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March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 1

…After over two years of deliberation, research and engagement with community members, the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality released its final 104-page report on March 18. The document outlines 50 recommendations for the University of Michigan’s three campuses to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040 as part of efforts to combat the ongoing climate crisis. None of the recommendations are binding — i...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 2

…The 2021 Central Student Government presidential and vice presidential debates, hosted by The Michigan Daily, discussed the candidates’ positions on campus policing; diversity, equity and inclusion; carbon neutrality and amplifying all student voices. Included in the March 18 debate were both the presidential and vice presidential candidates from all three CSG executive tickets: ORGANIZE, CHANGE and IMPACT. Each round laste...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 3

…On March 16, 2020, Kat Dyke, a waitress at the Earle Restaurant in Ann Arbor, was told she would not be allowed to return to work for the time being — not because of her or anyone else’s wrongdoing, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dyke said she was thrown into a swirl of confusion when she received her boss’s text saying the Earle would be shut down for the near future. Her boss was required to close the restaurant due to ...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 4

…In light of the administration’s initiative announced last fall to assemble a task force to help diversify the names of campus spaces, an analysis by The Michigan Daily of 103 on-campus buildings at the University of Michigan found that only one — the Trotter Multicultural Center — is named after a person of color. Trotter is named after William Monroe Trotter, a newspaper editor and activist for Black civil rights. This...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 24, 2021 — 5 French composer Claude Debussy undoubtedly remains at the forefront of impressionism in music. He may have denied it, shrugging off the movement as a mere label, but as of today, he’s the first to come up in a quick Googling of the musical genre. The next to come up in the search, other than “La Mer,” “Clair de Lune” and a few of his other staples, might be h...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 6

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Written, directed and produced by Wes Hurley (“Fallen Jewel”), “Potato Dreams of America” has been years in the making. The film, based on real events in Hurley’s life, has had different iterations, including a short, “Little Potato,” which won the documentary short Jury Prize at SXSW in 2020, and a VR short entitled “Potato Dreams.” But the runup to this fi...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 7

…I sit at my grandma’s kitchen table –– as I do every Sunday –– and the routine is always the same. It’s usually me, my brother, my dad and my grandpa just sitting and talking, waiting for our food to come. My sister, however, is typically given the task of fetching our drinks, silverware and any other item necessary for our traditional Mexican meal. As we sit and wait, my grandma is scurrying around the kitchen trying to handle fl...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 8

…Thrifting is For You When did everyone get so into thrifting? Scrolling through my TikTok, the zeitgeist of Generation-Z culture, the majority of my For You Page has been flooded with thrifting videos. I feel like I’ve seen all the thrifting Tik Toks possible at this point. A middle schooler explaining how her outfits of the day are sourced from Goodwill. A college student’s clothing hauls showcasing the latest finds from Salvatio...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 9

…7-Opinion M y worst habit involves reading the comments and quote tweets on The New York Times articles about sexual misconduct allegations. They are, without fail, a dumpster fire of victim blaming. However, given the well-corroborated account of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment of former aide, Charlotte Bennett, I thought the discourse might reflect reality. No such luck. It doesn’t matter that the sim...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 10

…J oe Manchin is to progressives what Mitch McConnell was to liberals. Or is he? Over the past few months, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been in the crosshairs of many progressives and liberals for his staunchly moderate viewpoints. Manchin opposes a $15 minimum wage, removing the filibuster and other progressive policies like Medicare for All. He also responded to calls to “defund the police” last summer by tactfully tw...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 11

…A lot of my freshman year Welcome Week is now something of a blur in my memory because of my constant, ut- ter confusion around where I was go- ing and what I was doing. But there’s one thing I remember clearly. I was pregaming in a room in my hall with several other freshman girls, whom I’d met and was friendly with but didn’t really know. Between shots of the vodka my hostess’s par- ents bought her before they left, I mentioned...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 12

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 12— Wednesday, March 24, 2021 statement What COVID-19’s done to the campus club BY GRACE TUCKER, STATEMENT COLUMNIST I t was the fall of 2019, a week or so into my first semester as a University of Michigan student, and I was launching myself headfirst into new experiences with a crazed level of zeal. Over the course of one week, I downloaded Tinder for the first time, then swiftly tried my ha...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 13

