…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 20, 2021 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 16 ©2021 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ARTS............................ 5 OPINION.......................7 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 michiga...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 20, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM University of Michigan students are opting to take math classes at other schools because of the reputation of the department’s classes being more difficult, students told The Daily. Students interviewed by The Daily said the University’s math classes pose a significant challenge and threaten their ability to m...…
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…Since the University of Michigan moved classes online March 11, both students and professors have had to adjust. For professors with families, teaching classes virtually and maintaining research projects has created unique and unprecedented situations when combined with childcare. Meghan Duffy, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology who has three children under the age of 10, explained that th...…
…A cook in the dining hall of East Quad Residence Hall at the University of Michigan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID- 19), according to an email sent by Alasia Tardy, East Quad MDining assistant manager, to employees of East Quad’s Blue Café. “The rumors are true … a cook in EQ tested positive for the virus,” Tardy wrote. The email does not specify the risk of exposure for students who ha...…
…Jonathan Vaughn, a former University of Michigan running back, has been camping in a tent outside of University President Mark Schlissel’s residence on South University Avenue for more than six days, as of Oct. 14. Vaughn, a survivor of late athletic doctor Robert Anderson, said he’ll stay there rain or shine until Schlissel and the regents commit to meet with him and other Anderson survivors. He is also spreading awarenes...…
…This article is the first part of a two- part investigation by The Michigan Daily’s Focal Point team into allegations of sexual misconduct against computer science professor Walter Lasecki and the University of Michigan’s handling of these allegations. It is based on emails, documents, notes and interviews with 12 individuals knowledgeable of these events. Content Warning: Sexual harassment and misconduct T wo investigations into ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, July 20, 2022 - Weekly Summer Edition ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 86 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 STATEMENT... . . . . . . . . . . . 3 MIC ........................4 ...…
…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2021 semester 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. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. BRITTANY BOWMAN Managing Editor ba...…
…When Engineering senior Aria Thakore and LSA senior Aastha Dharia roomed together as freshmen at the University of Michigan, they noticed a lot of their peers struggled with the transition to college, turning to their friends or to other students for advice. “We always wanted to be that ear for them,” Dharia said. “But it was really hard to sometimes have those conversations without having had those experiences.” As the ye...…
…Spring commencement is one of the busiest times of the year in Ann Arbor as large crowds visit town to celebrate with the year’s graduating class. For the past two years, commencement has looked a little different: the commencement was canceled in 2020 and was closed to guests in 2021. This year, however, there will be two commencement ceremonies, one for the class of 2022 on April 30 and a special “Comeback Ceremony” for...…
…2 — Monday, April 20, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — 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 September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275. University affiliates are ...…
…In the current University policy, students may take up to 30 credits in the Pass/Fail grading system, with some exceptions for major or distribution requirements. A common example of a course that cannot be taken Pass/Fail is the fourth- semester foreign language requirement, which LSA students must take for a grade to graduate. Students have raised questions whether certain courses requiring letter gr...…
…Instructors across campus are expressing concerns about COVID-19 protocols currently in place despite being told the classroom is “the safest place to be on campus” by University of Michigan administration. Among those concerned is Rackham student Ryan Glauser, co-chair of the Graduate Employ- ees’ Organization’s COVID-19 caucus, who told The Michigan Daily he felt no reassurance in returning to the classroom this semester. ...…
…The Ann Arbor City Council will vote on the proposed city budget for fiscal year 2022 at the council meeting on Monday night. A meeting was held on May 3 for residents to express thoughts and concerns about the roughly $470 million proposed budget. Covering issues ranging from policing to deer population control, the proposed budget contains many hotly contested items. Police The budget includes $155,000 for the Ann Arbor Indep...…
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…Tenured English professor Douglas Trevor, former director of the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and the Hopwood Awards Program, is not allowed to conduct office hours with his door closed or meet with students in off-campus spaces for the next two years. These sanctions were instituted in an April 30, 2020 letter from LSA Dean Anne Curzan. According to the confidential letter, addressed to Trevor and obtained by The ...…
…As a way to convince GEO to drop their demands, the University of Michigan is refusing to discuss further negotiations for salary and benefits, Patwardhan said. Patwardhan called the tactic “bad bargaining” and said the University’s decision will not distract GEO from issues affecting the community as a whole. “We can’t even organize around and that’s not the kind of thing that should be permitted as a tactic at the barga...…
