…About 100 University of Michigan students, faculty and staff gathered Wednesday afternoon on the Diag to protest a speech to be given on campus later that night by Charles Murray, author of “The Bell Curve,” a book widely criticized for its attribution of intelligence and other genetic traits with race. Big data, data science and analytics were among the main topics discussed at the third annual Michigan Institute for Da...…
…attending the speech had to have their bags and belongings searched prior to entering Palmer Commons, and they were once again searched before entering the room where the speech would be held. LSA senior Ben Decatur, co-chair of the AEI Executive Council at the University, introduced Murray and spoke on the right of free speech and the importance of that right. He went on to discuss the potential for protest and inv...…
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…“A s a straight, white, cisgender man of relatively high socioeconomic status and having been raised in the Catholic Church …” That’s how I started my sentence. It was a muggy July evening in New Jersey, with mosquitoes everywhere and the temperature easily over 80 degrees still after dark. I was spinning around on an old deck chair in my backyard. A close friend of mine from high school had come o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 12, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Part of BYOB and MYOB 4 Band name with a lightning bolt slash 8 Unlike a couch potato 14 T’ai __ 15 Afrikaans speaker 16 9Lives mascot 17 *What may put a fire in the belly? 19 Makes room on, as a schedule 20 Window part 21 Mother of Pollux 23 She plays Crawford in FX’s “Feud” 24 *Commuter entertainment source 27 Regards with surprise 30 Sped 31 Botch 32 Mir...…
…6A — Thursday, October 12, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Grading Michigan’s special teams unit through five games New punters. New kickers. New returners. New everything. Special teams coordinator Chris Partridge has had a lot on his plate this year, which has been a big change from last season when just two players handled all of the responsibilities. Former Wolverine Kenny Allen used to command all thre...…
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…2B —Thursday, October 12, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COURTESY OF SAHANA COURTESY OF SAHANA Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi: Preserving a tradition on a college campus through dancing B-SIDE LEAD As global citizens in this day, interdisciplinary thinking has become more important than ever, and places that bring together multiple disciplines are crucial. At the University of Michigan, the Michigan Saha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, October 12, 2017 — 3B Pass the Cake: A look at food, family and being together when you’re not STOCK/ DAILY Good eating Arts writer Arya Naidu reflects on her cultural & familial attachment to food and her family’s incomparable cooking Sometime about 2006, my family started doing these semi-huge reunions. I say semi-huge because we’re kind of an overwhelming bunch. What we...…
…4B —Thursday, October 12, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COURTESY OF GABRIELA LENA FRANK Composer Gabriela Lena Frank at work Life outside a golden cage with Gabriela Lena Frank Acclaimed composer draws on her family’s rich, Peruvian heritage with a compelling personal compositional voice To a certain extent, creation is, at its very core, a synthetic act. Not synthetic in the sense of artificiality or fakeness, b...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, October 12, 2017 — 5B COMMUNITY CULTURE PROFILE COURTESY OF CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE STUDIES CWPS: Travel, art and the shaping of an identity The Center for World Performance Studies provides a space to delve into rich performance traditions globally Sometimes, you have to travel far to understand. The Center for World Performance Studies is a multidisciplinary program ...…
…umichsmtd By Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim Directed by Malcolm Tulip Department of Theatre & Drama Oct. 5 & 12 at 7:30 PM Oct. 6, 7, 13, & 14 at 8 PM Oct. 8 & 15 at 2 PM Arthur Miller Theatre League Ticket Office 734-764-2538 tickets.smtd.umich.edu The RC congratulates its award- winning faculty and students! Find our schedule of events at lsa.umich.edu/rc/alum- ni-friends/the-residential-col- lege-50th-anniversary-celebrat...…
