…New COVID-19 research from the Uni- versity of Michigan reveals little spread of the virus between the campus and the surround- ing community last fall. Lead researcher Dr. Adam Lauring, a virologist and infectious disease physician at Michigan Medicine, told The Michigan Daily the results of the study are important because previous work related to COVID-19 transmis- sion in college environments has been quite ambiguous in the past. Thi...…
…The University of Michigan’s chap- ter of the Spill the Honey Foundation, an organization committed to telling the history of Black and Jewish civil rights alliances, screened the new film “Shared Legacies” Thursday evening. The documentary discusses the part- nership between the Black and Jewish communities during the Civil Rights Movement. About 70 students and professors attended the screening. The film highlighted how Jewish leade...…
…Similarly to the faculty open letter, the student open letter calls on the University to issue a public apology on Sheng’s behalf and reinstate him as instructor of the undergraduate composition course. Sheng also had no comment on the student letter. Cho and LaGrand told The Michigan Daily they decided to write the letter after noticing the impact the incident was having on the culture at SMTD and Sheng’s career. Cho said while Sh...…
…“The Fortune Men” by Nadifa Mohamed is a story that exists off the page. Nominated for the 2021 Booker Prize, “The Fortune Men” is based on true events, as Mohamed brings to light the wrongful conviction of Somali 29-year-old Mahmoud Hussein Mattan for the murder of Jewish shopkeeper, Lily Volpert. In the book, Mattan is referred to as ‘Mahmood,’ while Lily is renamed ‘Violet.’ Mattan was the last man to be hanged in Cardiff prison. “...…
…Wolverine claws, orgasms and Goop. This seemingly-odd combination takes the screen in Netflix’s new show: “Sex, Love & Goop.” Gwyneth Paltrow, along with a cast of sexological experts, tackle couples’ sex problems in hopes of enhancing their intimacy; they explore some interesting techniques to make sex lives more pleasurable. This even includes the incorporation of a wok cleaner (which is typically meant for the kitchen) into forep...…
…Every time I pass a Walgreens or CVS, I remember how I used to pace down the candy aisle while my dad chose photos to print out of all our family pictures saved on a chunky, silver 2010 digital camera. It was a monthly occurrence because of the hundreds of photos that would pile up on his SD card. My dad always carried the camera with him, only letting go of it when he’d set it on the nightstand to sleep. In addition to birthdays, wedd...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Wednesday, November 3, 2021 — 7 Content warning: This article contains mention of sexual assault October clambers in without warning, its ostentatious display sweetened by crisp autumn air, boisterous jack-o-lanterns flashing toothy grins and ghost stories. I’ve never experienced the supernatural: I have no sinister encounters to furtively whisper around a bonfire, no tales of me...…
…Content warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Editor’s note: The name Morgan is a pseudonym. F or two years now, I have watched with pride as women and men victimized by systems of abuse brought their stories to the forefront and forced the western world to confront some of the incommodious yet defining underpinnings of our institutions. As a Black man, I’ve written about the visceral emotions surrounding ...…
…I pity those who did not attend the football game against Washington last month. Not because we pummeled the Huskies — although that was a treat — but rather because you missed the Michigan Marching Band’s halftime show. Dedicated to the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, the band performed an arrangement celebrating New York City and the rich American musical tradition, all the while decked out in colored LED lights. For their last song, J.P....…
…Junior defenseman Keaton Pehrson was caught in unfamiliar territory. As Michigan underwent a line change, Pehrson remained in Wisconsin’s defensive zone. Despite being short three teammates, Pehrson’s relentless pursuit of the puck overpowered the Badgers. He won the battle all by himself and the Wolverines gained possession. That was around the time where Michigan would hit a wall — both literally and figuratively. Wisconsin’s ga...…
…As the Michigan football team went through its normal Monday walkthrough last week, Andrel Anthony noticed he was playing a bigger role than usual. “I definitely realized I was going to have a big part in this game,” the freshman receiver said a week later. “I didn’t know it was going to be that big, but I knew I was going to have a shot, an opportunity, to make a play and capitalize on that.” That’s exactly what he did. Six catches...…
