…Creative assisted in putting the data into map form. “Poverty is really widespread across the state,” Naranjo said. “It’s not necessarily concentrated in just Detroit like I think the narrative goes. There’s a lot of rural poverty in this state and a rising amount of suburban poverty.” LSA junior Zachary Tingley, a research assistant for the project, said he noticed his own attitude shift about poverty as a result. “...…
…W hen I arrived at the University of Michigan this past fall, the decision to rush felt preconceived. I am a student surrounded by those of similar backgrounds; a Jewish boy from the suburbs of a big city, anxious to make friends with similarly identified people. Everyone I knew was doing it. It would make sense for me to rush, right? At fraternity parties during Welcome Week, I met different brothers who’d ask if I was...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 3, 2018 — 5A There’s a moment in “The Last Jedi” when all the sound drops out and complete silence descends. For a few seconds, there is nothing. No music, no white noise, no dialogue. All falls away, and for a franchise that has always been easily recognizable for its iconic sound design and legendary score, it’s a strange moment, yet an undeniably brilliant one....…
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…The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Offensive offense Michigan couldn’t establish the run or pass — perhaps because South Carolina knew what to expect. » Page 2B Bye-bye, birdie Backed by a couple unexpected offensive sources, Michigan finally took one in Iowa. » Page 2B ORION SANG Managing Sports Editor Michigan collapses, drops Outback Bowl to South Carolina WEDNESDAY - BLOCKED Mi...…
…2B — Wednesday, January 3, 2018 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan offensive miscues due to poor execution and predictability TAMPA, Fla. — There’s a lot of blame that can go around when an offense performs the way Michigan’s did in its 26-19 loss to South Carolina. 203 passing yards on 45 attempts with two crucial interceptions. 33 carries for 74 yards with two backbreaking fumbles. Those four ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday Wednesday, January 3, 2018 — 3B Simpson leads ‘M’ past Iowa in crucial road win IOWA CITY — Throughout the season, the point guard position has been a source of limited production for the Michigan men’s basketball team. In their previous game, freshman Eli Brooks and sophomore Zavier Simpson combined for just two points on three shot attempts facing a far-infer...…
…4B — Wednesday, January 3, 2018 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Report says Frey set to leave for Florida State Greg Frey’s first stint in Ann Arbor lasted three years. His second? That could be much shorter. According to a report from Josh Newberg of 247Sports.com, Michigan’s offensive tackles and tight ends coach didn’t travel home with the team from Tampa after Monday’s Outback Bowl. Instead, Frey a...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 3, 2018 Hustled Out Union renovations strip away 97 years of pool hall history …
…L ike every good story, mine comes with a cup of coffee — an Americano with no room, to be exact. As I start my final semester at the University, finishing two degrees and leading up to what is probably my 2,190th cup of coffee (365 days x 4 years x 1.5 cups on average), I’ve come to appreciate the coffee shop culture in Ann Arbor. It’s contributed to the way I feel a part of the Ann Arbor community — aspiring journalists, novel...…
…3C Wednesday, January 3, 2018 // The Statement Soundtracking: Writer’s block S o I may or may not have stared at a blank Google Doc page for hours on end trying to write this column. I don’t consider this column about not being able to think of a column “phoning it in.” I consider it making the most out of what I was given — which was a laptop, a deadline and early 2000s bops floating around in my brain. Between my essay-steepe...…
…Wednesday, January 3, 2018 // The Statement 4C Wednesday, January 3, 2018 // The Statement 5C The pool hall, hustled out Union renovations strip away 97 years of pool hall history by Will Feuer, Contributor T he room is a labyrinth of ancient tables, antiques still in use. Above each one, fluo- rescent lights puncture maize and blue stained glass to reflect off the phe- nolic resin balls. Blue cue chalk stains the hands of the playe...…
…Wednesday, January 3, 2018 // The Statement 6C My stream of conciousness saved me I found myself completely alone, lacking a soul to call my friend. It sounds melodramatic, but that was my reality. I didn’t choose it, nor—in my view at the time—was there much of an opportunity to escape it. Essentially, the group of guys I had become friends with through association in elementary school and the beginning of middle schoo...…
