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February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 10, 2021 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY 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. 19 ©2021 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ARTS............................ 5 MIC...............................9 OPINION.......................11 SP O RTS . . . . . . . . ...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 2

…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2021 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. BRITTANY BOWMAN Managing Editor ba...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 10, 2021 — 3 Activist, scholar LaTosha Brown hosts Black History Month kickoff event Speaker encourages students to “reimagine how we can better our world” To begin this month’s Black History Month celebrations, LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund and a 2020-2021 American Democracy Fellow at Harvard University, discussed civic engagement, voter ...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 4

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 4 — Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Study shows Black researchers about 55% less likely to receive NIH funding than white peers RESEARCH University of Michigan biomedical engineering professor Omolola Eniola- Adefeso, along with 19 other women in biomedical engineering across the country, published a paper last month calling for an end to racial disparity in funding by the Natio...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 10, 2021 — 5 Arlo Parks Explores Light and Loss on ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’ If you’ve ever dug up an old diary and leafed through its pages, it’s very likely you’ve stumbled upon some melodramatic vignettes of adolescence, both cringe- worthy to read yet strangely impossible to tear your eyes away from. There’s a certain appeal to re-living the most intimate momen...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 6

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Like many conservationists, Enric Sala loved our world before he thought about saving it. “I loved the natural world before I could understand it. In fact, I was interested in understanding it because I loved it,” Sala writes in his book, “The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild.” Sala is a scientist, conservationist and National Geographic explorer-...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 10, 2021 — 7 Every child of the 2000s can recall exactly where they were when Jerry Seinfield’s magnum opus “Bee Movie” first graced the big screen. Indeed, I would argue that the defining moment of my childhood occurred when the all-too-fateful “Do ya like jazz?” playfully escaped the intoxicatingly seductive lips of Barry B. Benson. As a seven-year- old, I lionized th...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 8

…“Ruby’s passion and talent are beautifully struck against the pressure that she feels to stay and help her family. Heder creates a vivid life for these characters, flawlessly demonstrating the role that Ruby has played in her family since she was a child. But the members of her family, particularly her parents, are given the same depth and compassion. They too are conflicted, bearing the same worries that any parent has about...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 9

…We’re already moving full steam into the new semester, but I don’t think I’ve fully recovered from the previous one. Part of me wants to forge ahead and never look back at any part of 2020, but things don’t suddenly change when the clock strikes midnight, and the debris from the catastrophic year still lingers everywhere. It lingers in the unease and the discomfort of upending my first year of college. It lingers in my detached co...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 10

…This past year has been a lot to deal with and having constant access to news about the traumas of our realities has only worsened our mental health. Especially in the Black community, it seems like every time we recover from one thing and find some happiness, another disastrous headline or tragic event surfaces to bring us back down. The Black community has lost many of our brothers and sisters since January 2020. Kobe Bryant, Geo...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 11

…T he news of how a group of people on Reddit used shares of GameStop to outmatch a Wall Street hedge fund has not only captured national attention but has also started an ethics conversation about hedge funds and the stock market. However, private citizens are not the only ones using questionable strategies to make money in stocks. Over the past few years, this issue has gained widespread attention due to a number of lawmake...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 12

…Opinion GEO’S 2020-2021 OFFICERS | CONTRIBUTORS JESSIE MITCHELL | COLUMNIST SAM WOITESHEK | COLUMNIST Wednesday, February 10, 2021 — 12 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I n recent weeks, thousands of University of Michigan students, alumni and community members signed a petition demanding University Regent Ronald Weiser (R) be removed from his post for failing to unequivocally disavow the Capitol riot and the chain of ev...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 13

…2-News N ame one thing that Reddit users infatuated with Elon Musk and Twitter leftists have in common. Did you guess a hatred of Wall Street? If you did, I applaud you. Because we’ve witnessed something truly interesting this week. I don’t pay much attention to the stock market, but even I heard about the insane crowdfunded effort in short- squeezing to thwart the effort of the firms shorting GameStop stock. The stock fo...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 14

