…Tuesday, November 6, 2018 // TIP OFF 2018 6B Players, assistants, opponents reflect on Beilein ahead of 800th win Tuesday night against Norfolk State, Michigan coach John Beilein will begin his 37th season as an NCAA head coach. Along the way, he has collected 799 career victories, from Division III Nazareth College to his current 11-year tenure with the Wolverines. Ahead of his 800th win, The Michigan Daily spoke to former players...…
…Mohamed Soumah, a University of Michigan custodian, is currently seeking refuge in the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House to avoid deportation — he requires frequent dialysis due to a genetic kidney disease, and says he will die if deported. Soumah has lived in the U.S. for 15 years after immigrating from Guinea, and has been employed with no past criminal history. He was married to a U.S. citizen with whom he has two children, who ...…
…and we were trying to see if there were similar programs at different universities that would just be studying class more broadly, and there weren’t any,” Schandevel said. “It’s another way to make sense of the world, and having a space to study it as its own minor gives it some credibility. And, hopefully, we’ll attract people across the country who are studying it in their own ways to come to the University and have this be a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, November 5, 2018— 3A Everything except the food If you know me, the last thing you’ll mistake me for is being a picky eater. Be it American food, Italian food, Chinese food or anything in between, I’ve probably tried it. Heck, I’ve even eaten fried silk worms in Thailand — trust me, they’re actually pretty good. But for whatever reason, the one food I never liked grow...…
…T he 2018 November election will be closely watched across the country for the impact it will have at the state and federal levels, but even here in Ann Arbor, voters will have the opportunity to cast a vote with a long-lasting impact on our city. Appearing on Ann Arbor ballots is Proposal A, which concerns a city-owned plot of land, popularly called the “Library Lot,” adjacent to the downtown branch of the Ann Arbor Distri...…
…The phrase “always a bridesmaid, never a bride” instantly comes to mind upon reading Busy Philipps’s (“I Feel Pretty”) filmography. She has built a lengthy and impressive career playing the best friend or another member of the ensemble. Despite being featured in movies and television now considered pop culture milestones like “White Chicks” or “Freaks and Geeks,” she has never helmed her own vehicle, which is why it seemed...…
…“Twenty-five years ago, I killed my mother.” It is with this jarring line that Sarah Zettel first introduces readers to the chaotic world of the Monroe sisters in her latest novel, “The Other Sister.” The story is told from the perspectives of Geraldine and Marie Monroe as they reconnect after years apart following the suspicious death of their mother. Geraldine believes she is responsible for her mother’s death, but the true d...…
…Season of grudges The Michigan football team has had success this season by holding vendettas against any and all opponents » Page 2B Tune-up Cruise The Wolverines blew out Division II Northwood, 90-58, in a tune-up exhibition game on Friday. » Page 3B SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 5, 2018 Design by Jack Silberman Katelyn Mulcahy & Amelia Cacchione/ Daily Wolverines dominate Nittany Lions The Mi...…
…2B — November 5, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The season of grudges A few weeks ago, Jim Harbaugh stood in front of his team after a course- defining 21-7 win at Michigan State and said a few words. He started by saying it may have been his biggest win ever, that he had never had a bigger win than that. Then he thanked his players. “On a personal note,” Harbaugh said, “I can’t tell you how many g...…
…Michigan dominates Northwood in exhibition As far as sporting events go, preseason exhibitions are amongst the most predictable. This one was no different. The No. 19 Michigan men’s basketball team thumped Division II Northwood, 90-58, on Friday night in its lone exhibition game before Tuesday’s opener against Norfolk State. The Wolverines jumped out to an early lead, hitting seven of their first 10 field goals, and ne...…
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…An allegation of rape crumbled the facade surrounding University of Michigan professor David Daniels this summer, dubbed by many as one of the best countertenors in the world. The assault, however, is not Daniels’ only instance of predatory sexual behavior. Through police reports filed with Pittsfield Township, The Michigan Daily found the Office of Institutional Equity knew about an instance of Daniels’s questionable behavior...…
