…Vice President of Student Life E. Royster Harper, is retiring from the University of Michigan after 20 years in her current position. In an email to the University community Thursday morning, Harper announced her retirement, which will be effective at the beginning of the Winter 2020 semester. She cited wanting to spend more time with her family and enjoying other life pursuits as the reason for her retirement. “I read a sta...…
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…“Dr. Harper has done this through an innovative student-centered approach that has been modeled at other higher education institutions throughout the nation.” Panhellenic Association president Taylor Fegan, LSA senior, said working with Harper on FSL matters was a privilege. “Working with VP Royster Harper has been one of the best aspects of my term as president,” Fegan said. “She is dedicated, kind and one of the bigges...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, September 13, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 13, 2019 — 5 For as long as music streaming services have existed, I have resisted the call to join them. I’ve argued with friends, family and in this column that streaming music is bad for artists, bad for the consumer and bad for listening. In many a long car ride I’ve ranted against what I call “media socialism”: the idea that no individual should purchase songs or mov...…
…6 — Friday, September 13, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Steve Faiella ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/13/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 09/13/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, September 13, 2019 ACROSS 1 Pretend to be 4 Center 9 Foot, in zoology 12 “Isn’t __ Lovely”: Stevie Wonder hit 13 Toyota until 2006 14 Posted 15 Time for an O...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, September 13, 2019 — 7 Twenty hours before the plane containing delegates representing 11 different Big Ten volleyball teams touched down on foreign soil, all the players met up for a brief practice in Chicago. There, they spent 45 minutes familiarizing themselves with one another before flying to Japan on June 14 for two weeks for the 2019 Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour...…
…8 — Friday, September 13, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C O M M E M O R AT I N G MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 University of Michigan Law School, 1225 Jeffries Hall 4:10–5:30 p.m. Sponsored by U-M Office of the Provost A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH Glasgow making impact at WILL Don Brown knows you’ll think he’s crazy, but he doesn’t much care. After all, he’s been around the block a time o...…
…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, ...…
…2A — Thursday, September 13, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K On Wednesday evening, Interfraternity Council President Sam Finn, a Public Policy senior, released a statement to The Daily proclaiming a number of fraternity chapters — including Theta Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon — have decided to disaffiliate from IFC after a July change in city zoning codes. However, Finn noted the...…
…Union sanctions. “What Russia might be experiencing if these sanctions are effective is the undermining of economic growth,” she said. Cook also noted varying levels of unrest within Russian society as living standards remain stagnant or even decline. She referenced the recent protests against the Russian government in response to a proposal to raise retirement age from 60 to 65 for men and 55 to 60 for women. “My s...…
…“ Never have I ever had sex with a member,” I said looking around the room at my fellow volunteers and the young members of Kibbutz Baram. I quickly noticed none of the members took a drink. “How is it possible that none of you have had sex with a member?” “Have sex with another member? I would never!” “What? Why not!?” “After growing up and spending all day with other members I view them as my brothers and sisters… having sex ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 13, 2018 — 5A ACROSS 1 Minimally 5 Oversight 10 “Man With a Plan” network 13 One and only 14 Fads 15 No longer active: Abbr. 16 Rolls off the alley 18 “__ we there yet?” 19 College Board exam, briefly 20 French assent 21 It’s calculated using ht. and wt. 22 Make a face, say 23 Swing era dance 26 Loan application section 27 Badgers 28 Staff helper 29 “Be My __ Ono”: Baren...…
…6A — Thursday, September 13, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A moment of weakness in a dominating match It was a one-sided affair. There’s no other way to put it. In the Michigan volleyball team’s sweep of Louisiana State on Friday, there were zero lead changes and only one instance of a tie in score, which happened in the opening moments of a set. From start to finish, the Wolverines dominated — except for...…
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…2B —Thursday, September 13, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Call it fake, call it Neo-Dadaism: Absurdist internet humor is art The most common explanation among people who critically engage with absurdist internet humor is to claim a resurgence of Neo-Dadaism. A quick Google search of the two pulls up an endless list of cultural think pieces that position the two artistic movements as parallels. The primar...…
…I’ve never seen this before.’” People in weird or absurdist Twitter communities have latched onto “locals” as both antithetical to themselves and an additional stream of content production. “I think that’s a combination of content lacking a specific intensity or direction of nuance, combined with either the ideals or the personhood that represents,” Triebwasser said. Beyond the local/weird divide, Western culture has always been pre...…
