…2B — Thursday, January 19, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The internet is, and always has been, a weird place. I’ll elaborate: The internet has developed into an uninhibited digital space where anyone, no matter how weird or strange one’s taste, can express oneself in any way one wants. Users can feel as if they are part of a community without actually physically interacting with it. Given this autonomy, th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 3B The first time I saw that specific permutation of symbols — “@fart” — was on a Headline News Network chyron. Someone had sent me a link to what he claimed was “the funniest shit I’ve ever seen.” Sure enough, it was; this stunt was peak performance art in the age of social media, a brilliantly stupid and stupidly brilliant confluence of the 24-hour ne...…
…4B — Thursday, January 19, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I know I’m in on “The Young Pope” from its first shot: a baby’s bare ass, climbing across a mountain of more naked babies. And who emerges from the infantile rubble? None other than my main man, David Jude Heyworth Law. I love this show already. I feel like I could write about “The Young Pope” for hours. The incredible, blistering, surreal, subversive...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 5B President-elect Donald Trump’s unique penchant for tweeting — and his distinct, brash style on that platform — has proven to be ripe for parody. But unlike that of Alec Baldwin on “Saturday Night Live,” which requires excellent acting in real time, plus all the production that accompanies it, Trumpian parodies on Twitter are essenti...…
…6B — Thursday, January 19, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com To be honest, it’s impos- sible to choose just one out of the many amazing Vines that exist out there. But if I had to pick, it would be this wonderful clip of a man skip- ping to the beat of Carly Rae Jepsen’s effervescent ‘80s reminis- cent “Run Away With Me.” This was one of several Vines that used Jep- sen’s song, but this one is by far the m...…
…Panelists at the University of Michigan met Tuesday afternoon to discuss Poverty Solutions — an initiative introduced by University President Mark Schlissel in October 2016 — and review nine research projects funded through a new grant program operated by the initiative. The projects, totaling $200,000, represent the initiative’s first investments in research and model testing aiming to use research about poverty to ...…
…2A — Wednesday, January 18, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com EASY AS 1 2 3. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Fulbright Information Session WHAT: Come learn about earning a fellowship to study, research, teach English or train in the creative arts aborad from a University student adviser. WHO: International Institute WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1644 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Center Spa...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — 3A government organizations recognizing the holiday, and I’m all for that,” Smith said. The resolution was passed on the premise that the University is located on land that belongs historically to Native Americans, and that tribes are still active inthe state. The resolution notes that it complies with the University’s Diversity, Equit...…
…R eading Trump’s Twitter rants is the best form of entertainment. You never know what he will say or who he will insult next. No one is safe from his social media-based shots. Not Alec Baldwin, not Meryl Streep, not even his fellow Republicans like Paul Ryan. Trump takes to Twitter to insult anyone who doesn’t completely agree with him, so it is no shock he went after congressman and civil rights legend John Lew...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — 5A “Hidden Figures” uplifts NASA’s unsung heroes Film highlights necessity of professional diversity and the ability storytelling has to retroactively write history Exiting the movie theater last week, I heard snippets of a conversation about “Hidden Figures.” “I grew up in the same town as her,” a woman said, referring to one of the main characters. “...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Early sitcom co-star Arnaz 5 It’s over a foot 9 Zagreb native 14 Wolfs down 15 Madre’s boy 16 Toy in many “Peanuts” panels 17 Not a fearful place for acrophobia sufferers 20 Casino lineup 21 Starting on 22 Palette choices 23 Morose 25 Droop in the garden 27 Tight hold 29 401(k) alternative, briefly 32 Went ballistic 36 Not a fearful fund for agoraphobia sufferers 39 Folk...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — 7A Zach Nagelvoort organizes book drive to benefit local students Forty-two days from now, it will officially be March — or as grade school students know it, National Reading Month. All across the country, schools are dedicating the entire month to providing quality reading time to students, regardless of the school they go to. It’s an annual educational tr...…
