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…The University of Michigan’s chapter of Biden for President hosted Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown Monday afternoon. More than 75 people attended the rally in person, while more than 500 supporters logged on to the virtual livestream. Sanders started the event by emphasizing the importance of continuing to make progress in a thoughtful, informed way. “We can keep our country moving forward if we do so ...…

…Content warning: This piece describes depictions of drugging, sexual assault and sexual harassment. An anonymous plaintiff Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the Psi Upsilon fraternity at the University of Michigan, claiming she was drugged and raped by a member of the fraternity while attending a party at the fraternity house in August 2019. The fraternity member allegedly coerced Doe to an upstairs room in the Psi ...…

…When bringing their concerns to Schlissel, the faculty members noted the metric regarding more than 70 new cases per million in the county had been met. According to data published on MI Safe Start Map, daily new cases per million were above 70 in Washtenaw County around a dozen times during the last weeks of September. After that point, the daily new cases per million fell below the threshold. The University posted th...…

…Cities and local leaders across the country have faced economic and social turmoil throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday morning, the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning welcomed mayors Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, Libby Schaaf of Oakland, Calif. and Michael Tubbs of Stockton, Calif., to a panel titled “America’s Mayors on Crisis and Change.” University President...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 5 STEM students face overtime lectures, extra work With the majority of classes being taught virtually this semester, some STEM students are reporting overtime lectures and unfair work expectations, despite having regular schedules with assigned class times. Pharmacy student Sihyun Kim is currently enrolled in the course Medical Microbiology a...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color 6 — Wednesday, October 7, 2020 Let me preface this with a quick but important disclaim- er. This piece is not fodder or proof that Islam is misogynis- tic or oppresses women. I will not be feeding into the guilt- ridden stereotypes created by liberals who are ashamed about their bloodthirst for innocent Afghans and Iraqis post 9/11 or attempting to jus- tify drone attacks in...…

…Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color The very existence of the United States of America presents itself as perhaps one of the most con- founding paradoxes. A country that claims a perfectly veneered founda- tion of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, interstate highways tarred with gold and a guarantee of the ever-fleeting American dream. This is a country that is simultane- ...…

…Opinion The Energy Information Administration estimates that utilities are the biggest source of carbon emissions in Michigan at 36.5%. Within utilities, the EIA estimates that 92%of the state’s electricity is produced from non- renewable energy sources, with 4 out of 10 power plants running on coal. Even though wind energy production, the largest source of renewable energy in Michigan, has more than quadrupled between 2012 ...…

…W hen Americans living on the West Coast woke up on Sept. 9, they were met with a concerning reality. From northern California all the way up through Oregon, the sky was an apocalyptic shade of reddish-orange. The western United States is once again engulfed in flames, as hundreds of wildfires have ravaged forests and disrupted the lives of millions throughout California, Oregon and Washington. While California generally has wi...…

…puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Ed Sessa ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/07/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/07/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 ACROSS 1 Something to pay 5 “Nothing’s broken” 9 Lawn game 14 Fir fellers 15 Cool off in a shallow stream, say 16 Weasley family owl 17 Substantial return 20 Popeye’s n...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 11 YOUR WEEKLY ARIES Financial ups and downs cause headaches this week, Aries, but it’s within your control to get your money better organized. Working on your time management may free up time to indulge in a lucrative side hustle, which will help. AQUARIUS GEMENI Expect strange coincidences or fleeting corner-of-the-eye glimpses of otherworldly bein...…

…2-News 12 — Wednesday, October 7, 2020 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE B-SIDE: ICONS Taylor Swift runs music I was seven years old when “You Belong With Me” came out, and it still gives me an indescribable rush of sheer happiness. It’s the song I play in the car with the windows down, letting everyone else on the road share my joy. It’s the song that I dance around to in my pajamas, feeling like I’m at a con...…

