…In light of racist comments written on Black students’ doors this past weekend in West Quad, many students are unhappy with University President Mark Schlissel’s apparent silence. Though Schlissel tweeted a response Sunday evening to the writings — where students found “N-----” written on their dorm door name tags — Schlissel has since not spoken outwardly about the racism and any action the University would plan to take ...…
…More than 100 people showed up Wednesday afternoon at South Hall for a panel with three former general counsels for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hosted by the University of Michigan Law School’s Environmental Law and Policy Program. The panel, comprising the EPA’s top lawyers during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, intended to review the major environmental challenges during each of their tenures a...…
…Three Black students’ room doors in Michigan Community Scholars Program, located in West Quad Residence Hall, were vandalized with racial slurs over the weekend. The hate speech, including “N-----,” was written underneath their name tags placed on their dorm room doors. LSA sophomore Travon Stearns, one of the students whose door was vandalized, said he did not see the nametag when he first woke up — it was around 1 p.m., whe...…
…Approximately 400 Ann Arbor community members embarked in unseasonably warm temperatures to raise awareness for suicide education and prevention by participating in the Out of the Darkness community walkSaturday morning in West Park. Out of the Darkness community walks took place nationwide this weekend with the aim of raising awareness about suicide prevention as well as funds for the American Foundation for ...…
…Sustainability on campus is more than the recycling bins you find in Mason Hall. In reality, University of Michigan student organizations, departments and local nonprofits are focusing their efforts on outreach and staying green in a number of ways. One example of these outreach efforts is EarthFest. The 21st annual event was held on the Diag Thursday, and, hosted by the Office of Campus Sustainability, allowed students and staf...…
…Ann Arbor City Council met Monday evening to discuss topics including pedestrian safety and crosswalk policies, a millage to fund the Washtenaw County Mental Health and Sheriff departments, and suicide prevention in the city’s parking structures. Discussion on pedestrian safety began during the public commentary period at the beginning of the meeting. Several local residents brought up concerns about crosswalk ...…
…With a new initiative headed by Michigan first lady Sue Snyder, sexual assault on college campuses is set to face spirited bipartisan activism, as discussed at the third annual sexual assault prevention summit at Eastern Michigan University. “We all must work together to create an environment where survivors feel safe and encouraged to be heard,” Snyder said. Nearly 500 students, representatives from the University of M...…
…Close to 200 University of Michigan students — including members of the Black Student Union and Students4Justice — gathered Wednesday night on the steps of the Michigan Union to protest racially charged incidents on campus in the past week. University President Mark Schlissel, University Police Chief Robert Neumann and other administrators met the group upstairs in the Rogel Ballroom, where students demanded answers to ...…
…In response to yesterday’s protests regarding racist incidents on campus, Central Student Government executives solemnly addressed the assembly Tuesday night, urging representatives to stand with the demonstrators and actively listen to the concerns of their constituents. CSG President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, stressed the importance of maintaining the assembly’s purpose in representing the entire student bod...…
…University of Michigan students have been organizing protests and demonstrations in the last two weeks after a slew of anti-Latino and anti-Black incidents. The Daily sat down with University president Mark Schlissel to talk students’ reactions, his responses and administrators’ actions moving forward. Schlissel said focusing on the lack of success in catching racist perpetrators is “not productive.” The administrat...…
…Four students have been selected by the University of Michigan to be official nominees for the prestigious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, which provide full funding for graduate study in the United Kingdom. This years nominees include Public Policy senior Nadine Jawad, recent LSA alum Jonathan Williams, University alum Yiran Liu and University alum Lauren Shepard. According to the LSA Office of National Schola...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 15, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM It has now been mere months over 200 years since the University of Michigan’s inception. Two hundred years worth of innovation, academic renown and multidisciplinary excellence, as a nationwide example and world leader, and of student activists, up-and- coming politicians, surgeons, CEOs, intellectuals and al...…
…Information and Technology Services at the University of Michigan released updates to campus computing sites for fall 2017. The updates are part of an initiative to make technology more accessible to students on more devices, according to a University press release. The updates include Sites Windows computer software, which will now be available through AppsAnywhere, a portal similar to the app store that can be accessed via...…
…An audience of 3,500 in Hill Auditorium burst into applause at the sight of The New York Times best-selling author Daniel Pink’s “Fear the Khaki” T-shirt on Tuesday evening. Pink donned the shirt as part of the first anecdote during his presentation, “The Mind of the Future: How to Survive an Outsourced, Automated Age.” Pink’s talk highlighted useful lessons on what it takes to be successful in the workplace as society shifts f...…
