…In efforts to highlight the prevalence of misinformation, the Center for Social Media Responsibility of University of Michigan School of Information has developed the Iffy Quotient, which measures the proportion of “iffy” articles shared on a given social media platform. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter make sharing news articles — whether real, fake or somewhere in between — as easy as clicking a single s...…
…Students and faculty convened Sunday in the Annenberg Auditorium for the first annual WeListen fall conference, a day-long event focused on maintaining open communication among individuals from different political backgrounds. WeListen, a University of Michigan student organization aimed at bridging the political divide through bipartisan discourse on pertinent political issues, supports healthy po...…
…Former Michigan Governor John Engler has been chosen for the interim president of Michigan State University Wednesday morning morning, following the Larry Nassar scandal that prompted the resignation of university president, Lou Anna Simons. Students and faculty protested the decision in droves at the university board of trustees meeting that same day. Engler is a Republican and Michigan State University alumni who gradua...…
…2 — Thursday, November 1, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Michael Strickland @michaeljamal3 I can’t stand when UMich faculty tell students to prioritize sleep like bro... talk to your colleagues! Neil @braincell2 White girls at umich vs having those marble MacBook cases lauren schandevel @LSchandevel campus food insecurity is so normalized as part of the college experience. living off ramen? going to bed hungry? ...…
…While discussing his new book “How Democracies Die”, co-authored with Harvard professor Daniel Ziblatt, Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard University, noted the current Supreme Court nomination process of Brett Kavanaugh. Levitsky argued increased political polarization will result in increased conflict, while addressing a crowd of about 40 students and faculty members Saturday on the pres...…
…According to activist Cherie Brown, the first Jewish- American Princess didn’t have a Canada Goose jacket or a Love Your Melon beanie — she was a woman named Marjorie Morningstar, from a book published more than half a century ago. “It was during a period in the 50s after the Holocaust, where Jews had had a third of their people decimated,” Brown said. “There was a feeling that upward mobility could be a vehicle for ...…
…vessel and we in the classroom teach you information, knowledge, reasoning skills and so forth,” Hoffman said. “That works in the classroom. But the general public, they didn’t buy into that contract. And so you have to win trust and you don’t do that by lecturing. You do that by engaging.” It’s also a concept taught in more broadly-focused communications classes. She said she’s learned about fake news as an issue that, if l...…
…3A — Monday, October 1, 2018 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com D.C.’s Chinatown is for tourists “Do you even have Chinese cooks? This tastes like cardboard,” my mother yelled in Mandarin at the poor, unsuspecting waitress. She was very unimpressed by the food we tried at the “authentic” Chinese restaurant at Chinatown in Washington, D.C. Despite the traditional archway and the Chinese characters on t...…
…visa lottery system and chain migration. “We’ve conflated the war on terrorism with southern border security ... it’s a way to generate lots of fear, it’s a way to generate lots of spending,” De León said. Jarvis talked about the ways current immigration policy can impact families, especially young children. Though having an adult child in the United States is a way to obtain a visa, having an underage child is not. Becaus...…
…T o grow up in the United States is to be inculcated with the promise that this land is unique in its opportunity. The legend of the self- propelled individual is ubiquitous for Americans, from the revolutionaries in Philadelphia establishing a new kind of nation to the pioneers who grittily took the West by force in the following century. It has instilled the idea of universal economic ascendancy, typified most prominently ...…
…I used to dread the first day of school. I didn’t dread it because it meant that summer was ending and that I’d soon spend my evenings doing homework rather than relaxing. It was because teachers never pronounced my name right. Before I started going by Krystal, I went by my non-American, phonetically spelled (yet somehow still difficult to pronounce) name that I won’t write here because I know no one will be able to pronounce ...…
…M y goal is not to meet the love of my life until I am at least 26. That will give me two years after I complete my undergraduate degree to work somewhere abroad, building my resume and establishing connections. After that, I will still have two years to come back to the United States and complete my master’s degree. Then my future husband can come into the picture, though he will have to wait at least five years after tha...…
…For a good while now I’ve been searching for clear footage of M.I.A.’s performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards, intrigued by the quite mythological reverence articles that describe the dignified spectacle of it all. While a filtered recording of the ceremony on Dailymotion scratched the itch, I was in awe when I saw it unfold in crystal clear definition about halfway through the documentary “MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.” Enter Mathangi ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 1, 2018 — 5A Seven or eight years ago, when it looked like AMC’s quiet prestige period drama “Mad Men” was onto something, a bunch of network execs picked up the phone, presumably barked “’60s!” to whoever was on the line and we were all treated to some of the most disastrous television ever, in the form of “Pan Am” and “The Playboy Club.” NBC’s “This Is Us” is the late...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 1, 2018 — 5A 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments $2100‑$2800 plus utilities. Tenants pay electric to DTE Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required. 1015 Packard 734‑996‑1991 5 & 6 Bedroom Apartments 1014 Vaughn $3250 ‑ $3900 plus utilities Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required 734‑996‑1991 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerrytown Central Cam...…
