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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, October 21, 2020 — 5 Amid pandemic, students pursue passion projects While the pandemic brought restrictions on social interactions, it also provided time for students to explore their passions. During the past six months, some University of Michigan students tried their hand at new projects and even started their own small businesses. As the pandemic negatively affects t...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, October 28, 2020 — 5 Results could take a while with record mail-in ballots In previous election cycles, results have been reported on election night as precincts tally their votes, with a winner being declared hours after polls close. This year, however, a final result may not be available for days or weeks after the election. With concerns around the safety of in-person vo...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 13, 2021 — 5 Content warning: Disordered eating Writing was how I defined myself before food was all that mattered. I was a writer. This was the part of me that connected to the world outside of myself, what I thought about and what I wanted to do. I lived to tell stories. They could be stories I made up, stories of other people or stories of my own. It wasn’t something I...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 27, 2021 — 5 It’s hard to pin down where I nurtured my love for art because it’s as though it has been in my blood since I was born. I grew up hearing “We’ll be back late tonight, it’s opening night at the gallery,” and the endless phone calls my father would get from international clients in languages I couldn’t comprehend at the time. Many of the things my parents di...…

…Wednesday, October 20, 2021 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In the Year of Our Lord 2014, I celebrated my golden birthday, turning 13 on March 13. And sure enough, the Pisces male, middle school version of myself was as emotionally charged, creatively centered and idiosyncrati- cally idealistic as I am now. Yet, a corrosive force, turning what...…

…Matthew McConaughey’s (“Sing 2”) memoir has no business being as good as it is. As I perused Audible for a nonfiction book, “Greenlights” caught my eye — not because I’m a diehard McConaughey fan, but because I had seen it circulating Bookstagram and BookTok and decided to give it a go. This was two years ago. I’ve read McConaughey’s memoir six times since. The following statement is probably going to haunt me forever, bu...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 5 This is your sign to sign up for Prime Student. amazon.com/joinstudent Start your 6-month trial. The Michigan Daily …

…On Feb. 4, 2016, “Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime” premiered on BuzzfeedBlue. Originally hosted by Ryan Bergara, the show’s creator, and Brent Bennett until Shane Madej took over for Bennett in late 2016, the first season of “Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime” was closely followed by the premiere of “Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural.” Both shows became almost immediate sensations. Within two years the Buzzfeed Unsolved Network was ...…

…This time last year, the Internet was preparing itself for the long-awaited sophomore season of “Euphoria.” Season two dropped in January 2022 after complications from the pandemic left viewers waiting three years since the release of the first season. While there was speculation and excitement about what the second season would entail, no one was ready for the ruthless amount of unnecessary nudity that stained our screens. Vi...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color 6 — Wednesday, October 7, 2020 Let me preface this with a quick but important disclaim- er. This piece is not fodder or proof that Islam is misogynis- tic or oppresses women. I will not be feeding into the guilt- ridden stereotypes created by liberals who are ashamed about their bloodthirst for innocent Afghans and Iraqis post 9/11 or attempting to jus- tify drone attacks in...…

…A growing trend has caught the attention of U.S. politicians and no, it’s not Qanon. It’s the rise in the number of Latinx vot- ers, which political pundits refer to as the Latino Vote. The Latino Vote is an elusive creature that many politicians have tried and failed to catch, insisting on trap- ping it, but failing to realize that it’s less like a fish and more like the Loch Ness Monster: It isn’t real. The Latino Vote is a gross ...…

…I am often amazed at how little people know about Executive Order 9066 (deemed Japanese Americans as a threat to national secu- rity and allowed President Roosevelt to move them into camps), if they have any idea of it at all. Sometimes they’re even more distraught when I say that we have locked peo- ple up in of the many atroci- ties that the United States has committed. Yet this is a history that many Japanese Americans will...…

