…Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-NINETEEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM -Or 100' A Weekly Summer Edition Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-NINETEEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition Texting ban needs state's drive Michigan must properly enforce the new road-tex- ting laws to prevent OMGs. >>SEE PAGE4 ARTS The Hold Steady can't find'Heaven' New album 'Whenever' still rocks, but doesn't quite capture the moment. >>SEEPAGE9 SPORTS Baseball falls...…
…21 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com State police evict homeless community Deemed trespassers, tent city residents forced to relocate By SUZANNE JACOBS Daily StaffReporter Last Tuesday, while University stu- dents were busy studying for finals and city officials were preparing for Presi- dent Barack Obama's visit to campus, a small communityofhomeless individu- als living just south of campus faced an ultimatum - r...…
…Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 Smoking ban takes effect, SACUA members discuss fall agenda, rules for meetings many approve New committee chair calls for candid talks * Statewide ban makes Michigan restaurants and bars smoke-free By RACHEL BRUSSTAR Daily StaffReporter Though the University's campus- wide smoking ban will not go into effect until July of next year, a new statewide ban on smoking has Ann Arbor...…
…Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com he Midiigan OaUhj ROBERT SOAVE I Critiquing Obama's speech Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW LAPIN EDITOR IN CHIEF RYAN KARTJE MANAGING EDITOR ALEX SCHIFF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed ar...…
…Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 Naval pioneers BELLA SHAH E-MAIL BELLAAT BELLZ@UMICH.EDU T he pro-military feminist in me loves Thursdays. On Thursdays, the female midshipmen of the University's Navy ROTC unit are dressed in their uniforms, hair neatly braid- ed or arranged in a bun. And even though the hats they're required VA ER to wear are kind of ugly, I'm always proud of them in a patri- otic, girl-powe...…
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…Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com OBAMA From page 1 and implored graduates to par- ticipate in their government in the way they see most fit. After severe thunderstorms drenched Ann Arbor Saturday morning and threatened to under- mine some of the excitement over the event, the rain slowed to a drizzle about an hour out from the ceremony's start and came to a complete halt shortly before it was set to begin. The gray ...…
…Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Students reflect on speeches by ama and Granholm 0 SPEECH From page1 In his address to the Class of 2010 Saturday, Obama challenged gradu- ates to move beyond the partisanship that has crippled Washington and encouraged them to be active par- ticipants in furthering democracy in America. Though many graduates said Obama's message to them and the rest of country will help make their ...…
…Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 'Heaven' isn't now Frill-filled fun 0 The Hold Steady's latest album is timely but not timeless By DAVID WATNICK Daily Arts Writer "I really believe that music is tied to memory more than any of us want to admit, and that good times and good memories very much influence our enjoyment of songs and albums *** ... no matter what your favorite artist The Hold does, it will never Sed...…
…10 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com HEAVEN From Page 9 return to the painfully raw, authen- tic delivery of that seminal record. Instead, this new disc is an exercise in alt-rock slickness, with skin-tight harmonies dressed to the nines in reverb and the drums and power- chord riffing trotted like debutantes to the extreme front of the mix. In fairness, there are a few genu- ine Hold Steady classics that manage to ...…
…Tuesday, May 4, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11l Larkin honored during Blue's series win over rival Ohio State Michigan tested by UK, wins weekend series Wolverines take two of three from Buckeyes to claim a tie for first place in the Big Ten By: CAITLIN SMITH Daily Sports Writer With two Buckeyes on base, another at-bat and only one out, junior right- hander Tyler Burgoon knew he needed to make the upcoming pitch the final ...…
…Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com AARON AUGSBURGER/Daily Senior Leah Robertson, pictured here, won Eastern Conference Championship MVP honors this past weekend in College Park, Maryland. Michigan wins conference title, secures Tourney bid BIG TENS From Page 11 we step up or we go home. It's a learning experience; it's good for us. We had some pressure on us and it was good to see that they could come through." But t...…
