…REMY FARKAS Daily Staff Reporter Lydia Polgreen, editor-in-chief of news blog HuffPost, discussed her relationship with journalism and the way in which her past affects her vision of present-day America in her lecture entitled “Who gets to define American Values,” given as part of the University of Michigan’s Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The Wallace House program, as well as the Knight-Wallace Fellowship and L...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 11/5/08 12:54 PM 9 7 5 9 3 8 9 4 7 1 1 8 3 2 9 4 8 4 5 6 8 9 6 7 3 1 2 4 1 FROST BITE. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, January 17, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers News DESIGNER/Daily TUESDAY: By Design 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, M...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, January 17, 2018 — 3A today’s society. She emphasized her multicultural background and the influence of her time in Africa on her views regarding the current political climate of the United States. With an Ethiopian mother and white Minnesotan father, Polgreen said that she thinks a lot about American identity in the age of Trump. “But let’s be real — this isn’t a normal presi...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, January 17, 2018 DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief ANU ROY-CHAUDHURY AND ASHLEY ZHANG Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other sign...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 17, 2018 — 5A “Marie Antoinette” is Sofia Coppola’s masterpiece. “The Virgin Suicides” is the cult classic of the “Donnie Darko” crowd, “Lost in Translation” gets all the critical attention, but it’s “Marie Antoinette” that best showcases the ineffability of her visual wit. It’s a lush, pastel coming-of-age story that sees one of the most infamous figures in Western hi...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 17, 2018 — 7A Michigan Invitational defined by comebacks Kate Fahey was down, but not out. Despite dropping the first set, 4-6, to fifth-ranked Gabriela Talaba of Texas Tech on Monday, the junior — ranked No. 33 — came back to take the second set, 6-3, tie the third, 6-6, and eventually prevail in the tiebreaker, 7-2. Fahey wasn’t the only member of the Michigan w...…
…8A — Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A memorable weekend for the senior guards of Michigan basketball It was quite the weekend for Michigan basketball’s seniors. But if you’re Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, you’re blasé about it all. “I wasn’t thinking about much, just making the free throws,” the senior guard said after notching his 1,000th career point — a game-winning free throw to t...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 17, 2018 …
…P ast the deer and occasional wild turkey on North Campus, beyond the research complexes and Environmental Protection Agency field office, lies a stretch of strip malls with grocery stores and gyms with vacant parking lots. Along Plymouth Road, among stores with yellowing signs and mounds of snow taking up parking spaces, there’s a place that is always full — the Songbird Cafe. The first time I came here was a little less than a ...…
…3B Wednesday, January 17, 2018 // The Statement Soundtracking: The weather’s mood swings I f there’s one thing I’m reasonably good at — and the list of things I can do is pretty low these days — it’s small talk about the weather. You wanna talk about a movie you saw last week? Sure. Wanna ask how my day was? Something awkward probably happened but I’ll tell you everything anyway. Wanna talk about the weather? Fuck yes. I love ta...…
…Wednesday, January 17, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 17, 2018 // The Statement 5B In Search of a Home by Abigail Muro, Daily Staff Reporter I get homesick when I look at pictures of the Sonoran desert. The gray-green Saguaro cacti, reaching their limbs past the distant, jagged mountain peaks toward a radiant blue sky, feel like family. Home is a white and gray tent, small enough to look natural among the desert br...…
…Wednesday, January 17, 2018 // The Statement 6B Copy That: Stylizing my hometown M y flight ticket didn’t show the boarding gate, and “St. Louis” didn’t appear anywhere on the blue departure screens. I was panicking, but I didn’t want anyone to know I was panicking. This was my first solo flight, and I was determined to solve this on my own. So I stood in front of the departure screens until I felt security shooting me weird look...…
…M y grandfather on my mom’s side of the family has a lexicon of cliches — a signature catchphrase, if you will, for almost any situation. “Put an egg in your shoe and beat it” happens to be my favorite, but there’s also one that I’ve only recently gained an appreciation for: “Call me anything you want. Just don’t call me late for dinner.” Over the past three and a half years, I’ve become immune to the improper pronunc...…
…Wednesday, January 17, 2018 // The Statement 8B These are a lineup of spices that my dad, who immigrated here from India in the 1980’s, brought back from India so I can cook traditional Indian food. (Danyel Tharakan/Daily) V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : W H E R E W E C O M E F R O M My dad’s side of the family is Italian, and cooking is an important tradition that has been passed down. My sister and I made this ricotta cheesecake, a tradi...…
