…Every morning, the Michigan Every morning, the Michigan football team comes in to get tested football team comes in to get tested for COVID-19. They get a nasal swab for COVID-19. They get a nasal swab and then wait 15 nerve-wracking and then wait 15 nerve-wracking minutes for the results. minutes for the results. With the season on the horizon, With the season on the horizon, players must test every day, with players must ...…
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…michigandaily.com Thursday, May 21, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 114 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR A/PIA Leaders Recognizing historical AAPI figures who have shaped modern America for A/PIA heritage month >> SEE PAGE 8 ...…
…In an effort to assist the state of Michigan community groups and lawyers as they navigate the overflow of legal work related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of University of Michigan Law School student leaders formed the Michigan Law COVID Corps, a pro bono service with over 240 volunteers and student attorneys. The organization does not offer legal advice or represen- tation. Rather, volunteers offer assistance in the form...…
…Driving alongside cars and bikes at 15 mph, Refraction AI’s autonomous robot, REV-1, is making food deliveries for four Ann Arbor restaurants and The Produce Station. The deliveries reach about 500 customers who order their food and groceries through an app after signing up for a pilot program on Refrac- tion AI’s website. Refraction AI, based in Ann Arbor, was co-founded by Matthew Johnson-Roberson, associate professor o...…
…I magine coming home from the grocery store, twisting open the seal on a gallon of milk that you just bought and pouring that milk straight down the drain. It seems unnatural — maybe even cynical — to waste perfectly good nutrients like this. However, many farmers in the United States are now left with no other choice. Instead of turning a seal on a carton of milk, they are turn- ing the hatch on a 12-wheeler steel tank and dumping...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION A mid the pandemic, it’s dis- heartening to see our coun- try’s poor response to this public health crisis, and daily COVID- 19 updates highlight our nation’s inability to separate business and poli- tics from basic human rights. While most of the country has focused on bills like the Affordable Care Act and Medicare for All, this problem ulti- mately s...…
…COVID-19 has given the phrase “bedroom pop” a whole new meaning. High profile musi- cians across the world have flocked to video conferencing and streaming platforms like Zoom and Instagram Live to perform and chat with fans more than ever before, often from the comfort of their bedrooms. British singer and experimental pop superstar Charli XCX took this ascending intimacy between artist and listener and cranked it up to the max. Her ...…
…This piece is part of a series on “Art during COVID,” an exploration of art forms to keep our idle minds creative during this pandemic. With many of us at home, our minds have ample time to wander, wonder and create. This series highlights accessible and immer- sive art forms to both produce and consume during the pandemic months and beyond. I’m sure every Ann Arbor student remembers where they were when they heard the news that wou...…
…8 Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Asian Pacific Americans who shaped America In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the recent racially charged discrimination towards the Asian- American community due to the COVID-19 pandemic, below are several crucial, historical AAPI figures who have shaped America today. Many have used their outlets of entertainment, sports,...…
…9 Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR 1. I TOOK TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERIOUSLY How I broke up with my breakdowns ANA MARIA SANCHEZ-CASTILLO MiC Staff Writer This year I battled with psychosis and my clinical depression and it changed my life. I was confronted with some of my darkest demons. I felt out of touch with reality and my identity. Illusions and sensations became so terrifyin...…
…10 Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Wake Forest transfer Chaundee Brown commits to Michigan Just over three weeks ago, it appeared the recruitment of Wake Forest transfer Chaundee Brown was winding down when he released a final group of suitors that included Gonzaga, Illinois, LSU and Iowa State on Apr. 25. That didn’t stop Michigan coach Juwan Howard from trying to get his foot in the do...…
…11 Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS As others his age embarked on their final year as college students last August, Nadav Aaronson set foot on campus for the first time. The native of Ramot Hashavim, Israel was a wide-eyed freshman — at 21 years old. Aaronson found himself surrounded by new classmates who, at three years his junior, were the same age as his younger sister, and all had mostl...…
…12 Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Izabel Varejão’s epic journey through basketball Six-foot-four and cramped in the seat of an airliner, Izabel Varejão kept thinking, What am I doing, what am I doing, what am I doing? Mom? Suddenly, in that steel cylinder, the reality came crashing down on her. There would be no cousins in Cary, N.C. for her to lean on, and her mom was a 17-hour flight away. ...…
…Third-year Medical student Paris Rollins was in the middle of clinical rotations at Henry Ford Hospital, working 9-hour shifts in the Emergency Medicine Department, when she found out that the University of Michigan’s Medical School would be pulling all students out of rotations. “I felt this dread in the pit of my stomach,” Rollins said. “(The announcement) felt unprecedented in what could happen next.” Two d...…
…2 — Tuesday, April 21, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com At a press conference Monday afternoon, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the creation of a task force dedicated to addressing racial disparities in COVID-19 related deaths. 40 percent of reported coronavirus deaths in the state are Black residents, though Black people make up only 14 percent of the state’s total population. Whitmer said while statewide ...…
…Tuesday, April 21, 2020 — 3 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FINANCE From Page 1 Read more at MichiganDaily.com “So what we’re able to do is educate the public about creative arts that are happening inside prisons.” In addition, students involved in PCAP organized correspondence to people who are incarcerated, among other forms of activism and engagement. Executive board members for PCAP also created a mutual ...…
