…All three University of Michigan students mentioned in this article requested anonymity due to concern for their own safety and the safety of their family. The country of origin of one of the students is also withheld out of the same concern. All under the age of 5 when they left, memories of home remain vague for three University of Michigan students since arriving in the United States on now-expired visas. Though protected now...…
…WINDAY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com PEACE OUT, JANUARY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com NEW WEEK, NEW ME. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Willie Nile WHAT: A concert by Willie Nile, a singer and songwriter who has been active for 35 years, performing songs from his new album, “American Ride.” WHO: The Ark WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: 316 S. Main St. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Social Area Brown Bag WHAT: Graduate student Koji Takahashi ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News & Sports Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 3A The Michigan softball team is ranked No. 19 in the nation and stacked with solid players up and down its roster, but has continued to underperform through the first five weeks of the season. As the Wolverines (14-7-1) prepare for their home opener this week against Bowling Green, contributions from both experienced players and relative newcom...…
…W hen discussing my enrollment here at the University of Michigan with anyone other than a fellow student, I am always asked the classic question “What are you studying?” and I always hesitate before I say, with a cringe, “I’m undeclared.” I quickly follow up with a rushed answer of what I am planning on declaring. It does not matter that this is my first year, or that I have another year before I need to deci...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 5A ‘Cries From Syria’ gives crisis needed humanity New HBO documentary a laudably sobering look at Syria’s plight You’ve seen the pictures. Two of them, specifically. You’ve seen the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, face down, dead, on the shores of a Turkish beach, lifeless in a bright red shirt and blue shorts. You’ve also seen five- year-old Omran Da...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Franklin’s faith 6 Civil rights org. 11 Nursery offering 14 More than just saber-rattling 15 Not as well 16 Numero __ 17 1980 Clint Eastwood film about a Wild West show 19 Elton’s title 20 Forward 21 “Isn’t that something” 22 “Hold it right there!” 23 1965 Jerry Lewis/Tony Curtis farce involving flight attendants 26 Prey for cheetahs 29 Little League airer 30 Fishing spot...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 7A In final season, Christner sheds the pressure Between innings against Arizona State on Feb. 26, the Michigan softball Twitter account posted a video of senior centerfielder Kelly Christner gathered around her fellow outfielders, dancing to Pat Benatar’s 1983 hit, “Love is a Battlefield.” It was the final day of an arduous five-game Mary Nutter ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8A — Wednesday, March 15, 2017 …
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 15, 2017 literary the issue 2017 …
…My whole life I had been told That there was but one substrate I could hold A substrate in every way perfect for me Together an enzyme-substrate complex we would be Oh how I dreamt of her every night Desperate to fill the void in my active site For a time I didn’t mind the wait Knowing somewhere out there was my structural mate But time grew cruel, and I began to question my conformation Was it possible that mine was a mutation What if the...…
…And in that moment I was a tiger, my prey’s blood matted into my fur as I carried you, dangling between carved fangs, afraid and afraid. The days passed maliciously since our lips had met in comfort; but here I was deafened and defeated by the way you stroked my hair, fingers braided into tangles and knots. And in that moment I was a tiger, and I kissed the earth and her leaves. the greens dissolved on my tongue, the meat and the veins as ...…
…Wednesday, March 15, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 15, 2017 // The Statement 5B A Peculiar Love for Nuts a short ficton story b y B e n R a p p o p o r t, LSA Freshman J ames Jameson? Yeah, I know him. He works with me at the office. Gotta feel bad for a guy with a name like that; his parents must have hated him. I think he runs numbers for the guys upstairs. I guess management thinks he’s hot shit or something. A ...…
…F eet shuffled across the courtyard, sneakers and flip flops and sandals against the scorching black pavement. Voices rose and fell periodically, calls of “Hey!” and “How was your summer?” rippling through the air. Hands reached out to tap shoulders, heads turned around in greeting, arms circled each other in hugs. In the middle of it all, a girl stood alone. Her hands gripped the straps of her teal backpack. She turned her head...…
…O n the once pearlescent edges of fleshy pink, there was decay, like that on the teeth of young boys and girls who dread nothing more than the taste of toothpaste. There was now a numbness where they had been filled with thought: the edges, consisting of those sensations of falling asleep or being woken up, now startled but unable to process. “Are they in pain?” His wife looked at the lined hospital beds, each sectioned portion a m...…
…Wednesday, March 15, 2017 // The Statement 8B If at some point we all succumb For goodness sake, let us be young. ‘Cause time gets harder to outrun, And I’m nobody, I’m not done. -The Vaccines I respect youth. I value it, fight it, fear it. Having completed only my first year of college, I’ve not been responsible for a career, a home, another person. I’ve never worried about angering a boss for fear of losing my job and my income. ...…
