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February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 1

…The Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety confirmed that three individuals were dead following the shooting at Michigan State University Monday night. At 8:31 p.m., MSU Police issued a safety alert in response to reports of gunshots heard at Berkey Residence Hall, urging anyone on campus to shelter-in-place or to “run, hide or fight.” The shelter-in-place advisory remained in effect until 12:30 a.m. when ...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 2

…Dr. Chung Owyang, former University of Michigan chief of gastroenterology, resigned from his position on Jan. 2 due to allegations of falsified data involving millions of federal research dollars. The University deemed Owyang’s experiments as fraudulent and requested the retraction of five academic articles on Jan. 24. One of the retracted papers appeared in the Journal of Neurophysiology in 2003, while the four other retr...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 3

…puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Enrique Henestroza Anguiano ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/15/23 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/15/23 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 ACROSS 1 Tool that can be a musical instrument 4 Not berthed 8 Designated 14 Confidentiality contract: Abbr. 15 Spider-Man co-creator Lee 16 Prophecy source 17 Get...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 4

…Dearest Zombie, I hope you will excuse the unprompted message. You see, I just can’t hold my emotions back anymore. Your latest performance in “The Last of Us” made me consider all the times I have seen your work throughout the years, and how despite your fluctuations in popularity, your off years and the countless times people have tried to dismiss you entirely as lowbrow, formulaic drivel — you return, back from the dead, to p...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 5

…Wednesday, February 15, 2023 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I first found Joe Pera through a video titled “Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep,” an animated special from Adult Swim that would become his show “Joe Pera Talks with You.” In the Adult Swim episode, Joe tries to help you relax before going to bed, talking in a soft, monotone voice about things such as pretzel facto- ries and Pennsylvania Dutch barns. I instantly ...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 6

…Design by Ley la Dumke What are some hair vices you are aware of or find yourself apprehended by? “I’ll be jealous of my friend with box braids or dreads,” Boothe said. “I just know myself, and that I’ll never get to that amount. I wish it was just like GTA where I could just switch on the hair.” N I L E S FORT LAUDERDALE, FL What is the relationship between your hair and spirituality? Do you have any thoughts on the connection be...…

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…wwww The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 15, 2023 — 7 Michigan in Color How do the politics of identity and the poli- tics of desire inform how you perceive your hair (or Black hair in general) and how might we transcend these imposing detriments? “We really can’t care what others think. I get into these deep ruts of ‘oh, will this guy like me if I have this hair or this hair?’ I need to be comfortable with who I...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 8

…Content warning: mentions of suicide and religious abuse. On March 26, 1997, as the comet Hale-Bopp reached its nearest point in orbit, 39 members of a new age religious movement known as Heaven’s Gate downed a mixture of phenobarbital, apple sauce and vodka, and lay down to die in the hopes of ascending to their conception of paradise: “The Evolutionary Level Above Human (TELAH).” A day later, all 39 bodies, covered in shrouds and...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 9

…T he ’90s were filled with bizarre weight loss trends. From Fletcherism to eating a grapefruit at every meal, people pursued a variety of strategies to shed some extra pounds. With only a few known medical advancements in obesity management — many of which quickly fell out of favor with the Food and Drug Administration — the diverse array of weight loss tactics was inevitable. Going to work with ankle weights, a ...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 10

…D espite an action-packed snowball fight on the Diag, winter this year has been unseasonably mild in the state of Michigan. As rampant carbon emissions cause higher temperatures, climate change is becoming increasingly concerning for scientists, activists and politicians alike. Two-thirds of Americans believe the government needs to be doing more to address climate change, but how those actions should take place is still up f...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 11

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 15, 2023 — 11 Michigan fends off second-half surge, defeats Nebraska 80-75 JACK CONLIN Daily Sports Writer As the final buzzer sounded at Crisler Center on Sunday, the No. 12 Michigan women’s basketball team appeared to let out a collective sigh of relief. After fending off a second- half surge from the Cornhuskers, Michigan (20-5 overall, 10-4 Big Ten) defeated Nebraska (1...…

February 15, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 104) • Page Image 12

…Times like these are bigger than sports. The Michigan Daily and its sports section stands in solidarity with our peers at Michigan State University. Acts of gun violence like those that unfolded in East Lansing Monday night should never happen. The Daily believes students should be able to attend learning institutions without fear that gun violence might take their lives. We condemn the lack of solutions to these all too common tragedies. ...…

