…Thursday, June 20, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 114 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR My name Subarna Bhattacharya shares sentiments behind her Bengali name, which trans- lates to “the color of gold” >> SEE PAGE ...…
…2 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 2 8 3 7 3 1 4 2 4 3 5 7 9 5 6 4 7 1 9 5 6 1 6 9 4 7 3 2 8 5 3 1 7 4 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 3/5/09 12:14 PM STRAWBERRIES puzzle by sudokusyndication.com NEWS ‘U’ hosts STEM diversity plenary SEISMIC conference holds first annual summer meeting SEISMIC, a coalition of American researc...…
…3 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Earlier this month, a team of scientists published a study in Nature Medi- cine journal that could lead researchers closer to a uni- versal vaccine for influenza, commonly known as the flu. Principal investigators include Aubree Gordon, Uni- versity of Michigan assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, and Florian Krammer, pro- fessor of micro...…
…4 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Toma...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION I n Costa Rica, there is a relaxed pace in both wild life and human nature. It is a place to truly take in the untouched world around you. When I visit, my favorite spots to explore are the empty miles of coast line, water- falls or jungle pathways. Beaches are stripped away of human presence and footprints through the circuitous cycle of washing wave...…
…6 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Hippo Campus opened Bonna- roo’s Saturday evening sets with an energetic performance that prevailed over the scorching heat. The Minnesota band played hits from both of their last two albums — Landmark which dropped in the winter of 2017 and Bambi that followed a year later — the sixty- minute set showing their range as a collective, while giving a taste of their ...…
…7 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS As the old saying goes, the most qualified person is not always the best for the job. We’ve heard this for much of our lives, whether it be in ref- erence to getting an internship, a job, a seat in a graduate program or, hell, even a significant other. Someone can have every accolade to their name, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be the right fit. Sometimes, it takes...…
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…9 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR My name: the color of gold ; the color of gold. In Bengali, my mother tongue, pronounced: shoo-born- ah. The name given to me by my parents, recent immigrants to the Western Hemi- sphere, lovingly gazing down at their first- born child in this new world. The color of gold. My memories of the first three years of my life are backlit in a warm light, creat...…
…10 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Trio of Wolverines projected as potential second-round picks On June 20, Jordan Poole, Ignas Brazdeikis and Charles Matthews will have a new home — that is, assuming all three are drafted on draft night. With none of them expected to come off the draft board in the first round, the former Wolverines figure to be available in the second round and even after the...…
…SPORTS 11 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Christan Bullock showing he belongs in the starting lineup OMAHA, Neb. – The Michigan baseball team is having a good time. They’re having so much fun, in fact, that sophomore center fielder Jesse Franklin has dubbed the ballpark where they’ve been playing their games “TD AmeriPlayground.” No other Wolverine, perhaps, is having more fun than Christan Bullock. The...…
…12 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Henry untouchable in complete-game shutout against FSU OMAHA, Neb. – Nine innings. 100 pitches. Most starting pitchers reach that number in five, maybe six innings. Seven or even eight, on a really good night. Not Tommy Henry. And not in Omaha. In the biggest game of the Michigan baseball team’s season, the junior left-hander pitched a complete game of three-h...…
…Before “The Weinstein Effect: Breaking the Stories that Spurred a Movement” event hosted by the Wallace House, The Michigan Daily sat down with journalists Ronan Farrow and Ken Auletta to discuss their roles in reporting on Harvey Weinstein and where they see the next cultural reckoning coming from. The Michigan Daily: When you first started investigating Harvey Weinstein, did you ever envision the magnitude of the cultural rec...…
…As students gear up for the University of Michigan’s Student Government elections on March 27 and 28, The Daily sat down with LSA presidential and vice presidential candidates to talk platforms, vision and plans. In this installment, we profile the Wang-McKillop ticket. This is the first in a series profiling each set of candidates for the executive team. LSA junior Brian Wang, the LSA presidential candidate, and LSA sophomore Mary...…
…TMD: Ken, you have talked about your experience with trying to break the Weinstein story back in 2002 and 2015. What about the circumstances in 2017 were different from 2002 and 2015 that allowed the story to be released? Ken Auletta: But I think you know there’s a tendency to say, well because of Cosby, because of Roger Ailes, because of O’Reilly and others have the culture change and therefore continue to meddle with ... I think ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, March 20, 2019 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 Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 20, 2019 — 5A In 1973, a man purchased a can of gasoline from the Walgreens in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In an act that he would never be indicted for, he proceeded to “the Upstairs,” a New Orleanian gay bar, where he used the fluid to ignite the stairwell of the bar, a passage already conducive to flame, trapping many patrons inside. In a span of minutes, the...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 20, 2019 — 7A For ‘M,’ second bid means progress The year was 2006. In the midst of her fourth season as head coach of the St. John’s women’s basketball team, Kim Barnes Arico reached her first NCAA Tournament. She was thrilled just to be there. The team headed to State College, Pa., for the first weekend of the tournament. Connecticut and its coach, Geno Auriemma, were ...…
