…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...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, January 7 , 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 47 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 3A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A B - S I D E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Behind Enemy...…
…2A — Thursday, January 7, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Daily Arts Writers hang with up-and-coming rock band The Moxies, talk to student producer, YOG$, visit Third Man Records and more in a music-centric edition of The B-Side >>SEE B-SIDE, PAGE 1B 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES International Policy Center Film Series WHAT: The film The Village Under The Forest explores the Israe...…
…CLAIRE ABDO/Daily LSA Senior Zachary Ackerman after being sworn into the Ann Arbor city council on November 17, 2015. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, January 7, 2016 — 3A within the University.” While McCoy added that he supported the administration’s decision, he emphasized that the driving force behind the change was student activism. “For the University to follow through on that demand is a welcome...…
…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...…
…STAYING IN ANN ARBOR THIS SUMMER? APPLY TO WORK FOR THE MICHIGAN DAILY BUSINESS TEAM! DESIGNERS! LAYOUT! RANDOS! CONTACT TMD.ADDESIGN@GMAIL.COM IF YOU ARE INTERSTED! ACROSS 1 Mrs. Garrett on “The Facts of Life” 5 Bring shame to 10 Twitter’s bird, e.g. 14 Dire fate 15 “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” author 16 Poet’s preposition 17 *Figure out, as someone’s poker strategy 19 Brief moments 20 “Un Ballo in Maschera” aria 21 *F...…
…6A — Thursday, January 7, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com It’s (not) about Jake Rudock Fifth-year senior ends college career with strong season at Michigan By MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor Wearing a Citrus Bowl Champions T-shirt and a wide smile, Jake Rudock stepped onto the stage and, for once, there was nowhere to deflect the attention. With an MVP performance in the Citrus Bowl, Rudock had just s...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, January 7, 2016 the b-side Simply put, “Jane the Virgin” has it all. It’s the most compulsively watchable show of the year, with deftly executed plot twists and breakneck pacing. In the style of Mexican tele- novelas, there are juicy secrets, lies and betrayal. Where the typical show would wait until a season finale to reveal the truth, “Jane the Virgin” plays its cards early and efficie...…
…2B — Thursday, January 7, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Best Student Productions of 2015 1. Spring Awakening Standing out among the student productions of 2015, “Spring Awakening” presented edgy and bold material that left the audience dazzled, if not slightly unsettled. Brought to campus by MUSKET, Michigan’s oldest student run theater group, this pop rock opera enthralled its audience with shouts of...…
…3B — Thursday, January 7, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Lyrically, the track is life- affirming. For most, it was a groovy, easy beat that many matched with the windows- down, warm-summer and smooth-drinks moments of their summer. Artistically, the track is exceptionally accomplished. What is more important than the catchiness and happiness of the track are the names attached to it: “I Know There’s Gonna ...…
…4B — Thursday, January 7, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Best Albums of 2015 2. Currents Tame Impala Apparently, people actually take the time to stalk my music preferences on Tinder because I got a message from Luke, eager to know what I thought of Currents. Both Tame Impala fans, Luke and I hit it off immediately. We both agreed — Currents is the Austra- lian band’s best album to date. But unfortunate...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 8, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE-YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW University researchers lauded for work in science and energy By CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter While developments in science and technology often appear in news headlines or take place in a lab seemingly a ...…
…by felons and the mentally ill, two aspects that background checks are used to flag. “It’s not a serious argument under current Supreme Court doctrine,” he said. “The idea that background checks would be anything other than a reasonable technical method of achieving what the Supreme Court has basically said is perfectly fine is too much to swallow. I would not want to be the lawyer who had to argue that case.” Looking to the ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 8, 2016 — 3 today’s high-tech innovations: the brain. “I wasn’t solving the world’s problems, and I wanted to be closer,” Gaidica said. “I had talked about the brain much before at this TEDxFlint talk, and it makes a lot of sense for an electrical engineer. The brain runs on electricity, and so it kind of just became this problem that I really wanted to get into.” Gaidic...…
…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 Friday, Janurary 8, 2016 — 5 Stunning ‘Carol’ Timely drama is a great movie and an important one By CHLOE GILKE Daily Arts Writer During a pivotal scene in the 10 p.m. showing of “Carol” that I attended last Sunday, I heard a tinny pair of giggles com- ing from the row behind me. Initially, I was annoyed. Why was someone laughing dur- ing this gor- geous scene, hee-heeing ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Short one at the bar? 4 Flabbergasts 8 One taking up slack? 13 Landlocked African country 15 Thread bits 16 Running bowline, e.g. 17 Prepare to take off 18 Mediterranean landmark 19 Dessert that just sounds wrong 20 Cuisine to swear by? 23 __ orange 24 Trail follower 25 Downed a link, say 26 Traps for 15- Across 28 Caught porgy and bass 30 Ice __ 31 Feuding house of Veron...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, January 8, 2016 — 7 By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Editor At first, it seemed like the Michigan women’s basketball team was going to add another loss to its Big Ten record. At first, it seemed like the Wolverines were going to let their inconsistency get the best of them once again. At first, it seemed like Michigan had no chance of a comeback. Instead, the Wolverines did...…
