…Around two hundred people gathered in Weiser Hall Wednesday night to hear Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speak on the world’s greatest challenges to human rights. Sociology Professor Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director of the Donia Human Rights Center, said the Distinguished Lecture series invites speakers to campus who have both experience in human rights and the ability to s...…
…The University of Michigan’s Theme Semester for Winter 2020 will center around the Great Lakes. Sponsored by the School of Literature, Science and the Arts, the Great Lakes Theme Semester will feature classes and events focused on issues dealing with the Great Lakes region. English Department Chair David Porter, who serves as the Great Lakes Theme Semester Steering Committee director, said the committee hopes the theme semester...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 3 “So, we kind of do everything in house.” Businesses with recreational marijuana licenses will be able to tap into a whole new market of users. Jarrous explained the potential impact recreational licensing could have on the accessibility of the drug. “One of the biggest criticisms of the industry is that it’s been inaccessible to people for a really long tim...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson 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 E...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 5 P O L I C Y T A L K S @ T H E F O R D S C H O O L HARRY A. AND MARGARET D.TOWSLEY FOUNDATION LECTURE SERIES Conversation on national security, service, and policy Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Information: 734-615-7545 or fspp-events@umich.edu @fordschool #policytalks Monday, November 11, 2019 4:00 - 5:20 pm Gerald R. Ford School of Publi...…
…6 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Sean Biggins (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/07/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/07/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019 ACROSS 1 Astrological Ram 6 Cleans out badly? 10 __-pitch softball 13 Dry up 14 Old photo hue 15 Equivocate 16 International waters 18 Scr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 7 Teske’s career night anchors Wolverines in season-opening victory When Jon Teske’s baseline post hook grazed the left side of the rim on the opening possession, it didn’t take long for him to clean up his own mess. Instead of trotting back on defense, the senior center bulldozed into the paint to corral his own rebound. In one fell swoop, he landed on the...…
…8 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2017, in New Bremen, Ohio — population of 2,973 — then-Michigan commit Paige Jones brought home the first state championship for her high school, simultaneously setting state records for kills in the state tournament (72) and kills in a match (47). Fall 2018, in Ann Arbor, Michigan — student population of 46,716 — Jones looked to prove herself a...…
…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...…
…During the winter months many students can face the pos- sibility of seasonal affective dis- order, a mood disorder causing depression to occur at the same time every year. While most people experiencing SAD feel the effects from late fall to the end of winter, in a rarer form, people can experience SAD from late spring to early fall. Vicki Hays, senior associate director of the University of Michigan’s Counseling and Psy- chological...…
…GroundCover is joining street papers across the globe, as well as sister papers in Detroit and Tra- verse City, to celebrate Interna- tional Vendor Appreciation Week Feb 3 through 10. The annual celebration commemorates over 9,000 street newspaper vendors worldwide. GroundCover is a local news- paper sold and written by low- income and homeless people in Washtenaw County. GroundCov- er vendors buy newspapers as in- dependent contractor...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, February 7, 2019 — 3A JOURNALISM From Page 1 SAD From Page 1 THREADING From Page 1 Engineering senior Anna Learis agreed, noting she has noticed some of her friends suffering more from actual clinical depression during the winter, while some may just be feeling more down. Learis is the co-founder and editor in chief of Mental- ity Magazine, which aims to increase discussion abo...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, February 7, 2019 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 Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. ...…
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…6A — Thursday, February 7, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Despite being undrafted, Slaker seeks out NHL path in future The path from college to the National Hockey League can take many forms. Some skaters are highly- touted prospects from their teenage years, become early- round draft picks and see success at the collegiate and professional levels. Those transitions from one level to the next are seamless — thi...…
…DESIGN BY SHERRY CHEN thursday, february 7, 2019 …
