…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 19, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Pi Kappa Phi charity event benefits local organization By BRANDON SUMMERS-MILLER For the Daily Members of the University’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity chapter took to wheelchairs and faced off against the Michigan Rollin’ Pistons — a youth wheelchair bas- ketball team — Wednesday night to raise funds as...…
…2A — Thursday, March 19, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com 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 fall term, starting ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, March 19, 2015 — 3A Elbel Field is also a popular location for intramural sports, as it includes a 100-yard turf football field, two sand volley- ball courts, two softball fields, a picnic area and a field area. The University renovated the field in 2011 as part of an effort to improve its recreational sports facilities. A lively, student-populated neighborhood, Elbel is a five...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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 Weekend Roundup Thursday, March 19, 2015 — 5A ACROSS 1 Explosive sound 5 Outer __ 10 Not even ajar 14 “Born to Die” singer/songwriter Del Rey 15 Stadium divisions 16 Son of Leah 17 “You’re living in the past,” nowadays 20 Flower celebrated in an annual Ottawa festival 21 Move the boat, in a way 22 Painting option 23 Like a typical farmer’s market 25 “Gotcha!” 26 “You can’t go there,” nowadays 32 Peace No...…
…ICE HOCKEY Michigan opens Big Ten tourney under pressure Wolverines need three wins, starting with Wisconsin on Thursday By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor The Michigan hockey team is in an all-too familiar position heading into this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament. Holding the third seed, the Wolverines (12-8 Big Ten, 20-14 overall) will be pitted against No. 6 seed Wisconsin (2-15-3-2, 4-25- 5) in Thursday’s opening-round...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, March 19. 2015 the b-side A New Road for Detroit: The Ann Arbor Film Fest returns to Michigan Theater for it’s 53rd year » INSIDE Film Fest: Redevelopment prompts tough questions By Adam Theisen, Senior Arts Editor …
…2B — Thursday, March 19, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com When I was growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, I and other young kids in schools learned a very clear, simple narrative about the city. Henry Ford and the Model T created a thriving metropolis with architecture that garnered it the moniker “The Paris of the West,” whose factory workers earned a good wage and supplied the U.S. with the tanks, jeeps and...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, March 19, 2015 — 3B 53rd Ann Arbor Film Fest keeps its charm By KATHLEEN DAVIS Senior Arts Editor Every year for the past 53 years, mid-March brings a change in the air for the city of Ann Arbor. It’s not due to the first breaks of spring that melt the snow, or the mix of dread and excitement that comes with the end of the scholastic year. This March, like the 52 before i...…
…4B — Thursday, March 19, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By RACHEL KERR Daily Arts Writer I walk down East Washington Street toward a brick building with blocks of bright colors painted around its doorway. I ring the bell and quickly come face to face with a woman wearing an easy smile. I reach out my hand to greet her, but I’m instead embraced by an enthusiastic German Shepherd (whose name I later learn is...…
