily takes a look at the ...…
…11 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Interim AD Hackett talks student experience at games By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor CHICAGO — When Jim Hack- ett played football at Michigan, he remembers looking into the student section, wondering what it would be like to spend a game day there. Now, as Michigan’s interim athletic director, Hackett is work- ing to improve the experience for those wh...…
…12 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan coach steals show in Chicago before season begins By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor CHICAGO — Jim Harbaugh raised his arms, as if celebrating a touchdown, when he headed toward the exit of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place on Friday evening. He had just completed an entire day as the center of attention at Big Ten Media Days. Harbaugh’s afte...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 6, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Harbaugh’s Michigan Stadium debut was a defensive affair » INSIDE Spring Game Initiative aims to increase minority enrollment amid calls for change By ALLANA AKHTAR and CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporters The University will host 46 high school freshmen and sophomores from Kalamazoo Public Schools f...…
…However, smoking marijuana on a state university campus is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $2,000 and up to one year in prison. The Ann Arbor Police Depart- ment and University Police patrolled the event and watched for any emergencies. Despite the fact that the usage of marijuana was illegal, and very prominent at Hash Bash, only three arrests were made. To Sinclair, addressing mari- juana use as a criminal offense...…
…I don’t deserve a professional career or that I am a bad student and a person,” Kardell said. “As leaders of the future, we don’t want to feed into a system of mis- information and justice. We need to have our voices heard now.” 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, April 6, 2015 — 3A tricts in Battle Creek and Detroit. He said he hopes to increase the number of participating students from 46 to 100. “We want...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, April 6, 2015 — 5A CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Halloween costume part 5 640 acres: Abbr. 9 Longtime employee 14 Death Valley’s is the lowest in North Amer. 15 Mammoth feature 16 China’s Zhou __ 17 “Dirty Jobs” host Mike 18 County Kerry’s isle 19 Deep chasm 20 *Manhattan site of Strawberry Fields...…
…6A — Monday, April 6, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TV REVIEW ‘Roast of Bieber’ not as funny as intended Comedy Central roast is like its subject: not as cool as it thinks it is By HAILEY MIDDLEBROOK Daily Arts Writer If there is one pastime that has endured through the years: gossip. Trash-talk, backstabbing, venting to any- one who will lis- ten; it happened in 19th century tea shops and it happens ove...…
…B HOOSIER DADDY MINNESOTA TWICE n Michigan takes two of three from Indiana to continue its hot streak. Page 4B n The Wolverines defeat the Golden Gophers to win the matchup between the Big Ten’s best. Page 4B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | April 6, 2015 SportsMonday Harbaugh Springs Eternal ROBERT DUNNE/Daily RUBY WALLAU AND ROBERT DUNNE/Daily …
…2B — April 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN Attitude change brings back Michigan culture H appy 86th birthday, Bo. Man, do I have a sur- prise for you. Remember your second game as Michigan’s football coach, when 49,684 people watched your Wolverines pummel Washington at the Big House? Or the following week, when just 15,000 more came for the meeting against top-10 Missou...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday April 6, 2015 — 3B Michigan stays hot, wins series The Wolverines take two games over defending Big Ten champs By DANNY VARGOVICK Daily Sports Writer The wins just keep on coming. Last weekend, the Michigan baseball team (4-5 Big Ten, 18-13 overall) won its series against Maryland, the preseason Big Ten favorite. This weekend, the Wolverines took their series against Indiana,...…
…4B — April 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Defense rules Spring Game By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Technically speaking, the Blue team topped the Maize team, 7-0. But the real winner of the Michigan football team’s 2015 Spring Game was the defense, and it wasn’t even close. Even aside from the fact there was only one touchdown scored in the game, both the Maize and the Blue teams looked mostly d...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 6, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM New state policy requires parents to receive education before opting out By IRENE PARK Daily Staff Reporter Health officials declared mea- sles eliminated from the United States in 2000, but the recent outbreak in December, originat- ing in Disneyland, has resulted in 102 measles cases during Januar...…
…and $81K per year,” Briere wrote. “The City will make no invest- ment other than the land.” During Monday’s meeting, Bri- ere said the Ann Arbor airport is the best place for the solar panel to be installed because it is far enough from residences, a con- cern among some opposed to the contract. Scott Simons, a spokesman for DTE Energy, said the contract between the energy company and Ann Arbor is part of a larger com- pany goal to...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, February 6, 2015 — 3 chemical makeup of vaccines and potential contribution to the recent increase in autism. “We have to consider that vac- cination is a toxin,” Waltman said. “You are injecting yourself with a virus, mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde.” Waltman added that she believes the best way to fight diseases is by maintaining a healthy immune sys- tem through natural meth...…
…Juan Méndez, former first adviser to Kofi Annan on the prevention of genocide, peered over his glasses at a packed auditorium at the University of Michigan. He had been tortured long ago under Argentinean totalitarianism. In a voice hardened by time, he slowed his speech when saying one word: abolish. We were here to discuss the abolition of torture, much like the abolition of slavery. It is inevi- table. It is humane. It is, above a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 6, 2015 — 5 ‘Off the Boat’ and into our hearts New ABC comedy explores Asian- American experience By KAREN HUA Daily TV/New Media Editor Just yesterday, ABC released a new comedy series that we may truly call ground-breaking tele- vision. It’s the first sitcom in over 20 years to feature Asian- Americans in primary roles. This year, ABC sought to diver- sify ...…
