…Four students have been selected by the University of Michigan to be official nominees for the prestigious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, which provide full funding for graduate study in the United Kingdom. This years nominees include Public Policy senior Nadine Jawad, recent LSA alum Jonathan Williams, University alum Yiran Liu and University alum Lauren Shepard. According to the LSA Office of National Schola...…
…8 6 5 9 3 2 7 1 4 2 4 1 7 7 5 6 1 5 4 7 8 2 3 4 1 8 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 4/6/09 10:16 AM IRON MAN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, September 29, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Two Door Cinema Club performs in Grand Rapids Wednesday. Tweets Follow @michigandaily Joe Árvai @DecisionLab People are freaking out o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 29, 2017 — 3 election, she doesn’t see what productivity this book offers. “I’d like to focus on what we can do now to build policy and build advocacy for certain groups,” she said. Though the cost of the book and tour concerns some — pre- sale tickets for the Ann Arbor event are currently around $82 to $170 range — many point out nearly every recent president has sold...…
…I called my grandparents, hoping to hear their whereabouts. With the stress of a new school year and a new house distracting me from my family and home life, I was overwhelmed with guilt as I watched the coverage of Hurricane Irma on CNN. As residents of Boynton Beach, Florida, my grandparents were poised to be in the center of the path of the second deadliest hurricane to pass over the United States this year. I was r...…
…Walking along State towards the Diag last semester, simply put, was annoying. Though it sounds high maintenance, pedestrians had to backtrack to a crosswalk or jump into oncoming traffic to avoid the construction across from Walgreens. Finally, the construction has finished, revealing a shiny new and desperately needed coffee shop (a trendy, college town like Ann Arbor can never have too many. Not to mention, the cof...…
…6 — Friday, September 29, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com J O I N D A I L Y A R T S P L E A S E J O I N D A I L Y A R T S P L E A S E NETFLIX Lady Gaga’s new documentary is on Netflix now ‘Five Foot Two’ is a raw look into a pop giant’s life New documentary shows Lady GaGa in all the ways she hasn’t been seen before: unfiltered, imperfect and vulnerable “Five Foot Two” is aptly tit...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, September 29, 2017 — 7 Amid much anticipation, Michigan set to open new season The offseason for the Michigan hockey team has been rife with high expectations. The summer has seen countless headlines surrounding a new head coach, a six-senior class determined to rebound from last year’s disappointment and promising freshmen looking to become breakout stars. This excitement w...…
…8 — September 29, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Bye Week: Evaluating Michigan’s 2017 season so far One-third of the way through its 2017 season, the No. 8 Michigan football team has defied expectations. Despite losing 18 of their 22 starters from a year ago, the Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 4-0 overall) have found reliable options at most, if not all, positions on the field. Even significant question marks be...…
…University of Michigan students have been organizing protests and demonstrations in the last two weeks after a slew of anti-Latino and anti-Black incidents. The Daily sat down with University president Mark Schlissel to talk students’ reactions, his responses and administrators’ actions moving forward. Schlissel said focusing on the lack of success in catching racist perpetrators is “not productive.” The administrat...…
…2A — Thursday, September 28, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY m o c . n o i t a c i d n y s u k o d u s y b e l z z u p JOHN YAEGER/Daily A showcase of Cosmogonic Tattoos by Art & Design professor Jim Cogswell is displayed in the UMMA Wednesday. Tweets Follow @michigandaily Angela Dillard @adillard4 Yes. feeling sad about that but de- termined as ever #CCLittle effort. Faculty & staff shou...…
…As a kid, I soaked up television like a sponge. I spent a lot of time watching Nickelodeon, (“Spongebob” is the best show, don’t @ me), but don’t worry — I watched the educational PBS shows too. All media geared toward children is very fun and friendly, but as I got older and transitioned away from cartoons, the media started to feel more like it wanted to be my enemy instead of my friend. For the new target audience that I j...…
