…Four years ago, I had assumed that my parents were complete animal enthusiasts. They came home every night after long shifts at our restaurant seemingly eager to turn on Animal Planet. My mom would call me over to watch, giggling at the frenzied yet astute organization of meerkat manors. My dad would gawk at the ferocious pace of lionesses chasing zebras across the Serengeti. At garage sales, he could never resi...…
…T he United States, the world’s leading manufacturer of prisoners, has an incarceration problem. A rapid rise in incarceration rates has crippled the U.S. over the past three decades. During these years, the number of inmates in U.S. prisons has risen 500 percent. As a result, the United States pays $80 billion annually in incarceration costs. $80 billion. That’s money that could go toward keeping Social Security ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 26, 2017 — 5A FALL 2018 HOUSES # Beds Location Rent 11 1014 Vaughn $7700 9 1015 Packard $6525 6 511 Linden $4800 6 1016 S. Forest $5400 6 1119 S. Forest $4350 6 1207 Prospect $4900 6 1355 Wilmot Ct. $5075 5 515 S. Fourth $3700 5 935 S. Division $4000 5 1024 Packard $3700 4 412 E. William $3200 4 507 Sauer Ct $3600 4 509 Sau...…
…6A — Thursday, October 26, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Running backs carry the load for Michigan After watching No. 2 Penn State’s running back — and Heisman Trophy contender — Saquon Barkley run right through Michigan’s then-top- ranked defense to the tune of 108 yards and two touchdowns, the Wolverines could have been swayed by the idea that one tailback is better than three. In Michigan’s ground game...…
…SPOOKY THE ISSUE B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, October 26, 2017 Design by Jacob Bergen …
…2B —Thursday, October 26, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COURTESY OF MOONFIRE It’s lovely to meet you, it’s really such a thill. COURTESY OF MOONFIRE We’d love to take you home with us, we’d love to take you home. The modern paganism of AA: Defining a new normal Daily Arts Writer Sam Lu profiles local paganism and its practitioners, providing an intimate look at the oft-enigmatic faith There’s no doubt that the world...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, October 26, 2017 — 3B CHRISTIAN KENNEDY/DAILY ARTS WRITER It’s just a teacup...or is it? A gem on Main Street: an evening at Crazy Wisdom Local bookstore provides an alternative experience downtown On the west side of Main Street, between Washington and Huron streets, subtly tucked between The Gown Shop and Vinology is a slice of Ann Arbor-brand heaven: Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & T...…
…4B —Thursday, October 26, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COURTESY OF NAOMI WAKU One of many elaborate looks at the hands of Naomi Waku, better known online as ‘NamGlam’ Artist Naomi Waku puts the glamor in Halloween NamGlam intersects the elaborate & the glamorous in her tutorials In the age of lip kits, contour and ever-thickening eyebrows, it seems that everyone wants to be a makeup mogul. Instagram and YouTube h...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, October 26, 2017 — 5B The Best Scooby Doo! Movies to Watch this Halloween 10. “Scooby Doo Pirates Ahoy!” 9. “Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost” This is the one that introduces the Hex Girls, a memorable trio of pop-rock sing- ers that have become recurring characters in the Scooby Doo fran- chise. That’s basically the only memorable thing about it, but that see...…
…6B — Thursday, October 26, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WE ON THAT FALL SHIT THAT COLORFUL LEAVE SPOOKY SHIT THAT APPLES IN A CORNMAIZE SHIT ADOPTING PUMPKINS AND NAMING THEM BERTHA SHIT E-mail arts@michigandaily.com for more fallspiration and an application …
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 25, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Tim Retzloff, professor of history at Michigan State University and University of Michigan alum, connected LGBTQ history at the University of Michigan to the University’s bicentennial year in his lecture Tuesday, “Maize, Blue, and Lavender: Revisiting U-M’s LGBTQ Past.” As an undergraduate, Retzloff...…
…Former Eastern Michigan University student Eddie Curlin has been arrested as a suspect for the series of racist graffiti found on EMU’s campus last year. The suspect, while currently serving a sentence involving stolen property, has been charged with three counts of identity theft and one count for use of computers in order to commit a crime, according to WEMU. During September 2016, graffiti found on the side of King Hal...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, October 25, 2017— 3A STUDE NT GOV AYUSH THAKUR/Daily Liz Barry, Special Council to the President, speaks about ongoing projects of the President at the CSG meeting in the Union Tuesday. “I find myself consistently disappointed by the hero-worship within the Democratic Party because it distracts from the policy issues that actually affect people’s lives,” Stehlin said. ...…
