…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 Koffsky Olivia Stillman Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, December 6, 2017 // The Statement Personal Statement: I don’t know how to write this statement THE MICHIGAN DA...…
…3B Wednesday, December 6, 2017 // The Statement Soundtracking: Sex I know what you’re thinking. What does a column-writing, grandma-sweater- wearing kid who looks like the offspring of Woody Allen in “Annie Hall” and a cold bowl of clam chowder know about sex? Long answer: Not very much, but I have drive and charisma and maybe an OK personality so that should make up for something. Short answer: jack shit. But what I do know is t...…
…Wednesday, December 6, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, December 6, 2017 // The Statement 5B THE SEX SURVEY This year, 1,178 students took The Statement’s annual sex survey. 46.26 percent of respondents identified as male, 52.04 identified as female and 1.36 percent identified as non-binary. Check out the results below. BIRTH CONTROL 60.97 percent of females responded that they use a consistent method of birth control (for sex, acne...…
…A fter being sexually assaulted before college, an LSA freshman who prefers to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of her experience, was not aware of the resources available to her. The sex education class she took in high school hadn’t prepared her. “The experience itself — it’s unlike anything you can really describe. It’s demoralizing. It’s dehumanizing. You feel disgusting,” she said Growing up in a conservativ...…
…Wednesday, December 6, 2017 // The Statement 7B and Relationship Education program, teaches in 51 school districts in Oakland County. SHARE Director Evelyn Van Sloten said her organization offers middle school, high school and in some cases an elementary school program. “The program is a sexual risk avoidance program so that is the emphasis, which is for optimal sexual health, is the way to have the proper mindset in order to en...…
…Wednesday, December 6, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T K I N D L E F E S T On Friday night, the shops of Ann Arbor remained open after the sun went down and the twinkly holiday lights came on. The annual KindleFest Market, or Christkindlmarkt as it is known in Germany, brought together food, holiday deals and Santa for a night of holiday celebrations. Photos by Max Kuang Santa Claus greets Ann Arbor resident L...…
…City Council was rocked again Monday night as residents continued to show resistance against a $146 million development plan on Broadway Street, near the University of Michigan Hospital. It was the culmination of yet another episode in the divisions that have characterized Ann Arbor politics in recent years. Though most council members agree increasing density and housing supply are crucial for th...…
…This fall, the University of Michigan launched an undergraduate public health program for the first time, welcoming its first cohort of 95 upper-level students. University students applied to the program the winter of their sophomore year, and planned to take classes through the School of Public Health throughout their junior and senior years. The program offers two degrees. One, a Bachelor of Arts in communit...…
…LAURA KASISCHKE ALLAN SEAGER COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE a poetry reading from new and selected poems December 5, 4:10 p.m. Rackham Amphitheatre A public lecture and reception For more information call 734.615.6667 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, December 5, 2017 — 3 feature of the recent tax reform bills and has been met with both criticism and praise, from the left and right,...…
…T oday, many people say America is more divided than ever. We see it in our discourse, the slurs thrown at one another, the struggle for moral high ground and even the violence in our streets. When I see this, I lament the lack of interest in nuanced conversation and appreciation for context in every discussion. I welcome and continue to engage with truly different perspectives from my own. Though, when I do try to reach acr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 5, 2017 — 5 COURTESY OF A24 Greta Gerwig talks ‘Lady Bird’ and growing up Greta Gerwig has hit the ground running with her directorial debut in “Lady Bird.” A vaguely autobiographical comedy- drama about teen angst in 2002 Sacramento, Gerwig illustrates a mother-daughter relationship that has already captured several awards, earned a record-shattering 100 perce...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, December 5, 2017 — 7 ‘M’ takes down Detroit Mercy DETROIT — The Michigan women’s basketball team’s game against Detroit Mercy started off in dramatic fashion on Monday night. The Titans drilled four consecutive 3-pointers to take the lead within the first few minutes. Detroit Mercy’s bench carried all the energy in the gym and got louder with every basket as the ...…
