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…. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, January 15, 2010 - 3 qw - The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, January 15, 2010 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Feds give money to Mich. to tear down blighted buildings The federal government award- ed Michigan $223.9 million yes- terday to help tear down blighted buildings and revitalize neighbor- hoods in a dozen cities including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint. The U.S. Department of Hou...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT *Detroit city staff face perfume ban City employees in Detroit will be urged not to wear perfume, cologne or after-shave as a result of a settle- ment in a federal lawsuit. Officials plan to place warning placards in three city buildings. The signs will warn workers to avoid "wearing scented products, including ... colognes, aftershave lotions, perfumes, deodorants, body/face lotions ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 15, 2010 -- 3A NEWS BRIEFS SALINE, Mich. Saline area schools lay off 63 teachers The Saline Area Schools has issued layoff notices to 63 teach- ers. Administrators say the pink slips handed out Tuesday are part of the Washtenaw County school district's effort to further pare down a $3 millionbudget shortfall for the next school year. Assistant superintendent Steve Laatsch says the distri...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS TRAVERSE CITY, MI. Obama requests $300M for Great Lakes restoration A Great Lakes environmental fix-up is on shaky ground as Pres- ident Barack Obama continues scaling back spending proposals and congressional Republicans push for even deeper cuts, sup- porters said yesterday. For the second consecutive year, Obama is seeking less for the Great Lakes Restorati...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS ROCHESTER, Mich. Hospitals avoid hiring smokers to promote health If you're a smoker, there are no jobs for you at some Michigan hos- pitals who are not hiring tobacco users as part of their missions sup- porting healthier communities. The Detroit News reports that Rochester's Crittenton Hospital, Adrian's Bixby Medical Center and Tecumseh's Herrick Medical Center only are hiring nonsmok- ers...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 15, 2011 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, April 15, 2011 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Authorities seek cause of fire at Detroit mosque Federal and local authori- ties are trying to figure out what caused a fire at a Detroit mosque. Detroit fire Capt. Kwaku Atara said yesterday that city investiga- tors have joined agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobac- co, Firearms ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, September15, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS " LANSING, Mich. Mich. State Police to face budget cuts A plan that would cut the over- all Michigan State Police budget by about 4 percent next fiscal year is moving through the state Legis- lature. The Michigan House unani- mously passed the budget bill Tuesday. The proposal now goes...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, October 15, 2010 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS PORT HURON, Mich. 0 Man serving life for murder wins appeal A federal judge has overturned the murder conviction of a man serving life for a 1986 killing in a college parking lot in Port Huron. Temujin (TEM'-uh-gin) Kensu was known back then as Fred Free- man. He says he didn't shoot Scott Macklem and was 400 miles away that day. Judge Denise Page Hood yester- d...…