…14 — Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com UMich Esports benefits from recreational sports status, virtual features The COVID-19 pandemic has sidelined most aspects of typical club sports, derailing practice schedules and throwing competitions out the window. The UMich Esports team, though, felt right at home with the switch to a virtual landscape. The impact of the pandemic on t...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 15

…After leading the Michigan men’s lacrosse team to three consecutive championships at the club level, John Paul was gearing up to prepare the Wolverines for their first season as a part of Division I varsity lacrosse. Now competing in the upper echelon of collegiate lacrosse would bring new challenges for Paul and his players, but they were committed to charging forward in hopes of build- ing a brighter future for the progr...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 16

…16 — Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Maddie Nolan making strides with Leigha Brown still out The Michigan women’s basketball team had a hole to fill ever since junior wing Leigha Brown became ineligible for play due to COVID-19 protocols on Jan. 7, right before the Wolverine’s match-up with Nebraska. Brown was an integral part of Michigan’s early success that led to a 10-0 star...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 18

…Content warning: The following article contains discussion of sexual assault. T he old adage goes as fol- lows: One of the most sacred places for a young woman is in the bathroom at a bar. In pre-COVID times, these sanctuaries were not only places for breaking the seal (or on a worse night, throwing up), but they were also a place of community — of drunk compliments on outfits, of shared insults over shit- ty men, of exchanged hair-...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 19

…W hen I think of Valentine’s Day, I think of a hard-shelled, cherry-red, Sa- ran-wrapped version of love that bores cavities in your teeth and sits on your tongue like the aftermath of a bad French kiss. I think of the time in middle school when I made a list of my “future boyfriends” using a pink piece of construction pa- per and red crayola marker, and I think about the freckle-faced love interest who picked it up and th...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 20

…4A — Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 W hen I was 10, my fam- ily packed up our quaint little Royal Oak home into boxes and embarked on a treacherous journey up Woodward Avenue, the oldest highway in the state of Michigan. It took us a whole 15 minutes to reach our destination: a brave new world that, a decade later, I now regard as my childhood home. Well, our childhood home — Josh, my brother, lived there too. When choosing betw...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 21

…M y dad shows his love through gifting t-shirts. It doesn’t matter the occasion or the time of year or the person receiving it — the man does it out of pure joy. Because of this obses- sion, it would seem rather intuitive that his go-to holiday presents are t- shirts galore, from the “Don’t speak to me before my coffee” shirt for my mother to the “Michigan Grandpa” shirts for his father. My dad’s knack for gifting t-shirts kicke...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 22

… WRAPS SALADS SMOOTHIES RAW JUICE THE APP DOWNLOAD New Loyalty Members get a FREE SMOOTHIE after their first purchase BEYONDJUICERYEATERY.COM 1300 S UNIVERSITY Ann Arbor / 734.929.5874 3500 WASHTENAW Ann Arbor / 734.436.4694 3300 ANN ARBOR - SALINE RD COMING SOON L E V O 6A — Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 Business The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 23

…L, there’s no one else I’d rather have as my restaurant week date! -M C, I love you so much and wish I could take away any time you’ve felt stressed or undervalued or misunderstood. You are flawless to me. I couldn’t have found a better friend-M Rachel, let’s never end our weekly routine madisofo, you’re the goat to my cheese, the jerry to my seinfeld, the tabouli to my hummus, the penny to my stamps, the david to my bowie, and ev...…

February 10, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 19) • Page Image 24

…On good days, we celebrate. On bad, we commiserate. The grad student’s life is hard, it’s true - That’s why I’m thank- ful that I have you (to drink). XOXO to Sauvignon Blanc Halcyon years gone in a daze, the student life ends when I cross the stage. Thinking of you, in times of Corona: my diploma. A constant friend, despite when my workload is vile, there’s nothing you can’t mend, even writing my thesis seems mild (lie). Thank you ...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 1

…Three candidates for Washtenaw County prosecutor spoke to a group of about 60 community members regarding the upcoming election for county prosecutor at the Arrowwood Community Center in Ann Arbor on Sunday afternoon. Arrowwood Democratic Party hosted the event, which was moderated by Ann Arbor City Councilmembers Anne Bannister, D-Ward 1, and Jeff Hayner, D-Ward 1. The candidates — Arianne Slay, Hugo Mack and Eli Savit...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 2

