…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 6, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIII, No. 56 ©2013 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 B NEW ON MICHI...…
…2A — Wednesday, January 6, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Twenty One Pilots played at Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit on December 17, 2015. On New Year’s Eve about 1,000 young men coordinated and carried out acts of sexual violence on at least 90 women in Cologne, Germany, The New York Times Reported. Police in Hamburg are now reporting similar incidents. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Conc...…
…Sanzotta, a plaintiff in a law- suit filed earlier this month by Ann Arbor Residents for Public Safety against the city to halt the cull, expressed her frustration with the council’s decision to move forward. “I see you don’t care much about facts, or public safety,” Sanzotta said. “Our council has been bought and sold — cheaply.” Barry Powers, the attor- ney representing Ann Arbor Residents for Public Safety, referred to the la...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 6, 2016 — 5A ACROSS 1 Big initials in tobacco 4 Devices with scroll wheels 8 Many an old- movie criminal mastermind 14 Perrier, par exemple 15 Sick as __ 16 Jittery 17 Visitor’s first attempt 19 Emphatic type 20 Training group 21 Like milligrams and kilograms 23 Baseball family name 24 Actress Thompson of “Family” 25 “My bad!” 29 Queen-to-be, maybe 30 Visitor’s second attempt 33 H...…
…Eye-opening ‘Big Short’ distressing FILM REVIEW Odd and self-aware film follows 2008 financial crisis By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer A group of angry Wall Street traders predicting and profiting off the 2008 economic recession doesn’t scream entertainment, but writer and director Adam McK- ay’s (“Anchor- man”) “The Big Short” makes for an honest and captivating tale of greed, lies and devas- tation. The fi...…
…B SportsWednesday TRIPLE TROUBLE n Michigan lost another heartbreaker in overtime at Indiana on Sunday. Page 3B REDEMPTION n Jim Harbaugh’s first season made an impact even on those who didn’t see the field. SportsWednesday Column, Page 2B Michigan 41, Florida 7 ‘Onward’ Photo by Allison Farrand Photo by Ruby Wallau Photo by Ruby Wallau The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 6, 2016 …
…2B — January 6, 2016 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSWEDNESDAY COLUMN Jim Harbaugh’s ball team J im Harbaugh sat in the bowels of the Citrus Bowl after his team’s 41-7 undressing of Florida last Friday, gushing about the NFL prospects of his seniors. Starting center Graham Glasgow, Harbaugh said, could be a first- round pick. Jake Rudock, as evidenced by his performance in the second half of ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday January 6, 2016 — 3B By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer One key stat line differentiated the Indiana and Michigan women’s basketball teams in the Hoosiers’ 77-69 overtime win on Sunday. The Hoosiers (1-1 Big Ten, 9-5 overall) went 32-for-42 from the free throw line, and the Wolverines (0-2 Big Ten, 8-5 overall) went 8-for- 18. After four quarters of back- and-forth basket...…
…4B — January 6, 2016 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Five Things We Learned By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor For the first time since 2011, the Michigan football team ended its season with a win. In one of their most complete efforts of the season, the 14th-ranked Wolverines (6-2 Big Ten, 10-3 overall) dominated No. 19 Florida (7-1 Southeastern Conference, 10-4 overall) through and through, putting a...…
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…2C Wednesday, January 6, 2016 // The Statement THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE ON THE RECORD “Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad. And by the way, it happens on the streets of Chicago every day.” — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA in a public address calling for increased background checks at gun shows and other measures to prevent gun violence *** “An armed people are a free people. If our forefathers were not armed before the Ame...…
…3C Magazine Editor: Karl Williams Deputy Editors: Nabeel Chollompat Victoria Noble Design Editor: Shane Achenbach Photo Editor: Zoey Holmstrom Creative Director: Emilie Farrugia Editor in Chief: Shoham Geva Managing Editor: Laura Schinagle Copy Editors: Emily Campbell Alexis Nowicki Jose Rosales THE statement Had this column been due a few weeks before, you would’ve gotten 500 words of scathing analysis about the state ...…
…Wednesday, January 6, 2016 // The Statement 4C Wednesday, January 6, 2016 // The Statement 5C Editor’s Note: The name of a student has been changed to protect the privacy of a source currently involved in the FlexMed admissions process, denoted with an asterisk. “Just about here, in the second paragraph, you write that when you got to college you decided to work harder for better grades.” My pointer finger was hovering over a piece of ...…
…I ’m not religious — but I like to pretend I am. Sometimes, when I’m alone, I like to watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” or “What Dreams May Come” and believe, if only for a few hours, that someday my reality will suddenly melt away and an angel will come visit me and show me all the mistakes I could make, or maybe I’ll be hit by a car and I’ll wake up in a painting and soar around the sky with Robin Williams and I’ll meet every- one I lo...…
…Wednesday, January 6, 2016 // The Statement 7C ILLUSTRATION BY EMILIE FARRUGIA Personal Statement: I know all the word’s to Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ H igh school. For me, it wasn’t anything that I thought it was supposed to be. Wasn’t it supposed to be filled with rites of passage? At the very least there were supposed to be one or two moments of intense experience from which I could learn. There were supposed to be moments and expe...…
…V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : F R O M T H E E D I T O R S Statement Photo Editor Zoey Holmstrom and Creative Director Emilie Farrugia share photos from their winter breaks in Michigan and Connecticut. I’ve always loved watching the Detroit Red Wings, so I was ecstatic to add this new ornament to our family’s Christmas tree. Members of the children’s choir draw between scenes of “A Christmas Carol” put on by the St. Joseph First Unit...…
