…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 21, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM LSA freshman Noah Wolfson hadn’t heard of the University of Michigan’s annual fall EarthFest event, so he was pleasantly surprised when he saw, dotted across the Diag, stands offering sustainability information, donuts, apples and more. “To be honest, I actually didn’t know this was happening until I walked on...…
…however, the Regents continue to shower Schlissel with glowing performance reviews. “Our conclusion, President Schlissel is knocking the ball out of the park,” Regent Chair Andrew Richner, R, said. “From the outside, I don’t think we appreciate just how demanding and complex the job of the University of Michigan president is. I know this president spends 24/7 on his responsibilities.” “I have the most challenging, but th...…
…students absolutely love,” Rothfuss said. “I cannot tell you how many emails I got asking if they were going to be there.” This was Rothfuss’s first year organizing the event. She said many organizations returned to participate, such as Leslie’s Science and Nature Center, which gives animal demonstrations, and MDining, which teaches students how they can cook healthy food. The goal of EarthFest, Rothfuss said, is to ed...…
…O ftentimes when Americans think about a person exemplifying patriotism, they conjure images of a courageous soldier defending American values and protecting her country against enemies, foreign and domestic. If you take that same framework of someone acting with courage even when at direct personal cost, it is evident that Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, demonstrates this courage and ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 21, 2018 — 5A ACROSS 1 Harmonious groups 7 Maybelline product 14 Role for Miley 15 Sticks 16 Result of too many people fishing? 18 Customer file prompt 19 Lincoln and Grant had them in common 21 Meet halfway 22 Show of support 24 Religious music? 27 Buoyant wood 30 On point 31 ’60s protest gp. 32 Well-versed about sailing ships? 37 Exhilarated shout 38 Fencing gear 40 D...…
…“The Land of Steady Habits” opens with a mundane yet vaguely terrifying and seemingly endless supply of bath towels. And kitchen supplies. And toothbrush holders. All things that should mark a quintessential, white- picket-fence life in suburbia. Instead, there’s barely a shadow of this lifestyle and, in its place, are the scattered remains of a financial shark’s attempt to go rogue. Though interesting in theory, “Th...…
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…FootballSaturday, September 21, 2018 2B STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread for top-25 and Big Ten teams. Mark Calcagno Max Marcovitch Mike Persak Ethan Wolfe No. 22 Texas A&M at No. 1 Alabama (-26) Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 2 Georgia (-14.5) at Missouri Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia No. 3 Clemson (-15.5) at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Clemson Clemson Clemson Georgia Tech Tulane at...…
…3B TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: A conversation with Nebraska football beat writer Jacob Bova By MIKE PERSAK Managing Sports Editor In the softest part of its otherwise tough schedule, the Michigan football team has started to gain some momentum. The 19th-ranked Wolverines (2-1) have dominated Western Michigan and SMU in the last two weeks, scoring a combined 94 points. Now, though, things will begin...…
…THE Mark Calcagno, Daily Sports Editor TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com 4B Nico Collins and the light that switched I n mid-August, as he does daily, Nico Collins called home after football practice. Only this conversation wasn’t a typical check-in for the sophomore wide receiver. It was one his dad, Don, had longed to hear. “I asked him how he was doing,” Don said during a phone interview Thursday. “And he was like, ‘I...…
…5 The Wolverines had never heard of Collins, but just days after watching his tape, they flew staff down to Alabama. “Nico actually recruited Michigan,” Floyd said. “It wasn’t Michigan going after him originally, truth be told.” Collins first met Jim Harbaugh with a bag of Dairy Queen in his hands. It wasn’t long before the coach wanted some of his own. “Harbaugh just stuck his hand right in Nico’s bag, grabbed some fries o...…
…FootballSaturday, September 21, 2018 6B Breakdown: Michigan vs. Nebraska By MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Editor Michigan opens up Big Ten play with a matchup against Nebraska that seemed far more intriguing a few weeks ago. The Cornhuskers (0-2) came from 14 points down in their season opener against Colorado to take a 28-20 lead, then handed the game right back after true freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez left the game wit...…
…7B TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com find his open receivers early in the game, enough to put up 21 points in the blink of an eye. Martinez may not have the weapons around him nor the experience to do that on this stage. But he has the skill. Still, if Michigan’s defense can avoid the over-aggression that plagued it early against Notre Dame, you have to like its chances against a true freshman quarterback in a new system at M...…
…FootballSaturday, September 21, 2018 8B What to Watch For: Nebraska By ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer Big Ten football is in full swing in Ann Arbor. You can feel it in the air. It starts Saturday, with the Michigan football team’s matchup against first- year coach Scott Frost and Nebraska (0-2 overall). Prior to the start of the season, some expected a contentious head-to-head between two resurgent programs. For the 19th-ranked...…