…Directed by John Neville-Andrews • Dept. of Theatre & Drama Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM • Dec. 8 & 9 at 8 PM • Dec. 10 at 2 PM • Power Center Reserved Seating $30 & $24 • Students $12 with ID League Ticket Office • 734-764-2538 • tickets.smtd.umich.edu By William Shakespeare 8 —Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2017 Season in Review: Offensive Line One step forward, one step back. That described the state...…
…On an illuminated stage in the auditorium of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the stories of people affected by HIV were presented in forms ranging from dances and slam poetry to statistics and HIV testing site information at the annual HIV Monologues presented by the University of Michigan’s chapters of National Council of Negro Women and the Black Student Union this weekend. LSA senior Margarett McBride, president...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, December 4, 2017 — 3A University. He credits lecturers with enabling his success in higher education, beginning with the classes he first took in 2002 at Henry Ford Community College. “I remember when I first started, I was so nervous,” he said. “I didn’t know what I was doing and I would stay after class, and it was lecturers who would sit down and take time to help me understan...…
…T he internet ruined my life. OK, maybe that was a bit of an overstatement. I’ll issue an amendment: The internet has changed my life for better and for worse. Let’s start with the bad: the countless hours spent on that vapid website known as Facebook, the constant perusal of online articles to fulfill my insatiable appetite for political news and the way I begin and end each day by gluing my eyeballs to my cracked iPhone sc...…
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…6A — Monday, December 4, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com RCA/BYSTORM Miguel makes everything sexy On ‘War & Leisure’ Miguel makes social critique sexy In his latest release, Miguel adds another dimension to his music In 2017 America, there seems to exist very few moments of pure happiness. You could have just aced the exam that had a 56 percent class average, landed your dream job, gotten asked out by that guy / gi...…
…Moving on up With the completion of the Athletics South Competition and Performance Project, often-overlooked Michigan teams now have a home. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B A quick fix? If Ole Miss’ Shea Patterson looks to transfer to Michigan, Jim Harbaugh would have a chance to nab a quarterback that could take Michigan to the next level. » Page 4B Last Wednesday, the Michigan men’s basketball team played its wor...…
…LAURA KASISCHKE ALLAN SEAGER COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE a poetry reading from new and selected poems December 5, 4:10 p.m. Rackham Amphitheatre A public lecture and reception For more information call 734.615.6667 2B — December 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A monumental leap forward L ast Saturday morning, the ribbons were finally cut. After ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday December 4, 2017 — 3B FOOTBALL Michigan picked to face Cocks in Outback Bowl Remember that time Jadeveon Clowney knocked a helmet off Michigan running back Vincent Smith? Play it back a few times in your head, because the Michigan football team has a rematch in the same bowl game this year against the same opponent. Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines are Florida bound — again —...…
…Directed by John Neville-Andrews • Dept. of Theatre & Drama Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM • Dec. 8 & 9 at 8 PM • Dec. 10 at 2 PM • Power Center Reserved Seating $30 & $24 • Students $12 with ID League Ticket Office • 734-764-2538 • tickets.smtd.umich.edu By William Shakespeare 4B — December 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ‘M’ blows out LIU Thirty-three seconds into the game, junior center Hallie Thome ...…
…Live Zero Waste is an online platform that provides resources and tools for those interested in living a waste- free lifestyle, started by LSA senior Samuel McMullen and his older sister, University of Michigan alum Lydia McMullen, in 2016. The Live Zero Waste team has recently grown and is now composed of six students who are working to increase the initiative’s presence online, on campus and in the greater Ann Arbor commun...…
…5/20/09 2:56 PM Loading “Sudoku Syndication” Page 1 of 1 http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 9 5 4 1 4 5 6 6 8 3 6 2 8 4 7 6 8 4 3 8 2 9 7 5 4 7 9 7 6 7 8 3 1 NO BRAINER puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, December 1, 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@mic...…
