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…A few thousand graduate students, undergraduates, lecturers and Ann Arbor community members rallied on the Diag at the University of Michigan Wednesday in support of the Graduate Employees’ Organization’s decision to strike following months of unsuccessful contract negotiations with the University’s Academic Human Resources Department. The walk-out started at 10:24 a.m. to call attention to the fact that GEO is “...…
…About 50 University of Michigan students and faculty alike gathered in Rackham Auditorium for the annual Tanner Lecture Wednesday evening, which is funded by The Tanner Foundation, an organization that helps patients with neurological diseases. This year’s keynote speaker was Sally Haslanger, the Ford professor of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Haslanger’s lecture focused on int...…
…“Do you think it will be war?” young bride-to-be Gûle (Kajeen Aloush, debut) asks her older sister. A pause. “It already is war,” her sister replies. So begins “Berbû,” Sevinaz Evdike’s dazzling directorial debut, which had its American premiere this Thursday at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. “Berbù,” which clocks in at just 70 minutes, is a deeply personal portrait of the ongoing Syrian civil war. The film is set in Serekaniye, a...…
…Taylor Swift has been widely hailed as one of the greatest songwriters of her generation. Not only are her songs catchy and meaningful, but they almost always tell an incredible, lively story. In particular, the songs that describe beautiful relationships and heart-wrenching breakups reach a level of storytelling that few other art- ists can aspire to. And because these songs tell such descriptive stories, it’s only natural that fans...…
…I think makeup is one of the most exciting forms of art. Discovering techniques that complement different facial structures, emphasizing your favorite features and enhancing personal style all draw me to the beauty world, whether in everyday makeup or more creative, bold looks. My interest in makeup is reflected in the way I use social media — on Pinterest boards or my Instagram explore page, there’s bound to be some makeu...…
…S T A T E M E N T michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily Wednesday, April 5, 2023 — 7 Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of smiling at my phone. My affair with the game started about six days before this past Christmas when I got a text from my uncle telling me that it was time to continue our annual tradition of me telling him what I wanted for Christmas — and that invariably being the newest version of FIFA. But this year, for the f...…
…Sonder is a term that describes the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own; in essence, the word strikes a sense of not only sorrow due to meaning itself, but also comfort, an echo that radiates between the two syllables and connects the six letters into a hopeful hopelessness. When I first learned about the word, I was listening to my playlist as a new song by Brent Faiyaz ...…
…Before I knew of virtue, I knew of vice. It’s not a stretch to say I grew up hand in hand with the knowledge of sin, from the fairly innocuous to the fairly extreme: to hurt someone is a sin, to blaspheme is a sin, alco- hol, greed, sacrilege — the list goes on and on. But with the knowledge of sin came also an understanding of hierarchy, with some sins taught as per- missible and others damning. All are sins against god, but some ...…
…The penis, perhaps, in its most potent, primal state, might be one of the biggest (or maybe not so big …) mysteries unknown to man. At the sacral site of this sexual organ is an enormous world of imagina- tion, pro-creation and pleasure. Well-endowed with a complex nar- rative structure, relentlessly rising and falling, climaxing and relax- ing exists this embodied enigma, eluding human culture since the dawn of time as seen in centur...…
…Seedling those who sow seeds, side-by-side in the dark, would not wish the morning wood come sooner, as patient are they in the practice of spring, of springing vibrantly into action, of acting vigorously in visceral actuality, there is a finality — leaving nothing undone — these planters, having fallen fatally from grace, are no stranger to darkness no stranger than darkness, than divinity, should they remain grateful, graceful in the...…
…A ccording to the CDC, permanent hearing loss begins at decibel levels of 70. On March 11, 2023, when Yu Chang — an infielder playing for Chinese Taipei — hit a go-ahead grand slam, a decibel reader inside Taichung Intercontinental Stadium registered 118. En route to a 9-5 upset over the Netherlands, Yu Chang blasted the eardrums of 20,000 local fans and etched himself into Taiwanese baseball history. As he rounded second base (...…
…I still remember one of my first Uber experiences during high school. Hiding my disbelief that technology had allowed me inside a total stranger’s car, I stared at downtown Los Angeles rushing past. My feet thumped along to the optimistic lyrics of “Party in the U.S.A.” by Miley Cyrus, my designated driver’s song of choice. Noticing my familiarity with his playlist, the driver opened his mouth to say, “Man, I really miss ...…
…B efore I begin this piece, I want to add a disclaimer: I identify as Jewish. Given the title of this piece and my own positions, I think it’s relevant. There’s been a lot of discussion about the state of Israel and its treatment of Palestinian people on this campus, much of it impassioned and heated. This February, the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met to discuss a public statement about Palestinian ri...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 5, 2023 — 15 Michigan’s hot and cold hitting lead to 2-1 weekend outing against Nebraska TASMIA JAMIL Daily Sports Writer When the Michigan softball team’s bats get hot with runners in scoring positions, it tends to win. On Friday, the Wolverines tallied 14 hits and 10 runs. But on Satur- day, Nebraska extinguished the momentum by pitching a shutout. While Michigan (17-14 over...…
