…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 1, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM It was a tense night in the Central Student Government chambers as attendees discussed the question of divestment and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality petitioned CSG to pass a resolution supporting the divestment from companies operating in Israel on the behalf of Israel. Last year, during the David ...…
…other things that we start now and we are going to have to be continued for a long time and there’s still other things that we learn about and decide there are better ways to do the things that we already started doing. So it’s very much a living and continuously renewing plan. Some of the things I’m most excited about is we’ve got a number of pipeline programs up and running, including Wolverine Pathways that works with ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, November 1, 2017— 3A proven to have the capability to be much faster and use significantly less propellant than regular rockets. “With a standard conventional chemical rocket the gas leaving the back might be leaving at something like 4 or 5 kilometers per second. Our systems can do 20, 30, 40, even over 100 kilometers per second of exhaust velocity. And that translates ...…
…T his is a man’s world. Despite all the accolades women have won and the inequalities we continue to work against, women still receive deplorable treatment and are usually left with less than they deserve. It’s evident in the scandal of Harvey Weinstein, who used his wealth and power to intimidate young female actors and make them feel like they had no choice but to do what he wanted. Weinstein then paid off his ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 1, 2017 — 5A DOGGYSTYLE RECORDS I want a Martha Stewart feature on the next one What happened, Snoop? We want the old Snoop back on ‘Make America Crip Again’ Snoooooooop (cue “Drop It Like It’s Hot” background vocals)! Snoooooooop! Snoop? Snoop?! If you’re looking for Snoop Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, The D-O- double-G or any classic incarnation of the legendary G-Funk rap...…
…6A — Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PARAMOUNT PICTURES George Clooney and the Coen Brothers team up once again Clooney does Coens and disappoints with a drag Lengthy and uneventful, ‘Suburbicon’ fails to be anything special Directed by George Clooney (“The Monuments Men”) and written by the Coen brothers (“Hail, Caesar!”), “Suburbicon” teases as a dark crime thriller that involves irrevocable...…
…gender and the gym statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 1, 2017 ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY KOFFSKY …
…T his September, The Michigan Daily held its Bicentennial reunion weekend. Daily alumni from across the country were invited to return to our beloved newsroom and, among other things, mingle. As many of you know, “mingle” translates into “network” in hyper- competitive college speak. As one of my fellow managing editors so elegantly put it to me, fidgeting in her heels and with an air of resignation, “Come to ...…
…3B Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement Soundtracking: Midterms M idterms. The first sign that your semester is heading down the toilet real quick. It’s like if you were going down a slide but as you start your descent, you smack your head on the bar and just tumble down the slide, lying in a wood chip pile of lost GPA points and self-pity. Every time you say you’re going to duck, but every time you are sadly mistaken. Th...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 5B Gender and the Gym coping with masculine stereotypes in fitness b y S a m R o s e n b e r g , Daily Arts Writer “ You need to be more aggressive.” I nodded quietly at my baseball coach and walked back to home plate, where I attempted to muster up all the energy in my lithe, eight- year-old body to hit the ball. My helmet felt too big ...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 6B Empath in the Wild: When I Fight Back Trigger warning: This article mentions sexual harassment and gender-based violence. I ’ve never been very enthusiastic about Michigan football, but it’s my senior year, and I decided the Saturday of the Michigan State night game that I would go out with my roommates and give tailgating one last go before I graduated. On Saturday afte...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Scio Church Road A rms pumping vigorously in an attempt to match the cadence of my legs, I begin my ascent — my flushed cheeks a stark contrast against the dismal October sky of southeast Michigan. I am no stranger to this momentous hill, lead- ing up toward Scio Church Road from Pio- neer High School, or this route, as I have run it over 100 times since the fal...…
…Wednesday, November 1, 2017 // The Statement 8B Ypsilanti resident Aya Ibarishi makes a craft at the Family Halloween Party at the Natural History Muse- um. Ann Arbor resident Hodaka Suzuki. Ann Arbor residents Elizabeth and Amia Bower. Natural History Staff member Cameron Trinh holds a python for children at the Family Halloween Party at the Natural History Museum. Ann Arbor residents Tao and Henry Peng. South Bend resident Julia Mannor...…
…After confirmation that prominent white supremacist Richard Spencer requested to speak at the University of Michigan, the NAACP and Black Student Union released statements requesting action to bar Spencer from speaking. The Black Student Union sent a letter to University President Mark Schlissel and the Board of Regents Tuesday night that demanded Schlissel deny Spencer’s request, especially in light of recent racist ev...…
…Bryan K. Roby, U-M Faculty OUR MICHIGAN VOICES MANY LEARN MORE ABOUT EVENTS: diversity.umich.edu/summit-events DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION SUMMIT YEAR ONE: CELEBRATING PROGRESS, ADDRESSING CHALLENGES NOVEMBER 7 MICHIGAN LEAGUE BALLROOM 4:30–6 pm | Opening Keynote Acclaimed social psychologist Dr. Claude Steele NOVEMBER 8 STATE STREET (NEAR BETSY BARBOUR/HELEN NEWBERRY EAST LAWN) 11:30 am | Trotter Multicultural Cen...…