…I he Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 15, 2010 -- 3A EWS BRIEFS ORT HURON, Mich. aughter charged or stabbing parents The 17-year-old daughter of wo Michigan stabbing victims nd two other teenagers were 'harged yesterday with multiple urder counts in the small-town ttack that killed the girl's father nd seriously wounded her moth- pr. Tia Marie-Mitchell Skinner nd Jonathan Kurtz and James reston, both 18 and from Avoca, we...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 3A The Michigan Daily - mictigandailycom Thursday, September 1~, 2011 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Woman disputes removal from Denver flight An airline that reported suspi- cious behavior by two men aboard a flight from Denver on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks said authorities in Detroit removed them - and a female passenger who is half Middle Eastern and cla...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com T g m nTuesday, November 15, 2011 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS JEFFERSON, Iewa GOP focus on economy has made Gingrich stronger Faculty to receive health incentives His public support growing, Republican presidential candi- date Newt Gingrich said yester- daythatvotersaretakingasecond look at his candidacy because he proved during recent debates that he understands the enormity of the nation's problems. But he did...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 15, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, November 15, 2013 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Incoming Detroit mayor's spending budget approved Mike Duggan has been approved for up to $275,000 in spending related to his transition to the Detroit mayor's office. A spokesman for state- appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr says Thursday that * Duggan's transition budget will be pa...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Police officer shot outside Detroit funeral home ADetroit police officer was shot Wednesday after a high-speed car chase that ended when the driver being sought stopped in front of a funeral home, ran through the building and fired on police out- side, a police spokeswoman said. T...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ROCHESTER, Mich. Oakland U. student suspended after writing about prof. A 56-year-old Oakland Uni- versity student has been sus- pended for three semesters and barred from campus after writ- ing about attraction to his pro- fessor for an assignment. 0 Joseph Corlett of Oakland County's ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 3A * NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Snyder, Bing spar over Detroit's fate The debate over how best to help Detroit avoid going broke has escalated into a war of words between the city's mayor and Michigan's governor. Gov. Rick Snyder yesterday urged city leaders to get over their "cultural challenge" by accepting his pl...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, January15, 2013 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Toyota regains top spot in vehicle sales Toyota has once again dethroned General Motors as the world's top-selling automaker. The Japanese company sold 9.7 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2012, although it's still counting. GM sold 9.29 mil- lion. . Both companies saw higher sales, ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, February 15, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, February 15, 2013 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING, Mich. Senate passes bill to let public handle bear cubs An Upper Peninsula bear ranch could legally let visitors touch and pose for photos with bear cubs under legislation approved Thursday by the Michigan Sen- ate, as lawmakers disagreed over the wisdom of having dangerous animals at ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 15, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, March 15, 2013 - 3 BOARD From Page 1 Kearfott, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sci- ence. "We're female faculty who have a long history in the University in the sciences and engineering, so I think they wanted to maintain that perspective on SACUA and that's why I was asked to run." Demond said she wants to exped...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, Apri115, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MondayApriIl5,2013-3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Program launched to help immigrant entrepreneurs As lawmakers in Washing- ton work out an overhaul of the immigration system, a Michi- gan-based social and economic services agency has launched a comprehensive program to help immigrants open or expand businesses. Dearborn-based ACCESS recently hel...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 3A PHARMACY From Page 1A to raise $20 million during the campaign. Patel is the chairman of the school's board dedicated to fundraising development. "It's a small college, and so the $20 million is quite sig- nificant, and I think we have enough people helping us that we should be able to meet our targe...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT General Motors replaces executives General Motors is replac- ing the executives in charge of communications and human resources as it struggles with a string of embarrassing recalls that have led to congressional hearings and federal investiga- tions. Communications chief Selim Bingol and human resources head Melissa Howell are leav- ing the company to pu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 15, 2014.- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September iS, 2014 - 3A FILM COLUMN Characters in editing TV REVIEW John Oliver shines in new role on HBO's "Last Week Tonight" T he word "frenetic" is thrown around a lot whenever movie reviews or any other form of popular, easily-digestible film commentary portions out sound bites to discuss that commonly under- acknowl-...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 15, 2014 -- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, October15, 2014 - 3A Kerrytown festival to celebrate bass 'U' students to take on storied 'Cabaret' play Edgefest to feature 16 acts, four days of eclectic music By CAROLYN DARR Daily Arts Writer An internationally renowned festival will begin in Kerrytown this week on Wednesday. Cele- brating its 18th year, Edgefest E...…

…pete in a first round to secure a spot on one of the competition’s four mentor-led teams. As on “The Voice,” the mentors select students for their team who they believe have the most potential. During three additional rounds, teams and mentors work closely to prepare for the next challenge and to advance their team’s pro- posal. Attendees at “Entrepreneur- ship Hour,” an event held through the CFE every Friday, will vote to elimina...…

…speaker of the assembly. Reps. Noah Betman and Ben Meisel, both LSA sophomores, received nominations. Betman was ultimately elected to the post. As speaker, Betman said he hopes to improve the logistical and transparency issues in the assembly through initiatives such as making the assembly’s agenda known to the general public before meetings and asking representatives to submit reports from their respective meetings. Reps...…

…JOIN THE MICHIGAN DAILY There are two mass meetings left! Thursday & Sunday 7 p.m. 420 Maynard FOLLOW US ON TWITTER@MICHIGANDAILY School of Public Health. The program will feature three concentration areas: public health sciences, global public health and community public health. These areas will “encourage study abroad.” Students would apply during their sophomore year and begin public health studies as a junior, similar ...…

…3 NEWS Wednesday, July 15, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Professors analyze Pope’s Latin American tour Nontraditional topics including LGBTQ rights among issues discussed By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Pope Francis finished his eight- day tour of the Latin American countries of Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay on Sunday. Although Latin America contains the largest Catho- lic population in the world — near- ly...…

…working in public health, told the crowd that the University’s commitment to community service and human rights is impressive. “The University of Michigan has been a real beacon of hope and prosperity and human rights for so many years,” she said. “The bond between Peace Corps and the University of Michigan could not be stronger.” Members of the University community may not be aware, however, of the crucial role University ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 15, 2017 — 3A since fleeing Syria more than six years ago. After members of her family were kidnapped and others received threats, her father’s side of the family decided to flee from Damascus, Syria to Jordan. Like so many others, their journey to the United States was a long and stressful one. Daboul’s older brother was already attending medical school in the Uni...…

…The Bastians sold kettle corn at local events and markets but made a breakthrough when they started selling at Minnesota Vikings trainings. “They loved it enough that the sales and marketing team came over the next day and offered as a contract to be the kettle corn of the Vikings, with the caveat that it costs a grand,” Dan Bastian said. “We were excited that we could make some inroads, realizing that if we got connected wi...…

…for so long and that the rent is getting raised on them but that’s sort of the unfortunate downfall of being a small busi- ness,” she said. Bathish said in his experi- ence, many students aren’t necessarily interested in sit- ting and eating when they go to Amer’s. “A lot of the students are on the go anyway so the reduced seating won’t affect them,” Bathish said. LSA senior Stephanie Choi, echoed Schuman’s sentiments. “It defi...…