February 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 72) • Page Image 1

…On Thursday afternoon, the Ross School of Business hosted the first session of the ninth annual Michigan India Conference in the Robertson Auditorium. The theme of this year’s conference, which was first held in 2011, was “Moving Beyond Emerging,” and was focused at analyzing and comparing emerging markets — countries that have some elements of a fully developed market, but are not quite at that status. The first day’s keynote spe...…

February 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 72) • Page Image 2

…The Zell Visiting Writer Series welcomed esteemed poet Major Jackson to the University of Michigan Museum of Art for a poetry reading on Thursday evening. The series invited distinguished writers each semester to present their work. Zell Fellow Callie Collins, program assistant for the Visiting Writer Series, discussed the program’s goal of giving the University community a unique opportunity to hear from respected...…

February 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 72) • Page Image 3

…“In addition to all the administrative bloat and administrative growth that’s been driving up the cost of tuition, this is now a whole new part of subset of the bigger picture of more and more administrators making higher and higher salaries, and then burdening students and their parents with higher and higher levels of student loan debt to be able to afford this rising tuition that’s blowing up not because instructional costs are ...…

February 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 72) • Page Image 4

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 15, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. A...…

February 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 72) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 15, 2019 — 5 NEW MEDIA REVIEW SQUARE ENIX After working with John Decker for a semester, I began to realize he likes to read weird stuff (according to my roommate, he also likes to write it! Ooh la la). He has sung the praises of Anna Burns’s “Milkman” three times in print (and counting), wrote a full- on piece in support of uncomfortable fiction and was 300 percent into Kr...…

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…6 — Friday, February 15, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A few weeks ago, my friends and I were hanging out and the conversation devolved into a wilderness survival scenario. We all agreed; one of them would survive for a few weeks and one would end up splitting from the group to join another. My own fate was unanimously decided in less than five minutes: As soon as my feet touched dirt, I would just cease to ex...…

February 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 72) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 15, 2019 — 7 ‘M’ set to take on ACC opponents UNC, Louisville over weekend When the No. 17 Michigan softball team takes the field this weekend, it will see a pair of unfamiliar foes on the other side of the diamond. The Wolverines (3-2) will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to participate in their fourth straight ACC/Big Ten Challenge. This year, they’ll take on Louisville...…

February 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 72) • Page Image 8

…8 — Friday, February 15, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com As the Big Ten race tightens, the Wolverines keep their eyes ahead This was supposed to be straightforward. The Big Ten was supposed to run through the mitten this year. Michigan and Michigan State were the two highest-ranked teams in the conference before the season and the disparity between them and everyone else only seemed to grow as the season progresse...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 1

…Philip J. Deloria, former University of Michigan professor, became Harvard University’s first tenured Native-American studies professor last week after having taught in the History and American Culture Department at the University for over ten years. Deloria specialized in Native- American history and also served as the associate dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Education in LSA, director of the Progra...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 2

…On Tuesday, 11 biomedical projects from across the state of Michigan were selected as recipients of the Innovation Hub awards. Fast Forward Medical Innovation, a unit within the Medical School’s Office of Research at the University of Michigan, grants the awards. More than $1.8 million in total has been allocated to health-related research projects statewide, ranging from automated brain tumor diagnosis using convolut...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 3

…the University proposed a $1,000 increase to the starting salary for lecturers in 2019, followed by a $750 increase in 2020 and then $500 in 2021. Appointments Committee Vice Chair Brooke Lennox, an LSA sophomore, sponsored the resolution. “Showing as much support as we can is important,” she said. Three bylaw amendments were also passed, one of which requires representatives to use gender-inclusive language...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 4

…“W ho here knows who their state representative is?” my professor asked on the first day of class. As I quickly scanned the room, I was startled. Not a single hand was in the air. You might be wondering what class I was in, rationalizing that maybe this lack of knowledge is acceptable in Introduction to Biology or Calculus 2. But you would be sorely disappointed, just as I was, to know that the class was Electoral Politics in...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 5

