…Big Ten university leaders — including University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel — used a private network exempt from public record laws to communicate about fall COVID-19 outbreaks on campus and the 2020 football season, the Washington Post reported Friday. Through public records requests, The Washington Post accessed emails between the chancellors and presidents of Big Ten universities. In these emails univer...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 10, 2021 MEGAN OCELNIK/Daily Cherished thrift finds, such as this Canon film camera, allow visitors to hold on to the past while creating something new with the present. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2021 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 10, 2021 — 3 Civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson announced as Spring 2021 commencement speaker Author of ‘Just Mercy’ will address graduates during virtual ceremony ALEC COHEN/Daily The University of Michigan announces civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson as this year’s commencement speaker (NOTE: This photo was taken at the 2018 Spring Commencement, before the COVID-19 pandemic...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 4 — Wednesday, March 10, 2021 The next step The scent of my mother I have always been waiting. When I was too young to be in school, I envied my older siblings for having math homework. When I was in elementary school, I woke up at the same time as my older siblings, who were in middle school and high school, because I wanted to make sure I was ready to be on the “big kid” sc...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Wednesday, March 10, 2021 — 5 Raise the federal minimum wage This past summer, I worked at an Amazon fulfillment center. With an “appealing” starting wage of $15 an hour, I forced myself to work 10-hour days beginning at 7 a.m. for four days straight, every week. This was an attempt to make as much money as possible before heading back to college in the fall. I worked with hund...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, March 10, 2021 When asked about the future of the newly-formed Michigan Music Business Club, Business junior Jonathan Hayman, co-founder and president of the club, did not shy from divulging all that the club has accomplished in its two years of existence. “This semester, we will have had (executives from) Amazon Music and Spotify, two of the most popular digital stream...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 10, 2021 — 7 It is always exciting to get a look behind the curtain. In R.J. Cutler’s (“Belushi”) new documentary, “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,” he lifts the veil on the pop icon, who turns out to be just another teenager. In 140 minutes, Cutler mixes concert videography, home video and backstage footage of Eilish’s life to tell the story of superstardo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 8 — Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Working as a stage manager is intense. Like studying for a final or bingeing the entirety of Grey’s Anatomy in a week, stage management is mentally, physically and emotionally draining. But that is what students working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts in stage management at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance sign up for — or is it? The eternal question lies...…
…7-Opinion S ept. 25, 2015. One day after achieving his dream of listening to Pope Francis’s address to a joint session of Congress, the embattled Speaker of the House, former U.S. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, gathered reporters for a surprise press conference. While he initially performed as a strident reformer for government accountability when he first was elected in the 1990s, Boehner grew into an establishment Republi...…
…2-News Editor’s Note: This statement was previously provided by Phoenix to the News section last week and was partially quoted in this news story. The Michigan Daily is now reprinting Phoenix’s statement regarding the discontinuation of their organization in full so that it is on the public record. I n 1979, Adara, later renamed Phoenix, was founded as a senior-only female secret honor society at the University of Michigan. A...…
…K inesiology senior Alexander Phillips began working as an EMT in December 2019, just months before the COVID-19 pan- demic swept the United States and altered our lives forever. As part of the typical testing protocol for new EMTs, he was fitted with personal protective equipment, including a respirator. At the time, it was business as usual. “I was tested with (the respirator) to make sure it functions and every- thing,” Phillip...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 12 — Wednesday, March 10, 2021 statement Nostalgia in the time of COVID BY EMILY BLUMBERG, STATEMENT COLUMNIST I t was yet another lonely, end- less night in the spring of 2020 spent mindlessly rewatching “Parks and Recreation” for the third time. The painfully familiar feeling of restlessness washed over me — my glossy eyes began to burn from countless hours of screen time and my brain’s i...…