…1ST SNOWFALL puzzle by sudokusyndication.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Thursday, November 2, 2017 — 3 Sinigang for the sentimental Ivy League stew Classified yet obvious: room for sale, dm for details Making Filipino food is to retell a story of my culture — complex, humbling and personal. Sinigang is a classic Filipino sour soup with a variety of vegetables that are reminiscent of a Filipino far...…
…I ’m an evolutionary anthropology major, and, if asked for a detailed definition of what exactly that means, I wouldn’t be able to give a comprehensive answer. My apologies for not yet memorizing my degree-tailored elevator pitch for future employers — that’s a problem for another day. The truth is, I had a lot of biology credits after my freshman year of college but didn’t feel like taking physics to ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 2, 2017 — 5 AMC COURTESY OF SACHYN MITAL ‘Walking Dead’ season 8 premiere ends with fizzle Rick and his gang are back for an explosive season eight premiere, literally. Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln, “Robot Chicken”) once again manages to assemble a detailed, methodical plan to overthrow the newest, baddest villain introduced in season six: Negan (Jeffrey Dean Mo...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Thursday, November 2, 2017 — 7 …
…8 — Thursday, November 2, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…In November 2015, while other students were focusing on midterms, football games and the fast-approaching Michigan winter, then-LSA senior Zachary Ackerman had something else on his mind. He was running for Ann Arbor City Council. “I grew up in Ann Arbor and grew up as a pretty nerdy kid. When I was 15 and a student at Pioneer High School, that nerdiness channeled itself into an interest in politics and government. Figuring...…
…9 2 4 5 8 1 4 5 1 2 5 4 7 6 8 9 2 2 6 9 1 7 8 4 1 2 5 2 6 7 4 2 9 I SEE SNOW! puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, November 3, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily SchwarberryChristmas @ameliacubs12 Tip kids if you ever think you’ll be able to productively work on a paper during Game 7 of the world series, don’t listen to yourseself Jordan @jordvnlee Don’t have t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, November 3, 2017 — 3A and McFarland’s accounts — according to the roommate, no one had ever insulted Mansour despite McFarland admitting to having called Mansour the expletive. He also said he never heard a friend say the anti-gay chants, despite McFarland’s insisting another friend said the slurs. The roommate did, however, admit to urinating in Mansour’s dog’s bowl. The w...…
…A thought popped into my head as I walked out of Hill Auditorium after a live Q&A with a politician I deeply respect, Hillary Clinton. I realized that, to my recollection, Clinton didn’t mention a single word about the mistakes her campaign made in 2016. To be sure, Russian interference, voter suppression and former FBI director Jim Comey’s statements had an enormous impact on the ultimate outcom...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 3, 2017 — 5A ARTIST IN PROFILE ATLANTIC Who is A. Boogie? ‘No Questions About Lil B’: In conversation with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie I’ve been obsessing over A. Boogie Wit Da Hoodie for quite some time now. His trademarked sound (a natural yet unexpected blend of post-Drake era harmonies with gritty horror-core subject matter) has made him a fixture within hip hop’s eme...…
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… NOVEMBER 4, 2017: MINNESOTA …
…FootballSaturday, November 4, 2017 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores around college football in the 2017 football season. Betelhem Ashame Ted Janes Orion Sang Kevin Santo South Carolina (+23.5) at No. 1 Georgia Georgia South Carolina Georgia Georgia Georgia No. 19 LSU (+21.5) at No. 2 Alabama Alabama Alabama LSU Alabama LSU Wake Forest (+14) at No. 3 Notre Dame Notre Dame Wake For...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: Steven Richardson It was a tumultuous offseason for the Minnesota football team. After 10 players were suspended following an accusation of sexual assault, the team threatened to sit out the Holiday Bowl. Former head coach Tracy Claeys supported the boycott, which was eventually dropped. Claeys lost his job shortly after. In his absence stepped P.J. Fleck, th...…
…When Sarasota, a town in southwestern Florida, was rated America’s meanest city in 2006, Karan Higdon was just a nine-year-old kid who wore size nine-and-a-half shoes. He was a big kid, no doubt, who went to the Boys and Girls Club most days after school and sometimes met his friends for kickball outside in the neighborhood. He played Pee Wee football for the Port Charlotte Bandits, and even back then he was running over ...…
…Christian’s nephew, D.J., had played football there, so she and Karan often went to see his games. Karan was just 13 years old when Riverview coach John Sprague approached him and Christian to talk about his future. Sprague had followed Karan through Pop Warner, and wanted him to come join the Rams. “Send him to Riverview, Sam,” Sprague had said. “We’ll take good care of him.” Riverview always had a great football program,...…
…FootballSaturday, November 4, 2017 6 For in-game updates Follow @Kevin_M_Santo, @tedjanes7, @orion_sang and @betelhem_ashame on Twitter during Saturday’s game. Jones, a senior All-American who went on to play as a wide receiver at Indiana, was knocked flat onto his back. He was one of the area’s top recruits, and Karan — a freshman — ran him straight over, and everybody had seen it. It was in that moment that everybody knew t...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Breakdown: ‘M’ has a slight edge For just the fifth time in program history, the Michigan football team will be playing a night game in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines didn’t have to wait very long since the last one. A month ago, Michigan lost a sloppy tilt with now- No. 24 Michigan State amid a torrential downpour, and had to watch the Spartans walk off its field with the Paul Bunyan Tro...…