…Taylor Bump’s home in Gulf Port, Fla. is almost 1200 miles from Ann Arbor. Situated right on the azure waters of Tampa Bay, it’s about a 40-minute drive from South Florida’s softball stadium. The last thing anyone would associate with the house is softball. Yet by a chance event, the sport became both the nexus and the antithesis of the freshman third baseman’s house, all in one afternoon. It was after the Michigan softball te...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 6

…6A — Thursday, February 15, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines in trouble after loss to Minnesota The No. 23 Michigan women’s basketball team is in a world of trouble. After falling to Minnesota (9-4 Big Ten, 20-6 overall) on Wednesday, 93-87, the Wolverines have now lost four of their last five. Against the Golden Gophers, as well as its other defeats during the slide, Michigan had opportunities...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 8

…2B —Thursday, February 15, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Queer art is thriving in the Ann Arbor community Local activist Ariel Friedlander is ready to fuck shit up. Of course, that’s not all she’s here for. But it summed up a lot from our interview this weekend. “That’s what’s in the future. Having fun and fucking shit up,” Friedlander said. “I think that’s what we do best.” The “we” to which she was referrin...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 9

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 15, 2018 — 3B In 2017, singer-songwriter Annie Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent, coyly fielded questions in an interview with The New Yorker about her supposed position as the queer protagonist of her then-upcoming album Masseduction. She responded to the interviewer’s questions with, “Songs are like prophecies. They can be stronger than ...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 10

…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, February 15, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A24 Exploring the evolution of contemporary gay cinema The shape and fabric of queer cinema, particularly male-centered gay narratives, has changed and evolved in interesting ways in contemporary film history. Some of the most beautiful, heartbreaking and emotionally resonant stories of the past two decades involve a negotiation of lov...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 11

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 15, 2018 — 5B “My dad and I both grew up in the same Pennsylvania town. And he was gay, and I was gay and he killed himself.” This is the line that sums up the plot of the critically acclaimed graphic memoir and musical “Fun Home,” a riveting story based on the life of cartoonist Alison Bechdel. I first read Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir “Fun Home” when its...…

February 15, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 77) • Page Image 12

…2-BSide 6B —Thursday, February 15, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Alex & Effee expand narratives of LGBTQ+ in blog, love and life To be trans and visible has always been radical. Despite the leaps and bounds made by activists like Laverne Cox and Janet Mock (their work being proclaimed in 2014 as “The Transgender Tipping Point” by Time), transgender individuals continue to be the victims of violence disproport...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 1

…Jack Hu, vice president for research at the University of Michigan, said last January his goals for his tenure as head of one of the nation’s best research facilities included improvement in undergraduate research opportunities, supporting faculty research initiatives and broadening multidisciplinary collaboration of projects across the University. In a one-year follow-up interview on Feb. 9, Hu reinforced the role th...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 2

…SHOUT-OUT TO GALILEO. HBD. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, February 15, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Chamber Choir and Percussion Ensemble WHAT: With Jerry Blackstone conducting, the chamber choir and percussion ensemble perform Tarik O’Regan’s Mass Observation. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium Busty and the Bass WHAT: With thei...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 15, 2017 — 3A since fleeing Syria more than six years ago. After members of her family were kidnapped and others received threats, her father’s side of the family decided to flee from Damascus, Syria to Jordan. Like so many others, their journey to the United States was a long and stressful one. Daboul’s older brother was already attending medical school in the Uni...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 4

…I ’ve been waiting for years for a show to be made about photographers. The thrill of following light, seeking out stories and composing masterpieces offers the perfect ingredients for a captivating story. Enter: Netflix. Netflix recently introduced the Australian series “Tales by Light,” which follows an expert photographer in each episode. Needless to say, I binge-watched the first season, but so...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 15, 2017 — 5A ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ is disturbing and unsexy Newest installment of book adaptation fails to arouse excitement There’s a scene somewhere between the sixth and ninth hour of “Fifty Shades Darker” where a guy pushes Ana (Dakota Johnson, “How to Be Single”) against the wall, corners her, refuses to let her leave and begs her to have sex with him. Ana...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 6

