…The Washtenaw Housing Alliance and Shelter Association of Washtenaw County hosted the second-ever Voices of Homelessness event Friday evening in Ypsilanti, inviting community members to share their experiences with homelessness through art and storytelling. A Washtenaw Housing Alliance 2018 report found 256 people in the county live in shelters or transitional housing, while 28 people are completely unsheltered. The ...…
…The University Research Corridor — a partnership of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University — released its 11th economic impact report last week. The report highlights the universities’ contributions to the state economy, which totaled $18.7 billion in 2017. This is a significant increase from 2015, when the URC added $16.5 billion to the state economy. Britany Affolter- Caine, e...…
…Following the defeat of a citizen task force’s proposal for a police oversight commision at a City Council meeting on Oct. 1, legal questions remain regarding aspects of the citizens’ draft and changes in Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor’s counter- proposal. The citizen task force drafted a proposal that would create a citizen-led police oversight commission with the power to subpoena records and officer testimony, as well as t...…
…In a video released Sunday, white supremacist Richard Spencer announced a halt to his national college tour amid clashes between protesters and police at his scheduled speech at Michigan State University last Monday. “At least for the foreseeable future, I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to host an event that’s wide open to the public, in which we name the date and the time,” Spencer said in his video. “Because if we do ...…
…On Wednesday evening, the United Asian American Organizations at the University of Michigan hosted a panel to promote the Asian, Pacific Islander American studies program on campus and call attention to a 2017 lawsuit citing discrimination against program faculty. Panelists included graduate and undergraduate students, as well as Emily Lawsin, a lecturer in American culture and women’s studies, and Scott Kurashige, a f...…
…While most University of Michigan students were preparing to watch the 52nd Superbowl last Sunday, LSA sophomore Alex Mullen, Rackham student Richard Nunn and other members from the Latinx Alliance for Community Action, Support and Advocacy had a different task at hand — finalizing their list of demands to the administration. The list of demands was created in response to the lack of Latino representation felt on campus. ...…
…University of Michigan Electrical Engineering and Computer Science courses have developed extensive waitlists due to growing enrollment rates, graduate students registering for undergraduate classes, and limited numbers of faculty — giving students stress about being able to complete their requirements on time. The department’s administration is working to hire more full- time faculty and acquire larger lecture halls to...…
…have it, the students seem to be very passionate about these things and want to learn about. I’m happy we get to have it here.” The weekend’s event consisted of a series of talks and discussions from 13 speakers, many of whom represented various Syrian activist organizations. Activist Shiyam Galyon, former director of the Books Not Bombs campaign that captured campus attention in 2016, delievered the conference ...…
…that affect the rank-and-file Michigander.” In the short term, students at URC universities contribute directly to the state and local economies by buying goods and services and boosting business. In the long-term, their presence is more important, according to Affolter-Caine. Students who attend these universities frequently find career paths in the state, often working on projects and jobs that can improve the lives of Michi...…
…The seats of Regents Andrew Richner (R) and Andrea Newman (R) on the University of Michigan Board of Regents are up for reelec- tion this November. With Jordan Acker (D) and Paul Brown (D) chal- lenging the incumbent candidates for a position on the Board, citizens across the state will get the opportu- nity to cast their ballots for who they think should serve on the Univer- sity’s governing board for another eight years, as outlined ...…
…YONI KI BA AT MONOLOGUE 2A — Monday, March 12, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TUESDAY: By Design FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History News AHAD BOOTWALA/Daily Ross sophomore Nithya Ramesh, SMTD sophomore Zoha Bharwani, and Public Policy senior Aditi Katti address the crowd at Yoni Ki Baat’s 11th annual monologue show in Rackham Saturday. THURSDAY: Twitter Talk MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers CASE...…
…by President Donald Trump’s campaign, had access to the private data of 50 million Facebook users, scaring users who were apart of one of the network’s largest data breaches. That led to a two-day congressional hearing, which ended Tuesday, to gauge just how much control Facebook users have over their data. No consensus in terms of future legislation resulted from the hearings, though Zuckerberg agreed “some regulatio...…
…how those felt.” John Pollack –– Consultant John Pollack, an author and Ann Arbor native, began the presentations by speaking about the role of analogies in government, innovation and daily lives. Pollack served as a speechwriter for former President Bill Clinton and now works as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, philanthropies and non-profit organizations. In an interview with The Daily, Pollock described the import...…
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…You’re American but you’re too Black. You’re Black but you’re too African. You’re African but you’re too dark. I’m sick of being told what I am and what I am not. You say I’m too much of that but not enough of this. Just because my looks don’t fit your stereotyped definition of what I should be. Who are you to tell me who I should be. Whoever gave you the right to put me in a box anyway. You sort, prioritize, and fixa...…
…by the Trump administration. The Trump administration’s announcement caused uncertainty in the markets as the tariffs go against years of precedence of free trade with China. Director Scott Jacobs said the program helps companies “step back and assess their business practices in order to become more competitive.” “The whole idea of the assistance model is to help companies invest in themselves by building their capabilitie...…