…I t’s Monday night and I’m wasting homework time by way of my usual outlet for laziness — the internet. When I find myself wondering about the recent life events of a friend I haven’t spoken to in years, I’m able — thanks to Facebook — to search her name in seconds. A slight wave of envy sweeps over me as my search results come up empty; the realization that she’s left this corner of the virtual world is somehow a litt...…
…On her seventh studio album, P!nk nears 21st century pop perfection. The lovably spunky singer’s latest release, Beautiful Trauma, delivers to fans all of P!nk’s characteristic contradictions; it’s joyful and it’s angry, it’s bright and it’s dark, it’s beautiful and it’s traumatic. Some music connoisseurs may be skeptical of the singer’s raw pop, as some tracks lack substance and are plagued by love song cliches, but even...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, October 25, 2017 — 7A ‘M’ goaltending competition still open Now, four games and an exhibition into its season, the Michigan hockey team has split goaltending time evenly between sophomores Jack LaFontaine and Hayden Lavigne. Mel Pearson has set the deadline for selecting a starting netminder at the eight-game mark. This deadline will come around in approximat...…
…8A — Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After winding path to Michigan, Hawkins settling in on defense Brad Hawkins committed to Michigan over two years ago on July 3, 2015. Then ranked as a four-star athlete from New Jersey, Hawkins expected to sign with the Wolverines in February of 2016 and arrive on campus that summer. As it turned out, his path to Ann Arbor would be longer th...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 25, 2017 spinning out of control the balance between performance and body image …
…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Hannah Myers Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Emily Koffsky Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, October 25, 2017 // The Statement The picture stays in the kid: ‘Custody’ X avier Legrand’s film “Cus...…
…P eople have been going on pilgrimages for eons. Whether it’s to gaze upon the Shroud of Turin, visit the tomb of St. James or stand inside the vaulted nave of some distant cathedral, humans as a species have shown a remarkable capacity for uprooting themselves and their lives just for the chance to seek out meaning in some distant destination. In the Middle Ages, members of the faithful might travel for weeks on end to re...…
…Wednesday, October 25, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, October 25, 2017 // The Statement 5B SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL The balance between performance and body image b y Yo s h i k o I w a i, Deputy Statement Editor “ Forty kilograms,” the ballet instructor announces. Silent agreement among faculty and other students is palpable in the studio, albeit the obvious tension. It’s an easy 4 kilograms below the number where the ...…
…Wednesday, October 25, 2017 // The Statement 6B worsens. And in those who are at particular risk, they’ll think, ‘Well, I need to lose more weight,” and it becomes a self-perpetuating spiral downwards of worsen- ing physical condition.” The second group of ath- letes are those engaging in aesthetic sports where per- formance is judged subjec- tively. Dancers, gymnasts and figure skaters are com- mon for this category of sus- ceptibi...…
…Wednesday, October 25, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Capturing the small sports W e’re all taught at a very young age that great results come from hard work and perseverance. Athleticism has always fas- cinated me, and it’s safe to say that most of America feels this way, too. We spend hours of our Saturdays glued to the TV watching football games. We stay up late if our teams are playing in different time zones. Sp...…
…Wednesday, October 25, 2017 // The Statement 8B A 30 second aperture allowed me to capture the blur of the cars as they drove down the street. The Renaissance Center was lit up pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. Woodward Avenue was busy with Saturday night traffic as people visited the many resturants and shops located along the street. Two building murals visible from the tenth floor of the Z Garage. The Fox Theater sign s...…
