…As students leave campus at a rapid pace in accordance with University of Michigan guidelines, some are worrying about the last- minute move-out costs as well as services from the University they have already paid for but will no longer be able to use. University Housing sent an email on Friday announcing that students who move out of the campus dorms by March 25 will receive a refund of $1,200. A petition calling on th...…
…2 — Thursday, March 26, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., held her third telephone town hall on Wednesday to answer questions from constituents regarding the most recent developments on the coronavirus, including the relief package that was negotiated by the U.S. Senate earlier that day and passed Wednesday night, and the resources available to constituents in District 12. ...…
…El-Sayed also viewed the current pandemic and its implications for Medicare for All through a political lens, discussing the implications the COVID-19 virus may have on the passing of favorable legislation in the future. “We’re talking about a mass trauma that we are all experiencing right now, and that’s terrible,” El-Sayed said. “But every time someone has to go bankrupt for their cancer care, every time someone who ...…
…D ue to a pandemic-that- must-not-be-named, many people have found themselves quarantined in their homes. This new window of free time can be looked at as a unique opportunity to try new things. Perhaps, you can finally read all of those untouched books on your shelf, start exercising, learn to bake, watch that show you’ve been meaning to get to on Netflix. While I am a big proponent of trying new things, I also stro...…
…Thursady, March 26, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SABRIYA IMAMI Daily Arts Writer RCA MUSIC REVIEW When my friend told me Donald Glover dropped a new album, I immediately sought it out on Spotify and couldn’t find it. The long-awaited Childish Gambino project materialized on a mysterious website, https:// donaldgloverpresents. com, on March 15. My friend joked that Glover uploaded the album on...…
…Thursday, March 26, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com As you can probably tell from my byline, I’m The Daily’s community culture columnist. As I wrote in my application two years ago, my column focuses on “the intersection between history, culture and the performing arts.” I’ve spent the past two years analyzing performances I’ve attended in Ann Arbor and beyond. I’ve written about everything from “Mean Girls”...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 26, 2020 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. 76 ©2020 The Michigan Daily NE WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A OPINION.....................4A ARTS & NEWS .............6A S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 B A R T S . . ....…
…Ann Arbor residents gathered Tuesday night to discuss developing affordable housing at a meeting hosted by the city and SmithGroup, an architectural design firm. Held in the Downtown Development Ann Arbor Authority building, the meeting served as a follow- up to a series of workshops held in December to garner community feedback about possible affordable housing sites. Attendees were handed a fact sheet that provided ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — 3A SCHLISSEL From Page 1A ADVISING From Page 1A PENCE From Page 2A TMD: In late September, the Public Accountability Initiative released a report showing that $26 million of the University endowment was invested in private equity fund Lime Rock Partners as of October 2018. The fund finances oil driver Tim Dunn and Empower Texans, a conservative group that h...…
…C riticism against the Electoral College has been mounting for decades. However, it has become a talking point for major presidential candidates after a 2000 and 2016 disparity between the popular vote and electoral majority collected. Many Democratic hopefuls including Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have spoken out i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — 5A With his pale white skin and deep red hair, Archy Marshall is more like a human embodiment of a cigarette than he is a singer/ multi-instrumentalist. He’s got the voice to match, too: gnarled, deep and gruff. Rather than let his unconventional appearance and voice hold him back, he leans directly into it, using the combination to create stunning visual art an...…
…puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Blake Slonecker ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/26/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/26/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 ACROSS 1 Commerce pact to be replaced by USMCA when it’s ratified 6 __ circus 11 Cook quickly 14 Fluffed-up dos 15 Apple music players 16 Actress Longoria 17 *Top brass 19 Out...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — 7A Mann, Mayotte working to fix habits After practice ended Monday at Yost Ice Arena, after most of the team and the coaching staff had retreated up the stairs to the locker room, Strauss Mann and Kris Mayotte — and a handful of forwards — were still on the ice. The sophomore goaltender and his position coach had a conversation at the far end of the ice bef...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ALEC COHEN / DAILY | DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN Juwan Howard’s new job came with a new Juwan Howard’s new job came with a new office. office. As the calendar flipped to June 2019, he began As the calendar flipped to June 2019, he began moving cardboard boxes en masse into an office moving cardboard boxes en masse into an office left vacant by former Michi...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 26, 2020 PHOTO BY KEEMYA ESMAEL The pulse of perfection The pulse of perfection …
…Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Magdalena Mihaylova Deputy Editors Emily Stillman Marisa Wright Associate Editor Reece Meyhoefer Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Madison Gagne Sadia Jiban Photo Editor Keemya Esmael Editor in Chief Elizabeth Lawrence Managing Editor Erin White P ink and yellow flowers covered the ovular bead that hung on a dainty gold chain s...…
…3B Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 3B Read more at MichiganDaily.com Ode to vintage stores T here was a big pond behind the third house of my childhood. The first night we moved in, all five of us ran down to it — my two brothers, mom, dad and me — and we slipped, slid and pushed each other across the ice. Snow was coming down from the sky in big chunks. (It was one of those typical winter nights, I’d later learn,...…
…M y favorite part of a Pure Barre workout is when we go into bridge lifts — upper back on the ground, pelvis pushing up toward the ceiling — because it’s the most overtly sexual thing we do, and it means class is almost over Pure Barre was founded by Carrie Dorr in 2001, just outside of Detroit. Driven by a results-oriented “lift, tone, burn” mantra, Pure Barre focuses on low-impact, muscle- burning movements intended to tighten and ...…
…Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 6B his stability filled me with purpose: a new way to pause, a new way to move, a new way to achieve. I spent the past three summers working the front desk at Barre3 in St. Louis. I kept the studio sunny and followed the morning and evening checklists for glorified janitorial duties: mopping the floors, deep cleaning the bathrooms, bleaching the weights. The best part of the job was the com...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 7B I n the universe of college student organizations and meetings, icebreakers are a necessary evil — universally hated, yet they persist in a futile attempt to personalize meet- ings beyond the generic name/year/ pronouns/major introductions. At their best, icebreakers provide a tiny, mostly insignificant insight into the tastes and pre...…
…Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement VISUAL STATEMENT: BRUTALISM IN WASHINGTON D.C. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL BAGAZINSKI …
