…Last week, a new school faculty transition team was appointed to plan the transition from the School of Natural Resources and Environment to a new School of Sustainability. An internal faculty committee proposed in September 2016 that the University of Michigan create a new school of sustainability to replace the School of Natural Resources and Environment and increase interdisciplinary collaboration across...…
…Wednesday afternoon, more than 40 people — the majority from the University of Michigan Romance Language and Literature Department — participated in a demonstration on the Diag as a part of the “Ni Una Menos” movement, with the aim of exposing violence toward women in Latin America and the United States. The event was one of many of its kind that took place Wednesday across the United States to commemorate the ...…
…During a community conversation on race and campus climate Sunday, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel listened to student concerns and emphasized the impact he hopes the upcoming release of a University-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan will have on campus. The conversation, announced on Wednesday, was planned in response to racially charged fliers that were hung in Mason and Haven Halls last week. Th...…
…After meeting with a group of student government leaders at the Cube Monday, University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel discussed his administration’s response to anti-Black, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ posters discovered over the past week. Last Monday, anti-Black and anti-women posters were found in University buildings. Today, more offensive posters were found posted around campus from the white-supremacist gro...…
…University of Michigan alumni Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg, as well as the Eisenberg family overall, donated $10.75 million last Thursday to the University’s Depression Center to fund research projects for mental illnesses such as depression and bipolar disorder. Kenneth Eisenberg said in a press release his family’s goal was to find solutions to meaningfully treat this widespread disorder, emphasizing the need ...…
…About 100 people gathered in the Ford School of Public Policy Monday to hear personal experiences and reactions to the Flint water crisis from a diverse group of panelists, including activists and government workers. The Flint water crisis occurred after a state- appointed emergency manager decided to cut costs by changing the source of city water to more corrosive sources, which caused lead from the pipes to le...…
…Growing up on Detroit’s West Side, Walter Stevenson, an engineering junior at the University of Michigan, never saw anything wrong with the Detroit Public Schools district. From kindergarten through sixth grade, he thought all schools wouldn’t let students stray too far from the playground because it was centered in a rougher neighborhood. He thought all schools had books that were “not only outdated, (but) us...…
…The University of Michigan Bicentennial Office released their plans Monday morning for the anticipated year-long celebration of the University’s bicentennial in 2017, which include festivals, lecture series and themed semesters. Both LSA semesters of the year are slated to be themed. Next year’s winter semester will focus on “Making Michigan,” or the history of the University, while the 2017 fall semester centers around...…
…Black student enrollment at the University of Michigan decreased in this year’s freshman class of 2020, according to enrollment figures released by the University Wednesday morning. The new class of students is overall more diverse than last year’s class, however. Enrollment of Black freshmen fell from 5.1 percent in 2015 to 4.6 percent this year. 13.8 percent of the class comes from underrepresented minority backgrounds — ...…
…There are five Ann Arbor City Council positions up for re-election this November, but Ward 5 on the city’s northwest side is the only contested race. Incumbent Councilmember Chuck Warpehoski (D), who has served four years on City Council, is running against political newcomer David Silkworth (I), an insurance claim representative for homeowners and businesses. In the August Democratic primary election, Warpehoski defeated...…
…LSA junior Heather Martin was just 17 when her older sister Angie fatally overdosed in their family home, following a seven-year struggle with opiate addiction. Martin said her sister, throughout her life, was always a bubbly, amiable person. As The captains of the Michigan football team and women’s basketball team, as well as former men’s basketball Fab Five member Jimmy King, were among those present at the first- ever ...…
…with normal cells in the same individual. “The basic idea is, based on a patient’s molecular fingerprint, to suggest clinical trials or off- label use of approved agents based on the mutational profile of an individual advanced cancer, or, in general, metastatic disease,” Chinnaiyan said. “By matching a patient’s molecular fingerprint with potential drugs that target those aberrations, we have a better chance at treating canc...…
