…Thursday, May 14, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 113 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Outdated America Aakash Ray analyzes the failed institution that has created the American system >> SEE PAGE 8 NEWS GEO petition GEO dema...…
…OptiMize aids groups responding to COVID-19 Last month, optiMize, a student organization offering funding and guidance to students leading self- directed projects, launched its Com- munity Aid Relief Fund. The $25,000 fund will provide students with sup- port for mutual aid and community- based projects responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Through the fund, students at the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University and Washten...…
…David Moran, clinical pro- fessor of law at the University of Michigan and co-founder of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, delivered a webinar to almost 200 law students and community members Tuesday morning. He discussed the goals of the Michi- gan Innocence Clinic as well as recent exonerations the clinic has achieved. The Michigan Innocence Clinic, founded in 2009, aims to investigate cases where there was no relevant DNA evidenc...…
…M ore than seven weeks have passed since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-21, urging all Michigan resi- dents, except essential workers, to stay home to combat the spread of COVID- 19. Life on campus had already been uprooted, with classes being moved online and University President Mark Schlissel urging students to return home if they were able. All non-essential businesses were closed, jobs were lost and some loca...…
…5 Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OP OPINION ON A s the semester winds down while the weather warms up across the state, it’s easy to for- get that we are in the midst of a global pandemic. But while the pandemic may have slipped our minds, it certainly hasn’t escaped that of Gov. Gretchen Whit- mer, who announced the extension of her stay-at-home order through May 28. This decision has garnered severe...…
…If you listened to country radio any time in the last six months, there’s a good chance you heard one of Justin Bieber’s latest singles. Alarming, I know, but thanks to country duo Dan + Shay, Bieber can claim a hit country song with their collaboration “10,000 Hours.” A mushy-gushy, country lite ballad dedicated to their wives, “10,000 Hours” epitomizes the latest trend to sweep mainstream country music — “boyfriend country.” Coine...…
…7 Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS It’s said that every theater is inhab- ited by at least one ghost and contrary to legends propagated by Hallow- een, these ghosts do not like the dark. Thus, when the curtain falls and a theater’s house empties, an employee will leave a light — a ghost light — to burn onstage until the performers return. Across the world, ghost lights have remained on and untouched f...…
…8 Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR GRAPHIC BY CARA JHANG An Idealistic, Outdated America On March 14, an Asian-American family of three was stabbed by Jose Gomez at a Sam’s Club. On February 23, Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead after being followed by Gregory and Travis McMichael, who had grabbed their shotguns and pursued Arbery in their truck. On September 17, 2019 Harris County Sheriff...…
…9 Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR A Mother’s Day Reflection: My Amma, A life journey from India to New York SUNITHA PALAT MiC Staff Writer PROVIDED BY SUNITHA PALAT A Lebanese Breakfast MAYA KADOUH MiC Staff Writer Read more at michigandaily.com It’s 1996. The door of the ‘88 Volvo closes with the gentle push of a chestnut-brown, smooth hand. The discounted Macy’s black leather left...…
…Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Alla familia’: Ben Cirella’s family’s restaurants spread the love Two weeks ago, Ben Cirella pulled his silver Volvo up to the entrance of Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, N.Y. Elmhurst has been at the epicenter of New York City’s disastrous COVID-19 outbreak. Queens has 56,719 confirmed cases of coronavirus, the most of any city borough, and has recorded nearly 6,000 deaths...…
…NICHOLAS STOLL Daily Sports Writer Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com On September 14, 1998, Janine Smith gave birth to her second child, Natalie. Three days later, she was back on the bench coaching, with Natalie at her side. Right off the bat, the pair’s relationship and the game of volleyball were intertwined. It had to be. At the time, Janine was a Division I coach at the University of Texas at Arlingto...…
…Ambry Thomas wasn’t Ambry Thomas wasn’t supposed to be at Detroit King supposed to be at Detroit King that day, lacing up his cleats for that day, lacing up his cleats for a 7-on-7 scrimmage, feeling the a 7-on-7 scrimmage, feeling the summer heat blistering up from summer heat blistering up from the field. If it weren’t for a call the field. If it weren’t for a call from his coach, Dale Harvel, the from his coach, Dale Harve...…