…Goldenberg, professor of public policy and political science, founded Turn Up Turnout, a non-partisan student group which aims to increase voter registration and turnout among young people. Upon discovering the NSLVE data, Goldenberg said she felt motivated to develop a voting initiative. “We’re surprised both at how low everybody is, and we’re surprised Michigan isn’t leading rather than trailing,” Goldenberg said. “So we t...…
…If my experiences during college have taught me anything, it is that writing is a powerful means of expression. Somehow, even when I don’t know what to say, I always have something to write. Last semester, and this one, was really rough for me health- wise. I grew quite frustrated and could not seem to express how I was feeling. So I wrote it down. And even though “One Second” is a poetic rendering of my struggles, it still do...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, April 12, 2018 — 3 ODISSI DANCE Sreyashi Dey, founder and artistic director of Srishti Dances of India, hosts an Odissi dance workshop for Michigan Dance students in the Dance building Wednesday evening. RUCHITA IYER/Daily Walker said. “They would call a special dish ‘Indian food’ even though that food could be found throughout Southeast Asia. The RAs caught wind of this and comp...…
…What does it mean to be Asian enough? Black hair. Off-white skin. It is in my name. The home where I was raised. No shoes indoors. Bags of rice in the cupboard And on the counter And in the cooker. I don’t speak mother/father’s language But I do speak her culture. Respect your elders. Everything in moderation. In America, Asian culture has been stir fried, pickled, and packed into a take out box. So it is digestible Just a ta...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 12, 2018 — 3 POP- UP PHOTOGR APHY ALICE LIU/Daily The LSA Institute for the Humanities hosts a pop-up exhibition featuring photos by Margaret Condon Taylor titled “An Accidental Photographer: Seoul 1969” at the Institute for Humanities Thursday. identify certain trends that may be occurring, such as an increase in student suicides within a certain school or college. While th...…
…C ollege students love their themed parties — so when Halloweekend comes around, many pull out all the stops to dress in a multitude of dazzling costumes that will inevitably end up contributing to a never-ending stream of Halloween posts on Instagram. Some popular costumes I spotted this year were boxers, devils and, of course, all kinds of feline ceatures. While these costumes certainly were not very original, I thought they w...…
…These past few months, The Michigan Daily readers have probably become a bit more mindful when using Facebook. Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, people were outraged. So, we started clicking away on our profiles’s privacy settings, congratulating ourselves on our newly found concern for the data collected on us and maybe even stopped liking things so that advertisers wouldn’t know our interests. Indeed, Facebook did ...…
…As an editorial staff, we agree with the University that it is wrong for a student’s educational opportunities to be limited by the political stances of an instructor, rather than the merit of the student. The academic success of students should be a top priority for universities, and the denial of students’ recommendation letters on account of professors’ personal beliefs unfairly blocks students from academic opportunitie...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A— Monday, March 12, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang The responsibility of the endowment The FBI Man MATTHEW FRIEND | COLUMN HANK MINOR | COLUMN T he unusually persistent nati...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, April 12, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by st...…
…A merican tennis player Billie Jean King once said, “Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose — it teaches you about life.” When I joined the public-school system, one of the very first things I did was join the track-and-field team. I was not sure what I was getting into, but I did know one of the nice ladies from my church ...…
…R ecruiting season for Ross undergrads is essentially over. Winter break offered much- needed room to breathe for the many upperclassmen who have secured an internship or full-time job offer for the upcoming year. While students in general are at significant risk for developing mental health issues throughout college, each fall at Ross poses a unique kind of stress for upperclassmen as their recruiting schedules and acad...…
…I was recently asked who I consider to be my favorite writer. It’s always a difficult question for me to answer — everyone I look up to for their writing, I look up to for a different reason, and there are quite a lot of those people. A Bob Dylan quote about his influences always jumps into my mind: “Open your eyes and your ears and you’re influenced.” There is something to learn from everyone. But today I’m going to talk about an...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 12, 2018 — 5A ‘Most Assasinated’ fails as dull murder mystery NETFLIX A sports article in an arts column. It feels perverse. Are there not enough articles written about sports already, both in this paper and in others around the world? Surely there are more important things to write about in the field of entertainment, the return of fall TV, the fall of a CBS mogul,...…
…“This interview is so fire the alarms went off!” Kim Petras, pop’s newest “it girl,” was entirely unphased when interrupted by the fire alarms that went off during our conversation. Calm and confident, she perfectly mirrors the music she has been working on for years, and she never misses a beat both in conversation and in her work as an artist. “After working on music since I was like 13, 14 years old, I started writing, sta...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 12, 2018 — 5A FOR RENT 2 & 4 Bedroom Apartments $1400‑$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 $3000 ‑ $3600 plus utilities Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required 734‑996‑1991 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerrytown Central Ca...…
