…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports February 20, 2017 — 3B Wolverines repeat as Big Ten champions As soon as it became official, 28 members of the Michigan women’s swimming and diving team — donning Big Ten Champion baseball caps and T-shirts — hurled themselves into the diving well at Boilermaker Aquatic Center on Saturday night. Coach Mike Bottom followed suit, entering the water emphatically with a victorious fro...…
…4B — February 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Trouble at the line dooms Michigan MINNEAPOLIS — Uncharacteristic. That’s how Michigan coach John Beilein described the Wolverines’ performance from the free-throw line. It was also how both redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson and senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. described it. It was that kind of night for the Michigan basketball team (7-7 Big Ten,...…
…As a result of a new partnership between the Ross School of Business’s Center for Social Impact in Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan- Flint’s Office of University Outreach, the sixth annual Social Impact Challenge will take place in Flint this semester instead of Detroit. In previous years, the Center for Social Impact has held its Social Impact Challenges in Detroit, where teams partnered with different ...…
…NEW PREZ. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, January 20, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The University of Michigan offers one of the best all-around sports experiences in the country, with Michigan Stadium, Yost Ice Arena and Crisler Center each listed in the “Top 100 Stadium Experiences of 2016,” according to website and magazine “Stadium Journey.” The list, which evaluated the fan experience at...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 20, 2017 — 3 students @ michigan median family income of a student is 1 in 10 students are from the top 1% of income distribution $154,000 UofM Students Social Mobility and Michigan was ranked last in overall social mobility among highly selective public colleges share of students from the top 1% #1 - Michigan 9.3% #2 - UT Austin 5.4% #3 - Georgia ...…
…I am pretty good at keeping my personal information private, so I tend not to think of my banking app as part of my online presence. Still, it somehow found a way to fit into how I present myself online. Namely, when I log in to my banking app, it prompts me with a phrase and image that I can confirm are indeed associated with my account — an account I made at age 16 and have not altered since. The image and phras...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 20, 2017 — 5 The Flaming Lips’ new album inventive, dreamy While the band’s latest offering is uneven relative to past releases, the psychedelic project shows a group still grounded in innovation If nothing else, The Flaming Lips are known for their experimental ventures into the world of psychedelic rock. Some of these leaps have turned out extremely well in the past...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Quick 6 Zurich-based sports org. 10 Dis 13 Metaphorical title word in a McCartney- Wonder hit 14 Major composition 15 Dr Pepper Museum city 16 Played hooky from the office? 18 Journalist/author Larson 19 Telegram period 20 Long in the tooth 21 Texas-Louisiana border river 23 “Without further __ ... ” 25 Taco toppings 26 Was sorry to have set the alarm? 31 Random selectio...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 20, 2017 — 7 Wolverines drop first dual meet since 2010 The last time the Michigan men’s swimming and diving team lost a dual meet, Rich Rodriguez was still the coach of the Michigan football team, Tik Tok by Ke$ha was the No. 1 song in America, Snapchat had not been created yet and the unemployment rate was at 9.8 percent. But with their 167-133 loss at No. 4 Indiana...…
…8 — Friday, January 20, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Behind Enemy Lines: Illinois’s John Groce After a narrow loss at Wisconsin on Tuesday, the Michigan men’s basketball team will come home to Ann Arbor to face Illinois once again Saturday. The last time the two teams faced off was back on Jan. 11, when the Wolverines fell to the Fighting Illini, 85-69, in Champaign. Senior guard De...…
…Wednesday afternoon, more than 40 people — the majority from the University of Michigan Romance Language and Literature Department — participated in a demonstration on the Diag as a part of the “Ni Una Menos” movement, with the aim of exposing violence toward women in Latin America and the United States. The event was one of many of its kind that took place Wednesday across the United States to commemorate the ...…
…2A — Thursday, October 20, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Corey Seeman @cseeman Red-Tailed Hawk swooping past a student at the Law Quad today at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor @ umich #flickr Follow @michigandaily UMich Energy @MichEnergy Dioxane discovered in shallow groundwater at Ann Arbor neighborhood park UMich Catholics @UmichCatholics Hope everyone’s travels back to Ann Arbor are safe and eve...…
