…Every Saturday morning since September 2003, members of Witnesses For Peace — an anti- Israel protest group — have stood outside the Beth Israel Congregation on Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor. Members of the group hold signs reading “Resist Jewish Power,” “Jewish Power Corrupts,” “Boycott Israel,” “Stop U.S. Aid to Israel” and “End the Palestinian holocaust.” Their demonstrations last from about 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., taking p...…
…The Ann Arbor City Council met for the first time in 2020 on Monday night to discuss a federal lawsuit filed over anti- Israel protests at Beth Israel Congregation and increasing regulations for short-term rental properties. Anti-Israel protester Henry Herskovitz spoke during public comment about the political demonstrations. Herskovitz, who leads the groups Deir Yassin Remembered and Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends, i...…
…“The First Amendment … is subject to appropriate limitations on its continued and repeated usage.” Defendants named in the lawsuit include Henry Herskovitz, Gloria Harb, Tom Saffold, Rudy List and Chris Mark. The lawsuit also lists the groups Deir Yassin Remembered and Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends — both led by Herskovitz, a former member of the congregation — as defendants. The Southern Poverty Law Center ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students ...…
…Kiley Reid is interested in what makes us cringe. “As a writer I’m really drawn toward hyper-realistic, almost awkward dialogue and inner monologue,” said Reid in a recent phone interview with The Michigan Daily. “And I’m very drawn to characters who find themselves in positions of power and don’t really know what to do with it.” Accordingly, Reid situates her debut novel, “Such A Fun Age,” at the nexus of multiple tricky relatio...…
…Let’s get this out of the way: I write negative reviews about music because I hate music, and you should hate it too. After all, what is music if it isn’t something to dump on? Taking what people love, analyzing it piece by piece and ripping it to shreds to invalidate their enjoyment is what I thrive on. I just want to take your favorite album and show you why it’s so terrible until you hate it yourself. What, you thought I list...…
…SPORTSWEDNESDAY Wednesday, January 8, 2020 | michigandaily.com 32 pts, 9 asts, 11-19 fg CASSIUS Alec Cohen / Daily Design by Jack Silberman Wolverines fall to Spartans, 87-69, in East Lansing ABBY SNYDER Daily Sports Writer MEN’S BASKETBALL EAST LANSING – This game was almost exactly as advertised. Cassius Winston and Xavier Tillman: stifling on defense and prolific on offense. As advertised. Tom Izzo: calculating game manager, p...…
…2B — January 8, 2020 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Shooting troubles plague Michigan EAST LANSING — Brick by brick, Michigan laid the foundation of its own downfall. Whether it was beyond the arc, from the elbow or along the baseline, the Wolverines struggled to knock down shots for three-quarters of Sunday’s 18-point, 87-69 drubbing at the hands of No. 14 Michigan State. A fairly even contest through the ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday January 8, 2020 — 3B Pearson increasing focus on details going into second half of the season After Michigan’s loss to Michigan Tech last Tuesday, coach Mel Pearson — as he always does — went back to look at the tape from the game. This time, he noticed something he thought may have been the key factor in his team’s 4-2 loss to the Huskies. The Wolverines had 37 shots on goa...…
…4B — January 8, 2020 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com O RLANDO, Fla. — Camer- on McGrone mentioned the big plays first, taking the blame for his unit without explicitly saying it. Michigan gave up too many, he said, and that was the key. McGrone wasn’t wrong — the defense did give up six plays of 20 or more yards — but Alabama will do that to you. Loaded with a set of skill-position players just as goo...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 8, 2020 PHOTO BY ANNE KLUSENDORF Redemption in dialouge …
…Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Magdalena Mihaylova Deputy Editors Emily Stillman Marisa Wright Associate Editor Reece Meyhoefer Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Madison Gagne Sadia Jiban Photo Editor Keemya Esmael Editor in Chief Elizabeth Lawrence Managing Editor Erin White statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 8, 2020 I thought I’d aged out of this years ag...…
…D uring the winter holidays, Augie’s Coffee Roasters of Claremont, California is overflowing with recent college graduates reuniting, families stopping for a moment with babies in strollers and young couples chatting over matcha, oat milk lattes. The customers spill out to the tables of the Packing House, a relic of the ancient Californian citrus empire that’s been repurposed into a village attraction, complete with artists’ lofts...…
