…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 13, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Michigan men’s basketball team embarks on its 100th season » INSIDE tip-off Institutional racism must be acknowledged By THE MICHIGAN DAILY Editorial Board The University community is no stranger to protests in recent years with several student groups calling for the administration to improve race relations ...…
…2-News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Under-recruited and often overlooked, senior guard Spike Albrecht enters his final year with the Michigan men’s basketball team with his sights set high. >>SEE TIP-OFF, PAGE 1B 2 Webster reading series WHAT: Hannah Louise Poston and Helena Smith will present their work. WHO: Helen Zell Writers’ Program WHEN: Today from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditoriu...…
…unnamed dystopian society with its main character, Katurian, as a short-story writer. After detectives discover an eerie similarity between the gruesome violence of Katurian’s stories and several recent child murders, he is brought in for questioning. When Katurian hears that his brother Michael has confessed to the murders, including sharing details on their twisted upbringing, Katurian suffocates him as a kind of mercy kil...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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....…
…TV REVIEW ‘MasterChef Junior’ fun despite its issues By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer If there is one show that makes me feel like I’m underachieving in life, it’s “MasterChef Junior.” Entering its fourth season, the pint-sized spin-off of the hit FOX show “Mas- terChef” continues to present chil- dren of such culinary excellence that it puts most of its viewing audience to shame. I may be able to cook a burger, ...…
…FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Set into motion 8 Golf alternative, briefly 15 Red bowlful 16 __ Itzá: Mayan ruins 17 Classic leading man who moonlighted at a pharmacy? 19 Second of 24 20 L.A. Kings’ org. 21 Management 22 Fiji’s region 25 Pulitzer-winning writer who moonlighted in a nightly news studio? 32 Saying that often goes without saying 33 Breaks down 34...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts & Sports Friday, November 13, 2015 — 7A TV REVIEW Aimless ‘Donny!’ has yet to find its footing Uninspired comedy relies on tasteless jokes By SAMUEL ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer One of the most common tropes in television comedies also seems to be one of the most entertaining: famous people playing fiction- alized versions of themselves. Watching celebrities poke fun at their ...…
…8A — Friday, November 13, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com RITA MORRIS/Daily Fifth-year senior Jake Rudock is coming off his best game of the season. FOOTBALL Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Indiana By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor For most of its season, the Indiana football team has had to settle for “close.” Already this season, the Hoosiers (0-5 Big Ten, 4-5 overall) have lost to then-No. 1 Ohio State by seven ...…
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…PREVIEW MICHIGAN BASKETBALL TIP OFF 2015-16 Friday, November 13, 2015 // Tip Off 2B 23-8 Maryland Michigan Michigan State Michigan Melo Trimble, Maryland Mark Turgeon, Maryland Northwestern LeVert Wiltjer Simmons Elite Eight Valparaiso North Carolina Kentucky Kansas Virginia Simon Kaufman Lev Facher Kelly Hall Jacob Gase 23-8 Maryland Michigan Michigan State Maryland Trimble Turgeon Illinois LeVert Tyler Ulis,...…
…LEV FACHER Michigan’s blessing in disguise C aris LeVert is clutching his left foot in agony, a buzzer sounds, and the sellout crowd at Crisler Center is stand- ing and cheering. It’s January 17, 2015, and everybody in the build- ing is celebrat- ing Michigan’s 56-54 win over Northwestern. Everybody, that is, except for LeVert. The prognosis for the Wolverines’ leader in every meaningful statistical category and a near- ce...…
…Dame. Spike made the varsity team at Crown Point High School his sophomore year and shined. In his sophomore season, they played Chesterton, which at the time had future Michigan teammate Mitch McGary. Purdue coach Matt Painter was in the stands to watch McGary, but Albrecht stole the show. Late in the game, after McGary was blocked, Spike took the ball the other way and finished with an and-1 play to help Crown Point win by fou...…
…of Michigan?’ I was in complete shock and I honestly thought — I thought he was messing with me.” * * * Back home, Brumm had been pounding the phones on Spike’s behalf, reaching out to college coaches. Brumm and Michigan assistant coach Jeff Meyer are longtime friends, and when Meyer mentioned Michigan needed a point guard because then- freshman guard Trey Burke might take off for the NBA, Brumm didn’t hesitate to recommend S...…
