…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, July 27, 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. 87 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT... . . . . . . . . . . .4 MIC ........................ 5 ...…
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…Wednesday, July 27, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The sun has come to serve many purposes in our lives. It is a source of light and power, a symbol of joy and clarity. It heals us of our ailments, both physical and mental. After a year of isolation and another year of finding our way out of it, we need — and even deserve — that joy more than ever, and there’s no better time to get it than in the summer. My mem...…
…I know you hate me VALERIJA MALASHEVICH Statement Columnist This is a tale as old as time, but when I was in high school, I — like virtually everyone else my age — was going through a lot. Mentally, physically, spiritually, psychologically and all the other -ly’s. I was planting a seed for my own future, which is a notoriously difficult task for someone so young and often ushers in plenty of unanticipated troubles. We start to pu...…
… Wednesday, July 27, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Last month, I paid $10 to sit in a room full of 30-odd strangers and spend the next two-and-a-half hours laughing, crying and contemplating the meaning of life. In other words, I watched the movie “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (EEAAO), and let’s just say, I’ll never see hot dogs or everything bagels the same way again. The basic premise of...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, July 27, 2022 BRANDON COWIT Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief E ditor’s Note: In the July 20 print edition of The Michigan Daily, this editorial was mistakenly printed ...…
…Wednesday, July 27, 2022 — 7 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A s the top-selling fiction book of 2019 — selling over 12 million copies by January 2022 — “Where the Crawdads Sing” has seen a degree of popularity that few books achieve. In addition to topping the New York Times fiction bestseller list for an astounding 153 weeks, Delia Owens’ first work of fiction was also selected for Reese Witherspoon’s book club i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Michigan commits ready to take the NCAA leap PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Though the offseason still trudges through the dog days of summer, multiple Michigan hockey team commits started ramping up for the upcoming season. On Sunday, the Wolverines’ incoming freshman forwards Rutger McGroarty, Frank Nazar III and defenseman Seamus Casey commenced a 10-day Unit...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, July 20, 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. 86 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 STATEMENT... . . . . . . . . . . . 3 MIC ........................4 ...…
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…For Highland Park, Illinois, or Anytown, USA LILLY DICKMAN Statement Associate Editor The morning after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, I awoke to the sound of rain. Instead of getting up to begin my day, I stayed in bed — a move foreign to my routine. I was sad and dejected, I lacked the motivation to leave the cocoon of my covers. So I lay and listened to the rain. I knew the universe was sad, too; its tears were rollin...…
…4 — Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Photos contributed by Jonathan Vaughn …
…Jonathan Vaughn: a portrait of healing SARAH AKAABOUNE MiC Senior Editor The following story contains potentially triggering accounts and mentions of sexual assault. The University of Michigan made Jonathan Vaughn a man. And being a man is a complicated matter because manhood is the sort of thing that takes just as much as it gives. It can be unrelenting and unreasonable, hard to understand and discern, hard to tame and...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, July 20, 2022 BRANDON COWIT Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief From The Daily: Now, more than ever, we need to stand up for abortion rights *Content warning: rape, violence T he ...…
…Wednesday, July 20, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan names Greenspan and Huntzinger as assistant coaches JAKE SINGER Daily Sports Writer Less than two weeks after Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel hired a new baseball coach in Tracy Smith, the Wolverines’ coaching staff is now complete with the hires of associate head coach Ben Greenspan and pitching coach Brock Huntzinger. Smith had a lot of...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, July 20, 2022 CONNOR EAREGOOD Summer Managing Sports Editor Michigan’s 27-year draft streak fed by recruiting success ICE HOCKEY For the Michigan hockey team, the success of last Thursday’s NHL Draft was something the Wolverines are accustomed to. With three players selected, a 27-year streak of at least one Michigan player being picked continued. It is tied with Boston ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, July 13, 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. 85 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT..............…
…Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com VANESSA KIEFER Editor-in-Chief eic@michigandaily.com ANGIE YU Business Manager business@michigan- daily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Brandon Cowit Managing Editor cowitb@michigandaily.com Tess Crowley Digital Managing Editor crowlete@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on...…
…Wednesday, July 13, 2022 — 3 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The first Mexican-American NBA champion, but not the last IRVING PEA MiC Columnist For the first time since its founding in 1946, a player of Mexican descent won a National Basketball Association championship earlier this month. Juan Tosca-Anderson, or JTA for short, is an Oakland native and forward for the Golden State Warriors. From playing overseas to spendi...…