…Wednesday, January 3, 2018// The Statement 7C Empath in the Wild: Empathy is for everyone BY REGAN DETWILER, COLUMNIST O ver the course of last semester, I wrote five columns about empathy — this one you’re reading now is my sixth and final one. I’ve written about empathy in the context of my Montessori elementary school; I’ve written about it in the context of Americanized yoga; I’ve gone into a somewhat philosophi...…
…Wednesday, January 3, 2018 // The Statement 8C V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T T R A D I T I O N S This issue, The Statement looked at the Union billiards room, a 97 year old tradition at the University. Over the holiday season, our photo staff documented traditions in their own life. Photos by Michigan Daily Photo Staff On our kitchen table we have a “Christmas pyramid,” a German contraption that spins powered by the heat from cand...…
…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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… NOVEMBER 4, 2017: MINNESOTA …
…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 ...…
…A recent study conducted by University of Michigan researchers has found 20 percent of adolescents and teenagers have sustained a concussion at least once. This research project was directed under the 2016 Monitoring the Future study, a broader project conducted under the University, which explores the behaviors of American students from kindergarten through university level. This study is funded by the National Insti...…
…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2 — Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Tweets Follow @michigandaily CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NAT...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, October 3, 2017 — 3 CLAIRE MEINGAST/Daily Paul McCartney performs in Detroit Sunday evening. SIR PAUL Scholarship, which is a $5,000 need-based scholarship given to undergraduate students and that can be can be divided between one or two recipients. This year, Ortega motioned for the award to be given to two students with the money split evenly among them. SACUA member Dave...…
…D onald Trump wants to be your tour guide on what makes America great and how he is making it even greater and even more patriotic. You can kick off your journey with a visit to Charlottesville, Va., a place with “some very fine people on both sides.” There, you’ll be treated to proud displays of Confederate flags and monuments — testament to the “patriotic and idealistic cause” known as the Confederacy, whose flag “p...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 3, 2017 — 5 Arts INTERESTED IN ALL THINGS FASHION & LIFESTYLE? LIKE RUMINATING OVER YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS? Daily Arts is interested in hiring staffers for its Style and Book Review beats! Interested? Email arts@michigandaily.com for an application. Looking simultaneously at new Four Tet and Cyrus RCA/TEXT ALBUM REVIEW Gone are the days of Miley Cyrus pole dancing in fro...…
…ACROSS 1 Carpet thickness 5 Crowbar, basically 10 Vanishing ski lift 14 Preemptive rescue op 15 Wear down 16 MasterCard rival 17 *Boot camp newbie 19 Not fer 20 Slap in the face 21 Play the hand you were dealt 23 Smooth engine sound 25 __-Locka, Florida 26 Aetna’s bus. 27 Michelin product 31 Ancient vase in a museum, say 33 Fuel-efficient Chevy 34 Physics work unit 36 Starts the kitty 39 Truth stretcher 40 Nebula Award genre 43 Undiluted 44 Un...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, October 3, 2017 — 7 So far this season, the Michigan women’s soccer team has had a consistent story — the Wolverines (2-1-3 Big Ten, 5-2-6 overall) have utilized a talented crop of freshmen to fill in the gaps left by a multitude of injuries. Michigan’s battle against Nebraska (1-1-2, 7-3-2) on Sunday was consistent with this narrative, with one notable exception. Fifth-y...…
…8 — Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘M’ defense a threat in opening contest The Michigan hockey team’s 10 goals against Western Ontario on Saturday night was a spectacle of an offensive performance. What many overlooked, though, was how pivotal the defense was in securing those goals. Senior defenseman Cutler Martin’s snipe past the opposing goaltender for the Wolverines’ e...…
…Artists discuss the evolution of Warped Tour By DOMINIC POLSINELLI Summer Senior Arts Editor I’m sure a lot of you are wondering why the Daily is covering Warped Tour in 2017. As a college newspaper, our standard music coverage typically includes anything from indie rock to underground hip hop — anything but the Warped Tour scene. Yet in recent years, Warped has been actively marketing the festival toward older crowds, those wh...…
