…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: Dancing in color I always feel as though I was given a second chance. I was born in Guatemala City to a homeless mother who never had the opportunity to go to school. She signed my adoption papers with her thumb print because she couldn’t write her name. She told the social worker her one wish for me was a good education. As I write this article I think about ...…
…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Someone in the crowd by Micky Esteban, SMTD junior I grew up in a small town in Connecticut where it was impossible for me to get lost. In a place where 95.7 percent of the population is Caucasian, an Asian stands out in a crowd. My school, my dance studio, my friends all reflected that demographic. As a result, I was my differences. My black hair, my dark ski...…
…Wednesday, November 29, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T T H A N K S G I V I N G The Michigan Daily photo staff share photos from their Thanksgivings, featuring traditions, family and memories. Photos by Michigan Daily Photo Staff The annual appearance of my grandma’s blue turkey plates is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving. (Alexis Rankin/Daily) As soon as my family wakes up on Thanksgiving we start cooki...…
…When Rackham student Surojit Sural, Ph.D. candidate in molecular and integrative physiology, was deciding on leaving his home country of India for Japanese or American doctorate programs, he chose the University of Michigan for what he said was its prestige, location and financial support. His peers were accepted to high-ranking European universities, but also chose American schools due to their financial...…
…While football fans streamed into Michigan Stadium on Saturday morning, Brian Ellison, a Libertarian running for U.S. Senate, held up a sign that read “say no to oral,” written in permanent marker. Along with a half dozen others at the corner of South Main Street and East Stadium Boulevard, Ellison, a resident of Royal Oak, protested the Preliminary Oral Fluid Analysis pilot program recently launched by the Michigan Sta...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, November 27, 2017 — 3A speakers around the world. After Spanish, it’s the most spoken romance language and it has more speakers than all the others, French, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, all of them, except Spanish, combined. So that’s how big it is. It’s huge and yet … (Portuguese has) struggled to get (a program) because people don’t see the relevance of it. Even though the nu...…
…I n four years here, I have never really played the role of outspoken critic as it pertains to University administration. That is, though I may have strongly disagreed with any number of decisions made by University President Mark Schlissel and the Board of Regents, I never truly questioned the fact that they were responsible, thoughtful public servants who had the best interests of the University communit...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 27, 2017 — 5A NETFLIX The 1986 film hits the small screen of Netflix. Lee revamps for TV his hit ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ The director’s 1986 debut recieves a refreshing makeover Love yourself, even if society doesn’t want you to. That seems to be one of the many underlying messages of “She’s Gotta Have It,” the refreshing television adaptation of Spike Lee’s (“Oldboy”) ...…
…6A —Monday, November 27, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BIG MACHINE What happened, Tay?? Who is to blame for Swift’s latest album ‘reputation’? The new album is a digression from the Taylor we knew & loved When I turned 16, my friend gave me a copy of Taylor Swift’s then newest album, Red, to accompany me in my newfound freedom behind the wheel. Much of the record soundtracked my late night drives spe...…
…Dealt a bad hand In Saturday’s loss, Ohio State did what Michigan has tried to do all year: win with its backup quarterback. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B New chapter Wilton Speight announced Sunday afternoon, through Instagram, that he will be transfering from Michigan for the 2018 season. » Page 4B It was all there for the taking. With 2:47 left in the fourth quarter, Michigan needed 77 yards. 77 yards to beat a tea...…
…2B — Monday, November 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A stacked deck T he play was routine. With just over six minutes remaining in the third quarter, J.T. Barrett scrambled for 10 yards on 2nd-and-11. Fifth-year senior linebacker Mike McCray brought Barrett down by his legs. Barrett stood up, then grabbed at his right knee and went back to the turf. The trainers came ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, November 27, 2017 — 3B Reality check T he sobering reality was clear well before Ohio State scored just prior to the final horn to cap off a brutal weekend for the Michigan hockey team. This reality was especially sobering because it was a new one. For two straight nights, the Wolverines had been dominated in every facet of the game and run off their home ice. Th...…
…4B — Monday, November 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Chase Winovich reached out at the air, grabbing at something that wasn’t quite concrete and had already passed him by. He spoke in platitudes of just how close the Wolverines were to finally beating Ohio State. Except this time, they weren’t really platitudes at all. Michigan really could touch victory, and actually could taste it. But in the end, ...…
…University of Michigan Central Student Government President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, signed the assembly’s resolution AR 7-019 that calls for the University to investigate possible divestment from companies that violate Palestinian human rights. In a secret ballot vote last Wednesday morningat CSG’s meeting, the #UMDivest movement passed for the first time on the University’s Ann Arbor campus with 23 votes in favor...…
…percent Asian population. Helmkamp said he also believes that with schools such as the University of Michigan, UW and even the University of California, Berkeley — which have large student populations and differences in diversity across the student body — there are efforts to bring a lot of communities together; he noted though he expects attempts to build community, there are also case-by-case scenarios that need to be c...…
