…Over the past few weeks, protests calling for action against discrimination on campus and nationwide have swept the University, drawing thousands. More than 100 times that number — about 110,000 spectators — watched the football team beat Indiana this weekend at The Big House, a place that can seem a world away from student activity on campus with its cameras and fanfare. This football season, however, student-athletes have ...…
…Football fans saw the fickle nature of Michigan weather this weekend when it swung from a sunny, warm 70 degrees Friday to a chilling low of 30 degrees Saturday, along with a dusting of snow on The Big House, during Michigan’s final home football game. Despite the cold, Michigan fans celebrated their 20-10 win against Indiana by taking to the field and making snow angels. Snow fell heavily during the game as well, forcing th...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, November 21, 2016 — 3A included rhythmic call-and- repeats such as “All these racist politicians we don’t need em” and “When Muslims are under attack, what do we do?” with the crowd responding “Stand up, fight back.” In attendance was the first SDS president, University alum Alan Haber, who graduated in 1965. In speaking to the crowd, Haber, a self-proclaimed “senior for...…
…A s an organic chemistry lab exam is fast approaching, the topic of studying comes up among a group of me and my classmates. How best should we prepare for the exam? We know we shouldn’t simply memorize the material but the temptation to just make up some flash cards and cram information into our brains for a short period of time is too great. However, what started as a seemingly normal collegiate conversation took a turn ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 21, 2016 — 5A FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Correct 6 Dr.’s visit 10 “No __”: “Piece of cake” 14 Farewell that’s bid 15 Societal woes 16 Weapon in Clue 17 It’s “down at the end of Lonely Street,” in an Elvis hit 20 Horse hair 21 Online marketplace 22 City in upstate New York 23 Business baron 25 Li...…
…6A — Monday, November 21, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com KENDALL JENNER In the words of Paris Hilton, “that’s hot.” Somewhere, on the night of Kendall Jenner’s 21st birthday, Paris Hilton laughed. Not because she was denied access to a club — although her track record is not clean of such incidents. No, that brisk November evening, Hilton laughed for all that she once loved. The outfit Jenner donned for...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 21, 2016 Michigan 20, Indiana 10 ‘The Game,’ at last Michigan-Ohio State is the biggest game in college football season, just like Brady Hoke always wanted » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Garden Fresh The Michigan men’s basketball team made a statement with two resounding victories and a championship in New York » Page 3B John O’Korn ran up behind De’Veon Smith and lifted h...…
…2B — November 21, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Somewhere, Brady Hoke is smiling I ndiana called a timeout, and then De’Veon Smith picked up the first down, and then the chant started in earnest. In the previous few minutes, there had been murmurs of it, as if those remaining from an announced crowd of 110,288 had been waiting to start it. Then, with just under four minutes to play, with the No...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday November 21, 2016 — 3B ‘M’ captures 2K Classic title NEW YORK CITY — For the past two seasons, the Michigan men’s basketball team has been thoroughly manhandled by Southern Methodist. Last season in Dallas, the Mustangs (3-1) held the Wolverines scoreless for the last 10 minutes of play to win, 82-58. The year before that, SMU won handily by 24 points. But Friday night at ...…
…4B — November 21, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Five Things We Learned: Indiana After redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight went down with a shoulder injury last week, the Michigan football team was already in for a challenge in its matchup with Indiana on Saturday. A mid-game snow flurry, though, magnified the problem immensely. The Wolverines trailed at halftime, 7-3, before senior ru...…
…Growing up on Detroit’s West Side, Walter Stevenson, an engineering junior at the University of Michigan, never saw anything wrong with the Detroit Public Schools district. From kindergarten through sixth grade, he thought all schools wouldn’t let students stray too far from the playground because it was centered in a rougher neighborhood. He thought all schools had books that were “not only outdated, (but) us...…
