…T here are times when you just can’t get it right, and then there are times when you learn you haven’t been getting it right your entire life. This summer I learned the difference between accuracy and precision. The lesson came in the form of a centuries- old folk song. It’s estimated “House of the Rising Sun” has been covered well over a hundred times, and I made it my mission these past few months to find the very best version....…
…3B Managing Editor: Dayton Hare Copy Editors: Elise Laarman Finntan Storer Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement Tea Leaves: I am happy to chat with you, just not at Starbucks T here are certain places I tend to avoid when I return to my hometown after a year away at college. The notorious town watering holes: June graduation parties, the grocery store on Sunday evenings, Starbucks. These three places can al...…
…Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 5B How a local service dog became the University’s unofficial mascot by Avi Sholkoff, Daily Sports Writer A lexandra Ngo, who graduat- ed in 2018, sat with Michael Sola in the Michigan Union Billiards Room, where Ngo worked, watching Vine compilations one night in Spring 2017. Sola, a local retiree and Pembroke Welsh corgi owner, found t...…
…Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 6B Conditional love from tiger parents “T hank you for applying to the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. We regret to inform you that you have not been admitted to the Class of 2020. We encourage you to apply again next Winter...” Rather than a boozy, relaxed year of skipping classes and taking blow- off courses, autumn of 2015 would launch my toughest year yet. After running a thre...…
…D ec. 30, 2016: I’m watching the Michigan football team play in the Orange Bowl when Head Coach Jim Harbaugh starts wildly clapping, clipboard in hand. I turn to my dad and shout, “Jim Harbaugh claps like a seal!” Then I take to Twitter and retweet everyone saying the same thing. I had been accepted into the University of Michigan about a week before, but this was the first real bond I felt with my future school. See, Harbaugh ...…
…Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 8B Utah - Ryan McLoughlin V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : W h e r e i n t h e wo r l d wa s p h o to s ta f f ? Italy - Alexis Rankin Indiana State House - Katelyn Mulcahy Smithsonian Building Museum in D.C. - Prashanth Panicker Ann Arbor - Max Kuang New York City - Alec Cohen …
…michigandaily.com Thursday, July 5, 2018 INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 122| © 2018 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Ignorance isn’t the right choice “I had forgotten saying something is not always as easy as you think.”...…
…2 Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Police task force addresses brutality Citizens identify policy issues around police violence By RACHEL CUNNINGHAM Summer Daily News Editor The city of Ann Arbor held a Police Task Force meeting Thursday evening to discuss and suggest revisions of the policy regarding the Ann Arbor Police Review Board. City Council had finalized the creation of a task force in M...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com U-M awarded for campus health and safety efforts National org commends work against sex assault, alcohol abuse By ROB DALKA Daily Staff Reporter The University of Michigan was awarded two Prevention Excellence Awards by the Campus Prevention Network in recognition of the Uni- versity’s efforts in sexual assault and alcohol abuse prevention. The annual meeting w...…
…4 Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Y ou know that episode of “Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse” where Malibu has a glitter shortage and all hell breaks loose because Barbie is supposed to attend a Hollywood premiere that night and she doesn’t want her fans...…
…JULIA MONTAG | COLUMN N ewton’s third law of motion states every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It implies forces always exist in pairs. For example, if you attempt to push a car uphill in neutral, you can feel it pushing back against you with the same force in the opposite direction. Ever jump off a pool raft? I bet as you lurched forward, the raft recoiled backwards. Action, reaction. President Donald Trump, ...…
…6 Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Heaven and Earth Kamasi Washington Young Turks Read more at MichiganDaily.com Jazz can be a little confusing. Since its roots in the early 1920s, listeners’s definitions of jazz have since changed drastically. Known as one of the only true original Ameri- can artforms, its ever expanding characteristics and development of subgenres are truly daunting. This mi...…
…7 Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Harry Styles is staring at me, and his eyes are bright green, wide open and beautiful. He’s kneeling down to come closer and his gaze is a straight shot directly down the center of the camera lens, piercing right through the screen to meet mine. “I’ve got a fire for a heart,” he says in a low clear voice, as if the nearly 800 million people watching didn’t alread...…
