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December 05, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 41) • Page Image 10

…Each year, the quality of content released to the public from the entertainment industry hits new highs and lows. With every sequel and prequel released, I sink further into doubt that Hollywood can surprise us anymore. After all, what can shake audiences to their core the way that “Arrival of a Train” did? Or the “firsts” of every genre? Thankfully, something always comes along that proves me wrong, and after all these years that Holl...…

December 05, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 41) • Page Image 11

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, December 5, 2019 — 5B B-SIDE: TV/FILM CROSSOVER Comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler began their night as hosts of the 2015 Golden Globes with a joke that would define popular media in the 2010s: “Only at the Golden Globes do the beautiful people of film rub shoulders with the rat-faced people of television.” This line, while intended to poke fun at the persistent belief that film i...…

December 05, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 41) • Page Image 12

…6B — Thursday, December 5, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com While there’s no cut-and-dry definition of the best film of the decade, some measures are better than others. For me, a decade- defining movie must be more than technically, critically or commercially successful. Many films from the 2010s met all of these criteria, all competent, some more memorable than others. After all, even the most holistic and unambiguous ap...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 4, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM About 200 community members and students attended the Let’s End Sexual Assault Summit on Tuesday at Eastern Michigan University which featured a keynote speech by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. In its second year, the event included a full day of discussions, panels and break-out sessions on how to ad...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 2

…Ann Arbor City Council representatives discussed a potential decision to transport the city’s recyclables to Lansing as opposed to redeveloping the city’s materials recovery facility at their meeting Monday night. Ann Arbor hasn’t had an operational MRF since 2016, when the facility was shut down due to safety concerns that emerged from overuse. In the interim, the city has been sending local recyclables 250 miles away t...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, December 4, 2019 — 3A When asked whether it was the actions of the Trump administration or the actions of previous administrations that had more impact on the current relationship, Shirk said that the administrations of former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George Bush have caused current tensions between China and the United States. Shirk furthered her ...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 4

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily....…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, December 4, 2019 — 5 The world that the final season of “The Man in the High Castle” is being released into is a very different place than when first commissioned by Amazon Prime Studios back in 2015. Now, in 2019, the show has lost some of its early praise and is no longer Amazon’s most-watched original series. Most simply put, the series is based on Philip...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 6

…6A — Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Jeff Eddings ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/04/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 12/04/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 ACROSS 1 Retina 5K computer 5 Pet collar clip-on 10 Theme park with a geodesic dome 15 Bite 16 Bête __ 17 Place to get clean 18 Medicat...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 8

…Wednesday, December 4, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Associate Editor Eli Rallo Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Silas Lee Emily Stillman Photo Editor Danyel Tharakan Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | DECEMBER 4, 2019 O n a Thursday afternoon, I sit in the Cr...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 9

…I n September of this semester, I made one of, if not the most, significant purchases of my 21 years to date: a houseplant. But this purchase wasn’t just your standard, run-of- the-mill desktop succulent (though don’t get me wrong, I have one of those too). This was a glorious fern, with slender green branches overflowing from her pot and smelling of earth and living things; carefully selected from her almost-but-not-quite as equally fo...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 10

…T he University of Michigan had a total enrollment of 48,090 students in fall 2019, but apart from people flooding Ingalls Mall during Festifall or joining the crowd walking toward the Big House on game day, there has seldom been a moment I’ve felt the weight of how huge the University actually is. People are constantly bustling through the Diag, earbuds in, laughing with friends or climbing up the steps to Hatcher. However, I’ve never...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 11

…I like pristine things. Here’s my ironclad logic: If it’s new, it’s going to be more durable. The pristine condition seems like a guaran- tee of quality. The moment when I peel off the screen protector of my brand- new phone is a defining point when I can start calling myself the owner of a quality product. A shiny new, unused object speaks to me, “I’m yours now!” I’m protective of new things, espe- cially new books. I would turn eac...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 12

…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, December 4, 2019 // The Statement 7B V iolence in Chile is an idea that I tie closely to my parent’s generation. Sept. 11, 1973 — a day that echoes in the history of Chile. Sept. 11 was the date of the mili- tary coup that would redefine Chilean politics, economics, and by extension, society. The coup brought on a com- plete overhaul of the health care sys- tem (loosely based o...…