…TAKIN’ ON THE REAL WORLD. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, October 21, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily MYR Taylor Googling @mtaylorgoogling Is Rick Snyder handing out Halloween candy from his downtown Ann Arbor home this year? The State Business @bizatthestate University of Michigan Depression Center gets $10.8M boost Emily Gilbert @emilyhgilbert I’ve had 7 people yell “...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, October 21, 2016 — 3A Nursing school for Flint Several University of Michigan regents and chief executives broke into cheers after the creation of a new nursing school to the Flint campus was unaminously approved by the Regents during the meeting. Flint Chancellor Susan Borrego told the board that more than 19 percent of the UM-Flint student body studies nu...…
…4A — Friday, October 21, 2016 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com LAURA SCHINAGLE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. SHOHAM GEVA Editor in Chief CLAIRE BRYAN and REGAN DETWILER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, October 21, 2016 — 5A HBO “I couldn’t help but wonder, is divorce the new marriage?” There’s something to be said for dark comedies. The trend toward greater realism in the recent slew of fall comedies, like FX’s “Better Things,” could be an indication of the desire to see our own human flaws and everyday realities laid bare on screen. With HBO’s newest comedy “Di...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Deceptive operation 6 Work with a number 10 Deceptive distortion 14 Indulge 15 Probe-launching org. 16 Words often after a number 17 Place to take a 36-Down 19 Attire 20 Euripides drama 21 Cook books, say 22 Venomous reptile 25 Place to run a 36-Down 28 Horror film reaction 30 Way out 31 __ Throne: “Game of Thrones” monarchy 32 They may span decades 34 Tack on 37 Place to...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 21, 2016 — 7A Wolverines face in-state rival Michigan Tech It’s time for Tech week for the No. 11 Michigan hockey team, and not the theater kind. This weekend is the Wolverines’ yearly matchup against Michigan Tech, which they beat 4-2 last season at Joe Louis Arena in the Great Lakes Invitational Championship. For Michigan coach Red Berenson, these games have beco...…
…8A — Friday, October 21, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The legend of Spike Albrecht continues at Purdue It’s been 1,292 days since Spike Albrecht cemented himself into Michigan basketball lore with a 17-point first-half performance in the 2013 National Championship Game. It seems hard to believe that after all the time has passed since that legendary night in Atlanta, the 23-year-old is gearing up for yet ano...…
…October 22, 2016: Illinois …
…FootballSaturday, October 22, 2016 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2016 football season. Max Bultman Jacob Gase Kelly Hall Jake Lourim No. 6 Texas A&M (+19) at No. 1 Alabama Alabama Texas A&M Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 2 Ohio State (-19.5) at Penn State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Penn State Illinois (+38) at No. 3 Michigan Mich...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Illinois at Michigan Matchup: Illinois 2-4; Michigan 6-0 When: Saturday 3:30 P.M. Where: Michigan Stadium TV/Radio: BTN Michigan hosts Illinois in battle of former Super Bowl coaches The last time Jim Harbaugh coached against Lovie Smith, it was 2012. Harbaugh was in his second year as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, and Smith was in his ninth with the Chicago Bears —...…
…Before he made the videos that came to define game day in Ann Arbor, Pat Stansik wasn’t really sure what he was doing. In time, he would become known for showcasing the most comical revelry Ann Arbor had to offer. And as his videos spread, so did his cult following. But before all that, he was a transfer student. He lived at home with his parents, looking to find his way after his varsity lacrosse career had come to a close. In...…
…5 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Michigan experience. Most everyone knows about the football games, but for students, what comes before is nearly as important. “It’s not all of what college was about, not all of what the University of Michigan is about, obviously, because there’s a lot more to it,” Schwinder said. “But it does bring me back.” Now, the videos serve as a sort of time capsule for everyone at Michigan in 20...…
…FootballSaturday, October 22, 2016 6 Breakdown: Michigan a favorite again The Michigan football team is through the front half of the season with an unblemished 6-0 record. And only now are the third-ranked Wolverines getting fully healthy. They are coming off a bye week and, before that, a 78-0 road thrashing of Rutgers in which the starters played only the first half. Other than season-ending injuries to fifth-year senior corne...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: Lovie Smith As one of the rare football coaches who has had success at both the college and professional level, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh finds himself at the center of two worlds. Everything he does at Michigan seems to cause a media circus, but at the same time, pundits continue to speculate that he might eventually return to the NFL in search of a Super Bowl r...…