…Thursday, October 20, 2016 — 3A News michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily the Spanish phenomenon of “feminicide” — a concept, according to the Ferrari, that all too many Latina women are familiar with. Ferrari said the term is used to describe the unceasing deaths and acts of violence toward girls and women in Latin America. “It’s a global. It began in Argentina, but now it is everywhere,” she said. “And today, these ...…
…W hen most people throw something away, usually little attention is paid to what happens next. For most cities, the final resting spot of trash is a landfill, which is simply a large, coated hole in the ground for trash to sit for the rest of eternity. However, for Detroit residents, the final resting place of the most harmful elements of trash is in the lungs of the residents of Midtown and Poletown East. The city is ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 One of a pair in “Waiting for Godot” 4 __ ray 10 Where rds. meet 14 Frat address 15 Iris ring 16 Obama’s birthplace 17 Basic resting place 18 Personal guide 20 Start of “A Visit From St. Nicholas” 22 Common base 23 “Joke’s on you!” 24 Shoe fastener 27 Animal’s gullet 30 “To see __ is a picture”: Dickinson 31 Make subservient 33 Nincompoop 35 “Biggest Little City in the Wo...…
…6A — Thursday, October 20, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com F O O T B A L L S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 50.0 10.3 First Downs/Game 23.0 11.3 Rush Yards/Game 255.0 99.2 Yards/Rush 5.7 2.9 Rushing TDs 25 2 Passing Yards/Game 215.0 113.7 Completion % 62.6% 42.2% Yards/Pass 7.4 4.6 Passing TDs 12 5 Interceptions 2 6 Offensive Plays/Game 74 59.5 Total Offense 470.0 212.8 3rd-down Conversions 48.2% 12.2% ...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, October 20, 2016 searching for by Matt Gallatin Daily Arts Writer SCARED DESIGN BY MICHELLE PHILLIPS & AVA WEINER …
…2B — Thursday, October 20, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com EMI We’re gonna build a wall and Pink Floyd is gonna pay for it. Ten prominent rectangular windows, often coupled in twos or threes; a single, decorative glass eye in the center; two protruding columns announcing the porch; yes, yes indeed, this is, objectively speaking, relatively horrifying. I will give Wes Craven that. Choosing this house, as o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, October 20, 2016 — 3B Kerrytown’s Vintage to Vogue offers boho style V2V is the kind of store you want your closet to look like Walking into V2V’s Kerrytown location is like walking into a Bohemian dream. It’s the kind of store that you want your closet to look like, no matter what you normally wear. It’s cozy and impossibly cool, with exposed wood shelves boa...…
…W hen I was younger, I detested vegetables. My mom, always the overbearingly health-conscious cook (though I love her for it), incorporated a serving into every meal. I would hungrily await dinner, then remember that eating dinner also meant having to eat vegetables, and apprehension replaced my hunger. Broccoli with the night’s dinner? Couldn’t stand to look at it. A salad for lunch? I would rather lose TV privileges. Now, I...…
…While the population in Detroit has fallen over recent decades, the Muslim community in the Detroit area has grown, in part due to the influx of refugees. Sally Howell, director of the Center for Arab American studies and associate professor of history at the University of Michigan- Dearborn, spoke on the long, rooted history of Muslim communities in Detroit at her lecture Monday evening. “I noticed in 2010 that if you lo...…
…University of Michigan Theta Xi’s decision to host a concert with Detroit native rapper Big Sean in October has drawn criticism from a number of students on campus, as well as the UM Black Student Union. Students cited a prior incident of racial insensitivity from the fraternity in criticizing their decision to host Big Sean, one of the most widely popular Black artists. In 2013, Theta Xi planned a “Hood Ratchet” themed ...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, September 20, 2016 — 3 Recently, however, Wu and several of her neighbors — including the owners of Pita Pit and Mia Za’s — were compelled to sell their downtown lots to the Missouri-based Collegiate Development Group for a 13-story, 91-unit project targeted at student tenants. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of housing units in structures with a...…
…I got a job offer the other day and since then, I’ve been thinking about how annoying it will be that I’ll probably have to start shaving my armpits again. Since all the communist lesbian farmers in this town who want to put taco trucks everywhere have radicalized me, I’ve disowned razors and burned all my bras. I’m half joking: Sometimes I shave my legs because my leggings pull on my leg hair and it feels like when you...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, September 20, 2016 — 5 Stunning, jarring, intriguing, scary — all apt descriptors for hullaballoo that has been the lat- est iteration of New York Fashion Week. To provide some nuanced imagery about the past week, your Daily Style writers have compiled a few of their favorite collections that graced this season’s runway. Kithland Kith, for the most part, is a stark contrast from ...…
