…One Hundred and TwenTy Five years OF ediTOrial FreedOm Thursday, May 19, 2016 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX Vol. CXXIv, No. 116 | © 2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... CROSSWORD........................ SPORTS................................. ...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com LARA MOEHLMAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 larakm@michigandaily.com EMILY RICHNER Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 errich@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Bradley Whipple Managing Editor bmwhip@michigandaily.com Lydia Murray Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Brian Kuang , Irene Park, Riyah Basha Jeremy Kapla...…
…3 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS City Council decreases funding for Ann Arbor Connector plans FY 2017 budget cuts funding for next stage of project to 2 percent By BRIAN KUANG Daily Summer News Editor In a lengthy and — at times contentious — six-hour meeting Monday night, the Ann Arbor City Council amended and passed its $370 million budget for the 2017 fiscal year. The 2017 budget dec...…
…4 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION LARA MOEHLMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF JEREMY KAPLAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR BRADLEY WHIPPLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. A more inclusive education Invest in friends FROM THE DAILY In response to the Board of Education’s guidelines, Michig...…
…LAUREN INGRAM | MICHIGAN IN COLOR Dear Mainstream, You have seen my thighs dangle out from under my shorts and my skirts. They jiggle, they flap and cause problems whenever I try on something new. It’s a little difficult to learn how to love every inch of my body fat when I go into a store — take your pick, H&M or Forever 21 — and have difficulty buying shorts. All of a sudden my regularly size six thighs can’t fit into your size 1...…
…6 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS MUSIC REVIEW ‘Scandal’ hype slowly derailing By ALEX INTNER Summer Managing Arts Editor During the season five episode of “Scandal” titled “Thwack,” the story seemed to be zipping along. Then, with a “Thwack,” all momentum completely collapsed. Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington, “Django Unchained”), who has been held up as a white hat for justice (des...…
…7 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Grace and Frankie’ is a breath of fresh air on TV TV REVIEW “Grace and Frankie” shows improvement on its first season By SOPHIA KAUFMAN Daily Arts Writer The second season of “Grace and Frankie” began with wishes and ended with vibrators. To be more pre- cise, it began with Frankie (Lily Tomlin, “Grandma”) making a wish on an eye- lash and then yankin...…
…8 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS specific microbial species might lead to more successful results. Fecal transplants deliver stool samples from healthy donors to ill patients to change the microbiome in the patient’s digestive tract, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Currently, this procedure is used to treat recurrent inflammation in the large intestine caused by a bacterial speci...…
…this argument, studies suggest transgender individuals are more likely to be at risk while using public restrooms than those around them. Despite the anti transgender- rights rhetoric employed by some Republican legislators in Lansing, the University of Michigan provides a variety of accommodations for transgender students, including gender-inclusive housing and gender- inclusive bathroom facilities. Gender- inclusive housing ...…
…10 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Wolverines lose to Oakland By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer What had been an immensely frustrating week for the Michigan baseball team appeared to be ending in the bottom of the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game. Junior catcher Harrison Wenson approached home plate with runners on first and second with one out. It was his chance to be the hero. But he...…
…11 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS With late comeback, ‘M’ wins share of Big Ten title By MATTHEW KENNEDY Daily Sports Writer Two days into the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, the Michigan women’s track and field team was nowhere close to following up its Big Ten Indoor Championship with another title. The Wolverines were in sixth place with one day remaining, and even worse, they we...…
…12 Thursday, May 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS NCAA Softball Regional Preview By AVI SHOLKOFF Daily Sports Writer After a devastating loss to No. 23 Minnesota last weekend, the Michigan softball team traveled back home to Ann Arbor with only one week to prepare for an NCAA Regional. The second-ranked Wolverines will host Valparaiso in their first matchup Friday night. With Notre Dame and Miami (Ohio) ...…
