…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...…
…I ’ve been waiting for years for a show to be made about photographers. The thrill of following light, seeking out stories and composing masterpieces offers the perfect ingredients for a captivating story. Enter: Netflix. Netflix recently introduced the Australian series “Tales by Light,” which follows an expert photographer in each episode. Needless to say, I binge-watched the first season, but so...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 15, 2017 — 5A ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ is disturbing and unsexy Newest installment of book adaptation fails to arouse excitement There’s a scene somewhere between the sixth and ninth hour of “Fifty Shades Darker” where a guy pushes Ana (Dakota Johnson, “How to Be Single”) against the wall, corners her, refuses to let her leave and begs her to have sex with him. Ana...…
…ACROSS 1 See 1-Down 5 Risk taker 10 Minimally 14 He sang about Alice 15 Ooze with 16 Bond’s first movie foe 17 Word with interest or service 18 Lavin of “Alice” 19 Water retainer 20 *More than is wise 22 River racers 24 Rose of Guns N’ Roses 25 Poetic pair 26 *Luxury resort chain 31 “__ to leap tall buildings ... ” 32 “David Copperfield” villain 33 Cain, to Abel, informally 36 *Dominated the election 41 Teachers’ org. 42 Sufficient, to Shakesp...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 15, 2017 — 7A Goaltenders balancing pressure, performance There’s no straight path to becoming a goaltender — no rulebook, no schedule written in stone. It’s just a little bit different for everyone. For freshman Jack LaFontaine, it started during a birthday party one day when he was six. There was a group playing road hockey, and the makeshift goaltender befo...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Adcock reflects on current minor league career Brett Adcock may no longer don the maize and blue, but he’s still a Wolverine. Following an impressive three-year career at Michigan, the Houston Astros selected the 6-foot left-hander in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB Draft. He was the 127th overall pick out of 1,215 draftees, and now plays for the ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 15, 2017 Changing trends in college admissions theNumbers game …
…T his season of New York Fashion Week, I was lucky enough to assist the production team at an anonymous (shh!) designer label in a two- day, get-shit-done conquest leading up to their fall winter 2017 show. Here’s how it went down, in real time. Day Before Show 2:03 p.m.: My room key is MIA, my shoes are soaked and I just spent an entire 30 minutes next to Kyle Mooney on the train without saying a word. Craziest street st...…
…3B Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement BY ASHLEY TJHUNG, MANAGING MICHIGAN IN COLOR EDITOR ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA STILLMAN A t Michigan in Color, we pride ourselves on being a section by and for people of color, dedicating ourselves to producing inclusive content from all marginalized identities. Recently, in collaboration with The Statement, we published an article with contributions from several student leaders on campu...…
…Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement 5B Changing trends in admissions The Numbers Game b y T i m C o h n & B r i a n K u a n g , Daily News Editor and Deputy Statement Editor L ocated in a predominantly middle-class Detroit suburb within a 20-minute drive of Ann Arbor, Plymouth-Canton Com- munity School’s graduating class submits on aver- age 300 applications to the University...…
…W e park the car in their garage, which always smelled of tar and gas, and I run toward the elevator up to their room. When the elevator opens to their hallway, I sprint down to the end, all giddy and showered, dressed up for Friday night. I could immediately smell chicken and Bubbie’s perfume. The door opens and Bubbie gives me a big hug and a wet kiss on my cheek that I wipe off in feigned disgust. I make my way into the ...…
…Wednesday, Februray 15, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Alone, Not Lonely T he other night, I took myself out to see “La La Land” at the Michigan Theater. After countless recommendations from friends, I knew I had to go. The only showing I could fit in my day was at 9:45 p.m. on a Monday night, so natu- rally it was hard to find a friend willing to tag alone. I didn’t think twice because, frankly, I just really wanted t...…
…Wednesday, February 15, 2017 // The Statement 8B Pro-choice and pro-life activists protest in front of the Planned Parenthood location on West Stadium on February 11, 2017. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P R O T E S T S Members of The Michigan Daily’s photo staff captured various protests around Ann Arbor and Detroit. JEREMY MITNICK/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily AMELIA CACCHIONE/...…
…Martha Pollack, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, has been appointed Cornell University’s 14th president, according to a Cornell press release published Monday afternoon. Pollack has served as the University’s provost since 2013, acting as the chief budgetary and academic officer overseeing all teaching and research in each of the University’s 19 schools and ...…
…Dynamic on and off the field and now online, linebacker Jabrill Peppers is in the spotlight of a popular parody Twitter account made by LSA sophomore Bennet Sakelaris. The account was created in September this year, and has followed developments of the football team’s players throughout the season. Sakelaris wrote in an email interview that the idea for the account began after a friend of his bought a pet fish and nam...…
