…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 5, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at the Blind Pig’s annual Halloween Band Masquerade » INSIDE the b-side Five additional school districts could offer tuition scholarships By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Michigan state legislators are pushing to expand a program that currently provides free under- graduate college tuition to certai...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 5, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 67 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL ASSIFIEDS.................6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 S...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 5, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 103 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…Obama reaffirms federal support in visit to Flint Teachers’ protests of budget cuts cause DPS shut down Obama met with residents and local leaders to discuss the water crisis By LYDIA MURRAY, LARA MOEHLMAN and BRADLEY WHIPPLE Summer Managing News Editor, Summer Editor-in-Chief, and Summer Managing Editors FLINT, Mich. — Standing before a crowd of more than 1,000 residents at Flint Northwestern High School on W...…
…The University of Michigan was ranked among the nation’s top three schools for undergraduate entrepreneurship opportunities and sixth for graduate entrepreneurship by The Princeton Review in a November release. Only Babson University in Massachusetts and Brigham Young University in Utah surpassed the University on the undergraduate list. The annual rankings take into consideration business and entrepreneurs...…
…On his way to attend an accessibility event hosted in Ann Arbor by the University of Michigan Council for Disability Concerns in early December, the Ann Arbor Metro Airport Shuttle denied service to Stephen Kuusisto, a Syracuse University education professor who is blind. Kuusito said he was denied service because he had his guide dog with him. Days before traveling to Ann Arbor, while still at home in Syracuse, Kuusis...…
…The University of Michigan, though established in Ann Arbor in 1837, opened its first building in Detroit in 1817. Before this, the Michigan Territory had no organized schools, and very few students were prepared to attend a university. The year 1817 itself was crucial in the development of Michigan, and on Tuesday evening, Brian Dunnigan, William Clements Library associate director and curator of maps, addressed members...…
…Information and Technology Services at the University of Michigan released updates to campus computing sites for fall 2017. The updates are part of an initiative to make technology more accessible to students on more devices, according to a University press release. The updates include Sites Windows computer software, which will now be available through AppsAnywhere, a portal similar to the app store that can be accessed via...…
…“I can say ‘I’m gay’ so easily now, but for the majority of my life those words held me hostage,” one performer said. Public Policy junior Lena Dreves recently started approaching student groups and organizations for support to create a LGBTQ Monologues event happen, which was ultimately co-sponsored by the Spectrum Center and LGBT+ Michigan. Dreves wanted to bring to light the experiences of members of this community...…
…City Council was rocked again Monday night as residents continued to show resistance against a $146 million development plan on Broadway Street, near the University of Michigan Hospital. It was the culmination of yet another episode in the divisions that have characterized Ann Arbor politics in recent years. Though most council members agree increasing density and housing supply are crucial for th...…
…This spring, the city of Ann Arbor will welcome a cohort of 25 residents for its inaugural “Citizens Academy”. The program aims to broaden civic understanding and offer Ann Arbor residents a perspective into the functioning of local government. Over the course of six weeks from March 28 to May 2, participants will have the chance to attend weekly sessions covering topics ranging from the mechanics behind city b...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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.”...…
…While you were away, you may have missed some big stories out of Ann Arbor. This week The Daily will be publishing recaps of the summer’s breaking news. Over the summer, Ann Arbor City Council voted to change zoning codes related to Greek life houses in Ann Arbor. The zoning codes, approved during the July 16 council session, would require new fraternities and sororities to maintain affiliation with the University of Michi...…
…There were a few Snapchatt- able moments on campus Thursday. One of them was a visit from University alum Steve Horowitz, vice president of technology at Snapchat, who gave the annual School of Information’s Homecoming lecture as part of the William Warner Bishop Lectureship Fund. Horowitz discussed the tech provider’s new advancements and his professional experience. In his lecture, attended by more than 2...…
…Mohamed Soumah, a University of Michigan custodian, is currently seeking refuge in the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House to avoid deportation — he requires frequent dialysis due to a genetic kidney disease, and says he will die if deported. Soumah has lived in the U.S. for 15 years after immigrating from Guinea, and has been employed with no past criminal history. He was married to a U.S. citizen with whom he has two children, who ...…
…Three students have been awarded the prestigious Marshall and Schwarzman scholarships to pursue graduate studies at universities in the United Kingdom and China during the upcoming academic year. LSA seniors Amanda Burcroff and Noah McNeal won the Marshall Scholarship, which provides up to 50 students from across the United States full funding to study at any U.K. institution in any field of choice. Business an...…
…After free-speech watchdog group Speech First filed a lawsuitagainst the University of Michigan last May, the University has restricted the housing staff, such as resident advisors and diversity peer educators, from removing speech from student doors — including hate speech. The lawsuit was filed against the University’s Bias Response Team and accused the school of limiting students’ abilities to express themselves freely. Sin...…
…More than 60 students gathered in the Michigan League for the second-ever Coming Out Speak Out, an open-mic event for the LGBTQ+ community. The event was hosted by Stonewall Democrats, the LGBTQ+ issue committee of College Democrats at the University of Michigan. The first Coming Out Speak Out was hosted in 2017. To begin, LSA senior Colleen Grogan and LSA freshman Neil Jain, Stonewall Democrats co-chairs, introduc...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 5, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Center of the City Task Force met at Larcom City Hall to discuss the planning stages of a new park in the center of Ann Arbor Wednesday afternoon. The 10-person municipal committee was designed to promote long-term beautification projects in Ann Arbor. The group first met on Aug. 1, after local vote...…
…City Council passed an affordable housing ordinance Monday evening that provided incentives for private developers to include affordable housing units and also passed a resolution for Ann Arbor to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2030. More than 50 Ann Arbor residents packed the seats of Larcom City Hall for the first City Council meeting of the month. The Roosevelt Institute, a University of Michigan student progressive pub...…
…Design by Maggie Huang Thursday, December 5, 2019 University of Michigan students gathered at the University Spectrum Center Wednesday evening for a town hall discussion on creating a plan to implement an informed consent model for gender-affirming care at University Health Services. At the event, ten students worked to identify and address health care disparities for transgender students at U-M. The students explained that at U...…
…A report from the Public Accountability Initiative has connected the University of Michigan to private equity fund Lime Rock Partners, which directly finances billionaire Texas oil-driver Tim Dunn and a far-right political action committee called Empower Texans. With the growing traction of the fossil fuel divestment movement on campus and greater emphasis on responsible investment, groups within the University...…
…When Ji Hye Kim founded Miss Kim, a Korean restaurant on North Fifth Ave., she had her eyes set on giving back to the Ann Arbor community. Now, with a new sliding scale payment program, Kim is fighting food insecurity, one meal at a time. The restaurant will be offering its 17 most popular dishes at four different price points ranging from free to 1.5 times the regular price when ordered online and by phone, giving customers the o...…
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