…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, September 13, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The creation of YouTube allowed for the widespread distribution of DIY web series and home videos. The social media platform also provided niche communities a place to broadcast their special brand of weird. The Lonely Island, a comic-rap group made up of “Saturday Night Live” alums Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, went vir...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, September 13, 2018 — 5B YouTube. It’s big. It’s bad. It’s been integral to the discovery, incubation and popularity of some of today’s most relevant musical artists. Justin Bieber was discovered on YouTube and some of his music videos are now among the most viewed on the platform. As a student at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Maggie Roger...…
…2-BSide Whatever someone may think about his humor, a person’s reaction to an episode of “The Eric Andre Show” is a surprisingly effective way to gauge their personality. I won’t quite go so far as to judge you based on your reaction, but I can, in a way that’s difficult to articulate, get to know you beyond a superficial level (although I will say if you guffaw the same way I do after watching a specific segment for th...…
…An audience of 3,500 in Hill Auditorium burst into applause at the sight of The New York Times best-selling author Daniel Pink’s “Fear the Khaki” T-shirt on Tuesday evening. Pink donned the shirt as part of the first anecdote during his presentation, “The Mind of the Future: How to Survive an Outsourced, Automated Age.” Pink’s talk highlighted useful lessons on what it takes to be successful in the workplace as society shifts f...…
…2A — Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NATHAN GUPTA Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 124...…
…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 13, 2017 — 3A The idea of autonomous travel discussed by speakers highlighted current issues with automotive transportation and the goals that the Department of Transportation hopes to achieve with the release of their new federal guidance. Bainwol explained that more than 90 percent of crashes are related to human error and the use of driverless cars will primarily ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A— Wednesday, September 13, 2017 REBECCA LERNER Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. EMMA KINERY Editor in Chief ANNA POLUMBO-LEVY and REBECCA TARNOPOL Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All oth...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 13, 2017 — 5 Arts FXX ‘You’re the Worst’ returns for it’s fourth season ‘You’re the Worst’ deals with post-breakup woes FXX show returns for its fourth season with its signature dark comedy delivering laughs with a few stumbles along the way One of the defining characteristics of “You’re the Worst,” Stephen Falk’s brilliantly underrated anti- rom-com, is that it emb...…
…HELP WANTED EARLY CHILDHOOD LICENSED center seeking part-time help for infant toddler room. Playful, experienced, re sponsible person with references needed. Email kozyheart@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Green Angry Birds animals 5 Salon style 9 “Jabberwocky” opener 13 Les __-Unis 15 Eye layer 16 “For __ jolly ... ” 17 Name on a two- liter bottle (and what’s inside) 19 Double-crossers 20 Like microwavable meals 21 Valued caches 23 Independe...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 13, 2017 — 7 The case for Wilton Speight W hen Wilton Speight steps up to the podium, he exudes a quality few college athletes — let alone students — possess in the face of intense criticism: professionalism. Saturday was no different. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh described the natural butterflies this youthful team must overcome. Speight is one of a fe...…
…Pulitzer Prize-winning alumni of The Michigan Daily in an afternoon of panel discussions Friday, September 15th 1 pm in Rackham Auditorium Free and open to the public Featured are Eugene Robinson, Ann Marie Lipinski, Dan Biddle, Amy Harmon, Stephen Henderson, Lisa Pollak, Rebecca Blumenstein and Neil Chase Prize-winning journalists are joined by other distinguished Daily alumni and student staff in discussions of newsroom diversity, ...…
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…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Nicole Doctoroff Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, September 13, 2017 // The Statement Personal Statement: Four Months at the Helm of the News Desk F or four months...…
…“ Love you and miss you loads! Can’t wait to hear more adventures next week! XOXO...” When was the last time you sent someone a letter? I don’t mean birthday cards or thank you notes. When was the last time you sent a loved one a handwritten letter and kept a correspondence going through snail mail? I would imagine only a few people still communicate through this outdated medium, but letter-writing remains a timeless m...…
…Wednesday, September 13, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 13, 2017 // The Statement 5B Lessons in Silence Navigating our digital world b y R e b e c c a Ta r n o p o l, Editorial Page Editor S ome dreary November day my junior year of high school, I plugged away at a calculus test. As I calculated how quickly the height of water was changing in a tank drain- ing at some fixed rate, I felt it emanating from my right...…
…Wednesday, September 13, 2017 // The Statement 6B Let’s Talk About It: Do you speak English? E nglish is the language my tongue commands with the most power and versa- tility, yet it is the one from which I feel the most estranged — or almost unwelcome. I perform spoken-word poetry in English, I write articles for The Michigan Daily and I plan to teach English in secondary schools. Despite that English is my first and most fluent l...…
…Wednesday, September 13, 2017 // The Statement 7B The Picture Stays in the Kid: Days Off T he last time someone asked me where I was from, the response itself was long enough to be nominated for a writing award (it certainly wouldn’t win, if anything for lack of lucidity). “I’m from the North Shore suburbs of Chi- cago, about 30 minutes on the 94, sort of near Northwestern University in Evanston, in John Hughes territory: You kno...…