…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...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, November 15, 2016 EMILY WOLFE | CONTACT EMILY AT ELWOLFE@UMICH.EDU Human rights: not just an issue abroad ADITHI REDDI | OP-ED L ook at the person sitting next to you. Who are they? You question yourself: Are they different from you because of some physicality, some accent, or maybe they are just like you — human. That person might not be treated with the same respec...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 15, 2016 — 5 “Skyrim” is a video game of profound influence. It’s one of those names, like “Mario” or “Zelda,” that everybody seems to know. My non-gamer girlfriend says, when people ask, that she “doesn’t play, but played ‘Sky- rim’ for a little bit once.” To say it’s broken into the mainstream would be a mas- sive understatement — it’s one of the top 20 ...…
…6 — Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Wobbly dessert 6 Pal 9 Vintner’s tub 12 Birdlike 13 Drachma replacer 14 B&Bs 16 Source of post- toilet training anxiety 18 Use too much of, briefly 19 Many SAT takers 20 Dashboard feature 21 Reach through the air 22 Surfer’s destination 25 Treat, as table salt 28 Major blood vessel 29 Male in the hive 30 Sharp-tasting 32 Trailer park parkers 35 Actor Cariou of...…
…T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 44.5 11.0 First Downs/Game 23.6 13.3 Rush Yards/Game 236.3 113.1 Yards/Rush 5.3 3.1 Rushing TDs 37 3 Passing Yards/Game 231.5 131.6 Completion % 63.2% 43.9% Yards/Pass 8.3 5.5 Passing TDs 17 9 Interceptions 4 11 Offensive Plays/Game 72.5 59.9 Total Offense 467.8 244.7 3rd-down Conversions 46.5% 19.7% 4th-down Conversions 61.5% 34.8% Sacks/Game 3.3 1.4 Kick return average 17.8 21....…
…8 — Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Big Ten falls, but Wolverines shine at USA Challenge For once, Big Ten swimmers weren’t competing against each other. This weekend, swimmers from the conference formed a collective team and faced select members of Team USA in the USA College Challenge. Representing Michigan on the Big Ten team were five swimmers from the men’s swimming and diving tea...…
…Higher education reform has been a hot topic this election season — particularly for Democrats. As opponents in the Democratic primary, now-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–VT) lauded their two separate proposals of debt- free and tuition-free college, respectively. Several states already offer free college plans at certain institutions including Maryland, New York, Col...…
…3:30 GAMETIME. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Michigan’s legislature is taking the next step to ensure that the state remains at the forefront of driverless car research. Last week, the Michigan Senate approved four bills looking to push forward autonomous vehicle research in the state. The package now moves from the Republican-controlled Senate, where it has been approved, to the House. The bill will allow for testin...…
…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...…
…M y first visit to Ann Arbor was on April 4, 2015. Having recently been accepted to the University of Michigan, my family decided to drive around for a bit before checking into our hotel room to familiarize ourselves with the campus. As we drove down State Street, we noted how crowded the campus looked. As we turned down South U, we marveled at how beautiful, yet dirty, the Law Quad was. It wasn’t until we turned down Tap...…
…CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Host of “Late Night Joy” 6 Pennant contest 10 Herbal seed used in smoothies 14 Truly impress 15 Screen image or screen idol 16 Called 17 Eleventh hour 19 Language of Pakistan 20 Beach toy 21 “Otello” composer 22 She played Jackie on “Nurse Jackie” 23 Age of Reason philosopher 25 Short fiction 27 Sloth and envy 29 ...…
…‘M’ relying on ‘four-headed monster’ By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Last spring, Michigan running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley compared a ball carrier taking hits to a car depreciating. When you drive the car out of the lot, it loses value, and when a back goes down for the first time, his body starts to wear. Wheatley — a bruising back at Michigan in the 1990s in his own right — has a strong, physical runner in senior De...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, September 15, 2016 the b-side S t o r i e S i n t h e C i t y: Kerrytown BookFest brings together local literary community By Carly Snider Photo by Amelia Caechione Design by Lauren Seigal …
…2B — Thursday, September 15, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A book travels a long way to get to its reader. It starts as a prod in the author’s mind, a call to action. That nudge then turns into a spilling of words out onto a page, which is then sent to a publisher to be critiqued and reshaped. There, the words of the eager author are molded into their final form, as author and editor alike shape this liter...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, September 15, 2016 — 3B By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer In a museum that often focuses on cutting-edge contemporary pieces, UMMA’s most recent exhibition came as a bit of a sur- prise. To be fair, the museum is no stranger to variety. Detroit factory architecture? Of course. African scrap metal sculptures? Why not? But ... Elizabeth Taylor? That was something n...…