…4 — Wednesday, July 13, 2022 The first time I remember defecating outside of a toilet was when I was four years old. My father and I, along with my younger brother, were on our way back from the Brooklyn Children’s Museum via the B71 bus. It was winter, probably February, and falling sleet was visible through the bus’s windows. We saw this weather from near the front, facing the aisle, on a row of three blue seats. We must have...…
…Wednesday, July 13, 2022 // The Statement — 5 This year, I was more enraged than inspired when Earth Day rolled around. Scrolling through Instagram and swiping through stories with silly stickers made my blood boil more than it made my heart flutter. Comments like “love you Mother Earth” and “give nature a chance” made my eyebrows furl and my smile turn low and flat — what a vapid, if not intentionally shallow, attempt to “celebrat...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, July 13, 2022 BRANDON COWIT Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief Breakfast should be dinner, here’s why T he treasured anomaly of breakfast for dinner has served as the perfec...…
…Wednesday, July 13, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Frank Nazar III selected by Chicago in NHL Draft COLE MARTIN Daily Sports Writer It didn’t take long for the Michigan hockey team to showcase its elite talent in the 2022 NHL Draft, particularly among its incoming recruits for the 2022-23 season. Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks at 13th overall, Frank Nazar III came off the board first. He was a highly to...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Rutger McGroarty picked by Winnipeg in NHL Draft Two times in the last three NHL drafts, the Michigan hockey team saw at least two players selected in the first round. And with the selection of Rutger McGroarty, the Wolverines can mark off a third. McGroarty was chosen 14th overall by the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, the second Michigan player picked in the dr...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, July 6, 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. 84 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com VANESSA KIEFER Editor-in-Chief eic@michigandaily.com ANGIE YU Business Manager business@michigan- daily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Brandon Cowit Managing Editor cowitb@michigandaily.com Tess Crowley Digital Managing Editor crowlete@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on...…
…Wednesday, July 6, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Objects of Desire’ cultivates intimacy and demands it from you EMILIA FERRANTE Senior Arts Editor Clare Sestanovich’s “Objects of Desire” feels like the end of a gray, overcast day when you realize you haven’t spoken to anyone since you woke up. Maybe you say a word out loud, just to remind yourself that you can talk, and your voice is scratchy with disuse. In...…
…Bus routes along the Washtenaw wealth gap AVA BURZYCKI Statement Columnist This past year, I’ve spent an almost uncomfortable amount of time waiting for the bus, running after the bus and, finally, riding the bus. It takes around a half-hour to get from my Pittsfield Township apartment to downtown Ann Arbor, and I spend the majority of this time stuck in a locked gaze, inspecting both inside and out of the wide window panes. Each r...…
…Wednesday, July 6, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A critique of Hindu American identity ASHVIN PAI MiC Columnist CW: Racism, Transphobia Disclaimer: The author of this piece was a representative on CSG’s 11th Assembly. They were not affiliated with The Daily while holding that role and they no longer have an affiliation with CSG since joining The Daily. Blind Spots “Currently in progress! Protest mar...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, July 6, 2022 BRANDON COWIT Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief Democrats did the right thing by choosing progress over perfection O n June 24, Congress passed the most significant...…
…Wednesday, July 6, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com From gold medals to Big Ten Championships: Jayde Riviere’s journey REMI WILLIAMSON Daily Sports Writer Athletes strive to be the best. They want the most touchdowns, the highest batting average and the most goals. But beyond what appears in the stat sheets, they also want to reach — and succeed — at the highest level of their sports. They want to win the Super ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports 8 — Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Adam Fantilli’s hockey journey worked toward development, not comfort On a long car ride from Chicago to his home in Nobleton, Ontario, Adam Fantilli’s family made a pit stop — a detour years in the making. Stopping in Ann Arbor to visit the Michigan hockey program — which his older brother, Luca, had committed to a few months prior — Fantilli got an up close l...…
…Thursday, June 11, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 124 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR My experience in a COVID-19 hotspot Reflections of trip to a declared ‘hotspot’ of the coronavirus pandemic, Gatlinburg, Tenn. >> SEE PAGE...…
…The University of Michigan announced its hybrid plan for the fall semester in late June, allowing dorms to reopen and remaining flexible to students who do not want to return to campus. However, com- munity members have raised ques- tions about off-campus housing and what students are able to do about leases if they do not plan to return to campus in the fall. Oxford Companies Associate Director Katie Vohwinkle told The Daily in a...…
…The Michigan primary elec- tion for Michigan’s 12th Con- gressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is on Aug. 4. Solomon Rajput, a current medical student at the University of Michigan, is taking a leave of absence to run for Congress and chal- lenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., who has served three terms as the representative from the 12th district. The Dingell family has represented the distr...…