…8 Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 1014 VAUGHN AVAIL Fall 2018 #1 is being rented by the room for $700/m including utilities If you have a group of 5, rent the whole unit for $3100 plus Electric to DTE #2 is a 6 Bdrm for $3720 plus Electric to DTE • 734‑996‑1991 1015 PACKARD 3 Bdrm Apt Avail Fall 2018 2 parking space, onsite laundry, 1st floor $2250 + $120/month for electric to DTE Call 734‑996‑1991 CE...…
…9 Thursday July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR The problem with supporting Kanye West Coming back home for the summer after being away at college is quite an interesting experience. You realize not much has changed and almost everything is the way you left it, yet inside, you feel like you have transformed so greatly within such a short time that you sort of stick out like a sore thumb among t...…
…10 Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS On Friday, there was an airplane hovering somewhere over the Midwest. This is not a shocking revelation, but what was in that plane makes the story intriguing. Sitting inside was 285- pound wrestler Adam Coon, a recently-minted Michigan alum who had just qualified for the Senior World Wrestling Team — a glorious position paired with elite company. For any ot...…
…11 Thursday, July 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS FILE PHOTO / DAILY The Michigan field hockey team looks to continue its success from a year ago where it advanced to the Final Four Season Preview: ‘M’ Field Hockey When then-junior forward Emma Way tipped a pass between the legs of Northwestern goalkeeper Annie Kalfa on Nov. 12 — completing a hat trick — it all but sealed the Wolverines’ 18th win in a row....…
…In the past few days, Michigan recruiting has continued its rampage on the recruiting trail and added another four elite talents to its 2019 and 2020 recruiting classes. It all began on July 1st with the commitment from four-star running back Eric Gray — the nation’s top-ranked all- purpose back. Picking Michigan over Alabama, Penn State, Texas A&M and others, Gray looks to become a lethal weapon in Wolverine coach Jim Harba...…
…Donned in maize and blue T-shirts that read “Michigan Grandpa” and “Michigan Mom,” Freddy Kennett and Robby Hauldren took the stage at Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium for Music Matters’s annual SpringFest. Five months ago, the duo electrified the crowd at Detroit’s Masonic Temple with a phenomenal rundown through their discography, but last night’s performance was different. After trips to both Europe and South America f...…
…2A — Thursday, April 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 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 NATHAN GUPTA Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 nat...…
…genuine passion allowed him to establish meaningful connections with those he encountered. “He really cares about the people he works with,” Stout said. “He really wants to treat every donor with respect and integrity, but also holds the highest values of the University in check. He has an incredible memory for details. You can be in an event with 500 people and he can walk over to somebody and remember what their childr...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, April 5, 2018 Activism through good food HANNAH HARSHE | COLUMN 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, M...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, April 5, 2018 — 5A 2 & 4 Bedroom Apartments $1400-$2800 plus utilities. Tenants pay electric to DTE Showings scheduled M-F 10-3 w/ 24 hour notice required 1015 Packard 734-996-1991 5 & 6 Bedroom Apartments 1014 Vaughn $3000 - $3600 plus utilities Showings scheduled M-F 10-3 w/ 24 hour notice required 734-996-1991 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award-Winning Rentals in Kerry- town Central Campus, ...…
…6A — Thursday, April 5, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Martin sisters enjoy success on the field but strive for a better game In observance of March’s Women’s History Month, The Daily launched a 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. Daily sports writer Jodi Yip continued the series with this story. ...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, April 5, 2018 Design by Casey Tin …
…2B —Thursday, April 5, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Advocating for disability and inclusion in the arts The presenting theme of the arts in 2018 is by and large inclusion. We saw it in the recent 90th Academy Awards when a jittery Frances McDormand fierily advocated inclusion riders to a crowd of hesitant yet emphatic cheers. The Grammys, in typically uncanny fashion, had a few cutesy symbolic gestures ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, April 5, 2018 — 3B There’s a saying in the autistic community that if you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism. Autism spectrum disorder is just that: a spectrum. It manifests in drastically different ways in different people. This can present real challenges for writers, actors and directors looking to tell stories about autism on screen. If t...…