…ACROSS 1 See 1-Down 5 Risk taker 10 Minimally 14 He sang about Alice 15 Ooze with 16 Bond’s first movie foe 17 Word with interest or service 18 Lavin of “Alice” 19 Water retainer 20 *More than is wise 22 River racers 24 Rose of Guns N’ Roses 25 Poetic pair 26 *Luxury resort chain 31 “__ to leap tall buildings ... ” 32 “David Copperfield” villain 33 Cain, to Abel, informally 36 *Dominated the election 41 Teachers’ org. 42 Sufficient, to Shakesp...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 15, 2017 — 7A Goaltenders balancing pressure, performance There’s no straight path to becoming a goaltender — no rulebook, no schedule written in stone. It’s just a little bit different for everyone. For freshman Jack LaFontaine, it started during a birthday party one day when he was six. There was a group playing road hockey, and the makeshift goaltender befo...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 8

…8A — Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Adcock reflects on current minor league career Brett Adcock may no longer don the maize and blue, but he’s still a Wolverine. Following an impressive three-year career at Michigan, the Houston Astros selected the 6-foot left-hander in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB Draft. He was the 127th overall pick out of 1,215 draftees, and now plays for the ...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 10

…T his season of New York Fashion Week, I was lucky enough to assist the production team at an anonymous (shh!) designer label in a two- day, get-shit-done conquest leading up to their fall winter 2017 show. Here’s how it went down, in real time. Day Before Show 2:03 p.m.: My room key is MIA, my shoes are soaked and I just spent an entire 30 minutes next to Kyle Mooney on the train without saying a word. Craziest street st...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 11

…3B Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement BY ASHLEY TJHUNG, MANAGING MICHIGAN IN COLOR EDITOR ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA STILLMAN A t Michigan in Color, we pride ourselves on being a section by and for people of color, dedicating ourselves to producing inclusive content from all marginalized identities. Recently, in collaboration with The Statement, we published an article with contributions from several student leaders on campu...…

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…Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement 5B Changing trends in admissions The Numbers Game b y T i m C o h n & B r i a n K u a n g , Daily News Editor and Deputy Statement Editor L ocated in a predominantly middle-class Detroit suburb within a 20-minute drive of Ann Arbor, Plymouth-Canton Com- munity School’s graduating class submits on aver- age 300 applications to the University...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 13

…W e park the car in their garage, which always smelled of tar and gas, and I run toward the elevator up to their room. When the elevator opens to their hallway, I sprint down to the end, all giddy and showered, dressed up for Friday night. I could immediately smell chicken and Bubbie’s perfume. The door opens and Bubbie gives me a big hug and a wet kiss on my cheek that I wipe off in feigned disgust. I make my way into the ...…

February 15, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 30) • Page Image 14

…Wednesday, Februray 15, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Alone, Not Lonely T he other night, I took myself out to see “La La Land” at the Michigan Theater. After countless recommendations from friends, I knew I had to go. The only showing I could fit in my day was at 9:45 p.m. on a Monday night, so natu- rally it was hard to find a friend willing to tag alone. I didn’t think twice because, frankly, I just really wanted t...…

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…Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement 8B Pro-choice and pro-life activists protest in front of the Planned Parenthood location on West Stadium on February 11, 2017. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P R O T E S T S Members of The Michigan Daily’s photo staff captured various protests around Ann Arbor and Detroit. JEREMY MITNICK/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily AMELIA CACCHIONE/...…

February 15, 2016 (vol. 124, iss. 73) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 15, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV No. 73 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A C L A S S I F I E D S . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 2A ARTS.......................... 5A SPORTSMONDAY. . . . . . . . .1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Sanders to make ...…

February 15, 2016 (vol. 124, iss. 73) • Page Image 2

…An estimated 20 percent of bikes left to rust over the winter season By KEVIN LINDER For the Daily On March 20, the University of Michigan will begin removing bicycles that have been abandoned at bike racks across campus. In an e-mail interview, University Landscape Architect Kenn Rapp wrote that beginning in fall of 2015, representatives from the UM Grounds Department, UM Parking and Transportation, UM Polic...…

February 15, 2016 (vol. 124, iss. 73) • Page Image 3

…each particular song for the past two to three weeks.” Indian classical music has developed over thousands of years. However today, it can be classified into two main styles— Hindustani, which originated in northern India and Carnatic, from southern India. Though these types of music use different instruments, they share a similar reliance on improvisation. LSA senior and Sahana member Shruthi Subramaniam said ...…

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