Search Results

Search Constraints

Search Results

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 1

…The University of Michigan’s Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a public address event titled “More Than Four” Tuesday evening. Members at the event presented the organization’s four-point platform that aims to support and advocate for Black students at the University. The platform’s four points call on the University to increase Black student admission, combat anti-Blackness, improve DEI policies and to help make K-12 education m...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 2

…Three more men have been convicted in the 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Thirteen men were charged with aiding in the plot to kidnap the governor, two of whom were previously convicted in August. Six of the men faced federal charges for orchestrating the plan. Of the 13 men, seven were charged at the state level by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, including Paul Bellar, Pete Musico and his son- i...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 3

…North Star Lounge sits on the corner of Catherine Street and N. 5th Avenue in the heart of Kerrytown, Ann Arbor. Having opened on Oct. 1, the lounge is the third project for Phillis Engelbert, the owner and co-founder of the Detroit Street Filling Station. Engelbert said this project was “very collaborative” and credited the success of the opening to help from friends, Detroit Street Filling Station staff and the Ann Ar...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 4

…The writers of The Michigan Daily do it all. On top of being college students with full course loads, they roll up their sleeves to consume media and write. For the entertainment of our loyal readership, The Michigan Daily has revitalized and revamped “Baked, Buzzed, Bored.” For the sake of journalism, three or more writers sacrifice their health and 3+ hours of their life to watch a TV show or film while either high (“baked”), drun...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 5

…We now live in a post-“Morbius” society. After its announcement in November 2017 by Sony, its first trailer in January 2020 and then its delayed release date of April 1, 2022 (in another world, it was just an April Fool’s prank), the Marvel- adjacent vampire movie starring possible cult leader/method asshole Jared Leto is something that now exists. It defies traditional description due to how incalculably odd the entirety of i...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 6

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, November 9, 2022 The fatal flaw of teen TV For the past three years, my sister and I have been sporadically watching “Dawson’s Creek.” Through intermittent binge periods we’ve borne witness to the epic highs — Dawson’s (James Van Der Beek, “Varsity Blues”) caricatural memeified crying face — and lows — Joey (Katie Holmes, “Batman Begins”) and Pacey’s (Joshua Jackson, ...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 7

…Are you sure you wanna read this? Are you absolutely sure devoting your undivided attention to these next 2,000 words is worth your precious time? Cause for Christ’s sake, there’s laundry to be done! Assigned readings, hoards of homework to complete and you might work soon, have plans at noon, need to leave in 20 cause you gotta go to the gym, or go meet up with him, her, them, and then, there’s probably a couple hundred other unf...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 8

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Practical bedtime stories and feelings you can’t name Five years old Diana had to pry her mother’s bedtime stories out of her. They were the charred remains of a war fought with small fists and persis- tent whines, but each time she sur- rendered, Diana could crawl into her mother’s skin and live inside of her, for a time, again. While her mother s...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 9

…T his fall, Michigan voters will have a say on three crucial ballot initiatives that could change the state’s political landscape in a drastic way. Proposal 1 would change term limit requirements for state legislators and establish financial disclosure requirements. Proposal 2 would greatly expand voting rights and work to safeguard democracy. And the highly contested Proposal 3 would enshrine reproductive freedom in the state co...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 10

…O ver Fourth of July weekend last summer, Florida residents turned on their televisions to see California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, slamming their state government and its conservative policies. Newsom spoke in plain, inflammatory terms: “Freedom is under attack in your state […] I urge all of you living in Florida to join the fight or join us in California.” Newsom’s stunt seems to have fallen flat with Florida vote...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 11

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 9, 2022 — 11 Sports From family game nights to one-on-one showdowns, how Leigha Brown’s tenacious desire to win guides her LIZA CUSHNIR Daily Sports Writer Family game nights at the Brown household in Auburn, Ind. look a little different than most. For as long as Nate and Jenese Brown can remember, those nights always had the potential to be upended — literally — if their d...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 12

