…The Michigan Daily sat down with new University President Santa Ono on Tuesday afternoon for his first formal interview since officially taking office last Friday. Ono discussed his priorities for the administration, the University’s Climate Action Plan and his plans for engaging with student organizations on campus. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. The Michigan Daily: From city council member to senator to...…
…The University of Michigan Board of Regents met at the Riverfront Conference Center on the University of Michigan-Flint campus for their October meeting Thursday afternoon. The meeting marked University President Santa Ono’s first Regents’ meeting in the role. The Board discussed the creation of a new central ethics, integrity and compliance office, the proposed transformation of the Flint campus and a new building f...…
…SO (cont.): Now that I’m on the ground here, there’ll be more face- to-face interactions. On Wednesday, I’ll be on both Central and North Campuses meeting with students. I hope to also drop in on classes and other venues so I can interact with people spontaneously. TMD: Over the past few years, the Board of Regents has taken steps to facilitate the process of ratifying new unions. Despite these steps to improve labor relations on c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Design by Emma Sortor It was 2013. I was going to see “Frozen.” At 10 years old, I had been brewing in a lukewarm stew of stories with true love and happy endings for as long as I could remember. I followed my family into the movie theater feeling like a total fairy tale movie expert. The premise of “Frozen” is simple: Two princesses grow up as best frien...…
…On Feb. 4, 2016, “Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime” premiered on BuzzfeedBlue. Originally hosted by Ryan Bergara, the show’s creator, and Brent Bennett until Shane Madej took over for Bennett in late 2016, the first season of “Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime” was closely followed by the premiere of “Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural.” Both shows became almost immediate sensations. Within two years the Buzzfeed Unsolved Network was ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Ann Arbor Eats brings local food to students and novelty to an oversaturated influencer scene Expectations Hannah Carapellotti, Senior Arts Editor As a self-professed Swiftie, I can’t believe I haven’t tried Taylor’s chai cookies before now. I constantly see TikTok videos of people making them and have had the recipe bookmarked on my phone for several weeks,...…
…Ghosts are real. Maybe not in the ways you’ve heard, but I assure you, they’re very real. I’ve seen ghosts nearly everywhere in my hometown all my life — in every corner of my house, in every school I’ve attended, in every nook and cranny of my neighborhood. Every so often, I take it upon myself to collect these ghosts from their spots — not with a positron pack or vacuums or exorcist tools, per se, but to simply visit them and as...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, October 26, 2022 I n recent years, the University of Michigan has been facing a problem common to many universities: too many students are enrolling in computer science courses. To alleviate this, the University began by trying to hire new computer science (CS) professors, with limited success. Though the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) d...…
…Opinion Wednesday, October 26, 2022 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A case for the “Vomit Comet”: the beauty within struggle I t’s 2 a.m. on a Friday night. The streets are desolate. The faint, distant roar of “Pump It Up” in the distance slowly fades away, only to open up a lone- ly silence. You are alone with your thoughts. Your mind races from one topic to the next, trying to make sense of the night you just had....…
…“V oting is at the heart of democracy.” I’ve heard this mantra repeated so many times that, at some point, I became numb to its meaning. Why did voting matter anyway? One vote — my vote — was unlikely to change the result of an election. For a long time, I believed in this line of reasoning; I thought voting was overrated — a waste of time and effort. Looking back now, I wish I hadn’t been so naive. It took the fall of a city fo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 26, 2022 — 11 Michigan falls to unranked Indiana, 3-1 KENDALL MCCASKILL For The Daily At the end of the second set, audible tension rumbled through the arena as the score was tight at 22-24 and the No. 25 Michigan volleyball team led the match, 1-0. But then, a Wolverine service error forced an end to the set, giv- ing Indiana the 25-22 win. Following the set loss, the Wolv...…
…Michigan dominates the slot to claim sweep over Lake Superior State SPORTSWEDNESDAY SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — When the No. 5 Michigan hockey team took the ice against Boston University last weekend, the balance of high-danger chances swung heavily away from it. Doomed by tips, screens and rebounds, the Wolverines were simply outmatched at net front, leading to their first loss of the season. But on Saturday night, Michigan demonstrate...…
