…A court case focusing on Harvard University’s consideration of race in their admissions process could impact the University of Michigan’s future admissions policy. On Oct. 1, U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled that Harvard University’s admissions policy, which accounts for race, did not discriminate against Asian American applications and would be allowed to stay in place. Students for Fair Admis...…
…The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research hosted Eric Hemenway, an Anishinaabe/ Odawa from Cross Village, Mich., on Thursday morning to speak about the history, culture and repatriation of the Anishinaabek Odawa tribe. About 35 students, faculty and staff attended the event. Hemenway is the director of Repatriation, Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian, a federally rec...…
…For the state of Michigan, this would mean the University could resume its previous practice of affirmative action and the use of race in admissions decisions. The lawsuit was filed in November 2014, claiming that the practice of racial balancing, commonly known as affirmative action, in Harvard’s admissions process was discriminatory. In Burroughs’ conclusion, she described her belief that racial balance positively affects ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, October 18, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova 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 Friday, October 18, 2019 — 5 The alias Blood Orange is etched in Dev Hynes’s discography. He does embrace other noms de plume, though, and assigns each to a signature style. But “Lightspeed Champion,” the spacy, genre-defying brand that carved a delicate niche in the R&B and soul game, never gained the traction that Blood Orange has. The latter’s dreamy, sometimes melancholic synth-pop has g...…
…6 — Friday, October 18, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By David Alfred Bywaters ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/18/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/18/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, October 18, 2019 ACROSS 1 Show anxiety, in a way 5 No good 11 Prankster’s projectile 14 Excited response to a cue 15 Pressed 16 Also 17 Iranian vocal ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, October 18, 2019 — 7 Behind Enemy Lines with Penn State writer (and friend) Mike Persak Ahead of No. 16 Michigan’s clash with No. 7 Penn State this weekend, The Daily called up an old friend. Mike Persak, former Michigan Daily Managing Sports Editor, now covers Penn State football for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. We dialed up his number, turned on the recorder and let the (half-ba...…
…As much as any single game in college football, the Penn State whiteout is a spectacle. This year’s edition — Penn State-Michigan on Saturday night — was announced way back in April, when college football is the last thing on most fans’ minds. The announcement wasn’t much of a surprise. The Nittany Lions have been holding whiteouts since 2004, and Saturday’s will be their sixth against Michigan, the most of any team. For home f...…
…The Michigan Union celebrated its centennial on Wednesday with cupcakes and a birthday card on the Diag. The Union has been a gathering space for students on campus since its creation in 1919, but the building has been under construction and closed to visitors since April 2018. The Center for Campus Involvement hosted the event. LSA senior Sarah Hussain works as a program coordinator team lead with the Center for Campus Inv...…
…In response to growing concern regarding per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services announced in September they will begin working together to determine the harmful health effects of PFAS in drinking water on Michigan residents. PFAS are a wide variety of chemicals produced by manufacturing, industrial and agricultura...…
…“We’re trying to avoid a situation in which the same group of people tend to get invited or quoted in all of the different pieces and make it easier to erase the excuse of, ‘I didn’t know any women to appear on this panel or this conference, or to consult for this particular project,’” Litman said. While the database is still being created, the Twitter account has been in use since Oct. 1. Prifogle said the account is used to sh...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, October 17, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova 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 Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 17, 2019 — 5A Blankenburg embracing physicality despite size Last January, when Penn State came to Ann Arbor, then- freshman defenseman Nick Blankenburg was on the ice for his first shift just under five minutes into the game. Within moments of taking the ice, he laid a hit that Michigan coach Mel Pearson can’t forget. Forward Liam Folkes came up through the neutral zo...…
…By Susan Gelfand ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/17/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/17/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019 ACROSS 1 Quick blows 5 In need of a massage 9 “Back to the Future” surname 14 Kitchen topper 15 Repeatable toy vehicle sound 16 Pine or Rock 17 Duo in the news 18 Pushed the bell 19 Fountain pen precursor 20 Artic...…
…2B — Thursday, October 17, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Climate change is real and it’s happening now. From fossil fuel emissions and greenhouse gases, to the growing ecological footprints of individuals all across the country, our earth is in a state of crisis. These are only a few layers to the broader crisis we are facing while simultaneously waiting for government officials to implement some form of policy to ch...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, October 17, 2019 — 3B Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg has been making big headlines with her environmental activism, even making the cover of Time Magazine. Thunberg looks stunning on the cover, a green and ruffled dress falling perfectly over her small frame, making her look more mature than her usual hoodie and jeans ensemble — somebody to be taken seriously. ...…
