…My sister is the strongest person I know. On March 12, 2014, she was the victim of a head-on collision that should have sent her Pontiac’s engine into the cabin of her car and cut her in half. Instead, miraculously, it didn’t, and Kasandra is still here to laugh a little too loud and keep me in line. To say I love her is an understatement. While Kasandra’s unbelievable survival is something my family celebrates ...…
…Wednesday, October 19, 2016 // The Statement 7B by Melina Glusac, Senior Arts Editor Life is a Mixtape: Living in Color F irst, a confession: I’m jealous of people with synesthesia, and I always have been. Colours - Grouplove Ah yes, jealousy of an inborn neuro- logical phenomenon. All the great love stories in the world have spawned from it, right? Definitely not. Not at all. It’s just me. For those who don’t know, synesthe- s...…
…Wednesday, October 19, 2016 // The Statement 8B Press photographers and TV stations set up on bleachers at the back of the room before U.S. Sen.Tim Kaine (D-VA), Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at a Detroit rally. Members of the press work on writing articles after Tuesday’s rally. Camera crews from various news outlets wait before Kaine speaks. The view from the back of the room as Kaine speaks in front of a crowd and cameras...…
…C The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 19, 2016 LaFontaine’s debut Jack LaFontaine lifted Michigan in his debut with exactly the kind of showing the Wolverines needed » SportsWednesday Column, Page 2B Dead heat Michigan held firm at home with a 0-0 tie against No. 15 Minnesota on Sunday, staying at fourth place in the Big Ten » Page 3B BIG RAPIDS — It was the perfect storm: a hungry team searching for its first ...…
…2C — October 19, 2016 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Road win highlights areas for improvement Every time the Michigan hockey team killed off a penalty during Saturday’s game at Ferris State, the announcer would say something along the lines of, “And the Wolverines return to full strength,” which was immediately followed by, “And they still suck!” from the Bulldogs’ student section. At some point...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday October 19, 2016 — 3C Michigan earns scoreless draw Sarah Jackson already had tied her career high in saves against Minnesota. But with the Golden Gophers threatening in the last minute of double overtime, Michigan needed her to make one more. As the crowd began counting down the seconds until the final whistle blew, the redshirt sophomore goalkeeper rose over a Gopher ...…
…4C — October 19, 2016 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL 2. OHIO STATE: The best players from Michigan play for ... Ohio State. 1. ALABAMA: Nick Saban still yelled at Lane Kiffin last week. 9. WISCONSIN: You really start to wonder what the Badgers’ record would be with Bart Houston under center. 3. MICHIGAN: Jim Harbaugh was the best coach working a chain gang in the country la...…
…After meeting with a group of student government leaders at the Cube Monday, University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel discussed his administration’s response to anti-Black, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ posters discovered over the past week. Last Monday, anti-Black and anti-women posters were found in University buildings. Today, more offensive posters were found posted around campus from the white-supremacist gro...…
…A new set of alt right posters were found Monday morning on a University of Michigan cylinder posting area on the corner of South State Street and North University, citing websites that argue race determines intelligence and anti-Muslim sentiments. One of the posters featured the Pepe the Frog meme, a newfound symbol associated with the alt right movement. Several others portrayed an Islam man killing a white woman or c...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 4, 2016 — 3 News reduced to more inferior roles and limited in the interactions they could have with men on screen. “The new authorities showed hostility to women’s participation in cinema, which is seen in the guidelines that they wrote codifying the representation of women in the films,” Ganjavie said. The post-1979 Iranian film industry also adjuste...…
…L ast Monday, I had the pleasure of watching what may very well be the fall of Western liberal democracy. No, not the newest episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” rather, the presidential debate. I went into the debate with a deep fear Donald Trump could rehabilitate his image among the American public. Hillary Clinton’s seven-point lead over the summer had evaporated to the margin of err...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 4, 2016 — 5 The Altar, R&B artist Banks’s newest release, is the very embodiment of post-breakup anger, vindictive stormy skies and the entire month of October. This album is basically Lady Macbeth in music form, and its collection of omi- nously magical, deeply powerful and altogether all-encompassing songs are haunting in their raw honesty. In The Altar, B...