…FootballSaturday, October 22, 2016 8 What to Watch For: Kicking game, Peppers, Bushell-Beatty, Johnson Two weeks ago at Rutgers, the Michigan football team laid it on fast. By halftime, the Wolverines were up 43-0, and most fans probably changed the channel before the game was over. Saturday, No. 3 Michigan will play another low-ranked Big Ten opponent, but this time it will be at Michigan Stadium. The Fighting Illini (1-2 Big T...…
…The University of Michigan’s Spectrum Center and the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs hosted their second collaborative open house Tuesday to spread awareness about their activities and services for new students on campus. Program organizers Abby Chien, MESA program manager, and Mark Chung Kwan Fan, assistant director for the Spectrum Center, said they’ve started to realize more of the intersections of the two p...…
…around the significant problem that certain childhood cancers have in causing death in children.” According to the National Cancer Institute, cancer is the leading cause of death past infancy among U.S. children. An estimated 10,380 new cases of childhood cancer will be diagnosed in 2016 and about 1,250 children ages 0 to 14 are expected to die from childhood cancer in the same period. Opipari also said there is a need fo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Wednesday, September 21, 2016 — 3A Demario Longmire Toni Wang Alyssa Brandon Sabrina Bilimoria Christian Paneda Ashley Tjhung Managing Section Editors Senior Editors “Dipped in chocolate, bronzed in elegance, enameled with grace, toasted with beauty. My Lord, she’s a Black woman.” You may remember seeing this quote from Yosef A.A. Ben- Jochannan in a piece I wrote last ...…
…Forced arbitration: It’s a tactic used by corporations to avoid being held accountable in a court of law for detrimental, and possibly illegal, activities against consumers. Over the past several years, it has become increasingly difficult to apply for necessities such as an auto loan, a cell phone contract or even cable and internet service without being subjected to a hidden arbitration clause. Time Warner Cable, Comcast, ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 21, 2016 — 5A Helen Mirren appears on screen first, ready to introduce the 51st season of “Documentary Now!” as VHS documentary- esque music plays on in the background, almost as if to prepare the audience for an actual production. Unlike short, comedic skits that go for the punchline almost immediately, “Documentary Now!” is invested in r...…
…THERE’S A CROSSWORD ON THIS PAGE. DO IT. HAPPY WEDNESDAY! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Pour love (on) 5 Sledding spot 10 Work the aisles, slangily 13 Very familiar with 14 Not spontaneous 15 Howe’er 16 “Good Guys Wear Black” star 18 Haul to the shop 19 Sailor’s pronoun 20 Full of energy 21 Stereotypical Geek Squad employee 22 Mass-mailing tool 24 Post- performance celebration 27 Went astray 29 Pup...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 21, 2016 — 7A 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...…
…8A — Wednesday, September, 21, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines third after strong finish When the first day of the Inverness Intercollegiate wrapped up for the Michigan men’s golf team, the Wolverines weren’t where they wanted to be. After shooting a team score of 592, Michigan found itself in ninth place out of 13 teams. But Tuesday, the second and final day of the tournament, the Wolverines chan...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 …
…A t The Michigan Daily copy desk, we contour articles before they’re presented to the public — or, rather, the Daily Stylebook does. We comb through each article, checking for every- thing as obvious as getting the facts right and as seemingly insignificant as the use of a semi-colon, pausing repeatedly to consult the Stylebook. The final product stands alone, though stripped of Oxford commas and laced with abbreviated titles, an...…
…3B Wednesday, September 21, 2016 / The Statement S ometimes I call myself a “sonic youth.” It’s become a bit of a pet name this first month of school — a pep name, if you will — that reminds me I am still a crisp young gun, traipsing the sunny streets of Ann Arbor with as much musicality as possible. But also, I’ve been into Sonic Youth lately. Teenage Riot – Sonic Youth “Yeah, you’re it,” Kim Gordon begins the song whispering, ...…
…Wednesday, September 21, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 21, 2016 // The Statement 5B D ressed in a black cap and gown, walking across a stage in front of thousands of their colleagues with a sash over their heads and diplomas in their hands — people dream of their college graduation from the days of their youth. It is a day held in the highest esteem. The ensuing party, full of thoughtful gifts and congratulatory gest...…
