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…Officials at the ACT — a college admissions test taken by more than 1.9 million students each year — announced a policy change earlier this month that will allow students to retake single sections of the five-part test rather than having to sit for the entire exam in hopes of improving their score. Typically, the test takes about three hours to complete. In an email to The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan spokesperson Rick ...…

…On Monday evening, the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies organized a lecture titled “Hegemon Risen: Turkey’s Emergence as an Independent Authoritarian State” with support from the Donia Human Rights Center, the University of Michigan Department of History, the Michigan War Studies Group and the International Institute. The audience consisted of about 50 people, both students and professors. Michael Hickok, an FBI ...…

…According to the ACT website, students can take the test up to twelve times, though the majority of students take it no more than twice. The test comes with a price tag of $68, or $52 without the writing section, though there are fee waivers available. There is no set price for the individual sections yet, but ACT officials expect it to be cheaper than the price to retake the test in full, the New York Times reported. For some...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, October 29, 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...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 29, 2019 — 5 Fall came on my birthday this year. Not officially, and not according to the seemingly arbitrary “first day of fall” that our calendars mark every year. On that official day, the high was 82 degrees. Given my unconventional love for cold weather, this sequence of events seriously depressed me. There was not a golden leaf in sight, and I was sweating on my way home...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, October 29, 2019 — 7 Sainristil turning hype to production Throughout spring ball, Mike Sainristil’s name had an inescapable presence inside Schembechler Hall. Offensive players praised the three-star freshman receiver. Defensive players said he was terrifying to face. Coaches spoke ad nauseam about his adaption to the college game. “He’s been really good,” said Michigan coa...…

…8 — Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Partridge, Campanile form friendship in football The year Paramus Catholic High School finally got over the hump, going from four straight losing seasons to a state championship in 1997, the team was full of the kind of players that might not go onto the NFL, but could still elevate everyone around them. It was the kind of season that sparks careers and forg...…

…The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents convened Thursday afternoon for the last meeting of the winter 2019 term. Regents Michael Behm (D) and Mark Bernstein (D) were not present but called into the meeting, while Chair Ron Weiser was unable to attend or call in. University President Mark Schlissel began the meeting by addressing the March 16 active shooter scare. He acknowledged that though there was no actual shooter, the...…

…On Thursday evening, the LSA Opportunity Hub hosted a workshop in the LSA Building on celebrating your voice at work. About 20 students attended the event, which explored different dialects and the identities they represent in an attempt to answer questions about the roles they play in professional industries. The workshop was the third installment of the Hub’s bigger campaign to engage with identities while pursuing a ca...…

…Schlissel then directly addressed points students would be discussing during the public comment portion of the meeting. He first addressed the “dissenting views” surrounding the recently announced felony self-disclosure policy by saying information helps maintain a safe community. Schlissel noted the University already has felony-related information about new employees through background checks, but this policy gives the Unive...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, March 29, 2019 FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. MAYA GOLDMAN Editor in Chief MAGDALENA MIHAYLOVA AND JOEL DANILEWITZ Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of The D...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, March 29, 2019 — 5 Jenny Lewis is indie’s undisputed princess. She has been from the moment she stepped foot on the scene in 1998, and still maintains her position of respect in the genre. Beginning with the popular band Rilo Kiley (we’ve all heard their hit “Silver Lining” a few times) and making her mark on several other groups, Lewis has established herself as a master...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, March 29, 2019 — 7 ‘That’s the way it is’: Sheryl Szady’s fight against the status quo In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily’s sports section is launching its second 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 Da...…

…8 — Friday, March 29, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ANAHEIM, Calif. — For all the highs of this season, the end wasn’t especially hard to see coming. Back in January, Michigan sat on top of the world. Undefeated. The best start in program history. The driver’s seat in the Big Ten. The driver’s seat for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Maybe the No. 1 overall ranking. Maybe a return trip to the Final Four. ...…

…Around 8 p.m. on Monday night, the Michigan Student Power Network created a petition called #UMichColdShoulder demanding the University of Michigan cancel classes. “The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor must close campus during harsh weather conditions - not just in extreme circumstances,” the petition reads. “A refusal to do so is classist and ableist, with disproportionate effects on workers, low income community memb...…

…On Monday evening, Carrie Bishop, chief digital services officer for the City and County of San Francisco, spoke on promoting technological change in government at the Ford School of Public Policy. The talk was co-sponsored by the Public Policy School’s Science, Technology and Public Policy program and the School of Information. Bishop moved to San Francisco from the United Kingdom in 2017. Before coming to the U.S., Bis...…

…and readily observable.” As such, Teodoro argued if a water system is run by the local government, then it will naturally focus on reducing the price of water to appease residents — a stance that will also inadvertently lead to lower water quality. “The goal of every politician who wants to get re-elected wants to minimize price and maximize quality,” Teodoro said. “However, because of how much more visible prices are than qualit...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, January 29, 2019 “ Thank you for sharing,” the class would say in robotic unison. The disgruntled student would then proceed to sit down back in the circle and await the next brave soul to share their feelings aloud with the class. Yes, this was how we spent every Wednesday afternoon in my fourth-grade classroom. Sitting cross-legged on the faded navy...…