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Home for Pogo 6 Affirmative answer 9 Silences, as a TV 14 Artist’s prop 15 Pie __ mode 16 Wagnerian work 17 “Farewell, chérie” 18 CBS forensic drama 19 Antianxiety drug 20 “Bro, I thought you were gonna help” 23 Many a GI 24 Jerry Garcia’s band, familiarly 28 Socializing with the queen, maybe 31 Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er __” 32 Bullets and such 33 Lots and lots 35 Accesso...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 4, 2016— 7 Speight continues to grow, evaluate his options T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 44.4 12.4 First Downs/Game 23.0 13.2 Rush Yards/Game 209.8 112.2 Yards/Rush 4.9 3.3 Rushing TDs 16 2 Passing Yards/Game 234.2 135.4 Completion % 63.9% 46.6% Yards/Pass 7.4 5.2 Passing TDs 10 5 Interceptions 2 6 Offensive Plays/Game 74.4 60.6 Total Offense 444.0 ...…
…Donlon brings intensity on ‘D’ Meet Billy Donlon, Michigan’s new defensive coordinator. And before you start to fret, don’t worry, Don Brown still has his job. Instead, Donlon is one of the latest additions to John Beilein’s staff — filling the void left by LaVall Jordan and Bacari Alexander’s departure last April. Donlon comes to the Michigan carrying ample coaching experience, most recently as the head coach at Wright Stat...…
…During a community conversation on race and campus climate Sunday, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel listened to student concerns and emphasized the impact he hopes the upcoming release of a University-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan will have on campus. The conversation, announced on Wednesday, was planned in response to racially charged fliers that were hung in Mason and Haven Halls last week. Th...…
…During the Michigan vs. Wisconsin game, 19-year-old actress Chloe Grace Moretz, known for her roles in the films like “Kick-Ass,” joined the College Democrats to rally University of Michigan students to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. According to AmericaJr, a news and entertainment website, about 250 students registered at the event. “It’s really exciting … to talk to a bunch of 18- and 19...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Monday, October 3, 2016 — 3A News & Sports plan had notably low attendance, averaging about 40 people each except for one for staff, which drew 120. Sunday’s gathering had one of the highest reported attendances for a University-sponsored event regarding diversity on campus this past month, with over 180 people. However, student attendance has been much higher at student-run events, such as p...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, October 3, 2016 Open letter to the U of M community THE BLACK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL | OP-ED T o the University of Michigan Community: In light of recent events, both on and off campus, we are deeply disturbed by the hateful and blatant racism put forth by people who label themselves the alt-right. It troubles us that the individuals of the Black community at the Univers...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 3, 2016 — 5A Roses are red, violets are blue, We love the Daily and we hope you do too. ACROSS 1 Hospital IV amts. 4 Irrational fear sufferer’s suffix 9 Texas city 13 Until now 14 Specialized language 15 Dashing style 16 Expose wrongdoing 19 Gymnast Korbut 20 Choose by majority vote 21 Wok cook’s flavoring 23 Attacked by surprise 26 Baseball card stat 27 Day, in Durango 28 MBA hop...…
…6A — Monday, October 3, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ISLAND “Pull my fingers.” MUSIC COLUMN The Killers were the end of a golden era I was wearing dog ears made out of paper and black eye pencil on my nose when I finally realized how powerful “Mr. Brightside” could be. It was Halloween of 2015. I was dressed as Mr. Peanutbut- ter from “BoJack Horseman,” and I was in a Kerrytown basement with a faulty ster...…
…T hough Jourdan Lewis will make Saturday’s top- 10 highlight reels for his late-game heroics, not one player better led the Wolverines to a 14-7 victory over No. 8 Wis- consin than senior corner- back Channing Stribling. To be fair, Lewis’ pick was nothing short of miraculous. When Badgers quarterback Alex Hornibrook dropped back and launched the ball on 4th-and-10 with just over two minutes left in the game, everyone at Mi...…
…2B — October 3, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fab Five still shapes the conversation T oday, they might not stand out. Five young Black men in baggy shorts, black shoes and black socks with shaved heads isn’t a rarity on the basketball court. Not anymore, at least. When the Fab Five burst into college basketball 25 years ago, that swaggering style was likened to thuggery. Now, it is as much a p...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 3, 2016 — 3B ‘M’ wins second straight, tops Penn State If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s the short version of what Michigan men’s soccer coach Chaka Daley told his team at halftime of Sunday’s game against Penn State. It was scoreless at the time, but Daley sought to convince his team success was coming. “If things are going the right way, which they were the first...…