…2A — Thursday, October 20, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Corey Seeman @cseeman Red-Tailed Hawk swooping past a student at the Law Quad today at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor @ umich #flickr Follow @michigandaily UMich Energy @MichEnergy Dioxane discovered in shallow groundwater at Ann Arbor neighborhood park UMich Catholics @UmichCatholics Hope everyone’s travels back to Ann Arbor are safe and eve...…
…During the Michigan vs. Wisconsin game, 19-year-old actress Chloe Grace Moretz, known for her roles in the films like “Kick-Ass,” joined the College Democrats to rally University of Michigan students to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. According to AmericaJr, a news and entertainment website, about 250 students registered at the event. “It’s really exciting … to talk to a bunch of 18- and 19...…
…A new set of alt right posters were found Monday morning on a University of Michigan cylinder posting area on the corner of South State Street and North University, citing websites that argue race determines intelligence and anti-Muslim sentiments. One of the posters featured the Pepe the Frog meme, a newfound symbol associated with the alt right movement. Several others portrayed an Islam man killing a white woman or c...…
…16-year-old Qi-Xuan “Justin” Tang, an Ann Arbor high school student, was struck by a car and killed Tuesday morning around 7:20 a.m. He was struck by a car while crossing Fuller Road near Huron High School, according to Ann Arbor Police and Ann Arbor Public Schools. Tang was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital after the accident, where he passed away, according to the Detroit Free Press. Ann Arbor Police Lt. R...…
…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 fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $110. Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affi...…
…TAKIN’ ON THE REAL WORLD. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, October 21, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily MYR Taylor Googling @mtaylorgoogling Is Rick Snyder handing out Halloween candy from his downtown Ann Arbor home this year? The State Business @bizatthestate University of Michigan Depression Center gets $10.8M boost Emily Gilbert @emilyhgilbert I’ve had 7 people yell “...…
…SPOOKY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Last year, Engineering junior Chris Baldwin found himself as the poster child of a dark period in Michigan football history. After the last second 27-23 loss in the Michigan State game last year, his reaction was immortalized as a meme. But as of Saturday, Baldwin can finally follow up with a victorious pose after the University’s win against Michigan State University, 32-23. In t...…
…E-Z-P-Z. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, October 27, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The University of Michigan announcedTuesday that the academic platform CTools — which was launched in 2004 — will be entirely phased out by the end of 2017. According to the press release, CTools users, both faculty and students, will be able to set up CTools project sites to be used for research, information ...…
…scripture that she said Muslims believe predetermine the patriarchal relations between men and women in the culture. She reads the Quran “as a liberty text” for women. “This isn’t to say that the Quran doesn’t speak of women and men; it is only to point out that the Quran does not say that one is superior to another,” Barlas said. “For example, there are no voices that define women in terms of female attributes that are uniqu...…
…Families, kids and dancers gathered around the Cube for a afternoon of pumpkin decorating, dressing up and a child’s rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Sunday, organized by University of Michigan student group Dance Marathon. Dance Marathon, a student organization on campus, raises money for children with disabilities in Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and C.S. Mott, including a thorough 24-hour dance party towa...…
…control of the state House. Currently, Republicans have a majority in the state House, 62-44. “Not only are we going to elect Hillary Clinton as president, but the greater 12 can take the state House of Representatives,” she said. “If you’re unhappy about the fact that the Flint water was poisoned or all the others things that have happened, we need to take those seats back.” Albright also stressed the importance of not beco...…
…Thursday, October 20, 2016 — 3A News michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily the Spanish phenomenon of “feminicide” — a concept, according to the Ferrari, that all too many Latina women are familiar with. Ferrari said the term is used to describe the unceasing deaths and acts of violence toward girls and women in Latin America. “It’s a global. It began in Argentina, but now it is everywhere,” she said. “And today, these ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Monday, October 3, 2016 — 3A News & Sports plan had notably low attendance, averaging about 40 people each except for one for staff, which drew 120. Sunday’s gathering had one of the highest reported attendances for a University-sponsored event regarding diversity on campus this past month, with over 180 people. However, student attendance has been much higher at student-run events, such as p...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 4, 2016 — 3 News reduced to more inferior roles and limited in the interactions they could have with men on screen. “The new authorities showed hostility to women’s participation in cinema, which is seen in the guidelines that they wrote codifying the representation of women in the films,” Ganjavie said. The post-1979 Iranian film industry also adjuste...…
