…University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel announced the University is taking several steps to increase its testing capabilities during his weekly U-M Ann Arbor COVID-19 update email to the U-M community Feb. 5. Starting Feb. 16, the University will require weekly COVID-19 testing for graduate and professional program students living on campus. The University will also offer free testing to “Ann Arbor community members...…
…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2021 semester 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. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. BRITTANY BOWMAN Managing Editor ba...…
…The Michigan Daily spoke with Regent Sarah Hubbard (R), the University of Michigan’s newest member of the Board of Regents, Tuesday to discuss her time in office since first joining the Board in January. Hubbard is one of two Republicans on the Board, the other being Ron Weiser, who is currently in the midst of controversy after calls from some in the U-M community for his resignation. Hubbard was elected in November after na...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Kota the Friend moves toward closure on ‘Lyrics to GO, Vol. 2’ The title is accurate — Lyrics to GO, Vol. 2 is all about the message indie rapper Kota the Friend wants to leave you with. The flow of words — words of gratefulness, sadness and love — seems to tumble out of Kota on this mixtape. Lyrics to GO, Vol. 2 is not as carefully thought out as his pre...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 17, 2021 — 5 ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ says screw the neoliberals There’s a quote from a 1964 speech by Malcolm X that Fred Hampton, played by Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out”), recounts to the future mother of his child, Deborah (Dominique Fishback, “The Hate You Give”): “Sometimes, when a person’s house is on fire and someone comes in yelling fire, instead of the person...…
…“You can murder a liberator, but you can’t murder a liberation.” - Fred Hampton. On Friday, Feb. 12, the long- awaited biopic, “Judas and the Black Messiah,” will be released. The film is a historical portrayal of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Black Panther Party championed countless community programs, including the Free Breakfast Program and the People’s Free Ambulance Service, as we...…
…YOUR WEEKLY ARIES Focus on your values this week. Only when you know what truly matters to you can you make some difficult decisions. AQUARIUS GEMINI The truth turns out to be a flexible thing this week – be careful not to assume that your truth is the same as anyone else’s. SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN SCORPIO CANCER Pay your debts – financial or otherwise – so that you can move forwards with a clean slate as the future beckons....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, February 17, 2021 statement What is digital studies? BY ALEXANDER SATOLA, STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT I n January 2019, LSA announced the creation of a new Digital Studies In- stitute that would support the study of digital technologies from a humanities and social science perspective. The establishment of a formal academic institute followed the cre- ation of the LSA Digital St...…
…M y sister and I were born one minute apart. Whenever I tell people this, questions inevitably follow: “What’s it like having a twin?” “Are you best friends?” “Can you read each other’s minds?” Over the years, I’ve formed a sort of automatic response: I laugh, acknowl- edging the curiosity surrounding a con- cept that is foreign and fascinating to someone else yet normal and casual to me. I then reply with a simple yet in- tention...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, February 17, 2021 statement I n early April, I screenshotted a picture I saw on Wikipedia of a cow lying on the ground captioned “a sleeping cow laying on her side is not immobilized; she can rise whenever she chooses.” It epitomized early-quarantine lethargy, and I thought it was really funny. I kept collecting ob- scure and amusing Wikipedia excerpts and posting screenshots o...…
…7-Opinion W hen I turned 13, like many Jews around the United States and the rest of the world, I was bar mitzvahed. Upon the conclusion of my service, after reciting blessings and reading from the Torah, I was rushed to an unmarked back room. The room was small and consisted of just a single chair facing a video monitor. It was there where I received a call from the Rothschild family. I was finally old enough to be given my ver...…
…2-News I t’s incredibly odd to be a freshman right now. Instead of having animated discussions sitting on lawns and benches around campus, we occasionally send necessary texts through GroupMes and Discords. Instead of exploring and getting used to a new campus, we navigate our university online. Newcomers don’t have a place, a community or an understanding of the University of Michigan in its regular workings. Instead, we t...…