…The protagonist in Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s novel “We Cast A Shadow” does not have a name. The absence of his name is hardly noticeable throughout the story, except for the first line in which he narrates, “My name doesn’t matter. All you need to know is that I’m a phantom, a figment, a man who was mistaken for waitstaff twice that night.” In many ways, his name really doesn’t matter. It is his experiences as a Black American and a...…

…6 — Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Frank Virzi ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/29/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/29/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 ACROSS 1 Tricky road curves 6 Too hasty 10 “Boy, am I dumb!” 13 Bowl over 14 Valpolicella wine brand 15 Suffix with project or percent 16 *Ki...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, January 29, 2019 — 7 W ith less than two minutes left in the game, fresh- man forward Naz Hillmon notched a crucial layup to give the Michigan women’s bas- ketball team hope. The bucket cut the Wolver- ines’ deficit against No. 23 Michigan State to just four points. That defi- cit had reached as high as 15 in the third quarter, and thus Michigan’s comeback seemed destined...…

…8 — Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With “a little bit of cannibalism going on,” ‘M’ stays above the fray The Big Ten is eating itself alive. That’s clear to anyone who’s watching. Including Michigan coach John Beilein. “There’s a little bit of cannibalism going on right now between the teams — it just happened Saturday with some of these away teams winning,” Beilein said on a conference c...…

…Rear Admiral Michael Gior- gione, author of “Inside Camp David: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat,” spoke Wednesday night at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library to discuss his book and share personal anecdotes from his time at the camp. Giorgione was the com- manding officer of Camp David, a country retreat used by U.S. presidents and their families, from 1999 to 2001. During that time, he worked under Presi...…

… The University of Michigan announced the launch of the Michigan Education Research Institute and Michigan Education Data Center Tuesday morning, presenting a collaboration between the University, Michigan State University, Michigan Department of Education and Center for Educational Performance and Information. The new research collaboration and data center will conduct research projects in early ch...…

…Thanksgiving at Camp David, with Chelsea Clinton who gave her old stuffed dolls to Gior- gione’s kids to use, and with Laura Bush who loved to play in autumn leaves on the lawn. Jerri Jenista, a hospital worker at the Medical School, said she enjoyed hearing about the presidents’ everyday lives. “It was nice to hear that the presidents were real people, they have real lives, their fami- lies are real people,” she said. The ret...…

…T his past Monday, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced it would be departing from its usual tradition of inviting a comedian to roast the president and the press corps at next year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Instead, in a controversial decision, the organization has invited renowned historian Ron Chernow to deliver a speech on First Amendment rights and freedom of the press. Though the...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 29, 2018 — 5 WARNER BROS. CHANEL In Sept. of this year, Chanel released Boy de Chanel in Seoul, with plans to launch a global release in early 2019. Their inaugural line of men’s makeup is fairly pared down, with offerings of “tinted fluid” in (an abysmal) four different shades, an eyebrow pencil and a matte lip balm. Despite its humble catalogue, the announcement in...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 29, 2018— 6 STORAGE FOR STUDENTS studying abroad. Indoor, clean, safe, closest to campus. AnnArborStor‑ age.com or (734)‑663‑0690. By C.C. Burnikel ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/29/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/29/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 ACROSS 1 Goat quot...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 29, 2018 — 7 Michigan dominant in 84-67 win over UNC Roy Williams stood in front of a crowd of media, castigating both his team and himself. It was about 11:40 on Wednesday night, and North Carolina had just met Michigan — the type of team that can drive coaches to this sort of frustration. “Guys, I got no positive things,” the Tar Heels’ coach said. “If you want some ...…

…8 — Thursday, November 29, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A 4-part series of forums on accountability, transparency and powerholders in Ann Arbor Wednesday, Dec. 5 @ 7PM Ann Arbor District Library 343 S 5th Ave. Ann Arbor FEATURING PANELISTS Who Holds the Power in Ann Arbor? Speak Truth to Power: The Role of Journalism PRESENTS: ALEXA ST. JOHN 2018 Michigan Daily Editor in Chief and Moderator ROBERT YOON Politic...…

…Throughout much of her life, Ciara Sivels had dreams of becoming a chef. Now she is the first Black woman to get a doctoral degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan. “I really had no idea (about engineering) until my junior year of high school,” Sivels said. “I had a teacher suggest I look into engineering because I had always been at good at chemistry and math, and I constantly excelled in all my classes.”...…

…of the Tree of Life synagogue.” LSA senior Eva Rosen, who grew up in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, believes the incident reveals the reality of nationwide anti-Semitic sentiments. “While this incident has changed our community forever; it is so much bigger than Squirrel Hill, or even Pittsburgh, because it has tragically proven that anti-Semitism is alive and real,” Rosen said. Attendees of the vigil turned on th...…