…EAST LANSING — Nursing a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh went with the freshman. J.J. McCarthy — the former five-star backup quarterback — trotted onto the field. Throughout the game, McCarthy came in for specialized packages within the Wolverines’ offense, including a number of successful read options and a touchdown pass to freshman receiver Andrel Anthony. The starter — junior Cad...…
…In the spring of this year, my acquaintances started sharing bizarre affirmations like “I am ready for Baguette Lifestyle” and “My skin radi- ates a Youthful Glow” and “I have never been bored” on their Instagram stories. The state- ments, perched precariously between serious and sarcastic, started to show up everywhere. “Swollen lymphnode IS NOT CANCER” “I have not entered self-destruct mode” “My sneeze will NOT cause an earthquake” “I A...…
…3 — Wednesday, November 3, 2021 // The Statement Is there a Is there a problem? problem? BY SARAH STOLAR, STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT W alking in the door, my mind was an entan- glement of anxiety and relief. I looked over the faces of those inside the cafe and finally locat- ed a familiar blonde haircut at the far corner of the room. I sat down on the stool beside my friend, Ella, who had invited me to the Starbucks right next to our...…
…Wednesday, November 3, 2021 // The Statement — 4 The laugh track BY LANE KIZZIAH, STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT T here’s something perfectly unfinished about the comedy club on 4th Avenue. It’s next to a Running Fit store and housed in the basement of a virtually unmarked building. You could pass it every day and never notice unless you happened to see the 8-by-11-inch sheet of printer paper on the door that says “Ann Arbor Comedy Show- cas...…
…In November 2015, while other students were focusing on midterms, football games and the fast-approaching Michigan winter, then-LSA senior Zachary Ackerman had something else on his mind. He was running for Ann Arbor City Council. “I grew up in Ann Arbor and grew up as a pretty nerdy kid. When I was 15 and a student at Pioneer High School, that nerdiness channeled itself into an interest in politics and government. Figuring...…
…9 2 4 5 8 1 4 5 1 2 5 4 7 6 8 9 2 2 6 9 1 7 8 4 1 2 5 2 6 7 4 2 9 I SEE SNOW! puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, November 3, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily SchwarberryChristmas @ameliacubs12 Tip kids if you ever think you’ll be able to productively work on a paper during Game 7 of the world series, don’t listen to yourseself Jordan @jordvnlee Don’t have t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, November 3, 2017 — 3A and McFarland’s accounts — according to the roommate, no one had ever insulted Mansour despite McFarland admitting to having called Mansour the expletive. He also said he never heard a friend say the anti-gay chants, despite McFarland’s insisting another friend said the slurs. The roommate did, however, admit to urinating in Mansour’s dog’s bowl. The w...…
…A thought popped into my head as I walked out of Hill Auditorium after a live Q&A with a politician I deeply respect, Hillary Clinton. I realized that, to my recollection, Clinton didn’t mention a single word about the mistakes her campaign made in 2016. To be sure, Russian interference, voter suppression and former FBI director Jim Comey’s statements had an enormous impact on the ultimate outcom...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 3, 2017 — 5A ARTIST IN PROFILE ATLANTIC Who is A. Boogie? ‘No Questions About Lil B’: In conversation with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie I’ve been obsessing over A. Boogie Wit Da Hoodie for quite some time now. His trademarked sound (a natural yet unexpected blend of post-Drake era harmonies with gritty horror-core subject matter) has made him a fixture within hip hop’s eme...…
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…FootballSaturday, November 4, 2017 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores around college football in the 2017 football season. Betelhem Ashame Ted Janes Orion Sang Kevin Santo South Carolina (+23.5) at No. 1 Georgia Georgia South Carolina Georgia Georgia Georgia No. 19 LSU (+21.5) at No. 2 Alabama Alabama Alabama LSU Alabama LSU Wake Forest (+14) at No. 3 Notre Dame Notre Dame Wake For...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: Steven Richardson It was a tumultuous offseason for the Minnesota football team. After 10 players were suspended following an accusation of sexual assault, the team threatened to sit out the Holiday Bowl. Former head coach Tracy Claeys supported the boycott, which was eventually dropped. Claeys lost his job shortly after. In his absence stepped P.J. Fleck, th...…
…When Sarasota, a town in southwestern Florida, was rated America’s meanest city in 2006, Karan Higdon was just a nine-year-old kid who wore size nine-and-a-half shoes. He was a big kid, no doubt, who went to the Boys and Girls Club most days after school and sometimes met his friends for kickball outside in the neighborhood. He played Pee Wee football for the Port Charlotte Bandits, and even back then he was running over ...…