…W ith the election of Donald Trump, students have been getting more involved in activism. From the Women’s March the day after the election, to A Day Without Immigrants, to the March for Science in the spring, to the marches and phone banking following the president’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, students have been partaking in activism at campuses across the United State...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 28, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Historic spans 5 2012 World Series MVP Sandoval 10 FiveThirtyEight fodder 14 Ristorante bottle 15 “Let’s call it __”: “We’re even” 16 Spring flower 17 Disney CEO since 2005 18 Small, silvery Chesapeake Bay swimmer 20 See 34-Across 22 Experiment 23 See 34-Across 27 National Lampoon writer, typically 31 Old West gunslinger Jack 32 Hand over 33 State with co...…
…6A — Thursday, September 28, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN STATE REMAINING BIG TEN SCHEDULE MARYLAND WISCONSIN OHIO STATE MINNESOTA INDIANA PENN STATE RUTGERS - HOMECOMING 7:30 P.M. EST TBA TBA 12 P.M. EST TBA 12 P.M. EST TBA 12 P.M. EST October 7 / Michigan Stadium November 11 / College Park, MD November 18 / Madison, WI Nov 25 / Michigan Stadium November 4 / Michigan Stadium October 14 / B...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, September 28, 2017 …
…Soon, sooner than most of us posters, scrollers, refreshers and general internet lurkers would like, Twitter is going to up its character count to 280 — double the current limit. And while that increases potential for memes and political screaming, it also affects a community of poets who use Twitter as their primary means of publication. When Twitter first appeared on the web 11 years ago it was a space to talk about ...…
…way that complicates the narrative of the internet as a void of narcissism. There’s an intentional and maintained level of anonymity that feels very akin to the mythic recluses and anonymously published poets of the print canon. And online, a community has formed. Poets can communicate, read one another’s work and talk from across the globe. It’s a community that values authenticity, something that t...…
…Cyrus Tetteh had grown tired of the feeling that his grades in the classroom were determining his value, and he wanted to do something about it. He started thinking about ways that he could create a platform for himself, and ultimately decided that he wanted to share his creative vision with others in the form of a clothing brand: Cool Club Clothing. I had the opportunity to sit down with Tetteh, a 2015 alum, and reflect on ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, September 28, 2017 — 5B COURTESY OF FILMIC PRODUCTIONS Filmic Productions is a group on campus Filmic brings professional production to our campus The independent production company brings organization and diversity to create professional grade video for the university You’re sitting in the Big House, it’s graduation, and you are leaving your home of the last four years. And in ...…
…8 — Thursday, September 28, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Three memes for the soul: Tag your dirty DIY self Tag yourself, tag your friends, tag your family — reach self-actualization in these memes we stole from the interweb Students, sports and success on ‘The Spew’ COURTESY OF THE SPEW Just a bunch of dudes, talkin’ bought sports ‘n’ stuff Undergraduates who have found a way to bridge a seemingly impossible divide...…
…In response to yesterday’s protests regarding racist incidents on campus, Central Student Government executives solemnly addressed the assembly Tuesday night, urging representatives to stand with the demonstrators and actively listen to the concerns of their constituents. CSG President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, stressed the importance of maintaining the assembly’s purpose in representing the entire student bod...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 10/1/08 1:14 PM 1 3 4 8 6 4 3 7 8 4 9 6 5 9 7 8 2 3 7 6 3 9 3 5 8 6 8 5 3 7 1 7 2 3 SOFT BOILED. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, September 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily Tweets Follow @michigandaily Michigan Nation @UMich2016 Playing Michigan State under the lights at the Big Hou...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 27, 2017— 3A M AGIC MUSIC JOSHUA HAN/Daily The University Philharmonic Orchestra performs their first concert of the year at Hill Auditorium Monday. Their piece, Felix Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, envokes an image of the artist’s visit to the ruins of th ePalace of Holyrood in Edinburgh in 1829. The whole work progresses through a musical stroll around the stones, arche...…
…W hen I walked out of my first class at the University of Michigan, the sky was dark and the streets I had familiarized myself with during the daytime were foreign. Out of stubbornness, I avoided looking at the maps on my phone and began to walk with a new classmate. I tried my hardest to look like I knew where I was going and keep it cool. As I anxiously searched for a landmark that would send me in the directi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 27, 2017 — 5A Arts With a freshly bleached mullet mohawk and a distinct nomadic-desert-hippie vibe, singer Nicholas Petricca bobs along to the bubbly indie pop that Walk The Moon is famous for, as cheery as ever despite the relative barrenness of the desert landscape behind him. Petricca’s wacky dance moves dominate most of the “One Foot” music vi...…
