…GOT A NEWS TIP? E-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXXII, No. 108 ©2022 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MIC...............................6 OPINION.......................7 S P O RT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 STATEMENT..........INSERT michigandaily.com For more stories and coverage, visit Follow The Daily on Inst...…
…There were 3,000 people standing side-by-side across the Diag on the University of Michigan’s campus Wednesday night. U-M students and community members gathered together in silence to mourn the mass shooting that took place on the Michigan State University’s campus Monday night which led to the death of three MSU students: Brian Fraser, Alexandria Verner and Arielle Anderson. The U-M Central Student Government organized the vi...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 82 ©2022 The Michigan Daily SPORTS................... 2 NEWS...................... 3 ARTS.............. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 STATEMENT.............6 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…Hundreds of local entheogenic and psychedelic plant activists gathered on the University of Michigan Diag on Sept. 19 for the first-ever Entheofest, a celebration and call for the decriminalization of plant medicines and fungi in Ann Arbor and beyond. The event began exactly at 11:11 a.m. and ended at 2:22 p.m. The celebration came a year after the Ann Arbor City Council voted to decriminalize the use and possession of enthe...…
…After a recent change in the University of Michigan’s School of Nursing curriculum, Nursing students were offering to buy other students’ clinical shifts for as much $400 in order to switch their assigned times and locations throughout the Fall 2019 semester. According to University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen, the change began in Fall 2019 and allows students to select their own clinical shifts based on their registration ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 22, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ypsilanti is following Ann Arbor’s lead in drafting a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2035. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, the Ypsilanti City Council decided to draft a plan on how the city could become carbon neutral in 15 years. The draft plan will be presented on March 31, approaching the 50th anniversar...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 22, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 15 ©2019 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A SSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 S U D O K U . . . . . ....…
…About 50 people gathered Friday night in the Forum Hall of Palmer Commons for the 2019 Mental Health Monologues, sponsored by the University of Michigan’s chapter of Active Minds. This is the fourth year Active Minds, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about mental health among college students, has put on the show. Students and alumni prepared monologues about their personal struggles with mental health. Nu...…
…Max Tsao, Music, Theatre & Dance junior, was working in Mason Hall with other students Saturday afternoon when the first reports of an active shooter on the University of Michigan’s Central Campus were publicized. In one of the student’s group chats, at approximately 4:44 p.m., one student alerted the group “There’s an active shooter near Mason.” Many students responded to the text in confusion, one asking “How am I suppo...…
…See DRIVING, Page 3A In 2007, a loose-knit group of skateboarders and skateboard enthusiasts in Ann Arbor decided it was time to create a skatepark in a city that has many other exceptional public amenities. In 2014, after a large community effort, Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark — a nonprofit public skatepark in Ann Arbor — was created. Twelve years after this initial push, the skatepark is a thriving nonprofit. And now,...…
…More than 1,000 students and Ann Arbor residents filled Hill Auditorium on Monday to hear keynote speakers principal and co-founder of the James and Grace Lee Boggs School in Detroit Julia Putnam and anti-racism activist and writer Tim Wise discuss issues of inequality and injustice in America. The keynote memorial lecture is just one event in a two-week series of discussions, forums and events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and...…
…LSA senior Kia Schwert was captivated by the research opportunities at the University when she attended the Michigan Community College Summer Research Fellowship as a fellow in 2017, inspiring her to transfer to the University to study sociology and women’s studies. She got involved as a research assistant in Profs. Elizabeth Armstrong and Sandra Levitsky’s Title IX lab in the Sociology Department, which involved LS...…
…When LSA sophomore Izzy Nakisher entered the University of Michigan, she didn’t know her major. She visited her adviser, who was assigned to her at orientation, once every few weeks her freshman year, trying to figure out a direction. Four major changes later, Nakisher is now ready to declare. Her adviser, she said, was key in making this happen. An academic adviser is assigned to students at the University during thei...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 22, 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. 82 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S ....…