…5.6 percent is Hispanic or Latino, 5.4 percent is Asian, and 66.3 percent is white. According to the 2016 U.S. Census Bureau, the state of Indiana has a 9.7 percent Black or African American population, a 6.8 percent Hispanic or Latino population, a 2.2 percent Asian population and a 79.6 percent white population. Additionally, though Trump won the state of Indiana in the 2016 election, 59.3 percent of voters in Monroe County, wh...…
…Particularly troubling for students, the GOP tax bill greatly undervalues education. For one, student loan repayment will no longer be tax deductible. Currently, 44 million borrowers owe $1.3 trillion in student loan debt in the U.S. As such, this legislation would make a college education much more unaffordable for the average American. Graduate education takes a much bigger hit. Under the Section 117 (d)(5) of the...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 22, 2017 — 5A RCA/SONY Two years ago he told us that Buffalo revived his career and that’s the most that city’s done ‘Oblivion’ is the comeback none of us asked T-Pain for The new release finds T-Pain trying, failing to reinvent himself Louis Menand, a staff writer for the New Yorker, postulated “The Iron Law of Stardom,” which states that a star can only coincide wit...…
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…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 22, 2017 A home, not a house A look at Ann Arbor’s historic co-ops …
…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 22, 2017 // The Statement Copy that: What’s in a name? statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMB...…
…3B Wednesday, November 22, 2017 // The Statement Empath in the wild: Graduating R ecently, a panicky feeling has been lingering in the back of my mind. I’m entering the last semester of my undergraduate education, and I don’t know what I want to do when that’s over. I, at the very least, know what city I want to be in, but I don’t have housing secured and I don’t have a job secured. I’ve become disenchanted with my major, Engli...…
…Wednesday, November 22, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, November 22, 2017 // The Statement 5B A home, not a house A look at Ann Arbor’s historic co-ops by Lara Moehlman, Managing Statement Editor H ot air wafts from the oven in the kitchen of Linder Cooperative House, which looks semi-industrial with steel gray appliances. A hooded stove and two picnic benches tucked under a wood- en table back into the far right corner of a ch...…
…Wednesday, November 22, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: No more pretzels “ Why even drink coffee if you’re gonna just have decaf?” I could probably buy my own coffee shop with the number of times someone has asked me. “I like the taste but I don’t want to get addicted and then start to need the caffeine,” I would reply. Then it’d start a discussion about how they don’t taste the same. (Sorry, guys, even after having ...…
…Wednesday, November 22, 2017 // The Statement 7B The picture stays in the kid: Lives I didn’t quite live by Daniel Hensel, Daily Film Editor I was never much of a teenager. It’s not as if I wasn’t a student; it was that I was absent so much — literally away from Northbrook, at debate tournaments once or twice a month, over the weekends — that I never felt as if I was really a member of my community. After all, when yo...…
…Wednesday, November 21, 2017 // The Statement 8B Students study at Mighty Good Coffee on South University Avenue. Students share one of the many communal tables at Starbucks on South University Avenue. The Roasting Plant has become a popular student study spot since opening early this fall. Baristas put pastries on display at Lab on East Liberty Street. The interior of Mighty Good Coffee on South University Avenue. Students review cours...…
…NOVEMBER 25, 2017: OHIO STATE EVAN AARON / DAILY …
…FootballSaturday, November 25, 2017 2C 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 No. 2 Penn State (+6.5) at No. 6 Ohio State Alabama Auburn Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 3 Georgia (-14) at Florida Miami Pittsburgh Miami Miami Miami No.4 TCU (-6.5) at No. 25 Iowa State Clemson Clemson South Ca...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Furbush different from most players Noah Furbush understands this rivalry better than most. After all, he’s been on both sides. A native of Kenton, Ohio, the redshirt junior linebacker has three family members who attended Ohio State. Naturally, a young Furbush grew up cheering for the Buckeyes. Then the dominoes began falling. His older brother attended the University of Mic...…
…Chase Winovich doesn’t forget things easily. He still remembers the Ohio State fan who “shot the double bird” at him last year. He still remembers his omission from the Under Armour All-America Game. He still remembers the scout team, the position change and every other slight, in part, because all of that has made him who he is. Perhaps it’s those recollections that draw his teammates to say the redshirt junior has a few...…
…done.” That wouldn’t be the last time Winovich willed something into being. *** When Matt Thompson first met Chase Winovich, Nick Volk had a prediction for him. “The day I met Chase,” Thompson recalls, “(Volk) said that Chase was gonna be an All-American one day.” Winovich came to Ann Arbor to play SAM in Brady Hoke’s defensive scheme, was asked to play tight end upon Jim Harbaugh’s arrival, hurt his PCL in the ens...…
…FootballSaturday, November 25, 2017 6 Launius said. “(He asked) a lot of questions about the mobility of the movement that a beginner student wouldn’t even have the conception of asking.” Having taught at the studio for the past 10 years, Launius never once saw a football player walk through its doors. But as she put it, teaching Winovich was “a treat.” Though they joked about it, there was never a recital in the cards for Mi...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com For in-game updates Follow @Kevin_M_Santo, @tedjanes7, @orion_sang and @betelhem_ashame on Twitter during Saturday’s game. What to Watch For: No. 8 Ohio State It may only be one game, but its implications are anything but ordinary. And it isn’t just because it’s ‘The Game.’ A Big Ten championship berth may not be on the line, but for the Michigan football team (5-3 Big Ten, 8-3 overall)...…