…Doolittle, Pixies Doolittle by the Pixies stands as one of the most influential rock records since its release in 1989. It moves through poppy instrumentals with perfect bass lines that contrast its dark subject matter referencing biblical violence, surrealism and death. These things melt into one cohesive album that conjure up an unsettling feeling, and Doolittle’s iconic album cover gives those feelings a face. Frontman ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 12, 2018 — 5 Read more online at michigandaily.com Artists and their underappreciated albums of 2017 For 20 years, John Dwyer has been experimenting with a variety of psychedelic garage rock sounds that move in every direction, leaving drips of eccentric colors behind. After countless name changes, Dwyer and his band released 2017’s Orc as the Thee Oh Sees. Orc is a 50-...…
…COMMUNITY CULTURE REVIEW Muse might be a British band, but they reached the height of their popularity in the States when George Bush’s presidency turned toward absolute contention. Without feeling too abstract or derivative, Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations played like soundtracks to “1984”; they spoke to our emotions, not just our politics. You might have even hated Muse, felt their political slant was a bit too “ho...…
…ACROSS 1 Los Angeles player 4 Dancer Charisse 7 1938 “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcaster 10 Chewed-over material 13 The Obama years, e.g. 14 Cube that rolls 15 “The Murders in the __ Morgue” 16 Harlem Globetrotters promoter Saperstein 17 Feel out of sorts 18 Official reproach 20 Diamond, for one 21 Not of the clergy 23 Peaceful ’60s protest 24 Sandwich with tzatziki sauce 25 Vermeer, notably 28 Cold response? 31 Actor Pesci 32...…
…LOOKING FOR PROGRAMMER; HTML and Paypal. call (734) 717‑9534 or email dlexington808@ gmail.com ENJOY YOUR BREAK! AND READ THE DAILY DURING YOUR FREE TIME By Ed Sessa ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/12/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/12/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, October 12, 2018 ACROSS 1 “Ta-ta!” 6 Kaput 10 Musical ending 14 Ready for t...…
…The first Ed Sheeran song I ever heard was “Lego House,” way back in 2012 at the peak of the piece’s radio fame. Before high school, I wasn’t really one for music; I listened to the radio, sure, but because I didn’t have an iPod — I didn’t have the easy portability that most kids my age did. In regards to music, I was a late bloomer. Sheeran’s voice enthralled me. It was smoother than the pop music I was used to hearing on 98.7 (t...…
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…The cinematic fixation with paranormal romance that blossomed uncontrollably in the late 2000s can be traced back to the iconic literary masterpiece that started it all: “Twilight.” When Stephanie Meyer’s best- selling young adult novel was adapted into a film saga, teenage hearts across the country were revived through Robert Pattinson’s (“Remember Me”) portrayal of Edward Cullen — the flawless, brooding vampire and love int...…
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…The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 12, 2018 SPORTSMONDAY MICHIGAN 42 RUTGERS 7 Design by Jack Silberman Alec Cohen / Daily Another Roadtrip The Daily took another long, arduous roadtrip this weekend — this time to Piscataway. There are good reasons. Page 2B Millenium Mark Karan Higdon eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in Saturday’s win over Rutgers, reaching a goal he has coveted. Page 3B Comeback Michigan had to c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 12, 2018 — 7A ‘M’ shuts out Marquette for fourth straight win On Monday night, the scoreboard read 3-0 at the half. For the coaches and players, though, the game was still scoreless. The Michigan men’s soccer team (4-1) did not want to not fall victim to the same fate as the previous game. The Wolverines found themselves in a familiar situation: a multi-goal lea...…
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…Streaking Carol Hutchins and the Michigan softball team are off to a quick start with a 12-game win streak » Page 3B Bowed out The Michigan men’s hockey team was eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament with a loss to Ohio State » Page 4B Before Sunday’s NCAA Tournament selection show, John Beilein stood up from his chair and addressed a crowd of Maize Rage students. “In 2008-09, we broke the streak,” Beilein said. “There...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, April 12, 2018 — 7 Wagner, Matthews weigh the NBA It’s the age-old question The Clash famously put to music in 1982. Should I stay or should I go? That’s the predicament in front of Moritz Wagner, as he mulls leaving Michigan and entering the NBA Draft for the second straight season. As expected, though, the junior center was non-committal about his plans at the Wolverines’ ...…
…SPORTSMONDAY ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Editor Slumping The Michigan women’s basketball team suffered its third loss in the past four games, losing to Michigan State. » Page 3B Dueled in the D The Michigan hockey team won the Iron D trophy, earning five points over the weekend against Michigan State. » Page 4B Hot first half propels ‘M’ to win MADISON — On Sunday afternoon, Kohl Center had all the makings of a big matchu...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 12, 2018 — 7 With stingy defense, Michigan looking for more goals against Minnesota Michigan coach Mel Pearson described his hockey team’s last two games against then- No. 2 Notre Dame as two of its best. With a renewed energy on defense and a highly-effective — and newly-appointed — starting goaltender in sophomore Hayden Lavigne, the Wolverines (3-7-2-1 Big Ten...…
…2B — November 12, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Another Daily road trip T he Daily’s sports sec- tion takes road trips. It’s oddly part of our identity. And they’re not normal road trips, where you stop at a hotel and take it easy. We’re talking through- the-night-for-10-hours-back- from-New-York road trips. The type of road trips where you get done writing after a game and immediately get in a car, ...…