…Hammoud, D-Dearborn, said students should use this issue as an opportunity to bring strong civil rights leaders to the University to overpower Spencer’s ideas with powerful representatives of racial equality. Ann Arbor City Councilmember Zachary Ackerman, D-Ward 3, echoed this sentiment, stating the community should be focused on positive action rather than constant criticism. “We need to focus on the benefits we can b...…
…T his Thanksgiving, I was upgraded from my perennial seat teetering awkwardly in between the kids’ table and adults’ table; I was given permission to officially enter a more sophisticated environment. Eat your hearts out, younger siblings and cousins. It was not long before I realized that the prospect of a table with candles and a centerpiece had made me too optimistic. The topic discussed in the big leagues this ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, December 1, 2017 — 5 COURTESY OF GROOVE Groove to rock the masses at Michigan Theater show You’re walking out of Mason Hall as you make your way toward Hatcher. You hear rattles and rhythms pounding from the heart of the Diag. These rattles and rhythms express a cohesive unity — a unity of drumming, cheering and meticulous beats. No, it’s not the Michigan Drum L...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, December 1, 2017 — 7 A wake-up call in the heart of college basketball C HAPEL HILL, NC — In Chapel Hill, basketball isn’t so much sport as it is religion. The hardwood floors carry a little more weight. The rafters preach hymns more than they list numbers. The sea of Carolina blue overwhelms. There’s more history in the building than in some museums. Last Sunday’s...…
…8 — Friday, December 1, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Big Ten beckons as Wolverines are looking to rebound It’s the season of giving, and boy could the Big Ten use some luck after this week. The Big Ten/ACC Challenge came and went, and it was an unsightly scene for the former. The Big Ten posted a 2-11 record against its fellow Power Five conference foes, unveiling harsh signs of the down y...…
…Though many of the campaign promises made by the newMich platform were attacked as idealistic by their opposition, the University of Michigan Central Student Government’s administration led by President David Schafer, LSA senior, and Vice President Micah Griggs, LSA senior, has laid considerable groundwork to fulfill some of their directives for the next semester. While many of the body’s directives, like mental health ...…
…SEPARATION ANXIETY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, December 13, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $225 and year ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, December 13, 2016 — 3 of think about Brightmoor from a different perspective,” he said. “Some see it as blight, others see it as an opportunity.” The BMS project as a whole, which began through a donation platform on crowd funding site Patronicity, met its goal of $25,000 on July 10, 2015 and subsequently received an additional $25,000 from the Michigan Economic Development Cor...…
…W ith the arrival of the cold of winter, let us warm ourselves around the raging dumpster fire that is American politics. This holiday season will be the final one of the Obama administration, and with that departure, Americans may be asked to abandon the concept of “facts.” Yes, the millions of Caucasian patriots who heroically elected international steak salesman/host of “The Celebrity Apprentice,” Donald...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 13, 2016 — 5 “For me, it’s glass. I always get cut. TV show I just did – cut. “Tomorrowland” – cut. It’s always getting cut by glass! You’re flying through the air, doing flips and falling down hard and none of that makes any difference and then you lean on the thing and you’re like, ‘what the hell?’ And then you just get cut by glass! That’s the worst injury.” It’s 9:...…
…ENJOY YOUR BREAK! AND READ THE FREE TIME Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “And another thing ... ” 5 Up on the latest info 10 Not yet paid 14 California wine valley 15 Gathered, as autumn leaves 16 Tree fruit 17 Of the poorest quality 19 The “I” in MIT: Abbr. 20 Long stretch 21 Communication syst. for the hearing-impaired 22 Jury __ 23 Southern speech quality 25 Heart exam: Abbr. 28 One of the five...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 13, 2016 — 7 Michigan to face Central Arkansas Unfortunately for the Michigan men’s basketball team, a reprieve from Ann Arbor weather was one of few positives that came from their voyage to Los Angeles, as the Wolverines fell, 102-84, against UCLA at Pauley Pavillion on Saturday. The first half was an encouraging sign for the Wolverines, as ...…