…Tuesday evening, Central Student Government hosted their first meeting of the school year under new administration, with LSA senior Anushka Sarkar as president. Despite the brief interruption of a fire alarm in the Michigan Union, the meeting continued, focusing on welcoming members back to campus. A major focal point of the meeting involved the Trump administration’s announcement this morning of the dissolution of th...…
…Student veterans attended orientation in the Pond room of the Michigan Union Thursday evening and learned about the various resources and initiatives to support them on campus. The orientation was led by Psychology Lecturer Eric Fretz, Philip Larson, program director for the Student Veterans Assistance Program, and members of the Peer Advisors for Veteran Education. The incoming students had the opportunity to famil...…
…Imagine a world in which new careers and those that are unheard of today, exist, and those careers that exist today are no longer available. A world where robots have complete control of certain occupations, and where humans have the opportunity to implant knowledge into their brains through the use of technological advancements. On Monday evening, Dr. Kevin LaGrandeur, a professor of English at the New York Institute of ...…
…Students at the University are taking “going green” to another level. With the recent construction of two solar pavilions, students will now be able to socialize while powering their phones, laptops and tablets on renewable energy on campus. The two pavilions are located near Palmer Commons on Central Campus and the Bob and Betty Beyster Building on North Campus, respectively. Business junior Grant Faber, vi...…
…2A — Wednesday, September 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 6 1 9 8 8 3 3 1 7 4 3 1 2 8 4 6 5 9 1 5 6 2 1 1 6 2 7 HARD BOILED. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com AARON BAKER/Daily Tweets Follow @michigandaily Andrew D. Martin @ProfADM So pleased to welcome a HUGE group of #LSAstudents who have earned @umichLSA scholarships. We’re better because they are here. #GoBlue Christina Hanson @christinaaa...…
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…2 — Friday, September 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tweets Follow @michigandaily MichiganPublicHealth @umichsph The leaves have started falling in #AnnArbor, but that’s not stop- ping us form enjoying this warm #LastDayofSummer here at @ UMich. #GoBlue Michelle Diaz @michmdiaz I stand with all marginalized communities at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Michigan Students @UMichstudents Me: I wish South...…
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…Students came to the University of Michigan earlier this month already excited for Oct. 7’s home football game against Michigan State University. But the buzz really picked up Monday morning when it was officially announced the game would have a 7:30 p.m. kickoff time, officially making it an “under the lights” game. This is the first time Michigan has hosted a night game since 2014. There have only been three others in the B...…
…2 — Thursday, September 21 , 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tweets Follow @michigandaily Michigan Students @UMichStudents MLA? APA? What are all of these frats my professors keep talking about? * @____Simone I’ve always felt uneasy about my sister staying on campus at Umich & now i see why Laurrrrr @L_Dougherty14 So thankful for my amazing professors at umich. Y’all are truly great. Berza @Bridoriya Walking ou...…
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…2A — Thursday, September 28, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY m o c . n o i t a c i d n y s u k o d u s y b e l z z u p JOHN YAEGER/Daily A showcase of Cosmogonic Tattoos by Art & Design professor Jim Cogswell is displayed in the UMMA Wednesday. Tweets Follow @michigandaily Angela Dillard @adillard4 Yes. feeling sad about that but de- termined as ever #CCLittle effort. Faculty & staff shou...…
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…October 1, 1927 - Michigan’s new stadium, with its seating capacity of almost 75,000 seats, will be ready at game time today to receive what is expected to be the largest crowd ever to attend a Michigan home game, it was announced yesterday. Only a small block of seats, not to exceed 100, demand more attention, and these will not be available. The stadium, regarded by contractors as one of the finest of its kind in the country, i...…
…2A — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers My message to #Dreamers at @umich is simple: Wel- come to class. Michigan Students @UMichStudents Ugh. Welcome weekend is over and now I gotta go back to being a mediocre student. edamami @jamsjohns umich is a lotta average looking white boys lemme tell u Dr. Mark Schissel @DrMarkSchlissel New disco...…
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…It offered undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as minors the opportunity to receive deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a renewable, two-year work permit. To qualify, applicants must have all lived in the United States before the age of 16, not having any felonies or serious misdemeanors and living continuously in the United States since July 15, 2007. One of these individuals is ...…