…thoroughly investigate sexual misconduct. *** David Daniels joined the Music, Theatre & Dance School faculty in 2015. One of the University’s most famous alumni, he enjoyed a quick rise to fame after graduating with a master’s degree from the vocal program in 1992, making his Metropolitan Opera Debut only five years after graduation. Daniels was well known in the opera sphere as the “world’s leading countertenor.” He’s so ...…
…3A — Friday, November 2, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Ed Sessa ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/02/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/02/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, November 2, 2018 ACROSS 1 Service calls 6 Emotionally bother 11 Sonic the Hedgehog maker 15 Miller’s salesman 16 Audibly awed 17 Dirt handful 18 Commonly bristly c...…
…N ext Tuesday, Michigan will vote on a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. Between increased tax revenue, the birth of a new industry in the private sector and falling arrest rates, legalization of marijuana in Michigan would be extremely lucrative to the statewide economy. Michigan is currently one of 30 states that allows marijuana use for medical purposes, but a “yes” vote on Proposal 1 this November wo...…
…T he University of Michigan Board of Regents, a group of eight state-elected members who have general supervision of the University and its endowment, has two seats up for election this Tuesday. Incumbent candidates Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R) and Regent Andrew Richner (R) face stiff competition from Democratic candidates Jordan Acker (D) and Paul Brown (D). In the past, The Michigan Daily Editorial Board and students ...…
…Jonah Hill’s career has been nothing if not dynamic. In 2007, he broke onto the scene with “Superbad,” a high-school screwball comedy that’s still mentioned as the gold-standard for the genre post-2000. Hill’s performance as the boisterous, awkward and overweight Seth would prove both a blessing and a curse, launching him to stardom but pigeonholing him as “The Fat Guy” in Hollywood. “I became famous in my late teens and then s...…
…EVAN AARON / DAILY DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN PENN STATE NOVEMBER 2, 2018 …
…Behind Enemy Lines: PSU writer Tyler King Before the season began, it seemed the Michigan football team’s entire 2018 would be defined by its three-game stretch against Wisconsin, Michigan State and Penn State, from middle October to early November. Two games through that stretch, the fifth-ranked Wolverines (7-1 overall, 5-0 Big Ten) have nearly made it out the other side unscathed. All that is left in Michigan’s season-...…
…3B TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com after the Michigan State game, you could kind of feel the vibe with the players, especially with a guy like Trace McSorley, who didn’t play his best game that day. The offense as a whole struggled, only scoring 17 points. He seemed kind of — he seemed very defeated after that game. But now I think they’ve kind of rebounded and yeah, this game right here is going to decide their season — wh...…
…come in and make an impact.” This was a guy who would find his way on the field or die trying. There was a time when Mason thought that would come on special teams exclusively, so he honed his craft at long-snapper. He still wants to play long-snapper. “I’m still thinking of doing that in the next couple years,” says the sophomore fullback with six touchdowns on the season. He means it, too. *** After he accepted the he...…
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…7B TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to watch for when No. 5 Michigan faces No. 14 Penn State There is no sugarcoating what is at stake for the Michigan football team in Saturday’s matchup against No. 14 Penn State. Win, and the team’s floor — barring shocking upsets against Indiana and Rutgers — is a New Year’s Six bowl game. Lose, and that scenario becomes a lot more difficult. Coupled with the desire to avenge last...…
…After much improvement, another test awaits Jon Runyan Jon Runyan Jr. was hesitant to watch his team’s season-opening loss at Notre Dame. The redshirt junior left tackle knew it would make him sick to his stomach. But last Friday, for the first time, he chose to anyway. What Runyan saw was not always pretty. There were plays he, self- admittedly, got caught in the heat of the moment. There were others where his technique evaded him. “...…
…In efforts to highlight the prevalence of misinformation, the Center for Social Media Responsibility of University of Michigan School of Information has developed the Iffy Quotient, which measures the proportion of “iffy” articles shared on a given social media platform. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter make sharing news articles — whether real, fake or somewhere in between — as easy as clicking a single s...…
