…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 8, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Reflecting on wartime experiences as well as assimilation and treatment after service were six veterans who participated in a panel on the Vietnam War Tuesday. The event was one of many offered throughout Veterans Week, which the University of Michigan’s Veteran and Military Services offers this Monda...…
…2A — Wedneday, November 8, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 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 ...…
…Regents to appoint a committee to investigate “the ethical and moral implications” of investing in such companies. SAFE’s activism on divestment — a movement in its 13th iteration on campus — ramped up in the last month, with groups like Latinx umbrella organization La Casa supporting SAFE in full force last week. The resolution failed last year with a vote of 34 to 13. University of Michigan- Dearborn’s student government pass...…
…I used to have a lot of pride for attending the University of Michigan, a university I considered ethical, forward-thinking and diligent about acting on the opinions of its students. Lately, however, I have been quite disappointed in my school. I recently learned the University invests in Roark Capital Group, a large private equity firm involved in a horrific and widespread animal welfare scandal that is any...…
…5A — Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com DISCOVERY Pablo Escobar stars ‘Escobar’ is a break from Discovery’s typical drivel Discovery adds to the multitude of drug lord-related series Over the last few years, there has been a strange phenomenon brewing among the world’s TV viewers: An obsession with the infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, a man who was simultaneously a brutal killer and ...…
…6A — Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘U.N.C.L.E.’ is stylish fun ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ an imperfect, but unappreciated thriller In 2015, director Guy Ritchie (“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword”) released “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” a Cold War spy caper featuring Henry Cavill (“Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice”), Alicia Vikander (“Submergence”) and Armie Hammer (“Call Me By Your Name”) ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 8, 2017 — 7A Bracket breakdown: Analyzing potential NCAA Tournament opponents Ranked No. 11 at the beginning of the season, the Michigan field hockey team has proven that ranking was far too low. The Wolverines rattled off 16 wins in a row with 13 shutouts to finish off their season. Then, Michigan dispatched Ohio State, No. 9 Northwestern and No. 5 Penn State...…
…8A — Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Third period inconsistencies holding ‘M’ back from sweeps Following a dramatic, come- from-behind win against Vermont on Oct. 21, Michigan hockey coach Mel Pearson said his skaters had started to establish themselves as a “third-period team.” The next Friday at No. 19 Penn State, the Wolverines (5-3-0) had two one-goal leads in the final period, only to ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 8, 2017 …
…Now I am become I can feel it rising Death The silence is crushing The destroyer of worlds Your eyes press against mine no emotion my mind screams your smell clings in my air suffocating me tenderly hell’s whisper in my ear you’re gone no thought Wait The heart is cold Wait The damage has been done. Not To Be What’s in a name? Nothing if you can’t remember it. Ah-hem. A first date should be: -Punctual -Unusual -Fun (not merely ...…
…I have wondered about you Am I the new person drawn toward you? But before I step further, should I take warning? For I know — you may not be what I expect. But what is it I expect? Do I expect you to fit some ideal? Do I think it so easy for us to weave? Together? Do I think your friendship will be endless satisfaction? A marathon of blissful confirmation bias? Will I see no further than my impression of you? Can you ever be, in ...…
…Wednesday, November 8, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 8, 2017 // The Statement 5B Autumn’s Dying Women Short Fiction b y Z o y a G u r m, LSA Junior T he only member of my fam- ily who ever believed in souls was my aunt. “Bless your soul,” she wrote every year in her sloppy and smudged cursive, directly under the pre-printed birthday message. She died late-summer, a lonely and child- less death, colored like deep pi...…
…Wednesday, November 8, 2017 // The Statement 6B High Risk creative non-fiction E dward meets me at the bus stop on campus with our standard greeting: smiling and clapping his hands slowly, letting out a whooping, “O-K, O-K.” He looks like he always has, wide-eyed and enthusiastic but stifling a perceptible weariness, in a hoodie, skinny jeans and white Vans. One of my best friends from back home, Edward is a student at Cornell Un...…
…Wednesday, November 8, 2017 // The Statement 7B ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY KOFFSKY stacks of chips and sit down at the oval- shaped table to which we are ushered. I peek in at a different game at the table behind me. There are eight people playing, a middle- aged man leans over his backward chair as a woman — presumably a resort employee — massages his back. A young woman wearing a “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat sits across the table. Ho...…
…Wednesday, November 8, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T A N N A R B O R A T N I G H T Nickel’s Arcade A woman walks through the rain with an umbrella. A mural adds a pop of color to an otherwise dark alley. This weekend I walked around Ann Arbor with an umbrella in one hand and a tripod in the other, desperately trying to shield my camera from the torrent of rain. I had always wanted to capture long exposure s...…
