…Wednesday, October 23, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Associate Editor Eli Rallo Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Silas Lee Emily Stillman Photo Editor Danyel Tharakan Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 23, 2019 I told Tinder I was bisexual before I t...…
…I should have gone for the easy recipe. I should have listened to Ina Garten’s signature quip — “store bought is fine.” Had I added the adjective, “beginner,” in the google search bar, my Sunday would have likely been much less involved. But I couldn’t seem to help myself. When I opened my browser, I wasn’t thinking about my technical ability, or the fact that every time I make mac and cheese, the pot of water bubbles over. Perhaps m...…
…Wednesday, October 23, 2019 // The Statement 4B 5B Wednesday, October 23, 2019 // The Statement I ’ve always liked to think I’d know what to do during an apocalypse. I read exclusively dystopian novels growing up — Divergent, Delirium, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, The City of Ember, The 5th Wave, Station Eleven, The Handmaid’s Tale — so I figured I was well-read on the subject. Through these books, I thought I already knew how it...…
…Wednesday, October 23, 2019 // The Statement 6B M y mom was standing on the front lawn of my best friend’s house sur- rounded by hundreds of other par- ents. I rushed into her arms, glad to be in the safety of her care. News helicopters whirred overhead as they passed through the grey sky, its dourness casting a shadow over the whole day. We were being evacuated from school, and being only in fourth grade at the time, I had no idea wh...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, October 23, 2019 // The Statement 7B D uring exam season last semester, I was chatting with my friends Kartik and Nav in a café. We were talking about finding time to meet up over the summer. Kartik, always up for sponta- neous plans, joked that he and I could bike from Ann Arbor to visit Nav at her house in Saginaw. Nav and I gave a passive chuckle and nodded to his idea, an...…
…BY ANNIE KLUSENDORF VISUAL STATEMENT SOSSUSVLEI, NAMIBIA I’M CURRENTLY STUDYING ABROAD IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA AND TOOK A ROAD TRIP THROUGH NAMIBIA WITH SOME FRIENDS BEFORE OUR EXAMS START. THE COLORS AND SAND WERE UNLIKE ANYTHING I’D SEEN BEFORE. I’VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF DUNES ON INSTAGRAM AND BY OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS, SO I WAS TRYING TO BALANCE THIS NEW EXPERIENCE WITH MAKING PHOTOS THAT WERE UNIQUE TO THE PLACE. ...…
