…The number of reported sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence and stalking cases at the University of Michigan increased from 2017 to 2019, according to two reports released in January, one by the University’s Division of Public Safety and Security and the other from the Office of Institutional Equity. In this article, the term “sexual misconduct” will refer to a grouping of sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking ...…
…The following article explains five bills that have been introduced, passed or signed into law by the Michigan state legislature or Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from Feb. 25 to March 11. On the second and fourth Fridays of each month, The Michigan Daily will publish a compilation of bills being floated around in the Michigan state legislature for students at the University of Michigan to know about. This is the first installment in t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 17, 2021 — 3 City Council discusses uses for marijuana excise tax CITY Councilmembers commit to investing in community services, officially recognize Transgendender Day of Visibility The Ann Arbor City Council met virtually Monday evening to discuss a resolution to acknowledge Ann Arbor resident Daniel Bicknell’s longstanding career in public service, the allocatio...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 4 — Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Isaiah Mayweather, who is incarcerated at Macomb Correctional Facility, returned to his normal cell Jan. 27 after serving 18 days in a mandatory quarantine as a result of coming into close contact with someone who contracted COVID-19. However, Mayweather, after being tested three times, never once tested positive for the virus that has infected more th...…
…When I sat down with Moon Choe, owner and operator of Moon Cafe, a Korean restaurant and frozen yogurt shop on State Street, for a 40-minute interview, I’ll admit I expected something of a sob story: a few cliché sentiments about being down on his luck and needing students to stop by so he can pay the bills. What I got instead was a chance to gain new insights on laissez-faire parenting, the subtle racism that is a hallmark of the i...…
…Our next well-being day better not be disguised by the administration in the form of a break and exposed for what it actually is: a poor attempt by the University of Michigan to supposedly address the mental health needs of students and failing, miserably. Students receive email after email from University President Mark Schlissel, professors and Graduate Student Instructors, acknowledging that students are facing a stressful ...…
…Lifetime’s “Dance Moms” has long come to define itself as one of the most esoteric, passionate and wild-child offspring of American reality television. The show features the unhinged and intrinsically convoluted kingdom that dance teacher Abby Lee Miller built at her Pittsburgh dance studio. Producers painted Abby Lee as a maverick of the East Coast dance scene and ultimately a brash, unfiltered, iron-fisted ruler with no grace or t...…
…“The Big Bang Theory” aired on CBS for over 12 years, accumulating around 11,700 minutes of runtime or 195 hours. That’s the equivalent of over eight full days of straight footage. Even if you didn’t sleep for a week, you could not finish the entirety of “The Big Bang Theory.” The series ran on CBS starting in 2007. The sitcom revolved around a group of four geeky friends and their inability to assimilate into “normal” society. Th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 17, 2021 — 9 Remember the “Cheese Touch”? You know what I’m talking about. It was 2011. You were nine years old. You were on the bus ride back home, settled into your assigned seat and beginning to zone out, dreaming about your 30 minutes of allotted computer time on Poptropica that night. Suddenly, you felt a violent jab into the back of your arm. A smug- sounding class...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 10 — Wednesday, March 17, 2021 There is a kind of clarity about oneself that comes with empathy. Something about examining yourself in the way you respond to others, in the emotional exchange that is shared when you feel keenly what those around you are feeling, that provides clarity. Alice Phoebe Lou, as she discussed in an interview with The Daily, is an empath, something apparent in her ...…
…7-Opinion I almost drowned at a birthday party when I was five years old. Upon arrival at Water Country, New England’s “safest and friendliest” waterpark, I had raced into a crowded pool of seemingly-still water. Little did I know, this was the Wave Pool: a 700,000-gallon tank of water that mimicked the nearby Atlantic ocean. The wave-generating machine operated on a timer, thus creating waves that rapidly increased i...…
…F or anyone who, like me, is obsessed with the British royal family, the CBS broadcast of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Sunday night was merely another episode in the Netflix series “The Crown.” However, the interview had a subtlety that transforms the royal family’s drama into an experience that is relatable to many Americans: a dysfunctional family. In an attempt to create common grou...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 17, 2021 — 13 Pertofsky credits her success to her teammates’ support in win over Indiana Sophomore right-side hitter May Pertofsky led the Michigan volley- ball team (4-3 Big Ten) to a 3-1 win over Indiana (3-13) on Saturday with 17 kills on the day, only one shy of her career-best. Junior outside hit- ter Paige Jones had an outstanding match the day before, but Pert...…
