…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 ...…
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…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, 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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 20, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Diag was occupied by more than 30 students Tuesday night participating in the first “One Night Without a Home” sleep-out in Ann Arbor. The event, hosted by the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, as well as student activist organizations MReach and CURIS - Public Health Advocacy, comes as one of many...…
…The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents met for their first meeting of the 2019-2020 school year Thursday. Regents Jordan Acker (D) and Michael Behm (D) were not present, and chair Ron Weiser (R) arrived late. University President Mark Schlissel began the meeting by thanking E. Royster Harper, vice president for Student Life, for her time at the University. Harper announced her retirement this week. “After an amazing f...…
…Thursday, June 20, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 114 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR My name Subarna Bhattacharya shares sentiments behind her Bengali name, which trans- lates to “the color of gold” >> SEE PAGE ...…
…Before “The Weinstein Effect: Breaking the Stories that Spurred a Movement” event hosted by the Wallace House, The Michigan Daily sat down with journalists Ronan Farrow and Ken Auletta to discuss their roles in reporting on Harvey Weinstein and where they see the next cultural reckoning coming from. The Michigan Daily: When you first started investigating Harvey Weinstein, did you ever envision the magnitude of the cultural rec...…
…Amid objections from community activists, Ann Arbor City Council moved forward Tuesday with a proposed amendment to allow for a waiver of restrictions on the eligibility of city employees to sit on the police oversight commission. The amendment will be addressed at a second reading during the next council meeting. The 2014 shooting of Aura Rosser by an Ann Arbor Police officer provoked months of debate and protest, eve...…
…At the end of each semester, University of Michigan students are asked to submit evaluations for the courses they have taken in that term. One of the most important metrics for introductory- level courses is how much interest they generate in the field. Rankings are based on the percentage of students who answered some form of “yes” when asked, “Did this course increase interest in the field?” The top results for introduct...…
…When LSA senior Sophia Georginis interviewed for a summer job at Comedy Central last year, then studying screen arts and cultures at the University of Michigan, she was asked was to define her major. Georginis explained she studied film, television and media and ended up getting the job, but realized her department’s name presented a significant obstacle to employment. “Screen arts and cultures to a lot of employers didn’t r...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 20, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 94 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . ...…
…University of Michigan hockey players will suit up Friday evening for the first time on the newly coined Red Berenson Ice Rink. The University’s Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday to name the rink at Yost Ice Arena after Berenson, who served as the team’s coach for 33 seasons and retired this summer. The rink will feature his signature through the end of the calendar year, while center ice will change to display Ber...…
…In light of racist comments written on Black students’ doors this past weekend in West Quad, many students are unhappy with University President Mark Schlissel’s apparent silence. Though Schlissel tweeted a response Sunday evening to the writings — where students found “N-----” written on their dorm door name tags — Schlissel has since not spoken outwardly about the racism and any action the University would plan to take ...…
…ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Thursday, July 20, 2017 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS .................................... SUDOKU................................ OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SPORTS................................. 2 2 4 6 8 10 Vol. CXXVII, No. 78| © 2017 The Michigan Daily ...…
…Beginning as a collection of anecdotal interviews with more than 200 women in 1996, The Vagina Monologues has since evolved over time to include more diverse storylines, actors and sexualities in order to be representative of the full spectrum of the female experience. More than 100 students gathered Friday and Saturday night inside Rackham Auditorium to watch the University’s fifth-annual production ...…
…The University of Michigan Hillel, the Black Student Union and NOiR fashion runway hosted an open Shabbat dinner Friday evening, followed by a conversation about intersectionality and activism facilitated by Yavilah McCoy, an African-American Jewish activist and educator. This event was a follow up to Thursday evening’s event, where McCoy spoke on similar topics. Hillel’s weekly Shabbat dinners are normally attend...…
…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 ...…
