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November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 1

…The Michigan Daily sat down for an interview with University President Mark Schlissel to address several current issues on campus, including a potential visit from Richard Spencer, Central Student Government’s vote for #UMDivest and more. The Michigan Daily: Starting with Richard Spencer — in the Regent’s Meeting called last week, safety seemed like a big topic of discussion, that’s your top priority that you’re stating ...…

November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 2

…into account. TMD: What kinds of things are you going to specifically, in the negotiations, what kinds of things do you think could contribute to making a more or less safe environment? Schlissel: What the law allows us to consider is the time and the place and the manner of speaking. So for example, it would be very easy for us to say no if Mr. Spencer insisted on speaking on the Diag at 11 in the morning on a class day with ...…

November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, November 29, 2017 — 3A communications director for the University’s chapter of College Democrats, said in the past they have been cautious in attaching their name to certain causes to avoid politicization, “opting instead to show up as allies rather than political affiliates.” “In this instance, however, we believe that Spencer and his movement are enough of a political threa...…

November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 4

…M y most anxious times used to be weekend nights. I remember spending countless Saturday nights staring out my window at the frozen landscape of campus — imagining that all of the lights from dorm rooms, apartments and houses were filled with students laughing, partying and just enjoying the few hours of downtime that college life grants. And ignorantly, I deluded myself into believing that I was the only s...…

November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 5A — Wednesday, November 29, 2017 BLEECKER STREET Silly film starring a schizophrenic Dickens ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ lively & fresh The latest Scrooge story rings in a season of holiday movies “A Christmas Carol” is one of those stories that has been told and told again year after year to the point that it’s hard for any new adaptation to do much more than retread the same mater...…

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…6A — Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com INTERSCOPE Mura Masa performed in Detroit the Friday before Thanksgiving Mura Masa’s meticulous magic stuns at Majestic British DJ brought mellowness and majesty to the Detroit venue There’s a fine line between concerts and listening parties. Both involve listening to an artist’s music with a large group of people; you can dance at both, you can sing along...…

November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 8

…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Hannah Myers Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Emily Koffsky Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement Let’s talk about it: What it means to keep walking statement THE M...…

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…3B Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement Soundtracking: Scheduling I t’s the most wonderful time of the year … I’m sitting on my laptop, physically drowning in papers and assignments, when an email notification pops up on my phone — not that I was on my phone instead of doing homework or anything but this is a judgement-free zone so get off my back. I swipe down to check out what all the fuss is about in my inbox. That’s w...…

November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 10

…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 5B Changing the Script Students of color break barriers in musical theater by Tanya Madhani, Senior MiC Editor W ith the highly-antici- pated opening of “Ham- ilton: An American Musical” in the summer of 2015, it seemed as if Broadway — and theater as a whole — was taking the first step to combat the highly divisive and potent movement ...…

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…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: Dancing in color I always feel as though I was given a second chance. I was born in Guatemala City to a homeless mother who never had the opportunity to go to school. She signed my adoption papers with her thumb print because she couldn’t write her name. She told the social worker her one wish for me was a good education. As I write this article I think about ...…

November 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 38) • Page Image 12

…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Someone in the crowd by Micky Esteban, SMTD junior I grew up in a small town in Connecticut where it was impossible for me to get lost. In a place where 95.7 percent of the population is Caucasian, an Asian stands out in a crowd. My school, my dance studio, my friends all reflected that demographic. As a result, I was my differences. My black hair, my dark ski...…

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…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T T H A N K S G I V I N G The Michigan Daily photo staff share photos from their Thanksgivings, featuring traditions, family and memories. Photos by Michigan Daily Photo Staff The annual appearance of my grandma’s blue turkey plates is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving. (Alexis Rankin/Daily) As soon as my family wakes up on Thanksgiving we start cooki...…

September 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 100) • Page Image 1

…Four students have been selected by the University of Michigan to be official nominees for the prestigious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, which provide full funding for graduate study in the United Kingdom. This years nominees include Public Policy senior Nadine Jawad, recent LSA alum Jonathan Williams, University alum Yiran Liu and University alum Lauren Shepard. According to the LSA Office of National Schola...…