…14 — Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Pitching and defense lead the way for Michigan in sweep of Purdue Redshirt sophomore left-hander Steven Hajjar stood on the mound in a tough position. It was the top of the third inning of the first game with the score tied, 1-1, and Purdue had the bases loaded without a single out or strike. After consulting with pitching coach Steve Merriman, Hajjar...…
…Jaaron Simmons waited for a phone call — one that would dic- tate the future of both his bur- geoning family and coaching career. It was mid-April 2020 and video analyst David Metzen- dorf had left the Michigan men’s basketball team for an assistant coaching position at the Air Force Academy. Simmons, at the end of his year-long stint working along- side Metzendorf as a graduate assistant on the Wolverines’ staff, wante...…
…At long last, the NCAA Tournament is back. After a one- year, pandemic-induced hiatus, the tournament returns to captivate and devastate. The Michigan men’s basketball team will embark on its journey through the madness on Saturday at 3 p.m., when it will play the winner of the first four matchups between Mount St. Mary’s and Texas Southern in West Lafayette. The announcement, considering the heralded feat of attai...…
…LUCK EDITION LUCK EDITION The Statement Magazine The Statement Magazine March 17, 2021 March 17, 2021 ILLUSTRATION BY KATHERINE LEE ILLUSTRATION BY KATHERINE LEE …
…C all me a naive romantic, but I believe in love at first sight. Why? Because I’m pretty sure it happened to me. When I bought tickets to see Icona Pop, an electro-pop band, at Necto Nightclub in the Fall 2019, my expectations for the night included get- ting ready in residence halls and screaming “I don’t care, I love it!” with my friends. My agen- da did not include falling in love. It was only two months into my freshman year of c...…
…“ There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. ‘Such bad luck,’ they said sympathetically. ‘Maybe,’ the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bring- ing with it three other wild horses. ‘How wonder- ful,’ the neighbors exclaimed. ‘Maybe,’ replied the old man. The following day, his son tried to ride one...…
…A s I was sitting cross-legged lining up dom- inos on my aunt’s kitchen floor, she told me the domino effect was teaching me to make good decisions in life. In my pig-tailed, youth- ful wonder I couldn’t internalize her profound ad- vice, but years later, I realized she was right. In the opening scene of “Collateral Beauty,” Will Smith’s character Howard seeks a resolution by setting off an impressive domino structure as he grieves the ...…
…Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order on Monday morning closing all Michigan restaurants, bars and entertainment venues in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The order goes into effect at 3 p.m. on Monday and the restrictions will last until March 30. The restrictions apply to bars, restaurants, coffee shops, movie theaters, clubs, gyms, recreation centers, spas and casinos, amon...…
…2 — Tuesday, March 17, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With the rapidly evolving coronavirus outbreak in the United States and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order, many local businesses are to remain temporarily closed. As of Monday night, there are 54 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in Michigan. A case at the Vic Village-North student apartment...…
…In an email to students sent Monday night, Simone Himbeault Taylor, interim vice president for student life, and Robert Ernst, University Health Service executive director, noted that UHS will remain open in addition to a modified version of housing and dining, consisting of boxed take-out meals served during specific hours. Jeff Donofrio, the director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, said ...…
…I used to be exceedingly hopeful about politics and policy matters. I was known by my friends in high school as the “fire- breathing conservative” because I’d come to school lunch ready to debate them about our contrasting politics. In my free time, I binge-read the news and tweeted about national political drama. I regularly put down schoolwork in favor of a fresh copy of “National Review,” my favorite conservative...…
…Tuesday, March 17, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com New Orleans rapper Jay Electronica is one of the greatest enigmas in the history of hip hop. He first came up in the mid-2000s with hits on MySpace. He then started dating singer Erykah Badu; the eccentricity of her partners after dating her has been the subject of memes in the hip-hop community. In 2009, he dropped “Exhibit C,” a not-so-cult classic of sort...…
…Tuesday, March 17, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Two-and-a-half months in, and 2020 has given the world a lot of things to consider. An impeachment. The rumblings of war with Iran. A whack-as-hell primary season. An online- school-inducing, business-closing, all-around- scary pandemic that maybe makes reviewing theater-exclusive movies a public health hazard? But never mind all that. The first quarter of 2...…