…2A — Monday, February 10, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers DESIGN BY HIBAH CHUGHTAI CHIEF From Page 1A SOPHIA AFENDOULIS/Daily Staff photographer Sophia Afendoulis explored Greece and visited the home of Nectarios of Aegina, the patron saint of cancer. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is pub...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 3

…During the television airing of the 2020 Grammy Awards Ceremony, Google released its new Black History Month advertisement. The 1-minute commercial titled, “The Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers” demonstrates the amazing feats Black people have accomplished throughout history based on how many people have looked them up on the search engine. The Civil Rights Movement holds the spot of the “most searched...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 4

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, February 10, 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 a...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 10, 2020 — 5A I didn’t know who Mac Miller was until he died. I knew he dated Ariana Grande. I knew he wrote a song about that one guy who hosted NBC’s “The Apprentice.” I knew I didn’t like Blue Slide Park when it came out. These were my thoughts as I read “RIP MAC MILLER” from a slab of ply-wood leaning on a frat house on my way back from a football game on Sept. 8...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 6

…WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/10/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/10/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, February 10, 2020 ACROSS 1 Depletes, with “up” 5 Pod in Creole cuisine 9 Theme park that retired its IllumiNations show in 2019 14 Tall and skinny 15 Umpire’s call 16 Greek played by A...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 7

…Monday, February 10, 2020 | michigandaily.com Alexis Rankin / Daily | Design by Jack Silberman INSIDE: LIVERS GIVES ‘M’ BOOST AGAINST MSU - CONNOR BRENNAN MICHIGAN SETS TONE IN STATEMENT WIN - DANIEL DASH SIMPSON’S SHOOTING PROPELS WOLVERINES - JACOB KOPNICK LIVERS’ RETURN COULD CHANGE SEASON SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN READ MORE PAGE 2B …

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 8

…T urning points are often arbitrary. They are judged retroactively, fre- quently in an attempt to ascribe meaning to results rather than default to the randomness of sports. But if the Michigan men’s bas- ketball team finds itself and rounds into form here, we will look back on Saturday’s 77-68 win over Michigan State as a catalyst. Not just because the Wolverines beat the Spar- tans for the first time in nearly two years, n...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 9

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 10, 2020 — 3B ‘M’ holds off Michigan State, 77-68, in win When Michigan went to East Lansing in early January, it was ugly. The Wolverines didn’t seem to have answers for anything that Michigan State threw their way. They couldn’t contain the volatile Spartan offense, led by star senior point guard Cassius Winston and junior forward Xavier Tillman. Their own offense was ...…

February 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 66) • Page Image 10

…4B — February 10, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 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 Michigan earns sweep with 5-3 win Less than five minutes into the third period Saturday night, senior forward Jacob Hayhurst went hunting solo. He entered the ...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 1

…Over 100 students and faculty members congregated on the Diag on Thursday to rally against President Donald Trump’s recent ban on immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. President Trump’s executive order has temporarily suspended the immigration of citizens and refugees from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia from entering the United States. While a nationwide block has been placed on ...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 2

…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government hosted a Twitter town hall Thursday afternoon, asking students and other CSG members to submit questions to Regents Shauna Ryder Diggs (D) and Andrea Newman (R) by using the hashtag #AskARegent. Many of the questions touched on campus concerns that have risen over the past few weeks, including racist and anti- Semitic emails, crime alerts and President Donald Tru...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, February 10, 2017 — 3 response that’s coming from the MARK, deans and news stations, but especially UM faculty. All of this concern!! That is complete crap, and let me tell you I am getting sick and tired of it.” The email goes on to say: “All of this over an email?? Yet, I give my FACTUAL ACCOUNTS of two white men threatening my life and trying to take my car wearing UM hats. F...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 4

