…After continued resistance from Ann Arbor residents, as well as several council members, City Council moved to once again postpone a decision on downtown developments. Many residents came to argue against several zoning changes on Broadway Street, seeking to defend the beauty and history of their town, and arguing for commercial rather than residential developments. With a zoning change, residents feared a high-ris...…
…Ann Arbor’s deer cull is coming back, and it could bring widespread park closures around the city. The deer cull has been a hotly debated topic among residents since City Council approved the procedure in August 2015. The proposal that passed outlined a four-year plan for deer management and the exploration of a deer fertility control program. “The directive from Council arose as a result of numerous resident r...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, November 21, 2017— 3 council members. Jack Eaton, D-Ward 4, and Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2, argued against the postponement and the project itself, saying the only reason to postpone would be to avoid the controversy, not for the developers to make any changes to their plans. “It’s the wrong direction for the opportunity that we have here as stewards of the future of our city,” A...…
…I n the past several days, my 92-year-old grandmother’s health has starkly declined, and she is currently in the hospital. The consensus among my family, based on what doctors have told us, as well as my grandmother’s chosen course of action, is that she is going to die soon. My grandma — my father’s mother, whom I call Bubba — is the only grandparent I’ve ever gotten to know. My mother’s parents were both gon...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 21, 2017 — 5 MONKEY PUZZLE MUSIC Sia did the thing every pop star does and made a Christmas album ‘Everyday Is Christmas’ is not Sia at her jolliest She sings about puppies & sings about snow but there’s no real cheer As an enthusiast of decked out halls, poinsettias and heavily ornamented pine trees, I’d assumed that Sia’s Everyday Is Christmas would be the perfect a...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, November 21, 2017 — 7 Wolverines force mistakes, ride them to upset There were nothing but smiles on the faces of the Michigan volleyball team’s players as they honored senior middle blocker and outside hitters Claire Kieffer-Wright, Katherine Mahlke and Adeja Lambert on their senior night. Ending a nearly eight-year drought against Purdue, the Wolverines (9-9 Bi...…
…8 — Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Katelynn Flaherty sets scoring record Every day after the Michigan women’s basketball team finishes practice, Katelynn Flaherty stays on the court and takes 1,000 extra shots. “I’m like, ‘Katelynn, we just had a three-hour practice,’ ” said junior center Hallie Thome at the team’s Media Day. “But no, it’s Katelynn. I mean, it sp...…
…Close to 200 University of Michigan students — including members of the Black Student Union and Students4Justice — gathered Wednesday night on the steps of the Michigan Union to protest racially charged incidents on campus in the past week. University President Mark Schlissel, University Police Chief Robert Neumann and other administrators met the group upstairs in the Rogel Ballroom, where students demanded answers to ...…
…2 — Thursday, September 21 , 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tweets Follow @michigandaily Michigan Students @UMichStudents MLA? APA? What are all of these frats my professors keep talking about? * @____Simone I’ve always felt uneasy about my sister staying on campus at Umich & now i see why Laurrrrr @L_Dougherty14 So thankful for my amazing professors at umich. Y’all are truly great. Berza @Bridoriya Walking ou...…
…Feeling like an outsider didn’t stop there. There were also the many times during school lunches where I dumped packed lunches or let them run cold in my lunch box. I would starve or pull out the few “appropriate” snacks for lunch I would have that included packaged crackers and sliced apples. The few foods that wouldn’t garner judging looks and wrinkled noses. How desperately I just wanted a brown paper bag and a PB&J sandwich....…
…A little too far from Chicago to be considered a suburb and a little too left- leaning for the stereotype of the typical Indiana small town, Chesterton is kind of an anomaly. Its residents are likewise a unique brand, predisposed to the tension between urban and rural, nature and industry, Long John Silver’s and the Hilton Garden Inn. As any other cliche-riddled small-town narrator would probably claim, a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 12, 2017 — 5 Arts RCA Foo Fighters find a new creative voice on ‘Gold’ Nine studio albums into its tenure as a band, Foo Fighters don’t have anything to prove. On Concrete and Gold, though, the band puts in a valiant effort to prove something anyway. The initial track, “T-Shirt,” opens with a gentle sequence of acoustically backed poetry that quickly segues ...…
…6 — Thursday, September 21, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Hopped out of bed 6 Challenge for Santa’s dry- cleaner 10 Medicine __, Alberta 13 OPEC, for one 15 Radius neighbor 16 Sworn statement 17 Measurement based on inflation and unemployment rates 19 X, at times 20 Tesla Motors co-founder Musk 21 “Inside Politics” channel 22 Poet laureate, e.g. 24 “Postcards From the Edge” author 28 Where Moses received the Ten C...…
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…The University of Michigan Senate Assembly gathered on Monday to elect three new representatives to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs and further discuss its official statement regarding the University’s views on transgender bathroom policies. The meeting began with a presentation of the resolution SACUA drafted earlier this month that states all members of the campus community should have the right ...…