…of Michigan?’ I was in complete shock and I honestly thought — I thought he was messing with me.” * * * Back home, Brumm had been pounding the phones on Spike’s behalf, reaching out to college coaches. Brumm and Michigan assistant coach Jeff Meyer are longtime friends, and when Meyer mentioned Michigan needed a point guard because then- freshman guard Trey Burke might take off for the NBA, Brumm didn’t hesitate to recommend S...…
…Friday, November 13, 2015 // Tip Off 7B “I don’t want the coaches to be pissed at me or people to think that I don’t care that we just lost the national championship,” Spike remembered thinking. “Because obviously I would have traded all that in to have not played and won the national championship, that’s what mattered to me.” He checked with Bartelstein, and the captain gave him the OK. He pressed send and within minutes his ph...…
…Friday, November 13, 2015 // Tip Off 8B Wolverines deep at every position By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein has a lot of options at guard. Well, he has a lot of forwards, too. This team has no shortage of depth. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, though, it’s going to be difficult to figure out who goes where. “It’s like, one day somebody looks like a million bucks and the other ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 13, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM ADMINISTRATION Percentage of minorities in first- year cohort is the highest since 2005 By ALLANA AKHTAR and LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporters The percentage of underrepresented minorities in this year’s freshman class is the highest since 2005, according to enrollment figures released by the University e...…
…2-News 2 — Tuesday, October 13, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan football team hasn’t recorded three consecutive shutouts since 1980, but its defense remains improve- ment-oriented in the leadup to the Michigan-Michigan State game Saturday. >>PG. 8 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Jason Rezaian, a U.S. citizen and Washington Post reporter has been convicted o...…
…to donate blood or sign up to be an organ donor because you can fun- damentally save a life with that.” LSA freshman Parker Schaub said he participated without hav- ing had prior knowledge of the event because he realizes the importance of organ donation. “I just happened to find the line in middle of the Diag, and thought that I wanted to join,” Schaub said. “I think it’s really important that people know that they can donate blo...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 13, 2015 — 5 GENDER AND MEDIA COLUMN Beauty, the beast R aise your hand if you’ve heard of Vibe Credit Union. No? Me neither, until I sat down to watch Amy Schumer’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue, and was treated with a lovely Vibe commercial. It features a woman as she applies make-up with bomb- disabling concentration. Her presumed boyfriend stands behind h...…
…Tuesday, October 13, 2015 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Attorneys’ degs. 4 Clipper or Laker, briefly 9 Up to now 14 Sup 15 Get up 16 Jigsaw puzzle unit 17 Norse war god 18 Ruthless adversary 20 Planting ground 22 Have debts 23 Joints often sprained 24 Words before card or lock 26 Precious 27 Serious software problem 30 “Rats!” 34 Hyundai luxury model 35...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 13, 2015 — 7 Bonding methods keep Wolverines close Friendship between coaches helps Michigan cross country By SYLVANNA GROSS Daily Sports Writer Forget the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte. The best pumpkin créme brulee, pumpkin pie and other delicious fall pumpkin treats aren’t at Trader Joe’s — they’re found at the Michigan men’s and women’s cross country teams’ Oc...…
…8 — Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Defense controls mindset after third shutout Michigan looks to continue its momentum against Michigan State By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor When game week comes to a close, ESPN’s “College GameDay” wraps up its show Saturday morning and the Michigan football team kicks off its showdown against Michigan State, almost one month will have pa...…
…Campus panel commemorates anniversaries of Social Security, Medicare By LYDIA BARRY For the Daily U.S. House Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and her husband John Dingell, a former Congress- man, co-hosted a roundtable dis- cussion Tuesday at the University to discuss healthcare and retire- ment policy in celebration of the recent 50th anniversary of Medi- care and the upcoming 80th anni- versary of Social Security. The Dingell ...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com EMMA KERR Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 schlaura@michigandaily.com MADISEN POWELL Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 madisenm@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Derek Wolfe Managing Editor dewolfe@michigandaily.com Lara Moehlman Managing News Editor alyabd@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITOR: Lea Giotta Melissa Scholke Editorial Page Editor opi...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Multiple campus buildings flood following heavy rain Water damage causes closures in Angell Hall, North Quad, CCRB By LYDIA BARRY For the Daily Multiple University buildings were flooded after a severe thun- derstorm Monday afternoon. According to the Department of Public Safety and Security, the specific buildings damaged and the extent of those dama...…