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…There’s no singular campus experience, but there are a few moments that are iconi- cally “Michigan” — walking through the Diag, studying in the UgLi, going out to the less-than-pristine bars on South University Avenue. Until recently, I had never noticed a common thread between these scenes, but now their similarity strikes me: all of them take place on Central Campus. The fact that when we think of Michigan we think of Central Campus...…
…“Have you ballroom danced before?” a girl asked, as we waited outside the studio door. I shook my head, a reluctant smile appearing on my face. “Not yet, but I am about to.” In my creased, worn, white sneakers, I walked toward the mirror room of the Central Campus Recreation Building, my body excited and ner- vously brimming with anticipation. The dimly lit space was perfumed with sweat and rubber, the clatter of heels against the hardwo...…
…My fascination with witches was born out of reading “The Crucible” my sophomore year of high school. I read aloud the voice of Elizabeth Proctor to the class, my voice trembling as I pleaded with the judge for my innocence, that I did not harm Abigail Williams through supernatural means, that John Proctor was a faithful husband, that I wasn’t a witch. But the judge didn’t believe me, nor did the town of Salem, swept away by a fear on...…
…N othing is guaranteed in big games. Opportunities come and go like the wind, and momentum can shift at the drop of a hat. In a moment, a game that looks fully in control can unravel, testing the mettle of both teams involved. The side that responds best is the one that takes home the victory. On Saturday, the No. 5 Michigan football team (7-0 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) responded to the adversity it faced in a big way in its most challeng...…
…Incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon faced off in the first of two debates in Grand Rapids, Mich. Thursday evening. The debate was hosted in the WOOD-TV studio and moderated by political reporter Rick Albin. Whitmer’s campaign announced on Aug. 24 that she had accepted invitations from WOOD-TV for their Oct. 13 debate and WXYZ, WXMI and WSYM for their Oct. 25 debat...…
…Students gathered in the Trotter Multicultural Center Wednesday evening for the center’s first “Kaleidoscope conversation”, an event for students to engage in discussion about their thoughts and feelings related to environmental racism. The conversation addressed the ways in which environmental policies and regulations negatively impact minority racial and ethnic groups at disproportionate rate...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Look, I’m not here to argue that Jar-Jar Binks (Ahmed Best, “Alabama Jackson”) is the best character in Star Wars. I’m not even going to argue he’s a great character in Star Wars. But come on — does he really deserve to sit on “most hated movie character” lists, among the ranks of Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton, “Downton Abbey: A New Era”) and Meredi...…
…Matthew McConaughey’s (“Sing 2”) memoir has no business being as good as it is. As I perused Audible for a nonfiction book, “Greenlights” caught my eye — not because I’m a diehard McConaughey fan, but because I had seen it circulating Bookstagram and BookTok and decided to give it a go. This was two years ago. I’ve read McConaughey’s memoir six times since. The following statement is probably going to haunt me forever, bu...…
…“Something is being made in this room.” I hadn’t heard many other people speak as passionately about a space as Groundcover News editor-in-chief Lindsay Calka spoke of their office. I descended late Monday morning into the basement of Bethlehem United Church of Christ: It was a space in motion, a breathing entity. Over text to The Statement’s photographer, I described it as “an office, kitchen, lounge, storage all in one. And...…
…Last month, I applied to a study abroad program in Paris and had to fill out an application with an “activities” section. My heart sank. I got the same feeling as when a professor, attempting an icebreaker, asks: “What do you like to do for fun?” To be truthful, what I like to do for fun is send TikToks to my roommates as they sit right next to me doing the same, but that didn’t seem like an acceptable answer to present to my uppe...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Newaygo, MI – Tubing on the Muskegon River Coloring outside the lines In 1983, poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde wrote, “Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian … There is no hierarchy of oppres- sion. I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot afford to ...…
