…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily Warmer weather melts student-made snowmen at the Diag on Tuesday. SNOW NO SNOW said. “All of this took place against a backdrop of massive social and economic transformation resulting from free-market reforms.” Fried ended his lecture with a succinct five points — which he admitted were much easier to envision than to put into action. Broadly outlined, the po...…
…W e all know, and dread, the Fall Career Expo put on by the University of Michigan’s Career Center. The ballroom in the Michigan Union is always packed with nervous college students trying to get an internship or a full-time position at one of the 180 companies that recruit on campus. This year, I noticed that many recruiters trumpeted their company’s diverse and inclusive workplace. Awards from publication...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 10, 2018 — 5A I hated “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” I thought it was a terrible movie with a poor plot, weak character development and a total lack of understanding of what made the previous films great. I’ve had a lot of conversations with people over the past few weeks about why I believe that is. As I’ve watched discussion and debate about the film play out online, I...…
…by all manner of ghosts, ghouls and poltergeists. They’ve wisely shifted the focus from the families themselves to Elise, a medium-for-hire with the ability to astral project into a spiritual realm called “The Further.” But even with Shaye’s consistently game performance, it’s impossible to dodge the feeling that this has all been done before and done better. To the credit of “The Last Key,” it continues this trend of leanin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts & Sports Wednesday, January 10, 2018 — 7A Close and getting closer EVAN AARON /Daily Michigan coach John Beilein said after the game that he was convinced Michigan had a play set up to win the game. Though the Michigan women’s basketball team didn’t come out victorious in its overtime loss to rival Ohio State on Sunday, it did play a closely- fought game full of back-and- forth runs ...…
…8A — Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily Sophomore forward Will Lockwood will have to decide between surgery now or surgery after the season, according to Michigan coach Mel Pearson. Notebook: Lockwood’s injury requires surgery, Lavigne starter in net ANNA MARCUS Daily Sports Writer The sophomore forward, who missed extended time last year, suffered the injury at the World Junio...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 10, 2018 A Saturday in Cook’s Library …
…“S hutting your eyes and acting like the problem is going to go away — it’s not going to go away. You have to actively oppose it. Intercept it. And that is how we solve problems. You cannot sit idly, basking in your own privilege, and hopefully things go away — it doesn’t work like that,” Omar, a University of Florida student and a protest organizer, told The Nation. When white supremacist Richard Spencer arrived to speak at t...…
…3B Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement Let’s Bitch About It: Not all dogs are cute This column does not reflect the views of The Michigan Daily and received strong objections from multiple editors who were probably offended on behalf of their dogs. I f there is one thing I stand by in this world, it is this: Not all dogs are cute. Don’t get me wrong, I love dogs. I have a dog and she is absolutely adorable, but that doe...…
…Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 5B A Saturday in Cook’s library A brief history of the Law Library by Matt Gallatin, Daily Arts Writer O n a Saturday I sit in the Law library. I often do this, busy or not, wasting my time pre- tending I’m using my time wisely. If I’m sitting in the library, I’m working, right? Of course, when I say “work,” I’m saying that I’m simply sitti...…
…Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 6B Let’s Talk About It: Writing through my obsessions I was recently tapping away at my keyboard keys writing an article I was not feeling passionate about. This was deeper than a few bad weeks of writing. I recently felt the same way about my poetry, but learned to build my confidence in writing poems through a workshop class last fall semester. Every week I would write — eve...…
…A bout 200 miles south of Ann Arbor, off exit 50 on I-275, and after a series of left and right turns, sits an old Tudor-style house. Safely positioned at the end of a cul-de-sac, painted a soft brown with maroon shutters, it now sits empty, with only the remnants of what used to be a bustling home of a family of five — my family of five. I grew up in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio and experienced the quintessential suburba...…
…Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 8B Last week I visited my friend Martina Potlach, a junior in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, in her studio in the College’s newly renovated building on North campus. Students spend hours in the giant space working on countless iterations of projects, often late into the night. Since it is the beginning of the semester, while it might not seem like it, the stud...…
…Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones called out the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity at the University of Michi- gan in a message to MLive published Dec. 17. Blake Jones said “several gen- erations” took part in haz- ing activities at the Theta chapter and the fraterni- ty’s national headquarters turned a “blind eye” to haz- ing. On. Nov. 7, the University terminated the fraternity for hazing infractions with opportunity for recoloni- zat...…
…with and take them into consideration.” District 9 commissioner Katie Scott, a nurse at the University of Michigan and vice president of the Michi- gan Nurses Association, is new to the Board. She thanked the people who sup- ported her throughout her first race. “I am really honored to be here,” she said. “It was step- ping out on a shaky limb for me to decide to run for this office, but I am so excited … My family was extr...…
…The Office of Greek Life received the messages in an envelope during the 2018 winter semester and turned over the documents to the Ann Arbor Police Depart- ment last March. The case was closed because the AAPD were unable to verify the stu- dent was injured during the fraternity pledging process and because his parents were uncooperative with investiga- tors. It was this “40-yard dash” which prompted Blake Jones’s statement ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, January 10, 2019 T he most basic problem with thinking about candidates in terms of likability is that it prioritizes charisma over a candidate’s policies, temperament, experience, values and vision for the country. It creates a horse race version of politics in which everyone becomes a pundit choosing candidates based on who they think other people will like...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday January 10, 2019 — 5A It was New Year’s Eve and Reece Hughes was playing video games with his friends. The sophomore was prepared for a night of some relaxed fun coming off of what had been a particularly grueling winter break of training. Then around 9:30, Hughes’ phone buzzed and displayed an incoming call from Michigan coach Sean Bormet. Bormet informed his young wrestle...…
…6A — Thursday, January 10, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With a target on their backs, Wolverines travel to Champaign On Thursday night in Champaign, Michigan will play in the most important game of Illinois’ season. The Illini, for all intents and purposes, are already out of contention for the NCAA Tournament with a 4-11 record. Already, they’re more or less out of Big Ten contention as well, having dropped...…
…DESIGN BY CHRISTINE JEGARL B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, January 10, 2019 …
…1. El Mal Querer — Rosalía “The Romance of Flamenca” is thought to be the first modern novel. Developed in the 13th century, it tells the story of a woman imprisoned by her jealous fiance — a twisted love story fraught with peril. El Mal Querer, the second studio album from Los Angeles- based but Catalonia-born singer Rosalía, is based on “Flamenca”, with each of the album’s 11 tracks serving as a chapter that details an increasin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, January 10, 2019 — 3B 1. Voting as an aesthetic While a plethora of trends emerged on the runway in 2018, some of the most notable statements took the shape of a less wearable form. A year of political turmoil and tension, the push to vote became a major theme of this past year. With primary elections in Aug. and midterms in Nov., combined with an emphasis on change, voting became...…
…The TV beat has a problem: 2018 was a great year in television. On one hand, as the television addicts we claim ourselves to be, this “problem” has provided us with a myriad of excuses to avoid social contact and stay in. On the other hand, the consistent stream of quality television makes any effort to choose definitive favorites all the more difficult. The selection process itself was strenuous: on what criterion should we base our ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, January 10, 2019 — 5B 2018 was yet another whirlwind year in the hurricane that has been the last half-decade, but luckily books, new and old, kept writers from all beats on Daily Arts sane. The Book Review asked a handful of them to write about their favorite moments with a book, literature or even reading itself this past year. “Just Kids” by Patti Smith My exposure to Pat...…
…6. Black Panther In a year that saw dozens of heroes uniting to stop a universe-spanning calamity, “Black Panther” still became not just the best MCU movie of the year, but the best film Marvel Studios has put out to date. At its best, Coogler’s latest plays like a Shakespearean epic crossed with the visual panache of “The Matrix” with a little bit of James Bond thrown in for good measure. That’s a diverse set of influences for anyone t...…