…A s I write this article from my home in Miami, Fla., my state’s COVID-19 rates continue to peak at tens of thousands of new cases per day. An article from The Guardian described the magnitude of the Sunshine State’s crisis as such: “If Florida was a country, it would be one of the world’s biggest hotspots.” Nonetheless, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has adopted an opti- mistic, yet somewhat dismissive outlook on the growth in cases. In...…
…A s a student at the University of Michigan over the past year, I have come to love the natural beauty of the Ann Arbor region, whether it be the scenic Huron River winding through the Washtenaw County coun- tryside, large expanses of open space or picturesque farms dotting the land- scape. Unlike many other cities similar in size — along with most areas of Metro Detroit — Ann Arbor’s close proximity to the countryside in nearly all ...…
…Not a month before quarantine started, my Taylor Swift™ snake ring snapped in half. After anxiously twisting it on and off my finger for nearly two years, the silvery metal fittingly relented in therapy. Bulky, obnoxious and glit- tery green — I had come to think of it as a secret signal (“I knew you were a Swiftie!”) and a con- versation starter. “Oh,” I began when anyone asked me about it, “I’m a really big Taylor Swift fan.” So it’s ...…
…Lianne La Havas’s newest album, a self-titled record of anthems and lullabies, is perfectly representative of herself as an artist. The collec- tion of 12 songs firmly defines her ingenuity as a singer-songwriter, encapsulating her chamele- onic musical aptitude through the ebb and flow of a lilting guitar. Even in the most brash and declarative moments on the album, La Havas’s supreme control and calm when navigating the most climactic...…
…8 Thursday, July 30, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Is it love or Asian fetish? “Look, I’m a tall guy; I’m just attracted to small, cute girls. They happen to be Asian, but I don’t have yellow fever.” The friend I made in the beginning of the school year was trying to explain how he — a white male — did not have an Asian fetish, but he was doing a poor job at that. Later on, I learned he was a dominant ...…
…9 Thursday, July 30, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR My experience in a COVID-19 hotspot Recently, my family drove down to Tennessee to immerse ourselves in nature and find some peace and adventure during such dystopian times. While being up in the Smoky Mountains was beautiful and well worth the trip, it was also scary driving past the crowds of locals. Tennessee is one of eighteen other states recogn...…
…10 Thursday, July 30, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS In bubble, Mikie Schlosser is only focused on winning In coming weeks, fans of major professional televised sports leagues like the MLB, NBA and NHL will see the highly anticipated returns of sports in the form of abbreviated, COVID- 19-adjusted seasons. The NBA is creating a local bubble, while the MLB is trying its best to keep its employees socially isol...…
…11 Thursday, July 30, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Four sports shut down voluntary workouts due to COVID-19 Less than a week after Michigan State football halted its practices and went into a 14-day quarantine, Michigan is pausing voluntary workouts for ice hockey, volleyball, swimming and diving and field hockey, an athletic department spokesperson told The Daily. Workouts have been paused becau...…
…12 Thursday, July 30, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Barriers remain between Black athletes and college athletics In the 1880s with Moses Fleetwood Walker, Michigan baseball became one of the first colleges to have a Black baseball player. In 1890, George Jewett joined the Michigan football team as a halfback — the University and the Big Ten’s first Black football player. Forty years and Fielding Yost ...…
…Thursday, June 11, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 123 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Kellon Yaani Kellon Staff writer Maya Kadouh redirects our attention to the pressing crises occurring in Lebanon. >> SEE PAGE 9 NEWS Teleme...…
…Cynthia Wilbanks, Univer- sity of Michigan vice presi- dent for government relations, announced her plans to retire in December 2020. She served as the vice president at the Univer- sity for 22 years, and is the long- est-serving executive officer. In her tenure as vice presi- dent, Wilbanks worked to develop University responses to proposed local, state and feder- al legislation. She also worked with government officials at all ...…
…The Board of Regents held its sixth meeting of the year Thursday afternoon to hear from public com- menters urging the University of Michigan to consider student input on administrative decisions and to continue expanding plans for an in- residence academic year. All Regents, except Regent Kath- erine White (D), and University executive officers were present for the meeting. This was the first meeting in which Regents Denise Ilitch...…
…In the fall of 1918, as midterm elections approached during the end of World War I and the second wave of the Spanish flu emerged in September, voters witnessed “the first masked ballot ever known in the history of America.” Today, as history so often likes to repeat itself, Americans are enduring sim- ilar situations. In the midst of the resurgence of the Black Lives Mat- ter movement, paired with a deadly pandemic that has taken t...…
…I f you’re anything like me, the Black Lives Matter movement has caused you to second guess everything you thought you knew about our country’s controversial his- tory. I went to a small high school that had little to no diversity from students to staff, which is reflected in the gaps in my education. Personally, June- teenth was a major awakening for me. Though June 19 was the day that the last enslaved people were emancipated in ...…
…A lot has changed since the last time we heard from The Chicks. They had a different name, different marital statuses and George W. Bush was still the president. The same president who lead singer Natalie Maines claimed she was “ashamed” of in 2003 — immediately sparking the trio’s fall from country music grace. Still, the group’s 2006 release Taking the Long Way offered no apologies for being outspoken. “I’ve paid a price and I’ll k...…
