…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 11, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 123 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS...........................5A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM ITS solves wirele...…
…The vigil, co-hosted by ICPJ and the Ann Arbor chapter of Veterans for Peace, was part of a national movement to pro- mote diplomacy through sup- porting the president’s nuclear deal with Iran, called “60 Days to Stop a War.” Officially titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the deal would reduce sanc- tions on Iran in return for restricting their ability to build a nuclear program. While Obama could start enacting many ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 11, 2015 — 3A University prof. featured on NPR Bruce Conforth, professor of American culture, was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered. Conforth spoke about literary figures whose presence have appeared in pop culture such as Lorathio from Don Quixote, and Frankenstein, a character created by author Mary Shelley. Michigan House stuck in standstill ...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 11, 2015 — 5A By ADAM THEISEN Daily Music Columnist The biggest, loudest gust of a saxophone you’ve heard since the ’80s blows through your speakers over an anthemic synth foundation. Enter the steady bass drum, a calm taking over as the singer quietly muses on running away, escaping everything with one special person, until all of a sudden everything ri...…
…took years. Mody said research- ers hope to ultimately cut this time down to three weeks. The study used new tech- nology called Next-Generation DNA Sequencing to sequence a patient’s tumor’s DNA and RNA, as well as their normal genome. The genome is the complete set of genetic infor- mation inside a cell. Through comparing the tumor’s genome and the normal genome, researchers were then able to identify the source of the can- c...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 11, 2015 — 7A By KATIE CONKLIN Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women’s soccer team’s style is all about keeping possession. Thursday night against Central Michigan, the players remained collected as they effortlessly connected pass after pass, knowing their next move far before the ball landed at their feet. It was with this fluidity that the Wolverines s...…
…8A — Friday, September 11, 2015 Advertisement The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COME TO A MICHIGAN DAILY MASS MEETING Sunday, 9/13 Thursday, 9/17 Monday, 9/14 Sunday, 9/20 September 6 30 13 27 8 1 22 15 29 11 4 25 18 2 7 31 21 14 28 10 3 24 17 1 9 2 23 16 30 12 5 26 19 3 20 All mass meetings held at 7 p.m., second floor of 420 Maynard Street. Learn about opportunities in all of the Daily’s secti...…
…How Freddy Canteen and Brandon Watson made it from Wilmington to Ann Arbor by Jake Lourim September 12, 2015: Oregon State the road out …
…FootballSaturday — September 12, 2015 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2015 football season. Max Bultman Max Cohen Jake Lourim Zach Shaw Crisler Spider-Man Oregon St. (+14.5) at Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Oregon State Michigan Hawaii (+41) at No. 1 Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Middle Tennessee (+35.5)...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com ‘M’ braces for Oregon State’s Collins Wolverines will face another speedy quarterback in home opener Saturday By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Last Thursday, the Michigan football team got a stiff test for its run defense when it took on Utah and Devontae Booker, the Pac-12’s second- leading rusher in 2014. And on Saturday, when Oregon State visits Ann Arbor, the ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 4 By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — David Sills IV sits at a desk in the den of his weekend home here, on a country club just a few miles from the beach. A table off to the side holds a laptop decorated with logos from several colleges, most prominently West Virginia, where his son, David V, is a freshman quarterback. He drinks out of a cup from Mississippi State, wh...…
…5 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Christian Academy, and moved in with another family on the team. He earned a full scholarship to Auburn, and his new family and Blaxon’s sister all came together last spring to see Blaxon drafted by the Tennessee Titans. “This is a kid who could have been walking the streets of Wilm- ington, Delaware, having drive-by shootings or doing drugs or what- ever the case may be,” Sills said. “We ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 6 Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Oregon State By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor On a day that will in all likelihood be remembered as Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Stadium coaching debut, there will indeed be a football game played after Harbaugh jumps up and touches the banner. When the Michigan football team plays Oregon State on Saturday, it will mark a matchup between two head coaches at new schools. T...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to watch for: Offensive line seeks breakthrough vs. Beavers By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor 1. Can the offensive line finally improve? With all five starters returning from 2014, the general sense was that this season would be the one when Michigan’s offensive line returned to the program’s bruising ways of old. That was half-true in Thursday’s loss to Utah. The Wolverines kept...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 8 things other than training, aca- demics. … Because they are driven individuals, they didn’t mind the time they had to commit to this program in order to obtain or reach their goals.” Back in high school, that work paid off when former Michigan assistant coach Curt Mallory noticed the two at a Michigan sum- mer camp and recruited them. Those camps ran well into the summer, and then it was ...…
…Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX Vol. CXXI, No. 136 | © 2013 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... CROSSWORD........................ SPORTS.................................. NEWS #MISafeCampus Sue Sndyer hosted summit discussing campus sexual ass...…