…By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer A slim, colorful paperback, written in French by a Congolese transplant learning German in Austria, didn’t look like a breakout hit when it was published in 2014. But that, of course, is just what playwright and poet Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s debut novel, “Tram 83,” became. The book’s fast- paced prose and incantatory, almost violent bursts of language were a revelation to the Franco...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, April 15, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 111 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Best of UMix WHAT: UMix will host its last event of the semester. It will feature a screening “Zoolander 2,” canvas painting, laser tag and other activities. They will also have a midnight buffet featuring tacos. WHO: Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. WHERE: Michigan Union “Mind Your Head” WHAT: The 2016 Stamps Senior Show will feature work from t...…
…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...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, April 15, 2016 — 5 Ben Harper’s ‘Call It’ is eclectic dad rock By JOEY SCHUMAN Daily Arts Writer Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals’s latest studio album, Call It What It Is, kicks off with a major dad quote: “I remember when sex was dirty / and the air was clean / and every- thing worth knowing / was in a magazine.” The whole dad quote thing makes sense, conside...…
…ACROSS 1 Not as available 8 Red herring, to a cop 15 Athens eatery 16 Where to view “Duck Dynasty” 17 Oath sworn in a kosher kitchen? 19 Hightailed it 20 Le Mans law 21 Great Plains tribe 22 9-Down opener 23 ’50s pres. candidate 25 Long of “Third Watch” 26 New Year’s Eve get-togethers? 27 Double-dealing in Delhi? 30 “A symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal”: Steinbeck 31 Old knives 32 Cutthroat entrepreneur? 36 Pool option 37 Six-time ...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, April 15, 2016 — 7 Karas has found the perfect home By LANEY BYLER Daily Sports Writer At the tender age of 2 years old, Olivia Karas used to flip off her family’s couch. In an attempt to channel their child’s energy in a more controlled, less dangerous way, Karas’ parents enrolled her in “mommy and me” gymnastics classes. At first glance, the building where the classes were...…
…Senior captain continues to lead Wolverines in pool and in classroom By JORDAN HERBSTMAN Daily Sports Writer It’s not often that a water polo player is compared to seven- time Pro Bowl cornerback Darrelle Revis. But for Michigan coach Marcelo Leonardi, it was the perfect comparison for senior Ali Thomason. Thomason has put together a strong campaign for the No. 6 Michigan women’s water polo team. She leads the team i...…
…General George Casey Jr. says increase in veteran support is necessary By CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter At a talk at the Ford School Monday, General George Casey Jr., former U.S. Army chief of staff, said some of the most dangerous threats in the world today are posed by non-state actors such as al-Qaeda and ISIS, focusing on the persistent existence of world conflict with these actors and the subsequent mental health i...…
…2-News Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/8/08 2:06 PM SUDOKU EASY 1 7 1 2 8 7 9 5 1 2 4 9 8 7 2 2 6 5 1 6 8 3 6 2 4 3 8 2 1 BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, March 15, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TENTS AND TABLES KRISTINA PERKINS/Daily University alum Sarah Filer, nurse health educator at MHealthy, participates ...…
…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 ...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 15, 2016 — 5 ‘Thread of Lies’ takes on a taboo discussion By VANESSA WONG Daily Arts Writer Cheong-ji (Kim Hyang-gi, “A Werewolf Boy”) was every parent’s dream — top of her middle school class, kind to her financially struggling single mother and helpful around the house. But one day, her family returned home to find that she had committed suicide — with no ex...…
…ACROSS 1 Transparent 7 Pasture mom 11 Beaver project 14 On the plane 15 Stein fillers 16 Detroit-to- Harrisburg dir. 17 Latter-day Beau Brummell 19 School support gp. 20 No longer on one’s plate 21 Virtual people, in a game series 22 Wrap for leftovers 23 Ambles 25 Mount Rushmore quartet 27 Eponymous ’80s fiscal policy 31 Furry Persians 35 Norse god of war 36 Wood shaper 37 Home run jog 38 Grenoble’s river 41 Corned beef order 42 Update, as a ...…
…‘M’ pitches two shutouts By TYLER COADY Daily Sports Writer The No. 2 Michigan softball team scored one run against Illinois State on Saturday. Considering that the team averages in excess of eight runs per game, it was a paltry amount for the free-scoring Wolverines. Michigan (20-2) tallied seven hits, but left 10 runners on base. Senior centerfielder Sierra Lawrence registered another multi-hit game, but no other Wo...…
…8 — Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Robinson ready for D-I tourney By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor Two years ago, on the first Sunday of March, Duncan Robinson crammed into his coaches’ offices with his Williams College teammates as they awaited their fate in the Division III NCAA Tournament. There was no fancy primetime two-hour Selection Sunday show, no texts pouring in from ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 15, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV No. 73 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A C L A S S I F I E D S . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 2A ARTS.......................... 5A SPORTSMONDAY. . . . . . . . .1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Sanders to make ...…
…An estimated 20 percent of bikes left to rust over the winter season By KEVIN LINDER For the Daily On March 20, the University of Michigan will begin removing bicycles that have been abandoned at bike racks across campus. In an e-mail interview, University Landscape Architect Kenn Rapp wrote that beginning in fall of 2015, representatives from the UM Grounds Department, UM Parking and Transportation, UM Polic...…
…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 ...…