…On Friday afternoon, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke to a full house of University of Michigan students and community members at Stamps Auditorium. As part of the class Entrepreneurship 407: Entrepreneurship Hour, Emanuel discussed entrepreneurship and innovation, drawing both on his past and present experience in politics. Emanuel was elected as mayor in 2011, and before served in Congres...…
…University of Michigan Central Student Government President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, signed the assembly’s resolution AR 7-019 that calls for the University to investigate possible divestment from companies that violate Palestinian human rights. In a secret ballot vote last Wednesday morningat CSG’s meeting, the #UMDivest movement passed for the first time on the University’s Ann Arbor campus with 23 votes in favor...…
…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...…
…Full tuition guaranteed to in-state students in need University Regents affirm committment to low-income Michigan families By RIYAH BASHA Daily News Editor University of Michigan alum Lehman Robinson applied to his now alma mater on a whim. As a first-generation college student coming from a low-income household, he assumed the school would be out of his family’s means — until he received his financial aid notice. Si...…
…After bringing the likes of Migos, J. Cole and Common to campus, MUSIC Matters’ SpringFest will be hosting headliners 2 Chainz, Lil Yachty and Desiigner at the Crisler Center for the organization’s largest planned concert to date. MUSIC Matter’s sixth annual charity festival will take place on Friday, April 14 and will consist of a day-long festival with live performances from local and emerging talent, a pitch competition,...…
…If University of Michigan College of Engineering researchers continue to prototype their innovative work, you might soon be receiving packages from someone other than a mailman — instead, a robotic bird. The University will be the first institution to program and test “Cassie,” a robot with the mobility of a bird and the potential to transform efficient energy usage. The robot, created by the Agility Robotics prog...…
…Hilary Clinton made history this past presidential election cycle after securing the Democratic nomination for the 2016 election as the first female to ever win a major party nomination, promoting excitement among many young voters including on campus. However, the election of her opponent, President-elect Donald Trump, has sparked concern over what his presidency will mean for women’s rights for many students. While ...…
…Two lawsuits have been filed in the past month over an alleged sexual assault at a University of Michigan fraternity party in January 2016. The first lawsuit, from a now-former male University student, was filed against several employees of the University of Michigan for wrongfully causing the student leave the University following the alleged assault, according to court documents. “The Appeals Board applied an un...…
…‘U’ researchers use mice in experiment on element’s effect on weight By KEVIN BIGLIN For the Daily The long-term effects of lead exposure at young ages could increase the risk of obesity later in life, a University of Michigan School of Public Health study found. The study — which researchers noted shows a possible life-long impact in the state for Flint residents in particular, due to the cities water crisis — was a c...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 22, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan won the 2016 Big Ten women’s swimming and diving title » INSIDE Making a splash Researchers could contribute to future travels to the planet By KEVIN LINDER For the Daily NASA recently funded a University of Michigan design for spacecraft thrusters as part of its Next Space Technologies for Exploration...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 22, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Awards given to students and organizations By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter Twelve students and two student organizations were honored Thursday night at the MLK Spirit Award...…
…Forum draws law enforcement leadership from across the county By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter Following an ongoing national conversation about the relationship between police and communities, Washtenaw County Police and Public Safety department will now implement additional measures to communicate with the public. On Wednesday, the 16th Annual Public Forum for the Enhancement of Police and Community Trust featured a p...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 22, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Alum sentenced on vandalism charge after ski trip By ALLANA AKHTAR and ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporters Matthew Vlasic, one of four former fraternity mem- bers charged in connec- tion with damages inflicted on a Northern Michigan ski resort, was sentenced Monday to two years of pro- bation, ...…
