…Hundreds of local entheogenic and psychedelic plant activists gathered on the University of Michigan Diag on Sept. 19 for the first-ever Entheofest, a celebration and call for the decriminalization of plant medicines and fungi in Ann Arbor and beyond. The event began exactly at 11:11 a.m. and ended at 2:22 p.m. The celebration came a year after the Ann Arbor City Council voted to decriminalize the use and possession of enthe...…
…The University of Michigan is home to more than 1,700 student- run organizations for students to join. Following a completely virtual year, many of these student organiza- tions are now returning to in-person events, similar to pre-pandemic life. Others, however, are reaping the ben- efits of continuing with a flexible vir- tual or hybrid format. The Michigan Daily spoke to five leaders and members of student organizations to learn ...…
…Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pro- posed allocating $75 million of fed- eral COVID-19 funds to provide Michigan law enforcement with bet- ter training, find and remove illegal guns from Michigan communities and fund community programs that provide more opportunities in educa- tion, jobs and the justice system. This proposal, which was announced in Detroit last month, comes in the wake of an increase in violent crime in Michigan over the ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Ad 4 — Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Courtesy of Leisa Thompson photography …
…Anna, an orphan in 15th-century Constantinople; Omeir, a poor woodcutter’s son, his cleft palate proof of a demon’s presence; Zeno, an old man in modern-day Lakeport, Idaho; Seymour, an autistic Generation-Z teenager raised in that same town; Konstance, a girl aboard a spaceship in some distant future with only a tangle of conscious wires to keep her company; Aethon, a fictional man whose story connects everyone else throu...…
…To whatever poor, tortured soul occupies this apartment next, You will earnestly swing open the heavy front door, gleaming with a streaky coat of clinical, blueish-purpleish-greyish paint, and you will smell mold. You’ll learn to grow accustomed to the scent — no obscene amount of Febreze or air freshener plugs will ever succeed in masking it — but it will make you flinch upon entry. Unfortunately, this will be only the beginning o...…
…blurry memories of sleepy car rides home with everyone asleep but dad and me he points to the moon and says to me, if you look at the moon it looks back at you can you spot it? he asks it can always spot you he tells me tales of when he was young clouds of smoke would fill the sky and leave the night with darkness monsters lurked in the trees the city lay asleep but he was wide awake not one star to light the way but th...…
…7-Opinion S ince our formation three years ago, the One University Coalition (1U) has called upon University President Mark Schlissel and the Board of Regents to provide the funds necessary to give University of Michigan – Flint and Dearborn campuses more of the opportunities already available on the Ann Arbor campus. As we see it, we have one University President and one Board of Regents; we are one university, and we should sh...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, September 22, 2021 — 9 619 east university avenue @ z place FRESH GROCERIES IN THE HEART OF THE CAMPUS Fresh Produce Fresh Chicken, Fish & Steaks Deli Meats & Cheeses International Foods Specialty Groceries Zingerman’s Bread Bottled Beverages thoughtfully-selected Wines & Beers for a quick, tasty meal, visit revive, our café next door! Open Mon-Fri 9am - 10pm Weekends 10am...…
…Ten months ago, with the Michigan football team trailing 17-0 in Piscataway, N.J., Jim Harbaugh turned to quarterback Cade McNamara. The move was seen as a last resort. McNamara, then a sophomore, began the season third on the Wolverines’ quarterback depth chart behind Joe Milton and Dylan McCaffrey. He had never seen meaningful game action, but after the former played his way to the bench and the latter transferred, McNamara was ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 22, 2021 — 11 On Senior Night, seniors lead Michigan to comeback victory The Michigan volleyball team (7-2) cruised to an easy victory against Boston College (10-4) on Friday evening, winning 3-0 in its final match Friday. The Wolverines jumped to an early lead as they took the first set 25-13 behind senior outside hitter Paige Jones’s five kills and junior middle ...…
…2-News 12 — Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Ad The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Visa is a registered trademark of Visa International Service Association and used under license. Low Cash Mode is a service mark of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Virtual Wallet Student is a registered trademark of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Bank deposit products and services provided by PNC Bank, National Association. Member FDIC ©2021 Th...…
…1 — Wednesday, September 22, 2021 // The Statement BY MELANIE TAYLOR, STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT A stitch in time: Fiber artistry during the pandemic The World Is Ending, and All I Got Was This Dumb Sweater I picked up crochet a few months before the world shut down. I’d been dabbling with sewing and embroidery in fall 2019, a few of the many crafts that had come and gone from my list of hob- bies, when I saw a crochet TikTok that seeme...…
…I fill a significant portion of my spare time with dumb thoughts that strangers post online. I’ve been on the internet since the late-aughts, spending after-school screen time with Fred videos and Webkinz, floating from site to site on the family PC. The online world allowed me to be anonymous — even though I met “friends” on Club Penguin chats and GirlsGoGames comments, I was just a chaotic username, not Annie Rauwerda. My bubble of ...…
…Design by Cara Jhang I am single-handedly running Earth into the ground. I know this because I had to calculate my eco- logical footprint for my environmental studies class last Thursday. For reference, an ecological footprint is a measure of an individual’s personal impact on the environment — a comparison between the demand one puts on Earth’s natural resources versus what the Earth is actually able to supply. To determine mine, ...…