…8A — Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Student-athletes create group to help survivors of sexual assault In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily’s sports section is launching its second annual series aimed at telling the stories of female athletes, coaches and teams at the University from the perspective of the female sports writers on staff. We continue the series with this story from ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 20, 2019 Catch, exploit, release: How the prison system disrupts families ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINE JEGARL ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN KUZEE …
…Wednesday, March 20, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Miriam Francisco Madeline Turner Photo Editor Annie Klusendorf Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 20, 2019 Running along S trewn in the corner was a pair of beat-up, grey ...…
…I went to Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Stuyvesant was a part of the eight “specialized high schools” run by the NYC Department of Education that “supports the educational needs of students who excel academically and/or artistically.” To be admitted, stu- dents needed to score well on an exam called the SHSAT (Specialized High School Admissions Test). Stuyvesant stood at the top of the nine schools, and my experience the...…
…Catch, exploit, release: How the prison system disrupts families Wednesday, March 20. 2019 // The Statement 4B 5B Wednesday, March 20, 2019 // The Statement A s a wall painter in Allen Park, Ryan Flores had been sober for over a decade after his arrest in 2006 for possession of cocaine and other narcotics. Through paint- ing, he was managing to provide a steady source of income for his son, Andrew. Andrew’s mother, who also had prob...…
…Wednesday, March 20, 2019// The Statement 6B vice Agency have spurred programs that allow incar- cerated fathers to spend several hour-long visits with their children with room for activities. Still, the barriers erected between the prisoners and their families exposes a cynical distrust of not only the incarcerated, but the relationships they have beyond pris- on walls. States like Michigan could unburden families by creating policies th...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, March 20, 2019 // The Statement 7B F or decades, Wall Street has been viewed as an antagonist of the American people. Banks are con- tinuously under scrutiny for irresponsible money management, with the notorious Public Eye “Award” dishon- ors frequently being bestowed upon them. This narrative was only solidified by the 2008 subpar mortgage crisis, largely credited to the Stre...…
…KATELYN MULCAHY VISUAL STATEMENT BY “THE MICHIGAN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS TEAM IS ALMOST DONE WITH THEIR RECORD SEASON AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FOLLOW THEM BEHIND-THE-SCENES, SPECIFICALLY AT ELEVATE THE STAGE, WHERE THEY WERE COMPETING FOR THE 2019 BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP. HAVING COVERED THEM FOR ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE SEASON, I WANTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT PICTURES THAN BEFORE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS IN A NEW PLACE. W...…
…Amid objections from community activists, Ann Arbor City Council moved forward Tuesday with a proposed amendment to allow for a waiver of restrictions on the eligibility of city employees to sit on the police oversight commission. The amendment will be addressed at a second reading during the next council meeting. The 2014 shooting of Aura Rosser by an Ann Arbor Police officer provoked months of debate and protest, eve...…
…The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding “The Ann Arbor Greenbelt: Saving Michigan Farms Regional Conservation Partnership Program” $1 million dollars, according to a Feb. 4 press release. The project is led by the City of Ann Arbor Open Space and Parkland Preservation Program, also called the Greenbelt. It aims to protect surrounding Ann Arbor agricultural lands through conservation easements, the right to use some...…
…According to the website, when going over each case, HR will focus on the nature and gravity of the offense, the timeliness and accuracy of the disclosure and the relevancy to the role held at the University. HR’s statement explains the policy is meant to preserve a safe University community. “Information about a faculty or staff member’s criminal activity helps the University maintain a safe community and prevent putting people at...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, February 20, 2019 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 Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 20, 2019 — 5A In 1978, the acclaimed novelist Yuko Tsushima published “Territory Of Light” a chapter at a time in the Japanese monthly literary magazine Gunzo, each chapter representing one month in a year. Tsushima is well-known in Japan, but is relatively unknown to Anglophone readers. The small amount of her work that has been translated into English is her most ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com By George Jasper ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/20/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/20/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 ACROSS 1 Gaping mouths 5 “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” composer 10 States in an outdated atlas: Abbr. 14 Nobelist Wiesel 15 Official mandate 16 Analo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 20, 2019 — 7A Joseph Cecconi’s lifelong competitive drive is paying off It was the night before the United States junior hockey team’s last exhibition game at the 2017 World Juniors tournament, and Joseph Cecconi wasn’t nervous at all. He probably should’ve been. The Michigan captain — then a sophomore playing for his country at the World Juniors for the first time...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com *excludes ice cream & bottled drinks Only at 604 E Liberty St. Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea Liberty VALID UNTIL APRIL 31st 2019 20% OFF ANY DRINK For Charles Matthews, newly-minted leader, the time is now Charles Matthews walked into practice last week with some words in mind. The redshirt junior had just watched his Michigan team travel to State Coll...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 20, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY SHERRY CHEN The search to understand online grief and digital melancholy …
