…Every morning, the Michigan Every morning, the Michigan football team comes in to get tested football team comes in to get tested for COVID-19. They get a nasal swab for COVID-19. They get a nasal swab and then wait 15 nerve-wracking and then wait 15 nerve-wracking minutes for the results. minutes for the results. With the season on the horizon, With the season on the horizon, players must test every day, with players must ...…
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…Landlords in Ann Arbor are pushing ahead with fall leasing for the 2021-2022 school year, despite the ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic, while students question if they should sign leases as early as they have in prior years. The fall leasing period many Ann Arbor landlords observe — in which tenants whose leases start shortly before the academic year begins are asked to decide whether to renew less than three months into their lease ...…
…This year’s Latinx Heritage Month emphasized unity and diversity within the Latinx community through music, which was celebrated virtually at the University from mid- September until Tuesday. Javier Solorzano Parada, program manager of Multi- Ethnic Student Affairs, was one of the heads of Latinx Heritage Month. Solorzano said the ability to invite multiple speakers from outside of Michigan to the remote event made ...…
…Steingraber said she was jarred by how the police treated her colleague Hudson, a Black man. “We were just reporters who were going inside to cover something that we had every right to go into, and it wasn’t me who was grabbed and smashed into the ground,” Steingraber said. “It was the Black man standing next to me.” Steingraber remembers standing in front of the car as other students surrounded it, but from that point, sh...…
…The candidates discussed the University’s COVID-19 response, tuition increases, sexual misconduct investigations and systemic racism, among other issues. The election will fill two open seats on the board. Incumbent Regent Shauna Ryder Diggs (D) was joined by three-time candidate Carl Meyers (R) and first-time candidate Michael Mawilai (Green) at the forum. Each candidate gave a brief overview of their platform b...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — 5 Seven men charged under state terrorism law plot Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged seven men under the state’s anti- terrorism law for their involvement in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and violently overthrow the government. The charges, which Nessel announced Thursday, come after months of high-profile disputes ...…
…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 ...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…2-News A s institutions of higher learning begin to do the long-overdue work of examining structural racism within their communities, President Donald Trump’s administration is fighting hard to ensure it goes unacknowledged. On Sept. 2, Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber wrote a statement to the Princeton community addressing systemic racism and acknowledging that “racist assumptions from the past also ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — 11 COMMUNITY CULTURE REVIEW GENDER AND MEDIA COLUMN Mural lights up downtown alleyway ‘PEN15’ and an all-female puberty A smiling student stands with a backpack slung over her shoulder, books and notebooks held in hand, no mask in sight. A reminder of simpler times. Elsewhere, recent graduates throw their hats in the air and a father teaches his son how to s...…
…What do an R&B singer- songwriter, a genius playwright, a rock ‘n’ roll legend and a California hitmaker all have in common? To any practical person, they are all insane. But they’ve also come together as subjects for the four- part docuseries “Song Exploder,” hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway, which emerged from the popular podcast of the same name. Each episode focuses on one of these iconic musical artists and takes fans on a t...…
…Arts Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — 13 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “extremely online” to my friends, they usually agree — they too love memes and spend hours on Twitter. gets messy. It usually turns into some form of me reciting my own version of Bane’s quote from “The Dark Knight Rises”: “You merely adopted the internet; I was born in it, molded by it.” In the world of “South Park,” the only cardinal sin is self- right...…
…T he nerves reminded me of the feel- ing you get before a job interview. With a light flutter in my stom- ach, I swung my backpack over my shoulder and walked into the East Quad dining hall. I spotted the girls almost immediately, the five of them giggling over half-eaten pizza and shredded brussels sprouts, their close friend- ship apparent. Approaching them, I jokingly thought to myself, Should I have brought a resumé? It was fall ...…
…O n the last Fri- day of August, Craig Te- schendorf passed the day wondering where he and his puppy Eleanor would go after his eviction from the Orion MainStreet apartment complex in Ann Arbor. In a touching act of unity and protest, about 20 members from the area showed up to successfully postpone the eviction of the elderly dis- abled retiree. Photos from the event show a diverse, masked community suc- cessfully coming t...…