…HAPPY TUESDAY! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Pilothouse wheels 6 Sphere in a library 11 Cheering syllable 14 Use a broom 15 Lubricate again 16 Touchdown approx. 17 Adjusted sales figure on which some royalties are based 19 Bus. get-together 20 Gentle touch 21 Letter that opens with a click 23 Headache treatment 26 Concerning, on memos 27 Seasonal bug 28 Wood-finishing tool 33 Tennessee senator __ Ale...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 20, 2016 — 7 T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 53.0 15.0 First Downs/Game 23.0 15.3 Rush Yards/Game 197.7 140.0 Yards/Rush 4.9 3.6 Rushing TDs 9 2 Passing Yards/Game 254.3 156.0 Completion % 65.9% 45.6% Yards/Pass 8.4 5.9 Passing TDs 8 3 Interceptions 1 2 Offensive Plays/Game 70.7 65.0 Total Offense 452.0 296.0 3rd-down Conversions 48.8% 10.5% 4th-do...…
…8 — Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Abby Wambach visits Rackham Auditorium Many know Abby Wambach for her success with the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. Almost 11 months after the star announced her retirement, a new, post-soccer Wambach visited Rackham Auditorium on Saturday night to discuss her life after retirement and her new memoir “Forward.” She discussed her ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 20, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW From the Daily: Recall Gov. Snyder Organizations collect supplies, funds for affected citizens By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter In response to the Flint water crisis, students across campus are comin...…
…State of the State,” Snyder said. “I would like to address the people of Flint. I want to speak directly, honestly sincerely… The government failed you. I’m sorry most of all that I let you down. You deserve accountability. You deserve to know the truth and I have a responsibility to tell the truth.” During the speech, Snyder said he will release all of his e-mails pertaining to the water crisis as well as a comprehensive timelin...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, January 20, 2016 — 3A NEWS BRIEFS after watching the crisis unfold and realizing the far-reaching impacts of the contaminated water. “Our center has worked directly with the Flint community for over twenty years,” she said. “We know people who live in the community; they are our partners, our friends and our colleagues. We just wanted to be able to do something.” ...…
…Water and Sewage Department to the Flint River as an interim source. While it is true that Flint’s city council did democratically approve the switch to the KWA, there is no evidence show- ing the decision to use the Flint River as an inter- im source was made in any democratic manner, and instead was made by Snyder’s appointee. This misleading statement is characteristic of the governor’s handling of the disaster in Flint. Despite a ma...…
…January is the month for fixing things. For some, it’s a body fix — gym memberships are purchased, alarm clocks are set, extra champagne from New Year’s Eve is tossed out. Others set career- oriented goals — following up with job recruiters, making an effort to stay on top of projects, finally asking for that promotion (or at least getting your internship housing paid for over the summer). But there are other ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Yin Yang portrayer in “The Expendables” film series 6 Business 11 Covers with Quilted Northern, briefly 14 Shun 15 Portend 16 Christian sch. in Tulsa 17 *Trattoria basket filler 19 Cartoon Chihuahua 20 Lad of La Mancha 21 Union 23 Rural expanse 25 Make a bet 28 “I don’t give __!” 29 Karachi language 31 Nursery purchase 32 Scrapped, at NASA 33 *Railroad track piece 35 Atla...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 20, 2016 — 7A DAVID SONG/Daily Junior heavyweight Adam Coon (right) anchors a trio of wrestlers that have become known as “Murderer’s Row” for their dominance at the back end of meets. “Murderer’s Row” leads Wolverines By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer It’s not often that one can find three wrestlers who perform well enough to deserve a nickname like the “murderer’s...…
…8A— Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines prepare for Minnesota By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor Two weeks ago, when the Michigan men’s basketball team looked at its schedule, it held its breath. It was readying for a daunting three- game stretch of top-25 talent featuring then- No. 20 Purdue on the road, then-No. 3 Maryland at home and then- No. 16 Iowa in Iowa City....…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY JANUARY 20, 2016 …