…As the Michigan volleyball team clawed back from an early deficit in the first set of Sunday’s match, freshman setter Scottee Johnson tracked down and dug a speedy attack from Purdue. Seemingly coming out of nowhere, freshman outside hitter Jess Mruzik emerged from the back row and launched a kill into the face of Purdue defensive specialist Jena Otec. The Boilermakers instantly called timeout, as the Wolverines’ new...…
…14 — Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan bests Nebraska in first meet after pause Livers at forefront of Michigan’s success The instant that junior Natalie Wojcik powerfully stuck the landing of her dismount from the balance beam, Michigan gymnastics coach Bev Plocki’s arms both shot like rockets into the air with palms open and fingers spread. A perfect 10, she visually p...…
…Entering his fourth season as the head coach of the Michigan men’s lacrosse team, Kevin Conry is gradu- ally building off the foundation laid by his predecessor, John Paul. After reeling in the No. 4 and No. 3 recruiting classes in 2020 and 2021, respectively, Conry is hungry to shake up the Big Ten with a Wolverine squad that is quietly yet quickly ascending. Finding a replacement for Paul, the human embodiment of Michigan...…
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…2A — Monday, February 17, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 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 ...…
…This past November, voters in the U.S. made history by electing not one, but two incredible Muslim women into our 116th House of Representatives. They are Ilhan Omar, a Black, Somali Immigrant from Minnesota’s 5th Congressional district who frequently and unabashedly calls out deeply problematic white men in power, and Rashida Tlaib, an incredible Palestinian-American woman who coined the phrase “Impeach the Motherf*cker” o...…
…C oming out of the Iowa caucus victorious, Democratic candidate and Mayor of South Bend, Ind., Pete Buttigieg has seen a recent surge in popularity. Because he is the first openly gay person to make a serious bid for the presidency, Buttigieg’s success is undoubtedly a big moment for LGBTQ+ Americans, especially in a state like Iowa that voted for Donald Trump four years ago. However, that hasn’t made him the community’s c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 17, 2020 — 5A Anne Carson can come across as a writer with no clear lineage or influences — even as she references the work of other authors, her poetry and prose seem to float relatively free of clear affiliation to any contemporary literary trend. Her career as a classicist (with a generalist’s flair: she’s written about film and modernism extensively) might ...…
…6 — Monday, February 17, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By John R. O’Brien ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/17/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/17/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, February 17, 2020 ACROSS 1 Weed whackers 5 Annoy 9 Macbeth, by birth 13 Saintly glows 15 Impressionist 16 Lola’s nightclub, in son...…
… What started as an average loose ball became anything but. Jon Teske might’ve just missed a point-blank layup attempt, but he wasn’t going to give up on the play. As the rebound evaded the grasp of the Hoosiers, the senior center dove on it and had the wherewithal to find Franz Wagner alone under the basket for two. Teske’s effort, apart from send- ing the Crisler Center crowd into an uproar, capped off an offensive onslaught th...…
…2B — February 17, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In 2017, just after Mel Pearson was hired as the Michigan hockey coach, he went to Red Berenson’s house and had what he called the best conversation of his life. The two sat on the deck in Beren- son’s backyard and talked for two hours, about anything and everything. It was a beauti- ful night, Pearson recalled, and they sipped drinks. A weight appeared to be ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 17, 2020 — 3B Simpson stars as ‘M’ beats Indiana Zavier Simpson took the ball up the court to kick things off against Indiana on Sunday. But, fairly uncharacteristically, Simpson attempted to find his man on the right side only to see the ball land squarely in the hands of a Hoosier. Rather than follow up Indiana’s opening bucket with a couple points of his own, Simpson...…
…4B — February 17, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The 2020 season started the way the No. 8 Michigan baseball team (3-1) hoped the 2019 season would end. Trailing by one run in the top of the ninth inning, first baseman Matt Schmidt stepped up to the plate. For the fifth- year senior, this opportunity had been a long time coming. In the first game of the season in a rematch against the defending national cha...…