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…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 6/12/09 10:03 AM SUDOKU EASY 4 7 6 3 5 2 7 4 9 2 2 3 1 7 4 5 7 1 9 8 3 6 1 4 8 3 5 8 4 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! NO SWEAT. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Thursday, September 7, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 20, 2017 — 3A DOG DAYS ARE OVE R JULIA LAWSON/Daily Students pet therapy dog Kipper at the Dogs on Diag event, which was moved into the Ugli due to rain on Tuesday. money is not the issue. It’s the struggles that continue once you get into college unless the proper support is provided.” Connolly said she believes in “student-centered planning,” and begins by looking ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, September 14, 2017 — 3A has determined climate change poses a threat to the health and well-being of the citizens it serves. That decision was made in 2007 in a Supreme Court case, Massachusetts v. EPA, in which the court decided, 5-4, that if the EPA made such a finding of endangerment, it was obligated to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. One of the panelists,...…
…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Monday, September 18, 2017 — 3A ROBERT BUECHLER/DAILY George Hastings, a retired judge, speaks alongside distinguished Michigan Daily alumni at Rackham on Friday. Publications and Wallace House, home of the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship and The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. Lisa Powers, event coordinator and Student Publications Development /Alumni Relations ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, September 25, 2017 — 3A October 9, 2017 for this.” The initiative allows people aged 21 and over to purchase and possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana or 15 grams of marijuana concentrate and grow up to 12 marijuana plants in their homes for personal use. If passed, municipalities would be permitted to ban marijuana retailers and businesses within their jurisdictions, and publ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 22, 2017 — 3 devastating crime that could have and should have been prevented.” Sanctuary cities are cities that, in general, refuse to cooperate with federal workers seeking to enforce federal immigration law, but federal guidelines or definitions remain ambiguous. Nearly 500 jurisdictions as of March claim to be sanctuary cities, a number steadily climbing since Presi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, September 19, 2017 — 3 breadth of its impact is similar. For those 5,000, the benefits are life-changing. Quisha and Byron Cooper have been working toward degrees at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., for four years, while raising children since their sophomore year. Without the program, the Coopers say, they wouldn’t have been able to go to college at all. “To us...…
…DINNE RTIME The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, September 26, 2017— 3 Max Kuang/Daily Zingerman’s Deli hosts a paella party cookout Sunday. was taking place in response to the racist graffiti written on his brother’s door in West Quad, but also to protest the name of the building, C.C. Little. “We’re here today because my brother Travon, they targeted him because of his ethnicity. We’re here today because they sto...…
…Feeling like an outsider didn’t stop there. There were also the many times during school lunches where I dumped packed lunches or let them run cold in my lunch box. I would starve or pull out the few “appropriate” snacks for lunch I would have that included packaged crackers and sliced apples. The few foods that wouldn’t garner judging looks and wrinkled noses. How desperately I just wanted a brown paper bag and a PB&J sandwich....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 27, 2017— 3A M AGIC MUSIC JOSHUA HAN/Daily The University Philharmonic Orchestra performs their first concert of the year at Hill Auditorium Monday. Their piece, Felix Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, envokes an image of the artist’s visit to the ruins of th ePalace of Holyrood in Edinburgh in 1829. The whole work progresses through a musical stroll around the stones, arche...…
…As a kid, I soaked up television like a sponge. I spent a lot of time watching Nickelodeon, (“Spongebob” is the best show, don’t @ me), but don’t worry — I watched the educational PBS shows too. All media geared toward children is very fun and friendly, but as I got older and transitioned away from cartoons, the media started to feel more like it wanted to be my enemy instead of my friend. For the new target audience that I j...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 29, 2017 — 3 election, she doesn’t see what productivity this book offers. “I’d like to focus on what we can do now to build policy and build advocacy for certain groups,” she said. Though the cost of the book and tour concerns some — pre- sale tickets for the Ann Arbor event are currently around $82 to $170 range — many point out nearly every recent president has sold...…
…Jan 4, 1955 - The Board of Regents for the first time in University history has sanctioned a student government. Taking cognizance of strong campus support for the Student Government Council proposal, the Regents approved the new form of University student government at their Dec. 17 meeting. SGC, composed of 11 elected and seven ex-officio members, replaces Student Legislature and the 15-member Student Affairs Committ...…
…across campus while inspiring further advances in the techniques of data science itself,” Hu also said in 2015. Big data has been the crux of medical initiatives and disease research, the uncovering of international corruption scandals such as in the Panama Papers, and worldwide technological and economic development. For example, access to massive deposits of information related to issues such as on-field behavior can help...…
…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 13, 2017 — 3A The idea of autonomous travel discussed by speakers highlighted current issues with automotive transportation and the goals that the Department of Transportation hopes to achieve with the release of their new federal guidance. Bainwol explained that more than 90 percent of crashes are related to human error and the use of driverless cars will primarily ...…