…O f all the unnecessary wor- ries I had going into my freshman year at the Uni- versity of Michigan (and there were a lot), the one I now laugh at most is that I wouldn’t like Ann Arbor. Having grown up in a major metropolitan area, I was hesitant about going to school in a college town. As if it’s possible to not like Ann Arbor. This place means something dif- ferent for all of us who’ve lived here, certainly, but something I ...…
…Wolfe’s double overtime goal lifts Michigan over Nebraska Raleigh Loughman carried the ball up the right wing with pace. The junior midfielder cut to her left on the edge of the box and looped in a cross that was knocked down by a Nebraska defender. Freshman forward Sammi Woods scooped up the loose ball and — without looking — tapped the ball with the back of her heel over towards a lurking Danielle Wolfe. The s...…
…Through Saddi Washington, Michigan bridges past to future Michigan unable to overcome injury to Brooks Saddi Washington rolled out of bed and into basketball purgatory. On the morning of May 13, 2019, John Beilein, Michigan’s all-time winningest coach, accepted the head-coaching position with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. In his wake, a stunned program pondered its suddenly precarious future. Washington, an ...…
…On March 4, 2021, the final seconds ticked off the clock as the Michigan men’s basketball team swarmed together at center court following a win over Michigan State. With the opening notes of Drake’s “Trophies” blaring over the PA system, a mass exodus of Wolverine players, coaches and managers alike ran out from the sidelines and began dancing, jumping and hugging as they celebrated a Big Ten regular season title on their home fl...…
… michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 10, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM As Michigan gears up for the March 10 Democratic primary, University of Michigan students are comparing the positions of front-runners former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. on issues relating to higher education. Affordability of four-year colleges and universities has been an importa...…
…2 — Tuesday, March 10, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275. University affiliates are...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — 3 BIDEN From Page 1 He also said Biden’s plan for loan forgiveness would affect many students, especially those hoping to work in public service. “I think on a broader scale, just having a president that’s focused on these things (is important),” Schaeffler said. “Having a president that will appoint a secretary of education that has been on the front line …...…
…4 — Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com W ith the Democratic primaries in full swing, the University of Michigan’s campus is becoming dense with political advocacy — fliers, voter registration drives, candidate offices opening and endorsements are present at every corner. As people begin to discuss the primaries online and on campus, students want to take part in the monumental 2020 ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — 5 Surrounded by Michigan paraphernalia in the Three Cats Cafe, Dan Scanlon looks comfortable and at home because he is. As someone born and raised in Clawson, MI, it’s no wonder Scanlon is eager to talk about “Onward,” Scanlon’s highly anticipated film based on his own childhood, in his real-life hometown. Scanlon has worked with Pixar for many years, tak...…
…WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 03/10/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 03/10/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 ACROSS 1 __-been: washed-up celeb 4 Shared again, as a story 10 Samantha Bee’s network 13 Frequently found in poetry? 14 One with a hunger 15 Go bad 16 Citrus drink in a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday March 10, 2020 — 7 Adversity shaping postseason for ‘M’ Juwan Howard’s first regular season as the Michigan men’s basketball coach featured no shortage of adversity. Bad news began trickling in before the Wolverines even took the court for the first time in November. Less than two weeks before the season tipped off, freshman wing Franz Wagner fractured his wrist in practice. The ...…
…Vote March 10 8 — Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…Around 50 people gathered in the Vandenberg Room of the Michigan League on Thursday for the Communication Studies Department’s annual Howard R. Marsh Lecture in Journalism, delivered this year by investigative journalist Will Potter. Potter’s talk, titled “From Protester to Terrorist: The Mechanisms of State Repression,” highlighted his own career as a journalist and the ways he discovered the United States government...…