…Arts Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 13 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The first time I understood George Balanchine was watching “The Nutcracker.” More precisely, it was while watching a recording of Act 2’s “Waltz of the Flowers” on YouTube, with New York City Ballet’s Ashley Bouder as the leading Dewdrop. The six- minute dance is the culmination of the Christmastime ballet’s divertissements and the music builds with un...…

…T he vigorous string melody halted, and the film came to an abrupt end. Dazed, my friend Haoyu and I sat silently in the darkness of State Theatre without moving an inch of our bodies. When we heard the sound of clapping from below us, we subconscious- ly clapped along too. A warm yellow light slowly re-illuminated the theater. While people started getting up and preparing to leave, Haoyu and I were still glued to our seats, re...…

…F or the first 18 years of my life, I lived about a hundred yards away from my grandmother’s house. As a kid, I’d skip down the street to her house for a din- ner of PopTarts and games of Kings in the Cor- ner, “PBS NewsHour” always playing on the TV in the background. The TV volume muffled the sound of the back door, so I’d tiptoe as far into the living room as I could before announc- ing my arrival, to surprise her. We’d catc...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 16 On making friends during a pandemic BY LEAH LESZCZYNSKI, STATEMENT COLUMNIST E ver since I arrived on campus last year, vetting classmates in discussions, student organization meetings and informal gatherings, in hopes of creating more fulfilling human connections has become second nature to me. Prior to the new world created by the COVID-19 pan- d...…

…Ten months into his first season on a Division I coaching staff at Illinois State, 37-year-old Luke Yaklich created a Microsoft Word file on his computer. He named it “When I Become a Head Coach.” Yaklich divided the file into four sections: offense, defense, culture and recruiting. Tidbits of information — gleaned from picking the brains of other coaches and scouts, reading books, watching online clinics and just being aro...…

…For the Mattins, Michigan’s family atmosphere is only fitting In sports, your team is a family. Developing a relationship keeps the team together, and the closer it is to a family, the better. But the Michigan wrestling team is a step above the others, featuring three pairs of family members — the Amines, Corrells and Mattins. What has the program done to attract so many siblings? For the Mattin brothers, it’s the family conne...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 7, 2020 — 19 With three weeks until opener, offensive line hoping to find stability Offensive line, by nature, is a position rooted in contact. So this fall, when Michigan had to practice without pads until last Wednesday, it was perhaps the position group hardest hit. A year ago, the Wolverines would have been well equipped to handle such adversity. Their offensiv...…

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…David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, electrical engineering and computer science professors at the University of Michigan, are this year’s recipients of the 2019 Distinguished University Innovator Award, an honor given to University faculty who have both developed and marketed innovative ideas or technologies. The two professors will be recognized on Oct. 22 at Celebrate Invention, an event honoring inventions and entr...…

…Rice delved into a discussion of pivotal points of foreign policy she influenced while in office — namely the war in Iraq. She acknowledged the controversial nature of the decision and conceded that policies were largely influenced by the context of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We were a lot more on edge about what could happen by the time of the Iraq evasion than we would have prior to 9/11,” Rice said. “I wish the intelligence w...…

…ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR When you miss the dining hall hours, delivery apps are there for you. Scrolling through sandwiches, burritos and pizzas, I decided to go for dumplings today. Everything was fine until I received the plastic bag from the delivery man, who then put his hands together and said “xiexie.” First, I’m Korean, not Chinese. Just because I’m Asian and I ordered dumplings doesn’t make me Chinese. And second...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, October 7, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edite...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 7, 2019 — 5A “You can never publish my love,” Rogue Wave chants, in the song that the title of this series riffs on. Maybe that’s true, and we can never quite account for our love on paper or in print, but we sure can try. That’s what this series is devoted to: publishing our love. Us, the Arts section of The Michigan Daily, talking about artists and their work, some of the peop...…

…6A — Monday, October 7, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Lately I’ve been haunted by Her’s. The haunting started at second 28 of their Paste Studio’s Performance; there’s this seamless moment of chemistry when the duo leans forward, synchronizing their body movement. The unity of their oscillation is both serious and full of jest. Stephen Fitzpatrick takes on a Donald Duck-like nature in his voice while Audun Laading (bas...…

…SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 7, 2019 Jim Harbaugh felt no need to wait for questions. Walking into the press room Saturday afternoon, he had a “special guest” beside him and a message to deliver. The “special guest” was junior cornerback Ambry Thomas, a man who he introduced with a few laudatory sentences. The message didn’t need any introduction. “Obviously, that was a defensive masterpie...…

…2B — October 7, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com W hen I walked into U-M Soccer Sta- dium 45 minutes before the first game on Sunday, nobody was in the stands yet but “Dancing Queen” blared over the speakers. So, I guess there were never any plans to be subtle. That’s somehow both fitting and ironic, and it can fill both boxes because the Venn Dia- gram of gays and sports is usually just two circles ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 7, 2019 — 3B Michigan’s OL and what could have been As Michigan’s offense stalled to a halt on Saturday, prompting worry and disbelief from everyone except coach Jim Harbaugh, one area emerged without widespread critique — the offensive line. Shea Patterson was sacked just twice, and any pressure on him usually felt like a result of his standing in the pocket too long. ...…

…4B — October 7, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday I don’t know about you all, but I’m exhausted. Saturday, a pretty-good- but-flawed Michigan team beat a pretty-good- but-flawed Iowa team, 10-3, in a game that clearly highlighted both team’s merits and shortcom- ings. The Wolverines were favored by 3.5 points — and that seems about right. Their defense shone, their offense sputtered. The for- mer outlast...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 7, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 6 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS......................8A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A THE STATEMENT..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Top 11 songs from ‘Supernatural’ MICHIGANDAIL...…

…2A — Wednesday, October 7, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Funding for internships WHAT: Representatives from University funding offices will sit on a panel to address options for overseas internships and research opportunities. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1636 Brown bag WHAT: Molly Lindner, who recently retired after serving as an associate professor of art ...…

…RITA MORRIS /Daily Bryan Baker, DPSS liaison to student life, speaks about DPSS resources at the Central Student Government meeting on Tuesday in the Michigan Union. RITA MORRIS /Daily Dentistry graduate student Alexander Ziegler proposes a resolution to allow Munger residents more alcohol privileges at the CSG meeting Tuesday evening in the Michigan Union. 3-News NEWS BRIEFS Detroit activist Grace Lee Boggs dies at age 100 Activist ...…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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....…

…Health, which was supportive of her efforts. “Unless you accept that many men and women will be left to die, there is no other option,” Fisseha said. “And transplants are much more cost-effective long-term than dialysis. So the government is committed to making this work.” In 2011, Fisseha reached out to Surgery Prof. Jeffrey Punch, a transplantation specialist with experience doing mission work in Africa...…

…ACROSS 1 Great Salt Lake component, to a chemist 5 Moved for a better view, in a way 10 Lucy’s partner 14 Fairy tale villain 15 Yoga position 16 Pair in a loaf 17 Sleeping in the great outdoors, e.g. 19 Big East or Big South org. 20 Generation 21 Org. recommending flossing 22 Like many stunts 23 Making sense 28 In the past 29 Start of a spelling rule broken by deists? 33 Flooded 36 Bring __ a substitute 37 Co-star of Burt in “The Killers” 38 F...…

…Wild Child pure, human on ‘Fools’ New album by indie-folk duo has European sensibility By DANIELLE RAY Daily Arts Writer I first heard of Wild Child last semester when my friend came back from studying abroad and began gush- ing to me about their show in Paris. She quickly became obsessed and so did I, think- ing I had dis- covered this cool, upcoming French band before anyone else. Little did I know, they’re fr...…

…Sports 8A — Wednesday, October 7, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Blocking gets Ways on field Redshirt freshman says he enjoys battles against opposing defenders By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor Moe Ways smiles when he thinks about it. It’s a pleasant feeling, really. The sensation comes late in games, after the Michigan football team’s wide receivers have blocked for the better part of 60 minutes. The redshi...…