…FootballSaturday, November 4, 2017 8 as well as the Michigan faithful. He may have jumpstarted the Wolverines’ struggling offense last Saturday, but he needs to show that he can have that much of an impact on a regular basis. Peters will have his work cut out for him in a matchup against the Golden Gophers’ 20th-ranked defense. In eight games, Minnesota has given up just eight touchdowns through the air. It has also ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 6, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Karan Higdon and Chris Evans might as well have been competing with each other. After all, when a team comes nine yards shy of boasting two 200-yard rushers for the first time in program history, that’s usually how it goes. And such was the story for the Wolverines. They ran the ball. They ran the ball. Then th...…
…they couldn’t make money with the reduced rates. Democrats would like to address the nondriving- related factors, including zip codes, credit scores and education attainment, which disproportionately affect urban drivers. House Minority Leader Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, voted no on the legislation, along with 41 other Democrats. “We have a plan that brings down costs and doesn’t force people into bankruptcy,” Singh told...…
…“This is the University’s way of making sure everyone on our campus has a chance to participate in the survey,” Broekhuizen said. “The results of the census survey offer individual schools, colleges and other units on campus findings unique to those units.” Broekhuizen also said both surveys released are about the campus climate related to diversity, equity and inclusion; however, some questions may differ. The questions ...…
…T here’s something cathartic about parody, especially when it’s directed toward the politically powerful. Donald Trump is somewhat unique in this respect — not just with regard to Alec Baldwin’s famous appearances as him on SNL, but in the way many Americans have started to talk about him in day-to-day life. Other politicians have, of course, been the target of parody (Sarah Palin and Barack Obama), but none have garnered s...…
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…Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum Unraveling the Arab Spring Egypt since 2011 Panelists: Samer Ali, CMENAS director, U-M; Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, U-M; Jean Lachapelle, Weiser Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M; Bassem Youssef, satirist Moderator: Pauline Jones, DISC director Free and open to the public Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, Islamic St...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 6, 2017 Worth the wait Led by its senior class, the Michigan field hockey team secured the Big Ten Tournament title to complete an elusive conference sweep. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Career night Sophomore VIPER Khaleke Hudson broke out in a big way against the Golden Gophers, showing why he was picked to replace Jabrill Peppers. » Page 2B Football doesn’t need to be...…
…6th-10th 2B — November 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Hudson highlights ‘M’ defense Khaleke Hudson has always looked up to Jabrill Peppers. Before Peppers — a first-team All- American and first-round NFL Draftee — went to the pros, Hudson would study him from the sideline. “You want to play like players that play like (Peppers),” said Michigan’s sophomore VIPER. “I feel that he had a big impact on the ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday November 6, 2017 — 3B The good, the bad and the ugly: Minnesota The Michigan football team, quite literally, ran away with this one. Karan Higdon and Chris Evans combined for 391 yards and four touchdowns, three of which went for 60-plus yards. By the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Wolverines led 33-7, and a Minnesota field goal in the waning moments provided the final...…
…Laine Chan, U-M Student OUR MICHIGAN VOICES MANY LEARN MORE ABOUT EVENTS: diversity.umich.edu/summit-events DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION SUMMIT YEAR ONE: CELEBRATING PROGRESS, ADDRESSING CHALLENGES NOVEMBER 7 MICHIGAN LEAGUE BALLROOM 4:30–6 pm | Opening Keynote Acclaimed social psychologist Dr. Claude Steele NOVEMBER 8 STATE STREET (NEAR BETSY BARBOUR/HELEN NEWBERRY EAST LAWN) 11:30 am | Trotter Multicultural Center...…
…Robert Ortega, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, opened Monday’s meeting by alerting members of the groundbreaking of the new Trotter Multicultural Center and the release of the diversity, equity and inclusion survey results. The climate survey found 1 in 5 University of Michigan students experienced a discriminatory event during the past year, even though the large majority of stu...…
…resolution through CSG or just having University Council submit a statement of support or solidarity that they agree that there should be more awareness or resources for student caregivers.” According to Nasr, the University of Michigan currently does not collect any data on student caregivers and there is currently no estimate on the number of student caregivers studying at the University. “That was one of the ...…
…staff. In addition earlier this week, students were also sent a second climate survey. SACUA members later spoke about the new Trotter Multicultural Center’s groundbreaking. Construction on the future site began over the summer outside the Helen Newberry and Betsy Barbour residences on State Street. The Trotter Center is currently located in an old fraternity house on Washtenaw Avenue. In Winter 2014, the Black St...…
…G rowing up, I always envisioned myself living in a sorority house at whatever college I ended up attending. For some reason, whenever I pictured what I would look like years down the road, happily committed to a university, I was always wearing Greek letters. To me, not going Greek was never an option. It seemed like a path everyone in my life had gone down and one I was willing to take myself. However, this compleme...…
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