…‘The University of Michigan Athletics Department announced Sunday night it was ending its “consulting relationship” between Rhonda Faehn and the Michigan women’s gymnastics team. Faehn, a former senior vice president of USA Gymnastics who left amid the fallout of the Larry Nassar scandal, joined the coaching staff on Thursday, Jan 10. In the Department’s public statement disclosing the termination of Faehn’s contract, the Un...…
…the university should end its relationship with her,” Regent Mark Bernstein told the Free Press earlier in the day. Regent Jordan Acker, who was elected to the board this November, provided the following statement on Twitter expressing his criticism of the selection of Faehn: Morgan McCaul, an LSA sophomore and survivor of Nassar’s abuse, spoke to The Daily on Sunday evening about the importance of the message sent by the A...…
…To the Regents, President, and Provost of the University of Michigan and the Provost’s Blue Ribbon Panel (or anyone who is actually listening): It is painfully clear that you are neither prepared to protect academic freedom nor the rights of marginalized students. As the University is under pressure from media, donors, and community members to justify punishing a professor and graduate student instructor for refusing to write l...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, January 14, 2019 Trigger warning: Column discusses graphic scenes of sexual assault. T witter has become a platform for social and political activism. While scrolling through tweets, I sometimes come across cute photos of dogs and the occasional heartwarming video, but I mostly see tweets aimed at controversial media and news. One television show that has sparked a large...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, January 14, 2019 — 5A By C.C. Burnikel ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/14/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/14/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 ACROSS 1 Parks who wouldn’t give up her bus seat 5 Jewel box item 10 Colored eye part 14 Cartel acronym 15 Prizefight venue 16 Brit’s “Later!”...…
…6A — Monday, January 14, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Country has a distinct sensibility, one capable of evoking specific landscapes and brands of sorrow, joy and attraction. In After All, Rob Baird directs this sensibility toward the emotional journey of a breakup. He follows the classic trajectory of other breakup albums of this ilk, tracing the stages from denial to despair to anger and betrayal to...…
…IN WAKE OF FAEHN HIRING AND FIRING, A DISCUSSION ON A BROADER ISSUE INSIDE SPORTSMONDAY SportsMonday Column Page 2B MICHIGAN REACHES BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY BEHIND SIMPSON’S 24-5-4 PERFORMANCE B SPORTSMONDAY Annie Klus / Daily Design by Jack Silberman “I LOOK AT ZAVIER, AND I GOT AS GOOD A POINT GUARD AS THERE IS IN THE COUNTRY RUNNING OUR TEAM.” -JOHN BEILEIN U-M 80, NU 60: MICHIGAN MOVES TO 17-0 See Gamer Page 4B …
…2B — January 14, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily The Michigan women’s gymnastics team hired Rhonda Faehn as a consultant before firing Faehn four days later when U-M regents called for her termination. Rhonda Faehn’s TENURE with Michigan January 10-13 Thursday, January 10 Friday, January 11 Saturday, January 12 Sunday, January 13 Michigan brings Rhonda Faehn onto its gymnastics staff, bu...…
…Mason Parris arrived in Ann Arbor with big shoes to fill. After watching 2018 graduate Adam Coon compile a 116-15 career record, Michigan fans had astronomical expectations for Parris, their freshman heavyweight wrestler. Standing at 6-foot-5 and weighing 265 pounds, Coon was more than just a massive physical presence — he served as the icon of the program. His graduation left first-year coach Sean Bormet scrambling to replace ...…
…4B — January 14, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Last month, the Michigan basketball team went to Northwestern and unexpectedly encountered its toughest challenge of the season, escaping with a two- point victory. That night, the Wildcats found success forcing the Wolverines’ less-heralded shooters — namely junior guard Zavier Simpson — to hit 3-pointers. On Sunday, Northwestern tried to revive th...…