…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 ...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 20, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan swept Big Ten opponents in both baseball and softball » INSIDE Sweeps ADMINISTRATION Major ‘U’ supporter A. Alfred Taubman dead at 91 Detroit area developer donated millions to architecture school, biomedical research By SHOHAM GEVA Daily News Editor A. Alfred Taubman, one of the top ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 20, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM SAN PHAM/Daily S. Jack Hu, interim vice president of research, speaks about annual research funding at the University’s Board of Regents meeting at the Michigan Union Thursday. ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENT ICE HOCKEY STUDENT GOVERNMENT Aaron Dworkin to be next School of Music, Theatre & Dance dean By ALLA...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 20, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Regents held closed strategic session in Jan. Professor talks presence of Muslims in African history Task force holds open forum about honor code RUBY WALLAU/Daily (LEFT) Newly appointed chief financial officer Kevin Hegarty attends the February Regents’ Meeting in the Anderson Room at the Union Thu...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 20, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Discussions, panels kick off week-long symposium on race and social justice By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter Instead of attending classes Monday, University students and faculty honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by host- ing or attending various semi- nars and discussions to exam...…
…C4 i4IN6JV NH I )LT\NLYIFTHYL F t)T LIL F .HF1 ( Thursday, November 20, 2014 michigandaily.com GOVERNMENT State gender identity protections uncertain ALLISUN FARAND/Daily LSA senior Andrea Gillespie discusses sexual assault policy and campus climate at a roundtable discussion as part of the "It's On Us" week of action at the Ford School of Public Policy Wednesday evening Campaign toed sexual assault promotes diaogue Amendments to civil ri...…
…tct tan ah IIE 1) N I 'WIE' NT' Y FIF AR (F EITORIAL FREED) Monday, October 20, 2014 michigandaily.com L BOY. CAMPUS LIFE After 40 years, SSD discusses Schoolboy Q performs at Hill Auditorium Saturday. Dance Mar on kicks off ftmdraing with 5K inA Conference features student population is registered with the office, with learning dis- experiences of abilities listed as the most com- mon category. students with The 40th anniversary cel- ebrati...…
…(11je I £id~igan 40.aIVj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 20, 2014 michigandaily.com 'DIVEST Judiciary invalidates student gov. election ADAM GLANZMAN/D Students occupy the Central Student Government chambers in the Michigan Union Wednesday night to protest the body's decision to indefinitely postpone voti on a resolution that will call on the University to divest from a number of companies that do business with the Israeli military. ...…
…Iie llidjigan0aitj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 20, 2014 michigandaily.com ENVIRONMENT Lakes see highest ice levels after cold winter Eighty-five percent of Great Lakes currently frozen By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily News Editor As students return home for spring break, those who live in coastal regions surrounding the Great-Lakes could witness some ofsthe highest ice levels in decades. As of Wednesday, ice coverage acrosstheGreatLakes...…
…RACE ON CAMPUS BBUM goes viral on Twitter ;NIA LOZANC . Elizabeth lames, program manager for Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, speaks with students at a forum on race Michigan, Black Student Union and Students of Color of Rackham, at the Michigan League Tuesday. Forum confronts race relations Following #BBUM, students address how campus climate can be improved By RACHEL PREMACK Daily StaffReporter Following the viral #BBUM Tw...…
…~1ie ffi i an 0:aIlj Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 20, 2013 michigandaily.com ADMINISTRATION Forrest to step down from VPof research Cites desire to rejoin faculty, work on developing private enterprises By PETER SHAHIN Daily News Editor At the Board of Regents meet- ing Tuesday, Stephen Forrest, vice president for research, announced the University's com- bined research budget for the fis- cal year ending June 30 reached a record...…
… Thursday, 20, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Football seniors ready to lead team134 eekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com By ALEXA DETTELBACH Daily Sports Writer By now you know the story. Last summer, the Michi- gan football team traveled to Southern California for a lead- ership weekend - a chance for the seniors to grow off the field. And Michigan coach Brady Hoke was so happy with the results that he decided to do it agai...…
…E 1.11. )(1 1XN1 T 1 nr~F T{,r l I, i i \1 'A1 t. 1 .1) 1011 .Xi 11f) >1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, March 20, 2013 michigandaily.com STATE LEGISLATURE GOP aims to penalize 'U,' Wayne MCKENZIE BEREZIN/Daily Jill Abramson, executive editor of the New York Times, speaks to a crowd at Kahn Auditorium in the Biomedical Science Research Building Tuesday. NYT Bill fines schools that negotiate before right to work takes effect By DANIELLE R...…
