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…Her money is saved from a combination of earnings from pre- vious jobs as well as a current on-campus job. While she wouldn’t categorize her group of friends as hav- ing expensive habits, McKinnon estimates she herself spends around $50 per week on dining and going out. McKinnon said money isn’t terribly influential on what her friend group does but said many of her friends are judicious about where they spend their disposable cash, as ...…

…Wednesday, March 25, 2015 // The Statement 8B Brad Paisley warbles that you’ll never leave Harlan alive. At the beginning of this March, my Alternative Spring Break service trip traveled to the area depicted on FX’s popular series, “Justified,” where jaw-dropping mountains, hard-nosed Southern charm, and rusted remains of a formerly dominant coal-mining industry meet in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. We spent the school year ...…

…Thursday, June 25, 2015 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 114 | © 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... CROSSWORD........................ SPORTS.................................. NEWS Graduation Gap Study shows discrepancy in co...…

…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com EMMA KERR Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 emkerr@michigandaily.com MADISEN POWELL Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 madisenm@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Derek Wolfe Managing Editor dewolfe@michigandaily.com Lara Moehlman and Alyssa Brandon Managing News Editors larakm@michigandaily.com alyladb@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Lea Giotta...…

…coming weeks before the end of session, possibly as early as Thurs- day morning. Ann Arbor City Council approved the closure of Fourth Avenue from Catherine to Kings- ley on the day the court’s decision is released, per a request from the Jim Toy Community Center, an Ann Arbor based gay rights advo- cacy group. The street will remain closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during which supporters are expected to rally along with plaintiffs...…

…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. EMMA KERR EDITOR IN CHIEF MELISSA SCHOLKE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR DEREK WOLFE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 4 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan...…

…L ate last Saturday morn- ing, I went to a garage sale with my best friend/ sister-in- law, Caitlin. (We were best friends before she fell in love with, mar- ried and had a baby with my year- younger brother). They were renovating and trying to move into our childhood home. Caitlin was interested in a black, older but good condition table/shelf combo. After seeing it first, then walking around the small, unappeali...…

…‘True Detective’ re-up, ambitious yet uneventful TV REVIEW Season Two premiere offers exposition and little action By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer Last year, “True Detective” premiered on HBO and became an instant phenomenon. View- ers followed detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey, “Interstellar”) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrel- son, “The Hun- ger Games”) into the backwaters of Louisiana and a dark world of cr...…

…7 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Dope’ sure to be classic MOVIE REVIEW Plot successfully balances the serious and lighthearted By LAUREN WOOD Daily Arts Writer Starting from the most major points, let’s at least try to catego- rize “Dope,” the Rick Famuyiwa (“The Wood”) pic- ture that came out this past week. First, there’s the main charac- ters — a group of geeky high school k...…

…ACROSS 1 The Olympic Australis and others 6 Sound detectors 10 Move lightly 14 Full range 15 Produce on a farm 16 Biked it 17 Video game brother 18 Hold ’em fee 19 “That makes sense” 20 2002 British Open champion 21 Patient care group 24 Pay 26 “Frasier” role 27 “Arabian Nights” name 28 Duties 32 Political convention announcement 37 Novelist Tolstoy 38 Rep on the street 39 Place for a small pet 40 Jag, e.g. 41 Had-at link 42 Casing filler 46 ...…

…9 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Former greats, future stars join forces in all-QB camp at Big House By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor Jedd Fisch huddled his team up. With a bit of the game under its belt, Michigan’s passing game coordinator was ready to push his team to the next level. It wasn’t enough to just throw hard, he explained to the team. They needed to be s...…

…FILE PHOTO/Daily Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is now a running back for Jacksonville. 10 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Denard switches to RB for NFL career By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer At Jim Harbaugh’s Ann Arbor Aerial Assault camp Saturday, it was clear that I wasn’t the only person who remembered Denard Robinson. When Harbaugh split the quar- terback pool into grou...…

…11 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Rudock, Morris ready to battle for starting QB job By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer A competition was brewing in Ann Arbor, and it wasn’t just between the high school quarter- backs pitted against one another at Michigan’s Aerial Assault quarter- back camp. Two camp counselors were bat- tling as well. Junior quarterback Shane Morris and Iowa graduate tran...…

…Over a dozen NFL players and coaches convene at Pioneer for free youth camp By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor Mighty Mike Martin has been a hit with Michigan fans for years. After winning state champi- onships in football, wrestling and shot put at Detroit Catholic Central, turning himself into an All-Big Ten defensive lineman at Michigan, then becoming a successful Tennessee Titan, it’s tempting to call Mighty Mar...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 25, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Mike Hart is working his way up at Western Michigan » INSIDE A new home ADMINISTRATION Common thread in search for ‘culture shift’ is heightening students’ role By ALLANA AKHTAR and MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter and Daily News Editor Days after the release of new sexual assault data ...…