…8 — Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2016 Season Review: Butt tops deep group of tight ends With the Michigan football team’s 2016 regular season in the books, the Daily looks back at the performance of each unit this year and looks ahead to the future in 2017. In this edition: tight ends. At this time a year ago, Michigan tight end Jake Butt announced he would put off the NFL Draft and retu...…
…Political Science Prof. Andrei Markovits launched his new book, “Hillel at Michigan 1926/27-1945: Struggles of Jewish Identity in a Pivotal Era,” at the University of Michigan Hillel Building Sunday, the day before the organization’s 90th anniversary. Markovits, the 2007 recipient of the University Golden Apple Award for outstanding teaching, discussed how he came to research Hillel — a community cente...…
…Approximately 15 University of Michigan students gathered Thursday night in East Quad Residence Hall to participate in a roundtable bipartisan discussion on the importance and limitations of free speech on college campuses. LSA sophomore Carlos Owens facilitated the discussion by asking participants questions relating to free speech — from campus to society as a whole. LSA senior Joshua Strup, president of the Michig...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, December 12, 2016 — 3A years later. He also discussed early tensions between Jewish Greek life and Hillel as well as the contrasting ideologies over how to combat anti-Semitism that existed at the time. “On a snowy day like this, for a book that is relatively specialized and a bit obscure, for them to come out on a day like this, that’s a big deal,” Markovits said of the ...…
…W hile perusing my Facebook feed during a study break earlier this week, I found myself scrolling past New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) face an unusual number of times. With the end of the presidential election and Christie’s replacement as chairman of President- elect Donald Trump’s transition team, the governor had seemingly fallen by the wayside in today’s political news cycle. However, as I scrolled past t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, December 12, 2016 — 5A YOU'RE DOING GREAT AND WE know you can do it. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 On the __: broken 6 Dressed (in) 10 Quail or turkey, e.g. 14 Prefix with economics 15 Impulse 16 “Yeah, sure” 17 Do over 60 in Hawaii, say 18 Upsurge 19 Null and __ 20 Locomotive operators 23 Lao Tzu’s “way” 24 Republican org. 25 Singer for the c...…
…STYLE NOTEBOOK It’s that time of year. If you are not involved in Greek life, you have eyed your Instagram blankly over the past few weeks, wondering where it is all of these well-dressed college girls are going, and why they bothered to go there at all. Sure, you have heard the term “date party,” but it has become yet another empty, college-kid term gathering dust in the back of your brain. Something about girls and boys an...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | December 12, 2016 The end of the road Michigan entered the weekend with hopes of returning to the Final Four, but the Wolverines fell short » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Half credit The Michigan men’s basketball team was tied at 50 with No. 2 UCLA at halftime before losing by 18 in Westwood » Page 4B Things were going swimmingly for the Michigan ice hockey team. After scoring two p...…
…2B — December 12, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A hopeful ride, and the end of the road A fter his team’s first weekend of the 2016 season, Michigan volleyball coach Mark Rosen said he doesn’t like to compare teams from different seasons. There are too many variables: different players, different circumstances, different schedules. But last week, with this season nearing it...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday December 12, 2016 — 3B WRESTLING MEN’S GYMNASTICS Wolverines suffer narrow loss to Minnesota “Disappointing” was the word Michigan coach Joe McFarland repeatedly used to describe his team’s 22-18 loss to Minnesota. Coming off an appearance at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, the Michigan wrestling team headed into Sunday’s dual against the Golden Gophers after the Wolveri...…
…4B — December 12, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Michigan beat then-No. 4 Boston University in front of a raucous crowd. With that win, the Wolverines appeared to be on their way to turning a corner after an uninspiring start. As Michigan enters a short break, it remains unknown whether Saturday’s win will change the course of the season. “I think the core of the team really needs to have a messa...…