…Formula assesses complications in bone marrow recipients By PARISHA NOVA Daily Staff Reporter University researchers have developed a new testing sys- tem that can improve care for patients who need bone marrow and stem cell transplants. Graft-versus-host disease is a life-threatening condition that can occur in response to trans- plants. GVHD causes immune cells from the transplant to attack the body’s healthy tissue. In pa...…
…Ie iidiigan 0ail .,i ,'F\ ~HUt ~\H5D\fi \F Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 22, 2014 michigandaily.com PLEASANT PUPS HOSPITAL Plans made for unlikely arrival of Ebola at 'U' LUNA AN /aaiy Stony Creek High School student Sydney Watson and LSA freshman Nikki Hallacy enjoy Dogs on the Diag Tuesday. Paws with a Cause, Canine Assistants and other therapy dogs were present. ANN ARBOR Mayoral candidates aim to ke ep young talent in A H...…
…~IieC4digan aIt ONE-H IUNI)RE)-TWEV NTY-1"(UII YEA1IS OF~ EI)IT( )IIAI FREEDOM\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 22,2014 michigandaily.com WHEN IT RAINS... CAMPUS SAFETY Bi House evacuation followed rotocol Extreme weather at 830 p .m Players were also allowed 15 minutes to warm up postponed the game, before play recommenced. Joe Piersante, chief operations displaced fans officer for DPSS and detail commander during football RUB WALLAU/Da...…
… 2 1Thursday, May 22, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com BASEBALL Adcock ascends rotation Baseballclaims four Weekly SummerEdition MichiganDaily.com By BRAD WHIPPLE DailySports Writer No one expected this so soon - not even Brett Adcock. The freshman left-hander had been a starting pitcher all his life, boasting a O.58 earned-run average in high school. But in the midst of transitioning to Division I college baseball, he was sent t...…
…-1~ £ijian ,IaiIVj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 22, 2014 michigandaily.com CAMPUS LIFE Town hall asks input for Trotter renovation James Hilton, vice provost for Digital Education Initiatives, speaks during the Senate Assembly meeting at Palmer Commons Monday. Senate Assembly looks at technology optimization Sti r B Disct upcomi Trotter were fa hall ir Archite Wright represe Consul Univers attenda The led init Trotter eventua When...…
…be #flid~igan 40a1&, \ 1K 111'N 11:1)\VjN. Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 22, 2013 michigandaiy.com RACE ON CAMPUS After 4BBUM, regents vow to take action on race relations Administrators voice support for students of color at meeting By JENNIFER CALFAS Daily Staff Reporter While #BBUM trended nationally on Twitter, its message reached the University's Board of Regents. The board heard Thursday heard from student leaders and admi...…
…1 £ ligan 0ailg O)N}-14 ) N )R \E NT) W F ()UlYFO \R \llS ()1' 1.4)1 T()ttL L 11 ]J H )N Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 22,2013 michigandailycom KAHEIN WykAL/OIr U-M lin Chncelor uthPeron atens te Bard f Rgens metin inFlit, Mch. Frday In Finta dffernt cmpu FACULTY GOVERNANCE Senate talks health care benef its and recruit- UM-Flint has * unique challenges compared to A2 By SAM GRINGLAS Daily StaffReporter FLINT, Mich. - Just a 55-mi...…
…Ulie 1i 1a ig Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 22, 2013 michigandaily.com UNION RENOVATIONS Ahmo's to join Union food court Participants dressed in Mario-Kart-themed costumes run at the MRelay event at Ferry Field Saturday. ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily MRelay raises over$ 300K 2,000 students come out for event at Ferry Field By ALICIA ADAMCZYK DailyNewsEditor While libraries and cof- fee shops across campus were filled with University students...…
…()N HlNDIR El-TW1 \EN TH'111 EE 1-'Y 1 AS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 22, 2013 michigandailycom CRIME 36 months in prison for Jenson PATRICK BARRON/Daily Stanley Frankel speaks on behalf of his family and the Frankel foundation for their $50 million donation to the Michigan Cardiovascular Center at the March regents at the Union Thursday. Major'U'donorsoore Former UMHS resident sentenced at federal court in chil...…
…()I ~ N~ 11\\INIF 1111 4 I6F I 11 O I\4II6IIF.\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 22, 2013 michigandaily.com RESEARCH 'U'bracing for possible cuts in fed. funding Forrest says "They listen to us, so it's up to us to help the federal gov- sequestration would ernment understand what the research opportunities and what take $40 million the competitive opportunities f h are in the future," Forrest said. rom researCa "It has been innovation ...…
…ON 11NII ,I,1,I I 11,I,, 0111111~111r,\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 22, 2013 michigandaily.com Again, Obama takes oath I lI 600,000 flock to National Mto erO a ll toher 1bama Equality focus of address C pre 0 University students praise speech's liberal promises ByALICIA ADAMCZYK Daily News Editor WASHINGTON - Although young voters' support for Presi- dent Barack Obama's re-elec- tion, was predicted to waver in November's elec...…
…1be1Lidji yazF0aiIF lItt\lii \ I NIIIa n a t'01)1 II\I1' II(\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 22, 2012 michigandaily.com "" rV .. .l KICKING THE STREAK CAMPUS SAFETY Critical report faults'U' security Three safety agencies untied with creation of Division of Public Safety and Security By AUSTEN HUFFORD Daily Staff Reporter A report released Friday that served as a catalyst for the reorganization of major campus security programs into...…