…Content Warning: This arti- cle contains mentions of sexual assault. The University of Michigan’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center’s (SAPAC) 37th annual survivor speak- out began with a moment of silence Sunday night. About 70 U-M community members came together at the Michigan Union’s Pendleton Room to share and listen to stories from sexual assault survivors. The crowd fell quiet as attendees paid respect to those i...…
…The question of who will lead LSA SG comes down to code technicalities and a few social media posts. But for the four candidates awaiting the CSJ’s decision, they said in documents and interviews that the decision raises larger questions about power, politics, equal application of rules and free speech on campus. Who posted what and when? Forty minutes after the polls opened April 1, Bazzi sent two identical GroupMe m...…
…All dining halls began serving takeout meals only on Monday night. On Tuesday morning, students were told they must leave the residence halls unless they fill out a petition to stay by Wednesday 8 a.m., causing widespread confusion and stress as many rearranged move-out plans at the last minute. In the email sent by University Housing on Tuesday, students were told the push to leave campus was made necessary...…
…Ad The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 20, 2021 — 3 …
…The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a joint statement on April 13, recommending an immediate pause on administering the Johnson and Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine “out of an abundance of caution.” The ensuing 11-day pause was a result of six reported cases in which women ranging from 18 to 48 years of age experienced severe blood clots — a new condition known as thrombosis w...…
…For Highland Park, Illinois, or Anytown, USA LILLY DICKMAN Statement Associate Editor The morning after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, I awoke to the sound of rain. Instead of getting up to begin my day, I stayed in bed — a move foreign to my routine. I was sad and dejected, I lacked the motivation to leave the cocoon of my covers. So I lay and listened to the rain. I knew the universe was sad, too; its tears were rollin...…
…When this investigator first contacted her, Richter alleged that one of the first things he told her was that he was surprised she was reporting Trevor. The investigator allegedly said he had worked with Trevor after Trevor reported Richter and the other faculty member to OIE and — according to Richter — the investigator said Trevor was a “great guy.” One of the individuals contacted by The Daily confirmed that Richter shared th...…
…S upporting a small business can mean supporting environmentalism even when it might not be obvious. As local businesses in Ann Arbor shut their doors, students bemoan the loss of their favorite unique stops. Recent closures include The Local Bike Shop, Elixir Vitae coffee shop and Elevation Burger. With their closures, we lose not only some of Ann Arbor’s small-town charm but some of the city’s built-in environmentalism. Supp...…
…Arts 4 — Wednesday, April 20, 2022 WHEN I WAS approximately 13 years old I wrote a “The Lord of the Rings” fan- fiction. It never got past three chapters, mostly encompassing the moment Merry and Pippin are captured by Orcs until the rest of the Fellowship find them after The Battle of Isengard. It also never saw the light of day, and now collects dust in a 42 page document on my computer titled “Old Stories” that makes me sick to my ...…
…Observed by Muslims, the holy month of Ramadan sets forth a month of fasting, spiritual reflection and personal growth. Muslims are intrinsically joined together by group prayers, shared meals and charitable activities, propelling the meaning of Ramadan through connectedness. Exemplifying this connectedness is Dearborn, Mich., one of the largest Muslim communities in the U.S. Encapsulating the unique experience th...…
…E veryone treats it like a death sentence, even when it’s just a cough. Stores close their doors, people keep their distance. Most infected people don’t know they have it, so it spreads uncontrollably, eager to kill the moment it finds a compromised immune system. It’s not coronavirus, it’s HIV. The media, medical experts and politicians alike have shown us time and time again the federal government’s response to C...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, October 20, 2021 “Keep reading a little longer, not totally against your will.” So goes the Booker Prize-shortlisted “No One is Talking About This,” the debut novel from poet and memoirist Patricia Lockwood. I’ll cut to the chase: It’s a strange book. The form is stuttering and disjointed. The jokes don’t always land. The prose isn’t exactly prose. The fiction isn’t exactly...…
…4 Thursday, May 20, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION I once had an interaction with my high school physics teacher that has stuck with me ever since. During one of the weekly chats we’d have in her classroom after school, I wondered out loud why neither evolution nor the Big Bang theory were covered in the biology or physics curricula. My teacher explained to me that being in a town drenched in parochial ideo...…
…4 — Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Photos contributed by Jonathan Vaughn …
…7-Opinion Wednesday, January 20, 2021 — 5 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Artist Profile: SMTD senior Addison Tharp digitizes jazz Innovation in the performance community is not a new phenom- enon during the COVID-19 pan- demic, but what about here on campus? The School of Music, Theatre & Dance has a whole host of performers who have not stood by and waited for the pandemic to pass, and SMTD senior Addison Tharp is ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, February 20, 2020 — 5 You know those shows that have a season-ending cliffhanger that makes you scream to yourself, “HOW IN THE WORLD AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOUR MONTHS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS?” Well, it’s been years since the season seven finale of “Homeland” and somewhere along the way, I stopped caring. To refresh your memory, when we last saw Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes, ...…
…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Meet Annie Rauwerda, the U-M student behind Depths of Wikipedia Why I can’t (and won’t) shut up about season 2 of ‘Bridgerton’ MAYBE YOU’VE SCROLLED through your timeline on your favorite social media app and come across a post about odd Canadian traditions, animal-shaped breads or ancient Sumerian jokes — but did you know that the creator of these posts could’ve been in your discussion sec...…