…E njoy your meal!” said the waiter. “You too!” I responded thoughtlessly. The dialogue which shapes our lives is often a fumble. We stutter, misspeak, offend, reveal too much or not enough. Once we say what we do, it cannot be unsaid. In a technological world, what we type is forever imprinted somewhere. Contemporary “cancel culture” ensures that what we say and write is not only permanent, but unforgivable. Similarly, what is unsaid in...…
…Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // The Statement 6B A little faith I n the August before my junior year, I scrambled to rearrange my schedule. I cold-emailed professors, begging them to let me into their classes and hopping on the waitlist of any possible course. Then I came across one called “The Catholic Novel.” The course description read: “All are welcome: religious, agnostic, atheist, non- Christian, just reading, Catholic curious, and ...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // The Statement 7B I thought I’d aged out of this years ago. I’m sitting criss-cross applesauce in my apartment while my roommate straightens my hair. The brush catches my hair knots and pulls my head back like the boys in my elementary school used to do, though it wasn’t because they liked me. The hair situation isn’t going as planned. My curls are begin...…
…VISUAL STATEMENT: HUES OF HUMMINGBIRDS Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // The Statement 8B COSTA RICA HAS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE POPULA- TIONS OF HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES IN THE WORLD. HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS OF SOME THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE ON MY TRIP TO COSTA RICA OVER WINTER BREAK. BY JULIA SCHACHINGER …
…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Public Health Agency of Canada are investigating the source of a recent E. coli outbreak that has infected 58 people and resulted in two deaths in the United States and Canada. This particular strain, called E. coli O157:H7, has been linked to leafy greens and romaine lettuce. Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 8, the disease spread to 13 sta...…
…students are informed about the guarantee. The University has promoted the Go Blue Guarantee online through social media platforms and emails to prospective students in lower income communities. In addition, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has incorporated the information about the guarantee into tours for Michigan high school students. In an interview with the Daily in October, Kedra Ishop, the University’s ...…
…I have understood the power of words since a young age. I distinctly recall the first time I published a piece at age 13, and the apprehension with which I described my sentiments as a bi-ethnic second-generation Tibetan in exile. Since then, I have approached writing with extreme caution. As with many Tibetans in the diaspora, speaking publicly about my identity has significant ramifications. By writing these words, howe...…
…I belong to “The Broken Generation”, at least according to a story run by Maclean’s (think Canada’s The Atlantic) in 2012. Aggregate survey data from the Healthy Minds Network run out of the University of Michigan show 25 percent of college students report having depression. This statistic comes from no small study; Healthy Minds has had over 175,000 survey respondents to date. Mental health is just as important as physic...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, January 8, 2018 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Green gem 5 Actress Greta 10 Ponzi scheme, for one 14 Boy in “The Kite Runner” 15 Toward the back 16 When tripled, a 1970 WWII film 17 Spanish “nothing” 18 Free, in France 19 Reddish-brown horse 20 Israeli submachine gun 21 Admit to wrongdoing in court 23 Embark from a dock 25 Spaniel’s welcome 26 I...…
…Before moving to Netflix from Britain’s Channel 4, “Lovesick” was originally named “Scrotal Recall,” a title so laughable and eye-rolling it suggested the worst qualities of a television rom- com. Even the premise seemed slight: A young Englishman named Dylan (Johnny Flynn, “Genius”) must seek out all the women he slept with after discovering he has chlamydia. But don’t let the original title and premise downplay its potential: “L...…
…The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 8, 2018 Big week ahead The Michigan basketball team has a chance to convince naysayers this week, writes Kevin Santo. » Page 2B Alone at the top It took two tries, but Kim Barnes Arico is now the winningest coach in program history. » Page 3B B MONDAY ASCENDING F ifth-year senior guard Jaaron Simmons maneuvered out of a crowded paint area, looked up and saw fre...…