September 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 100) • Page Image 2

…8 6 5 9 3 2 7 1 4 2 4 1 7 7 5 6 1 5 4 7 8 2 3 4 1 8 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 4/6/09 10:16 AM IRON MAN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, September 29, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Two Door Cinema Club performs in Grand Rapids Wednesday. Tweets Follow @michigandaily Joe Árvai @DecisionLab People are freaking out o...…

September 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 100) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 29, 2017 — 3 election, she doesn’t see what productivity this book offers. “I’d like to focus on what we can do now to build policy and build advocacy for certain groups,” she said. Though the cost of the book and tour concerns some — pre- sale tickets for the Ann Arbor event are currently around $82 to $170 range — many point out nearly every recent president has sold...…

September 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 100) • Page Image 4

…I called my grandparents, hoping to hear their whereabouts. With the stress of a new school year and a new house distracting me from my family and home life, I was overwhelmed with guilt as I watched the coverage of Hurricane Irma on CNN. As residents of Boynton Beach, Florida, my grandparents were poised to be in the center of the path of the second deadliest hurricane to pass over the United States this year. I was r...…

September 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 100) • Page Image 5

…Walking along State towards the Diag last semester, simply put, was annoying. Though it sounds high maintenance, pedestrians had to backtrack to a crosswalk or jump into oncoming traffic to avoid the construction across from Walgreens. Finally, the construction has finished, revealing a shiny new and desperately needed coffee shop (a trendy, college town like Ann Arbor can never have too many. Not to mention, the cof...…

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…6 — Friday, September 29, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com J O I N D A I L Y A R T S P L E A S E J O I N D A I L Y A R T S P L E A S E NETFLIX Lady Gaga’s new documentary is on Netflix now ‘Five Foot Two’ is a raw look into a pop giant’s life New documentary shows Lady GaGa in all the ways she hasn’t been seen before: unfiltered, imperfect and vulnerable “Five Foot Two” is aptly tit...…

September 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 100) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, September 29, 2017 — 7 Amid much anticipation, Michigan set to open new season The offseason for the Michigan hockey team has been rife with high expectations. The summer has seen countless headlines surrounding a new head coach, a six-senior class determined to rebound from last year’s disappointment and promising freshmen looking to become breakout stars. This excitement w...…

September 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 100) • Page Image 8

…8 — September 29, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Bye Week: Evaluating Michigan’s 2017 season so far One-third of the way through its 2017 season, the No. 8 Michigan football team has defied expectations. Despite losing 18 of their 22 starters from a year ago, the Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 4-0 overall) have found reliable options at most, if not all, positions on the field. Even significant question marks be...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 1

…Leaders of top universities discuss societal “compact” Schlissel emphasizes need to communicate public benefits of university research By EDUARDO BATISTA Daily Staff Reporter On Monday afternoon, the University of Michigan hosted leaders from nine of the world’s most highly ranked universities to discuss the public role of research universities for the ongoing celebration of the school’s Bicentennial. The event, titled ...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 2

…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NISA KHAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 nisakhan@michigandaily.com JUEUI HONG Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 jueuih@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Dayton Hare Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com Jennifer Meer Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Andrew Hiyama, Kaela Theut Sarah Khan Editorial Page Editor...…

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…3 NEWS Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com At first gathering of Michigan Trump Republicans, supporters pass out “training cards” for reelection Organizers stress duty to defend Trump amid rising unpopularity By ANDREW HIYAMA Summer Daily News Editor More than 50 people showed up to Avery’s Tavern in Rochester Hills Monday night to attend a meet- ing hosted by the Michigan Trump Republicans, intended...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 4

…4 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION T he first time that I ever found a spider in my house, after a bit of screaming and running around and yelling for my mom, we eventually caught it in a jar and set it free outside. And except under dire circumstances, I still try to make sure the little guys, and gals, make it out alive. Which is why when the Daily’s Editorial Board first discussed the de...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 5

…5 OPINION Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C urrently, it seems that the tumultuous political environment of America will never calm, and the news of Mark Zuckerberg awkwardly testing the waters of the potential presidential arena only adds to the absurdity of our present democratic state. Zuckerberg, a thirty-three- year-old computer programmer who has a net worth greater than the GDP of Luxembou...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 6