…Unfortunately, this immigrant mentality that hard work equates to success is wildly inapplicable to real life. Not everyone who puts their all into succeeding is actually afforded the opportunity to make it — it is the explicit responsibility of all Ameri- cans, but particularly immigrants and people of color, to dedicate them- selves to uplifting those who, for whatever reason, couldn’t even grab a chair, let alone join you at the t...…

…There lies a certain tension that comes with rekindling a return to in-person learning after nearly a year and a half of screens and stone- cold breakout rooms. Tension over catching the right bus and finding the right class and showing up not too late and not too early and finding the quintessential sweet spot in every lecture hall and even the best, most private places to cry because to cry is to be human. And where do we go when ...…

…Now and then, I stumble upon a new hobby. I have a track record of dropping commitments soon after I decide I want to pursue them, which usually makes me doubt the next will stick for long. Growing up, I was a ballerina, a tap dancer and a cheerleader. I quit all of them adamant that there were other things that needed my time. These “hobbies” are just distractions, I would tell myself. I was partially right, though. I never truly l...…

…7-Opinion L ast year, former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, and the Democrats’ nightmare ensued. A month later, former President Donald Trump nominated Justice Amy Coney Barrett — an anti- abortion advocate — to replace Ginsburg, a liberal and feminist icon. The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed this nomination. Ginsburg refrained from retiring during former President Barack Obama’s second term, which a...…

…E ach day, as I walk into the Ross School of Business, I face a similar scene. Upperclassmen, running around in suits like chickens with their heads cut off, trying to locate any source of a potential career gain: peers, faculty, recruiters or a “professional” cup of Starbucks coffee. For juniors, there is no better time than the present to start recruiting. For sophomores, they’re watching the clock gradually tick down to their ...…

…“Something is being made in this room.” I hadn’t heard many other people speak as passionately about a space as Groundcover News editor-in-chief Lindsay Calka spoke of their office. I descended late Monday morning into the basement of Bethlehem United Church of Christ: It was a space in motion, a breathing entity. Over text to The Statement’s photographer, I described it as “an office, kitchen, lounge, storage all in one. And...…

…In 1969, you could be denied voter registration at the Ann Arbor Clerk’s Office if you weren’t “conservatively dressed.” Or if your answer to “Where did you spend your last vacation?” implied any sort of family connection or financial dependency. Or if you told the clerk that you would call your parents if you were seriously ill or had some sort of emergency. For the majority of the University of Michigan’s history, stud...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Ann Arbor Eats brings local food to students and novelty to an oversaturated influencer scene Expectations Hannah Carapellotti, Senior Arts Editor As a self-professed Swiftie, I can’t believe I haven’t tried Taylor’s chai cookies before now. I constantly see TikTok videos of people making them and have had the recipe bookmarked on my phone for several weeks,...…

…6 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This is your sign to sign up for Prime Student. amazon.com/joinstudent Start your 6-month trial. The Michigan Daily …

…Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color The very existence of the United States of America presents itself as perhaps one of the most con- founding paradoxes. A country that claims a perfectly veneered founda- tion of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, interstate highways tarred with gold and a guarantee of the ever-fleeting American dream. This is a country that is simultane- ...…

…Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color On Indigenous People’s Day, Michigan in Color would like to express our ongoing solidarity with Native Americans and the Indigenous struggle against the forces of settler-colonialism for their legitimate claim on this land. As a University situated on the land stewarded by the Niswi Ishkodewan Anishinaabeg (The Three Fires People of the Ojibwe, Oda...…

…On a Saturday night, after being encouraged by my SI 110 professor as well as — ironically enough — nearly all of my social media feeds, a couple friends and I decided to watch The Social Dilemma, Netflix’s acclaimed documentary centered around the meticulously manipulative aspects of social media. The documentary claims that the principal intention of all social media is to exploit the vulner- abilities of human behavior for pro...…