…I read Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” in 10th grade English class. Ever since then, I’ve been a fan of his work. In particular, I love his concept of a “memory play,” the idea of a play taking place entirely in the mind of a character and thus being warped by the distortions, diminutions and exaggerations we all experience in our memories. Williams himself states at the beginning of the play that “the scene is memory and i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, October 17, 2019 — 5B B-SIDE: TV NOTEBOOK Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of “South Park,” never apologize. Even after getting banned in China last week for satirizing Chinese censorship on the episode “Band In China,” the duotweeteda mock apology. “We too love money more than freedom and democracy,” the statement reads. “We good now, China?” (South Park and China are cu...…
…6B — Thursday, October 17, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Climate change as an issue is abstract — we know it’s coming, but how many of those issues detailed in the climate report can we actually see, in Ann Arbor, right now? Sure, point to trends, rising temperatures and the melting ice caps (Iceland recently held a funeral for one of their melted glaciers), but has anything changed in our day-to-day life here that ref...…
…“Undergraduate women remain the most at-risk for experiencing nonconsensual touching or penetration since enrolling at U-M at 34.3 percent, down from 38.2 percent in 2015,” according to U-M Public Affairs. The survey also said there is a statistically significant difference in rates of “nonconsensual sexual contact” between heterosexual students and members of the LGBTQ+ community. “Non-heterosexual students (gay or les...…
…After Former U.S. Rep. Sander Levin agreed to give documents from his time in the House of Representatives to the Bentley Historical Library’s archives, the Ford School of Public Policy hosted the Congressman and several members of his family on Monday evening to celebrate his history in public service. Levin represented Michigan’s 17th District from 1983-1993, 12th District from 1993-2013 and 9th District from 2013-2019. He was ...…
…Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., has called for bipartisan support of the impeachment inquiry. Buttigieg said he still supports the impeachment inquiry, which is largely supported by Democrats, with one Independent — Rep. Justin Amash of Grand Rapids — backing the effort. “Well, it’s a mistake on the part of Republicans, who enable the president whose actions are as offensive to their own supposed values as they are to ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova 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 E...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 16, 2019 — 5A How many times have you been to Hill Auditorium? Would you be able to pinpoint on a map where it is? What it’s primarily used for? If you struggled to answer any of these questions, you’re not alone. Oftentimes, University of Michigan students don’t experience all the performances Michigan has to offer. The numerous opportunities to see the profound talen...…
…6A — Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Roland Huget ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/16/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/16/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 ACROSS 1 Give a little 5 Under-the-sink cleaners 9 Spherical 14 On the protected side 15 Ward of “FBI” 16 Author Zora __ Hurston 17 Elli...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 16, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY MAGGIE WIEBE Nevertheless, she tweeted …
…Wednesday, October 16, 2019 // The Statement 2C Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Associate Editor Eli Rallo Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Silas Lee Emily Stillman Photo Editor Danyel Tharakan Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 16, 2019 I haven’t always loved Ann Arbor — I don...…
…M y Friday nights are always the same: after grimacing through heavy deadlifts and squats, I hurry back to my room with a takeout box in hand. There’s always salmon, broccoli and brown rice, my three favorites (and a wonderful excuse to skip the ludicrously busy “daily special” line in the school cafeteria). Soon, my room is perfectly quiet except for the crunching of broccoli stems and the muffled breathing of my roommate, Margar...…
…Wednesday, October 16, 2019 // The Statement 4C 5C Wednesday, October 16, 2019 // The Statement BY ALEXANDRA NIFOROS, STATEMENT CONTRIBUTOR Nevertheless, I was a sophomore in high school when I first decided to identify as a feminist. My English teacher at the time was a charismatic and outspoken man. Everyone wanted him as their teacher because he used iPads in his class and assigned fun projects instead of papers on “The Adventure...…
…Wednesday, October 16, 2019 // The Statement 6C From Page 5C I hate that I can demarcate the milestones in my life when my mistrust in men as a whole has grown stronger and stronger. I hate that I have built up impenetrable walls as a result of my experiences, and I hate that this has an effect on my ability to date and let down my guard enough to feel any type of intimacy. But the thing I hate the most is that as long as I am liv...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, October 16, 2019 // The Statement 7C E spresso Royale (specifically the one on State Street) prob- ably isn’t anyone’s favorite Ann Arbor coffee shop. It’s the standard, the status quo, the closest to Central Cam- pus and a reliable place to grab some quick caffeine in the morning or work on assignments in awkward half-hour class breaks. It doesn’t have Literati Coffee’s ex...…
…BY DANYEL THARAKAN VISUAL STATEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. MY HOMETOWN: A BEATIFUL CITY OF OVER 700,000 PEOPLE WHO PAY FEDERAL TAXES YET HAVE ZERO VOTING REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. Wednesday, October 16, 2019 // The Statement 8B …
…Alexis Rankin / Daily Design by Jack Silberman Michigan staves off Illinois 42-25, set for Penn State clash CHAMPAIGN — For all the pent-up concern about this Michigan football team, there was never much of a question as to whether it would beat Illinois on Saturday. The question lay in the “how” of it. For a time, it seemed like Michigan (5-1 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) might answer that question emphatically, beating dow...…