…2B — Monday, January 8, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A week to make believers J ohn Beilein has a theory. He’s just not entirely sold on it yet. It came to light after his Michigan basketball team notched a 79-69 win over Illinois on Saturday afternoon. The victory, by Beilein’s own self admission, wasn’t pretty. Redshirt sophomore wing Charles Mat- thews played 67 seconds in the first half du...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, January 8, 2018 — 3B Barnes Arico breaks all-time win record When the seconds ticked off and the game ended last Thursday for the 190th time in Kim Barnes Arico’s time as head coach of the Michigan women’s basketball team, the first face she saw was a familiar one: Danielle Williams. Williams has been under Barnes Arico’s tutelage since the 2013-14 season, as both a pla...…
…4B — Monday, January 8, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Content with retirement, former coach Berenson honored Friday night Surrounded by a sea of maize in Yost Ice Arena Friday night, the Michigan hockey team made its way out for pregame skate, all donning white sweaters. It was a strange sight before an advertised “Maize Out Yost” night. Upon further inspection, each warmup jersey was the same, each bold...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 8, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE-YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW University researchers lauded for work in science and energy By CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter While developments in science and technology often appear in news headlines or take place in a lab seemingly a ...…
…by felons and the mentally ill, two aspects that background checks are used to flag. “It’s not a serious argument under current Supreme Court doctrine,” he said. “The idea that background checks would be anything other than a reasonable technical method of achieving what the Supreme Court has basically said is perfectly fine is too much to swallow. I would not want to be the lawyer who had to argue that case.” Looking to the ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 8, 2016 — 3 today’s high-tech innovations: the brain. “I wasn’t solving the world’s problems, and I wanted to be closer,” Gaidica said. “I had talked about the brain much before at this TEDxFlint talk, and it makes a lot of sense for an electrical engineer. The brain runs on electricity, and so it kind of just became this problem that I really wanted to get into.” Gaidic...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE 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, Janurary 8, 2016 — 5 Stunning ‘Carol’ Timely drama is a great movie and an important one By CHLOE GILKE Daily Arts Writer During a pivotal scene in the 10 p.m. showing of “Carol” that I attended last Sunday, I heard a tinny pair of giggles com- ing from the row behind me. Initially, I was annoyed. Why was someone laughing dur- ing this gor- geous scene, hee-heeing ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Short one at the bar? 4 Flabbergasts 8 One taking up slack? 13 Landlocked African country 15 Thread bits 16 Running bowline, e.g. 17 Prepare to take off 18 Mediterranean landmark 19 Dessert that just sounds wrong 20 Cuisine to swear by? 23 __ orange 24 Trail follower 25 Downed a link, say 26 Traps for 15- Across 28 Caught porgy and bass 30 Ice __ 31 Feuding house of Veron...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, January 8, 2016 — 7 By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Editor At first, it seemed like the Michigan women’s basketball team was going to add another loss to its Big Ten record. At first, it seemed like the Wolverines were going to let their inconsistency get the best of them once again. At first, it seemed like Michigan had no chance of a comeback. Instead, the Wolverines did...…
…8 — Friday, January 8, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Purdue too much for ‘M’ By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor WEST LAFAYETTE — Five minutes into the second half of the Michigan men’s basketball team’s game against Purdue on Thursday night, 7-foot Boilermaker center A.J. Hammons received the ball just outside of the paint. He dribbled once, thrust his backside against junior forward Mark Donnal, b...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 8, 2015 BUSINESS HOSPITAL CAMPUS LIFE POTUS’s national tour aims to emphasize U.S. economic recovery By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter WAYNE, Mich. — President Barack Obama visited a Ford Motor manufacturing plant Wednesday to speak with plant employees as part of a three-stop tour to promote his upcoming State of the Union address. During his remarks, Obama ...…
…2A — Thursday, January 8, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JENNIFER CALFAS Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 jcalfas@michigandaily.com DOUGLAS SOLOMON Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 dougsolo@michigandaily.com Newsroom 734-418-4115 opt. 3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section spo...…