…and depression disorders comprehensively, focusing on medical research, clinical care, education and public policy. The Eisenberg’s gift will mainly be used for medical research. John Greden, founder and executive director of the center, said the gift will help fund projects that aim to uncover the underlying causes of the illnesses, which will allow clinicians to personalize treatments for each patient with depression o...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, October 25, 2016 — 3A deadline on Oct. 11, 90 percent of respondents said they registered to vote. Various groups on campus have worked to register voters throughout the semester, including the University’s chapters of College Democrats and College Republicans — college students typically register at lower rates. The survey also asked if state and fed...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, October 21, 2016 — 3A Nursing school for Flint Several University of Michigan regents and chief executives broke into cheers after the creation of a new nursing school to the Flint campus was unaminously approved by the Regents during the meeting. Flint Chancellor Susan Borrego told the board that more than 19 percent of the UM-Flint student body studies nu...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, October 31, 2016 — 3A into the commemoration. Themed Semesters LSA departments will devote the winter 2017 semester to exploring the origins of the University of Michigan system and examining its role in the state, nation and world through course offerings and symposia complimented by a series of lectures and discussions. In a University press release, History Prof. Greg...…
…2-News 3-News Thursday, October 27, 2016— 3A News & Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said in an interview Wednesday administrators are focusing their efforts on improving diversity of all types, including racial and economic, as well as on admitting first-generation students and students from a wider variety of high schools. He acknowledged, however, that efforts to increase ...…
…Drawing the line: Which side will you choose? President Schlissel, the Board of Regents, and the Administration of the University of Michigan: The University has continuously shown its allegiance and dedication to “defend” the right to freedom of speech, but fails at providing and promising safety for students of color. The safety of students should not come as an afterthought; it should be a priority. The active stance that the ...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, October 24, 2016 — 3A the vote efforts. However, those have very little to do with attracting candidates or surrogate visits, and only coordinate after a visit is announced. “It’s a very formalized process that is mostly done through the campaign,” said LSA senior Lauren Gallagher, Students for Hillary president. Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president of government re...…
…S exual assault happens, and that’s what matters, not when, where or how. The sobriety of the victim doesn’t matter, nor does his or her race, gender or socioeconomic class. All that matters is that it happens. Two years ago, it happened to me. I was pushed up against a wall, choked and raped for the first time when I was 16 years old. For over a year, I didn’t tell a soul, because there was always the chance ...…
…W hen most people throw something away, usually little attention is paid to what happens next. For most cities, the final resting spot of trash is a landfill, which is simply a large, coated hole in the ground for trash to sit for the rest of eternity. However, for Detroit residents, the final resting place of the most harmful elements of trash is in the lungs of the residents of Midtown and Poletown East. The city is ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, October 3, 2016 Open letter to the U of M community THE BLACK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL | OP-ED T o the University of Michigan Community: In light of recent events, both on and off campus, we are deeply disturbed by the hateful and blatant racism put forth by people who label themselves the alt-right. It troubles us that the individuals of the Black community at the Univers...…
…L ast Monday, I had the pleasure of watching what may very well be the fall of Western liberal democracy. No, not the newest episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” rather, the presidential debate. I went into the debate with a deep fear Donald Trump could rehabilitate his image among the American public. Hillary Clinton’s seven-point lead over the summer had evaporated to the margin of err...…