…W hile many parts of the world are now experiencing emotional darkness and instability, Israeli occupied territory is uniquely vulnerable to a coronavirus outbreak. With only four hours of electricity available each day, the lights have been out in Gaza for 13 years. In 2007, Israel and Egypt imposed a land, air and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip after Hamas took control of the territory, leaving Gaza’s ap...…
…Tuesday, April 21, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The funny thing is, oranges aren’t really even in season right now. Yet lately I can’t seem to get enough of them. My family has been buying sacks and sacks of oranges; I grab one every time I head out on a walk, the juice making my fingers freeze in the brisk Northeastern April air. Or I have one at 2 a.m., the orange residue working its way under my fing...…
…Tayarisha Poe’s debut feature film “Selah and the Spades” is an ancient, familiar story. It’s about legacy and vice. It’s about power — how you get it, how you keep it, how you lose it. It’s stylish and Shakespearean, featuring crime kingpins, bootleg rackets, snitches and plenty of stitches … but also prom, senior pranks and AP bio tests. As it so happens, “Selah and the Spades” is a mob movie wearing the clothes of your standa...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 7 — Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Sports ZAKYI, OSMAN From Page 8 Zakyi knows this easily could’ve been him. “I was one of the luckiest that went through and got selected,” he said. “I know there are a lot of talents back home that have so much potential. I know a lot of the guys that went through the tryouts, they all went back home and they go home to nothing. “That’s why it’ll always be ...…
…8 — Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com From Ghana to Ann Arbor, Osman and Zakyi don’t forget their past The ball was often makeshift, a few paper bags knotted together or a pile of folded clothes tightly wound by rubber bands. The children kicked it around with their bare feet, the bottoms caked with dust and sand. The street was their pitch, and the kids scurried in and out of oncoming...…
…The University of Michigan is freezing its fossil fuel investments — for the time being. On Thursday evening, during the University’s Board of Regents meeting at the Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse, University Regent Mark Bernstein (D) announced the board is looking into the University’s policy on investments in fossil fuel companies. New investments will not occur during this time. “We will not bring forward new ...…
…The University of Michigan’s brand new Center for Ethics, Society and Computing opened in January with the goal of addressing inequality produced by digital media and computing technology. With the prevalence of computing technology across almost every professional field and modern, everyday life, the potential for inequity and exclusion exists across many disciplines. The center aims to use University resources to better under...…
…GEO President Emily Gauld, a Rackham student, spoke to The Daily before the grade-in and described GEO’s disappointment with the University’s rejection of proposals for promoting equitable and accessible working conditions. “We spent many hours answering questions about the language and trying to start problem-solving,” Gauld said. “They were really trying to understand the root of the problem we were getting at, we were trying to ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 21, 2020 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and manage...…
…As enticing as a story about a manipulative mother who systematically poisons her daughter for years sounds, Stephanie Wrobel’s debut “Darling Rose Gold” manages to add an even more interesting wrinkle to this premise. It’s likely you’ve heard of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP): A child’s caretaker fabricates illnesses to make the child seem sick. This form of child abuse is a focal point of depictions such as HBO’s documentary “M...…
…6 — Friday, February 21, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/21/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/21/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, February 21, 2020 ACROSS 1 “... morning roses newly wash’d with __”: Petruchio 4 Jacket stories 8 Caused trepidation 14 Phoeni...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 21, 2020 — 7 In the fourth inning of Sunday’s game against Louisville, Michigan had trimmed a two-run deficit to one and was threatening for more with the potential tying run standing at first. Senior infielder Madison Uden was next in line to prolong the rally. But instead of letting Uden bat, Carol Hutchins opted for a change. Michigan’s coach looked down he...…
…8 — Friday, February 21, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Simpson’s 3-point shooting a boon For a while now, it’s been evident that Michigan coach Juwan Howard has transformed the Wolverines’ offense to live by one principle: If you’re open, shoot your shot. This wheeling-and-dealing style of play has led to a much faster-paced Michigan team that consistently runs the score up far past season averages of ye...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 21, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Activist Cheryl Brown Henderson delivered a lecture on the legacy of landmark desegregation Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education before hundreds of people in the Michigan League Ballroom Monday afternoon. The talk was part of the University of Michigan’s Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. Brown ...…
…Rina Agarwala, associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University discussed the history of Indian emigration at Weiser Hall on Friday afternoon. The Center for South Asian Studies hosted the event as part of a series on the history of emigration and how social class has shaped India’s emigration policy since its independence in 1947. Approximately 15 people attended the presentation titled “Managing Migrants...…
…“The city is not using metrics to determine how many deer there are in the city or how successful the program of killing deer for the last few years has been,” Abrams said. “So they keep renewing the (White Buffalo Inc. sharpshooter) contract.” Other members of FAAWN, such as Cathy Shafer, agreed with Abrams, saying she believes the city of Ann Arbor hasn’t progressed in reducing the deer population by conducting this deer cull. “...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students a...…
