…The Interfraternity Council at the University of Michigan will begin to restore social event privileges to fraternities this semester, according to a statement released on the organization’s website Wednesday morning. The announcement comes after a two-month self-imposed ban. Recruitment this semester for the IFC fraternities will continue as scheduled. “IFC will begin a phased process of restoring social event p...…
…“Whether these ideas are new to you or you’re very familiar with inclusive teaching, we encourage you to share these documents widely!” the post read. The Inclusive Teaching Network, a new University group comprised of faculty, graduate students and activists, works to make classrooms more supportive for marginalized students. In the wake of a spate of racist attacks and bias incidents on campus in the last two year...…
…As a child, I used to think about the stories and poems I wanted to write when I got older. Whenever something funny happened, I thought of how I could write a story about it and make someone else laugh too. Yet, I never actually put pen to paper. The stories I wanted to write were so different from the books I read, and my experiences were so noticeably different from those of my favorite characters. I thought my sto...…
…“W e have an opportunity to rebuild the financial system,” Galia Benartzi, technology entrepreneur at cryptocurrency protocol Bancor, said to Fortune in December. “Are we going to do it with all guys again?” To the average follower of the Bitcoin fad, Benartzi’s comment may appear blindly optimistic. Blockchain is a relatively new technology that allows for digital interactions that don’t require a third party — think a...…
…The NCAA’s new early signing period has had several effects. One of those? The yearly coaching carousel began spinning earlier than usual. Among the bigger moves include Chip Kelly to UCLA, Herm Edwards to Arizona State, Scott Frost to Nebraska and Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M. It appears there are a couple that will affect Michigan as well. Willie Taggart left Oregon for Florida State in early December, and according to rep...…
…6A — Thursday, January 4, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Winovich announces his return to Michigan Chase Winovich didn’t dream of the NFL in high school. Ask him if he always wanted to play professional football, and he’ll recount a memory from his junior year at Thomas Jefferson High School. Then-Florida State defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri approached him, asking if he wanted to play in the NFL. ...…
…BEST OF 2017 B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, January 4, 2018 Design by Casey Tin …
…2B — Thursday, January 4, 2018 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Writer, director and supreme leader Greta Gerwig’s semi- autobiographical, coming-of- age masterpiece “Lady Bird” is the film of the year — perhaps the decade. “Lady Bird” encapsulates the high school experience, filled with crushes, heartbreak, controlling mothers and everything in between with expert timing, quick wit and undeniable heart. Fol...…
…3B — Thursday, January 4, 2018 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arguably no other show reflected the uncertainty that pervaded 2017 quite like “The Leftovers.” Then again, “The Leftovers” was never about certainty to begin with. It was a miracle the series lasted so long, given its dismal ratings. But what the show lacked in strong viewership, it made up for with an incredible ensemble cast, poetic cinematograph...…
…DAMN. finds Kendrick Lamar running circles around his competition after the critical and commercial successes of Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City and To Pimp A Butterfly, but it doesn’t always feel like a victory lap. While songs like “ELEMENT.” and “LOYALTY.” find Kendrick at his most arrogant, other tracks like “YAH.” and “FEEL.” partially dispel this illusion of confidence, instead portraying his stardom through a lens of paranoia an...…
…5B — Thursday, January 4, 2018 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Power Center serves as the home for multiple organizations and functions on campus, such as the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the University Musical Society, the musical theatre troupe MUSKET and more. A building acutely aware of its geometrical design, the Power Center’s architectural layout demands to be noticed: From the outside mirrored ...…
…REGISTER ONLINE AT UM-KCP.EVENTBRITE.COM BEAT THE WINTER BLUES WITH KINESIOLOGY COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Rm 3064 CCRB | 401 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109 734.647.2708 Kerry Winkelseth, Director | kebwink@umich.edu kines.umich.edu/KCP Beginning & Intermediate Tennis • Beginning & Intermediate Swim* Coached Swimming Workouts Tricks and Tips – Improve Your Swimming Strokes WSI: American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor* LG: American Re...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 4, 2018 Finding their voice LSA Dean Andrew Martin sent out an email to all LSA department chairs last month informing them the LSA Executive Committee has reached the decision to halt the production of new minors housed within LSA and for LSA students at the University of Michigan. The LSA Curriculum Committee will take time until the end of fall semester 2018 to review the curre...…
…Be careful where you put your Zingerman’s sandwich this summer — you might just watch it get carried away by a group of children and their human-sized ant leader. Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival announced the 2018 month-long event would include performances by eVenti Verticali’s 2-D and 3-D show “Wanted,” as well as Australia’s Polyglot Theatre production of Ants. EVenti Verticali is an Italian multimedia aerial ...…