…A s I spent time studying abroad in the United Kingdom, I was overwhelmed — overwhelmed by unfamiliar experiences, novel places and the constant bombard- ment of new infor- mation. Yet, it was the extraordinary amount of natural beauty, in particu- lar, that stunned me the most. Even amongst all of the astonishing sights and dizzy- ing novelty of the experience, I didn’t stray too far from my usual Upper Peninsula-inspir...…
…5 Thursday,August 13 , 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION originates from land-based human activities. These actions lead to a slow accumulation of devastating consequences. As a result, we don’t immediately know the impact of our actions, and other issues take precedence in our lives. However, as we continue to knowingly, or unknowingly, alter the environment, the damage done is never a singular issue. Water po...…
…‘Gift,’ confused, yet smart A well-intentioned directorial debut fascinates By BENJAMIN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer Is it possible for a movie to be consistently smart, full of clever subversion, palpable atmosphere and fascinating ideas and yet not quite work just because of some structural and tonal confusion? In his directorial debut “The Gift,” Joel Edgerton (who also wrote and starred in the thriller “Felony”)...…
…7 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By DANIEL SAFFRON Daily Arts Writer This last weekend, Outside Lands 2015 brought to Golden Gate Park a tequila flight of musical guests and a cultural experience to boot. With new artists like Ryn Weaver to the barrel- aged and highly pedigreed añejo, Elton John, the chicly-embroidered, RFID-fashioned tourniquet-turned- wristband provides patrons with an ela...…
…8 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Hypotheticals 4 Casino conveniences 8 Painfully bright 14 Medical research org. 15 Cool, in ’90s slang 16 Military builder 17 Subject of many 10-Downs 18 “Hang on for a sec” 20 Banjo virtuoso Scruggs 22 Most slimy 23 It can be white or red 25 “Better information. Better health” resource 29 Barbershop voice 30 Run for again, as office 31 Way with words? 36 Act de...…
…9 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS “That’s far worse than not hav- ing a deal. And this deal is beyond bad.” An Iran deal negotiated under a “President Trump”, he added to cheers, would have included return of four Americans who have been identified by the U.S. State Depart- ment as being held in the country against their will. The current deal doesn’t mention the four. Moving closer to Michig...…
…FILE PHOTO/Daily Former Wolverine center Jordan Morgan was once homeless in Detroit before progressing toward professional basketball. 10 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Former ‘M’ star Jordan Morgan gives back to hometown Detroit After starting foun- dation earlier in the summer, Morgan cleans up ‘D’ By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer DETROIT — Jordan Morgan emerged from the back of a h...…
…11 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Fisch, Harbaugh eyeing ‘open’ QB competition By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Junior Shane Morris led the Michigan football team’s starting quarterback competition after spring practice. But the Wolverines wanted an open competition, so they continued it all summer. That still wasn’t contested enough, so they added graduate transfer Ja...…
…12 Thursday, August 13 , 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PHOTO AMANDA ALLEN/Daily It is not usual for people to walk in public fountains, but during a heatwave children take the opportunity to cool off and play in a fountain near the Eiffel tower. ANDREW COHEN/Daily A man celebrates being LGBTQ with colorful butterfly wings at the Paris Pride parade. KAYLLA CANTILINA/Daily Salome and her girlfriend share a moment of love d...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 13, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Intramural Sports Building hosted the USIBA National Championships » INSIDE Club Boxing SEXUAL ASSAULT POLICY Online educational materials updated following Daily editorial By ALYSSA BRANDON and LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporters Holly Ryder-Milkovich, director of the University’s Sexual ...…