…2 — Thursday, November 1, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Michael Strickland @michaeljamal3 I can’t stand when UMich faculty tell students to prioritize sleep like bro... talk to your colleagues! Neil @braincell2 White girls at umich vs having those marble MacBook cases lauren schandevel @LSchandevel campus food insecurity is so normalized as part of the college experience. living off ramen? going to bed hungry? ...…
…vessel and we in the classroom teach you information, knowledge, reasoning skills and so forth,” Hoffman said. “That works in the classroom. But the general public, they didn’t buy into that contract. And so you have to win trust and you don’t do that by lecturing. You do that by engaging.” It’s also a concept taught in more broadly-focused communications classes. She said she’s learned about fake news as an issue that, if l...…
…T o grow up in the United States is to be inculcated with the promise that this land is unique in its opportunity. The legend of the self- propelled individual is ubiquitous for Americans, from the revolutionaries in Philadelphia establishing a new kind of nation to the pioneers who grittily took the West by force in the following century. It has instilled the idea of universal economic ascendancy, typified most prominently ...…
…For a good while now I’ve been searching for clear footage of M.I.A.’s performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards, intrigued by the quite mythological reverence articles that describe the dignified spectacle of it all. While a filtered recording of the ceremony on Dailymotion scratched the itch, I was in awe when I saw it unfold in crystal clear definition about halfway through the documentary “MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.” Enter Mathangi ...…
…In early Oct., the 11th series of “Doctor Who,” a sci-fi thriller with a cult-like following, premiered. Everything seemed on par with a typical season — the quirky Doctor, the shocked bystanders, the impending doom from beyond — but there was one apparent difference. For the first time in the 55-year run of the show (which includes a much needed hiatus from 1989 to 2005), the witty, beloved Doctor is being played by a woman. For ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 1, 2018 — 7 Michigan’s offense adapting to personnel Of the countless memorable moments during John Beilein’s tenure at Michigan, two timeless images stand above the rest. They are, of course, Trey Burke stepping back and releasing an inch-perfect shot over the outstretched arms of Kansas’ Kevin Young in 2013, and Jordan Poole, legs spread, flailing to the floo...…
…8 — Thursday, November 1, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Eli Brooks looking for increased role this year Eli Brooks’ phone rang, and DeAndre Haynes was on the other end. Haynes, an assistant coach on the Michigan men’s basketball team, called Brooks to give the sophomore guard a little extra boost before the season. “Man, I’m proud of you,” Haynes said. “Just keep doing what you’re doing, keep being a great lead...…
…A new nine-story development, currently engaged in the City Council approval process, may be built on a currently vacant site next to the University of Michigan’s Medical Campus. At its Nov. 20 meeting, the council unanimously approved the zoning necessary for the development, and Catherine Ann Development, the Bloomfield Hills company responsible for the project, will bring its designs to the council on Dec. 18 for...…
…UGH. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Thursday, November 30, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NATHAN GUPTA Busi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 30, 2017 — 3 …
…“I njustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” These words by Martin Luther King Jr. have resonated deeply with me since reading them last semester. The problem now is that, coming from someone not firmly on either side of the political spectrum, I see injustice everywhere. When I went to hear Charles Murray speak, I wanted to be a fly on the wall during the protest, but I was moved to speak when the protester...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 30, 2017 — 5 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerrytown Central Campus, Old West Side, Burns Park. Now Renting for 2018. 734‑649‑8637 | www.arborprops.com FALL 2018 HOUSES # Beds Location Rent 11 1014 Vaughn $7700 9 1015 Packard $6525 6 1016 S. Forest $5400 4 827 Brookwood $3000 4 852 Brookwood $3000 4 1210 Cambridge $3400 Tenants pay all utilities. Show...…
