…In a race that took until Wednesday morning to call, Democratic challengers Jordan Acker and Paul Brown have unseated Republican incumbents Andrea Fischer Newman and Andrew Richner on the University of Michigan Board of Regents. Acker’s main focus is on the affordability of attending the University, emphasizing the cost is not reflected accurately by tuition alone but also housing and other expenses. Specifically, Acker sa...…
…2A — Thursday, November 8, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Bryxter @BryxterNavalta I study in the medical library on campus with hopes that one of the med students will think I’m cute and fall in love with me gratefyl los @Los_LeeJr I voted because I matter. I voted because generations before me mattered, as well as the generations after me. My black vote will forever be flexed. William S. Currie @WilliamSCurrie ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 8, 2018 — 3A VETE R ANS WE E K RUCHITA IYER/Daily Ahmed Hamadi, Marines Corp NROTC Senior Advisor, shares his experiences as an Arab American corpsman at the Veterans Week Annual Veterans of Color Symposium at Hatcher Wednesday afternoon. Though these individuals did not appear on the registration list, they were able to fill out provisional ballots. In order to submit the...…
…A s alumni of the University of Michigan, we were deeply disappointed by the recent actions of two instructors who refused to support students’ desire to study abroad in Israel. While we applaud the University for disciplining Prof. John Cheney-Lippold, we are concerned that the campus climate is undergoing a dangerous trend toward restricting academic freedom and unfairly singling out students who pursue educat...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 8, 2018 — 5A Partridge shares mixed reviews of special teams There is plenty to be said about the Rutgers football team, but poor kickoff coverage is not one of them. Jim Harbaugh made sure to note that — unprompted — during his Monday press conference. And if a 39.5-point spread is any indication, we could see plenty of the Scarlet Knights’ special teams on the field ...…
…Amine dominates matches at NWCA All-Star Classic Myles Amine emerged from the tunnel and was met with a reception fit for the final bout at the NCAA Championships. The redshirt junior trotted out to the mat elevated by the cheers of the raucous crowd and the spirit of the event. Flames shot into the air on either side of him. He came prepared and ready to dominate. And on Friday at the NWCA All-Star Classic, that’s exactly what h...…
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…2B — Thursday, November 8, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Stories of life: Slices in the cake of human experience Consider something as short as a single tweet: 280 characters to express your most surreal, plain, intrusive or wholesome thoughts. Now take the 137,374 defined Unicode characters and permutate them with Twitter’s strict character limit and you get … well, a seemingly infinite number of possible t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, November 8, 2018 — 3B Mixing it all together: The magic of musical mashups I didn’t know what song was playing when I stepped into Underground Sounds but I know, for a fact, that “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul and Linda McCartney was playing when I was talking with owner Matthew Bradish about guilty pleasures, a term we mutually concluded doesn’t really mean anything...…
…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, November 8, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The musical interlude An interlude, at its most basic definition, is “an intervening or interruptive period, space, or event.” Technically speaking, an interlude is meant to disrupt, to draw attention or to provide something else to focus on. Albums are often judged on their cohesion and flow, on how well each song complements the entire album...…
…A plain white background, sometimes textured to look like parchment paper. Black text in Times New Roman font, or perhaps the typewriter-esque Courier. Sparse capitalization. As short as one line, and no more than 15. This is the aesthetic of Instagram poetry, a phenomenon in which users upload images of short, easily-digestible poems to their accounts with hashtags such as #poetryporn, #poetrycommunity and, simply...…
…They say good things come in small packages. A diamond ring in a Tiffany’s box, everlasting love and cuddles from a young puppy, unconditional friendship from the 5’1” fireball you call your best friend. We find so much wonder in grandeur and greatness that we often ignore the small things in life making every day a little better. This sentiment remains when it comes to the places we choose to spend our time. Call me crazy, but I...…
…Music, Theatre & Dance sophomore Samantha Kao and three other girls piled into a gray Volkswagen on a Saturday afternoon in the fall. These strangers were making their way to the grocery store. In order to fill their pantries, University of Michigan students living off campus have created grocery carpool trips and discovered food distribution resources from Facebook pages and student organizations. Besides these studen...…