…S omething was off from the start. Before the No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team could even get going, senior Gabby Wilson fell on the second routine of the team’s first rotation. With an uncharacteristic fall on bars, Wilson, and the Wolverines’ hopes, were already on the ground. And that’s just about where they would stay — no matter how hard the team fought. Although Michigan (26-2 overall) led for the first two rou...…
…When Ji Hye Kim founded Miss Kim, a Korean restaurant on North Fifth Ave., she had her eyes set on giving back to the Ann Arbor community. Now, with a new sliding scale payment program, Kim is fighting food insecurity, one meal at a time. The restaurant will be offering its 17 most popular dishes at four different price points ranging from free to 1.5 times the regular price when ordered online and by phone, giving customers the o...…
…Michigan residents can now receive birth control prescriptions directly from local pharmacies, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced in a statement late last month. According to Whitmer, this change is possible because of a new policy from the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). Pharmacists are now able to prescribe oral contraceptives, patches like Xulane and rings such as Annovera ...…
…Former U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a “Save America” rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich. on Oct. 1 to campaign for Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and other Republican politicians running for election on Nov. 8. Trump took the stage to speak about his concerns over the security of American elections. Over the course of a nearly two-hour speech, he r...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 “ur review was great, maybe if you had gotten ur eyes off my tits you could’ve watched the movie!” Three lines, 19 words. Poetry, in arguably its finest 21st-century form: Instagram DM. Amandla Stenberg could’ve written Hamlet, but Shakespeare certainly could not have written this. Just a syllable or two short of a haiku, but with clear intention embedd...…
…This time last year, the Internet was preparing itself for the long-awaited sophomore season of “Euphoria.” Season two dropped in January 2022 after complications from the pandemic left viewers waiting three years since the release of the first season. While there was speculation and excitement about what the second season would entail, no one was ready for the ruthless amount of unnecessary nudity that stained our screens. Vi...…
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…Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age/The child is grown, and puts away child- ish things/Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay I remember exactly where I was when Alex told me to write. More specifically, he said, “You know what you need to do. Just write about it.” We were crammed on ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Combatting the sophomore slump A t the beginning of freshman year, everything is so new and exciting. Every first-year student is in the same boat when it comes to making new friends, navigating new classes and weighing different majors. Many of us are told we have such a long time to figure out what we want to study and not to worry, so we don’t. T...…
…I magine you’re back in middle school, and you’ve just started your first period. You learned all about “that time of the month” from your health teacher, or maybe you had “the talk” with your parents, and now you have to go buy period products. You go and see an aisle marked “Feminine Hygiene Products” in the store. Most people get their first period between ages 10 and 15, with the average age being 12. The harmful term “fem...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Wolverines roll past Ball State as defense shines SAMUEL MOELIS For The Daily Coming off a 4-1 win against Big Ten rival Rutgers, the No. 8 Michigan field hockey team (6-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) looked to keep the momentum roll- ing in its final non-conference game of the season against Ball State (5-5) on Sunday. Firing on all cylinders, the Wolverines sailed pa...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — 11 Sports A PhD in hockey: The education of Brandon Naurato CHARLIE PAPPALARDO Daily Sports Writer If you get Brandon Naurato talk- ing for long enough about his life in hockey, he’ll consistently remark, half-jokingly and half dead serious, “I really did get a PhD. in hockey.” And while Naurato — Michi- gan’s new interim head coach — may not have had to spend seven ...…
…‘M’ SURVIVED ‘M’ SURVIVED JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor Michigan fends off Iowa in Kinnick, 27-14 I OWA CITY – On the turf, deep in the bowels of Kinnick Stadium, surrounded by a striped sea of black and gold, top- five teams often go to die. There’s a magical quality to Kinnick, an aura that seems to catalyze stunning upsets: Entering Saturday, Iowa had defeated five of the last six top- five opponents that it faced at ...…
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…The squirrel is a staple of the University of Michigan’s culture. They make their homes in almost every corner of Ann Arbor, causing may- hem among themselves and providing entertain- ment for the people who walk through the city’s streets and parks each day. I don’t claim to know everything about squirrels, but in applying the findings from research on the psychology of these (in)famous rodents, I can at least sound like I know a thing...…
…My friend Rina is a real estate agent. Her retouched face stares at me from billboards at several intersections in the city; next to her right cheekbone is text that reads, “#1 Realtor in the Metro Area and the Lakeshore!” followed by a regal, cursive logo. Today, though, I am seeing her face in person. We have agreed to meet at a coffee shop at a strip mall midway between our two houses. It’s been a while: she is always busy posing in...…