…M y parents came from China to the United States in 1991, penniless but filled with hope. They had faith that this new land held promises of a brighter future; they had to, otherwise uprooting themselves from everything they had ever known would be all for naught. Coming here was a gamble, and they were all in. The 1965 Immigration Act, which eradicated immigration quotas, led to a large influx of...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 10, 2017 — 5 One of the things I’ve always liked about folk music is its capacity for energy. The vari- ety of different instruments encourages a nuanced sound that always amazes me. It isn’t hard to see why people con- nect with the sound so much, whether they’re hearing it through their headphones or in the moment at a live show. Few modern folk bands exemplify this...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 6

…ACROSS 1 New 6 Word on a movie ticket 11 Great white cousin 15 Like a gymnast 16 In perfect order 18 “As You Like It”? 20 Thai currency 21 “Night” author Wiesel 22 Summertime treats 23 Berkeley sch. 25 Moby-Dick, e.g. 28 “Hamlet”? 32 Bing provider 35 Fluorine or chlorine 36 Santa __ 37 State tie of New Mexico 38 Name on the cover of “Fear of Flying” 39 __ shui 41 Fix, as a road 42 Bill 43 Web help source 44 Simple wind 46 Animal in some fables...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 10, 2017 — 7 ‘M’ to begin season at USF Tournament The road to Michigan’s potential third-straight Women’s College Softball World Series begins in the same place it has since 2013. The sixth-ranked Wolverines will play five games in three days at the USF Wilson-Demarini Tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla., starting with back-to-back contests against Delaware and Illi...…

February 10, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 27) • Page Image 8

…8 — Friday, February 10, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines set for matchup with Big Ten bottom dweller Wisconsin For the second time this season, the Wolverines are hoping to scare off some Badgers. The No. 21 Michigan women’s basketball team will be hosting Wisconsin in its annual Pink Game for breast cancer awareness Sunday. The Wolverines (9-2 Big Ten, 20-5 overall) are coming off their 2...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 10, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 70 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW Navigating homelessness in the Ann Arbor winter » INSIDE the statement SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Protestors demonstrate their frustrations with Gov. R...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 2

…2-News Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/26/08 11:51 AM 8 7 9 2 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 4 2 7 6 7 4 9 1 9 6 1 5 3 1 5 7 4 FINDING SOULMATE ON TINDER. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com ANDREW COHEN/Daily University President Mark Schlissel discusses his role within the university and responds to questions from student repre- sentatives at the Central Student Government meeting at the Mic...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 3

…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 10, 2016 — 3A Snyder addresses Flint water crisis in budget Gov. Rick Synder plans to include $195 million in the 2017 budget to address the Flint water crisis, according to the Detroit Free Press. The budget will be proposed on Wednesday. The request for Flint is broken down to support several efforts, including safe drinking, nutrition and education. The ma...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 4

…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 5

…‘Galavant’ wraps up with homages Amid cancellation rumors, Season 2 finale a success. By MEGAN MITCHELL For the Daily Through all of its madness and cringe-worthy scenes, ABC’s “Galavant” might just be the only show on television that’s not bending over backwards for the audience’s approval. It’s the “friends with benefits” show that has absolutely zero strings attached because they might not make it a...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 6

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Roasting bird 6 Kennel racket 10 Doze, with “out” 14 How writers often work 15 NATO alphabet ender 16 Ancient Andean 17 Lift 20 Bar sing-along 21 Quasi-convertible option 22 Rock gp. with winds and strings 23 Mil. training site 25 Pizzeria attractions 29 Nervous giggle 32 “Cure Ignorance” online reader 34 Glamorous Gardner 35 Windy-day window noise 37 Strummed strings 38 ...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 7

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 10, 2016 — 7A DELANEY RYAN/Daily Senior outfielder Kelsey Susalla hit .380 with 14 home runs last season. Veteran outfield to lead Michigan Lawrence, Susalla, Christner all return to pack Wolverines’ prolific lineup By AVI SHOLKOFF Daily Sports Writer As the No. 2 Michigan softball team begins its season this weekend, its outfield will be crucial to its succes...…

February 10, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 70) • Page Image 8

…8A — Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily Senior guard Caris LeVert has missed 10 straight games with a leg injury, but did practice for an hour Monday. Wolverines head back on the road With LeVert still on the mend, Michigan visits woeful Golden Gophers By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein keeps a ledger of how many practic...…

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