…8A — Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WRESTLING ‘M’ comes back to defeat Maryland Coming off a 31-7 loss to third- ranked Iowa, the Michigan wrestling team bounced back Friday with a convincing 25-16 win against Maryland at Cliff Keen Arena, with the group winning seven out of 10 individual matchups. “We talked all week about how we were approaching our matches, how we were going to ...…
…Navigating New Policies and Old Prejudices statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 18TH, 2017 …
…I don’t like to talk about him. It is December, the last month of my first semester of college. When people ask about him, I say he’s doing well. If they want to know what happened, I say that his life ran out of time for mine (bullshit). When they ask if I miss him, I say yes, very much. My cheeks pull my lips into a smile, closed-mouthed, and I duck away, in search of a solitude seldom found in Ann Arbor. The fl...…
…3B Wednesday, Janurary 18th, 2017 // The Statement A Girl Walks Into: Circus B Y J A C K I E C H A R N I G A , DA I LY S TA F F W R I T E R COVER DESIGN BY CLAIRE ABDO AND KATIE SPAK ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE SPAK The show will not go on for Circus, the clubbing complex in Ann Arbor’s Old West Side. After 22 years, the adult funhouse is slated to close its doors in early February. Circus has been a staple to some and an ano...…
…Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 // The Statement 5B Navigating New Policies and Old Prejudices L SA junior Emily Kaufman jokingly refers to herself as a “trans-mama,” a guide of sorts to other women at the University who are navigating what it means to be a transgender woman on campus. “When I first came to this University I knew I was a woman but I didn’t look like a woman,” Kaufma...…
…R ight now, I don’t have a name. More accurately, I have about five. A few are more correct than others, but I’d respond to all of them. Rather than a “real name,” I might just be in pos- session of a bunch of labels — some of which describe who I used to be, while others lay out my plans for the future. Since I came out as a trans woman, my legal name doesn’t match the name I call myself, which sometimes doesn’t match what I he...…
…M y eye problems started about five years ago. I remember the moment distinctly, actually. It was my sophomore year of high school and I was walking into sixth-period biol- ogy when I noticed something was off with my vision. The strangest part then, and for a few years following, was not having the vocabulary to explain what I was seeing. It was hard to communicate my situation to people and doctors when I felt it necessary to follow...…
…Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 // The Statement 8B From the beaches of San Pedro to the rainforests of Belmopan, Belize’s beauty radiates. Taken softly before the interuption of Hurriance Earl, which swept through and devastated the natural beauty of this country. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P L A N E T R O C K P H O T O S B Y J E R E M Y M I T N I C K College of Engineering senior Gabriel Pascualy attempts to climb a 5.11 pitc...…
…According to author Claudia Rankine, the inception of her book-length poem, “Citizen: An American Lyric,” began with the question: “How did that happen?” Something of an investigation, the poem opens with secondhand prose poetry cataloguing the lived experience of racism among Rankine’s friends and colleagues. “I just wanted to see if people were sensitive to the fact that every day in small ways, they were themselves engage...…
…MEDIUM SPICE SALSA. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Tuesday, January 17, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com EASY AS 1 2 3. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com News The Leaders and the Rest WHAT: This exhibit will examine who belongs at the University of Michigan and who draws its boundaries by showcasing student expression, politics and culture. WHO: LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester WHEN: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. WHERE: H...…
…Americans. “Reading on Martin Luther King Day is always for me, an honor, because it puts me conversation with one of America’s greatest leaders, and not only a great leader in terms of Civil Rights, but for me he is a great leader in terms of human rights. He’s an example to us all,” Rankine said. It is more than fitting that Rankine read on MLK day, as her work deals with the profound urgency of the country’s increasing ...…
…G rowing up in Midwest Ohio, celebrities existed only on movie screens. They were enigmas, and I thought of them more as the characters they played than who they actually were. However, every January, I got what felt like an inside glimpse of Hollywood: the Golden Globes. I loved watching the red-carpet entrances on TV, complete with awkward interviews, extravagant dresses and a feeling that the people I watched in my...…