…Wednesday, September 22, 2021 // The Statement — 4 BY OSCAR NOLLETTE-PATULSKI, STATEMENT COLUMNIST As I walk past the Undergraduate Science Building, the early September sunset paints a gradient from blue to orange on the reflective windows. I should be wowed by this: the brilliant sky, the comfortably warm weather, my first week back on campus. Instead, my mind wanders back to the streets of my youth. The suburban ones with sin...…
…After a recent change in the University of Michigan’s School of Nursing curriculum, Nursing students were offering to buy other students’ clinical shifts for as much $400 in order to switch their assigned times and locations throughout the Fall 2019 semester. According to University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen, the change began in Fall 2019 and allows students to select their own clinical shifts based on their registration ...…
…The Ann Arbor City Council met Tuesday night and discussed anti-Israel protests, adding youth members to the Environmental Commission and how best to proceed regarding contamination from the Gelman Dioxane plume. During public comment, multiple community members spoke regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, condemning U.S. military aid to Israel. Anti- Israel protester Henry Herskovitz, a defendant in...…
…The rooms have AI technology on the computers and dry-erase walls to make it easier to conduct job interviews. LSA senior Taylor Lind said she encourages students to spend time at the Opportunity Hub and explore the new LSA addition. “I’m really excited to see how students can utilize this new space,” Lind said. “I think it’s a really unique one, especially for a college as large as LSA, because it’s hard to find a central space t...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, January 22, 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...…
…It’s a Saturday night in the middle of nowhere. You’re driving down a dirt road (in a pickup truck, obviously) and passing cornfield after cornfield. Eventually you reach a massive bonfire where attractive young people are gathered. Tailgates are down. Speakers are turned up. Everyone is drinking. It’s a common image in popular contemporary country music. The light-hearted, quasi-romantic night in the backwoods. ...…
…6A — Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Jared Tamarkin (c)2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/22/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/22/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, Janury 22, 2020 ACROSS 1 Construction guideline 5 Pitfalls 10 Bible book that chronicles the conversion of Paul 14...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 22, 2020 — 7A Pacific breeze Michigan sweeps through West Coast trip, beating Washington on Friday and Oregon on Saturday After a disappointing loss in its season opener to No. 23 North Carolina State, the No. 17 Michigan men’s tennis team (2-1) headed to the Pacific Northwest in search of its first win of the season. The team bounced back in dominant fashion, notch...…
…8A — Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Robbins out with ACL The Michigan women’s basketball team has lost a key player in senior forward Kayla Robbins, who announced via Twitter on Tuesday that she tore her ACL in Sunday’s game at Nebraska. “Unfortunately, I have suffered an ACL tear that will keep me out for the remainder of my senior season” Robbins said in a statement posted to Twitt...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 22, , 2020 PHOTO COURTESY OF VERITY STURM Why destruction is the new American pastime …
…I n the past few weeks of January, news headlines, social media and essentially every aspect of my digital media sphere seem to have been dominated by Oscars news. Even for someone who con- siders herself relatively removed from the world of cinema, it’s impossible to ignore the buzz. Discussions about whether the Netflix Original “Marriage Story” deserved its nomination, if a remake of Bong Joon- ho’s “Parasite” would be inherently W...…
…T he loud music, dim lighting and cheap liquor blurred my surroundings in Rick’s American Cafe, an underground hideaway for most seniors at the University of Michigan. It was the beginning of another interminable Thursday night. It took me a few seconds to notice that a man had slid into the sticky upholstered seating next to me. He was inches away from my bare arm and lightly bumped into me, giving himself away. “Sorry,” I said, mov...…
…W e don’t wanna just throw the axe at the board. We wanna throw through the board. Whatever it takes.” Anthony Taylor, the bearded and tattooed co-owner of Axe Ventura, Ann Arbor’s newest and only axe throwing venue, is giving me a pep talk. My friend Emily and I have been chucking axes at the wall for the past 15 minutes, and I can’t land a stick (Emily, for the record, stuck her second throw). I assume position: toes on the line,...…
…R achel escorted us to the gear room, instructing us to suit up in full-length coveralls and plastic face shields. We emerged resembling a very skinny third of BROCKHAMPTON and met her by the weapons, a towering wall of recycled compressed wood hung with baseball bats, crowbars, frying pans, sledgehammers, wrenches, golf clubs, hammers, hockey sticks and mallets. Gibby grabbed a large wrench, Sophie an orange mallet. Jacob took his ti...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, January 22, 2020 // The Statement 7B W hen I was 10, my mother gave me my first copy of “Little Women” in the middle of summer. It was a bright pink paperback with a monochrome drawing of a woman’s skirt and shoes, simple and minimalistic. As a little kid who was used to the detailed, flashy covers of “Harry Potter” and “Percy Jackson” books, I was less than intrigued. Even...…
…8B Wednesday, January 22, 2020 // The Statment PHOTOS BY ALLISON ENGKVIST NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENS TRAIN SHOW …
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 22, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ypsilanti is following Ann Arbor’s lead in drafting a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2035. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, the Ypsilanti City Council decided to draft a plan on how the city could become carbon neutral in 15 years. The draft plan will be presented on March 31, approaching the 50th anniversar...…