…There’s a war raging All around us But we are Unaware of it Immune to it Because we don’t even acknowledge it. Our privilege Supersedes Our ability to fall that “low” Our social conventions Forbid us To be that “depressing” We’re creating a bunch of “citizens” with tools to eradicate these issues but not armed with the sympathy to do so. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, October 29, 2018 — 3A Blunt tool...…

…A s a columnist writing about digital governance and data security, I sometimes wonder if my readers actually care about what happens to their online personal information. Amidst all of the recent headlines about cybercrime, data breaches and data exposure, it is hard to come to grips with what is actually at stake. These events seem far off and abstract, and the chance of it happening is so slim that it could ne...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 29, 2018 — 5A By Paul Coulter ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/29/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/29/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, October 29, 2018 ACROSS 1 Autos 5 Cutlass automaker 9 Stick-on design 14 Fever with chills 15 Hide, as a bone 16 100 bucks 17 Breadbasket item 18 Read bar codes...…

…November 5, 2018 ALBUM REVIEW Louis The Child, the EDM duo that has helped accelerate electronic music’s diffusion into the mainstream with their future-pop sound, released their second EP this past Thursday. The project, Kids At Play, features a dichotomous sound that partly reflects the group’s roots as a SoundCloud gem for EDM fans and its recent shift toward future-pop hit machine (with slightly more dignity than The Ch...…

…The Rosens’ last job Mark and Leisa Rosen, now in their 20th season, have left an unmistakable mark on the Michigan volleyball program. » Page 2B Saints stomped The Wolverines dominated St. Lawrence twice this weekend to move to 3-2 on the young season. » Page 2B SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 29, 2019 Design by Jack Silberman Evan Aaron & Alexis Rankin/ Daily BOUNCE BACK 1 F r i d a y ,...…

…2B — October 29, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Rosens’ last job A little under 20 years ago, Mark and Leisa Rosen were looking for their last job. The couple had coached volleyball together at Boise State in 1998, but they wanted to start a family. So they needed a stable job to facilitate a changing home-life — one that, if all went well, would be the only job Mark and Leisa would have for t...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 29, 2018 — 3B Michigan falls to No. 7 Wisconsin Friday, No. 3 Minnesota Saturday Stopping Dana Rettke is a tall task — both literally and figuratively. No. 7 Wisconsin’s 6-foot- 8 sophomore middle blocker challenged No. 12 Michigan (18-4 overall, 7-4 Big Ten) all night, and the injury- hampered Wolverines were unable to answer in a 25-18, 16-25, 22-25, 25-21, 11-15 loss at ...…

…4B — October 29, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Skjodt needed now more than ever for ‘M’ A sense of dread crept through Crisler Center in the middle of the first set. The No. 12 Michigan volleyball team faced a 14-9 deficit to No. 7 Wisconsin, with seemingly no momentum or chance to fight back into the set. The Badgers had stifled the Wolverines’ attack to that point, denying them time and time...…

…It’s a situation many students have found themselves in: It’s the day before an exam or paper is due, and they haven’t started studying. Many students The Daily interviewed said they can often feel hopeless. At the last minute, when there seems to be no other option, these students illegally find and consume Adderall, a stimulant pill that gives them more, take away the need to eat or sleep, and probably costs around $5. Of the o...…

…uses it, and every single one of them have friends that have been prescribed Adderall for at least 15 years, that they think it is okay.” Aside from the legal risks, Boyd outlined three major health risks that can occur when people take Adderall non-medically: addiction, psychosis and death. “They could have an underlying cardiovascular problem, and Adderall – like all amphetamines – has a black box on it from the FDA, bec...…

…Fifteen years after the University of Michigan went toe to toe in the Supreme Court defending affirmative action, racial demographics at the University remain largely homogenous. The University chapter of the American Constitution Society hosted a symposium Wednesday evening to reflect on the case’s history and strategize around affirmative action in honor of the 15th anniversary of the landmark Grutter v. Bollinger...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, March 29, 2018 Facebook needs help — now ERIK NESLER | COLUMN A s my freshman year at the University of Michigan comes to a close, I have been reflecting on the racist incidents that have happened this year: There were the racial slurs written on the doors of Black students at West Quad Residence Hall. There was the video of the man appearing to urinate on the “Bl...…

…Are trendy hoop earrings culturally appropriative? STYLE “A style that links so heavily with identity is not taken seriously until it is seen on a white woman,” Ruby Pivet wrote in a piece for Vice. Recently, hoop earrings have become a staple in the wardrobes of an increasing number of young people of non-Latinx origin. If you’re like me, you decided to make the purchase because you heard hoops were making a comeback in 20...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, March 29, 2018 — 7 Michigan mercies UD Mercy, 15-0 There were so many runs, the scoreboard wasn’t sufficient. When sophomore outfielder Haley Hoogenraad hit a grand slam — the last in a series of exclamation points that punctuated the third inning — the number of runs displayed for the frame clicked from seven to one. There was no room for a double-digit inning. The ga...…

…8 — Thursday, March 29, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Brienne Minor makes history In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily launches a 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. Daily sports writer Maya Salinas continues the series with this story. Brienne ‘Bri’ Minor isn’t your ty...…