…inevitable. For Public Policy junior Katie Kelly, who serves as the communications director of the University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats, the decisions of Collins, Flake and Manchin to vote “yes” ignited feelings of anger and frustration. “It’s really, really frustrating because no matter how many times you call these Senators or how often you protest or stand up it seems like our cries fall on deaf ears,” Kell...…
…*This review includes spoilers* My favorite romance movie? The one during which the girl dumps the guy at the end and walks off into the sunset fulfilled with the knowledge that she is enough and doesn’t need a man. “Queen” is my favorite not-so- typical Bollywood movie. This movie shattered stereotypes and launched a new era in Hindi cinema. Of course, some of the credit for successful women- oriented Hindi films goes to my fav, P...…
…“ Bless this house, for we are all together. Bless us all, we may not meet again.” If you and I are friends, there is no reason for you to read this column. Actually, if you’ve only met me in passing, you can move on, too. Basically, if you’ve ever spent more than five minutes with me you have heard more about the topic of this column than you had ever cared to hear, and I don’t want to put you through more than you can handle. Th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 8, 2018 — 5A By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/08/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/08/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, October 8, 2018 ACROSS 1 Stand watch for, say 5 Oompah instrument 9 Think-on-your- feet tests 14 Greiner of “Shark Tank” 15 Sister of Osiris ...…
…THE ATLANTIC Inside the mind of Alec Baldwin, star of SMTD’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ “For me, acting used to be like sex,” Alec Baldwin said to a group of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance students on Sunday morning, the day after his performance. “I would just do it with anybody, anywhere. And then, I got a little bit older, and, well, I thought, maybe it’s time I got a bit more selective.” The night before, on Saturday, Se...…
…Tough start The No. 4 Michigan hockey team lost to Vermont in the season opener, then rebounded with an exhibition win over Waterloo. » Page 4B Here’s the season After dominating Maryland on Saturday, the toughest part of Michigan’s schedule lies ahead. » Page 2B SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 8, 2018 WAITING FOR WISCONSIN Design by Jack Silberman Emma Richter / Daily No. 15 Michigan topples Te...…
…2B — Monday, October 8, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Here’s the season for Michigan M ichigan sophomore fullback Ben Mason says he’s looking forward to next week’s game against Wisconsin. So are we. This is the season- defining stretch for the Wolverines, a gauntlet of three difficult games. Wisconsin, Michigan State, Penn State. “The beginning of the schedule was prep to get through these,” said ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, October 8, 2018 — 3B Patterson’s mobility keys season-high passing performance vs. Maryland The Michigan football team separates its offense into three groups to tailor its strength and conditioning program: linemen, small skill — running backs and receivers — and big skill for quarterbacks and tight ends. But those categories don’t hold for Shea Patterson. Throughout ...…
…4B — Monday, October 8, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A stumble and a scrimmage Unlike Friday night, the result of Sunday’s game was not in question for very long. The Michigan hockey team (0-1) took the ice at Yost Ice Arena for the second time in as many days. After losing to Vermont, 5-2, in their season opener, the Wolverines looked to rebound in an exhibition match against Waterloo. And rebound is just what...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 8, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 87 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . ....…
…2A — Thursday, March 8, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FRIDAY: Behind the Story MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers News TUESDAY: By Design WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K AARON BAKER/Daily WEDNESDAY: This Week in History 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandail...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, March 8, 2018 — 3A by attending a police-community meeting. The requirement was designed to expose future lawyers to the daily implementation of the law and help them understand what it is like to be a police officer. Law School student Samantha Jackson, whose father is the deputy sheriff of St. Clair County, took the elective because of her familial connection to law enforc...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A— Thursday, March 8, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Progressivism and pacing The complicity of silence L ast week, the California Democrats convened in Sacramento to draft ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, March 8, 2018— 5A ACROSS 1 Vaccine pioneer Salk 6 Biblical verb 10 Sever, with “off” 13 “The Good Wife” wife 15 Irrawaddy River locale 16 Hubbub 17 Grilled sandwich 18 *Hobbyist’s broadcasting equipment 20 Checked out 21 Gather 23 Domestic sock eater? 24 Storied climber 26 Little limb 27 *Drama in the Nielsen top 10 four times during the ’70s 32 Special __ 35 Mets modifier of 1969 36 Nog...…