…S eeing the classic call me when you get a sec text from my stepdad Tuesday morning, I knew my day was about to get much worse. Walking out of East Hall to a quiet place to call him back felt like a lifetime. I was soon informed of a series of events that led to my mom in the ICU after her salt levels fell dangerously low sometime late Monday night. She had tremors, couldn’t speak and her doctors were concerned about possib...…
…Content Warning: This column contains explicit language about sexual assault. S everal years ago, I was sitting in a hot tub with five or six friends. As the night wore on, a few of them went inside, one and two at a time, until I was alone in water with a friend of a friend. We were kissing, but I wasn’t interested in going any further. He went much further than I wanted to, telling me to “hold on” after I told him to ...…
…4A — Friday, October 21, 2016 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 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. SHOHAM GEVA Editor in Chief CLAIRE BRYAN and REGAN DETWILER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed ...…
…A month ago, a guy at a party turned to me and said, “I don’t know your name, so I’m going to call you sugar tits.” Just three weeks ago, a recording of Donald Trump lauding his power to grab women “by the pussy” surfaced. One in four women on college campuses are survivors of sexual assault. It is frustratingly clear that gender inequalities persist in our world. When I express this frustration to women a generation or two o...…
…F or weeks, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed that the election is rigged against him and that voter fraud will hand Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton the presidency. These claims are baseless and clearly seek to undermine the trust that U.S. citizens have in their political system. But last week, Mr. Trump was given an opportunity to walk back on his claims. During the...…
…W ith Halloween fast approaching, so comes the narrative of costumes stained with cultural appropriation and racism. Yes, there are posters hung across the University of Michigan to say costumes like these are wrong, but there still are ignorant people who will choose to sport blackface or insensitive garb that incorrectly represents a culture of people. We’ll see it on the streets on our way to part...…
…T wo years ago, I joined ROTC on campus as a sophomore. That March, in 2015, the boy I considered to be one of my closest friends both in the program and in the school decided to take advantage of me one night after I had been drinking at the bars. I didn’t know what to think the next few days; I passed the night off as something that had happened before: I got too drunk, and mistakes were made. It wasn’t until I came back to sc...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 19, 2016 — 5A ACROSS 1 Unlike this clue, obviously 5 Driving force? 10 Bar regulars, and then some 14 Bible book before Romans 15 One-named singer with 10 Grammys 16 William of “Broadcast News” 17 Does well at the casino? 19 On 20 URL ending 21 Bridge call 22 Hang loosely 23 Star’s statuette 25 Cereal box factoid 28 Mushroom cloud makers 30 Pale 31 __ shadow 32 Tip to one side 33 ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 One of a pair in “Waiting for Godot” 4 __ ray 10 Where rds. meet 14 Frat address 15 Iris ring 16 Obama’s birthplace 17 Basic resting place 18 Personal guide 20 Start of “A Visit From St. Nicholas” 22 Common base 23 “Joke’s on you!” 24 Shoe fastener 27 Animal’s gullet 30 “To see __ is a picture”: Dickinson 31 Make subservient 33 Nincompoop 35 “Biggest Little City in the Wo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 3, 2016 — 5A Roses are red, violets are blue, We love the Daily and we hope you do too. ACROSS 1 Hospital IV amts. 4 Irrational fear sufferer’s suffix 9 Texas city 13 Until now 14 Specialized language 15 Dashing style 16 Expose wrongdoing 19 Gymnast Korbut 20 Choose by majority vote 21 Wok cook’s flavoring 23 Attacked by surprise 26 Baseball card stat 27 Day, in Durango 28 MBA hop...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 4, 2016 — 5 The Altar, R&B artist Banks’s newest release, is the very embodiment of post-breakup anger, vindictive stormy skies and the entire month of October. This album is basically Lady Macbeth in music form, and its collection of omi- nously magical, deeply powerful and altogether all-encompassing songs are haunting in their raw honesty. In The Altar, B...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 26, 2016 — 5A 20TH CENTURY FOX Okay, but in what universe does Zach Galifinakis land Isla Fisher?! George Lucas, the brains behind the “Star Wars” franchise, purportedly hung up a release date for “The Phantom Menace” while filming. No matter what, he told his cast and crew, the film would be released on a specific date. It can’t be much of a su...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 25, 2016 — 5A Does anyone want to hear Drake, the rapper pop star whose hit song, “One Dance,” is the most streamed song ever on Spotify and Apple Music, complain that the rap game is “all lies” and “all filthy?” Apparently so, because on Sunday, October 23rd, on the eve of Drake’s 30th birthday, he used his OVOSoundRadio show to pre- miere a new song on which he pro- fess...…