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…3 Thursday, June 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Talent circus showcases artists, performers Showcase features performances from library staff, student employees By ALAINA WYGANT Daily Staff Reporter A drum team, a storyteller and a spinning artist, among other performers, wowed onlookers at the Duderstadt Center as part of the second annual Library Tal- ent Circus Wednesday. The circus, according to...…
…Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. LAURA SCHINAGLE EDITOR IN CHIEF MELISSA SCHOLKE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR DEREK WOLFE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 4 Thursday, June 11, 2015 The M...…
…F orgive me for being late to the game, but I start- ed “Entourage” a couple of weeks ago. It only took a few minutes (and several hand- fuls of tortilla chips) before I was sucked into the world of Vinny Chase and Ari Gold. And I admit, I’ve loved every second of it. I finished Sea- son 4 on Tues- day and am trying to finish as soon as possible so I can see the movie. It’s funny. It’s witty. It’s enter- taining. And b...…
…Indie-folk Accidentals rock the Ark with guests CONCERT REVIEW By KIM BATCHELOR Daily Arts Writer Last Sunday, The Ark was filled for the indie-folk-rock styling of The Accidentals and, opening act, Abigail Stauffer. And these girls can seriously rock. Abigail Stauffer, an Ann Arbor icon most well-known for her dreadlocks, opened the show with the title track of her new album, Where I’m Going. She explained that the last time...…
…7 Thursday, June 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Aloha’ A-no-ha FILM REVIEW By REBECCA LERNER Daily Arts Writer Perhaps we should have heed- ed Amy Pascal’s warning about “Aloha” during the Sony e-mail leak last December — “I don’t care how much I love the director and the actors — it never, not even once, ever works.” A harsh assessment by someone who is deeply financially invested in it, but ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Protective garment 6 Nothing like wetlands 10 New car stat 13 One of four men who managed both the Mets and Yankees 14 “Eva __”: Isabel Allende novel 15 JFK datum 16 *”Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand” 19 __ were 20 Excited exclamation 21 Actress Katey 23 *“Wendy’s Story” 25 Jai alai ball 26 Arena sounds 27 Foretells 28 “Psych” finale? 30 Is for more than one? 31 Mon...…
…Summit condemns sexual assault, fosters dialogue Conference features remarks from Michigan politicians By ALYSSA BRANDON Summer Managing News Editor Amid Department of Educa- tion investigations of various Michigan institutions’ sexual misconduct policies, including that of the University, state first lady Sue Snyder collaborated with Michigan politicians and educators in an effort to address issues of sexual assault on cam- ...…
…By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor As Kelis’ 2003 hit song “Milk- shake” blared throughout Elbel Field, Wilton Speight, nicknamed “Grande,” strode to the plate. This isn’t a Mad Lib, I promise. The hip-hop singer confident- ly discussed how her milkshake brought all the boys to the yard, and on the first pitch, the sopho- more quarterback nearly sent the ball out of it. It didn’t clear the fence, but was high enough and dee...…
…11 Thursday, June 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Barnes Arico weighs in on NCAA rule changes Three Wolverines taken in MLB Draft By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor For women’s college basket- ball, the days of 20-minute halves, one-and-one foul shots and last- second full-court drives are over. Monday, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a proposal to play all women’s bas- ketball games in fo...…
…By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer The Michigan softball team was dominant once again in its 2015 campaign, falling only one win short of a National Champion- ship. With legendary coach Carol Hutchins at the helm, the Wolver- ines finished with a 60-8 record and captured Big Ten regular sea- son and Tournament titles. A week after Michigan’s sea- son came to a close at the hands of two-time national champion Florida, the Daily grad...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, March 11, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM RESEARCH Poorer residents isolated in industrial, eastern Washtenaw County By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter The University and the City of Ann Arbor take pride in the scores of “top 10” rankings they rack up each year. However, the Ann Arbor and its surround- ing areas may not be...…
…2A — Wednesday, March 11, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 11/5/08 12:54 PM 9 7 5 9 3 8 9 4 7 1 1 8 3 2 9 4 8 4 5 6 8 9 6 7 3 1 2 4 1 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! MT EVEREST. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Sudoku Syndication http...…
…Council in 2007 and has since won re-election three times. Smith moved to Ann Arbor in 1995 to earn a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University’s School of Natural Resources and Environment. He now works as a consultant with Wade Trim, Inc., an urban plan- ning firm. “I didn’t think I’d be here that long and I just ended up falling in love with the city,” Smith said. “I just think it is the most wonderful cit...…
…I think we’re all familiar with the unspoken “rules” of getting around Ann Arbor: 1) If you’re driving a car, pedestrians are your worst enemy — they will walk in front of traffic without the slightest hesitation, owning the streets and avoiding crosswalks, “hit me, car, I dare you.” Also, other cars are your enemy, as you wait in awful traffic and arrive to your destination late after struggling to find parking. 2) If you’re walkin...…
…5-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 11, 2015 — 5A Natacha Pisarenko/AP A civil aviation accident investigator stands at the site of the wreckage of one of two helicopters that collided in midair in La Rioja province, Argentina Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Argentina probes helicopter crash as France mourns dead Silicon Valley firm questions woman in gender bias suit Investigators ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 See the 67- Across clue 5 Suitor’s purchase 10 Geological age 14 Major follower? 15 Like the accent on “passé” 16 Proofer’s catch 17 Sandwich option 20 Good-humored banter 21 Superstore division 22 Mandela’s org. 23 Wrath 24 Very, in music 26 Rats, gnats and brats 28 Loads 29 E. Berlin’s land 32 13-mile race 36 Prefix with European 39 Words on Alice’s cake 40 Chichén __:...…
