…U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., announced Thursday she would be introducing legislation to crack down on drunk drivers in a speech to the House of Representatives. Issam Abbas, 42, his wife, Dr. Rima Abbas, 38, and their three children, Ali, 13, Isabelle, 12, and Giselle, 7, were driving home to Michigan from their vacation in Florida when they were struck by an oncoming pickup truck. The driver was intoxicated. After the tr...…
…IT’S RESTAUR ANT WE E K 2 — Tuesday, January 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News MIKE ZLONKEVICZ/Daily Restaurant Week began in Downtown Ann Arbor Sunday afternoon and concludes Friday, January 18. Many participating restaurants are offering week long deals and two-for-one specials. TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers MELANI...…
…Abbas family, Dingell proposed the Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act, in honor of the family. The Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act would require the Department of Transportation to set a federal motor vehicle safety standard that would require all new vehicles to be equipped with an ignition interlock device (IID). If the bill is passed, automakers would be required to meet this standard within a year. On the House floor, Dingell spo...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, January 15, 2019 T he coming year stands to be a watershed for the raging debate over guns and gun violence in this country. Those who strongly oppose more stringent gun control measures remain shaken from a raft of prominent, though largely symbolic, policy changes enacted after last year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and s...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, January 15, 2019 — 5 Although Sarah Hayes and Peter Brewis do not exist in the space of musical theater, their debut self-titled album, You Tell Me, could certainly pass as an attempt at Broadway. The album’s theatrical effect brews from not only mawkish sentimentality, but also from a blatant attempt at a fresh blend of Hayes’s indie-folk and Brewis’s rock-pop, which unfortunate...…
…If Wilma’s Ann Arbor were a person, she’d be a trendy, crunchy redhead who owns cats and succulents and has a spice garden in her backyard. She’d be the type of woman who could look cute matching completely different patterns, casually pull off clogs and she’d always use reusable grocery bags at the farmer’s market. She’d be the girl at hot yoga who isn’t trying to show off but is just naturally incredibly flexible and somehow l...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, January 15, 2019 — 7 Wolverines track and field breaks multiple records in season opener As the gun went off on Saturday for the first race of the Wolverine Invitational, the University of Michigan Indoor Track and Field Arena was already buzzing with activity. Athletes were moving on all sections of the floor as the high jump, shot put, long jump, pole vault and hurdling event...…
…8 — Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com J ust two of 351 teams in Division I bas- ketball remain unbeaten. One is Virginia. The other is … well, if you’re reading this column, you already know the answer. An undefeated record at this point in the season might imply some kind of otherworldly dominance. The Michigan men’s basketball team has had that at times, but by and large it hasn’t been ...…