…cantly lower costs by allowing states and individuals to under- take more efficient solutions. He emphasized that col- lege tuition increases could be reduced by allowing students to take low-interest loans directly from private banks, stating that direct federal subsidies to higher education are responsible for the rapid inflation of college costs. “Do you know why the (fed- eral student loan interest rate) is 6.8 percent?” he ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 25, 2015 — 3A NEWS BRIEFS University releases report on fracking practices University researchers released findings from a three- year study on hydraulic fracking. Fracking, which injects mixtures of water, chemicals and sand deep underground to open cracks in sediment, thereby releasing oil or natural gas, has sparked a national debate. Though the report takes no st...…

…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....…

…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 25, 2015 — 5A ‘Executioner’ not so well executed New FX series pushes the boundaries By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts WRiter This article contains spoilers for the finale of “Sons of Anarchy.” Kurt Sutter, for better or worse, has become a go-to guy for FX. Ever since his involvement as a writer and eventual producer for Shawn Ryan’s “The Shield,” Sutter h...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Better protected 6 “Poppycock!” 10 Badlands Natl. Park site 14 Coarse 15 Suspicious of 16 Pup follower? 17 Up for grabs, in a way 18 Lit. intro 19 “Willard” antagonists 20 The joke at the audiologists’ convention __ 23 Solo, say 24 Indian author Santha Rama __ 25 Century-starting year 26 The joke at the chemists’ convention __ 32 Not treat lightly 34 Normandy river 35 “De...…

…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 25, 2015 — 7A TV REVIEW HULU Am I culturally relevant yet?. LONDON FASHION WEEK RECAP Burberry was the final show of this year’s London Fashion Week, and they did that role justice. Stakes were high for many reasons: the star studded front row, the national Snapchat story and just the simple fact of it being Burberry in the heart of London. The label could not have don...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8A — Friday, September 25, 2015 …

…September 26, 2015: BYU FOR HART HOME NE A Michigan’s legendary running back has wanted to be a coach since high school. Now at Western Michigan, he’s growing in ways he never could have imagined. By Max Bultman Daily Sports Editor …

…FootballSaturday — September 26, 2015 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2015 football season. Max Bultman Max Cohen Jake Lourim Zach Shaw Western Michigan (+31.5) at No. 1 Ohio State Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Ohio State Central Mich. (+26.5) at No. 2 Michigan State Central Michigan Michigan State Michigan St...…

…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com BYU’s miracles resemble 1994 Michigan Stadium Hail Mary Cougars come in at 2-1 after two last- minute victories By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Like a bad dream, Michigan fans toss and turn, wishing the Hail Mary would go away. Since the “Miracle at Michigan” that gave No. 7 Colorado a stunning last- second victory over the then- fourth-ranked Wolverines on Sept. 24, 19...…

…by Fleck’s many handy philosophies. “Row the Boat” is meant to remind everyone to do their part and stay in unison with the team. “Change your best” is a reminder to constantly improve, and “Elite” has turned into a constant description of all things relating to the team. Fleck’s mantras are now part of Hart’s routine vernacular. He uses the word “elite” five times in a 13-minute interview, the ideal descriptor of Fleck’s system. ...…

…FootballSaturday, September 26, 2015 6 Breakdown: Michigan vs. BYU Wolverines face tough test Saturday By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor In two home games this year, the Michigan football team has faced less than one quarter of adversity. Since the Wolverines forced a fumble early in the first quarter against Oregon State and then scored 35 unanswered points, they have rolled. But Saturday could be an entirely different t...…

…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to Watch For: Rudock seeks INT-free performance Wolverines face tall receivers, potent passing attack against Cougars By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor The last two weekends have not provided much of a test for the Michigan football team, as the Wolverines easily pushed aside Oregon State and UNLV in their first two home games of the season. Things will likely be different this...…

…FootballSaturday, September 26, 2015 8 Wolverines replace questions with exclamation points in rushing game Smith still No. 1 back, but gap closing as all four running backs emerge By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Before the 2015 season began, one of the biggest question marks surrounding the Michigan football team was in the backfield. It wasn’t a matter of whether they could perform — redshirt junior Drake Johnson and juni...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 25, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Scenes from the iconic shops that house literary treasures » INSIDE bookstores galore GOVERNMENT Surgeries resume after contamination caused cancellations, postponements By SAMANTHA WINTNER Daily Staff Reporter U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D– Dearborn) sent an inquiry Mon- day to the director of tzxzhe VA Ann ...…

…2A — Wednesday, November 25, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily School of Music, Theatre & Dance graduate student Joseph Swift plays the bassoon during the SMTD performance at Hill Auditorium on Tuesday. At least 11 people have died in a bomb attack in Tunisia. The blast hit a bus transporting Tunisian presidential guards, and the government has declared a state of emergency, Reuters re...…

…patient safety. “While recognizing you are can- celling and moving surgeries to ensure no veterans are being put at risk, this situation is still concern- ing and raises questions about the source of this particulate matter and what actions are being taken to correct the problem,” she wrote. Dingell told the Daily she does believe the hospital both cares about its patients and is trying to handle the situation appropriately, but a...…