December 04, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 13

…VISUAL STATEMENT: CONCEALED HEALING BY JULIA SCHACHINGER I MET WITH DIFFERENT WOMEN AND DISCUSSED THE HARDSHIPS THAT THEY HIDE FROM THE WORLD, AND PHYSICALLY EMULAT- ED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HEALING PROCESSES, SYMBOLIZED THROUGH ELEMENTS IN NATURE. I PHYSICALLY MANIPULATED THEIR PORTRAITS BY EMBROIDERING ONTO PRINTS OF THEIR PORTRAITS, AND THROUGH THE STITCHING PROCESS, I FELT AS IF I WAS HEALING ALONG WITH THEM. CARLY EMILY L...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 1

…Current faculty member Emily Lawsin and former faculty member Scott Kurashige filed a discrimination lawsuit in 2016 against the University of Michigan under the Elliott- Larsen Civil Rights Act. Their trial began yesterday at 9 a.m. at the Washtenaw County Court and it is scheduled to continue until December 23. Kurashige and Lawsin are seeking more than $25,000 in damages to compensate for emotional distress, loss of ...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 2

…The University of Michigan’s plan for its Detroit Center for Innovation, announced in October, has generated mixed responses from the campus community, with some students creating a petition condemning the center as a sign of gentrification. The Daily spoke with several Detroit residents about their views on the Center.. The Center for Innovation will be built on the site formerly set aside for the construction of the...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 3

…The University aims to reduce scope one and scope two carbon emissions to 25 percent below 2006 levels by 2025. According to the report, the Commission is entering the second phase of its work, which will center around compiling the findings of the internal and external teams and presenting recommendations to the commission for decarbonizing the campus. This phase will continue into the spring of 2020, with the third and final phas...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 4

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Grace Hermann Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 3, 2019 — 5 This past semester I was in English 425, an advanced essay writing course focused on immersion writing. Throughout the course we’ve focused on personal essay writing and immersing ourselves into a wider story covering a pertinent or engaging topic. For my first assignment I wrote a personal investigative essay about the life of my father’s mother, Gail Grober. ...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 6

…6 — Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Martin Scoresese is no stranger to messy, twisted characters. He has a tendency to paint these characters with a sharp, but humanizing brush. This quality is what gives his films like “Goodfellas” and “Taxi Driver” (among others) their uniquely hazy morality. His stories are compelling not despite their darkness, but because of it. The director’s latest release,...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, December 3, 2019 — 7 Michigan learning how to bend but not break Kris Mayotte’s favorite saying is ‘Bend, but don’t break.’ It’s been parroted around the halls of Yost Ice Arena enough times this season that every time someone says something to that effect, everyone knows where it came from. But the Michigan hockey team has largely struggled to fulfill what its assistant coach ...…

December 03, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 8

…SUPPORT WHAT YOU ABOUT U-M. JOIN OVER 160 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND TEAMS ON GIVING BLUEDAY, AND SUPPORT WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT U-M! #givingblueday | givingblueday.org SPREAD THE WORD by telling your friends and sharing the news on social media. INCREASE YOUR IMPACT through matching funds* and other giving opportunities during Giving Blueday. THANK SUPPORTERS via social media for their support and Giving Blueday gift. F or the Michiga...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 1

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, December 2, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM No answers Ohio State crushes Michigan, 56-27, handing Jim Harbaugh his fifth-straight loss in the rivalry. » Page 1B Hundreds of people lined the blocks outside local marijuana dispensaries early Sunday morning as Ann Arbor businesses Exclusive Brands, Arbors Wellness and Greenstone Provisions opened sales o...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 2

…2A — Monday, December 2, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 6/17/09 10:57 AM 3 7 2 8 1 5 4 1 6 8 7 7 2 7 6 1 9 5 7 2 6 3 3 9 7 6 1 4 1 6 5 BAD TIMING puzzle by sudokusyndication.com DESIGN BY TAYLOR ...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 3

