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…6B Wednesda October 1 2014 // The Statement More than just a soundtrack: The music behind video games by Amrutha Sivakumar . ± the thought bubble From three-dimensional gameplay to motion-detection, video games are on the move to enhance your recreational experi- ence. Whatsome people may not realize, how- ever, is that what they're hearing while they play is evolving all the time too. Video game music is a world of its own - just ask Schoo...…

…S v w. w w 6B Wednesday October 8,2014 The Statement Wednesday, October 8,2014 Thestatement 3B ou're lucky I'm not an asshole," my father said to me on my 21st birth- day. "I could have easily black- mailed you by takingsome photos." Birthdays have always been a strange occasion for me. I wouldn't say I've ever had a "bad" one, but it's difficult to say that I did anything remarkable or memorable. As I neared my 21st birthday in August,...…

…W 6B WednesdayOctober15 2014 // The Statement Curtain call: Life after theatre school by Paige Pfleger The world of theatre is cutthroat. Being talented isn't always enough to land a role in the ipetitive world of profes- sional performance. Actors need to look, dress, act and be the part of the character they're pretending to be. A whole slew of factors can throw a wrench into the best laid plans, espe- cially when hundreds of people are c...…

…9 R" w S GL\ V 9 B Friday, October 17, 2014 FACEOFF 2014 3 Friday, October 17, 2014 // The Face-Off Position by position: M' loaded at forward COURTESY OFTHE COMPHER FAMILY JT Compher, second to right, is pictured here with teammates from his youth hockey days. Compher progressed thorugh hockey faster than most kids his age before he arrived at Michigan. COMPHER From Page 5B he would stay home. He couldn't leave his family. But Valer...…

…*7 6B Wednesday October 22, 2014 // The Statement What the 2014 enrollment data tells us about Detroit by Will Greenberg The numbers haven't changed much - yet. But the University's pledge to build a more diverse campus shows promise if the school's efforts in Detroit are any indicator of its national strategy. The 2014 enrollment data for the Univer- sity released Monday shows that this year's freshmen class isn't much different from that ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michiganda CVGA From Page 1B And, as Carter explained, the Archive was founded with recreational use in mind. "We knew that was going to be the case when we started out," he said. "By opening it up to anybody who just wants to come in and play games, any- one who wants to will come in and play games." But by offering video games and a space to play them for both University affiliates and the Ann Arbor community - anyone wi...…

…6B Wednesday, October 29, 2014 The Statement Training the next generation of female robo-builders by Jesse Klein At the Women of Science and Engi- neering Office, Lego pieces were trewn over the floor and computers with circuitry programs peaked out from behind unkempt, frizzy adolescent hair, tween pop and Disney songs played in the background. "Let's get down to business" hummed on Pandora as conversations about light sensing and line traci...…

… 11 - 0 a v a a a 42 . Wednesday October 2014 5/ The Statement EB he 1989 film_"The Wizard" ends .While an enormous variety of games with a huge video game tourna- are played competitively on campus, two ment. Giant TV screens are revealed monolithic student organizations' stand in smoke-filled introductions, and three out: Michigan League of Legends (MLOL) preteens line up to compete in a "Super and the Super Smash Brothers Club, al...…

… w w w v w w v w 4m 8204BfheStatement r8, 2014// The Staemen 5B t was just a joke, really. If I got to know some cool people, maybe even go on a few dates, that would be a bonus, but it wasn't the goal. That's what real life is for.' I don't remember what day or even what month my life on Tinder began, but I remember the first night vividly. Fol- lowing a friend's tweet ques- tioning the ethicality around Tinder, I got one immediate...…

… w 79 -- 4B ded br1 21 n mn Wednesday, October 15, 2014 // The Statemer B K sharp rise of intonation followed by an inquisitive eyebrow - "Oh, so you're joring in film?" Well, not exactly. Here at the University, it's Screen Arts & Cul- tures, which isn't the same as majoring in film. That medium is dead. You'd be hard pressed to find a kid reeling film stock or splicing and mendingtogether single frames from a filmstrip. But screen arts...…

… " IK 4 Friday, October 17, 2014 FACEOFF2014 Friday, October 17, 2014 FACEOFF2014 W fnot on the iceafternearlyevery elementary school day, JT Com- pher found himself in one of his three best friend's basements. The four friends all lived in the same neighborhood - a convenient five-minute walk from the junior high school - so playing pick up sports was never a problem. If the weather didn't hold up, they con- gregated in front of the tele...…

… 9 e 48BS VV s a,,,. October 22, 2014 // The Statement E3 t rises above Michigan Stadium, a greet- ing to Ann Arbor. It's flying on the top of the Michigan Union, reminding alumni that they've made it back. It's ingrained in the center of both Diags for students to tread underfoot every day. It's painted on the Uni- versity Health System's heliport, welcom- ing patients and doctors alike. It's chalked in unique places all over campus, a s...…

…4B - Thursday, October 23, 2014 the b- side The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4B - Thursday, October 23, 2014 the b-side The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 9 NICHOLAS WILLIAMS/Daily The Feminist Forum at East Quad led a discussion on sexual assault of Native American women this week. Passion drives RC F m Frum sos East Quad groups have the potential to make a difference By ADAM THEISEN Daily Music Editor When they were living toge...…

… _ a_ .. 0 _F 4B Wednesday b 2 TheStatement SB , 1othing about the sciences is easy. None of the professors looks like Doc Brown. Not many more resemble Albert Ein- stein, or for that matter any other frizzy-haired stereotype in popular media. And not much about scientific work comes "naturally" - any assertion that students must be born with a nat- ural inclination toward it is untrue. Science is a painfulslog, mired in often-unrelenting...…