…JOSH TAUBMAN Daily Sports Editor PISCATAWAY — When the No. 5 Michigan football team found itself in an unlikely 17-14 halftime deficit, it looked to the defense to generate some life. And in the subsequent 30 minutes the defense ignited that spark, snagging three second half turnovers to turn a dicey game into a rout. Michigan (9-0 overall, 6-0 Big Ten) overcame a slow start, ultimately pulling away from Rutgers (4-5, 1-5) for a ...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 13

…the statement Color Wheel Edition For this new special edition, the Statement writers were randomly assigned one color from a palette of options (purple, yellow, green, blue, or orange) and were tasked with incorporating that color in some way in their columns. The result: a collection of narratives in varied shades — testimonials to goldfish and yellow lights and Mother Nature and everything in between. Flip the page to experience th...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 14

…Wednesday, November 9, 2022 // The Statement — 2 A love letter to yellow Fall used to be yellow. Much less the color of the leaves and more the color of corn in my hands. I have a hazy memory of walking through a corn maze with my family when I was eight or nine. I remem- ber shucking cobs and leaving the husks on the paths, marking the ways we’d been. I remem- ber the way the corn towered over me. An all-surrounding yellow, one that al...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 15

…Does anyone else remember Darla Sher- man? You know, the girl with the braces holding the dead goldfish in that tiny plas- tic bag in “Finding Nemo”? If you can recall her in your mind’s eye (or your nightmares), you may have been deeply scarred by the pig- tailed child like I was. If you had to click the link (sorry, late warning: JUMP SCARE), I hope you remember her impact. As children, we learned not to tap on fish tank glass, not to ...…

November 09, 2022 (vol. 132, iss. 99) • Page Image 16

…Wednesday, November 9, 2022 // The Statement — 4 Scientists estimate that humans can see about 18 decillion varieties of color. That’s 18 followed by 33 zeros. With a virtually infinite array of options to choose from, picking a favorite would seem like a time-consuming, maybe even unneces- sary task. And yet, choosing a favorite color is a time-honored childhood tradition. In school, with family, in the media we consume — color prefer...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 1

…CAMPUS LIFE GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 68 ©2022 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 michigandaily.com For more stories and coverag...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 2

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 PHOTO ADMINISTRATION UKRAINE From Page 1 U-M community honors Hail to the Victims protest in celebration at UMMA Anderson survivors commended for 100 days of advocacy BECCA MAHON/Daily Tyler, The Creator performs at Little Caesar’s Arena Monday evening as part of his ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ tour. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wedn...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 3

…MSC: That was never an official part of the Anderson settlement, as far as I’m told. I wasn’t part of the Anderson settlement, that was a confidential mediation, but I don’t think that was a real condition. However, I thought doing the settlement was the right thing to do. I’m glad that the University did it. It’s going to take a while to get it all through the process because when you’re talking about a large number of people who...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 4

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Read more at MichiganDaily.com I’M LEANING OVER MY friend’s shoulder in the middle of a party trying to help him guess the day’s “Wordle.” The music is loud and so are the people, but it’s been a long time since I’ve felt this locked into a task. Two of our friends are sitting next to us also trying to solve the puzzle, and it soon becomes a group effort unti...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 5

…Wednesday, March 9, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com IT IS INTEGRAL to seek out Black voices at any point in the year, and especially during Black History Month. In hopes of highlighting voices that are oftentimes wrongfully overlooked, The Michigan Daily Book Review came together to curate a list of some of our favorite Black-authored novels. Read ahead to find books to read for Black History Month and beyond. ...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 6

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Growing up as a young South Asian girl in a small city in Michigan, find- ing representation in music always felt nearly impossible. I had two easy options when it came to listening to music. I could either listen to whatev- er was trending in the U.S., or I could listen to the South Asian music my mother would blast on her phone while cooking. And a...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 7

…Wednesday, March 9, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Holding onto and letting go of the hypothetical you The ironic erotic “Suck my dick,” among its many vul- gar variations, remains a hallmark of the various mundane and profane phrases heterosexual men utter to each other every day. Maybe it’s the immense and intense visceral sensa- tionalism, the colorful imaginative elicitation, a temporal subconsc...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 8

… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 8 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All oth...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 9

…M asks, and the mask mandates that often come along with them, have been a flashpoint of contention for close to two years. They have become extremely politicized, often seen as a quick indicator of ideological allegiance. Policies legislating these mandates have been the opposite of uniform, with laws varying not only state by state, but city by city and often school district by school district. America is at the point...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 10

… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily 10 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Sheet-Pan Chocolate Chip Pancakes By Jerrelle Guy Normalize no-flip pancakes. University of Michigan students now have access to New York Times Cooking — which means your normal food routine just became anything but. Activate your free Cooking subscription. …

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 11

…INDIANAPOLIS — The No. 10 Michigan women’s basketball team has lost four of its last six games. It’s time for the Wolverines to start worrying. Worrying about their chances of returning to the Sweet 16. Worrying about their crumbling defense, once the team’s backbone. Worrying about their struggle to find offensive consistency. Entering the Big Ten Tournament, it seemed as if Michigan would be hun- gry for revenge. Droppi...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 12

…JOSH TAUBMAN Daily Sports Editor With Dickinson ill, Michigan mounts come- back to shock Ohio State C OLUMBUS — sometimes, it’s not how you start. The Michigan men’s basketball team walked into the locker room at halftime down by seven, a lifeless offensive performance making its chances to win the game — and make the NCAA Tournament — look bleak. But in the second half, the Wolverines surged. The offense found its footing...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 13

…The Oxford Edition Our intentions in this edition are to memorialize the events that happened at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021. We want to write these pieces to heal, to be heard, to increase visibility of Oxford and the community’s continued pain, and to uplift the voices of those affected. We also hope to educate and encourage the public to remember this tragedy. We thank you for reading. We thank you for remembering. -T...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 14

…ILLUSTRATION BY MELIA KENNY PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG Wednesday, March 9, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Content warning: Language about violence, school shooting. November 30, 12:50 p.m. If you asked, I could recall the day, not like it hap- pened yesterday, but like it’s happening now. Like I’m still stuck in that moment. I can smell the crisp air. It’s cold, but not that cold. I walk to class without having to wear my mask to protec...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 15

…3 — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 // The Statement ILLUSTRATION BY TAMARA TURNER PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG Content warning: Mentions of gun violence, school shooting. I grew up in Oxford, Michigan. For better or worse, this town is my hometown. I used to complain about how boring it was, how nothing ever happened. We all did. God, how I wished that hadn’t changed. On Nov. 30, 2021, an Oxford High School student brought a gun to scho...…

March 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 68) • Page Image 16

…Wednesday, March 9, 2022 // The Statement — 4 Drawing by Barrett Dolata, a survivor of the Oxford High School shooting Resources to Support Oxford 42Strongtate.org - Help continue Tate’s Legacy cfound.org - Tate Myre Memorial Scholarship gofund.me/c3e2a796 - Help Oxford Community Schools Get 5 Therapy Dogs tinyurl.com/5abksvbf - Help Kylie’s Family with Financial Costs tinyurl.com/y64yzp8v - Help Eli’s Family with Financial Costs ...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 1

…CAMPUS LIFE ADMINISTRATION GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXX, No. 65 ©2022 The Michigan Daily NEWS............................ 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 2

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 BUSINESS Cinnaholic, an Atlanta-based vegan bakery chain with locations across the United States and Canada, opened its first Michigan location in Ann Arbor on Friday morning. The store sold its specialty cinnamon rolls at $1 to the customers braving the freezing temperatures for the opening event. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell spoke at the ribbon cutting c...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 3

…CAMPUS LIFE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION The University of Michigan was ranked the top-funded institution in social science research in the U.S., according to the Fiscal Year 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey recently released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The survey measures the annual research and development (R&D) spending by academic institutions across all academic disciplines. Higher...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 4

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Everyone grows up. It’s the inevi- table consequence of life ticking for- ward one second at a time, but just because we grow up doesn’t mean we are grown-ups. We all come of age dis- tinctly, surrounded by different people and existing in different circumstances, but we are united in the fact that grow- ing up sucks. It’s a beautiful, disgusting, painful, eupho...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 5