…6 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Young Thug is inventive on recent hip hop album By SHAYAN SHAFII Daily Arts Writer Ah, a man and his guitar. So much of the worst music of the last 100 years has been made by dudes crooning about women over four-chord loops. But some of it has been good, too. At best, romantic, sing-song-y guitar bal- lads can be emotionally piercing and refreshingly honest; a...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 7

…7 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By AARURAN CHANDRASEKHAR Daily Arts Writer Underground French night clubs will be adding Staples to their rotation soon. From inaugural major label EP Hell Can Wait to his most recent Prima Donna, No I.D. and ARTium label mate DJ Dahi have produced 90% of the tracks Vince Staples has released. On Big Fish Theory, Staples eschews col- laboration with ...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 8

…8 Thursday, June 29,2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Angry Orchard product 6 Bony part of the roof of the mouth 12 1988 Schwarzenegger cop film 14 Put an end to 16 Clears a stoppage from 17 Entertainer nicknamed “The Schnoz” 18 “Be Prepared” org. 19 Party hearty 21 Monterrey Mrs. 22 Outlying area, briefly 24 Whitman of TV’s “Parenthood” 25 Slightly 26 Earth along the Elbe 27 Lyric tribute 29 French course 31 Score s...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 9

…for themselves. In turn I have learned to take care of myself. So thank you to the friends that taught me how to take time for myself, to shut off all the lights, watched trashy TV with me, and a shoutout to those that let me cook in their kitchens before I moved out of the dorms. 5. Get you some friends that are oak trees - A woman once said to me that are two catego- ries of friends. You’ve got friends that ar...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 10

…10 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein will have to replace two assistant coaches after Billy Donlon’s departure. Nielsen named next women’s lacrosse coach A week after former Maryland assistant Kevin Conry was hired as the Michigan men’s lacrosse coach, the women’s program filled that same opening. Athletic director Warde Manu...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 11

…11 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily The Michigan volleyball team will play 15 games this season against teams that qualified for last year’s NCAA Tournament. Michigan releases its 2017 volleyball schedule Wednesday, the Michigan volleyball team released its full schedule for the 2017 season. The 32-game slate includes 15 matches against teams that qualified for t...…

June 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 78) • Page Image 12

…12 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily D.J. Wilson became the sixth Wolverine to be drafted in the first round since 2014 when the Milwaukee Bucks took him 17th overall. Conry named head coach Six weeks ago, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel announced the firing of men’s lacrosse coach John Paul, the only head coach the program has known. Wednesday, Manuel found his repla...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Saturday, April 29, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Hail. You arrived on campus, nervous. You were confident. You transferred here halfway through. You were part of a long line of Wolverine alumni. You were the first in your family to go to college. You declared right away in your freshman year. You switched majors a few times. You are going to medical school. You ar...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 2

…NEWS over the YEARS 2013 2014 APRIL 22: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state of Michigan’s ban on affirmative action, specifically the consideration of race in public universities’ admissions. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy held that under the Constitution, the voter-enacted ban in Michigan could not be overturned at the national level. SEPTEMBER 5: Mark Schlissel bacame the 14th president of the University, s...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Saturday, April 29, 2017 — 3 2015 2016 2017 ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Kinesiology sophomore Capri’Nara Kendall in a protest organized by the Black Student Union in front of Hill Auditorium on Monday. The speakers made demands concerning their campaign, Being Black at University of Michigan, giving University officials seven days to respond. By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter 2016 University ...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 4

…4 — Saturday, April 29, 2017 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Earlier this semester, We Are Michigan organized a “Freeze Out” protest, where minority students and allies banded together to form a circle surrounding the Diag, carrying signs that read “We want real diversity,” and “I am that one Black girl in your class” along with other signs outlining the low minority representation on campus. Following an offensi...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 5

…By TYLER SCOTT Columnist 2015 It’s all but impossible to calculate the finite value of an education. At my middle- class high school in Michigan, one of the biggest pitches that teachers and administrators made to try and convince more of my peers to attend college relied purely on economics. “College grads make more,” they said. While that may typically be true, the fluctuating economy and subsequent job market doesn’t make ...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 6