…the importance of manufactur- ing for the economy, and said it affects not only the employees of an individual plant, but also the local economy and ulti- mately the U.S. economy. “Plants like this one didn’t just build cars,” he said. “They built the middle class.” Continuing to build up the middle class through econom- ic stimulus was a key point throughout the event, which also included Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez and F...…
…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 Weekend Roundup Thursday, January 8, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Plenty 6 Cologne scent 10 “Now it makes sense!” 14 2011 Cricket World Cup winner 15 Actress Gray of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” 16 Stores in rows 17 Film with the song “Maniac” 19 Formally proper 20 Philippine tongue 21 Gillette Mach3 predecessor 23 Uintah and Ouray Reservation re...…
…6A — Thursday, January 8, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WJC players back to Ann Arbor Four Wolverines return in time for big Minnesota series at home By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Editor The Michigan hockey team surprised almost everyone by capturing its 16th Great Lakes Invitational championship, considering it played without four of its best players. Now, with sophomore forwards JT Compher a...…
…Bthe b-side In October, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina, two members of Pussy Riot, the punk rock protest group from Russia, took the stage of the Michigan Theater. The women did not don their neon balaclavas or break out in their provocative, political per- formance art during their Thursday evening Penny Stamps lecture (though videos of their discordant demonstrations preceded the talk giving context to the issues and methods ...…
…2B — Thursday, January 8, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Best Films of 2014 FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES 2. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson’s “Grand Buda- pest Hotel” is based loosely on Stefan Zweig’s novel “Beware of Pity,” where Zweig writes plain- ly, “To the person who has over and over again tried to trace human destinies, many tell their own story.” This quote captures one of the film’s most esse...…
…3B — Thursday, January 8, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For someone who seemed nothing more than a one-hit wonder plastered on a series of lucky hits, Sam Smith has risen to the ranks of the some of the world’s most consistent artists. With that, it’s hard to believe that In the Lonely Hour is only Smith’s debut. Smith is technical, but doesn’t let that get in the way of raw emotion. He’s dramat- ic, b...…
…4B — Thursday, January 8, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Best TV Shows of 2014 2. The Good Wife CBS “The Good Wife” continued to blow away audiences in 2014, from the tail end of season five to its season six mid-season finale. With razor-sharp writ- ing and a newly-trained focus on character, Michele and Robert King’s legal and political drama proved that Will’s death was a springboard into new narrativ...…
…Iq1)E I liclgan &aim Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 8, 2014 michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY HOUSING Pipe bursts soak halls, displace residents Students in East ing all water and setting up fans and dehumidifiers in the affected Quad, Oxford rooms, Logan said. He added that students' personal items that return to flooded were soaked by water from the broken pipe have been sent for residences cleaning. The University will be provid- By ...…
…2A - Wednesday, January 8, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, January 8, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom (Pie MOdP= DnaIlm 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETER SHAHIN KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Besiness Manager 734-41a-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com kvoigtman@michigandailycom FREEZE FRAME Yale assistant professor overdoses Medical ex...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DEARBORN, Mich. Ford CEO will stay at Dearborn-based auto manufacturer Alan Mulally is staying at Ford. The CEO, who was rumored to be in the running to become Micro- soft's next leader, told The Associ- ated Press Tuesday that he won't leave the Dearborn, Mich., auto- maker before the end ...…
…4A - Wednesday, January 8, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4A - Wednesday, January 8, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom I C Mdcigan 4:at*g Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com MEGAN MCDONALD and PETER SHAHIN DANIEL WANG KATIE BURKE EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the off...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 5 DISNEY We're pretty good at this. 'Banks' divulges rocky origin of Mary Poppins Tickle, tickle. S cors ses 'Wolf howls with life Better than Hanna's recruit is Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio, quaaludes, larger "The Great Gatsby"), a corrupt stockbroker who knows neither than life bounds nor moderati...…