…8 — Friday, January 8, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Purdue too much for ‘M’ By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor WEST LAFAYETTE — Five minutes into the second half of the Michigan men’s basketball team’s game against Purdue on Thursday night, 7-foot Boilermaker center A.J. Hammons received the ball just outside of the paint. He dribbled once, thrust his backside against junior forward Mark Donnal, b...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 11 , 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A SPORTSMONDAY..........1B GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW The Wolv...…
…arguments from legal representatives of the plaintiffs, city and U.S. Department of Agriculture — the department’s Wildlife Services is conducting the cull —Monday. Should the court rule in favor of the plaintiffs and grant a preliminary injunction — a legally binding court order granted before the resolution of a lawsuit — the City of Ann Arbor would be forced to halt the cull until the lawsuit is resolved, even if the su...…
…Teacher “sickout” threatens to close one-third of Detroit public schools Detroit Public Schools teachers plan to stragically close at least 35 schools with a “sickout” today. The sickout was coordinated by a group of teachers calling themselves “Detroit Strikes to Win.” The group spent more than 90 minutes discussing potential strikes last Saunday before settling on the sickout. Former teacher union president Steve Conn leads th...…
…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 Monday, January 11, 2016 — 5A ACROSS 1 Potato bag 5 Rod in a grill 9 Macaroni shape 14 Vintage soda 15 Chisholm Trail city 16 Red, in roulette 17 Mine extracts 18 Club used for chipping 19 Capital of Ghana 20 *Mattress support 22 Spoken for 23 Skinny fish 24 Quick message 25 Blue Ribbon beer 28 Palm Pilot, e.g., briefly 30 Carve in stone 33 Attributive menu words 34 Parisian partings 37 Leave rollin...…
…6A — Monday, January 11, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By NOAH COHEN Daily Arts Writer J. J. Abrams, Disney whisper- ing in his ear, calls Star Wars back from the brink of irrelevance. “The Force Awak- ens” is respect- ful to the point of pandering. This fran- chise took a lesson from failure, read the manual, and followed it to a T. We’re not frustrated with the lack of novelty. Rather, we’re...…
…B SportsMonday BACK ON TRACK n The Wolverines won their second straight to get back to .500 in the Big Ten. Page 4B SWEET FIFTEEN The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 11, 2016 n The Michigan hockey team had little trouble racking up goals in a weekend sweep. SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Wolverines pound Michigan State on Friday, then finish off series sweep on Saturday By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer The Michi...…
…2B — January 11, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday that was Michigan’s offense. Michigan State notched its first goal 4:27 into the first frame off the stick of defenseman Dylan Pavelek. The Wolverines were caught in the middle of a line change, and Pavelek came away with a breakaway goal to show for it. Despite the single lapse, Michigan’s defense was sharp throughout the first frame — ensuring Pave...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday January 11, 2016 — 3B ROBERT DUNNE/Daily Freshman Olivia Karas fell on both the beam and the uneven bars, but she scored a meet-high 9.950 on the floor exercise in the Wolverines win over No. 7 Georgia. ‘M’ tops Georgia, stays undefeated By LANEY BYLER Daily Sports Writer With only a 0.150-point difference headed into the last event Saturday, the No. 7 Michigan women’s gymnast...…
…4B — January 11, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan opens series with rout in East Lansing Wolverines knock out Hildebrand in second period after seven goals By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Editor EAST LANSING — If it wasn’t already clear this season, the Michigan hockey team can score goals. Friday, the Wolverine offense exploded once again in a win over Michigan State (1-4-0 Big Ten, 5-14-2 ov...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 12, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 50 ©2013 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A SSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....…
…Exposure to negative stereotypes increased support for restrictive policies By SAMIHA MATIN Daily Staff Reporter Recent University studies suggest individuals who identify as non-Muslim and are exposed to negative portrayals of Mus- lims in the media are more likely to support restrictive public pol- icies aimed at Muslims interna- tionally and domestically. Communications Prof. Muni- ba Saleem, a faculty associate at the Inst...…
…The committee also discussed changes to the Standard Practice Guideline, which outlines professional standards for faculty, in further detail during an executive session. This session was not open to the press. During the meeting, Weineck said SACUA had received possible revisions to the SPG from Provost Pollack. “Martha (Pollack) expressed that she now gave us back a document with a considerable number of edi...…
…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 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 — 5 ‘Downton Abbey’ is back for a final jaunt By DANIELLE YACOBSON Daily Arts Writer The roaring twenties are stir- ring up a storm, and things are “positively frugal” at the Down- ton Abbey. With only two handmaidens and a single hall boy left, how will the lords and ladies manage to go on? It’s 1925, and those who can’t keep up are left behind. So, ...…