…FootballSaturday, November 25, 2017 8 It’s that one week of the year that Michigan fans look forward to most, even if it’s the one week of the last five years they’ve tried most to forget. The Michigan football team (5-3 Big Ten, 8-3 overall) meets No. 8 Ohio State (7-1, 9-2) for the rivalry’s 114th game this Saturday in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines have a season to salvage, and the Buckeyes have hopes for the College Football P...…
…After continued resistance from Ann Arbor residents, as well as several council members, City Council moved to once again postpone a decision on downtown developments. Many residents came to argue against several zoning changes on Broadway Street, seeking to defend the beauty and history of their town, and arguing for commercial rather than residential developments. With a zoning change, residents feared a high-ris...…
…Ann Arbor’s deer cull is coming back, and it could bring widespread park closures around the city. The deer cull has been a hotly debated topic among residents since City Council approved the procedure in August 2015. The proposal that passed outlined a four-year plan for deer management and the exploration of a deer fertility control program. “The directive from Council arose as a result of numerous resident r...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, November 21, 2017— 3 council members. Jack Eaton, D-Ward 4, and Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2, argued against the postponement and the project itself, saying the only reason to postpone would be to avoid the controversy, not for the developers to make any changes to their plans. “It’s the wrong direction for the opportunity that we have here as stewards of the future of our city,” A...…
…I n the past several days, my 92-year-old grandmother’s health has starkly declined, and she is currently in the hospital. The consensus among my family, based on what doctors have told us, as well as my grandmother’s chosen course of action, is that she is going to die soon. My grandma — my father’s mother, whom I call Bubba — is the only grandparent I’ve ever gotten to know. My mother’s parents were both gon...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 21, 2017 — 5 MONKEY PUZZLE MUSIC Sia did the thing every pop star does and made a Christmas album ‘Everyday Is Christmas’ is not Sia at her jolliest She sings about puppies & sings about snow but there’s no real cheer As an enthusiast of decked out halls, poinsettias and heavily ornamented pine trees, I’d assumed that Sia’s Everyday Is Christmas would be the perfect a...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, November 21, 2017 — 7 Wolverines force mistakes, ride them to upset There were nothing but smiles on the faces of the Michigan volleyball team’s players as they honored senior middle blocker and outside hitters Claire Kieffer-Wright, Katherine Mahlke and Adeja Lambert on their senior night. Ending a nearly eight-year drought against Purdue, the Wolverines (9-9 Bi...…
…8 — Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Katelynn Flaherty sets scoring record Every day after the Michigan women’s basketball team finishes practice, Katelynn Flaherty stays on the court and takes 1,000 extra shots. “I’m like, ‘Katelynn, we just had a three-hour practice,’ ” said junior center Hallie Thome at the team’s Media Day. “But no, it’s Katelynn. I mean, it sp...…
…Featuring visual art, poetry and performances from University of Michigan students and organizations about the experiences of immigrant and first-generation students at the University, the Shift Talent Showcase drew a crowd of 100 students, faculty and Ann Arbor community members to the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union Thursday night. Hosted by University organizations Redefine, Call for Humanity, the Iraqi Stu...…
…2 — Friday, November 17, 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 Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 na...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, November 17, 2017 — 3 DANYEL THARAKAN/Daily Olivia Golden, former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Children and Families presents on issues of poverty at the Ford School Thursday. POLICY PRESE NTATION with original content from a variety of fields. “We hope that anyone we’re choosing is doing things that are more pushing the barrier than things t...…
…News of the ban would have been better received if the Interfraternity Council issued a direct statement to the public on what led it to take this action. The IFC’s statement to the press merely states its members were not living up to IFC’s standards. That’s putting it mildly if the lines crossed, in fact, endangered three students’ lives. The emails The Daily obtained reveal IFC officials encouraged members to vote for the...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 17, 2017 — 5 At some point over the past few months, I tweeted something about being supremely uninterested in any feminist discourse surrounding Disney princesses until there was one with the personality of Jessica Jones. This was probably partly because I had fallen down a rabbit hole of reading angry blog posts about Disney princesses while reading...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, November 17, 2017 — 7 Behind Enemy Lines: Wisconsin’s Fumagalli Jake Butt was the Big Ten’s tight end to watch last year. Michigan will face his successor this weekend in Troy Fumagalli. Fumagalli, a senior for No. 5 Wisconsin, finished second in the conference in receiving yards last year. He’s in first place through 10 games this season, having tallied 33 catches f...…
…8 — Friday, November 17, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines look to stay on a roll Senior forward Tony Calderone fired a shot last Friday night that found the back of the net and fans leaped out of their seats in a deafening uproar of cheers and applause. The Wolverines would go on to notch their first win against a top-10 team in the nation. They won’t hear those cheers this weekend. The No. 17 Mich...…