…2 — Tuesday, March 21, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News President Donald Trump’s presidency is considered illegitimate by 57 percent of young adults, according to a poll conducted by GenForward. Among those who were surveyed, a slight majority of white voters age 18 to 30 found Trump’s presidency to be legitimate. However, within that group, 55 percent said they disapprove of his efforts as president. ...…
…Diversity The candidates all stressed the importance of on-campus diversity to their platforms, and talked about the different ways they planned on approaching the issue. Sarkar and Jawad mentioned they have a wide range of perspectives in their party, and their initiatives are based on real experiences members of their party have had. While both of them believe they can not represent people of other identities, they emphas...…
…M arch Madness is about much more than 68 teams playing basketball to vie for a stupid trophy and bragging rights. It’s one of the largest spectacles in which the power of sports reveals more than just athletic ability. Over the years, we’ve seen stories of underdogs overcoming obstacles, coaches and players displaying the power of mentorship and, weirdly, how crazy the hoopla around college sports has become. We...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 21, 2017 — 5 ‘Belko’ puts on a pointless display of turgid violence ORION PICTURES John Gallagher Jr. stars in new thriller “The Belko Experiment.” Interesting premise proves chilling but empty, leaving viewers without answers to questions broached in new, violent thriller “The Belko Experiment” starts out promisingly enough. The idea of being locked in an office and force...…
…STAYING IN ANN ARBOR THIS SUMMER? APPLY TO WORK FOR THE MICHIGAN DAILY BUSINESS TEAM! DESIGNERS! LAYOUT! CONTACT JOBS.TMD@GMAIL.COM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED! ADVERTISING! RANDOS! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 __ torch: party light 5 Gone from one’s plate 10 “Eleni” author Nicholas 14 Nailed, as a test 15 Carne __: taco filling 16 Loads (of) 17 *Home of baseball’s Royals 19 Online journal 20 Te...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, March 21, 2017 — 7 ICE HOCKEY BASEBALL Pitching staff taking shape for Wolverines After a stellar performance over spring break in California, the Michigan baseball team could feel confident in its team, especially those on the mound. Highlights from the trip out west included the Wolverine pitching staff – led by junior right-hander Ryan Nutof – notching 12 strikeouts in ...…
…8 — Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Breaking down the Sweet Sixteen The Michigan men’s basketball team defeated No. 2 Louisville, 73-69, on Sunday — clinching a spot in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Now, the Wolverines will travel to Kansas City to take on No. 3 Oregon before potential matchups with No. 1 Kansas or a rematch with No. 4 Purdue, a team that Michigan has already beate...…
…Pink “pussy hats” lined the seats of Ann Arbor’s local venue Neutral Zone on Monday night where over 100 University of Michigan faculty, students and community members gathered to perform and watch performance-based art and comedy acts in a “Not My President’s Day” rally in opposition to the current President Donald Trump. The rally was organized by Bad and Nasty, an online movement that has organized and pla...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 KYGO & SELENA. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com WANT TO NAME A SUDOKU? GO TO TINYURL.COM/TMDSUDOKU Tweets Follow @michigandaily Coach Harbaugh @CoachJim4UM Alert & Savvy parenting when you get a picture of your kids on the jumbotron, feeling pretty good about myself. Matthew Ramirez @monomuted Popular discussion topic in Ann Arbor: “the weather is so nice bu...…
…of the event’s sketches and acts, which ranged from personal journal readings and comedy acts. Many of the actors were involved with the University’s Educational Theatre Company or were a part of the School of Art & Design BFA in Interarts Performance program. ETC Director Callie McKee was the Master of Ceremonies for the event and performed a recitation of a prose piece she wrote after the election. In it, she describes the emo...…
…On Feb. 11, after relentless student protests, Yale announced that the university would change the name of its residential college named after John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States remembered for his racist views and as a prominent spokesman for slavery. While there have been no similar protests about University of Michigan facilities, we recognize that there are buildings on campus named...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 5 Two young girls sit in a locker room. They are scared and unsure. One girl tells the other to punch her in the stomach — maybe that will suffice to abort the fetus growing inside of her. This week, Basement Arts presents Ruby Rae Spiegel’s “Dry Land,” in Studio One at the Walgreen Drama Center. “Dry Land” tells the story of an unlikely friendship that ...…
…ACROSS 1 One in a bad mood 5 Diplomat’s asset 9 Vatican-related 14 Memorization method 15 Patron saint of Norway 16 Nimble 17 High-tech bookmark 20 African language group 21 Winter bug 22 Cupid’s counterpart 23 Safari beast 26 Mystery writer whose Baltimore home is preserved as a museum 28 Office gossip 35 Moved quickly, old-style 36 Meat inspector’s org. 37 “Awesome!” 38 Office coffee holder, perhaps 39 Hard-rock link 40 “O Sole __” 42 1965 m...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 7 Michigan completes shutout over Baylor Junior Mira Ruder-Hook drove her shot deep into the court, catching her opponent off guard and forcing her to hit it wide. Though the match had been clinched for a while, Ruder-Hook’s win meant the Wolverines had swept their dual match against Baylor, 7-0. While Michigan was in control during the singles,...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Lin, Michigan go down to the wire to beat No. 15 Kentucky Kentucky’s Enzo Wallart prepared to return a serve from Michigan junior Carter Lin in the right corner of the backcourt. Wallart struck the return and the ball torpedoed back over the net, landing just outside of the singles’ sideline. Lin dropped to his knees and the rest of the Michigan men’s t...…