…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, April 5, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SECONDARY For people with disabilities, engaging in the arts can be a frustrating and isolating experience. Around the world, countless theaters, museums and concert halls lack the proper accommodations necessary to be accessible to people with disabilities. In the last half-century, the global disability rights movement has made signific...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, April 5, 2018 — 5B In a culture centered around appearance, the fashion and modeling industry holds a huge weight in today’s society. Amid unrealistic body expectations, name brands and distorted representations, it is easy to get wrapped up in the downfalls of this materialistic business. With such an emphasis on aesthetics and looks, a great amount of room f...…
…2-BSide The Oscars adore films that address disabilities. In recent years, actors and directors have grappled with portraying a wide range of mental and physical challenges, and their peers have rewarded them for it. Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl”) won Best Actor in 2015 for his portrayal of the late Stephen Hawking, who had Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), in “The Theory of Everything.” Last month, Guillermo Del Toro’s fi...…
…A large crowd gathered in downtown Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon for a student-led “die- in,” standing in solidarity with the victims of the massacre that occured in Parkland, Fla., at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School, as well as the 33 additional children killed as a result of gun violence since the shooting. The crowd, diverse in age and background — ranging from high school students to elected officials — took over Libert...…
…the policy. “These policies come with a lot of background risks and threats to our community that a lot of people, unless you are undocumented, don’t know,” Contreras said. Obama’s use of unilateral powers to enact DACA was a decision rooted in Congress’ failure to reach a solution addressing issues faced by undocumented immigrants. A legislative measure to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immi...…
…As a fourth grader, my afternoon routine was simple. After getting off the bus, I’d make myself some microwavable macaroni & cheese and settle in with a copy of The Detroit Free Press. I’d usually start with the sports section (no one knew the Pistons like I did) before moving on to the news section, film reviews and, finally, the comics. The day the Freep stopped delivering to my household was a dark one and I unconvincingly pl...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A— Monday, March 5, 2018 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. ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief ANU ROY-CHAUDHURY AND ASHLEY ZHANG Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed arti...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 5, 2018 — 5A FOR RENT 2 & 4 Bedroom Apartments $1400‑$2800 plus utilities. Tenants pay electric to DTE Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required 1015 Packard 734‑996‑1991 5 & 6 Bedroom Apartments 1014 Vaughn $3000 ‑ $3600 plus utilities Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required 734‑996‑1991 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerrytown Central Cam...…
…6A — Monday, March 5, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Live action Oscar shorts continue to pack a punch The Oscar nominees for Live Action Short this year are a mixed bag in topic, tone and execution. The five nominees touch on everything from the mistreatment of deaf British school children to the systematic racism that existed a century after abolition in the South — sometimes testing the integrity of the ed...…
…Champions again Helped by an unlikely breakout game from Jon Teske, Michigan overwhelemed Purdue » Page 2B Clean sweep The Michigan men’s hockey team swept Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament » Page 4B Big Ten Champion hats perched on their heads, music blaring, a group of Michigan players trot off the confetti- littered podium, toward the locker room, singing “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z at the t...…
…2B — Monday, March 5, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A mad start to Michigan’s March M arch is just four days old. It has already been full of mad- ness. The Michi- gan women’s basketball, men’s bas- ketball and hockey teams all played in the Big Ten Tournament over the weekend, and all three punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament in the pro- cess. In Indianapolis, the No. 6 seed women’s bask...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, March 5, 2018 — 3B Abdur-Rahkman gets much-deserved recognition NEW YORK CITY, NY. — Muhammad-Ali Abdur- Rahkman wasn’t sweating his team’s upcoming matchups with powerhouses No. 2 Michigan State and No. 8 Purdue. He was playing Xbox — Fortnite, specifically. He had time to learn the challenging game and win while he was in New York. You can’t fault the laid-back ...…