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…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 30, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM AMANDA ALLEN/Daily Sally Peterson (D-Ward 2), an Ann Arbor City Council member, speaks to the College Democrats about voting at their Get Out the Vote City Council Elections meeting in the Michigan Union on Thursday. MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily LSA Dean Andrew D. Martin answers students’ questions in a casual Q&A session at ...…
…2-News 2 — Friday, October 30, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The No. 15 Michigan football team travels to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers on Saturday. The Wolverines come in at 5-2, 2-1 in the Big Ten. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. on ESPN. >>SEE SPORTS, PAGE 7 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Horror Film Festival WHAT: The film festival will feature four foreign language horror m...…
…spoke at the event, shared an anecdote about how he won the election primaries for commis- sioner in 2010 by only one vote. Rabhi is currently a candidate for state representative. Councilmember Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1), who has served on the council for five terms and is running uncontested to retain her seat, stressed that in addition to voting, it’s also important for stu- dents to contact elected represen- tatives to voice their ...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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, October 30, 2015 — 5 This column contains spoilers for this season of “The Leftovers.” Show, don’t tell. Anyone who has ever taken a high school writing class could tell you what this axiom means. Truly excellent writing — whether it be in a short story, an epic poem, a screenplay or a TV column in The Michigan Daily — makes sure that every word speaks on...…
…ACROSS 1 Birdbrain 8 Crummy 14 Annabella of “Jungle Fever” 15 Producer 16 What each successive starting word of the answers to starred clues is to the starting word that precedes it 17 Equestrian’s head cover 18 Newscaster Lindström 19 *Popular clubs 20 *Ty Cobb specialties 24 The last Mrs. Chaplin 25 Valuable extraction 26 Pros with schedules 30 Save 31 *Dressed down 35 Closing words 37 Hut 38 *Didn’t allow to remain in, as political office 4...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 30, 2015 — 7 Breakdown: Michigan at Minnesota By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The game against Northwestern had shades of it, and the game against Michigan State did, too. But the Michigan football team’s game Saturday at Minnesota will have old-fashioned power football written all over it. The Wolverines and Golden Gophers match run-first offenses and hard-no...…
…8 — Friday, October 30, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com What to Watch For: Minnesota By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor The No. 15 Michigan football team has had an extra week off since a last-second loss to Michigan State two weeks ago. While the Wolverines won’t get to erase that loss this weekend, they can exact revenge from another defeat from last season. Michigan will travel to Minnesota, where it w...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 29, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Take a walk in the Terrorfied Forest. » INSIDE the b-side Survey results from Change It Up! program illustrate progress in 2014 By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter Though violations related to alcohol, drugs and sexual misconduct increased in 2014 over the previous year, data from the University’s Change ...…
…you will go through something, but hopefully nothing as severe and traumatic as I have. But life isn’t pretty all the time, things happen. Set a goal, and work towards it and don’t let anything get in the way.” Hatch played basketball for the University during his fresh- man year, but left the team to focus on academics. Denise Kozikowski, an LSA academic adviser and organizer of the event, said it was modeled after a Stanford ...…
…exhausted all other means of acquiring necessary goods and services. “To reduce and understand corruption, we need to move away from this idea that state institutions and culture pro- pel people — ordinary citizens — into corrupt exchanges, and instead consider their decision- making processes and the alter- natives that are available to them,” she said. The central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan serv...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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....…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Mall entrance features 5 Bandstand boosters 9 Big zoo attraction 14 Bee’s relative 15 Empty 16 Dot in the ocean 17 Investment return for a New York basketball player? 19 Grind to __ 20 “Messiah,” e.g. 21 Gershwin title river 22 Reception room for a Texas hockey player? 24 Capital on the Gulf of Guinea 28 Panama, for one 29 Bush Labor secretary Elaine 30 High anxiety? 37 S...…
