…Trinitas Ventures is taking legal action against Ann Arbor after City Council denied a proposal for a student housing complex north of campus. The Indiana-based developer filed a claim of appeal, arguing the project complies with relevant zoning regulations and calling for a reversal of the city’s decision on the development. In September, City Council rejected the proposal — in which Trinitas planned to construct the complex at 26...…
…The #MeToo movement has focused primarily on high status figures — women speaking out against Hollywood moguls, powerful bosses and even our current president. Journalist Bernice Yeung’s recently published work, after years of investigation, focuses instead on the experiences of women in particularly vulnerable workplaces, such as janitors, farmers and domestic workers. Each year, the Wallace House at the University of ...…
…Four years ago, the Black Student Union launched the online campaign #BBUM, or Being Black at the University of Michigan, and gave the University seven days to respond to seven demands. Some of the demands included more affordable campus housing, an increase in Black representation on campus and a digitization of documents in the University’s Bentley Historical Library. Now, four years after BSU put forward its initi...…
…During a break in the Lecturers’ Employee Organization’s first open bargaining session in Ann Arbor Friday, about 150 lecturers and allies – including students and tenure -track faculty – marched from the Diag to Palmer Commons. The marchers chanted and waved signs, demanding salary increases and enhanced job security for lecturers, two key aspects of the union’s bargaining platform to replace its current contrac...…
…Gov. Rick Snyder recently sparked controversy by appointing Bishop Ira Combs Jr. to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. Combs, a Republican and Pentecostal minister in Jackson, is well- known for condemning pro- LGBT legislation. However, Snyder said he appointed Combs because of his background in fighting for racial justice and people with disabilities. In February 2017, Combs outwardly opposed an ordinance th...…
…One LSA freshman, who requested to remain anonymous, said he has paid almost $200, and will pay about another $400 in courts costs and up to $1,000 in probation fees. He also has to complete five days of community service, and though the student foresees a judge accepting his plea and giving him six to 12 months of reporting probation, combined with regular drug and breathalyzer tests, the repercussions aren’t over. This ...…
…an LSA senior who helped lead the workshop, said the discussion was intended to challenge the belief that individual action is the best way to create meaningful change. Instead, Pham stressed the effectiveness of community activism. “How many of you have heard the phrase, ‘Be the change you want to see in the world?’” Pham asked. “With our workshop based on collective action and saying why individual action isn’t enough, the m...…
…E NGINE E RING CARE E R FAIR University of Michigan alum Darren Criss won his first Emmy during the award show Monday night, but he assured the University of Michigan community he still hasn’t forgotten his roots. “Congratulations to all of you, thank you to the Television Academy and Go Blue!” Criss ended his acceptance speech. Criss graduated in 2009 from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance with a Bachelor of Fine Arts ...…
…administration informed her if she taught a course on the history of photography, she would not be allowed to show images of sex, children, violence, drugs or “complicated emotional imagery.” Poor scheduled a meeting with the prison warden and another department secretary and, after describing her curriculum, was granted permission to teach the class as she originally intended. The men in the facility were not allo...…
…2A — Monday, March 19, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TUESDAY: By Design FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History News THURSDAY: Twitter Talk MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers ROSEANNE CHAO/Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, November 19, 2018— 3A A headline from The Michigan Daily reads “Conservative commentator Steven Crowder critiques erasure of conservative voices on campus.” As a photographer for The Daily, my editor assigned me to cover a live taping of his show, Louder with Crowder, on Oct. 25 at the Power Center. Crowder had the nerve to claim “no one is othered on college ca...…
…with whom he exchanged explicit photos. In addition to his online messaging, Hoeltzel was under investigation for engaging in sexual acts with a patient, whom he was allegedly over-medicating for rheumatoid arthritis. The patient was also diagnosed with various mental health illnesses. Though only charged last year, Hoeltzel was investigated by University of Michigan police in 2006 amid complaints from a mother of an 11-ye...…
…know where I was from,” Offendum said. “When I’d tell them I was from Syria, I’d get a weird joke about breakfast cereal or something. Now you can’t turn on the news without hearing about it at least once a day.” Rackham student Yahya Alami Hafez, a graduate student instructor for Introduction to Arab-American Studies, said Offendum’s presentation showed how current artistic mediums such as rap actually trace back to a ...…
…As the years have gone by, I have come to realize that “Sex and the City” is a lot like a cool aunt. For the sake of the analogy, imagine this aunt is white. As a child, you thought this aunt was glamorous, witty and exciting, but as you’ve matured, the façade crumbled. In reality, this aunt is not as smart as she thinks she is, she disguises prejudice as humor, and fetishizes Black men uncomfortably too much to be as colorblind ...…