…Callie Rouse, CGIS health and safety assistant, and Annie Haroun, director of Active Minds, a student-led mental health advocacy group, hosted a panel at the Hatcher Graduate Library Thursday to discuss the effects of study abroad on mental health. Among University of Michigan students, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, academic concerns and relationships are the leading mental health concerns, the panelists said. Rouse...…
…“I had the opportunity to spend last summer interning at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City,” Nandkumar said. “Learning about other cultures, other people and the politics of other countries has always been something that’s really interesting to me. I’m focusing in the Ford School in diplomacy and international security issues, and I hope to go into that field.” When asked for advice on how students interested in internatio...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, November 22, 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 Edited ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 22, 2019 — 5 Avant-garde British singer FKA Twigs returned with her first project in four years on Friday, Nov. 8. The highly- anticipated Magdalene is a glimpse into the distorted interiority of FKA Twigs, a masterful depiction of the connection between pain and beauty. The release of Magdalene comes a few years on the heels of a well-publicized breakup with former vam...…
…6 — Friday, November 22, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 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 Jeffrey Wechsler ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/22/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/22/19 ANSWE...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, November 22, 2019 — 7 What to watch for: Michigan battles Indiana All week, Michigan’s players and coaches have been asked whether Saturday’s trip to 7-3 Indiana constitutes a trap game. And all week, the response has been resounding: The Hoosiers are too good for that. The logic backs it up — Indiana nearly won at Penn State last weekend and ranks 14th nationally in passing yard...…
…RIVALRY EDITION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN x OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GET HYPE BY SNAGGING A COPY OF THE RIVALRY EDITION BEGINNING 11.26.19 8 — Friday, November 22, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Hallahan’s winding road to Michigan stardom Watching Jack Hallahan roam the soccer pitch is, simply put, mesmerizing. He dances through opposing defenses, weaving in and out of crevices not usually traversed. His feet contr...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 22, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 15 ©2019 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A SSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 S U D O K U . . . . . ....…
…Ann Arbor City Council convened Monday evening to discuss a range of policy topics ranging from municipal staffing levels to permit fees for medical marijuana facilities. The council discussed CA-4, a resolution to increase the amount of full- time city employees. The resolution would increase the budget to include funding for new staff members, which caused discussion across the council. Councilmember Jan...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, October 22, 2019 — 3 The lawsuit Doe v. University of Michigan was first filed in June 2018 by a male undergraduate student, referred to in the lawsuit as “John Doe.” It arises from a complaint filed by a female student against Doe in the University’s Office of Institutional Equity, claiming Doe sexually assaulted her. At the time, the University’s sexual misconduct policy...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edit...…
…Disney rarely puts out unsuccessful movies; almost all of their films please fans and maintain box-office success. Often, the movies do well in the box office because fans can expect to enjoy a Disney film, but that doesn’t mean that all the films are necessarily amazing. Most Disney films fall somewhere in a neutral middle ground — not bad, not great. “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” directed by Joachim Rønning (“Pirates of the Caribbe...…
…6— Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com By Paul Coulter ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/22/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/22/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 ACROSS 1 Barbecue glowers 6 Priestly robes 10 Cobblers’ tools 14 Neighborhood ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, October 22, 2019 — 7 Johnny Beecher settling in faster than expected There were 46 seconds left on the clock. Michigan led, 4-3, but Lake Superior State was pressuring after pulling its goaltender for an extra attacker. If the Wolverines could get the puck cleared out of their zone, it would likely seal a sweep over the Lakers. In that high-pressure situation, where a faceoff wi...…
…8 — Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Franz Wagner out 4-6 weeks with wrist injury Michigan freshman wing Franz Wagner will miss the next four-to-six weeks with a non-surgical fracture to his right wrist, according to a Michigan spokesperson. “While this is an unfortunate situation for Franz, we know he will make his return as soon as he is able,” Michigan coach Juwan Howard said in a statemen...…
…About 50 people gathered Friday night in the Forum Hall of Palmer Commons for the 2019 Mental Health Monologues, sponsored by the University of Michigan’s chapter of Active Minds. This is the fourth year Active Minds, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about mental health among college students, has put on the show. Students and alumni prepared monologues about their personal struggles with mental health. Nu...…
…PA SSOVE R SE DE R 2A — Monday, April 22, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News CARTER FOX/Daily The table is set for a Passover Seder hosted by students in coordination with Michigan Hillel Saturday night. DESIGN BY VIVIAN HARBER MOLLY WU puzzle by sudokusyndication.com TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers Stanford Lipsey Student...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, April 22, 2019 — 3A wq“Kayleah... Kayleah… KAYLEAH.” My mother always repeated her statements in threes, louder each round, without any care if I had responded or not. It didn’t matter to her whether it was at the dinner table, the grocery store, in the quiet aisles of the library, or while driving on the freeway with me in the car… sitting next to her. And with every ...…