…Best, Devak Nanua The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, December 2, 2019 — 3A Behind the leaderless revolution Dear Hasan, Arabic food... but make it vegan White-washed ELIZABETH HO MiC Columnist I don’t like the term “white- washed” as it is applied to people of color. Sure, we can say that Hollywood is white-washed — PoC stories and characters are fr...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 4

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, December 2, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Grace Hermann Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, December 2, 2019 — 5A Big industry is broken. We all know that, and anyone that doesn’t is either a brainwashed minion for “the man” or not on social media, because exposing big industry is all anyone ever does these days. Although this trend is justified, it has begun to grow repetitive in the echo chamber that is social media. The four-episode Netflix series “Broken” takes on the exac...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 6

…By Adam Vincent ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/02/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 12/02/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, December 2, 2019 ACROSS 1 Peruvian home 5 German philosopher who wrote “The Phenomenology of Spirit” 10 Microsoft Surface competitor 14 Chopped down 15 Amazon assistant 16 Italia’s capital 17 Imperfection 18 *Lucrative business 20 ...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 7

…Alec Cohen & Alexis Rankin / Daily Design by Jack Silberman FOR JIM HARBAUGH, THE QUESTIONS ARE THE INSULTS Monday, December 2, 2019 | michigandaily.com As the seconds continued to churn off the second-half clock Saturday, a sea of red began to funnel down the rows of Michigan Stadium. Chants of O-H-I-O from the traveling fan base rained down, and the locals filed for the exits. The scoreboard was lopsided, and it would only gr...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 8

…2B — Monday, December 2, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com W hen it all ended, when the blowout was codified and the Michigan football team was taking a never-ending walk up the tunnel, Ohio State ran to the nearest end zone. They linked arms and swayed, the band giving the music, a sea of fans clad in red — the only ones still left in Michigan Stadium — supplying the vocals to “Carmen Ohio.” It all...…

December 02, 2019 (vol. 129, iss. 38) • Page Image 10

…4B — December 2, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday SUPPORT WHAT YOU ABOUT U-M. JOIN OVER 160 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND TEAMS ON GIVING BLUEDAY, AND SUPPORT WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT U-M! #givingblueday | givingblueday.org SPREAD THE WORD by telling your friends and sharing the news on social media. INCREASE YOUR IMPACT through matching funds* and other giving opportunities during Giving Blueday. THANK SUPPORTERS via...…

December 11, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 48) • Page Image 1

…Evelyn Alsultany, admired professor, author, advocate, mentor and administrator, will be leaving the roles she has held at the University of Michigan for over 14 years for a new opportunity at the University of Southern California in just a few days. Alsultany has played a prominent role on campus since her days as a student in the 1990s. Alsultany attended the University as an undergrad, attended Stanford Univ...…

December 11, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 48) • Page Image 2

…by Islamophobia and Islamophobic incidents on campus. Alsultany is also known for her book “Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11,” published in 2012, and for her work co-editing “Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging” and “Between the Middle East and the Americas: The Cultural Politics of Diaspora.” At an event celebrating the scholarship of Alsultany last Thursday, ...…

December 11, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 48) • Page Image 3

…leaders, including the incoming majority in the City Council, have rallied against this development and pushed for the passage of Prop A. Councilmembers Jack Eaton, D-Ward 4, and Anne Bannister, D-Ward 1, both advocated for Prop A. Bannister, who had filed a separate lawsuit against the city regarding the sale of the Library Lot, said the Core Spaces development is a luxury development when the city needs more afford...…

December 11, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 48) • Page Image 4

…A ctivism, no matter the issue at stake, entails sacrificing resources and effort in pursuit of some larger cause. This stands in stark contrast to ignorance, and an outlook that is of self-centered attainment. By 1968, resistance of the New Left had reached its peak, and change on a massive scale seemed probable. Protests on a seemingly unprecedented scale had swept the traditional world powers — America and Europe. Traditional n...…

December 11, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 48) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 11, 2018 — 5 At the very least, “Bad Blood” lives up to its name: It’s bad and there’s blood. Other than that, there isn’t much nice to say about the stale six-episode mafia docudrama making its international debut on Netflix after a premiere on Canada’s Citytv last year. It’s limply acted, turgidly written and plotted in such a way that the season feels much, much long...…

