…Detroit mayor discusses urban improvement plans Duggan aims to give affordable housing to local residents By KEVIN BIGLIN Daily Staff Reporter In his Wednesday evening keynote address at the Mackinac Policy Conference, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan talked about housing history in Detroit and about his new urban planning strategy, which aims to spread affordable housing units across all areas of the city. He posed the question, ...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Campus and city leaders reflect on immigration events in Ann Arbor community, discuss action moving forward Leaders on campus and the city of Ann Arbor affirm strong intent to protect the immigrant populace By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor In the aftermath of incidents involving immigration spanning several months, campus and Ann Arbor leaders affi...…
…4 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION A question I hate is one, like clockwork, that I find myself answering every year beginning in April and through June. And after summer? It becomes a question in the past tense. I don’t like that question for largely two reasons. Firstly, because I sometimes don’t know what I’m going to be doing and secondly, it’s often not nearly as cool as what othe...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I f you were to ask me today what I’m studying, I’d reply with full confidence and a bright smile: “I’m pre- pharmacy!” After all, pharmacy was always the only profession in which I could truly see myself. But a year ago, I would’ve told you I was pre-med. For a long time, I tried to believe that medicine was what I truly wanted to pursue. I tried to...…
…6 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Baywatch’ flops By FALLON GATES Daily Arts Writer With big time actors Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (“Fast and Furious”) and Zac Efron (“The Lucky One”), “Baywatch” (for many fans) raised the hope of a hilarious summer action comedy. Unfortunately, it didn’t come close to reaching these standards and left the audience wondering if a plot could be even more uncrea...…
…7 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Pirates 5’ drowns By IAN DAVID HARRIS Daily Arts Writer There was a time when a new “Pirates of the Carib- bean” movie was a cause for excitement. That time has long since passed. “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” the fifth (and hopefully final) entry in the Johnny Depp (“Mordecai”) led franchise is quite possibly the worst one yet. Picking up approximately fi...…
…8 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Wines that can be white or red 7 Greetings 10 Lighthouse view 13 Widely recognized 14 Sleep on it 16 Immediate caregiver, briefly 17 Highlighted publication part 19 “All Things Considered” airer 20 Mongrel 21 Brest bestie 22 Howe of hockey 24 Singer DiFranco 25 Halves of some master-servant relationships 27 Little pitchers have big ones, per an old maxim 28 Pioneer...…
…9 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR just a word. To me, a name is much more than just a name. My own name represents the connection I have to Indian culture. I can use it as proof that I actually am, in fact, half-Indian. If I were to mispro- nounce my own name — like you mispronounce yours — my con- nection to the culture I care most about would be severed. It doesn’t work the same way ...…
…10 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Jacob Shames: What happened? BASEBALL The longest game in Big Ten Tournament history — a 13-inning epic between Michigan and Indiana — had just concluded. The triumphant team entered the post- game press conference to revisit the previous four hours and 28 minutes. “We’re almost better with our backs against the wall,” said the player who had delivered th...…
…11 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Previewing Michigan’s opponents in the Chapel Hill Regional JACOB SHAMES Summer Managing Sports Editor After its winningest regular season since 2008, the Michigan baseball team qualified for its second NCAA Tournament under coach Erik Bakich, and first since 2015. This time, though, the Wolverines had to sweat things out. Two years ago, Michigan qua...…
…BASEBALL ‘M’ earns NCAA berth JACOB SHAMES Summer Managing Sports Editor The Michigan baseball team is going dancing. After the Wolverines went 42-15 during the regular season — their most successful regular season since 2008 — they were selected for the NCAA Tournament, receiving a No. 3 seed in the Chapel Hill regional, hosted by No. 2 national seed North Carolina. Despite a top-20 ranking for most of the season, Michigan’s...…