…Maurice Hurst’s NFL Draft Combine didn’t go the way he planned. The former Michigan defensive tackle didn’t run the 40-yard dash or get on the bench press. He was held out of every drill due to an irregular electrocardiogram, which measures electrical activity in the heart. Despite being cleared from the same issue by the Wolverines, per NFL Network, Hurst’s draft stock has, at least temporarily, taken a hit. That much is ...…
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…2B —Thursday, March 8, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Coming out of our cage: Fifteen years later, the ‘Mr. Brightside’ phenomenon persists on campuses As I walked toward the Greenwood block party last September, just as it seemed like it was about over, a familiar sound caught my ear. Amid the echoes of jubilant laughter and delirious chatter, I heard the unmistakable opening notes of “Mr. Brightside,” the debut...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, March 8, 2018 — 3B You’re a teenager and it’s your first day back at school after a wonderful summer vacation. The air is still warm and your excitement about the coming year dominates any malevolent feelings you may have toward the early mornings and the monotonous schedule of lower education. In the fire drill line, you notice Vinny from math class last year. But this isn’t...…
…2-BSide disappeared,” and expresses his disbelief that anybody would ever expect him to stay there: “You ask why I don’t live here / Honey, how come you don’t move?” It’s descriptive, accusatory and deliciously spiteful. The song itself doesn’t actually even use the phrase “on the road again,” but it’s clear from the disdainful lyrics what the title phrase is referring to: The narrator is abandoning a lifestyle and a group of peop...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, March 8, 2018 — 5B In Mar. of 2016, I finally had the opportunity to be in “the room where it happens” — or as most people say, to see “Hamilton” on Broadway. I had third row tickets since a year prior and had scored them for only 100 dollars apiece, having been an avid fan since before the show met smash success. I guess you can say I “knew it before it was cool,” making me,...…
…2-BSide 6B —Thursday, March 8, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I distinctly remember the day Glossier seized me with their talons. I had been nonchalantly going through my popular page on Instagram, and one post caught my eye. It was a close-up of a woman smiling in front of a millennial pink background, but the photo was so much more than that. Her skin was flawless. Her hair, effortless and messy. Her ey...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 8, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 72 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . ...…
…to understanding income inequality from a Chinese perspective. “Income inequality is something that through my Michigan education really stood out to me,” Lerner said. “China is also facing incredible income inequality, which can lead to political instability and social unrest. So my hope is to go to China, study inequality there and see if there are lessons that can be learned from China about how to tackle income ineq...…
…structure of the commission — is planned for Sept. 4. “As this task force considers the roles, responsibilities and authorities of the commission, the staff will be there for finance, policing, legal — all there to provide some guidance and structure to the discussion to make sure that what the task force recommends are legal and sustainable and emulate best practices,” Lazarus said. Based on the amendments made to the resoluti...…
…T hink of the number of hours that you spend on your phone per day. Whether you relentlessly post on Instagram or you regularly read the news, I’m sure that you spend way more time on your phone than you would like to admit. I recently began consciously monitoring my phone usage, and if you’re anything like me, you probably waste at least a few hours a day on your phone. Initially, I thought that a few hours a day wasn’t terri...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, February 8, 2018 — 5 Rich Brian may have just surprised everyone. Born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, he rose to internet fame under the name “Rich Chigga” with the viral music video he created for his song “Dat $tick,” a decent song that suffered from not being able to decide whether it was a joke or not. He’s an unlikely success story: He learned both how to speak Engli...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 8, 2018 — 7 In Northwestern, Michigan also faces history The Michigan women’s basketball team’s fate was set in stone with four games left in the 2016-17 season. At 21-5 with a 10-2 Big Ten record, the Wolverines were set to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013. Anything less than collapse would guarantee as much. Michigan collapsed. The ...…
…8 — Thursday, February 8, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Offensive struggles becoming a troubling trend for the Wolverines It seems like years ago that a scorched-earth offensive juggernaut went shot for shot with Purdue on its home court. That night, the Michigan men’s basketball team shot 60 percent from the field, 56 percent from 3-point range and scored 1.35 points per possession against the No. 3 t...…
…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...…