…A confused teenage girl sighs, “I think I might be broken.” Dr. Jean Milburn (Gillian Anderson, “The X-Files”) replies, “Sex doesn’t make us whole. So how could you be broken?” Though Dr. Milburn is speaking to one of the many students at Moordale Secondary School who comes to ask her advice, she’s really talking to you. This therapy session isn’t just for the sake of fiction. The message is clear and it’s meant for the view...…
…6A — Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Chase Dittrich (c)2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/21/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/21/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 ACROSS 1 Sound of disbelief 5 Feature of some debit cards 9 Ford Fusion, e.g...…
…VAN WYHE LEADS MICHIGAN TO DOUBLE OT WIN OVER NO. 6 PENN STATE, ‘M’ TAKES 5 OF 6 POINTS ON THE WEEKEND Alexis Rankin / Daily | Design by Jack Silberman UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Jacob Hay- hurst slid into the slot and waited. The graduate transfer forward saw sophomore forward Nolan Moyle with the puck, and he knew he was wide open for a shot on net. Moyle sent a pass up to Hayhurst, who didn’t hesitate as he released a shot that clea...…
…2B — January 21, 2020 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T he couch is taken, so Carol Hutchins pulls an ottoman out from under a table. Practice ran long, so she’s running late. There is little time for small talk. “What can I do for you?” she asks. She is here, in a team meet- ing room at the Donald R. Shepherd Softball Center, to talk about program-building, a subject on which Hutchins is one of the fore...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday January 21, 2020 — 3B UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Mel Pearson stopped midway through his answer. He bounced his foot on the press conference stage a few times. Then he blinked hard. He had just been asked about freshman forward Nick Granowicz, and his performance in Saturday night’s game. “He’s been really good,” Pearson said. “He’s been really good on the road.” Just moments ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday 4B — January 21, 2020 In Wagner’s eyes, slump boils down to emotion IOWA CITY — To Franz Wagner, the most pressing issue for the Michigan men’s basketball team is simple. It isn’t hapless interior defense, nor is it a winless road record. You can cross the team’s lack of free throws off the list, too. Really, it doesn’t have anything to do with the physical demands of college bas...…
…About 50 students protested Wednesday afternoon in the “Human Chain for Survivors” event on the Diag in front of Hatcher Library. The protest contested the University of Michigan’s interim Title IX policy requiring a peer-to- peer cross-examination in all Title IX cases, including cases of sexual misconduct and assault. The policy has been highly contested since it was implemented in December 2018. Roe v. Rape as well as t...…
…UMM A E XHIB IT 2 — Thursday, November 21, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News RITA VEGA/Daily A marble column from a Jain temple in northwest India sits beside a sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesh in the South Asia Gallery at the University of Michigan Museum of Modern Art. EASY © sudokugenerator.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku, Godoku, Samurai Sudoku and Killer Sudo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 21, 2019 — 3 Arab Student Association, Period host panel on reproductive health Panelists focus on own experiences, discuss stigmatized issues as part of Focus Week BRAYDEN HIRSCH For The Daily Through an effort to end the stigma around periods, the Arab Student Association and Period collaborated to hold a panel where four people from various backgrounds were given ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, November 21, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edite...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 21, 2019 — 5 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the very conception of morality was a defined line. There was good and evil. The long lost Jedis and the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine. Mixed into this was a rich mythology, deepening with each installment. The saga filled itself with imaginative creatures and species — with more and more hero...…
…6 — Thursday, November 21, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com Help needed removing snow periodically for elderly father near North Campus Contact Cheryl 773-403-4245 or clf@umich.edu $25+ per job By Brian E. Paquin ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/21/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/21/19 AN...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 21, 2019 — 7 Lockwood making impact while hurt Four rows from the ice at Munn Ice Arena, Will Lockwood laid back in his chair, forced to watch the game, once again, through the glass and from the stands. To his immediate left and right sat other teammates, extra players who weren’t dressing. But being grouped with fellow teammates who couldn’t make an impact wasn’t wh...…
…RIVALRY EDITION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN x OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GET HYPE BY SNAGGING A COPY OF THE RIVALRY EDITION BEGINNING 11.26.19 8— Thursday, November 21, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com How Juwan Howard’s push for faster pace of play has affected Jon Teske Jon Teske is a busy man these days. As the starting center for the Michigan men’s basketball team, Teske has done it all so far this season. Through three...…
…The University of Michigan Solar Car team placed third in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge on Thursday afternoon after a five-day, 1,800-mile race through the Australian Outback. The team’s car, Electrum, reached the finish line in Adelaide, South Australia averaging about 49 miles per hour. The Belgian team, Agoria, placed first, followed by the Japanese team from Tokai University. Engineering junior Andrew Dickinso...…
…They embody the Michigan difference.” Dickinson said the team designed Electrum about one year ago and began construction in May. The team made aerodynamic changes in the nose and canopy areas of the car and added new solar cells and battery design. He said the cost of the entire project was about $1.2 million. “(With) any new technology, there’s always a risk, but I’d say these were not the type of drastic changes that we made ...…
