…Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton called on the University of Michigan to release a report on the number of African Americans involved in the management of the school’s endowment in a letter to University President Mark Schlissel and Chief Investment Officer Erik Lundberg last month. Sharpton, writing on behalf of his organization, the National Action Network, requested diversity data both on University s...…
…2A — Wednesday, April 15, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275. University affiliates ...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 3A News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Challengers to Eaton include Jen Eyer, a former journalist for MLive and the Ann Arbor News, and Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, an environmental toxicologist. Erica Briggs and Dan Michniewicz are running for the Ward 5 seat, which is currently occupied by Chip Smith, D-Ward 5. All candidates participated in the forum. Jack Eaton, Democrat for Ward 4...…
…N obody should have to choose between their vote and their health, but Wisconsin voters faced this decision due to reckless and politically-motivated actions taken by the Republican Party and a complicit United States Supreme Court. As COVID-19 forces stay-at- home orders and social distancing, numerous states have postponed their primary elections in the name of public health. This is the right decision. Having pe...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 5A Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SAM JUNE COMMUNITY CULTURE NOTEBOOK If you’ve been to Rick’s, you’ve probably seen Sam June dancing. A second-year master’s student in electrical engineering, June takes the stage for hours every weekend. Unusually, though, he usually dances alone and sober. While many people go to Rick’s for sloppy make-outs and cheap drinks, he goes to find so...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 6A Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In response to the coronavirus pandemic, “Grey’s Anatomy” halted production on their season, before eventually cutting it short by four episodes. While it wasn’t the ending that was planned, the Season 16 finale of “Grey’s” was a satisfying one. Time and time again, the longest running medical drama in the history of television has proved its ability to piv...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 15, 2020 ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE FAN …
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Magdalena Mihaylova Deputy Editors Emily Stillman Marisa Wright Associate Editor Reece Meyhoefer Designers Elizabeth Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Madison Gagne Sadia Jiban Photo Editor Keemya Esmael Editor in Chief Elizabeth Lawrence Managing Editor Erin White I f there’s one good thing that comes out of this quarantine, it’ll be the litt...…
…3B Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 3B O ver the past two weeks, my campus house has had 200 multivitamins, 48 beers, 10 bottles of wine, seven pints of ice cream, four bags of chips, two Monster energy drinks and one gallon of spring water delivered to our doorstep. It’s a grocery haul far too depraved for Instacart or Shipt. We’ve been abusing goPuff, the millennial- catering-convenience-delivery-gig- business, wi...…
…T he muezzin’s call rang out over the masjid speakers, reciting the Islamic kalima, or statement of faith, and my mother grabbed my hand as we separated from my father and brother to answer the call to prayer. It was one of the occasional times my family went to our mosque in Miami, but at age eight, I was already aware that we were walking to the women’s section behind the men’s, separated by a row of dividers across the middle o...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 6B W here are you from?” is a hard question for me to answer. “Do you mean, where do I live right now?” is usually my most common rebuttal. I don’t mean to be difficult, I just want to provide an honest response. For me, it’s tricky to stick to a consistent story, and I try not to get too bogged down in the details. Before I turned 18, I had already lived in 12 different houses and...…
…O n March 11, I sat in my small, dimly-lit apartment watching ESPN as footage came in of health officials sprinting out onto the court of Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, setting off a delay. Minutes earlier there was no official explanation for the delay to the start of Jazz vs. Thunder, but now there was — Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus. Sports actualized the threat of COVID-19 to the Ame...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 8B VISUAL STATEMEN T: N A T I O N A L P A R K S BY ALICE LIU …