…each particular song for the past two to three weeks.” Indian classical music has developed over thousands of years. However today, it can be classified into two main styles— Hindustani, which originated in northern India and Carnatic, from southern India. Though these types of music use different instruments, they share a similar reliance on improvisation. LSA senior and Sahana member Shruthi Subramaniam said ...…

…RYAN MCLOUGHLIN/Daily Laura Kipnis, professor at Northwestern University, delivers a lecture on present day sex culture in higher education environments as a part of the Faculty Governance Conference in the UMMA Auditorium Monday. 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 15, 2016 — 3 counties that we called where (the information) was completely wrong, or they denied that the law existed,” Kirkland said. The ...…

…a unique set of challenges and opportunities to the surrounding community. Lazarus and Fetherston noted public universities are tax-exempt and can therefore eat into the tax base of the local city whenever they expand. “As the University grows, there’s this balance between taxable properties and non- taxable,” Lazarus said, adding he has been able to maintain a beneficial relationship between the University of Texas and th...…

…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, November 15, 2016 — 3 accomplishments as provost. “Our loss is most certainly Cornell’s gain,” he wrote. In a University statement, Schlissel also said he will appoint an interim provost before the end of Fall semester, and organize a nationwide search for a permanent replacement by January. University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said while the announcement came...…

…MARISSA ANDREOU/Daily The Samuel T. Dana Building is home to the School of Natural Resources & Environment. 2-News Thursday, September 15, 2016 — 3A News director of the Michigan Theater, said pledges to fund the restoration currently total $6.2 million out of the $8.5 million needed to complete the campaign, with most of the funds coming from donations by private citizens. “We’re about halfway through the project,” Coll...…

…Parkland shooting, and the sheer disbelief she felt when she heard gunshots inside of her own school. “We live in a very privileged community,” Whitney said. “So I was in denial, I was in shock. I obviously ran back into the classroom, and in my head the entire time I was thinking, ‘This isn’t real. This would never happen to us. This is our school.’” Whitney described the sadness felt by her community the day after th...…

…“In addition to all the administrative bloat and administrative growth that’s been driving up the cost of tuition, this is now a whole new part of subset of the bigger picture of more and more administrators making higher and higher salaries, and then burdening students and their parents with higher and higher levels of student loan debt to be able to afford this rising tuition that’s blowing up not because instructional costs are ...…

…As a child, I never worried about making mistakes. If my knees were scraped when playing outside, they healed, so I stood on the highest playground structure trying to look past the horizon. Growing up, I continued having this dauntless quality, always questioning how I could change the color of the sky or how I could solve a derivative in an unconventional way. For this reason, the liberating medium of acrylic paints became my fa...…

…3 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS After 14 weeks of work- ing on various projects, students in the 2019 Information and Technol- ogy Services Internship Cohort lined the Michigan League with posters at the ITS Internship Showcase on Friday. The showcase featured a poster session, a student panel and closing remarks from Ravi Pendse, vice president for informa- tion technology and chief info...…

…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...…

…demographic standpoint,” Edevbie said. “I think that’s definitely a reflection of some more marginalized groups on campus having more and more seats at the table when it comes to CSG assembly.” The overall University student body is 54.58 percent white, 11.99 percent Asian, 5.65 percent Latino, 4.2 percent Black, 1.89 percent mixed race and 0.18 percent Native American. The University does not currently have statistics o...…

…the University proposed a $1,000 increase to the starting salary for lecturers in 2019, followed by a $750 increase in 2020 and then $500 in 2021. Appointments Committee Vice Chair Brooke Lennox, an LSA sophomore, sponsored the resolution. “Showing as much support as we can is important,” she said. Three bylaw amendments were also passed, one of which requires representatives to use gender-inclusive language...…

…Jan 4, 1955 - The Board of Regents for the first time in University history has sanctioned a student government. Taking cognizance of strong campus support for the Student Government Council proposal, the Regents approved the new form of University student government at their Dec. 17 meeting. SGC, composed of 11 elected and seven ex-officio members, replaces Student Legislature and the 15-member Student Affairs Committ...…

…taken our MOOCs are outside the United States, representing over 200 countries,” Finholt said. “We also aspire to use our MOOCs to reach an important domestic audience, which are students in community colleges who are transfer candidates … And (use) MOOCs as a way of exploring alternative completion of a residential degree.” Hilton then moved the conversation into a dialogue on MOOCs and their place at the University. Instead...…

…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...…

…3 NEWS Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com University researchers study bilingualism in Argentina from both a linguistic and sociocultural perspective Study explores bicultural practices and languages By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor A research project conducted through the University of Michigan is bringing together linguists and cultural analysts to better under- stand bicultural communi...…

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…Thursday, May 15, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com. Edited and managed by students at the University af Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Thursday, May 15, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 19 The meaning of merit IAN DILLINGHAM EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR STEPHANIE SHENOUDA MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Dai...…

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