…2B — October 16, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday THE FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM YOUR ROAD TO FULBRIGHT Fulbright fellows travel to over 140 countries to teach, study, research, and train in the creative arts. Come learn about the application process and grant opportunities. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16 5:30 PM 1010 WEISER HALL Pizza and refreshments provided Michelle Bolourchi Fulbright Outreach and Recruitment Spec...…
…October 16, 2019 — 3B SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Offense shows ceiling, and how it must go CHAMPAIGN — Nick Eubanks didn’t have to break stride as Shea Patterson’s pass floated towards the back of the end zone and into his arms. The only celebration necessary was a pair of chest thumps and a quick point to the sky, honoring his late mother. The groan from the Illinois fans was virtually non-existent. In ...…
…4B— October 16, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN PROGRESS REPORT YEAR THREE Learn about the steps being taken across U-M to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive campus. READ THE YEAR THREE DEI PROGRESS REPORT AT DIVERSITY.UMICH.EDU #UMICHDEI @UMICHDIVERSITY OUR MICHIGAN VOICES MANY Before the puck even dropped, something was different about the Mi...…
…Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, spoke at Rackham Auditorium Thursday afternoon to an audience of more than 1,000 students and community members, including U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Michigan state Rep. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor. Clinton has spent decades in public service, serving as first lady from 1993 to 2001, U.S. senator from 2001 to 2009 and sec...…
…College students go nuts for squirrels, but at the University of Michigan researchers have taken an interest as well. U-M is one of several schools participating in a research project called the Kluane Red Squirrel Project. Ben Dantzer, an assistant professor of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University, leads the research project based in Yukon, Canada. The study has been going on for 30 years, making i...…
…Pointing to pictures of her childhood displayed on the screen behind her, Katayama talked about how she struggled with the physical differences between her and other children her age. “I thought once I amputated my legs, I could wear the same shoes other people wore,” Katayama said through a translator. “Once my legs were amputated, what I had was a reality that was different from what I thought. So, there was a gap betwe...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, October 11, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova 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 Friday, October 11, 2019 — 5 For countless women, there aren’t many things in everyday life scarier than walking home alone at night. Fear of the dark and the evil that lurks there is built into us from the moment we become conscious of what it really means to be a woman. “Night” is synonymous with violence, assault, crimes that go undetected, the menacing power of the uninhibited male gaze....…
…6 — Friday, October 11, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/11/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 10/11/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, October 11, 2019 ACROSS 1 Long-term astronaut’s home: Abbr. 4 Old TWA competitor 9 FBI figure 12 Mauna __ 13 Sister of Terpsichore 14 “But, as he was ambi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, October 11, 2019 — 7 Young guns New faces buoy Wolverines past tough Detroit defense as Michigan takes 1-0 victory behind Derick Broche’s winner As the minutes ticked further and further down in Wednesday night’s match, the Michigan men’s soccer team’s intensity was gradually building. After being knotted at zero with Detroit Mercy after nearly 75 minutes of action, the W...…
…8 — Friday, October 11, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Preview: What to watch for as Michigan takes on Illinois this Saturday As noon approaches Saturday afternoon, you’ll likely find yourself in front a TV. You won’t quite know why, with Oklahoma-Texas just a few channels away, but you’ll be tuned into No. 16 Michigan’s trip to Illinois. The Fighting Illini haven’t eclipsed .500 since 2007 and carry a three-ga...…
…Garden City resident Aimee Stephens became a funeral director for one reason: to help people. Despite facing hardship in her personal life, Stephens found comfort in the knowledge she enabled individuals to memorialize those they loved. Stephens, a transgender woman, said she knew she was a woman from the age of five. After a lifetime of suppressing her identity, Stephens began to live as a woman, dressing as a man only wh...…
…LSA and Music, Theatre & Dance sophomore Tal Kamin started We Are Queens, a female empowerment organization, while reflecting on her summer experiences in the theater industry. “I was talking to my best friend the night before it all started,” Kamin said. “We were talking about our experiences, whether that be in relationships or professional pursuits, and started realizing how hard it was for us to not feel like we were con...…
…However, in order to declare the major, she had to take the University’s course. As a result, Garden will graduate from the University a year later than she would have graduated from Oakland if she had stayed. Garden is one of many students who feel as if they have to backtrack to graduate with a degree from Michigan. According to the University’s transfer page, courses taken at other institutions closely matchi...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, October 10, 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 Ed...…
…5A — Thursday, October 10, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Booker Prize 2019: Reviews and Predictions Landing its 50th award ceremony next week, The Booker Prize has proven its intention to stick around in the literary sphere. It’s a prize that writers and readers alike slobber over, and it’s difficult not to. The contestant list showcases names that are both golden (Atwood, say, or Rushdie) and brand new (Ellman) t...…