…Students blared various demands for accountability and administrative action after weeks of racist provocations on campus earlier this semester, but one question echoed throughout all the protests. “What happens to racist students who get caught?” LSA senior Arlyn Reed asked at a de-stress event held by the Black Student Union last month to rounds of applause from the audience. “(A University of Michigan) investigati...…
…Citing modern and historical human rights crises, Sheri Fink, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University alum, challenged an audience of over 100 students and community members gathered Monday evening in the University of Michigan Museum of Art to consider how they would aid the most vulnerable members of society in an emergency. Fink spent the majority of her lecture delineating how government agencies and response t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, October 24, 2017 — 3 that could mean a lot for younger generations looking to get involved with politics. “I think what I’m trying to do is change the face of leadership and that starts at the most grassroot level –– college campuses,” Saad said. “Just get involved. Get engaged on campus.” Public Policy senior Nadine Jawad, Central Student Government vice president, said se...…
…Y ou, sir, are killing us!” shouted one of the students, as fellow protesters flashed signs accusing Charles Murray of being a white supremacist and a fascist. One went even further, pointing at Murray and accusing him of “denying her existence” since she is a woman of color in science. The protesters had been driven to disrupt Murray in large part because of his book “The Bell Curve,” which drew correl...…
…A24 Diaries from the Chicago Int’l Film Festival: Day 4 My fourth day of the Chicago International Film Festival featured perhaps both the best and worst of what I’ll see here. At 3:45 p.m. was a press and industry screening of “The Confession,” the follow- up to Georgian director Zaza Urushadze’s Oscar-nominated “Tangerines” from a few years back. “The Confession” follows a preacher, Giorgi (Dimitri Tatishvili,...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, October 24, 2017 — 7 Hua bests teammate Knight to capture singles title at ITA Midwest Regionals This weekend, the Michigan men’s tennis team hosted this year’s edition of the ITA Midwest Regionals with a bid to the 2017 ITA Fall Championships at stake. In the quarterfinals, Michigan senior Alex Knight, ranked 51st nationally, faced off against Ohio State freshman John McNally...…
…JOIN US FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT, which will feature seven rising star panelists to spark a conversation and raise awareness about climate change. PANELISTS INCLUDE: • Ben Bunker: CEO, Global BrightLight Foundation • Tara Houska: Attorney and Director, Honor the Earth • Angel Hsu: Director, Yale Data-Driven Environmental Solutions Group • Ahmina Maxey: North American Coordinator, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAI...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 23, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM UpRound, a new University of Michigan student organization for any undergraduate student interested in learning more about venture capitalism, hosted its first annual training and a competition on Saturday. Engineering sophomore Jonah Erlich founded the group along with LSA junior David Silverman, Business s...…
…Career exploration series connects students with alums in entertainment The event increased networking opportunities in the communications department REMI MURREY Daily Staff Reporter Tweets Follow @michigandaily Olivia Gunther @oliviagunther22 Concept: yelp but for study spaces at Umich Grant Newsome @grant_newsome Everyone take a breath. We got whooped. It hurts for us too. We will get better and be back stronger. The sun came up ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, October 23, 2017— 3A IM AGINE DR AGONS EVAN AARON/Daily Imagine Dragons performs in Detroit last week. Broek said. “We wanted someone who has done a lot of thinking about Trump and humility, or the lack of humility, to address the colloquium, but we wanted to open it up to the public.” Blow’s presentation highlighted Trump’s continuous dispersion of false information to th...…
…As Facebook reported, within 24 hours of its resurfacing, #MeToo has started appearing on the social media feeds of nearly everyone in the nation, with approximately 4.7 million people posting, commenting and reacting over 12 million times. This range of visibility is reaching the breadth of even the most successful social media movements, including the similar #YesAllWomen, which gave women a space to discuss instance...…