…Many popular movie directors got their start in horror films: J.J. Abrams, Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron to name a few. In the film industry, horror is where many directors and producers begin to make a name for themselves. The same can be said for hip hop, as underground rappers debuted in the eerie, little-known subgenre that is horrorcore. Marked by harsh, aggressive beats and over-the-top depictions of taboo subjects, h...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 7, 2019 — 3B If you look at a white grid over a black background, you will see grey splotches at the intersections of the grid. You’ll find, however, that the second you try to examine closer and focus your gaze upon a particular dot, it vanishes. Those shapes never really existed, but you saw them, didn’t you? The binary concept of real vs. unreal fails to explain...…
…PIXAR When I was eight, a strange thing happened. I was on my way up the stairs of my old house, about ready for bed, and heard my mom gasp from the kitchen. I looked back to her to see her clutching her coffee cup with her eyes somewhat wide. “The basement light just turned on,” she said. No one was supposed to be downstairs. My sister was next to me, my dad in the living room. Warily, my parents headed to the basement armed wit...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 7, 2019 — 5B Searching for ancestors in Forest Hill Cemetery ‘Mile High’ James Blake Polydor Records MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW: ‘MILE HIGH’ As it begins, the music video for James Blake’s “Mile High,” starring Blake and Travis Scott, doesn’t make much sense. The lead single from Blake’s Assume Form is ethereal and dark, but the very beginning of the video provides a stark...…
…Walking around campus or the larger sloping grid of Ann Arbor, it’s easy to get the sense of an ever- present history. Plaques adorn buildings and pop up on street corners, boasting black and white photographs of old marches and speeches; campus tours recount legends and lore long sealed into the school’s character. This history takes a presumably darker turn if you stroll through Forest Hill Cemetery, where the mossy gravestones do...…
…The Yemeni Student Association at the University of Michigan opened its inaugural cultural night with a simple invitation to attendees: “We want you to experience the beauty of Yemeni culture,” LSA junior Ryan Shami told the more than 150 students gathered Thursday night in the West Quad Multipurpose Room. Shami then danced his way through the middle of the room with other board members, all clad in traditional thawbs, multi- c...…
…Sitting in front of a group of about 20 students, activists and community members Thursday evening in Mason Hall, Kate Stenvig, organizer of By Any Means Necessary, led a public “tribunal” to encourage conversation and organize action against rape and sexual assault. BAMN and Stop Trump Ann Arbor jointly hosted the event, which addressed current issues impacting the University of Michigan community, such as the sexual...…
…way that’s going to protect me,” Held said. “The truth is going to protect me and I have to have faith in that.” An LSA freshman who requested to remain anonymous said the tendency for universities to ignore or diminish sexual assault claims is especially painful for those who have experienced abuse in the past. “I was a victim of sexual abuse, I was groomed for two years, and it has very deeply impacted my mental health,” ...…
…A s a buzz of tweets about Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s possible 2020 election run have surfaced in the past few days, a particular meeting has resurfaced in the minds of many progressives. In 2017, O’Rourke met with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a prominent pro- Israel political action committee, and affirmed his support for Israel in a tweet expressing that he learned “how the United States can contin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, December 7, 2018 — 5 As we grow up and toss out the old tools that crafted our talents, we forget the elegance and potential that built our skills. We look at the amateur as no different from a child on training wheels, someone incapable of mastery without the more efficient gadgets built specifically for the job. It’s almost as though our accomplishments are just as much our tool...…
…By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/07/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 12/07/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, December 7, 2018 ACROSS 1 City in which much of “Moonlight” is set 6 Lively display of stamps? 14 Long range 15 Valuable collectible 16 Art class model, say? 18 Singer Jones 19 Ashes not caused by fire 20 Notable times 22 Genes...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, December 7, 2018 — 7 Poole credits improvement to work with student manager Jordan Poole once said he never missed three times in a row. But five minutes into the Michigan men’s basketball game against North Carolina on Nov. 28, he fired from beyond the arc, and the shot clanged out. It was the sophomore guard’s third consecutive misfire. Two minutes later, Poole subbed out of th...…