…4B — Monday, March 5, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan seals semifinal berth, likely NCAA Tournament bid with 7-4 win The chanting began with 17 minutes to play in the third period. Michigan sophomore defenseman Griffin Luce lasered a shot from the left point past Jack Berry, giving the Wolverines a three-goal lead. “Be-rry, Be-rry, Be-rry,” the Children of Yost taunted the Wisconsin goaltende...…
…Anne Berg, a University of Michigan lecturer of History, and Rackham student Andrea Gillespie discussed the facts and stigmas of the current refugee crisis at a dinner and lecture Saturday evening at Rackham Assembly Hall. The Michigan Refugee Assistance Program hosted the event, which illustrated the details of the refugee resettlement process and the impacts of the Trump administration on the crisis. Gillespie, the vice presi...…
…Two of the appointed members would serve for two-year terms, two for four years, two for six years and two for eight years. Any successors would be allowed to serve eight-year terms. According to MLive, Lower said he wants this legislation to make university boards and Michigan’s Board of Education more cohesive. “I believe voters should have the opportunity to decide for themselves whether or not the current system is wor...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, February 5, 2018 — 3A NATALIA SANCHEZ MiC Contributor Please, tell me where I’m from “Do you celebrate the Day of the Dead?” The first (and, let it be known, only) time that someone asked me that, I was more than ready to start a hissy fit. My jaw fell open, my face contorted into a “did you really just ask me that?” type of look, my hands balled into a fist, nail...…
…T he United States’ political system was founded on the cultural myth that anyone with the skills and ability can rise to lead their community — almost half of the elected representatives to the first U.S. Congress, though, served alongside a blood relative. Since the U.S. became an independent republic in 1789, almost 400 parent-child pairs and more than 190 pairs of siblings have served in Congress. Overall, more than ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 5, 2018 — 5A FOR RENT 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments $2100‑$2800 plus utilities. Tenants pay electric to DTE Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required. 1015 Packard 734‑996‑1991 5 & 6 Bedroom Apartments 1014 Vaughn $3250 ‑ $3900 plus utilities Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required 734‑996‑1991 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerrytown Central...…
…Every year during awards season, several indie films fall under the radar. This year, “The Florida Project,” “A Ghost Story,” “Good Time” and many more did not receive the praise they deserved from the Academy Awards or Golden Globes. Instead, the same formula of period pieces matched with high caliber Hollywood names make the ballot. One of those films worthy of a nod is “Beach Rats,” a movie that draws many parallels to the ...…
…Series Split The No. 20 Michigan hockey team split a pair of games against No. 18 Wisconsin this weekend » Page 4B Free Falling The No. 13 Michigan women’s basketball team had a rough week, dropping a shocker at home to Purdue and losing at Rutgers » Page 4B It was deja vu all over again for the Wolverines. A stodgy first half. A second- half spurt. A collapse at the end. A three to tie it. Against Maryland, guard K...…
…2B — Monday, February 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Poor free-throw shooting nearly dooms Michigan in win over Minnesota When his team isn’t hitting free throws, John Beilein has simple advice: picture your loved ones. “I usually tell them to think about their mother … relax them a bit.” Beilein admitted he didn’t relay the message to his team on Saturday against Minnesota, only one miscue of many t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, February 5, 2018 — 3B ‘M’ holds on against No. 15 Nebraska Joe McFarland was fired up. As the Michigan wrestling coach gestured to the crowd to stand up and make some noise, McFarland himself was bouncing around the bench. The Michigan faithful inside Cliff Keen Arena answered his call and energized 165-pound redshirt sophomore Logan Massa as he scored a pivotal two-point...…
…4B — Monday, February 5, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines haunted by missed opportunities, fall to Wisconsin, 4-2 The adage “three strikes and you’re out” may have originated with baseball, but it works fairly well in hockey too. One minute into Saturday’s game, Michigan defenseman Sam Piazza motored around to the left circle, where his shot rebounded off of Kyle Hayton’s pads. The puck then b...…
