…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...…