…“Live by Night,” the latest film from writer-director-actor Ben Affleck (“Argo”), stumbles in its opening minute. In a sepia montage of his World War I service, Affleck’s Joe Coughlin reveals that his experience in the terrible European war taught him not that violence is bad, but that he should fundamentally distrust rules. That’s really all we know of Coughlin, besides his Irish origin and that he has a police chief for a fathe...…
…6A — Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In 2009, The xx emerged into the world with the minimalist dream that was their self-titled debut; xx was an album stripped down to its bare bones, the startling intensity of Oliver Sim’s and Romy Madley Croft’s voices cracking every song open to its core. This bleached vulnerability helped contribute to the album’s attention-grabbing novelty but...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 17, 2017 Michigan 91, Nebraska 85 A chance wasted The Michigan hockey team had an opportunity to reignite its season this weekend in Minneapolis, but fell short against Minnesota. » Page 3B Short on time The Michigan men’s basketball team needs to find its identity before beginning a difficult month. » SportsTuesday Column, Page 2B Before tip-off Saturday afternoon, bef...…
…2B — January 17, 2017 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan loses weekend series in Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS — After a turnover by Minnesota, junior forward Brendan Warren charged from center ice toward the ninth-ranked Gophers’ goal on a breakaway. But at the same time as Warren’s shot was blocked by Minnesota goaltender Eric Schierhorn, Gopher forward Tommy Novak hooked Warren, giving him a penalty sho...…
…MINNEAPOLIS — The zamboni swept around the rink Friday morning, slowly clearing any shreds of ice that had been loosened by the skates of a hockey team minutes before. The machine’s unmistakable droning filled the arena, bouncing off the maroon and gold colored seats and rising to the rafters where countless banners hung from the ceiling, detailing the program’s history. After a while, the zamboni disappeared, entering the bo...…
…4B — January 17, 2017 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan finds new physicality, claims victory against Nebraska After an 85-69 blowout loss to Illinois, the Michigan men’s basketball team left Champaign battered, bruised and with what now appears to have been a wake- up call. The Wolverines were bullied inside the paint by the Fighting Illini’s duo of forwards, Maverick Morgan and Kipper Nichols — who sco...…
…M-Write — a program promoting conceptual learning through writing housed inside the Digital Innovation Greenhouse in the Office of Digital Education — continues to grow as it introduces writing and a peer review program to introductory-level STEM- oriented and social science courses, though this is the third semester of its use. M-Write will be utilized in three courses during the winter 2017 semester: Ec...…
…In a move taken straight out of the “Parks and Recreation” playbook, the Michigan Secretary of State rolled out a cool and hip rap video featuring Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and Roo — a kangaroo — in order to advertise the Secretary of State’s website, expressSOS. com. The website is intended to save Michigan residents a trip to the Secretary of State’s office, offering services like renewing vehicle regi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 13, 2017 — 3 “The big piece is that writing fosters learning and we need to take advantage of that in the courses where students are least likely to think about writing,” Gere said. The winter 2017 semester is the third semester during which the M-Write program has been used. It was used in MSE 250 as a pilot course in the spring of 2016 and five courses in the fall of ...…
…A s our bodies change, so do our perceptions of the body types we consider “normal.” As a young white girl growing up in a small town, surrounded by other young white girls, it was easy to pick out my own flaws in comparison to theirs. In the classic coming- of-age fashion, I came to realize that the world of bodies was incredibly diverse outside of my community, yet in spite of this, the representation of bodies in media is sti...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 13, 2017 — 5 ‘A Monster Calls’ merits mockery for mediocrity J.A. Bayona’s latest feature tramples over premise by painting in broad strokes and capitalizing in tired, indulgent clichés “Stories are wild creatures,” a CGI tree monster tells a young British lad in an otherwise tranquil home somewhere in the meandering middle of “A Monster Calls,” the latest film f...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Cabo’s peninsula 5 Stupefy 10 Earthy shade 14 “Don’t have __, man!” 15 Jennifer Saunders’ “Ab Fab” role 16 Room service challenge 17 Simba’s mate 18 Pack animal? 19 Shrewd 20 Port 23 Heavy weight 24 It may need a boost 25 Port 34 “Mean Girls” actress 35 Instrument heard in the Doobie Brothers’ “Black Water” 36 Lived and breathed 37 Uncompromising 38 __ nus: barefoot, in B...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 13, 2017 — 7 Wolverines return to Crisler to face Nebraska and head coach Tim Miles Though the conference season is still young, few teams in the country have had a better stretch of games in the past couple weeks than Nebraska. After a bumpy non- conference slate that included a loss to Gardner- Webb, the Cornhuskers (3-1 Big Ten, 9-6 overall) ha...…