…M y series of thoughts on sea- sons: If summer is a glass of cold lemonade, and winter’s a crossword at candle-light, then fall is a call from a very old friend, and spring is a coffee at sunrise. Summer is for enjoyment, fall is for ambition and winter is for persever- ance. Spring is for rebirth. I’ve always felt that the first signs of spring marked the new year. I don’t care about what the calendars in my life say — New Year’s ...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 14

…Nine days and two games isn’t much time for Juwan Howard to have it figured out, but it’ll have to be enough. The last time Isaiah Livers got hurt, the Michigan men’s basketball team failed that test. It’s easy to for- get now — that 2019-20 team wasn’t as good as this team, that season’s end overshadows every- thing in a way this season’s won’t. Howard, of course, remembers. “We had some experience in this ...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 15

…As various instances of inequitable treatment from the men’s and wom- en’s NCAA basketball tournaments circulate the internet, the optics are damning. To start, there have been images showing the difference between men’s and women’s weight rooms. There have been similar images regarding “swag bags” at the men’s and women’s tournaments. Moreover, there have been less tangi- ble disparities in that the me...…

March 24, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 26) • Page Image 16

…SportsWednesday BROOKS, BROWN JR. LEAD MICHIGAN TO WILD VICTORY OVER LSU INDIANAPOLIS — By the end of it, Michigan could finally exhale. Eli Brooks wiggled free from a scrum with the rebound as serenades of cheers washed down from a boisterous crowd. In the frontcourt, he dribbled out the inevitable. A special season will last at least one more game. In a high-flying shootout, the Wolverines (22-4 overall, 14-3 Big Ten) outlasted ups...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 1

…As diagnosed cases of the novel coronavirus continue to climb across the country and throughout the state, the University of Michigan has limited all laboratory research deemed “noncritical” until further notice. The University and Michigan Medicine are also requesting that labs with available supplies, including face masks and gowns, donate their materials to the hospital as soon as possible to prepare for an inf...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 2

…2 — Tuesday, March 24, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The University of Michigan faculty were not informed of the March 17 email sent to University on-campus residents titled “URGENT: Petition to Remain in Housing,” according to an email LSA Dean Anne Curzan and Timothy McKay, associate dean for undergraduate education of LSA, sent to LSA faculty Tuesday night obtained by The Daily. “We only learned of thi...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 3

…Schlissel said all schools and colleges at the University should work to ensure that students are able to meet graduation requirements despite classes being moved to an online format. He noted certain programs cannot be delivered adequately online and may have to be canceled for the spring and summer terms. “This decision aligns with our ongoing efforts to respond to the pandemic, by maintaining this critical...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 4

…M obilize’s presidential candidate Amanda Kaplan, a Public Policy junior, and vice presidential candidate Saveri Nandigama, an LSA junior, have a long list of achievements on CSG and held nearly every leadership position in the organization, apart from the presidency. Kaplan is currently chief of staff in Ben Gerstein’s administration and has previously served as vice- chair of CSG’s Finance Committee,...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 5

…5 — Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com W hen reflecting on my four years spent trying to navigate the University of Michigan as a South Asian woman, I recall only one professor who shared the same core social identities as me. It’s a harsh realization to enter a community or field of work where it is not common to find professors who look like me, talk like me or grew up like me. I...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 6

…Tuesday, March 24, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For the past week or so, I have found myself coming back to the album You Won’t Get What You Want by Daughters. For one, it provides a cathartic chaos. It’s also just a phenomenal record. Most importantly, it manages to demonstrate the bleak reality of the human race through our current global situation. To understand this, however, we must understand ...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 7 — Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Sports York, Beecher likely to return in 2020, Michigan’s seniors in limbo If all things had gone according to plan, Michigan would still be playing hockey. The Wolverines would be two days removed from playing for a Big Ten Tournament championship, and even if they’d lost that game or the semifinals against Ohio State, they’d likely be preparing...…

March 24, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 90) • Page Image 8

…IMPACTFUL In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily’s sports section is launching its third annual series aimed at telling the stories of female athletes, coaches and teams at the University from the perspective of the female sports writers on staff. We continue the series with this story from Daily Sports Writer Shira Zisholtz. The day was Nov. 7, 2018, when Anna Abrams’ dreams came true. Donned...…

