…Katie Wolberg returned to campus after winter break filled with anticipation. As a second- semester LSA freshman, she resolved to explore her developing interest in consulting, excited by the prospect of what joining a firm offered her: a network, a group of friends and a community at the University of Michigan. Despite Katie’s interest in data analytics and consulting, her anticipation quickly turned into disappointment when she w...…
…2 — Friday, February 1, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News ALEC COHEN/Daily We can transition knowledge to students we are traning and they can contribute to the important topic of nuclear nonproliferation and safeguarding. BE HIND TH E STORY Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigand...…
…As Robinson noted, the campaign has a great deal of data at its disposal. According to Robinson, 42 percent of U-M Dearborn and 39 percent of U-M Flint students qualify for the Pell Grant, a federal grant awarded to high-achieving students with financial need, yet none are covered under the Go Blue Guarantee, the University’s offer of free tuition for in-state families with incomes under $65,000, because this is offered only to ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 1, 2019 The left’s folly in Medicare-for-all Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 ...…
…The first two days of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival felt a lot like the first two days of college. I was alone in an intimidating, new environment, surrounded by people I didn’t know, struggling to acclimate to a tight routine and figure out how to get from place to place. As someone in their final semester, I found this change to be especially jarring. But as the days went by, the Sundance experience slowly became less about try...…
…By David Alfred Bywaters ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/01/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/01/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, February 1, 2019 ACROSS 1 They may be scraped off in bars 6 Hamlet’s “A little more than kin, and less than kind,” e.g. 11 Cut short 14 Atlas box 15 Got a lode of 16 Half a pair 17 Up-tempo music lover’s aversion? 20 Tune ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 1, 2019 — 7 The polar vortex already canceled classes for Wednesday and Thursday. Now, it’s postponed tonight’s Michigan women’s basketball game against Iowa. The game will now be played on Friday at noon. The game is set to be an exciting one, with the nation’s leading scorer Megan Gustafson coming to town. The matchup between Gustafson and Wolverine cente...…
…8 — Friday, February 1, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With the Michigan football team’s 2018 regular season in the books, The Daily looks back at the performance of each unit this year and peers ahead to the future in 2019. In this edition: wide receivers. Amid a disappointing 8-5 season in 2017 that was marred by inconsistent play from the quarterback position, Grant Perry led all Michigan wide receivers wit...…
…On Feb. 1, the city of Ann Arbor awarded a $15,000 Sustaining Ann Arbor Together grant to A2 STEAM at Northside Elementary School. The school will use the grant to fund the implementation of a solar curriculum for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to support educational efforts about clean energy and its use. During the 2017-2018 school year, students at A2 STEAM began fundraising for the installation of 60 solar panel...…
…DOWNTOWN DETROIT 2A — Monday, Febrary 4, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News MAX KUANG/Daily Visiting the historic Fox Theatre, located in downtown Detroit, before the Michigan Democratic Party Convention Saturday morning. DESIGN BY VIVIAN HARBER Educator and activist Yavilah McCoy joined Michigan Hillel for a Shabbat dinner on Friday to talk about social activism and the role Judaism plays in activism. The event, ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, February 4, 2018— 3A Photo courtesy of the author Photo courtesy of the author Founded on the mission for Latinx students to reclaim, uplift and properly represent the Latinx community, Latinidad is a new magazine that is forging its ways among the intersection of creative expression and social justice. LSA seniors Jacqueline Delgado and Daniel Lopez developed the v...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, February 4, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 4, 2019 — 5A By Winston Emmons ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/04/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/04/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, February 4, 2019 ACROSS 1 Gather in a pile 6 City transport 9 Assume the role of 14 Dashed in the direction of 15 Fireplace remnants 16 Baseball’s home __ 1...…