…8 — Friday, January 13, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com From past to present, mindfulness helps Wilton Speight bounce back For a first-time starting quarterback, Wilton Speight is noticeably measured on the football field. Whether completing a touchdown pass or an interception, the redshirt sophomore often reacts in a similar way. If he throws a pick, he’ll usually jog to the sidelines with his head...…
…On Wednesday, Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning spoke to a crowd of students, staff and faculty during a fireside chat with Alec Gallimore, dean of the College of Engineering, at the Chrysler Center on North Campus. Fanning met with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel earlier in the day. During the talk, Fanning focused on the importance and versatility of public service careers, as well as his path to becoming ...…
…LIMBO. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, January 12, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Tweets Follow @michigandaily The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscrip...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, January 12, 2017 — 3A ARNOLD ZHOU/Daily Students play basketball at the Central Campus Recreation Center on Wednesday. STUDY BRE AK he was appointed to his current position by President Obama only last year, he worked as a congressional aide during the Clinton administration and has spent much of the last 25 years in various jobs with the Army, Navy and Air Force. “My team likes...…
…A few years ago, a friend told me that she thought the world would be a more peaceful place without religion. Considering all the violence that has been committed in the name of religion, from the Crusades to 9/11, it’s an easy conclusion to draw. As a Catholic, though, the statement felt more like an accusation, and it stung. I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school for most of my life, so Catholicism is a central c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 12, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Buccaneers’ home 6 Silly bird 11 Revolting word? 14 Plane read 15 Large grouping 16 Pen user 17 Miss America runner-up? 19 Part of a royal flush 20 Anastasia __, “Fifty Shades of Grey” character 21 Emergency signal 22 Frosted flakes 23 Called up 25 “Unsafe at Any Speed” author 27 Put in order 3...…
…6A — Thursday, January 12, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan’s defensive problems start in the post C HAMPAIGN — The emergence of Moritz Wagner and DJ Wilson has given the Michigan men’s basketball team an offensive dimension it hasn’t seen in the John Beilein era. The forwards, who both have two years of eligibility remaining, have shown flashes of upside in their respective scoring abilities. J...…
…S T y l e m u s i c t v f i l m c o mm u n i t y c u l t u r e S T y l e m u s i c t v f i l m c o mm u n i t y c u l t u r e B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, January 12, 2017 Design by Ava Weiner …
…2B — Thursday, January 12, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Lion’ flawed but evocative UofMixtape: Cold Open Oscar bait is a funny thing, isn’t it? The notion of film for the purpose of awards attraction is troubling, not only because the film’s quality may be affected by studio or distributor attempts to make it more palatable or moving, but because the entire content of a film is dependent on...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, January 12, 2017 — 3B This week Daily Music writers look back at — and reconsider — less modern pieces of music. On his 2005 track “The Food,” Common wonders aloud about sincerity in rap, questioning “if it’s for the art or for the dough.” It’s a critical distinction, staying away from the material mindset, and it’s one that was echoed just a year later by fellow Chicagoa...…
…4B — Thursday, January 12, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This week Daily Music writers look back — and reconsider — less modern pieces of music. In elementary school, Sunday mornings were known as golden mornings to me in a way that stood completely independent of the weather outside. Golden mornings existed nowhere else but my kitchen, where my parents liked to lounge after eating a la...…
…A federal district court dismissed a lawsuit filed by an former University of Michigan student who violated the University’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy. A final opinion dated Jan. 5 declared the plaintiff’s claim of a due process violation was inaccurate. According to court records, U.S. District Judge David Lawson upheld the reasoning behind the appeals board’s decision to expel the plaintiff because it...…
…2A — Wednesday, January 11, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Tweets Follow @michigandaily The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $225 and ...…