…through eBay to inform his research. In attendance at the event was LSA senior Levi Teitel who said he learned new information about how widespread the popularity of blackface was at one point in American culture. “What struck me is how much is really ingrained in American mass culture and that (blackface) was always a popular force within it and not a marginal prejudice,” Teitel said. LSA junior Nikola Jaksic, vice preside...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, April 4, 2018 T he instability in the White House deepened in the past two weeks with the firings of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and Secretary of Veteran Affairs David Shulkin. Amid this string of high-profile departures, rumors circulated that President Donald Trump is considering firing special counsel Robert Mue...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, April 4, 2018 — 5A The Weeknd is vulnerable on ‘My Dear Melancholy,’ ALBUM REVIEW ‘Flower’ is an underbaked try at a teen angst comedy “Flower” is like a Betty Crocker cake taken out of the oven 15 minutes too early — guiltily enticing, golden- brown on the outside, but evidently inedible after the first cut. With a cast headlined by Zoey Duetch (“Everybody Wants Some!!”) ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, April 4, 2018 — 7A Wolverines sweep Delaware with Franklin homer As the Michigan baseball team clung to a 3-2 lead over Delaware in the bottom of the eighth inning, junior center fielder Jonathan Engelmann stepped up to the plate and delivered a rocket up the middle to get on base. With lectures about the importance of creative baserunning surely floating through his m...…
…8A — Wednesday, April 4, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Lavigne’s solid play exemplifies Michigan’s run I t all began with Hayden Lavi- gne. Before Michigan’s 14-6- 1 record since New Year’s Day, before it reached the 25th Frozen Four in program history, there was the sophomore, starting in goal against Michigan State in the Great Lakes Invitational. Lavigne wasn’t terrific, allowing four goals. But he ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 4, 2018 Finding their voice …
…I ’m trying to write this column at Blue Leprechaun, a bar and grill on South University Avenue. A$AP Ferg’s “Plain Jane” is playing over the speakers and Bayern Munich is currently beating Borussia Dortmund five goals to nil. The other people at the table are enjoying their Saturday, camped out playing cards while waiting for Michigan men’s basketball to tip off in the Final Four against Loyola- Chicago and Sister Jean. I’ve been...…
…3B Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement Soundtracking: A Perfect Day T he End — The Doors “This is the end / My only friend, the end” This has been quite the journey for my mom and me, who is probably the only person to keep reading this column. We’ve been through a lot — public embarrassment, self-deprecating humor, the whole nine yards. But seeing as the semester is almost over and I have wasted space in the Statement w...…
…Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement 5B Finding their voice: Inside an American accent workshop by Maya Goldman, Daily News Editor I n an ivy-covered building hid- den in the depths of the medi- cal campus, a big wooden table sits in the center of a small blue room. At the head of the table sits Senior Speech-Language Pathologist Gordon Krainen, who leads a workshop titled “Speak...…
…D riving through the valley, we could see a storm looming in the distance, but all we could do was hope it wouldn’t be coming toward us. It’s incredibly difficult to predict where a storm is heading in the mountains, as one ridge will force it east and the next will push it south. As we pulled up to the trailhead, with the presence of the storm fading from our minds, a clap of thunder echoed between the mountains, remi...…
…Wednesday, April 4 2018// The Statement 7B Courtesy of Benji Bear V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P h o to Sta f f Cl a s s o f 201 8 : G o o d bye s Courtesy of Amelia Cacchione Photographing for The Daily has been a great outlet for me to explore what this campus has to offer. Some of the most memorable events I have been privileged to cap- ture through The Daily are men’s gymnastics, a panel of Michigan’s Democratic Guberna...…
…Wednesday, April 4, 2018 // The Statement 8B Sam Mousigian/Daily V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P h o to Sta f f Cl a s s o f 201 8 : Fa vo r i te P i c t u r e s Ahad Bootwala/Daily Ibrahim Ijaz/Daily Zoey Holmstrom/Daily …
…The University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats, along with the Michigan State University chapter and the Michigan Federation of College Democrats, is suing the state over two of its voter ID and registration laws. The suit claims the laws unconstitutionally restrict a citizen’s 26th Amendment right to vote, particularly for young voters and students. The suit concerns two laws, Michigan Public Act 118 a...…
…2A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FRIDAY: Behind the Story News TUESDAY: By Design DARBY STIPE/Daily WEDNESDAY: This Week in History 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.c...…
…for the first time,” the complaint read. “Indeed, in many cases, these laws have resulted in a chilling effect that has kept eligible young voters in Michigan from voting and registering to vote entirely due to widespread confusion about the laws’ requirements and legal effects.” Marc Elias, a partner at Perkins Coie, is one of the plaintiff’s lawyers. Elias, who served as general counsel to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential ca...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 expressed her optimism for the conversations with MESA and the University moving forward. “We are moving in a positive direction,” Rivas said. “We understand that there’s a lot of demands that can’t be solved in a certain timeframe. They require time, so I think we’ve been understanding on that end because (the administration) have been addressing the ones tha...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by...…
…Welcome “bAAck,” welcome home, welcome freshmen, welcome all … Welcome Week. Nothing screams the start of the school year quite like kiddie pools filled with sweat and beer, freshmen running around campus without chaperones for the first time in their lives and eating and drinking as though your body is a garbage disposal. Oftentimes I commit myself to portraying the world of food and wine on this campus as sophisticated, grace...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 4, 2018— 7A “Slender Man” is a horror movie released in 2018 based on the popular “creepypasta” that debuted in 2009. It is approximately 93 minutes long. It costars Joey King (“The Kissing Booth”). I can tell you all of this because the information is available on the Internet, yet despite having just seen the movie earlier today, I’m having trouble remembering a single...…