…It is Feb. 16 at the time I am writing this. To some of you, today will have been just another Friday. To me and others, however, today is New Year’s Day, a time not only for festivities, but also reflection. Recently, the political correctness of “Chinese New Year” has been called into question, and I wanted to take this opportunity to share my thoughts on the issue and explore its relation to my own identities. Let us travel b...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 19, 2018 — 3 SARAH KUNKEL/Daily “The Comforter,” an art instillation by Patricia Piccinini, is featured in the University of Michigan Museum of Art. THE COMFORTE R Feb 2, 2018 White Card.” The economics of theater, as described by Carl, is often centered around the reality that the primary consumers of theater are white. “It has been an interesting learning curve for me...…
…O n Tuesday, e-cigarette maker Juul announced it would remove their fruit-flavored products from store shelves, caving into pressure from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A week earlier, Florida voted to ban indoor vaping through, of all things, a constitutional amendment that also banned offshore drilling. Needless to say, this November has been a rough month for Juul and other e-cig companies. While this is by no means a...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Emma Chang Ben Charlson Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students ...…
…W hen I arrived at the University of Michigan at the beginning of freshman year, my friends and I discovered Bird electric scooters on the Diag. I’d never ridden e-scooters since they had not yet made it to my native New York City, where Citi Bike and Uber reign supreme. “Pick up and drop off anywhere,” the app promised, for only 15 cents per minute. We took them for a spin. Soon we were hooked. We used Bird to get to class on...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, March 19, 2018 What’s next? Time for Michigan to lead on climate change TYLER FITCH | OP-ED MomentUM’s platform shows a distinct and comprehensive commitment to change through policy. Divided into the subgroups of health, academic affairs, student life and government relations, the party’s platform has proposed effective changes in some of the most- pressing is...…
…I hope I speak for a lot of people somewhat left of center when I say that the Republican Party’s capability for hypocrisy can be amazing — we’ve spent years listening to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY., grumble about spendthrift Democrats, and those of us from the South and Midwest have heard a thousand different ways the communist, Muslim, socialist, President Barack Obama was going to waste our tax money. And then — just ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, January 19, 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 signed a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 19, 2018 — 5A By Jerry Edelstein ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/19/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/19/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, November 19, 2018 ACROSS 1 Fast plane 4 Sultan’s group 9 Prickly seedcase 12 Organ with a hammer and anvil 13 Puts money away, as for retirement 15 Opposi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — 5A I always wanted to be Mac Miller. He was effortlessly cool, his cockiness somehow charming through his willingness to be publicly imperfect. His music was easy-going and kind, an impression confirmed repeatedly by those who knew him personally. He possessed sensitive indie proclivities (e.g. the “Nikes On My Feet” video opens with a sni...…
…From enigmatic plot to disconcerting characters, normality is but a common thread in Katya Apekina’s debut novel, “The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish.” Coming from a mother who swallows her loved ones whole and a narcissistic father, two daughters are torn between the chaotic obsessions and depressions of their parents. After Edith and Mae’s mother, Marianne, attempts to hang herself they are taken under the wing of thei...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 19, 2018 — 5 I love period dramas. I love everything about them: gorgeous cinematography of old cities, scores with music I’ve come to associate with growing up despite it being much before my time, transatlantic accents when appropriate. I love thinking about all of the work that goes into making sure they’re true to the times they’re portraying. It’s fun to trace ...…
…ALBUM REVIEW After almost three years, the British folk band Mumford and Sons steps back into the spotlight with their new album Delta. However, after eagerly awaiting the band’s return since their 2015 release Wilder Mind, which featured a stronger pop-vibe to the band’s trademark folk, Delta is lackluster and disappointing. Mumford and Sons seem to be in the midst of an identity crisis, almost completely losing touch with the...…
…ACROSS 1 Most populous città in Italia 5 Vintage photo tone 10 Scheming 14 “Are you __ out?” 15 Tidies text 16 Scattered, as seeds 17 Ladled party drink 19 Vast landmass 20 Island near Maui 21 “__ a Lady”: Tom Jones hit 23 It blows things up 24 CPR pro 25 Cigarette brand featured on “Mad Men” 29 Ingredient in a Florentine dish 31 Ancient Aegean region 32 Notice 33 Crossword- solving Simpson 36 WWI pistol 37 Martial arts level 40 Happe...…
…The Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre was buzzing with excitement, as the audience was antsy to see another spectacular performance put on by the University’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD). The energy in the room bounced off the bright red curtain that fell so elegantly, covering the floral, colorful, ’60s flower-power set of “Sweet Charity.” “Sweet Charity” is a musical based on an original screenplay by Frederico Fellini, writt...…
…is hard to come by. That being said, for what it is, it’s not bad. “I Can Only Imagine” is more than marginally entertaining for those who don’t know who Bart Millard is, and it’s easy to imagine it being a great night at the movies for those people out there who can belt every note of Millard’s songs. Quaid gives his usual performance, elevating what otherwise would’ve been a one-note character to someone who seems to have...…
…TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 4-5:30 PM Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre 911 N. University Avenue WALLACE HOUSE PRESENTS BRET STEPHENS NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST Co-sponsored by U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts wallacehouse.umich.edu FREE SPEECH AND THE NECESSITY OF DISCOMFORT “I don’t really know, actually,” said Aaron Maine, the mastermind behind Porches, taking a long, patient pause. “I don’t even know how to describe i...…
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…One more to go Michigan heads to Columbus next weekend for the biggest game of the year. The reality is stark: The Wolverines cannot afford to lose. » Page 2B Sky is the limit The Wolverines ran through the Hall of Fame Tip-Off this weekend with two blowout wins, displaying their potential for this season. » Page 3B SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 19, 2018 Design by Jack Silberman Alexis Rankin & Car...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — 7A Paye striking balance between present and future Kwity Paye recognized the trickery right away. He wasn’t fooled. Southern Methodist’s offensive line stood still, hoping to confuse the Michigan defensive line so the Mustangs could get a quick play off. Paye was undeterred, turning the corner with his elite speed on full display as the quarterb...…
…OCTOBER 19, 2018 Preview of the 2018-2019 Michigan Hockey Team Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy …
…So sweet Jordan Poole’s shot to send Michigan on to the Sweet Sixteen may have looked familiar » Page 3B Gone dancing The second-seeded Michigan hockey team will face No. 3 seed Northeastern in the first round of the NCAA tourney » Page 4B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | March 19, 2018 B Evan Aaron / Daily Design by Jack Silberman Madness. SPORTSMONDAY …
…MIKE PERSAK Managing Sports Editor B1G upsets No. 18 Michigan swept No. 1 Notre Dame, bolstering its resume for the NCAA Tournament. » Page 4B Sweet Senior Day Michigan’s senior class showed just how special it is in the team’s 74-62 win over Ohio State. » Page 2B Poole’s hot shooting helps Michigan pull away from OSU Jordan Poole has had big performances before. The freshman guard scored 19 against Indiana,...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 19, 2018 — 7 Amid momentum and improvement, Michigan set to face Penn State The Michigan hockey team faced the first real undertaking of its 2017-18 campaign on its third weekend. The Wolverines walked away from that weekend in State College, Pa. establishing themselves as a conference contender by splitting their series with Penn State — and were just an overtime away ...…
…2B — November 19, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For better or worse, this is it Y ou’ll read this sentiment several times this week: The Michigan football team will play Ohio State — its biggest rival — Saturday, with a chance to keep its dreams alive. The Wolver- ines can exor- cise their Big Ten Cham- pionship demons, their can’t- beat-the-Buckeyes demons and continue their trek toward rising to the ...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines finish sixth at East and West Match Play Challenge Sunday through Tuesday, the Michigan women’s golf team hosted its season opener at one of the team’s two home courses — Radrick Farms Golf Course. At times, it appeared the Wolverines had the home field advantage. During Monday’s match play round, Michigan was tied with Texas A&M with only ...…
…Friday, October 19, 2018 // FACEOFF 2018 2B Vermont Waterloo (ex.) U.S. NTDP (ex.) Western Michigan at Western Michigan St. Lawrence at Lake Superior State Notre Dame at Penn State Wisconsin at Michigan State Michigan State Minnesota Great Lakes Invitational Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 26, 27 Nov. 2, 3 Nov. 9, 10 Nov. 16, 17 Nov. 23, 24 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 7, 8 Dec. 30, 31 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 11, 1...…
…2B — Monday, March 19, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Putting a spotlight on women’s sports In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily launches a series aimed at telling the stories of female ath- letes, coaches and teams at the University from the per- spective of the female sports writers on staff. Former managing sports edi- tor Betelhem Ashame kicks off the series with this column. T ...…
…June 19, 2016 May 25, 2017 March 5, 2018 A basketball game was played Sunday. Some guys shot baskets — some went in, others didn’t. The team wearing maize jerseys scored more points than the guys donning scarlet and left Crisler Center significantly more pleased. But for Austin Hatch and John Beilein, Sunday — Senior Day — was about so much more than basketball. Sunday was emblematic of the true meaning of sports, a foundati...…
…8 — Friday, January 19, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SHUCKED LINCOLN – The Michigan men’s basketball team ended its game with the Nebraska crowd chanting its best player’s name. They were mocking junior forward Moritz Wagner. The normally brash star had no answer. He scored just two points all game. So, with the crowd openly making fun of him, Wagner could only smile and shake his head. It was a particular...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday November 19, 2018 — 3B Michigan wins Hall of Fame Tip-off Tournament UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The first half of Sunday’s game started and ended the same way: junior center Jon Teske catching Providence’s defense napping and throwing down an easy dunk. That set the tone for the rest of the game. Though it was close at the beginning, the No. 18 Michigan men’s basketball team (5-0 ove...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 The nativist next door …