March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 1

…KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With nine seconds left and the Michigan men’s basketball team down by one, Derrick Walton Jr. received the inbounds pass looking for a shot that would lead the Wolverines to the Elite Eight. And with two seconds left, the senior guard got his chance, jab-stepping his defender and stepping back for a 3-point attempt. But unlike so many of Walton’s shots in Michigan’s seven-game undefeated run, the ball fel...…

March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 2

…EASY, BREEZY, BLUE-TIFUL. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, March 24, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily MUSIC Matters @MUSICMatters_UM Buy tix at the Michigan Union Ticket Office! Don’t miss @2chainz, @lilyachty, @ LifeOfDesiigner at Crisler! Michigan Students @UMichStudents Favorite part of Spring: No one has any idea what to wear. Shorts? Parka? One of those hats with an umbr...…

March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, March 24, 2017 — 3 KAETLYN MULCAHY/Daily LSA freshman Che ‘Rai Laster colors at the De-Stress Through Play event in Angell Hall on Thursday. PIANO AND POLITICS our teaching and research,” they wrote. The three presidents also added they agree with Gov. Rick Snyder’s comments that immigrants add to Michigan’s economic strength. “We agree with Gov. Rick Snyder that immigrants have...…

March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 4

…L ast week, I was walking to class when I scrolled past a picture of Hillary Clinton on Twitter. I suddenly remembered the period of hopefulness and confidence before the election that was so prevalent among my peers and on social media. The realization of how different things would be had she won the election hit me hard, and I was struck by the intense difference in pervading mood between then and now. ...…

March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 5

…No, I’m not talking about the Buffybot (BuffyBot? Buffy-bot?). I’m talking about the mega-campy 1992 movie “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” that predated the hit TV show. This month marks the twentieth anniversary of Joss Whedon’s groundbreaking teen drama — 20 years of stakes and butterfly clips and refreshingly enlightened portrayals of teen and young adult life. But before Sarah Michelle Gellar breathed life into the chosen one...…

March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 6

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March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 7

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, March 24, 2017 — 7 Wolverines begin Big Ten play at Maryland Prior to the season, the Big Ten’s coaches picked the Michigan baseball team to finish second in the conference, right behind Maryland. But as the Wolverines prepare to open Big Ten play against the Terrapins, rankings are the last thing on their minds. “Preseason rankings really are worthless,” said Michigan co...…

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…8 — Friday, March 24, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE END OF THE ROAD OREGON 69 MICHIGAN 68 For the majority of the season, if you were trying to guess who would have the ball in their hands for the shot, you were better off picking a name out of a hat. First came the game against Virginia Tech at Crisler Center. The Wolverines surrendered a 15-point lead to fall, 73-70, to the Hokies. Justin Bibbs converte...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 24, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 95 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A B - S I D E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Complaints aga...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 2

…more students, a sentiment Rodriguez echoed. “The president firmly believes that anyone who works hard should not be priced out of a college opportunity and college education, particularly with the demands of today’s economy,” Rodriguez said. He said the administration has also made progress by working to keep interest payments low and cap student loan payments at 10 percent of their income. As well, by putting the Fre...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 3

…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, March 24, 2016 — 3A CLAIRE ABDO/Daily LSA sophomore Lindsay Randolph, president of Students for Kasich, discusses her thoughts on the 2016 presidential election on the Diag Monday. you make one of those objects soft like rubber, then when you try to push off the hard object, it makes the rubber deform,” Golovin said. “That deformation creates a stress concentrator between th...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 4

…C entral Student Government elections are currently underway. Save for the spammy Facebook messages you’re likely receiving from your friends — or “friends,” broadly construed — asking you to vote for them, you may not have paid much attention to the elections at all. Students on this campus certainly don’t face a shortage of challenges — but many of them don’t necessarily see CSG as the body destined to solve them. That n...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 5

…HAPPY THURSDAY! Enjoy the Sudoku on page 2 Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 See 44-Across 5 Bremen or Hamburg, locally 10 Fast-food order 14 Joie de vivre 15 Circus Maximus attire 16 Pizza chain started in Chicago, informally 17 Rich and Chris in a capital? 19 Pond denizen 20 Stumped 21 Fragrant hybrid 23 Billy and Minnie on a road? 27 Pub order 30 Cause harm 31 Capt.’s direction 32 Family member 33 “...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 6