…ACROSS 1 Got taller 5 Etching supplies 10 Ski area in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains 14 See 66-Across 15 Bad news for the waiter 16 Classic cars 17 Fall in love with something at the home improvement center? 19 “Pretty please?” 20 “Frasier” role 21 Debuting on screen 23 iPhone, e.g., briefly 24 Scooby-__ 25 Bring Bugs into harmony? 30 Golf tee, e.g. 31 “Flashdance... What a Feeling” singer Cara 32 Barbecue pair 33 Solo in a spotlight 35 Smallish bat...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 27, 2017 — 7A Wolverines upset No. 9 Wisconsin Due largely to a list of injuries that seems to only grow, not much has gone as expected for the Michigan women’s soccer team this season. Sunday’s game at Wisconsin was no exception — but for a different reason. The Wolverines had fought Minnesota to an exhausting double-overtime draw just three days earlier, a...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A look back at Purdue KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily Redshirt junior quarterback Wilton Speight prepares to lead his team onto the field at Ross-Ade Stadium on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette. KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily Redshirt junior quarterback Wilton Speight was sacked in the second quarter and sustained a second hit that left him motionless on the ground. KATEL...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 HOW DID WE GET HERE? …
…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Ava Weiner Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Nicole Doctoroff Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement The picture stays in the kid: Plastics T he first time I watched ...…
…A s a Muslim, I quickly learned that the claims of this being an inclusive campus were not as earnest as I originally anticipated. Every year I find myself expecting instances of hate, and thus far I have never been proven wrong. For many students with minority identities on campus, issues like the recent racist vandalism in West Quad Residence Hall are simply expected. This is an issue demonstrated over and ...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 5B HOW DID WE GET HERE? Six decades of challenging the University’s administration b y T i m o t h y C o h n, Senior News Editor At 7 a.m. on Monday, first year Public Health student Dana Greene faced the flag- pole and took a knee at the center of the Diag. On Sept. 16, racist graffiti was found on LSA sophomore Travon Stearns’ West Qua...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 6B By the 1970s, Black nationalism emerged as a salient force in campus activism at the University as liberal leaders and students of color became increasingly jaded by the Civil Rights Movement’s painfully slow pace. The 1968 LSA building sit-in following King’s assassination proved to be a power- ful model for civil rights groups on campus because it proved the potential of direct act...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Mandelbrot L ast week, just in time for the Jew- ish high holidays, a care pack- age arrived from home. Grinning uncontrollably, I knew exactly what it was the minute I got it. Inside the box was a mound bundled in tinfoil and bubble wrap and cellophane, tied with a ribbon. “For a sweet New Year!” was written on a tag — referring to Rosh Hashanah, the holiday that...…
…Wednesday, September 27, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T S H M O N G O Ryan Cox plays his saxophone during the Shmongo perfor- mance. Members of Shmongo Geoff Brown, Aaron Willette, and Jacob Sugarman, during their set. Joey Fortino plays guitar later on in the set. Photos by Julia Lawson On Friday, September 15th, I headed to the Diag to photograph my friends’ band, Shmongo, at an event hosted by Stamp Nation, ...…
…With a new initiative headed by Michigan first lady Sue Snyder, sexual assault on college campuses is set to face spirited bipartisan activism, as discussed at the third annual sexual assault prevention summit at Eastern Michigan University. “We all must work together to create an environment where survivors feel safe and encouraged to be heard,” Snyder said. Nearly 500 students, representatives from the University of M...…
…Students came to the University of Michigan earlier this month already excited for Oct. 7’s home football game against Michigan State University. But the buzz really picked up Monday morning when it was officially announced the game would have a 7:30 p.m. kickoff time, officially making it an “under the lights” game. This is the first time Michigan has hosted a night game since 2014. There have only been three others in the B...…