…SHOW STOPPER. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com NAME CREDIT TO: SIMONSAYS WANT TO NAME A SUDOKU? GO TO TINYURL.COM/TMDSUDOKU 2 — Friday, March 10, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 33rd Annual German Day WHAT: The University will sponsor an event for secondary school students to compete in German language competitions in front of teachers and parents. WHO: Germanic Languages & Literatures WHEN: 10 a.m. to Noon WHER...…
…of the Golden Apple Award, naming him Professor of the Year. The whole lecture hall erupted in cheers, and Cho looked on, smiling from the front of the room. After the award was explained, Cho delivered an impromptu thank you speech. “When I was a little kid, I thought my dream would be to be a professional wrestler,” Cho started, causing the class to erupt with laughter. “I realized that wasn’t going to happen with this body,...…
…A s my college career draws to a close, I’ve spent some time reflecting on my experiences here. Looking back at the sheer volume of work I’ve done, the new things I’ve tried and the amount I’ve grown as a person over the past four years is simultaneously amazing and overwhelming. I’m proud of the things I’ve accomplished as a University of Michigan undergraduate, largely because they reflect the lo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, March 10, 2017 — 5 ‘Rise’ and LGBT issues On Friday June 26th, 2015, the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry nationwide, sending the country into a state of celebration and, in some places, fervent opposition. Although the White House may have been lit up in rainbow lights that day in solidarity, ...…
…ACROSS 1 Early Welsh 6 Subpar performance ... or not 11 School sweater letters 14 Wedding, e.g. 15 All small, say 17 As 19 Ancient communication medium 20 Modern communication medium 21 Parts to put together 22 Memphis-to- Nashville dir. 23 Washington portraitist 27 Bocelli album that includes “Bésame Mucho” 32 A’s 38 __ work: menial labor 39 Venerate 40 1992 opponent of Bill and George 41 As 44 What a bump may affect 45 Sources of peeps 46 Na...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, March 10, 2017 — 7 ‘M’ set for rematch vs. Purdue WASHINGTON — Wednesday afternoon, the Michigan men’s basketball team was set to fly to Washington D.C. for the Big Ten Tournament. But a plane accident derailed the Wolverines’ plans, and they were forced to fly out Thursday morning, landing just three hours before the noon tip- off and not arriving at t...…
…8 — Friday, March 10, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAPITOL WILL Just hours after arriving in Washington following plane accident, ‘M’ powers past Illinois in Big Ten Tournament, 75-55 WASHINGTON — The past 24 hours have been a whirlwind for the Michigan men’s basketball team. After attempting to take off for the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday afternoon, the Wolverines’ team plane slid off the runway amid t...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 10, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 86 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A SUDOKU..................... 2A SPORTS...................... 5A B - S I D E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Things to know...…
…Exercise studio seeks to attract millennials with new venue By EMILY DAVIES Daily Staff Reporter Exercise studio Pure Barre is adding to its hundreds of stores nationwide with the addition of a downtown studio in Ann Arbor, opening on East Liberty Street, in an aim to increase the demographics it attracts. The store is the second in Ann Arbor, with another on Oak Valley Drive. Two years ago, Pure Barre moved to its Oak Vall...…
…though it followed a downward trend of funding, it was much more significant than previous years. Michigan State University, which saw a 23.7 percent decrease as a result of the cut and is still 7.9 percent below 2010 levels, has shifted funding resources, aiming to raise more of its operating budget through sources like increased tuition and donations. At the University, the 2011 cuts resulted in a series of changes, includ...…
…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...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Aboveboard 6 Triumphant cries 10 Hurdle for a jr. 14 Lose some ground 15 Berry rich in antioxidants 16 “Pygmalion” author 17 *Star of Comedy Central’s “Insomniac” 19 Sleek, in car talk 20 Best replacement? 21 Exercises, in a way 23 Daily Planet VIP 25 Insensitive 26 “The Good Wife” field 29 Man cave fixture 32 Caller in a mask 35 Get up 37 Dupe 38 “bye 4 now” 39 Praise 40...…
…6A — Thursday, March 10, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wildcats up first in Indy Michigan takes on Northwestern in second round of Big Ten Tournament By LEV FACHER Daily Sports Writer It’s March — the magical month when every team entering a conference tournament has at least one conceptual path to the NCAA Tournament, even a national championship, if it can just keep winning. If the Michi...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, March 10, 2016 the b-side ART ON THE DIAG: By Ben Rosenstock Senior Arts Editor REDEFINING CREATIVITY ON CAMPUS “I just wanna give people weird-ass things that are super fun.” DELANEY RYAN/Daily …
