…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government held their annual executive debate Sunday evening to give the campus community an opportunity to hear from the presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2023- 24 school year. Candidates were able to describe their campaign goals and the main issues they plan to address if elected. Student representatives from The Michigan Daily and The Michigan Review switched o...…
…University of Michigan students gathered at the W38 parking lot, located next to Elbel Field at Hill and South Division streets Sunday afternoon to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. Organized by the Ahimsa Council, the Hindu Student Council, the Indian American Student Association and the Indian Student Association, the event was free and open to the public. Holi is celebrated annually to welcome the arr...…
…University of Michigan researchers found improvisational theater classes improve anxiety symptoms and lessen uncertainty intolerance in adolescents in a February study. The new study focused on students enrolled in improv classes through the Detroit Creativity Project, is the third installment of a series — including previous installments published in 2019 and 2020 — investigating the link between improv and impro...…
…The Ann Arbor Film Festival’s series of short film competitions showcases the beauty and unique nature of experimental film. The festival’s Films in Competition 2 session featured seven films ranging from five minutes to around half an hour. Each film was completely different in style and theme, requiring me to constantly readjust. From the pastels of “Roses, Pink and Blue” to the startling acoustics of “South Los Angeles Stree...…
…I visited the house I grew up in over Spring Break. My fam- ily moved a while back, but we haven’t been able to sell it yet, so it sits empty. The room that our Christmas tree would always light up was being painted, and I was taken back to when I was 12 years old — just about to leave primary school — when I got “Pokémon Black 2” for Christ- mas. I was about two years younger than its protagonist, but a year older than the origi- n...…
…S T A T E M E N T 6— Wednesday, March 29, 2023 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Breaks always come right when you need them”– a wise person once told me this. Over the course of my college career, I’ve heard this phrase time and time again, whether it be courtesy of similarly stressed university students counting down the days until winter break, or a chanting placation in my own head. Regardless, it seems as though the ...…
…S T A T E M E N T michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily Wednesday, March 29, 2023— 7 At the age of 16, from 4 to 5 p.m. for the better part of two weeks, I sat on a damp towel in Franklin, Mass. reading aloud to some of my cabin mates at an Armenian summer camp. Like many summer camps, Camp Haiastan was relentlessly regimented. Part of that regimen consisted of an hour of free swim in the afternoons, a chlorine-coated repr...…
…The years spanning 1991 to 1993 are widely recognized as the peak of golden age Hip-Hop. This title has been rightfully earned due to the creativity and diversity pres- ent within the music produced at the time. But what about what came after? Hip-Hop’s evolution and growth in popularity during this period led to the dilution of its creative impact and what I would consider to be a stale placeholder of what once was. By no means do...…
…O n March 7, 2023, University President Santa Ono was inaugurated as the 15th President of the University of Michigan, and was immediately greeted with a crisis inherited from presidents past. Promptly after his inauguration ceremony, freshly minted President Ono was met by hundreds of students in front of Hill Auditorium. Among those present were members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization carrying signs with...…
…“ Call your mom,” he said, followed by a long, drawn-out pause. “Everybody.” Only after a raise of the eyebrows and direct eye contact with every individual in the audience did he continue. “I’ve told this (to) like a billion people or so. Call your mom, call your dad. If you’re lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don’t text, don’t email, call them on the phone and tell them you love them ...…
…Just two games stand between the Michigan hockey team and ascendance. By no means should it be a sur- prise that the third-ranked team in the Pairwise is heading to Tampa and the Frozen Four with a shot at the title. That much, even with a nail-biting overtime clash against Penn State, could be expected. Up until now, in the NCAA Tourna- ment the Wolverines have simply been doing what they should have done — thrash a low-ranked team...…
…A LLENTOWN, Pa. — When Mackie Samoskevich ripped his patented wris- ter into the back of the net 52 seconds into overtime, it was a familiar sight. The sophomore forward beat an opposing goalie with his shot. The No. 1 seed Michigan hockey team pulled off overtime hero- ics. Another dramatic comeback victory. The Wolverines had seen this all before. But held scoreless for 52 min- utes by No. 2 seed Penn State, the highest scoring...…
…WOMEN’S MONTH In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily’s sports section is launching its sixth annual series aimed at telling the stories of female athletes, coaches and teams at the University from the perspective of the female writers on staff. LILA TURNER/Daily ANNA FUDER/Daily ASHLEY GRAY/Daily GRACE BEAL/Daily …
…The newness of Erin Virtue’s tenure as Michigan’s new head volleyball coach is obvious. Just walk into her office in Weiden- bach Hall where a new name adorns the door. And that’s pretty much all that hangs on the walls. Blank walls, void of memo- ries, but with plenty of room to make new ones. Blank walls, save for one thing. One golden thing: her Olympic gold medal. That medal highlights Virtue’s pin- nacle. She’s summited the mountai...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / / Women’s Month — 3 Before Jen Klein took the reins as head coach of the Michigan women’s soccer team in 2018, the Wolverines had not won a Big Ten Tournament title in over 20 years. Beyond that, they hadn’t made it to the NCAA Tournament since 2016. With the introduction of Klein, however, the team hoped to reach new heights. And in the five years since she took the reins, they’ve done just that. In 2021...…
…After Naomi Morrison’s mother, JoAnn, learned that her daughter taught herself how to do a back handspring on the side of the house, she decided it was time to enroll Naomi in gymnastics. That decision began her lifelong love of the sport. Now a junior at Michigan currently ranked 17th in the nation on the floor, with first-team Big Ten honors for the second straight season, Morrison has had an impressive career so far at Mich- igan...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / / Women’s Month — 5 For senior gymnast Gabby Wilson, attending Michigan was just a matter of when. Born in Ann Arbor and raised in Ypsilanti, the University has always been on Wilson’s radar athletically and aca- demically. The athlete gene runs in the family. Her parents were All-Americans on the track and field teams of Illinois and East- ern Michigan. Her younger sister runs on the track and field team ...…
…Academics or athletics? Most top student athletes don’t need to choose between the two. But, for freshman women’s club hockey player Julia Lindahl, her journey started with that choice. “Honestly, I ultimately decided on Michigan because of the academics,” Lindahl said. “I never really looked into the hockey program in depth or con- tacted the coaching staff until getting accepted.” Lindahl chose Michigan because of its academic oppo...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / / Women’s Month — 7 It was six o’clock in the morning. The sun hadn’t even begun to rise and Ann Arbor was still bundled up under the covers. Most people hadn’t stepped out of bed, let alone started their day. But Abigail O’Connor isn’t most people. At 6 a.m., football practice was well underway, and she was doing what- ever it took to motivate her players. Even if that meant taking strength and conditioni...…
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