…2B Wednesday, January 20, 2016 // The Statement OSCAR NOMINATIONS ON THE RECORD “Begging for acknowledgement, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power. And we are a dignified people. And we are powerful. Let’s not forget it. So let’s let the Academy do them, with all grace and love. And let’s do us.” — Actress JADA PINKETT SMITH on why she is boycotting the 2016 Academy Awards Ceremony for its lack of diversity ***...…
…3B Magazine Editor: Karl Williams Deputy Editor: Nabeel Chollampat Design Editor: Shane Achenbach Photo Editor: Zoey Holmstrom Creative Director: Emilie Farrugia Editor in Chief: Shoham Geva Managing Editor: Laura Schinagle Copy Editors: Emily Campbell Alexis Nowicki Jose Rosales THE statement I’ve always been the silent type. My mom once told me that she was in constant anxiety while she was preg- nant with me because, u...…
…Wednesday, January 20, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 20, 2016 // The Statement 5B By KAREN HUA Daily Arts Writer Editor’s Note: While some communities prefer disability first- language (“disabled person”), others prefer person first-language (person with disabilities). Terminology in this article is adapted to specific communities’s preferences. When referring to disabilities in general, the person first-language and d...…
…Wednesday, January 20, 2016 // The Statement 6B Student Life Spotlight: Disabilities on Campus by Emilie Farrugia, Statement Creative Director …
…Wednesday, January 20, 2016 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: The First Days W e’ve all experienced it — the nervousness and constant self- deliberation. Do I sit next to that cute girl or boy in lecture? Do I intro- duce myself before the professor begins her spiel or after? Should I gel my hair on the first day? Jeans or sweatpants? These are the constant questions that many college students (including myself) ask themselve...…
…At times, I strive to portray an outer image while my inner identity seems invisible. (ZOEY HOLMSTROM/ DAILY) Wednesday, January 20, 2016 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : S E L F P O R T R A I T S Members of Photo staff submitted self-portraits, finding themselves on the other side of their cameras. I can’t wait to graduate and be in the Peace Corps, hopefully with a camera by my side. After that I want to b...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 20, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Students reflect on progress toward goals, current campus climate By ALYSSA BRANDON Daily Staff Reporter As the Black Student Union honors the second anniversary of its 2013 #BBUM Twitter campaign, dozens crowded into the Trotter House Multicultural Center on Thursday night for a candid conversation on the la...…
…2 — Friday, November 20, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan women’s basketball team cruised past Xavier, 92-54, on Thursday night to move to 3-0 on the season. Jillian Dunston had a double-double in the victory. >>SEE SPORTS, PAGE 7 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Argriculture lunch panel WHAT: Three panelists will discuss the intersection of law, policy and ur...…
…among a list of illicit drugs used on campus, and that 11 percent of students in 2013 indicated they had taken the drug for a non-medical use in the past year. “We’ve seen a lot of our friends plagued by these issues and now that we’re in a position to be heard and we have the foundation to do something we want to do something,” Schafer said. “Personally, I’ve seen my friends misuse in so many different occasions in so many diffe...…
…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 Arts Friday, November 20, 2015 — 5 TV NOTEBOOK ‘Faking It’: the rule- breaker we all need MTV show goes beyond stereotypes in its characters By BEN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer “Faking It” has never gar- nered the ratings that MTV’s other realistic teen comedy series “Awkward” gained over the course of its first two sea- sons. There could be many rea- sons for that. To begin, it has an objec...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Traditional Islamic garment 6 Big fish 10 Literary group? 14 On the bad side (of) 15 Brazos River city 16 Skin malady 17 Primus or Helena, in a classic play 18 Tan relative 19 Cord for Ford, perhaps 20 One keeping tabs on the best man? 23 Preserve, in a way 26 Strict 27 Feed, but not food 28 Ready to pick 32 Court period: Abbr. 33 Abbr. in a footnote 34 Of a battery termi...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, November 20, 2015 — 7 What to Watch For: Michigan at PSU By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor With its conference title hopes on the line, the No. 12 Michigan football team can’t afford to look ahead when it visits Penn State on Saturday. A win in Happy Valley could set up a potential Big Ten Championship Game play-in between the Wolverines and Buckeyes in a week. But a winn...…