December 11, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 48) • Page Image 6

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, December 11, 2018 — 7 Storr battles through adversity To say that redshirt sophomore Kanen Storr has dealt with adversity over the past year would come as no surprise to anyone familiar with his situation. And during Sunday’s 32-7 win over Indiana (2-3 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) for the Michigan wrestling team (3-0, 1-0), the story was much the same, as No. 8 Storr battled throug...…

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…8 — Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Jon Teske growing at center spot When Frank Martin got to Crisler Center for South Carolina’s practice on Friday, he saw junior guard Zavier Simpson and pulled him aside. “Listen, I was watching the film from two years ago,” the Gamecocks’ coach recalled saying. “You and (Jon Teske) were like two kids. … Now, I’m watching you guys play. You guys are l...…

December 10, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 47) • Page Image 1

…At the intersection of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street, where the University of Michigan’s iconic painted Rock resides, residents have reported many dangerous car accidents that put drivers and pedestrians at risk. Michigan Traffic Crash Facts, a tool developed by the University, compiles queries of accident information across the state of Michigan. According to MTCF, there were 245 crashes within 150 feet of the inte...…

December 10, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 47) • Page Image 2

…neuroscience,” Booth said in a university press release. LSA senior Camille Phaneuf, co-president of the Neuroscience Student Association, chose her major because much about the brain is yet to be uncovered, and is excited about the new program. “I decided to study neuroscience because the brain is a gelatinous blob that semi- floats between our ears, yet it somehow manages to control our every thought, action...…

December 10, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 47) • Page Image 3

…Hello! In a staggering demonstration of self-flagellation, I wanted to go over my college essay I used to apply to the University of Michigan. Maybe this could be a nice send off for myself. Before we start — who was 17-year-old Nisa Khan? She was an insecure thing — not much different from the soon-to-be college graduate (Inshallah!!) she is now — but she was a little sad. I will not dive so deeply as to why — I am not ...…

December 10, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 47) • Page Image 4

…W hat began as a debate over the dinner table at the Mosher-Jordan Dining Hall festered into the ominous realization that we are all unsuspecting advocates for a consumerist society. Well, not necessarily all, but most of us. As we ate dinner with each other on a busy, work- filled Sunday, my friends and I found ourselves engaged in an intense discussion over a rather odd controversy: green grass. A friend of mine had ...…

December 10, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 47) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, December 10, 2018 — 5A AVAILABLE FALL 2019 905 Church St (near Hill St). Newly re modeled three bedroom apartment with Granite, SS appliances, and hardwood floors. Parking and laun‑ dry available. Free Heat. $2395/mos. keysmanagement.net STORAGE FOR STUDENTS studying abroad. Indoor, clean, safe, closest to campus. AnnArborStorage. com or (734)‑663‑0690. By Frank Virzi ©2018 Tribune...…

December 10, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 47) • Page Image 6

…There were two stages set up at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Dec. 5 for Travis Scott’s “Wish You Were Here” Tour — one main stage in the front and one side stage, unimposing even with the yawning “O” of the carousel roller coaster that had been built on top of it, in the back. The fellow Daily Arts Writer who was also attending the show knew that Travis was going to perform the first few songs of the show on the back stag...…

December 10, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 47) • Page Image 7

…Alec Cohen / Daily SPORTSMONDAY Beilein gives back John Beilein helped one of his former players get back to health and gain confidence, as the player eventually won an NBA Championship as an executive with the Cavaliers. » Page 4B Tired narratives Jim Harbaugh once again faced rumors that he was leaving for the NFL, and once again, he disspelled those rumors vehemently. » Page 2B Design by Jack Silberman The Michigan Daily ...…

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…2B — December 10, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Another round of Harbaugh rumors M y grandfather called me last week. I’ll preface this by saying that my grandpa is not your typi- cal hot-take sports fan. I respect his opinions on sports as much as anybody I know. So in this case, I think he was probably just checking in and had a topic in mind he thought would make me laugh or at least give us som...…

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