…T hroughout the country, we have seen efforts to make voting more difficult, many of which target vulnerable populations, including students. From the closures of polling places to address and ID requirements, these efforts emphasize how appreciative we should be of Michigan officials like Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson who have made it easier to vote. However, these efforts should be the tip of the iceberg. With just m...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Wednesday, October 13, 2021 — 7 Altar: Finding beauty in loss R&B singer Kehlani has experienced a great deal of loss and portrays their resulting grief in unconventional ways through music. In their latest single, “Altar,” they celebrate the impact and the lives of those who have passed, emphasizing that just because a ...…

…My siblings and I have been best friends since I can remember. Attending the same schools together, traveling back and forth between our mom’s and dad’s and constantly fighting has strongly bonded us. Though the three of us were born within a three-year period, our experiences of identity realization have been vastly different. Up until 2010, we all went to St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Joliet, Illinois. Despite being in an are...…

…I entered Auditorium D in Angell Hall on an otherwise unremarkable Monday afternoon. Well, it would be unremarkable if it wasn’t the first day of class. Might I add, it was the first day of in-person classes in over a year. I found my seat and prepared myself for another long ride, but hopefully a refreshing one after a year of Zoom University. I got out my notebook, opened my laptop and was ready to jot down every word. As the p...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 20, 2021 — 7 Scraping for control, Michigan struggled with Minnesota-Duluth’s offense early on. The Bulldogs kept the puck all over the ice, and the Wolverines couldn’t force it away from them. That all changed with five minutes left in the first period. The puck nowhere in sight, senior defenseman Nick Blankenburg took a massive strike to the h...…

…Last month, I applied to a study abroad program in Paris and had to fill out an application with an “activities” section. My heart sank. I got the same feeling as when a professor, attempting an icebreaker, asks: “What do you like to do for fun?” To be truthful, what I like to do for fun is send TikToks to my roommates as they sit right next to me doing the same, but that didn’t seem like an acceptable answer to present to my uppe...…

…Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com S T A T E M E N T CHEN LYU Statement Contributor Ethnic businesses transformed Ann Arbor strip malls into cultural meccas Rediscovering Ann Arbor HALEY JOHNSON Statement Correspondent (ABOVE) Aladdin’s Market sits on a corner of the Packard/Platt mall. KEITH MELONG/Daily RILEY NIEBOER/Daily (ABOVE) The Songbird Cafe at the Plymouth Road Mall. (ABOVE) The Golam Mea...…

…Ghosts are real. Maybe not in the ways you’ve heard, but I assure you, they’re very real. I’ve seen ghosts nearly everywhere in my hometown all my life — in every corner of my house, in every school I’ve attended, in every nook and cranny of my neighborhood. Every so often, I take it upon myself to collect these ghosts from their spots — not with a positron pack or vacuums or exorcist tools, per se, but to simply visit them and as...…

…Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age/The child is grown, and puts away child- ish things/Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay I remember exactly where I was when Alex told me to write. More specifically, he said, “You know what you need to do. Just write about it.” We were crammed on ...…

…Opinion The Energy Information Administration estimates that utilities are the biggest source of carbon emissions in Michigan at 36.5%. Within utilities, the EIA estimates that 92%of the state’s electricity is produced from non- renewable energy sources, with 4 out of 10 power plants running on coal. Even though wind energy production, the largest source of renewable energy in Michigan, has more than quadrupled between 2012 ...…

…Y ears, decades, centuries from now, students will take a constitutional law class like the one I teach with professor Pamela Brandwein. They may learn, as they do now, about slavery, eugenics, Japanese internment camps and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. They may also learn about how American political history is a story of thoughtful, determined people repeatedly redeeming its promise of liberty, human dignity and e...…

…Opinion Students being taken advantage of by those with wealth and power on college campuses isn’t new; graduate students had to go on strike this fall in order for the University of Michigan to meet their basic requests and needs. It’s now clear that reopening as the University did was not safe, and landlords benefitted. This situation is indicative of a much broader problem of businesses and institutions in our community taking...…