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…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, March 24, 2016 the b-side Seven Mile Music Brings Harmony to Detroit by Dayton Hare Daily Arts Writer T I E H M U S C I S S U E People have been noticing the salubrious effects of music for a long time. Both in regard to individuals and the public at large, its health benefits have been trumpeted by musicians, scientists and perhaps overly enthused devotees th...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 8

…2B — Thursday, March 24, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW A broken record sputters and repeats, much like the opening of Little Scream’s “Love As a Weapon” music video. Zooming out of an ornate frame, the shot reveals singer Laurel Spren- gelmeyer lounging in a wooden chair, surrounded by wood-pan- eled walls. The scene changes only slightly with each repeti- tion, not unlike a game of s...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 9

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Trying to hear it all By MELINA GLUSAC Senior Arts Editor I really don’t want to start another piece talking about being cooped up in Espresso Royale and contemplating life. It’s been done before, and if there’s anything a burgeoning writer strives to avoid, it’s clichés. But I’m here — the walls are the kind of red that looks like home, the paintings are abstract enough to distra...…

March 24, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 95) • Page Image 10

…4B — Thursday, March 24, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com EPISODE REVIEW Since the beginning of CW’s excellent first season of the musical comedy “Crazy Ex-Girl- friend,” we have watched pro- tagonist Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom, “Robot Chicken”) develop from a delusional, depressed New York lawyer into a sunny, self-aware California woman. In this week’s episode “Josh Has No Idea Where I Am!,” the show...…

March 24, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 87) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 24, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Party provides music, food before polls open on Wed. for CSG elections By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Two days before the polls are set to open for Central Stu- dent Government elections, The Team bared the cold Monday evening to spread the word about their platform goals and rally voters. The ...…

March 24, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 87) • Page Image 2

…2 — Tuesday, March 24, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan women’s basketball team topped Toledo, 74-58, Monday to advance to the third round of the WNIT. The Wolverines will host Missouri on Thursday at 7 p.m. >>FOR SPORTS, SEE PG. 8 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) announced his bid for the 2016 presidential election, The New York Times r...…

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…3-News NEWS BRIEFS NEWS BRIEFS The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 24, 2015 — 3 GRAND RAPIDS Resort shows strong outlook for tourism A new report says that Michi- gan’s tourism industry grew in 2014 despite the cold, wet year, and the tourism outlook is sunny going forward. The Michigan State Univer- sity report says that 2014 was 6 percent cooler and 11 percent wetter than normal. Even so, it says hotel ...…

March 24, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 87) • Page Image 4

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

March 24, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 87) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 24, 2015 — 5 TV REVIEW Marling echoes retro heartbreak Singer-songwriter’s new album takes influence from the West Coast greats By AMELIA ZAK Daily Music Editor “To find a queen without a king / They say she plays guitar and cries and sings” Legend has it that these lyrics from the famous Led Zeppelin record, “Going to California,” were written by the Robert ...…

March 24, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 87) • Page Image 6

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Mythical bird 4 Spanish hero played by Heston 9 Bush successor 14 Oktoberfest gripe 15 Protest sign word 16 Purple Heart, e.g. 17 *One harvesting honey 19 Freezing cold 20 Count in music 21 Nothing, in Normandy 23 Floor cleaner scent 24 MIT part: Abbr. 25 *One planning a job 27 Words before grip or life 29 Pub offering 30 Mom-and-pop org. 32 Havens 36 Exorcism target 40 *...…

March 24, 2015 (vol. 124, iss. 87) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 24, 2015 — 7 EVAN VUCCI/AP Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, left, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after a news conference at Camp David Presidential retreat, on Monday, March 23 in Camp David, Md. Afghan, U.S. leaders discuss relations after 14 year war RICK BOWMER/AP In this Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, Utah Gov. G...…

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…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Tuesday, March 24, 2015 The Greek goddess of walks, Sierra Romero By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer Many baseball fans refer to former Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis as the “Greek God of Walks.” Michigan softball’s Sierra Romero is challenging him for that title. The junior second baseman has been walked 38 times this season, the third highest in college softball. In a ...…

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