…I planned my dream wed- ding when I was 6 years old. I had met my soulmate in my kinder- garten class, and I was positive that our love was going to last forever. Because of my deep passion for organizing, my only clear option was to figure out every nitty- gritty detail of when and where we would tie the knot. Summer or Winter? Summer. The wed- ding will be outside, so it must be gor- geous out. Big or small? Big, with everyone I know ...…
…Wednesday, February 20, 2019 // The Statement 3B ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINE JEGARL I magine having a secret for most of your life you have wanted to tell someone for so long, but are afraid of what might happen if you share it. This was me. Until today. Today, I am going to stop feeling alone, and embrace who I am as a person — I am gay. This is something I’ve known for a very long time, but have been too afraid to share. Ever sin...…
…cells committing mass suicide.” Internet humor is primarily based on find- ing the specific absurdities in everyday life and spinning it into something everyone can relate to on a certain level. In the case of @ jovanmhill, who has 115 followers, a lot of that humor is based on the way he laments disturbing truths about his personal life. For better or worse, joking about mental health has become a primary avenue for people to forge an ...…
…Wednesday, February 20, 2019// The Statement 6B W henever I realize I need a haircut, it always takes me a few days to get around to booking it. First, because I always have something to do and often forget, but also because it takes a certain amount of cour- age for me to decide that I want to go to a place where I will be expected to make small talk with a stranger. Growing up, I always got my haircut with the same person. My mom’s...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, February 20, 2019 // The Statement 7B L ast year, a friend of mine, who had been searching for a girl- friend for a decade, finally found someone. When I heard the wonderful news, I texted him, “I’m happy for you.” His reply was odd but familiar. He wrote, “aww thanks, it’ll happen for you one day, don’t worry.” I was slightly irritated. I had never expressed that I was se...…
…The Detroit Foundation Hotel used to be home to the Detroit Fire Department Headquarters. It has been repurposed and now operates as a chic boutique hotel in Downtown Detroit. The Foundation holds a restaurant called the Apparatus Room where the old red fire doors let in beautiful natural light showcasing the 1950s architecture with all of the original features illuminating the res- taurant. The restaurant and hotel provid...…
…At the end of each semester, University of Michigan students are asked to submit evaluations for the courses they have taken in that term. One of the most important metrics for introductory- level courses is how much interest they generate in the field. Rankings are based on the percentage of students who answered some form of “yes” when asked, “Did this course increase interest in the field?” The top results for introduct...…
…only when a crisis comes up … Which is not the best time to make policies,” Marsh said. Other assembly members, including Social Work professor Shanna Kattari, agreed the Senate Assembly would benefit from electronic participation because the current meetings are not accessible to many faculty members. “It’s a (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) issue with access … Someone who is disabled … Who has children … in any other situa...…
…and Ethnicity requirement and emergency scholarships. Currently, Black students make up just 4.4 percent of the University’s undergraduate population –– a statistic for which the University received an “F” grade in a report on racial equity published by the University of Southern California. In October, the Bentley Historical Library fulfilled one of BSU’s original demands by digitizing over 66,000 records from the...…
…M iichigan has long been considered a key part of the “blue wall,” a term used to describe the reliability of Democratic voters in the northern Midwest states. This is a nice sentiment but we in Michigan have a Republican governor (if for only two more months) and a Republican state legislature. So maybe the blue wall only works for nationwide elections — but then we went for Trump in the 2016 election, and the p...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 20, 2018 — 5 NETFLIX There is a certain kind of magic that happens when women’s voices fuse together — it’s always spiritual even if the listener isn’t, a joyful noise made unto the congregation no matter what the circumstances. While I wouldn’t call the collection of people at The Majestic Theatre on Sunday a church, with their nose rings and shearling jackets and wel...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, November 20, 2018 — 7 Lockwood, captains trying to lead Michigan to defensive consistency It hasn’t always been pretty on defense for the No. 14 Michigan hockey team. Some games, the defense excels and the offense grinds — like in the Nov. 9 game against No. 7 Notre Dame, which the Wolverines won 2-1. Two goals scored doesn’t sound like a stellar offensive performance, but th...…
…8 — Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com No Mercy ‘M’ blows out Detroit Mercy, 95-62 Detroit Mercy wasn’t supposed to put up a close fight against Michigan. Yet, with 4:44 remaining in the first half, the Titans (1-4) scrapped their way to a three-point lead over the Wolverines (3-0). Michigan, who would ultimately win the game 95-62, struggled early to find its rhythm. The Wolverines accumul...…