…8A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The most impressive music careers are those that convey an evolution in a creative sense: The Beatles and their growth from Please, Please Me to Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Kanye West and his growth from The College Dropout to Yeezus. Ideally, a musician’s respective genre should follow their creative advances, making for a fascinating display of...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 9A The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color The existence of a woman of color is in and of itself an act of resistance. These are my words. Sound nice don’t they? Sound... empowering? Or maybe it sounds like the faux deep mantra of a girl who’s trying to convince herself that she’s a good social justice activist. It may sound like beautiful words that give an accurate reflection of what it ...…
…Like another road loss to a ranked team, the sight of a Michigan quarterback running for dear life is nothing new. Last year, it led to injuries for Wilton Speight and Brandon Peters. It nearly did the same to Shea Patterson on Saturday, as the junior quarterback missed parts of the fourth quarter with cramps after being pressured all night. Officially, Patterson was sacked three times and hurried on another six occasions. In reali...…
…2B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday SportsTuesday: Saying or doing? T he fourth season of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure in Ann Arbor is off to a rocky start after a loss to Notre Dame. Since, some unflattering stats have been advertised, like how the Wolverines are 9-9 in their last 18 games and how they haven’t won a road game against a ranked opponent since 2006. But fear not, Michi...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 3B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Collins inspires confidence from his teammates in No. 2 receiving role Amid fans airing grievances after the Michigan football team’s 24-17 loss at Notre Dame, it was difficult to focus on anything but the negatives of the Wolverines’ performance. But with 48 hours to digest Saturday night’s game, a big picture outlook of Michigan football is in ...…
…4B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday A different kind of pain S OUTH BEND, Ind. — The gift- wrapping was pretty on the Michigan football team. Through talk of renewed confidence, heightened athleticism and, finally, a serviceable quarterback, the 14th-ranked Wolverines were supposed to have a fighting chance against No. 12 Notre Dame in South Bend. But right at kickoff of Sat...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 5B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Field hockey splits against UMass and UConn Maggie Bettez had Friday’s game circled on her calendar for two years. The senior midfielder is originally from Acton, Mass., but the Michigan field hockey team hadn’t played in her home state during her college career until this past weekend. Her friends and family came out to cheer her on, a moment sh...…
…LEO occupies administration building as contract expires ALEC COHEN / DAILY Lecturers and LEO supporters march from the Michigan League to the Fleming Administration Building in support of the Lecturers Union April 6, 2018. On Friday afternoon, about 30 members of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization occupied a floor of the Fleming Administration Building. Lecturers camped outside of University of Michigan Provost Martin Philbert’...…
…2C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Game over for Michigan Time LSA sophomore Lexi Michaels wasn’t expecting to be late to her Psychology 280 exam. In fact, she thought she was early. But when she walked into the testing accommodations room a few minutes after 2:30 — she’d run there right from her last class — she realized the exam was not being administered on Michigan time, and everyone else had already started...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 3C After three days of electronic balloting and five membership events spread out across the three campuses outlining the new contract, the Lecturers’ Employee Organization voted to ratify a new labor agreement with the University on July 13. Ninety eight percent of LEO members voted in favor of the new contract which will raise wages, improve healthcare and boost job security f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4C — Fall 2018 When Justice Isn’t Served NARMEEN REHMAN MiC Contributor I pin my scarf around my hair until it feels secure. The night is still as the call for prayer (athan) sings through my phone — I close my eyes and take a deep breath of the warm June air. I exhale to the cadence of the athan, renewing a sense of calm and strength in my body after a long day of fasting. As I...…
…Fall 2018 — 5C The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Combating the monolith: Part one Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month celebrations have begun, and while I am actively taking part in celebrating A/PIA history, I have also taken time to reflect on my engagement with the A/ PIA community on campus. A/PIAs are often subject to narratives that paint us as a monolith — a homogeneous group of people from an arbitra...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6C— Fall 2018 Mental illness is something hardly talked about in our country. Though mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are extremely common and are extremely pressing issues, for some reason, discussion of them always seems to get swept under the rug. Mental illness plays a role in as high as 90 percent of suicides amongst some professionals, though this ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 7C An homage to freshman year Coming to college, everyone echoed a similar mantra: “Cherish every moment, you only have one freshman year.” In the weeks before I finally left for Ann Arbor, I was wrought with anxiety and apprehension by the thought of going to college and leaving everything I knew behind. After unpacking my dorm room and hugging my parents goodbye, I knew, v...…
