…GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 66 ©2022 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 3 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 michiga...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Whitmer grants $76.3 million for Michigan colleges and universities GOVERNMENT Coronavirus funding allows state to boost contributions to higher education The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additiona...…
…City looks to citizens to dole out money given for COVID-19 mitigation ACADEMICS AUDREY CLAYTON Daily Staff Reporter On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act to mitigate the economic effects of the COVID- 19 pandemic by allocating funding to local governments. Nearly a year later, Ann Arbor is deciding what to do with the $24.1 million it received in ARPA funding. City Councilmember Kathy ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 When your university’s president is put on blast for flirting through the prover- bial family iPad, you don’t just brush it off. It’s time to talk about the Schlissel memes. They take many forms: a Yik Yak post, a cheeky affirmation, a spray paint installment in the Diag. Instead of an outpouring of disappointment or grief, stu- dents are resorting to h...…
…Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There aren’t many bands that can successfully combine a traditional rock instrumenta- tion with saxophone, violin and acoustic piano, but Black Coun- try, New Road have made a name for themselves precisely by forg- ing those elements into a truly one-of-a-kind sound. Last year, the band teased their potential with their debut album For the First Time, a c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Are you a hopeless romantic who is always reading about all things love? Whether you’re single or in a relation- ship this Valentine’s Day, the Daily Book Review has you covered. Some of these books are fantasy, while others are con- temporary romances that deserve all the hype. With a wide variety of romances and tropes galore, here are six books we think yo...…
…Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 7 The Michigan Daily The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Normalize one-pan everything. Cheesy White Bean-Tomato Bake By Ali Slagle University of Michigan students now have access to New York Times Cooking — which means your normal food routine just became anything but. Activate your free Cooking subscription. …
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTOR S T A T E M E N T Read more at MichiganDaily.com From stalking to harassment: TW: Sexual Assault, Stalking, Sexual Harassment, Rape Dear U-M Housing, You called my being stalked, threatened and sexually harrased by my residents a “personal matter.” It is not. It is a hazard and a direct result of the unsafe job you hired me for. I...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 9 Read more at MichiganDaily.com Bimbofication is a revolutionary act Have you seen the bimbofication meme? In most iterations, it depicts a woman in plain clothes holding a book and quizzically flipping through its pages. She then begins to stretch the book farther away from herself, and over time, becoming more scantily clad, drops the volume ...…
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…Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 11 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com All life experiences are bina- ry; they are either expected or unexpected. You are familiar with most of your daily rou- tine, starting with waking up. What you do for the rest of your day is up to you. Maybe you decide to get out of bed. Maybe you choose to shower and get ready for the rest of your day. Maybe you visit your favorite coffee sh...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 12 — Wednesday, February 16, 2022 “ W ho ‘ b elon g s ’ i n col- le g e , a nd who f e el s l i ke t he y b elon g ? ” Th i s i s a q uot e f r om t he s yl l a bu s of WG S 258 : B elon g i n g i n C ol le g e , a cl a s s I de c ide d t o t a ke a f t er s c r ol l i n g t h r ou g h wh at s e eme d l i ke hu n- d r e d s of pa g e s on t he L S A C ou r s e G u ide...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 13 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. A...…
…T he events of Jan. 6, 2021, have been a topic of Republican revisionist history, willing ignorance and delusional falsehoods for over a year now. Leaders of the Republican Party have gone from blaming former President Donald Trump at least in part for the insurrection, to absolving him of all responsibility. Those who were once labeled domestic terrorists are now being labeled political prisoners, with T...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 16, 2022 — 15 SportsMonday: Michigan women’s basketball is a title contender, so start treating them like one There’s something we try very hard not to do here at The Daily, and that’s write about the fans. For the three years I’ve cov- ered the Michigan women’s basketball team, not talking about the crowd has been easy. It’s a sea of gray-haired retir- ees that sh...…
…Tess Crowley/Daily | Madeline Hinkley/Daily | Design by Sophie Grand W hen it’s boiled down to its bare bones, basketball has a simple premise: get the ball in the basket. When a team can’t do that efficiently, the chances of coming away with a win drop significantly. The Michigan men’s basketball team (13-10 overall, 7-6 Big Ten) proved the adage true on Saturday, falling to No. 16 Ohio State (15-6, 8-4), 68-57, in ...…