…T he seemingly everlasting build-up to the Fall 2020 se- mester made me anxious about where I would live. My mind raced with questions as I was stuck in a state of limbo, full of unknowns. The hope that I would get to spend my senior year of col- lege on a pandemic-free campus quickly dwindled and instead morphed into wor- ry. Should I give up my lease? Is it safe to move back? What seemed to be the safest option was no...…
…On May 30, 2019, the former Fab Five team member, NBA All- Star, two-time NBA champion and veteran NBA assistant teared up in front of reporters, family and friends as he was announced as the 17th head coach of the Michigan men’s basketball team. His raw emotion revealed the magnitude of the situation. Juwan Howard joined a small group of Black coaches in college basketball, becoming one of 14 Black head coaches in basketball’s s...…
…With experience in athletics and medicine, Alex Sobczak understands both sides Former Michigan softball player Alex Sobczak used to devote hours upon hours every week to practice, games, conditioning and team activities. The rest of her waking hours were spent working on her Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience degree to prepare her for medical school. Since graduating in 2019, Sobczak has spent the past year ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — 19 As his senior season nears, Kwity Paye’s Michigan career comes into focus As the Big Ten’s 2020 football season hung in the balance leading up to this fall, senior defensive end Kwity Paye had “a million people” in his ear. Some told him he should hold out hope for a season and remain in Ann Arbor. Others thought opting out and declaring for the NFL Dra...…
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…The University of Michigan’s chapter of Biden for President hosted Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown Monday afternoon. More than 75 people attended the rally in person, while more than 500 supporters logged on to the virtual livestream. Sanders started the event by emphasizing the importance of continuing to make progress in a thoughtful, informed way. “We can keep our country moving forward if we do so ...…
…Content warning: This piece describes depictions of drugging, sexual assault and sexual harassment. An anonymous plaintiff Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the Psi Upsilon fraternity at the University of Michigan, claiming she was drugged and raped by a member of the fraternity while attending a party at the fraternity house in August 2019. The fraternity member allegedly coerced Doe to an upstairs room in the Psi ...…
…When bringing their concerns to Schlissel, the faculty members noted the metric regarding more than 70 new cases per million in the county had been met. According to data published on MI Safe Start Map, daily new cases per million were above 70 in Washtenaw County around a dozen times during the last weeks of September. After that point, the daily new cases per million fell below the threshold. The University posted th...…
…Cities and local leaders across the country have faced economic and social turmoil throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday morning, the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning welcomed mayors Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, Libby Schaaf of Oakland, Calif. and Michael Tubbs of Stockton, Calif., to a panel titled “America’s Mayors on Crisis and Change.” University President...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 5 STEM students face overtime lectures, extra work With the majority of classes being taught virtually this semester, some STEM students are reporting overtime lectures and unfair work expectations, despite having regular schedules with assigned class times. Pharmacy student Sihyun Kim is currently enrolled in the course Medical Microbiology a...…
…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...…
…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- ...…
…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 ...…
…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...…
…puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Ed Sessa ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/07/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/07/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 ACROSS 1 Something to pay 5 “Nothing’s broken” 9 Lawn game 14 Fir fellers 15 Cool off in a shallow stream, say 16 Weasley family owl 17 Substantial return 20 Popeye’s n...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 11 YOUR WEEKLY ARIES Financial ups and downs cause headaches this week, Aries, but it’s within your control to get your money better organized. Working on your time management may free up time to indulge in a lucrative side hustle, which will help. AQUARIUS GEMENI Expect strange coincidences or fleeting corner-of-the-eye glimpses of otherworldly bein...…
…2-News 12 — Wednesday, October 7, 2020 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE B-SIDE: ICONS Taylor Swift runs music I was seven years old when “You Belong With Me” came out, and it still gives me an indescribable rush of sheer happiness. It’s the song I play in the car with the windows down, letting everyone else on the road share my joy. It’s the song that I dance around to in my pajamas, feeling like I’m at a con...…
…Arts Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 13 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The first time I understood George Balanchine was watching “The Nutcracker.” More precisely, it was while watching a recording of Act 2’s “Waltz of the Flowers” on YouTube, with New York City Ballet’s Ashley Bouder as the leading Dewdrop. The six- minute dance is the culmination of the Christmastime ballet’s divertissements and the music builds with un...…