…Opinion Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com N.A.T.O. must liberate itself from U.S. domination S ince its establishment during the Cold War, N.A.T.O. has served as a transatlantic allegiance for peace; serving post-World War II to unite European countries and the U.S. as well as deter Soviet expansion. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, N.A.T.O. has focused on promoting its values — ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Read more at MichiganDaily.com “T he helicopter parent” is a term that has gained significant popularity over the past several years. It was coined for the parent who deems it their personal responsibility to be involved in every aspect of their child’s life. The duties of the helicopter parent include endlessly prying about their child’s fri...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 11 Corum, Edwards show full capabilities in dominant performance against Penn State JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor After Penn State allowed a stunning 418 rushing yards in a 41-17 loss to the Michigan foot- ball team, a number of defensive standouts admitted that the Nit- tany Lions needed to be better. That much was evident to anyone who watched Penn State...…
…12 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com YOUR CARE IS OUR PRIORITY. GET CARE. The Michigan Daily …
…Monday night, the University of Michigan Diag was filled with over 100 voices chanting ‘Yes on three!’ as activists and Ann Arbor community members rallied for Proposal 3, also known as the Reproductive Freedom For All ballot initiative that will appear in the upcoming midterm election. The Reproductive Freedom For All proposal would amend the Michigan Constitution to enshrine the right to abortion, birth control and other forms...…
…In the wake of Hurricane Fiona, a Category 4 storm that hit the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, approximately 233,000 individuals have been without power, dozens of communities were flooded and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Puerto Rico is over 1,900 miles away from Ann Arbor, but for many members of the University of Michigan community, the catastrophe is personal. Rackham student Daniela Crespo-Mi...…
…Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 3 Arts michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily A Michigan summer is difficult to hold in your hands. It is a season that slips into temperature extremes, turning increasingly novel each year — July and August heat are just almost unbearable at times — but more than that, summer is a season of universal renewal. Warmth is restored from the ground up in every living being, and the beating heart of ...…
…When I walked into my kitchen on the first day of September, I wished my roommate a Happy Christian Girl Autumn. It’s a holiday, folks. A holiday to celebrate the turning of the seasons and the return of the white woman’s fall aesthetic. My roommate and I are intimately familiar with the style that constitutes a Christian Girl Autumn: bouncy curls, skinny jeans, scarves larger than the girls rocking them, knee-high boots and, inev...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 5 This is your sign to sign up for Prime Student. amazon.com/joinstudent Start your 6-month trial. The Michigan Daily …
…In 1969, you could be denied voter registration at the Ann Arbor Clerk’s Office if you weren’t “conservatively dressed.” Or if your answer to “Where did you spend your last vacation?” implied any sort of family connection or financial dependency. Or if you told the clerk that you would call your parents if you were seriously ill or had some sort of emergency. For the majority of the University of Michigan’s history, stud...…
…Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com S T A T E M E N T CHEN LYU Statement Contributor Ethnic businesses transformed Ann Arbor strip malls into cultural meccas Rediscovering Ann Arbor HALEY JOHNSON Statement Correspondent (ABOVE) Aladdin’s Market sits on a corner of the Packard/Platt mall. KEITH MELONG/Daily RILEY NIEBOER/Daily (ABOVE) The Songbird Cafe at the Plymouth Road Mall. (ABOVE) The Golam Mea...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Me and my mother tongue I don’t speak my mother tongue. I used to be regretful, upset and honestly a little bit ashamed that I never tried very hard to learn it. My parents first tried to teach me when I was a baby. Appar- ently, I used to flip flop between Tamil and English, which con- fused my white preschool teachers. And I guess my teach- ...…
…Opinion Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Kyrsten cinema continues to be astoundinly terrible T his week, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., paid a trip to the McConnell Center, named after Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. The move sparked righteous anger from many on the left, given the Republican senator’s legislative history that spans decades. Though it’s fair to take excep...…