…Wednesday, September 13, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T F O O T B A L L : B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S Photos by Amelia Cacchione Last Saturday, I photographed the Michigan football game against Cincinnati. I left my apartment at 9:30 a.m. and did not get home until 5:30 p.m. In between, I found myself on the field of the Big House, dodging footballs as they flew off the field and snapping over 1000 photos...…
…Acclaimed author Peter Kornbluh, an Ann Arbor native, advocated for open negotiations between the U.S. and the Cuban government with several anecdotes about secret meetings and spies at Literati Bookstore Monday evening. Kornbluh spoke to promote his new book, “Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana,” which he co-wrote with William LeoGrande, professor of governmen...…
…80 DEGREES & SUNNY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, September 13, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FIRST REAL LECTURES. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Randall Jones, head of the Japan/Korea desk at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, spoke at the Ford School of Public Policy Friday about the challenges faced by policymakers when negotiating international economic agreement...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, September 13, 2016 — 3 disruptive technology that could benefit from Mcity.” Zendrive — a company that utilizes smartphone sensors to understand driving behavior — was the first to announce its plans to work with TechLab. Zendrive supervised four UM undergraduate students last year and hosted two of those interns, at a summer internship at TechLab. Morton said she hop...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE 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 & News Tuesday, September 13, 2016 — 5 Heart of ‘Morris’ can triumph over flaws By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer If “Morris From America” is anything, it’s charming. With a palette swathed in colors reminiscent of an Ikea showroom, the coming- of-age film follows thir- teen-year-old Morris (new- comer Markees Christmas) and his father, Curtis (Craig Robinson, “Hot...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Oodles and oodles 6 Airport idlers 10 Poetic foot 14 Kemper of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” 15 Wintry coating 16 Tennis court surface 17 Work with a loom 18 How some sloganed T-shirts should be washed 20 Toddler’s taboo 21 Ocho minus cinco 22 More than rotund 23 Baltic Sea capital 25 RC or Pepsi 27 1998 Bullock/Kidman film involving witchcraft 33 Metal-rich deposits 34 Chi...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 13, 2016 — 7 Once chewed out on HBO, signal caller has built rapport with Harbaugh By MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor Who knows how many people saw it? Those with an HBO subscription, at least. In a 2015 episode of HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” then-newly hired Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh hollered at a quarterback, whose numbe...…
…Ryan’s adjustment powers Wolverines to four second-half goals at home By BETELHEM ASHAME Daily Sports Writer At first, it seemed to be inconsequential. It was about the 55th minute in a scoreless affair when UC Riverside committed a foul in its attacking third, giving a free kick to the Michigan women’s soccer team. So far from the goal, nothing usually comes from these types of plays. Teams typically send the ball forward ...…
…ONie Ld jHian 0aIEj l '.1'NONI R N)HOI) I \\ I N I 11111 1 \( 1S O I\II I DIO\I Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 13, 2013 michigandailycom ,. _ , BUSINESS Alum's charity clothing line to open storefront on S. University TERESA MATHEW/Daily University President Mary Sue Coleman welcomes engineering freshman Robert Gitten to the final open house of her tenure Thursday. lPres. hosts openhouse v H ee Vith help from Mary Sue Coleman, ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 13, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, September13, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Power restored in Southeast Michigan Power has been restored to about 33,000 southeastern Michi- gan homes and business that had electricity knocked out after storms and strong winds toppled trees and branches onto hundreds of overhead lines. DTE Energy Co. says that as of 5 p.m. Thu...…
…R 4A - Friday, September 13, 2013 C 1 4e Michioan l 4:lat,*lv The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Not-so-welcome week 4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com MELANIE KRUVELIS and ADRIENNE ROBERTS MATT SLOVIN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR ANDREW WEINER EDITOR IN CHIEF Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Da...…
…;r: Fs , The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 13, 2013 - 5A CONCERT PR V E W Etienne Charles to bring 'Creole Soul' Famed jazz regard. Culture shock gener- ally refers to a state of dishev- musician returns to elment or disorientation when confronting cultural displace- Kerrytown ment. For Charles, the shock was both his own upon entering the By JOHN BOHN music industry, and an attempt, Daily Community Culture Editor th...…
…6A - Friday, September 13, 2013 The snozzberries taste like snozzberries. Mik e iLL makes bouncy, boring'23' "I'm an adult.' Is she just Cyrus, Juicy J and Khalifa unite to disappoint By GIBSON JOHNS OnlineArtsEditor Earlier this week, Mike WiLL Made It - the in-demand produc- er behind hits like Kanye West's "Mercy" and Miley Cyrus's "We Can't Stop" - premiered "23," the lead single off of his debut album. The club-ready hip-hop track sees...…
…n e i The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 13, 2013 -- 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, September13, 2013 - 7A What to watch for: Akron ByZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Editor While you munch on glazed donuts at Saturday's game, or fast for Yom Kippur while trying to ignore those munching on glazed donuts at Saturday's game, here's what to focus on: Will the pass rush finally show up? The depth of this year'...…