…T he vigorous string melody halted, and the film came to an abrupt end. Dazed, my friend Haoyu and I sat silently in the darkness of State Theatre without moving an inch of our bodies. When we heard the sound of clapping from below us, we subconscious- ly clapped along too. A warm yellow light slowly re-illuminated the theater. While people started getting up and preparing to leave, Haoyu and I were still glued to our seats, re...…
…F or the first 18 years of my life, I lived about a hundred yards away from my grandmother’s house. As a kid, I’d skip down the street to her house for a din- ner of PopTarts and games of Kings in the Cor- ner, “PBS NewsHour” always playing on the TV in the background. The TV volume muffled the sound of the back door, so I’d tiptoe as far into the living room as I could before announc- ing my arrival, to surprise her. We’d catc...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 16 On making friends during a pandemic BY LEAH LESZCZYNSKI, STATEMENT COLUMNIST E ver since I arrived on campus last year, vetting classmates in discussions, student organization meetings and informal gatherings, in hopes of creating more fulfilling human connections has become second nature to me. Prior to the new world created by the COVID-19 pan- d...…
…Ten months into his first season on a Division I coaching staff at Illinois State, 37-year-old Luke Yaklich created a Microsoft Word file on his computer. He named it “When I Become a Head Coach.” Yaklich divided the file into four sections: offense, defense, culture and recruiting. Tidbits of information — gleaned from picking the brains of other coaches and scouts, reading books, watching online clinics and just being aro...…
…For the Mattins, Michigan’s family atmosphere is only fitting In sports, your team is a family. Developing a relationship keeps the team together, and the closer it is to a family, the better. But the Michigan wrestling team is a step above the others, featuring three pairs of family members — the Amines, Corrells and Mattins. What has the program done to attract so many siblings? For the Mattin brothers, it’s the family conne...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 19 With three weeks until opener, offensive line hoping to find stability Offensive line, by nature, is a position rooted in contact. So this fall, when Michigan had to practice without pads until last Wednesday, it was perhaps the position group hardest hit. A year ago, the Wolverines would have been well equipped to handle such adversity. Their offensiv...…
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…The University of Michigan has accepted an invitation to collaborate with the city of Detroit in building the Detroit Center for Innovation, it announced Wednesday morning. The $300 million research and education center will provide new programs and courses of study for both undergraduate and graduate students. University President Mark Schlissel explained in an email statement the location of the Center is key to furthering ...…
…Last week, Michigan lawmakers, including state Sen. Jeff Irwin and state Rep. Yousef Rabhi, both Ann Arbor democrats, introduced a set of bills that would promote investment in solar energy across the state. The legislation would offer economic incentives for Michigan residents who install solar energy systems on their properties. The Powering Michigan Forward package would address statewide regulations on residential solar...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, October 31, 2019 — 3A In addition to the academic portion of the building, the 14-acre site will also feature residential units, a hotel, a conference center and a business collaboration and incubation space. Production is slated to begin in 2021. He went on to explain the center will provide degree programs through the University’s Ann Arbor campus tailored to the ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, October 31, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 31, 2019 — 5A Stifling defense leads Michigan past MSU, 2-0, to claim Big Bear With about three minutes left to play, freshman goalkeeper Owen Finnerty dove out from his near post to cut off a low cross into the box. The crowd roared. The radio announcer’s voice grew excited as he finally got to commend the keeper on his first collegiate save. ...…
…6A — Thursday, October 31, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Cees in Space’: Ruiz hitting stride Cesar Ruiz sat atop the podium, smirking frequently and bantering with junior guard Michael Onwenu to his right. The confidence oozed — perhaps due to the 57-carry, 303-yard demolition his unit had just orchestrated, perhaps simply a product of his happy-go-lucky attitude. “We said in the locker room we knew what kin...…
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…2B — Thursday, October 31, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There’s nothing quite like Halloween on a college campus. In most people’s minds, Halloween is one day, Oct. 31, where all the ghouls and black cats come out to play. But in a college town, the spirit of the season goes on for weeks, if not all year round. There’s a reason we all refer to the general timeline between Oct. 15 and Nov. 5 as “Halloweek.” This is e...…