…6A — Thursday, October 29, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan prepares for Minnesota, minus Jerry Kill Citing health reasons, Golden Gophers head coach announces his retirement By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The Michigan and Minnesota football teams are both coming off bye weeks heading into their clash in Minneapolis on Saturday night. They have had time in the past two weeks to recover from...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, October 29, 2015 the b-side Lights On Fall had peaked on Saturday as we drove down the winding road speckled with autumnal hues and overarching amber trees. Nature’s festive display almost made me forget the reason Hailey and I were taking a half-hour trek out of Ann Arbor. Growing up on ghost stories and Halloween, haunted sites and lore have always intrigued me — at least, from a ...…
…2B — Thursday, October 29, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By now it was dark out, the entrance sign illuminated by a string of lights. It had rained earlier that day and lone clouds still hung in front of the bright, nearly full moon; it was the kind of night you’d expect were- wolves to transform — and that’s not an exaggeration. It was hard not to take the ominous hint and begin worrying again. It suddenly...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, October 29, 2015 — 3B By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Daily Arts Writer The last time I met Phoebe Ryan I was wearing overalls, a Miley Cyrus shirt and a straw hat. Thanks to that outfit, almost immediately after describing my festival get-up from Bonnaroo last June, Ryan remembered me, grabbing my wrists in excitement. Today, she’s sporting a captain’s hat over her black-to- green ...…
…Passionate, precise Tenebrae choir in A2 By COSMO PAPPAS Daily Arts Writer During Holy Week before Easter Sunday, Tenebrae is a ceremony in Catholic and sev- eral Protes- tant liturgies in which cer- emonial candles are gradually extinguished on Good Friday to symbolize the death of Christ. For Nigel Short, English choir singer and director, the memories of church ritual and music as a young choir boy inspire a s...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 28, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Personal Statement Issue » INSIDE let’s get personal Nutrition, food security and fair trade featured in short lectures By ANNA HARITOS Daily Staff Reporter The University’s Sustainable Food Systems Initiative hosted 10 bite-sized talks Tuesday night on topics related to food and agriculture. The seco...…
…and with their hands, people connect with food. “Just think about what you have to know to grow a crop, the land, the weather, the markets,” he said. “A lot of that knowledge is not from food study or data it is from the very feel of the land. Maybe the increased interest in food that we feel more human when we engage with food.” University Lecturer Margot Finn discussed the connection between fast food and social class. During...…
…every morning in mortal fear that some well-funded, crazy extreme candidate in their own party is going to run against them in the primary, so they alter their voting patterns and they are less likely to cooperate with the other side,” Frost said. The duo suggested that a law requiring states to appoint non- partisan district commissions would mitigate the current polarization in Congress. “That would help, and you wouldn’t have...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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, October 28, 2015 — 5A Breaking gender roles in ‘Caesar’ Shakespeare classic comes to Ann Arbor Civic Theatre By BAILEY KADIAN Daily Arts Writer A conspiracy to kill the lead- er of Rome by stabbing him 33 times involves deceit, vio- lence and a power- ful pursuit towards reforming the state. It involves blood- shed by the hands of those who crave political ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Political statistician Silver 5 Sell for 9 Learn 13 Lacking company 15 “__ way!” 16 Indian mausoleum city 17 Dodge Chargers, e.g. 19 Doesn’t keep 20 Rescue squad pro 21 Gerald of Tara 22 Vision-related 23 Take __ the waist 25 Hyundai’s home 27 House of Henry VIII 29 Camera named for a Greek goddess 30 One of the Canaries: Abbr. 31 Cyber Monday events 33 Previously 34 Back...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 28, 2015 — 7A Wolverines fall in ITA quarterfinals Michigan finishes on Sunday with no semifinal berths By RILEY NELSON For the Daily The Michigan men’s tennis team made its way to South Bend, Ind., on Thursday to compete in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships. And while the Wolverines ended their run on Sunday, failing to make it past the quarterfin...…