…University announces new Knight-Wallace Fellows Conference celebrates Ann Arbor and Detroit innovators Fellows consist of 12 U.S. and seven International journalists By KAELA THEUT Daily News Editor The University of Michigan has announced its 44th class of Knight- Wallace Journalism Fellows. The new group consists of 12 U.S. and seven international journalists. Fellows spend a year living in the University’s Wallace House, wh...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Following intense bargaining, GEO contract ratified with U According to the GEO website, the contract went into effect May 1 By MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter After months of sit-ins, walk- out speculations and negotiations with the University of Michigan, the Graduate Employees’ Orga- nization officially ratified their new contract April 15; according to th...…
…4 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION A day or two after Spring Break this year, as I sat studying in the Java Blu cafe in East Quad, I heard a girl say: “Well it isn’t Spring Break if someone doesn’t throw up.” She was referring to something her friend had said about someone on a Spring Break trip who’d vomited after drinking too much alcohol. Immediately, the casual way she responded struck me ...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com N owadays, I feel that we are out of touch with true kindness. Kindness is seen almost exclusively on phone screens through social media, where selfless people feed the homeless and leave extra-large cash tips at restaurants, where abandoned puppies are adopted by strangers and giant teddy bears distribute roses on the streets. Kindness is no more than a ...…
…6 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Circle’ tanks By BECKY PORTMAN Daily Arts Writer Directed by James Ponsoldt (“The Spectacular Now”) and star- ring big-time actors like Emma Watson (“Beauty and the Beast”), Tom Hanks (“Bridge of Spies”) and strangely Patton Oswalt (“Ratatouil- le”) in a suit, “The Circle” is a film wrought with wasted potential. The concept is strong — it points out the omnip...…
…7 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Veep’ star talks politics Matt Walsh discusses political satire and comedy By SHIR AVINADAV Daily Arts Writer “That came out wrong,” was uttered not by U.S. Press Secre- tary Sean Spicer, but by “Veep”’s Mike McLintock (Matt Walsh) after a gaffe that earned him one of Selena Meyer’s (Julia Louis- Dreyfus, “Seinfeld”) famous glares. Though the bumbling former ...…
…8 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com WINTEK CORPORATION AND Wintek Electro‑Optics Corporation are auctioning off its overseas assets and equipment. Bid period: announcement date 26 April 2017, bid closing date: May 9th 2017, bid opening date: May 10th 2017. For more detailed information, visit the Reorganization section a...…
…Ann Arbor observes May Day by social inequality protest University research buildings honored in competition for increased energy efficiency Hundreds of students and organizers gathered for festival with social and political focus By EDUARDO BATISTA Daily Staff Reporter On Monday, hundreds of students and organizers gathered in Ann Arbor for the May Day Festival of Resistance, an event with a social and political focus. The o...…
…10 Thursday,May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan Softball Academy makes impact Michigan coach Carol Hutchins stepped from the first baseline toward home plate. Her smile couldn’t have been larger. “Alright, let’s go baserunners,” she screamed emphatically. Unlike most cases, though, she wasn’t critiquing her players’ form or implementing game strategy. Hutchins was rooting on a handful of the part...…
…11 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS In the Michigan baseball team’s game against Rutgers Saturday, what should have been a harmless first inning fly-out was anything but. Left fielder Miles Lewis sprinted into the gap in left- center field in pursuit of a high fly ball off the bat of Scarlet Knight designated hitter Mike Carter. Meanwhile, senior center fielder Johnny Slater...…
…12 Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In its 10th annual “Pink Game” to raise awareness for breast cancer, the Michigan softball team capped off an undefeated regular season home record with an 8-0 run-rule victory over Western Michigan Tuesday. The win gave the Wolverines (38-10-1 overall, 17-3 Big Ten) a perfect home record of 17-0 to end the season, a feat it hasn’t accomplished since 2009. Western...…