…A s college students, we’ve all been in those situations where we’ve pulled desperate all-nighters before exams or had to work well past when we wanted to. If you’re a student at the University of Michigan, chances are that you’ve experienced at least one of these scenarios. More often than not, we take the practice of sleep and its necessity for granted. After all, roughly one-third of our lives seems like more than enough ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 11 Attack errors foil Michigan in loss to Minnesota JOSHUA BROWN For The Daily Beating a perennial contender is a difficult feat. It is even harder to do when attempting to over- come self-inflicted wounds. For the No. 24 Michigan vol- leyball team (12-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten), Friday’s matchup against No. 11 Minnesota (9-5, 4-2) was a litmus test. Ultimately, the W...…
…JOSH TAUBMAN Daily Sports Editor B LOOMINGTON — Trap game is a term that gets tossed around a lot in college football. In a sport where one or two losses define the season for the upper echelon of teams, it can be detrimental to overlook certain opponents for more tantalizing matchups that loom beyond. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what defines a matchup as a trap game. But for the No. 4 Michigan football team, a bout wi...…
…When Ji Hye Kim founded Miss Kim, a Korean restaurant on North Fifth Ave., she had her eyes set on giving back to the Ann Arbor community. Now, with a new sliding scale payment program, Kim is fighting food insecurity, one meal at a time. The restaurant will be offering its 17 most popular dishes at four different price points ranging from free to 1.5 times the regular price when ordered online and by phone, giving customers the o...…
…Michigan residents can now receive birth control prescriptions directly from local pharmacies, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced in a statement late last month. According to Whitmer, this change is possible because of a new policy from the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). Pharmacists are now able to prescribe oral contraceptives, patches like Xulane and rings such as Annovera ...…
…Former U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a “Save America” rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich. on Oct. 1 to campaign for Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and other Republican politicians running for election on Nov. 8. Trump took the stage to speak about his concerns over the security of American elections. Over the course of a nearly two-hour speech, he r...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 “ur review was great, maybe if you had gotten ur eyes off my tits you could’ve watched the movie!” Three lines, 19 words. Poetry, in arguably its finest 21st-century form: Instagram DM. Amandla Stenberg could’ve written Hamlet, but Shakespeare certainly could not have written this. Just a syllable or two short of a haiku, but with clear intention embedd...…
…This time last year, the Internet was preparing itself for the long-awaited sophomore season of “Euphoria.” Season two dropped in January 2022 after complications from the pandemic left viewers waiting three years since the release of the first season. While there was speculation and excitement about what the second season would entail, no one was ready for the ruthless amount of unnecessary nudity that stained our screens. Vi...…
…6 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This is your sign to sign up for Prime Student. amazon.com/joinstudent Start your 6-month trial. The Michigan Daily …
…Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age/The child is grown, and puts away child- ish things/Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay I remember exactly where I was when Alex told me to write. More specifically, he said, “You know what you need to do. Just write about it.” We were crammed on ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Combatting the sophomore slump A t the beginning of freshman year, everything is so new and exciting. Every first-year student is in the same boat when it comes to making new friends, navigating new classes and weighing different majors. Many of us are told we have such a long time to figure out what we want to study and not to worry, so we don’t. T...…
…I magine you’re back in middle school, and you’ve just started your first period. You learned all about “that time of the month” from your health teacher, or maybe you had “the talk” with your parents, and now you have to go buy period products. You go and see an aisle marked “Feminine Hygiene Products” in the store. Most people get their first period between ages 10 and 15, with the average age being 12. The harmful term “fem...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Wolverines roll past Ball State as defense shines SAMUEL MOELIS For The Daily Coming off a 4-1 win against Big Ten rival Rutgers, the No. 8 Michigan field hockey team (6-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) looked to keep the momentum roll- ing in its final non-conference game of the season against Ball State (5-5) on Sunday. Firing on all cylinders, the Wolverines sailed pa...…