…8 — Friday, December 7, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines roll against LIU Brooklyn in 83-38 win There’s no place like home. In front of its fans at Crisler Center for the first time since Nov. 19, the Michigan women’s basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak, steamrolling LIU Brooklyn (0-8) in an 83-38 victory. From the opening tip, the Wolverines (6-3) suffocated the Blackbirds, scoring...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 7, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 26 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S ...…
…anything we set our hearts to … And if history has not yet been made then we can make it.” Gilchrist then introduced Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, winner of the governor’s race. “I am so excited about what the state of Michigan is doing right now,” Gilchrist said. “And the only thing I might be more excited about is the woman who’s going be the next governor and that’s Gretchen Whitmer.” Whitmer defeated Republican candidate ...…
…I’m still in awe of Aida Cuevas’s performance of her album Totalmente Juan Gabriel last Friday night. Cuevas is a powerhouse performer with phenomenal vocals. She has been in the music industry for over 40 years, winning both a Grammy and a Latin Grammy award. Not only is Cuevas an incredible singer, but she also has a strong stage presence, holding herself with tremendous confidence and grace. Totalmente Juan Gabriel...…
…Sarah Zettel, University alum and author of “The Other Sister” recently sat down to speak with The Daily about her latest release. From starting off at the University scribbling in “notebooks with friends creating shared worlds,” today Zettel has produced over 18 novels in sci-fi, romance, fantasy and various other genres. “The Other Sister” is a domestic suspense and psychological thriller that flips the traditional fairytale ups...…
…Professors and people in power at the University of Michigan, in order for any of this anti-racist activism to work, you all need to constantly be checking your privilege. That means not telling your students they will not succeed because of where they are from. Looking at you, University of Michigan, Residential College That means not castigating a Black student on her tone and thoughts in front of 80 of her white ...…
…A couple of months ago, I called my dad to complain. I don’t even remember what I was calling to complain about. Before jumping into my tirade, I asked him how his day was going. He said, with a big sigh, something along the lines of, “Well I showed up to the scene of an accident today where the victim was dead on arrival.” He wasn’t wearing his helmet on his motorcycle and according to my dad, “His brains were all ove...…
…Read the full story online at MichiganDaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 7, 2018 — 7A Juwann Bushell-Beatty and the virtue of patience in his fifth season Juwann Bushell-Beatty had a particular confidence about him when he first got to Ann Arbor. The now-fifth-year-senior says he was like most freshman on the Michigan football team in that way — upbeat that high school success would carry ove...…
…8A — Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Season-opening snoozer Michigan beats Norfolk State, 63-44 Norfolk State didn’t score its first points until seven minutes and 16 seconds into the game. By that point, it was far too late. Sophomore guard Jordan Poole found Charles Matthews with a nifty wrap-around pass in the post, and the redshirt junior forward finished off the Michigan men’s baske...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 7, 2018 Charting the politics of Michigan 2016 ELECTION …
…H ad I owned a laptop in early high school, I probably would’ve had one of those text bubble “*you’re” stickers smugly displayed on it, announcing to the world how grammatically superior I was to those who dared to write “your welcome.” Luckily, I didn’t have a laptop, and luckily, my view of grammar has changed since then. Grammar has always been something I thought was both fun and important, particularly as s...…
…I n the spring of 2016, I voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary for president. I’d gone to a rally that March, and Sanders had said things I’d never heard any politician say. He wanted to give Americans universal health care, economic equality, affordable college education, a more sustainable economy and easier access to reproductive health services. When I recall my excitement at these endeavors — and his — I fee...…
…Charting the politics of Michigan Design by Willa Hua | Analysis by Robert Lesser | Written by Brian Kuang An election is nothing more than a snapshot of the electorate at a given time. Nevertheless, the results of the 2018 midterm elections in Michigan help form a wider story of the shifting political sands of the state and the nation. To help conceptualize today’s election results, the Statement Magazine has charted out how Michigan’s ...…