…46F 46F 46F lc4loan 4,.)atlm tl 11 11, > t [i T l I, j4, 1-0 1"I'D iki {11, I ilE, .t1.1,'i Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 20, 2013 michigandailycom SCIENCE SCHOLARS GREEKLIFE Fraternity suspended for photos MCKENZIE BEREZIN/Daily Librarians Emily Rodgers and Susan Turkel honor the science scholars of the University whose work has recently been published and put on display in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library on Tuesday. STUDE...…
…~bc ffi idign 40a1j Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 20,2012 michigandaily.com FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Obama picks 'U' dean for science board ON DISPLAY Deborah Loewenberg Ball appointed to advisory body By SAM GRINGLAS Daily StaffReporter When Deborah Loewenberg Ball, the dean of the School of Education, heard her phone ring last May, she almost didn't answer. The caller ID read "unknown," usually a sign of telemarketers, but she picked...…
…1ie 1id.igt~an 40a IVa () F' - I I t IA i I li " "A 14 O R 1# L 1 11 1jA D .I J . ., . i i .. .': .£ i +"r ; 1, :.:4!XsF!r']cs3 ci3 7'te'.±iFsiL 'tiL.'" $ 3ffffi . '.S.r ty ." .., Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 20, 2012 michigandaily.com CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT CSJ: College GOP chair can keep job SAMANiHARGI/Daily Members of the Medical School community hold a vigil in Rackham Auditorium in honor of families whose loved ones ...…
…ONiE-ffidEN anF & i\j )O L LN I )(L ) [XY14" W() i L IS O )1 lW (t)I{I. hulI 1 ) ( Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 20, 2012 michigandailycom CAMPUS POLICE DPS to be evaluated for accreditation Spokeswoman: According to CALEA program manager Christie Goddard, 55 Jenson case won't university public safety agen- cies are accredited by CALEA affect process throughout the world and 28 others are currently undergo- By STEVE ZOSKI ing their f...…
…SIX-POINT SWEEP Michigan took down the visiting Wildcats in convincing fashion. a INSIDE Ube-H l EiFEiTian ) M Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 20, 2012 michigandaily.com STUDENT GOVERNMENT Second party S I*G V N splinters from MForward youMICH party to "In order to better serve the needs of the students on cam- contend for CSG pus and students like you, we are meeting with prominent presidency organizations prior for our for- mal dec...…
…Ann Arbor, Michigan REGENT S MEE TING Board approves athletic upgrades Yost Ice Arena, Schembechler Hall to be renovated By PETER SHAHIN Daily News Reporter The University's Board of Regents unanimously approved a host of projects at its first meet- ing of the year yesterday, includ- ing renovations to Yost Ice Arena, Schembechler Hall, the Edward Henry Krause Building Auditori- um and Northwood Apartments I, II and III. At the meeting, Stephe...…
…l N H l UN \\ E WNI T DIT A) 1 \l 11 DOM Ann Arbor, Michiganv Thursday, October 20,2011 michigandaily.com THE BANK COMES TO BLAU UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT 'U' student enrollment at highest number TERESA MATHEW/Daily Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank Group, speaks in Blau Auditorium at the Ross School of Business for the 2011 Citigroup Foundation Lecture Series yesterday. Zoellick spoke about the debt crisis and the bank's plan to ...…
…ie £iigyan 401aiIj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 20, 2011 michigandaily.com FACULTY GRANTS Three'U' professors awarded fellowship Profs. to receive ulty member at the Universitylast earned a MacArthur Fellowship $500,000 as - nicknamed a Genius Award - in 2005. Twenty-four Univer- MacArthur fellows sity faculty members, including Miles, Sanford and Yamashita, By CAITLIN HUSTON and have been named fellows since JOSEPH L ICHTERMAN t...…
…Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition 'U' changes study abroad policies, offers more options New policy allows students to travel to countries under State Dept. travel warnings. >SEE PAGE 2 There's nothing wrong with eating meat Find out why Melanie Kruvelis encourages it. SEE PAGE 5 Bonnaroo 2011 escapes reality Tennesse welcomes musical acts from Eminem to Arcade Fire at this year's oasis o...…
…SNYDER'S ONE-POINT PLAN: Republican Gov. Rick Snyder needs to focus on more issues than Michigan's economy. >)PAGE4A UbE ttlia0a~Ig Ann Arbor, Michigan_ HEALTH CARE REFORM . After health care changes, students now see benefits Thursday, January 20, 2011 michigandaily.com Students can remain on parents' health, insurance plan until age 26 By HALEY GLATTHORN Daily StaffReporter Nearly 10 months after Con- gress passed the historic health ca...…
…FEEDER SCHOOL TURNOVERS, Where do the students that mae LAPSES AND up the University student body come from? As it turns out, largely, LETDOWN the same places. PAGE1Cu Full coverage of Michigan's 38-28 loss to Iowa on Saturday in the Big House as the Wolverines head into a eweek. &I, . PAGE 1B belllidjigan&iaIVj Ann Arbor, Michigan STORES NEAR CONSTRUCTION Fifth Ave. lot project said to drop sales 20% Wednesday, October 20, 2010 michigand...…
…C Wednesday,c 00 / FEEDER SCHOOLS From Page 5 high yield rate. But the numbers remain incon- sistent for Malaysia. In 2009, a total of only four students enrolled in the University from the country. No students from Universiti Teknologi Sara even applied. A combination of small decreases in the numbers of enrolled students from other countries and a higher yield rate of students accepted has made students from these four coun- tries, primaril...…