…Editorial Board endorses JOE BIDEN for President of the United States While The Michigan Daily Editorial Board’s vote on this matter was unanimous, we debated While The Michigan Daily Editorial Board’s vote on this matter was unanimous, we debated whether to publish an endorsement for a United States presidential candidate this November. whether to publish an endorsement for a United States presidential candidate this November. After all...…

…7-Opinion T o any Korean, the word “nunchi” rings familiar bells. Its literal translation in English is “eye-measure” and can be likened to reading the room, but more specifically to gauging the sentiments and interests of another and then acting in accordance with Korean manners and customs. So, for example, a friend that heads out to the car to turn on the AC in the heat of the summer before others get in has “quick nunch...…

…7-Opinion F our weeks into the new school year, the word burnout may seem like an inappropriate term to describe the typical University of Michigan student. The transition back to in-person school from online classes and extracurriculars, however, is challenging. In the past year, clubs and classes often were less structured and offered much more flexibility with asynchronous lectures, open- note exams and forgiving attendanc...…

…I’ve known that I’d like to become a lawyer someday for what seems like forever. Whenever I’m asked where my love for the law is rooted, my mind usually goes to one of three places or all three at the same time depending on the conversation I’m having. In response I tell people: 1. My love for law is rooted in my identities as a Palestinian, Muslim, Arab woman, and the marginalizations that each of those identities encounte...…

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, October 20, 2021 During one of Michigan’s September home games, J.J. McCarthy glanced towards the student section and saw a group of fans with “I heart JJ” painted across their chests. For McCarthy, that level of devotion is almost ordinary. A five-star freshman quarterback, McCarthy stayed committed to Michigan last fall even amidst the throes of the Wolverines’ 2-4 ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Newaygo, MI – Tubing on the Muskegon River Coloring outside the lines In 1983, poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde wrote, “Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian … There is no hierarchy of oppres- sion. I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot afford to ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Me and my mother tongue I don’t speak my mother tongue. I used to be regretful, upset and honestly a little bit ashamed that I never tried very hard to learn it. My parents first tried to teach me when I was a baby. Appar- ently, I used to flip flop between Tamil and English, which con- fused my white preschool teachers. And I guess my teach- ...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, October 26, 2022 I n recent years, the University of Michigan has been facing a problem common to many universities: too many students are enrolling in computer science courses. To alleviate this, the University began by trying to hire new computer science (CS) professors, with limited success. Though the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) d...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Combatting the sophomore slump A t the beginning of freshman year, everything is so new and exciting. Every first-year student is in the same boat when it comes to making new friends, navigating new classes and weighing different majors. Many of us are told we have such a long time to figure out what we want to study and not to worry, so we don’t. T...…

…W hen Americans living on the West Coast woke up on Sept. 9, they were met with a concerning reality. From northern California all the way up through Oregon, the sky was an apocalyptic shade of reddish-orange. The western United States is once again engulfed in flames, as hundreds of wildfires have ravaged forests and disrupted the lives of millions throughout California, Oregon and Washington. While California generally has wi...…

…2-News I n the Middle East, the month of September was marked by the signing of deals for peace and diplomatic relations between two countries, a very rare occurrence. In a part of the world marked by an extensive history of bloodshed, two agreements brokered by the U.S. and President Donald Trump were reached, with both the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain establishing official ties with Israel. The deals have made quite a spl...…

…H ow you prepare for a psychedelic trip can make or break your experience, not to mention ensure that your community stays safe. As community members of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County and the wider world, it’s important to be knowledgeable about the risks associated with psychedelic use and how to minimize them. For students and faculty members at the University of Michigan, the first thing to know is that despite the rece...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 28, 2020 — 9 statement I n 2016, just four years shy of the hun- dred-year anniversary of the ratifica- tion of the 19th amendment, Ameri- cans witnessed history as the first woman ever was nominated as a presidential candidate by a major political party. America also saw her lose, and for many, it was all hell breaking loose. Never mind the apparent misogynist who was he...…