…M y parents both graduated from the University of Michigan in 1990. My dad was an outside line- backer on the varsity football team in 1988, under legendary coach Bo Schembechler. My mom choreographed multiple productions each year for the School of Music, The- atre & Dance. They can both share anecdotes about working multiple jobs on campus and being involved in clubs. Each of them went on to complete master’s programs. They met in cl...…
…H e’ll be born in March. March is undoubtedly the best month for him to be born, because he can still be included in the elementary school calendar of class birthdays, he’ll share an astrological sign with Kurt Cobain and he’ll be mentioned in the same breath as both a lion and a lamb. His ears will be of equal size, rather than uneven and with a single, pointed side. This will help with his insecurity, but mostly avoid the cognitiv...…
…Wednesday, September 21, 2016 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P A Y N O M I N D T R Y I N G T O C A P T U R E A N D L I V E I N T H E M O M E N T This summer, I photographed about 20 or so concerts of everyone from The 1975 to Johnny Depp, and yet I don’t think any of them I would consider a favorite among all I have seen. Not because the performances were bad, or I wasn’t close enough, but because when you photogra...…
…One Hundred and TwenTy Five years OF ediTOrial FreedOm Thursday, July 21, 2016 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS .................................... SUDOKU................................ OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SPORTS................................. 2 2 4 6 8 10 Vol. CXXVI, No. 125| © 2016 The Michigan Daily ...…
…2 Thursday, July 21, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com LARA MOEHLMAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 larakm@michigandaily.com EMILY RICHNER Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 errich@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Bradley Whipple Managing Editor bmwhip@michigandaily.com Lydia Murray Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com S...…
…3 Thursday, July 21, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Profiles of faculty members, departments and research at University Medical School Ward 4 City Council race challenges incumbent’s leadership Researchers continue to focus on addressing pressing health issues By ALEXA ST.JOHN Daily Staff Reporter Last fiscal year, the Univer- sity of Michigan Health System saw more than 2.1 million outpa- tient visits. The p...…
…4 Thursday, July 21, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION LARA MOEHLMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF JEREMY KAPLAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR BRADLEY WHIPPLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Jolly to the grave JEREMY KAPLAN | OP-ED MADELINE NOWICKI Make America work again? CLEVELAND — After a Monday filled...…
…I was not super excited when I heard that Marvel was making a new Spider-Man movie. For a little while, I was holding out hope that Donald Glover would be cast as the titular role, but when I found out that Tom Holland, a pretty average looking white boy (no offense) had been cast, I mostly lost interest. Recently I got in an argument with my uncle, who is totally in favor of casting Tom Holland, about the relevance of a n...…
…6 Thursday, July 21, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Suits’ ill-fitted By ALEX INTNER Summer Managing Arts Editor Can anyone explain what hap- pened to “Suits”? I’m struggling to come up with why the show is still running and why they decid- ed to substan- tially remove the drama from where it was at its creative peak. This sea- son premiere didn’t feel like the “Suits” I fell in love with when it fi...…
…Art Fair Specials 7 Thursday, July 21, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS TV REVIEW Red card for ‘Ballers’ By SHIR AVINADAV Daily Arts Writer Booze, boats and women constitute the opening of the season two premiere of “Ballers” and characterize much of the ostentatious imagery of football in all its professional and personal glory on the show. Though the partying and excess depicted in “Ballers” ...…
…ACROSS 1 Alloy component 6 Twosomes 11 Time for preparations 14 “It was you,” in a Verdi aria 15 Word on mail from Spain 16 Unit of RAM 17 King of the Hill winner 20 Repeated phrase in Kipling’s “Recessional” 21 Certain balloter 24 “Milk’s favorite cookie” 25 Phil Collins’ old group 26 Grilling aids 29 Bigheadedness 30 Adjust for the new tax year 31 It’s rarely paid to a car dealer 35 Large merchant ships 38 Chihuahua cheer 41 Spread all over ...…
…9 Thursday, July 21, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS important. It’s supposed to be very hot during Art Fair this year,” she added. “And people should take caution with their pets too.” Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2), who served as a board member for the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair for nearly a decade, said the fair has grown considerably into a large-scale, significant cultural event for the city. “I would c...…