…values that many students desire for affirmative, verbal consent to be included in the institution’s consent definition, and even more importantly, be fully integrated into our behaviors and beliefs as the expected, common practice of students when they have sex,” she wrote. “As a culture, though, we are not there yet and SAPAC makes this distinction in our educational efforts. In order to address the issue raised by the Daily’s e...…
…sexual activity to be verbal or oral, sober, and enthusiastic.” However, language the University’s alternative definition of consent — as articulated in the Sexual Misconduct Policy — remains largely unchanged compared to a version updated on Jan. 17, 2015. The top of the page begins by describing consent as “when someone agrees, gives permission, or says ‘yes’ to sexual activity with other persons.” The page then proceeds to...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, April 13, 2015 — 5A ACROSS 1 Software versions that probably have bugs 6 Deer sir? 10 Long-running TV forensic series 13 Reason for some food recalls 14 Tractor brand 15 Gavel sound 16 King of ragtime 18 California’s Santa __ Mountains 19 2,000 pounds 20 Lee in the frozen foods section 21 Gives off 23 Presley film set in Sin City 26 Noisy insect 29 Seuss’ “Horton __ a Who!” 30 In any way 31 ...…
…6A — Monday, April 13, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Louie C.K.’s FX series is unlike anything else on TV By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer There’s something amazing about “Louie.” From the moment it debuted in 2010, it separated itself from every- thing else on television. The series oper- ates on a dis- mal budget as a way to make it financially via- ble for FX and give its creator, writer, director,...…
…B RUTGERS ROUTED n The Michigan softball team picked up three easy wins by a combined score of 39-3. Page 3B ONE STEP BEHIND The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | April 13, 2015 n The Michigan men’s lacrosse team fell to Ohio State Sunday at Michigan Stadium, 13-8. Page 4B For Kate Johnson, success at USIBA Championships fuels a greater goal By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor A little after 3 p.m. Friday, Sandy Johnson saw ...…
…2B — April 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday BY THE NUMBERS Michigan Men’s Gymnastics 3.11 Average finish for the Michigan men’s gymnastics team in 18 NCAA Tourna- ments under coach Kurt Golder 1 Finish outside the top six in the nation (in 2006, when the Wolverines did not qualify for the NCAA Championships) 4 National championships under Golder, including the last two seasons, once at Crisler Center 2...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday April 13, 2015 — 3B Michigan sweeps Rutgers By TYLER SCOTT Daily Sports Writer After a year and a half on the Michigan softball team, Abby Ramirez hit her first career home run Saturday. For an encore, the sophomore shortstop jacked a three-run shot to give the Wolverines the lead in the Sunday game. In nine at-bats, Ramirez hit .889 for the weekend. Ramirez was on fire all...…
…4B — April 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Wolverines fail to finish big possessions vs. OSU Struggles in faceoffs doom Michigan in close loss to rival By BRANDON CARNEY Daily Sports Writer The combination of one of the nation’s tightest defenses and country’s top faceoff men proved fatal for the Michigan men’s lacrosse team. Coming into Sunday, the Wolverines understood all scoring opportun...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 13, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Husband Mat Chavez arrested Wed. on assault and battery charges By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter A fundraising campaign ini- tiated by a University student has raised several thousand dol- lars for an Ann Arbor homeless couple. On March 1, Kinesiology junior Michael Funkhouser ...…
…2 — Friday, March 13, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan men’s basketball team domi- nated Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, winning 73-55. It takes on Wisconsin today at the Unit- ed Center in Chicago (12 p.m. Eastern, ESPN). 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Two police officers were attacked at a protest in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday night...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, March 13, 2015 — 3 areas, is important because a lot of smaller health issues are overlooked. “There are a lot of local problems that we seem to overlook, because everything is pushing toward global and holistic care, so we want to make sure that we actually pay attention to these small problems,” Halow said. Kilaru said the disparity between health care in rural count...…
…“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” -Elie Wiesel This morning, I read of yet another act of anti-Semitism at one of this country’s absolute jewels of public education, the University of California, Los Angeles. During a hearing on Feb. ...…