…6 — Saturday, April 29, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MUSIC COLUMN TV COLUMN COMMUNITY CULTURE If I could see all my friends tonight Claudia Rankine to talk about ‘Citizen’ at Rackham By LAUREN THEISEN Daily Music Columnist 2017 I used to listen to “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem and dream about when I would feel nostalgic for it. If you have never listened to LCD, “All My Friends” is its magnum opus, a b...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Instant classic, eternal anguish By MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor 2016 COLUMBUS — The play was called 29 lead. Curtis Samuel took a handoff going left. His blockers created a tunnel. He burst through it, jumped over the goal line and stretched his hands as wide as he could to the fans in the north end zone. It may go down in history as one of the enduring plays in one of coll...…

April 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 70) • Page Image 8

…Michigan defeats Wisconsin, claims Big Ten Tournament championship By BRENDAN CARNEY Daily Sports Writer 2017 A little over a month ago, Michigan hit rock bottom. The Wolverines had just lost to Big Ten bottom-dweller Ohio State, and looked completely shook while doing so. But following the game, senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. stood in the corner of the Crisler Center pressroom looking as poised as ever. He knew his team ha...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 1

…More than 50 University of Michigan students and community members gathered Tuesday night in the Diag as part of a vigil commemorating the deaths of civilians due to a U.S-led coalition of airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq. On March 16, an explosion in a Syrian mosque left 46 civilians dead, and between March 17 and March 23, more than 200 civilians were killed in Mosul, as the United States fought to clear membe...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 2

…HI HUSSEIN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES MLift Presents Janae Marie Kroc WHAT: Listen to Janae Marie Kroc, a world-champion powerlifter and transgender woman, discuss her motivation and training regimen. WHO: MLift WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Mason Hall, Room 3411 Robo-Sexism Colloquim WHAT: Anthropology Prof. Jenni...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 3A will go unnoticed.” Surrounded by the glow of candles, speakers mourned those lost in the airstrikes, while also emphasizing the importance of remembering the humanity of those killed, rather than statistics portraying the immense number of lives lost. Speeches touched on highly personal topics, such as an Iraqi speaker’s mother loving purple but always wea...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 4

…A t this point in the Trump presidency — and especially on this campus — criticizing President Donald Trump has become so common and routine that doing so feels unproductive. According to Gallup, Trump’s approval rating is 36 percent — a record low. And on a campus where only 12 percent of students polled before the election said they would vote for Trump, I suspect that approval rating is much, much lower. It doesn’t hel...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 5

…Every single morning, I wake up to the buzz of my phone alarm. Immediately, I check to see a myriad of notifications popped up on my screen and spend at least ten minutes looking through each one before I wash up and get ready for class. Throughout the day, I find myself constantly clicking and thumbing through Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. Occasionally, I’ll stop to look at a striking image or funny meme, but mor...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 6

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Anemic 5 Dukes not among royalty 10 Huge production 14 Rod in a hot rod 15 Kate’s sitcom pal 16 Pilaf base 17 *Rain-X auto product 19 Like port, usually 20 Lacking a key 21 *Manhattan theater district locale 23 Proofer’s mark 25 Feathery layer 26 Oomph 29 Set apart from the group 33 Org. with the staff of Aesculapius in its logo 36 Big name in gas 38 Slam-dance 39 Compres...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 7A ‘M’ defeats UMBC, continues hot start Coming off a bye week following a run of three wins in a row, the No. 20 Michigan men’s lacrosse team defeated Maryland-Baltimore County by a final score of 10-7 on Saturday afternoon. In its first game since the biggest win in the program’s history — a 13-12 victory against No. 10 Penn — Michigan (8-1) was able to...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 8

…8A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Walton selected for 3-point competition It may not be for the reason that he hoped, but Derrick Walton Jr. is going to Phoenix, Ariz. after all. The field for the 29th State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships was announced Tuesday afternoon, and Michigan’s senior point guard found his name among the eight-player group tha...…

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