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…CONGRATULATIONS 200 200 To our 31E scholars on the 35th anniversary of our class of 1931 Engineering Scholarship Program The class of ‘31E and its Scholarship Selection Committee Congratulates and welcomes their SIX new scholarship winners for the 2017-2018 academic year: JOSEPH COSTELLO ERIN DEUTSCHMAN TAYLOR FEDDERSEN AMBRIA HOPFE MICHAEL KLETTNER JOSEPH TAYLOR They will be joining the ‘31E HONOR SOCIETY and our THIRTEEN current sch...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 23, 2017 The new reality A loss to Penn State has forced Michigan to accept that the College Football Playoff is out of reach, as is a conference title. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Heisman worthy Saquon Barkley has been a star all year, but his performance against Michigan could go down to as his Heisman moment. » Page 3B Saquon Barkley took the direct snap, cut away ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 23, 2017 — 3B Five Things We Learned: It’s officially a rebuilding year Just last fall, it was Michigan celebrating a lopsided victory over Penn State. The Wolverines were the toast of college football, poised to contend for a national championship. What a difference one year makes. The two teams have seemingly switched places. The Nittany Lions rec...…
…JOIN US FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT, which will feature seven rising star panelists to spark a conversation and raise awareness about climate change. PANELISTS INCLUDE: • Ben Bunker: CEO, Global BrightLight Foundation • Tara Houska: Attorney and Director, Honor the Earth • Angel Hsu: Director, Yale Data-Driven Environmental Solutions Group • Ahmina Maxey: North American Coordinator, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAI...…
…University of Michigan hockey players will suit up Friday evening for the first time on the newly coined Red Berenson Ice Rink. The University’s Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday to name the rink at Yost Ice Arena after Berenson, who served as the team’s coach for 33 seasons and retired this summer. The rink will feature his signature through the end of the calendar year, while center ice will change to display Ber...…
…9 2 8 3 9 4 2 3 1 9 3 2 5 7 1 9 8 8 5 6 1 7 3 9 6 4 9 3 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 3/17/09 1:03 PM NBA SEASON. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, October 20, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Jessica Preece @jrpjrpjrp Off to Ann Arbor with an under- grad for @UMich’s wonderful Emerging Scholars program. What a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, October 20, 2017 — 3A were told their priority apartments were already in high-demand and to select another apartment, with minimal help. Students said they were not told which apartments were available, as the management company didn’t know. Others put down their deposit without knowing the repercussions if their desired residences would be filled by other tenants. While waiting ...…
…T his piece is for those of you not directly affected by sexual assault. It has to do with my own life experience and in no way is a mold for how others experience events or emotions. I feel inclined to write a trigger warning, for this contains some tough shit — so this is it: trigger warning. I’m sure you’ve heard of the recent news surrounding Harvey Weinstein. If you haven’t, he’s a famous director and producer who’s been ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 20, 2017 — 5A Arts ALFAMA ‘Barrage’ premiered at Chicago Film Festival this week COMMUNITY CULTURE REVIEW Douglas Trevor christens latest ‘Wonders’ at Literati “The music of a short story … is made up of cymbals and screams and the metal of a DC-10, twisting and crashing into the cold, dead earth. No survivors, friends. No one makes it out alive.” No one at Literati on Tuesday...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, October 20, 2017 — 6A FOR RENT Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Kind of rain or rock 5 Affect profoundly 8 Often-converted residence 12 Like the “funny bone” nerve 14 Poet Silverstein 15 Declare firmly 16 Early sustenance for Bruce Wayne? 18 Country where Quechua is spoken 19 Great Plains native 20 Pluto quintet 21 Gets on the wrong train, say 22 Hand...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, October 20, 2017 — 7A Breakdown: No. 2 Penn State set to overpower No. 19 Michigan Michigan hasn’t beaten an opponent ranked in the top- five of the AP Top 25 poll since September of 2006. Eleven seasons ago, the 11th-ranked Wolverines dominated No. 2 Notre Dame in South Bend, delivering the Fighting Irish a 47-21 loss — the most points scored against Notre Dame at home in 4...…