…DINNE RTIME The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, September 26, 2017— 3 Max Kuang/Daily Zingerman’s Deli hosts a paella party cookout Sunday. was taking place in response to the racist graffiti written on his brother’s door in West Quad, but also to protest the name of the building, C.C. Little. “We’re here today because my brother Travon, they targeted him because of his ethnicity. We’re here today because they sto...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, September 26, 2017 REBECCA LERNER Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. EMMA KINERY Editor in Chief ANNA POLUMBO-LEVY and REBECCA TARNOPOL Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 26, 2017 — 5 Arts To call Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s music challenging is to scrape the surface of their 20+ year post- rock innovation. But it’s true, nonetheless. The collective’s approach radically differs from the two- three minute structure that defines the 21st century pop hit. Interfacing orchestral instruments, arrangement and song stru...…
…ACROSS 1 Sales pitch 6 Outback birds 10 Sunup 14 Café lure 15 Clickable webpage word 16 Home to billions 17 Grass shortener 18 Apart from that 19 Slightly wet 20 Julie Andrews’ “The Sound of Music” role 23 Risk, e.g. 24 Healthful berry 25 Jimmy Fallon hosts it 31 “Homeland” spy org. 32 Taxi 33 Nebraska city 34 “Apocalypse Now” setting, familiarly 35 Gathering for fans of graphic novels, anime, etc. 38 Delivery vehicle 39 Painting need 41 Micro...…
…4:10 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 RACKHAM AMPHITHEATRE A public lecture and reception. For more information call 734.615.6667. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, September 26, 2017 — 7 ‘M’ grinds to draw against Golden Gophers Sarah Stratigakis beat a defender, dribbled around the goalkeeper and slid a desperate left-footed attempt towards the empty net. All she could do was wait and watch as the ball tric...…
…8 — Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Harbaugh calling for league-wide changes Jim Harbaugh didn’t mince words. Michigan’s head coach was unhappy with the facilities provided to his team during Saturday’s game at Purdue. He wasn’t pleased with the visitor’s locker room, comparing it to a “hot box,” and he certainly wasn’t pleased with the medical equipment on hand. While speaking ...…
…Approximately 400 Ann Arbor community members embarked in unseasonably warm temperatures to raise awareness for suicide education and prevention by participating in the Out of the Darkness community walkSaturday morning in West Park. Out of the Darkness community walks took place nationwide this weekend with the aim of raising awareness about suicide prevention as well as funds for the American Foundation for ...…
…2A — Monday, September 25, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NATHAN GUPTA Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, September 25, 2017 — 3A October 9, 2017 for this.” The initiative allows people aged 21 and over to purchase and possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana or 15 grams of marijuana concentrate and grow up to 12 marijuana plants in their homes for personal use. If passed, municipalities would be permitted to ban marijuana retailers and businesses within their jurisdictions, and publ...…
…I t can be easy to feel insulated from national events on campus — the demands of coursework, social involvement and employment create a barrier between our world, campus and the larger country. The nature of academia, though, means that we must be more alert than average; our responsibility to be politically engaged is enhanced, not diminished, by our status as students. But sometimes, important pieces of legislati...…
…ACROSS 1 Sales pitch 6 Outback birds 10 Sunup 14 Café lure 15 Clickable webpage word 16 Home to billions 17 Grass shortener 18 Apart from that 19 Slightly wet 20 Julie Andrews’ “The Sound of Music” role 23 Risk, e.g. 24 Healthful berry 25 Jimmy Fallon hosts it 31 “Homeland” spy org. 32 Taxi 33 Nebraska city 34 “Apocalypse Now” setting, familiarly 35 Gathering for fans of graphic novels, anime, etc. 38 Delivery vehicle 39 Painting need 41 Micro...…
…6A — Monday, September 25, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW Value the Voice: toward inclusivity on our campus A new series based around the art of storytelling is coming to UMMA starting this Tuesday. The theme? ‘Transitions’ “Imagine a ‘TED talk’ that doesn’t sound scripted and isn’t lecture-style, but is more so just me telling you a story about how I didn’t have a spoon to stir my Kool-Ai...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 25, 2017 Sending a message Many NFL players took a strong stance by kneeling for the National Anthem in spite of the President’s comments. » SportsMonday Column Page 2B Redemption On Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, John O’Korn found more than a victory, as his winding path of a college career finally received some closure. » Page 4B WEST LAFAYETTE — The biggest ...…