…2B — Thursday, March 10, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com It’s a crisp afternoon in October, and I am sitting on a bench near the center of campus. I watch a small group of students huddled in the center, gesturing to different areas on the ground below them. Every few feet across the Diag, there are long, wide strips of plastic bubble wrap. Groups of students slow down and step deliberately on the ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Disney sci-fi genius SINGLE REVIEW Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky bring the public much needed material after having spent what felt like weeks in the studio together. With “What The Fuck Right Now,” they bring a musical chaos and frenzy that fans of Tyler have been missing for some time now (with the accompanied video of Tyler and A$AP wilding out in the studio being ...…
…4B — Thursday, March 10, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW The video for Halsey’s newest single “Colors” is devoid of just that. A platinum blonde Halsey is painted in a white- washed, upper-middle class suburbia — she’s dating the son (Tyler Posey, “Teen Wolf”) of the man her mother is dating. Her wig is only halfway convincing; everyone is oddly great at tennis; and there are loads o...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 10, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Next round of Canvas testing will include 7,000 students By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter CTools may yield to a new online learning platform over the next few years, but current stu- dents won’t likely be around for the transition. Created by a consortium of institutions, including the Uni- ver...…
…2 — Tuesday, March 10, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY This weekend, the Michigan women’s basketball team was knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament by Michigan State for the third consecutive season. >>FOR SPORTS, SEE PG. 8 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Dozens of marchers began their trek to retrace the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, the Associated Press re...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 10, 2015 — 3 Pollack said in conjunction with this pilot, DIAG is also con- ducting discussions about Can- vas with University academic units in anticipation of a more formal recommendation. “At the end of the winter semester, (DIAG) will make a recommendation about the scope and about the pace of moving forward,” Pollack said. “And then we’ll have more pilots over...…
…Common Sense Action is a bipartisan political action group here at the University that is part of a national movement calling for generational fairness, fiscal responsibility in government, investment in millennial mobility and the renewal of prudent politics. The State of Michigan can encourage these qualities by reducing spending and increasing government efficiency. One of the ways the Michigan government can promote fiscal resp...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 10, 2015 — 5 ‘House of Cards’ takes a tumble Third season of Netflix original disappoints By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer This article contains spoilers from the third season of Netflix’s “House of Cards.” “The Presi- dency is the illusion of choice,” Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey, “American Beauty”) muses late into season three of Netf- lix’s “House of...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Cavern effect 5 Cornfield call 8 “Frozen” studio 14 Amorphous mass 15 “Say again?” 16 Mercedes-Benz sedan line 17 Disapproving cries from bleacher “birds” 18 Prefix with meter 19 “I do” setting 20 *Ornamental flower with clustered blooms 23 Wall St. index 24 Steeped brew 25 Badlands bovine 29 “Green Eggs and Ham” guy 31 Marshmallow- filled snack 33 “I do” 36 *Blab about o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 10, 2015 — 7 LOREN HOLMES/AP Michelle Phillips and her team charge down Anchorage’s 4th Avenue during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. Mushers begin thousand mile trek across Alaska for Iditarod Appeals judge to hear cases in Ferguson CHRIS TILLEY/AP Morris Bounds Sr. pauses while talking Monday, Feb. 23, ...…
…Sports 8 — Tuesday, March 10, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Putting Band-Aids on an open wound A ndrew Copp slouches in a big blue chair and tosses his matching blue hat at his feet. He sighs and he smirks, peering at the floor while embodying the persona of a captain who is flat-out exasperated. He chuckles as he reiterates the focus of this week’s practice. Spoiler alert — it’s no different from any oth...…