…Christian’s nephew, D.J., had played football there, so she and Karan often went to see his games. Karan was just 13 years old when Riverview coach John Sprague approached him and Christian to talk about his future. Sprague had followed Karan through Pop Warner, and wanted him to come join the Rams. “Send him to Riverview, Sam,” Sprague had said. “We’ll take good care of him.” Riverview always had a great football program,...…
…FootballSaturday, November 4, 2017 6 For in-game updates Follow @Kevin_M_Santo, @tedjanes7, @orion_sang and @betelhem_ashame on Twitter during Saturday’s game. Jones, a senior All-American who went on to play as a wide receiver at Indiana, was knocked flat onto his back. He was one of the area’s top recruits, and Karan — a freshman — ran him straight over, and everybody had seen it. It was in that moment that everybody knew t...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Breakdown: ‘M’ has a slight edge For just the fifth time in program history, the Michigan football team will be playing a night game in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines didn’t have to wait very long since the last one. A month ago, Michigan lost a sloppy tilt with now- No. 24 Michigan State amid a torrential downpour, and had to watch the Spartans walk off its field with the Paul Bunyan Tro...…
…FootballSaturday, November 4, 2017 8 as well as the Michigan faithful. He may have jumpstarted the Wolverines’ struggling offense last Saturday, but he needs to show that he can have that much of an impact on a regular basis. Peters will have his work cut out for him in a matchup against the Golden Gophers’ 20th-ranked defense. In eight games, Minnesota has given up just eight touchdowns through the air. It has also ...…
…Last year, LSA sophomore Lauren Schandevel and Sociology Prof. Dwight Lang had an informal discussion about the absence of social class in University of Michigan class curriculum. Schandevel and Lang both noted that though the University has a Women’s Studies Department and a Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, which intersect with social class, there is no major that focuses solely on socioeconomic st...…
…Last Thursday, the Michigan Court of Claims ruled that residents of Flint may sue the state government for damages relating to the Flint water crisis. The crisis began in April 2014, when the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality switched the city’s water source from Lake Huron — which also services Detroit — to the Flint River. Because the Flint River water was more corrosive, lead from the popes leached into ...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 3, 2016 — 3A goes.” So far, these efforts led by Aqel and 10 other students include hosting a film screening and organizing informational tables in University buildings such as Angell Hall and the Chemistry building. Aqel said these efforts aim to both increase awareness of the educational crisis in Syria and find students willing to sign the petition,...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, November 3, 2016 Head back to business school FROM THE DAILY Extending term limits favors democracy N ext week, Ann Arbor residents will vote on a controversial ballot proposal to extend the term of office for Ann Arbor mayor and City Council members from two years to four years. If approved, City Council elections would be held at the same time as general elections, meanin...…
…HAPPY THURSDAY! Enjoy the Sudoku on page 2 Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Workbench gadget 6 Antlered beast 10 Glasses, in ads 14 Popular depilatory 15 Campaign staffer 16 Rochester’s bride 17 Part of the soft palate 18 Lady of the knight 19 Concussions generally aren’t visible on them 20 Goal for some college-bound students 23 “What was __ was saying?” 24 Tie __ 25 Rat Pack member 29 Growing concern...…
…6A — Thursday, November 3, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines set for exhibition against Wayne State With all the high-profile events in which the Michigan women’s basketball team has participated this preseason — the Jumpman uniform unveiling, the kids clinic and the open- practice 3-point shootout — it is easy to forget that the Wolverines have to yet to play a game. That will change Thu...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, November 3, 2016 Three independent game developers talk stress, inspiration and passion for their craft Cooper Riehl wants to make video games. He has wanted to since middle school, when he played GameCube and RuneScape and discovered how to program text adventures onto his TI-85 cal- culator. Now, he’s a senior at the School of Engineering, and he’s putting that dream into motion a...…