…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com About a year ago, I ran into an old friend during the com- mute home from one of my classes. Given the state of the world in 2021, that commute was, of course, entirely vir- tual, and consisted merely of moving a cursor from the big red “Leave Meeting” button on Zoom to the power down button on the Windows start menu. But during my cursor’s brief virtual tr...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 6

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 6 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Hot take: I hate syllabus week. Better known as “sylly week,” the first week of college classes in a semes- ter is often referenced affectionately as the final week in which a student could condone their laziness and theoretically couldn’t yet be behind. For some stu- dents, it’s purgatory at worst, party time at best. For me, though, sylly week (and its singl...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 7

…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com It all started as an innocent way of sending funny pictures of yourself to your friends on Snapchat and “harm- lessly” touching up small blemishes on our faces to appear more flatter- ing in our selfies. Now, social media has transformed into an inescapable reality where significantly altering your appearance to seem more “pol- ished” and “socially...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 8

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 On Sunday Jan. 26, student organizers from the Indian Amer- ican Student Association and the United Asian American Orga- nizations came together to host an intimate dialogue about the re-examination of South Asian Queerness — a much-needed first of its kind. Before the event was underway, I sensed something irresolute in the air of the dimly li...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 9

… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 9 O n Aug. 19, 2021, Only- Fans announced that the platform would ban sexually explicit content. This came as a shock to many, espe- cially sex workers who depend on posting their content on the site for income. OnlyFans’ pub- licity has skyrocketed because of its explicit content, and it is supported immensely by explicit content creators. Banks and pa...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 10

…O n Jan. 19, coming off a year of unprecedented attacks on the right to vote by Republican state legislatures throughout the country, congressional Democrats made their last- chance gambit and finally had a vote on carving out an exception for the filibuster for voting rights and election reform legislation. As had been telegraphed for months, the move failed, coming up two votes short of the 50-vote threshold nee...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 11

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 9, 2022 — 11 JENNA HICKEY/Daily Michigan isn’t a good team, but late in the season, it is making some strides toward getting better. Women’s tennis optimistic despite loss to UNC Entering Saturday’s match against North Carolina, Michigan women’s tennis coach Ronni Ber- nstein was just a single win shy of becoming the winningest coach in program history. The Wo...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 12

…Julia Schachinger/Daily | Dominick Sokotoff/Daily | Kate Hua/Design | Design by Sophie Grand One month and a lifetime ago, Jim Harbaugh sat at a podium with a backdrop of College Football Playoff logos, expressing vigorous optimism for the future of the Michigan foot- ball program. “It’s still a beginning for this team,” Harbaugh waxed, his outlook unchanged in the wake of Georgia’s 23-point drubbing in the Orange Bowl. “That’s whe...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 14

…ILLUSTRATION BY JENNIE VANG PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG VINTAGE VALENTINE CREDIT: Bentley Historical Library Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Read more at MichiganDaily.com BY JULIA VERKLAN MALONEY, STATEMENT DEPUTY EDITOR Can’t Buy Me Love Can’t Buy Me Love What is love? Scientists explain it in terms of the body’s release of adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin; cynics refute its existence by citing ancient philo...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 15

…3 — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement Fathers, daughters and daddies Necto, TikTok, And the importance of queer spaces Fathers, daughters and daddies Necto, TikTok, And the importance of queer spaces When thinking about father-daughter rela- tionships, unfortunately, there is no “dad” without a “daddy.” Since entering our collective vocabulary, terms like “daddy issues,” “fatherless behavior” and “father complex” have do...…

February 09, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 65) • Page Image 16

…Wednesday, February 9, 2022 // The Statement — 4 Love Notes Love Notes Hi, Hope all is well. lonely out here in italy. this is from your secret admirer. I hope you share this with everyone. miss you! You + me = forever baby. Love you lady You are the absolute coolest, most funny most creative guy out there ! So glad we’re friends :) to my dear, smelly friends on e ann and my gorgeous, beautiful roommat...…

Back to Top

© 2024 Regents of the University of Michigan