…In early Oct., the 11th series of “Doctor Who,” a sci-fi thriller with a cult-like following, premiered. Everything seemed on par with a typical season — the quirky Doctor, the shocked bystanders, the impending doom from beyond — but there was one apparent difference. For the first time in the 55-year run of the show (which includes a much needed hiatus from 1989 to 2005), the witty, beloved Doctor is being played by a woman. For ...…
…it’s a wonder that she’s still functioning at all. It’s hard not to view The Lamb as the conclusion to some unwritten bildungsroman, but West has been careful to clarify that things aren’t so clear cut. For now, there may not be a definitive end point in her journey from addiction to sobriety. This sentiment is encapsulated in a single lyric on “Water Over Sex,” the album’s second single, where West delicately croons, “You th...…
…6A — Thursday, February 1, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Former coach Berenson wins award The accolades keep coming for Red Berenson. After being honored with a formal rink dedication of the “Red Berenson Rink” at Yost Ice Arena earlier this month, the legendary former Michigan hockey coach — who retired at the end of last season — was named the 2018 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award recipient Tues...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 1, 2018 — 7 Michigan’s offense adapting to personnel Of the countless memorable moments during John Beilein’s tenure at Michigan, two timeless images stand above the rest. They are, of course, Trey Burke stepping back and releasing an inch-perfect shot over the outstretched arms of Kansas’ Kevin Young in 2013, and Jordan Poole, legs spread, flailing to the floo...…
…Moving On Chase Winovich wasn’t chosen as a captain this season, but he has proven to be a leader for Michigan on and off the field. » Page 2B Blitzed Michigan falls back to .500, as Northwestern scores four goals in a game for the first time in two seasons against the Wolverines. » Page 3B Michigan avoids near-devastating loss to Wildcats EVANSTON — Shea Patterson and the Michigan football team’s offense stepped onto the f...…
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…8 — Thursday, November 1, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Eli Brooks looking for increased role this year Eli Brooks’ phone rang, and DeAndre Haynes was on the other end. Haynes, an assistant coach on the Michigan men’s basketball team, called Brooks to give the sophomore guard a little extra boost before the season. “Man, I’m proud of you,” Haynes said. “Just keep doing what you’re doing, keep being a great lead...…
…2B — Monday, October 1, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Winovich is the voice of the defense B efore the season began, the week of the Notre Dame game, Chase Winovich was dealt some unexpected bad news. After a season in which he led the Michigan football team in sacks, tackles for loss and fumble recoveries, Winovich was one of the unquestioned leaders on the Wolverines’ defense which finished third nati...…
…the same sense of belonging as others. A lot of the consternation that this campus has seen surrounding race, gender and identity in recent months has led many students to grapple with their identities in ways they never have before. “MVisible Voices” is about taking these experiences and these identity conflicts and moving them to the very center of the conversation instead of pushing them to the periphery. These stories are jus...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, October 1, 2018 — 3B Next generation of Michigan defense emerges As the Michigan football team mounted its largest comeback in the Jim Harbaugh era Saturday against Northwestern, fans saw a team clawing for its season. They saw an offense do just enough, led by a quarterback who showed guile and resolve. They also saw a defense show a prolonged glimpse into what the ...…
…My grandmother’s biryani, a rice dish usually served with rich meats and yogurt sauce, is famous among my family and friends. If anyone ever pays a visit to Kolkata, a city in the East Indian state of West Bengal, they make sure to stop by her apartment. And any visit to my grandmother’s apartment warrants a feast. Once, when there was a gathering at her apartment, I saw her wake up at the crack of dawn to start cooking. By lunch...…
…4B — Monday, October 1, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Patterson shows resilience in comeback win EVANSTON — Saturday wasn’t Shea Patterson’s best performance in a Michigan uniform. It’s not one that will litter his highlight reel or show off to NFL scouts. His statistics won’t jump off the page come Sunday morning. But with 10:05 left in the fourth quarter, down by four points, Patterson took the ball and sho...…
…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, February 1, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NowFashion.com So you say you want to be a couturier, do you? The first time I came across “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” it was in the form of 10 printed pages delivered by my sister as she stumbled off a train from Mich. Her friend had written a dissertation on it in high school, and on her recommendation my sister printed it off for the trip ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 1, 2018 — 5B ARTIST PROFILE IN While it’s pretty much impossible to talk about collegiate a cappella without at least some mention of 2012’s “Pitch Perfect” and the subsequent series that ensued, real-world competitive a cappella requires hours of meticulous rehearsal and thought — not just a miraculous cut from one scene to the next. The competition featu...…
…2-BSide 6B —Thursday, February 1, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com We live in an age where it’s hard to find the soul of America. Much of American society is disheartened by the current administration, and if not that, the general state of the world as it is. There seems to be a new headline every day that could easily make one lose faith in his or her country — but even with all this, its heart is still there, h...…