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…2B “The theater business is so hard to get into. So even though we do have a strict plan and skill set and whatever else, it’s so much more difficult once we’re actually there.” – Music, Theater & Dance junior, HANNAH LYNNE MILLER Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement D ear Emma, I’m currently rushing and I was wondering if the sorority drama you hear about is true. Is that just the way Greek life is? Thanks, Drama Dis...…

…The time is upon us: Whether you are a senior searching for a way to sustain a living after graduation, or a freshman looking to build that resume, career fair brings feelings of pain and fear to us all. We came up with five types you are guaranteed to find at every career event — this is what they are thinking, though they probably won’t be saying it. 3B THE LIST THE GO-GET TER “I’ve already taken another job offer, I just came...…

…Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 5B S tudents clad in finely pressed black suits and professional dresses walked briskly around the Michigan Union at the first day of the Career Center’s annual Fall Career Expo Tuesday. About 1,600 students, wearing their most impressive attire, fill nearly every room of the Union. Walking through the lobby, groups can be heard chatting...…

…Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 6B by Samiha Matin, Daily Staff Reporter I ’m a reason why the University can proudly declare they have students coming from more than 140 countries or more. I’m one of the many, many people which helps make this place have a global, diverse community — simply because I come from another place. I’m the token friend who you tell stories about to your other friends from high school. The frien...…

…Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 7B optiMize: Saving the world, one idea at a time E rin Johnson had just moved into her dorm room at Bursley and found her way around campus when she saw a poster: “ ‘Why not me?’ Stop waiting for someone else to change the world.” The poster for the student organization optiMize would ultimately chart the course for her time at the University. A year later Johnson, a sophomore studying bu...…

…Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 // The Statement 8B What took me seconds to swipe with a green paintbrush on the world map I painted for the literacy center took an hour of a bumpy and at times terrifying ride from the foothills of the Himalayas into the faces of the mountains. We weren’t even close to the top, but still at times I had the feeling we were at the cusp of the world, and all that was keeping me from a free fall to the bot...…

…Ri I an 0I~ ONE li UNI)E TWENTY-FlIFTI I YEAR OF EDITORIA L F EEI)OM Tuesday, October 7, 2014 michigandailycom PET ME GOVERNMENT Marriage equality maiy rtr Bedhead, a Cape Porcupine from the Creature Conservancy, nibbles on a sweet potato during a presentation at the Alpha Delta Pi sorority house Monday SSACUAt ks impremens to. faculty, student relati ons SCOTUS decision clears path for same-sex marriage in five states By RACHEL PREMACK Dail...…

…2 -- Tuesday October 7, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandai[y.com 2 - Tuesday, October 7, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom QUAL R'IGTS Prof. studies history of slavery Rebecca J. Scott is the Charles understanding other societies by opposed to the Cuban Revolutic Gibson Distinguished University actually being able to read and Professor ofHistory and a professor speak with people. Is there somethingyour of law at the University. ...…

…' Tuesday, October 7, 2014 -- 3 The Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com The ichganDail - ichganailyom uesayOctoer , 214- NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Prosecutors lose appeal in Detroit officer's trial Michigan's appeals court on Mondaylet stand the dismissal of a manslaughter charge against a Detroit police officer who killed a 7-year-old girl during a raid. In a brief order, a three-judge panel said it was barred from intervening. Officer Joseph We...…

…Page 4- Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Opi IO The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com IWCilian 46F 46F Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com MEGAN MCDONALD PETER SHAHIN and DANIEL WANG KATIE BURKE EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 7, 2014 -5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, October 7, 2014- 5 MEGAFORCE Window to the soul. Yamagata to bring all her emotions to A2 Everything's good. Chance talks show at EMU, new work Chicago but the music and the per- rapper sona reach all the way to the comes to Ypsilanti roof. He comes out in a Black- hawks sweater but to the on Wednesday delight of the crowd sw...…