…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....…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 25, 2015 — 5A STAGE 6 FILMS “Look, it’s some sex and gore over there!” Sex, gore, charm in ‘Final Girls’ Offbeat horror film takes a satirical look at the genre By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer Somewhere between “Scream” and “Wet Hot American Summer,” we find “Final Girls,” an offbeat movie about horror movies. Taissa Farmiga (“The Bling Ring”) play...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. ACROSS 1 Stop the launch 6 Perfume compound 11 Sailor 14 Off-the-cushion shot 15 Usually multilayered dessert 16 Load off one’s mine? 17 Yorkshire pudding or bangers and mash 19 Sundial topper 20 Classic Belafonte song opening 21 Not tricked by 22 Homeric classic 24 Where heros are made 26 __ button 28 Sufferer healed by Jesus 3...…

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 25, 2015 — 7A ‘M’ embarks on “business trip” By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas — The Atlantis Paradise Island resort has all the makings of a perfect weeklong getaway spot. Palm trees line the property, balconies overlook the ocean, and get this: the resort doesn’t just feature a lazy river — it has a crazy river, ...…

…They joined Michigan fans at Forest Hill Cemetery By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor Jeff Holzhausen laughed when he heard that Jim Harbaugh might be interested in joining his yearly tradition. Each year since 1997, Holzhausen has gathered a group of Michigan fans to walk to the graves of former Michigan announcer Bob Ufer and former Michigan coach Fielding Yost before the Wolverines play Ohio State. Former Mic...…

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…2B Magazine Editor: Ian DIllingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Creative Director: Cheryll Victuelles Editor in Chief: Jennifer Calfas Managing Editor: Lev Facher Copy Editors: Hannah Bates Laura Schinagle Emma Sutherland THE statement “My initial vision (for the store) was from growing up in New York City, in Brooklyn, and seeing the Fourth Ave. bookstores. I...…

…3B Dear Emma, As a woman, I’ve been encountering situa- tions where I feel like I have to reconcile two very different sets of expectations for myself. Professionally, women are becoming more able to have significant roles as leaders in society. But then personally I feel like I’m supposed to do the opposite and take up as little space as pos- sible (both in conversations or, literally, in the room) and be, well, pretty all of the tim...…

…Wednesday, November 25, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 25, 2015 // The Statement 5B I have bought more books in the past month than I have time to read. They pile on my nightstand, my desk, and the corners of my bedroom, and I tell myself I’ll read them when I no longer have to read for my classes. But then I find a book that I simply consume, all at once, as if time doesn’t exist until it’s finished. I didn’t expect m...…

…Wednesday, November 25, 2015 // The Statement 6B I was walking to my 9:00 a.m. lecture on a brisk fall morning in Ann Arbor. However, I had stopped at a bench outside of South Quad and was unable to join the throngs of students headed to their classes. I couldn’t walk because I was crip- plingly nauseated. While nausea is normal for me (particularly in the morning) this was far more intense than my normal levels. I had already blown ...…

…Wednesday, November 25, 2015 // The Statement 7B I walked into the second floor study room of the School of Education ready to do some research for a final paper I was writing; I had put myself in just the right mindset to sit down and finish a good por- tion of work. Surveying the area, I found the seat of my choice: a table to myself tucked away in the far corner, facing the tall, leaded windows that reached all the way to the hi...…

…Wednesday, November 25, 2015 // The Statement 8B They wrote something genius. My nose drips. In an instant, it has gotten cold outside, and the winter breeze swirls yellow gingko leaves around in harsh circles. Inside Literati, I stare at the checkerboard floor, and am hyper-aware of the cadence of my sniffling in contrast to the smooth tunes of Norah Jones. I scan the chalkboard headings over the shelves, each in their own unique fo...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 25, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 57 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 3A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A SPORTSMONDAY..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Ann Arbor adds to num...…

…Talk discusses current movement, cites need for progressive agenda By EMILY DAVIES Daily Staff Reporter About 30 people gathered Friday to listen to and engage with Matthew Platt, assistant professor of political science at Morehouse College, on the state of Black politics in the modern world. The event emphasized what Platt described as a need to con- tinue to think critically about the strategy the Black commu- nity emplo...…

…Bernstein said the University should pay less attention to standardized test scores and more to skills that “contribute to society.” Newman added the Uni- versity works closely with the Detroit Public Schools and will continue its presence in the city. Recently, many teach- ers have spoken out againstthe poor conditions of DPS schools and how they limit K-12 stu- dents’ success. LSA freshman Peter Pujols asked what the regents pl...…

…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE 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...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, January 25, 2016 — 5A ACROSS 1 ’90s game disc 4 Infield fly 9 Invites home for dinner, say 14 007 creator Fleming 15 Banish 16 Unable to sit still 17 *Game where one might have an ace in the hole 19 Actor __ Elba of “The Wire” 20 Liability offset 21 Settle in a new country 23 Young Simpson 26 “Coulda been worse!” 27 Biblical beast 30 Least fatty 33 __-12 conference 36 *Financial page listing...…

…T here was once a point in my life when I called Bob Dylan a prophet, like a literal prophet, and thought I meant it. I dropped out of organized religion around age 14, but even if the Catholic Church doesn’t neces- sarily fit with what’s in your heart, that doesn’t mean all your spiri- tual questions are immediately satisfied. At the same time, though, that doesn’t mean it’s easy to just up and join another religi...…