…Old houses are difficult to live in. Extreme heat and chill come from bad insulation, par- tially due to aging window sills with painted- over handles and shitty screens; summers can be especially problematic. Radiators melt shoe soles and burn curious visitors’ hands in the winter months, but summer’s inescapable heat is easily the worst part of an aging home. That was why Chloe and Janet kept as many windows open as they did in their t...…
…A report from the Public Accountability Initiative has connected the University of Michigan to private equity fund Lime Rock Partners, which directly finances billionaire Texas oil-driver Tim Dunn and a far-right political action committee called Empower Texans. With the growing traction of the fossil fuel divestment movement on campus and greater emphasis on responsible investment, groups within the University...…
…The University of Michigan Central Student Government met in Pierpont Commons Tuesday night to appoint new representatives, discuss executive projects regarding mental health and student accessibility to campus resources, as well as accommodations for student absences on election days. Kate Stenvig voiced concerns regarding deportations to Iraq during the community concerns portion of the meeting. She highlighted the...…
…Gerstein said he has worked with the Dean of Students and Michigan Recreational Sports to eliminate barriers to physical fitness for students. “In working with Financial Aid and Rec Sports, we tried to create something that made sure that access to something that’s as important as physical fitness wasn’t privileged based on socioeconomic background,” Gerstein said. CSG has been criticized in the past for its actions surroun...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students...…
…This review contains spoilers. Over the course of its four seasons, “The Good Place” kept its audience on the edge of their seats with one big plot twist after the next. While this unusual sitcom beautifully balanced high-stakes conflict with individual character growth, the finale began with the show’s biggest questions already answered. From redesigning the fundamentally flawed afterlife to reorganizing The Good Place, all...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 5, 2020 — 7A After years of turmoil, longtime Michigan State coach Dantonio retires Mark Dantonio, who brought Michigan State football back to prominence in the Big Ten, announced Tuesday that he would be stepping down as head coach of the Spartans. “Today makes one of the most difficult decisions that I have ever made here at Michigan State,” he said in a statement on...…
…lsa.umich.edu/philosophy Lecture is free and open to the public CHARLES W. MILLS The City University of New York WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 4–6pm | Rackham Auditorium 2020 TANNER LECTURE ON HUMAN VALUES Torn apart Whenever Wolverines and Buckeyes collide, sparks fly — and not in a sentimental way. That’s to be expected from two bitter rivals. But the significance of Tuesday’s clash between the Michigan men’s basketball te...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 5, 2020 From behind the screen “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of t...…
…Wednesday, February 5, 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 N o good college seduction routine would be complete without a pre-coital ideologic...…
…I t was Friday, Jan. 24. I was laying in my bed, only awake because of the sunlight streaming in through my dorm window. After a while, I decided it was time to finally get up, so I rolled over and reached for my phone sitting atop my desk. A calendar event notification topped the screen. It read: “Tomorrow, Lunar New Year.” My family has always loosely followed typical Lunar New Year traditions. We have a straightforward way...…
…I n the 1970s and ’80s, most major United States orchestras changed their audition policies in an attempt to eliminate their bias toward hiring male candidates. The new procedures included advertising the positions more widely, restructuring admissions committees to also include members of the orchestra and most importantly, the introduction of “blind” or “screen” auditions in which the identity of the player was hidden from the ju...…
…Wednesday, February 5, 2020 // The Statement 6B The girl with the plant tattoo A s I enter the second semester of my senior year of college, I’ve found that one of the most wonderful parts of this era of life is the evenings spent on friends’ couches drinking wine, surrounded by people I’ve grown close to over the past years. As the chaos, deadlines, anxiety of forming new bonds and all the noise of the first few years of college die ...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, February 5, 2020 // The Statement 7B I finished the book “Make Trouble” by Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards on a flight back to Ann Arbor from my hometown in New Jersey. As I closed the back cover of a memoir following Richards’s rise in the ranks from seven-year-old daughter of politician Ann Richards to president of Planned Parenthood, I began to cry. I was...…
…Wednesday, February 5, 2020 // The Statement 8B VISUAL STATEMENT: THE TIBETAN TRADITION OF BASKETBALL PHOTOS BY EMMA MATI READ MORE ABOUT THE TRADITION ONLINE AT MICHIGANDAILY.COM …
…Design by Maggie Huang Thursday, December 5, 2019 University of Michigan students gathered at the University Spectrum Center Wednesday evening for a town hall discussion on creating a plan to implement an informed consent model for gender-affirming care at University Health Services. At the event, ten students worked to identify and address health care disparities for transgender students at U-M. The students explained that at U...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, December 5, 2019 — 3A Professors, students reflect on online voting registration system Electronic option will save costs on paper and mailing, increase accuracy of voter profiles MADELINE MCLAUGHLIN Daily Staff Reporter Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced Monday that Michigan residents can now register to vote and update their voter registration status ...…