…~16e ffiidlipan .0ai4jj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 22, 2012 michigandaily.com CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS Campaigns could face violations University Election Council to hold nine * hearings today By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily StaffReporter An individual affiliated with the OurMichigan party has made numerous allegations of campaign violations against the other parties running in the Central Student Government presidential and...…
…) ) I I )- \ TN \ () IEA I IS( )I)1() A 111 Il )MAl Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 22, 2012 michigandaily.com LEGAL DISPUTE Board passes resolution decrying bill In emergency meeting, regents oppose bill barring GSRA unionization By PETER SHAHIN Daily Staff Reporter Even though none of the Uni- versity's regents were in the room, the tension was palpable. At a contentious 8 a.m. tele- conference meeting yesterday,, the University...…
…UbE ffic1igan , IaiIlj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 22, 2011 michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Doctors, staff inspire design of newhospital Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, Federal Highway Administration Michigan Division Administrator Russell Jorgenson, Michigan Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle and U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) speak at the Ann Arbor Stadium Bridges groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. C fede...…
…be l1i1llipan3II~j Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 22, 2011 michigandailycom ART ON ART ,. , _ . } i kr, ti . I z ,i '.} r _ a } )i , Lei.. l 4 ' FEDERAL LEGISLATION Professors, 'U' groups talk DADT elimiation ALLISON KRUSKE/Daily Second-year graduate student Amber Kao and junior Tehillah Frederick, both in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, perform an improvisational piece at the Mark di Suvero sculpture outside the Universi...…
…~Ije 1Iid0ian &tIj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 22, 2011 michigandaily.com ANN ARBOR CITY COUNCIL * First reading of * pot ordinance approved by A2 City Council Second reading to cation of personalized alpha- numeric identification - which occur after period encompasses numbers and letter - for the recipient and the dis- for public input pensary would have to be con- By K.C. WASSMAN Daily StaffReporter After months of discus- sions ...…
…Ic i an4,.3at IV Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 22,2011 michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY FACULTY SACUA says alternative needed for tenure prop. Ann Arbor resident Marty Smith helps Rackham student Ned Weilman get his car out of the snow yesterday. Smith said Wellman's car was the 12th vehicle he had dug out of the snow that day. Ann Arbor received about nine inches of snow on Sunday. UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS Male U Nursings Isay gender sets...…
…46F 46F 46F s an at .4fl C41 '43 1 v < t 's. .. michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 22, 2010 * ELECTION 2010 City business * leaders hope Snyder's plans will boost A2 Republican's tax revamp will attract businesses to Ann Arbor, officials say By ELYANA TWIGGS Daily StaffReporter "Optimistic" is the word that Kyle Mazurek, the vice president of government affairs for the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, uses to describe t...…
…Will Grundler says it'sRNM time for his roommatesB T to put down the Xbox Max Weinberg, longtime drummer for controllers and get off Bruce Springsteen and Conan O'Brien, their asses. takes his big band to the Ark stage SPAGE 4 tomorrow night. PAGE 7 c 111dcigan atg Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 22, 2010 I1iciganaany.com BLUE STEEL CIY CRIME Authorities: Suspects still at large in A2 bank robbery CHRIS RYBA/Daily University employee...…
…With his grandmother in the stands for the first time, WR Darryl Stonum's maturation paid off. PAGE 8A Jeremy Levy on why Jon Stewart's'Rally to Restore Sanity' is just what this country needs. PAGE 4A S lie 1Ikliyan 0aij Wednesday, September 22, 2010 michigandaily.com * MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY Assembly vows to strengthen relationship with A2 Council MSA officials say students weren't consulted enough on porch couch ban By RACHEL BRUSSTA...…
…Michigan women's hoops advances to the quarter- finals of the WNIT with aa* win over Toledo in Crisler * * Arena yesterday. - INSIDE*- Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 22, 2010 michigandaily.com HEALTH CARE EFOR US. House passes health care reform Measure clears by 219-212 margin, with 34 Dems voting no Staff and Wire Reports WASHINGTON (AP) - Sum- moned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic- controlled Congress approved h...…
…t i 11 IARTS FREE FALLING? The Wolverines gave Penn State its . second Big Ten win of the season on Saturday at Criser. ND unnervingly entertaining Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 22, 2010 michigandaily.com ELECTIONS 2010 Rep. Dingell announces he will seek another term FORE! Longest serving U.S., representative made announcement at College Dems event By BETHANY BIRON Daily StaffReporter U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D- Mich.) announced S...…