…7A — Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ is optimistic, complex By COSMO PAPPAS Daily Arts Writer “Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the ‘70s & the ‘80s” by Brad Gooch, professor of English at William Pater- son University and author of the acclaimed biography “City Poet: the Life and Times of Frank O’Hara,” is an inside story of the art world and gay commu- nity of 1970...…
…Sports 8A — Wednesday, March 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fisch dividing reps between three QBs By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor New Michigan passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch has what he wants in a starting quarterback on his roster. It just isn’t all in the same person yet. Tuesday, after the Wolverines’ fourth spring practice, Fisch shed light on what he’s looking for from his signal callers, but a...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY MARCH 11, 2015 statement …
…2B Magazine Editor: Ian Dillingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Illustrators: Megan Mulholland Maggie Miller Managing Editor: Lev Facher Editor in Chief: Jen Calfas Copy Editors: Hannah Bates Laura Schinagle Emma Sutherland THE statement THE LIST COVER BY RUBY WALLAU, JAKE WELLINS AND LUNA ARCHEY VIDEO: SPRING BREAK BUZZFEED, BUT BETTER DISTINCTIVE MARCH HOLI...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 3B My Cultural Currency: Calculating my Indian-ity “ You’re not even like really Indi- an,” the white girl said. “What do you mean?” I said, gesturing to my brown face, hands and arms. I didn’t know if she need- ed glasses or was just stupid. “Well, I mean like you’re not really ‘Indian Indian.’ Like, you’re not, like, really, like all of the other Indians,” the white girl said. I made a ...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 5B A t a small ceremony on Feb. 26, students from the Arab- American community on campus gathered to dedi- cated a new multicultural lounge on the third floor of North Quad. The gathering was small and quiet, with no more than two dozen students in attendance. But for many, the lounge was a significant step in gaining recognition on campus. Recogn...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 6B Primetime Players: The multiple roles of the University’s cheerleading squad by Akshay Seth, Daily Film Columnist B efore agreeing to sit down for an interview, Pam St. John needed confirmation that any subsequent write-up or article resulting from the following week’s talk should take pains not to wheel her inside the orbit of attention. The focus of the writing, she wrote, must remain...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Forging an Iron Man by Eric Ferguson, Daily Columnist I can tell you about three important and seemingly hap- hazard aspects of the person I was just prior to start- ing college. First, I was obsessed with grades. Second, I actively avoided situations where I would have to make a decision. And third, I had a not-so-minor obsession with the alternate universes created i...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 8B Battle of the Bamboo is an annual dance competition that celebrates Filipino culture. The event is held in Chicago, hosted by the University of Illinois, and features Filipino organizations from schools across the Midwest, such as Ohio State University, Northwestern University, and Loyola University. University of Michigan’s Filipino American Student Association, or FASA, competed fo...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 11, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look inside Detroit’s Ruth Ellis Center » INSIDE the statement During State of the City address, Duggan talks public safety, recovery By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter In his second State of the City address, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan praised his adminis- tration both for improving the...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 11/5/08 12:54 PM 9 7 5 9 3 8 9 4 7 1 1 8 3 2 9 4 8 4 5 6 8 9 6 7 3 1 2 4 1 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! MT EVEREST. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, February 11, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sudoku Syndication h...…
…Lesbian,” “Humid Pitch” and “Experimental Love.” Addi- tionally, she was once a contrib- utor to the editorial collective Conditions, a feminist literary journal. Clarke has worked very closely with other Black femi- nists and served on the board of New York Women Against Rape. In 2013, she earned the Kessler Award for outstand- ing contributions to the field of LGBTQ studies. During the lecture, Clarke emphasized the impo...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 11, 2015 — 5A ‘Honeybear’ is candid and lovely Father John Misty becomes a romantic on latest album By BRIAN BURLAGE Daily Arts Writer For most of the 18th century, men like Father John Misty were referred to as libertines. Their aim was pleasure, their creed was self- satisfaction. They weren’t immoral so much as they were amoral. Society’s rules ...…
…ACROSS 1 Audio problem 4 Finish paying a bill, perhaps 10 Controlled 14 Radio host Glass 15 Ethically indifferent 16 Adidas rival 17 *Motown Records founder 19 Baptismal basin 20 Spanish royalty 21 Oceanic reflux 23 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 24 *Cubs broadcaster known for singing along with “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch 27 Mental grasp 29 McCain or McCaskill: Abbr. 30 Tummy muscles 32 Circular gasket 34 Time at...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts & Sports Wednesday, February 11, 2015 — 7A Jon Stewart set to leave ‘Daily Show’ The comedian’s 17-year run as host will end this year By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer I’ve been in denial about this day since rumors surfaced that Jon Stewart may leave “The Daily Show” at the end of his current contract. I just couldn’t believe that he – someone who has held the same job for 17 consec...…