…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, Chetali Jain, Dylan LaCroix Sarah Khan Edito...…
…roundtable discussion in which entrepreneurs had the opportunity to talk in greater depth about their companies. Jonathan Goldstein, one of the event organizers and director of operations for SPARK, emphasized the role of SPARK in helping Ann Arbor entrepreneurs succeed in their ventures. “So one of the things that fuels our work is just the reputation of Ann Arbor as a startup ecosystem,” he said. “And fortunately SPARK has a...…
…4 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION NISA KHAN EDITOR IN CHIEF SARAH KHAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR DAYTON HARE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Naming the nameless BRENNAN POPE | COLUMN LENA DREVES Why they voted no I n a rush to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Repub...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com even begin to bombard you with an account. I mention these legends to compare to all of the artists they have inspired today, not only in their music, but their lyrics, persona and flow. But also, to establish the fact that so much, yet so little, has changed in the rap game. Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP, N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton, The Notoriou...…
…Charlize Theron (“The Fate of the Furious”) proved herself to be one of Hollywood’s biggest badasses after her performance as Imperator Furiosa in George Miller’s recent masterpiece “Mad Max: Fury Road.” In an industry where men dominate both on and off-screen, Furiosa was a much needed change after years of watching super masculine, pumped-up dudes fight bad guys. “Atomic Blonde” shows Theron and all her badassery, thou...…
…7 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Columbia Records Tyler, the Creator awkwardly gazing really sick. Especially — I don’t know if it’s more this year than other years — I mean there’s a lot of bands that played Warped Tour like 15 years ago on this year, and more like long time punk bands — like Suicide Machines from (Detroit).” Hardy hits the nail on the head with his observation about the ...…
…8 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Promising location? 6 Omegas, to an electrician 10 Best Actor winner for “Ray” 14 “The Big Bang Theory” co-creator Chuck 15 Gusto 16 Tool for a landscaper 17 Posh water 18 Diva’s number 19 __ out a win 20 Forest canines 23 Island near Barbuda 24 Serve in the capacity of 28 Secretary of state before Shultz 29 “Yankee” entrée 32 Close on film 34 Prefix with hertz ...…
…9 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR AREEBA HAIDER, 2017 Demario, you are such a wonder in my life. I had heard incredible things about you before we ever even met. Every time I saw you living your life, literally just walking around cam- pus and emitting light and sunshine and hope and happiness every- where you went, I thought to myself, “wow, wouldn’t it be cool if we were friends?” ...…
…Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS 10 ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh led his team’s recruiting efforts at its annual ‘BBQ at the Big House’ event, helping to earn commitments from four-star offensive guard Nolan Rumler and five-star end Stephen Herron Jr. Harbaugh, Michigan add two commitments with BBQ event On Monday, four-star linebacker Cameron McGrone announced his com...…
…Wolverines head into 2017 with talented, deep roster Nearly nine months after a penalty shot grazed off the post to end the Michigan women’s soccer season, they are set to retake the field as the Wolverines embark on a new season. Memories of the 2-2, 5-4 penalty kick loss against Illinois State will be long in the rear view when Michigan takes the field for its exhibition opener against West Virginia at U-M Stadium Monday. A...…
…12 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily John Beilein had to replace two members of his staff this offseason after Billy Donlon and Jeff Meyer took jobs elsewhere. Report: Michigan adds two former Illinois State assistants to staff The Michigan basketball team appears to have filled two vacant assistant coaching positions this past week — and both hires are from the same schoo...…
…After President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to reverse carbon emission regulations on coal- fired power plants enacted by former President Barack Obama, members of the University of Michigan community reacted, on the whole, with criticism. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said University leaders are working to understand the full implications of Trump’s order, and are still working toward a 25 perc...…
