…About 100 students, faculty and community members came to Rackham Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon to hear Charles W. Mills, a distinguished philosophy professor at the City University of New York, speak on the concept of racial justice and why it has been historically ignored within the field of philosophy. Mills was featured as the guest speaker of the 2019- 2020 Tanner Lecture on Human Values sponsored by the Uni...…
…The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump has generated much debate across the political spectrum. The Daily spoke with several conservative students about their viewpoints on impeachment. On Jan. 15, 2019, the House of Representatives filed two impeachment articles against Trump, accusing him of abusing his power as president and obstructing Congress. In the following two weeks, U.S. senators filled the chamber to ...…
…Alves said having worked in the legal sector in New York, in politics at the White House and at fintech startups in Silicon Valley, she’s found the hardest problems facing the financial world require different types of knowledge. “The hardest problems to solve are ones that require people to have a perspective from different sectors, and that’s how I thought about my careers … I needed to have experience in all those pla...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, February 13, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and man...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 13, 2020 — 5A Michigan learning to adapt with three wrestlers out on Olympic redshirts Shortly after the World Wrestling Championships ended, Michigan coach Sean Bormet met with his competitors in a hotel room. They had 24 hours to make a decision. At the week-long competition, two Michigan wrestlers had qualified for the Olympics. Two others had a shot at Olympic...…
…6A — Thursday, February 13, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Kevin Christian and Howard Barkin ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/13/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/13/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020 ACROSS 1 Suffix for Wikipedia 4 Humiliate 9 Network with a “Cameras in the Court” pag...…
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…2B — Thursday, February 13, 2020 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Once upon a time, not long ago, I was a hoe,” sang rapper/singer/Internet meme Mariahlynn through our phone speaker, my two best friends and I singing along as we hurtled across Europe in a rickety passenger train. This was not the first time any of us had mimicked her risque lyrics in public. By the end of our trip to Vienna last year, we had memorized t...…
…I love sinning as much as the next guy, but when it comes to literature and writing, there is one cardinal sin that truly irks me. The eighth deadly sin, more insidious than its seven predecessors, is the non sequitur (a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement), the tangent, the digression. It’s funny and bizarre at first, but when it drags on for too long, it becomes grating. There...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 13, 2020 — 4B The seven deadly sins...but make them fashionable B-SIDE: STYLE I set Greed in the 1910s, because this era seemed to be obsessed with gaining wealth and social standing. A confining dress of gold with flaps modeled after Faberge Eggs, paired with an extensive amount of heavy jewelry are the featured parts of this outfit. LUST Lust is set in the 2010 #MeToo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 13, 2020 — 5B During a drive to Ann Arbor with three other people in my car, I asked each of my companions to queue two songs on Spotify for us to listen to along the way. Two were quick to add their songs, but one of my friends was hesitant to add something to the queue. “I don’t know what to add, just skip me,” she insisted, but I demanded two songs from her. So sh...…
…The showcase of Richard Quinn’s Spring 2019 line opened with what many fashion publications would call a “luxe morphsuit.” The first four models were covered from head to toe in skin-tight black velvet accompanied by tonal tulle cocktail frocks, commanding silk capes, a pair of lilac pants and a striking blue satin a-line dress, covered in a jeweled vine of ruby red roses (with a matching bag!). The initial onslaught acted ...…