…6 — Thursday, November 30, 2017 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Call to Action 4 Instructors to say ‘no’ to Spencer’s visit Marginalized identity in ‘The Shape of Water’ A home away from home University of Michigan faculty, graduate student instructors, research assistants and staff: We are writing this to request that you to cancel classes Nov. 30 to pressure the administration to refuse to allo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 30, 2017 — 7 Piazza, Cecconi provide leadership for struggling unit The Michigan hockey team departed Yost Ice Arena on Saturday with far more thorns than roses. The Wolverines’ marred defensive performance was composed of too many giveaways, too many goals given up and too few meticulous passes — problems that were only exacerbated by an absent offensive s...…
…8 — Thursday, November 30, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Poor rebounding, defense sinks ‘M’ CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It was a play that the Michigan basketball team has practiced defending hundreds of times. Early in the second half of the Wolverines’ 86-71 loss Wednesday, North Carolina’s Joel Berry II called for a screen at the top of the key. Forward Luke Maye obliged, setting the screen and rolling to the...…
…The Michigan Daily sat down for an interview with University President Mark Schlissel to address several current issues on campus, including a potential visit from Richard Spencer, Central Student Government’s vote for #UMDivest and more. The Michigan Daily: Starting with Richard Spencer — in the Regent’s Meeting called last week, safety seemed like a big topic of discussion, that’s your top priority that you’re stating ...…
…into account. TMD: What kinds of things are you going to specifically, in the negotiations, what kinds of things do you think could contribute to making a more or less safe environment? Schlissel: What the law allows us to consider is the time and the place and the manner of speaking. So for example, it would be very easy for us to say no if Mr. Spencer insisted on speaking on the Diag at 11 in the morning on a class day with ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, November 29, 2017 — 3A communications director for the University’s chapter of College Democrats, said in the past they have been cautious in attaching their name to certain causes to avoid politicization, “opting instead to show up as allies rather than political affiliates.” “In this instance, however, we believe that Spencer and his movement are enough of a political threa...…
…M y most anxious times used to be weekend nights. I remember spending countless Saturday nights staring out my window at the frozen landscape of campus — imagining that all of the lights from dorm rooms, apartments and houses were filled with students laughing, partying and just enjoying the few hours of downtime that college life grants. And ignorantly, I deluded myself into believing that I was the only s...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 5A — Wednesday, November 29, 2017 BLEECKER STREET Silly film starring a schizophrenic Dickens ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ lively & fresh The latest Scrooge story rings in a season of holiday movies “A Christmas Carol” is one of those stories that has been told and told again year after year to the point that it’s hard for any new adaptation to do much more than retread the same mater...…
…6A — Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com INTERSCOPE Mura Masa performed in Detroit the Friday before Thanksgiving Mura Masa’s meticulous magic stuns at Majestic British DJ brought mellowness and majesty to the Detroit venue There’s a fine line between concerts and listening parties. Both involve listening to an artist’s music with a large group of people; you can dance at both, you can sing along...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 29, 2017 changing the script …
…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, November 29, 2017 // The Statement Let’s talk about it: What it means to keep walking statement THE M...…
…3B Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement Soundtracking: Scheduling I t’s the most wonderful time of the year … I’m sitting on my laptop, physically drowning in papers and assignments, when an email notification pops up on my phone — not that I was on my phone instead of doing homework or anything but this is a judgement-free zone so get off my back. I swipe down to check out what all the fuss is about in my inbox. That’s w...…
…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 5B Changing the Script Students of color break barriers in musical theater by Tanya Madhani, Senior MiC Editor W ith the highly-antici- pated opening of “Ham- ilton: An American Musical” in the summer of 2015, it seemed as if Broadway — and theater as a whole — was taking the first step to combat the highly divisive and potent movement ...…