…A s of April 2020, we can all recognize that Michigan is in a state of turmoil. The protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home decision in East Lansing, Mich. demonstrated the political unrest of some Michigan citizens. COVID- 19 has left our campus a ghost town. The fulfilling sense of community we once enjoyed dissipated beginning in mid- March. Not only are we facing unprecedented obstacles in co...…
…Friday, March 20, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I originally intended on starting this review of Eternal Atake with a discussion of all the good things that come in small packages, like smartphones, Danny DeVito and Mini Coopers (which aren’t even that great on second thought). I was somehow going to tie it all back to Lil Uzi Vert, the pint- sized Philadelphia energy bomb who is the rapper embodiment of ...…
…Wednesday, October 20, 2021 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In the Year of Our Lord 2014, I celebrated my golden birthday, turning 13 on March 13. And sure enough, the Pisces male, middle school version of myself was as emotionally charged, creatively centered and idiosyncrati- cally idealistic as I am now. Yet, a corrosive force, turning what...…
…4.2% of men experience nonconsen- sual sexual touching on campus; 34.3% of undergraduate women remain most at risk for experiencing nonconsen- sual touching and penetration on cam- pus; 17% of undergraduates, 26.4% of women, experience unwanted kissing and sexual touching prior to coming to the University; 6.7% of undergraduates, 10.6% of women, experience unwanted penetration or oral sex prior to coming to the University. 5 Thursd...…
…Jonathan Vaughn: a portrait of healing SARAH AKAABOUNE MiC Senior Editor The following story contains potentially triggering accounts and mentions of sexual assault. The University of Michigan made Jonathan Vaughn a man. And being a man is a complicated matter because manhood is the sort of thing that takes just as much as it gives. It can be unrelenting and unreasonable, hard to understand and discern, hard to tame and...…
…I waited a few days after watch- ing “Pieces of a Woman” to write about it. I wasn’t even sure if I was going to be able to write anything more about it than the non sequi- turs I’d typed into the notes app on my phone: “milk but no baby,” “spit- ting out an appleseed,” “unfinished bridge.” I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get in the middle of the cultural conversation about the death of the artist, delve into the twisted feel- ing in my ...…
…COMMUNITY CULTURE COLUMN ‘Caroline, or Change’ and the beauty in ambiguity SAMMY SUSSMAN Daily Community Culture Columnist COMMUNITY CULTURE NOTEBOOK E-boys and E-girls: a new, nonchalant counterculture GRACE TUCKER Daily Arts Writer 6 — Thursday, February 20, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Bruce Haight ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/20/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle ...…
…The sweet, warm scent of pollen is not the only thing that fills the air on campus during April. Along with its arrival comes end-of-school- year stress, fears over what to do after the semester ends and the dreaded backpacking season. After reflecting on the fall semester during course selection, I realized that I felt empty from a lack of music in my life. While I enjoyed the one-credit chamber music class I was taking and felt g...…
…The Strokes are a transportive band, not just in the tongue-in-cheek nostalgia of their stylistic references, but in the way their music can fixate you in memories. Of course, the music we hear at one time in our lives inherently grounds itself in our memories of that time, but this fact could not be more personally applicable to Is This It, the band’s bittersweet debut album, released in 2001. Despite the youthful, incand...…
…Friday, March 20, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com It’s hard to assess an album right now without the clutter and confusion of this unsure time seeping into the impression and coloring the music with something that wasn’t there to begin with. But the lyrics and sweeping orchestration of indie- pop band Circa Waves’s newest album Sad Happy is founded on that sense of confusion — the perpetual millennial and ...…
…E ach day, as I walk into the Ross School of Business, I face a similar scene. Upperclassmen, running around in suits like chickens with their heads cut off, trying to locate any source of a potential career gain: peers, faculty, recruiters or a “professional” cup of Starbucks coffee. For juniors, there is no better time than the present to start recruiting. For sophomores, they’re watching the clock gradually tick down to their ...…
…The month of May brings warmer weather and millions of posts under the Asian American Pacific Islander hashtag across all social media platforms. It is AAPI Heritage Month, a time for every Asian American and Pacific Islander to celebrate their respective cultures. AAPI commemoration was first officially recognized in 1978 as just one week in May, and the celebration didn’t expand into a month and didn’t become annual until 1990. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, July 20, 2022 BRANDON COWIT Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief From The Daily: Now, more than ever, we need to stand up for abortion rights *Content warning: rape, violence T he ...…
…Opinion S hould annual reports be published annually? For the University of Michigan’s Office of Institutional Equity, this is apparently a difficult question. OIE, the office that handles investigations of sexual misconduct within the University, estimates that their annual report for the fiscal year that ended on June 30 will be ready in mid-January 2021. The last report was published on Nov. 11, 2019. Spokesman Rick ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 20, 2020 — 7 As it entered the locker room at halftime Wednesday, the Michigan women’s basketball team had to catch its breath. The Wolverines just watched Illinois guard Brandi Beasley drive the length of the Crisler Center floor in five seconds, sinking a layup to give the Fighting Illini — the No. 13 team in the Big Ten — a one-point lead entering the break. I...…