…2B — Thursday, November 3, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com INDIE GAMES From Page 1B More recently, the runaway success of Toby Fox’s “Undertale” has grabbed the attention of young game developers. A heartfelt, character-driven role-playing game with simple graphics and beautiful original music, “Undertale” was Fox’s very first video game (he had previously worked on free modifications for other gam...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, November 3, 2016 — 3B Charli XCX is no newcomer to the pop scene, and she’s not pulling any punches in “After the Afterparty.” Featur- ing Atlanta-based rapper Lil Yachty, the song jumps from sickly sweet piano pop song to rampant party anthem in a matter of seconds. This is an unashamed, straight-to- the-point ode to partying all night and not regretting it the next morn...…
…I MISS YOU DAD The Facebook group was created by two Welsh sisters looking for a place to grieve. I want to tell you about a meme I saw the other day. I’m usually pretty skeptical of memes. For some reason, it seems that under the shadow of the presidential election, memes have been co-opted into a lazy form of political dialogue. I do not claim to understand why Minions, the little yellow cartoon characters, are frequently juxta...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 3, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Discussion points to special interests as detriment to the collective good By DANIEL OH For the Daily Hundreds filled Rackham Auditorium on Monday to hear Naomi Klein, a noted Canadian author and social activist, discuss her new book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate.” The book dis...…
…and evaluation experts — to determine whether the current course evaluation instrument is in line with best practices. If it is not, the committee will be charged with recommending a new instrument. According to Weineck, University Provost Martha Pollack wants the issue of how and when to release course evaluation data to be decided by faculty and students. “(Pollack) seemed very, very open to having students and facult...…
…it is not uncommon for institutions with expertise on a certain issue to submit briefs to the Supreme Court. He said in this particular case, the University can draw on its own experience to help the court make a sensible decision. In 2006, Michigan voters approved an amendment to the state’s constitution, called Proposal 2, which banned colleges and universities from granting preferential treatment to any student based...…
…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....…
…5 — Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com LITERATURE COLUMN Exploring ‘Jest’ T he start of my enthrall- ment with David Foster Wallace would have infuriated the deceased, reclu- sive author — it began when I watched someone else espouse his ideas in a film version of his life. I found his persona fascinating in “The End of the Tour,” the movie adaptation of last few days of the “Infinite Jes...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. ACROSS 1 Woman who turns up in Rick’s gin joint 5 41st or 43rd president 9 National park in the Canadian Rockies 14 __-chef 15 One of Pittsburgh’s three rivers 16 Like a loud crowd 17 Just swell 19 Itsy-__ 20 Generous __ fault 21 Serious romantic outing 23 Hot beverage server 26 Personal ad abbr. 27 Sawmill input 28 Pursue and c...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 3, 2015 — 7 After moment in spotlight, Speight no longer unknown Teammates laud quarterback’s poise in leading comeback against Minnesota By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor Just a few months ago, Wilton Speight was a relative nobody on the Michigan football team. He had arrived in Ann Arbor in the winter of 2014 as a highly touted quarterback, but one who had to ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Speight’s task has not been a simple one. His first meaningful passes as a college quarterback were game-deciding ones. Morris, the man many assumed to be Michigan’s backup quarterback, remained on the sideline after Rudock’s injury, his redshirt preserved according to plan. Even Harbaugh, known as “Captain Comeback” during his NFL playing ...…
…~1iedI~lipan ~&I~ CELEBRATING OUR ONE-IIUNI)REDI-TWENTY-FIFTIIYEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 3, 2014 michigandailycom DAVE BRANDON RESIGNS Former Steelecase CEO Jim Hackett to serve as interim AD, Schlissel announces After resignation, 9 contract settlement topayformerAD $3M By JENNIFER CALFAS ManagingNews Editor Though Dave Brandon will no longer serve as the Univer- sity's Athletic Director starting Nov. 1, t...…
…i 2A - Monday, November 3, 2014 The Michigan Daily-' michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, November 3,2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom READ he f idichtgan Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN DOUGLAS SOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115ext.151 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com 'dongsolo@michigandailycom SOLIDARITY FOREVER Clerical workers unionized Forty year...…