…‘The Collected Schizophrenias’ Esmé Weijun Wang Graywolf Press Feb. 5, 2019 6A — Monday, February 4, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com We’ve known for decades now that R. Kelly is an abuser, a child molester and a sexual predator. How has it continued for so long? Megastar R. Kelly has long been revered as the king of R&B, at times being one of the world’s best- selling recording artists. He has millions upon million...…
…SHOOTING STRUGGLES CONTINUE AGAINST IOWA’S ZONE Annie Klus / Daily Design by Jack Silberman INSIDE SPORTSMONDAY See Page 2B afoul ran Foul trouble exposes lack of depth as U-M drops second game of the year The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 4, 2019 SPORTSMONDAY MICH 59 IOWA 74 …
…2B — February 4, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Jon Teske picked up his second foul with 11:42 left in the first half of Michigan’s game against Iowa on Friday. The Hawkeyes were up 12-11 after the ensuing free throws, and that’s when redshirt sophomore center Austin Davis subbed in for the junior center. The Wolverines went on a 6-0 run immediately afterward. If that had been the beginning ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 4, 2019 — 3B Wolverines take down Badgers, 76-70 After its game against Iowa was moved a day back due to weather, the Michigan women’s basketball team had less than 48 hours to prepare for Wisconsin. That proved to be enough time, as the Wolverines (14-9 overall, 5-6 Big Ten) defeated the Badgers (11-12, 2-9), 76-70, Sunday afternoon in Madison despite a slow start. Just o...…
…4B — February 4, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MINNEAPOLIS — Across the first 10 games of the season, Michigan’s power play scored 15 goals. In the ensuing 17 games, the Wolverines tallied just five goals on the man advantage. This weekend against Minnesota, the Michigan hockey team had 12 opportunities on the power play, including three with a two-man advantage. But in the 27 minutes the Wolverines sp...…
…After free-speech watchdog group Speech First filed a lawsuitagainst the University of Michigan last May, the University has restricted the housing staff, such as resident advisors and diversity peer educators, from removing speech from student doors — including hate speech. The lawsuit was filed against the University’s Bias Response Team and accused the school of limiting students’ abilities to express themselves freely. Sin...…
…On Monday, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel announced the creation of the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality. It will provide recommendations and strategies on achieving carbon neutrality and work with members of all three campuses. The group is composed of faculty, students and administrators, as well as local partnerships. According to the mission statement, the commission’s objec...…
…Despite the reluctance to establish PFAS limits, a draft of the EPA chemical plan states PFAS will be listed as a hazardous substance, a move that will make it easier to hold companies accountable for their waste. In January, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, and Dan Kildee, D-Oscoda, introduced legislation to declare PFAS chemicals as hazardous. By listing PFAS as a hazardous chemical, the PFAS ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, February 5, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 5, 2019 — 5 On day four of Sundance, I noticed a pattern in my note- taking. If I enjoyed a movie, I would only write a few details in my journal. If I didn’t enjoy a movie, I would scribble down criticisms like a madman and sometimes doodle during the more cringe-worthy scenes. This dichotomy became no more apparent than when I saw Lulu Wang’s excellent dramedy “The F...…
…By Tyler Lian and Jeff Chen ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/05/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/05/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 ACROSS 1 Ring ref’s decision 4 Hindu division 9 Rig up 14 Hankering 15 Aquaman’s realm 16 “Grey’s Anatomy” staffer 17 Immigrant’s ID 19 Extend the library borrowing term 20 Tries to hit 21 Low singers 22 ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 5, 2019 — 7 Michigan accelerating into 2019 The sport of lacrosse is speeding up, and Michigan is poised to capitalize on new shot- clock regulations as it amps up for the 2019 season. In an attempt to accelerate the pace of the game and facilitate a more exciting, aggressive play strategy, NCAA rulemakers have followed professional lacrosse leagues by implementing an 8...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 5, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Steve Pikiell and the unenviable task of building Rutgers basketball Back in October, when the Big Ten was a mystery and Rutgers’ place in it a foregone conclusion, Steve Pikiell sat at a round table near the edge of a hotel ballroom in Rosemont, Ill., trying and failing to dissuade reputation. The Scarlet Knights, who had won a combined nine conference games...…
…According to new research, the chemical pollutant PFAS — or polyfluorolalkyl substances — can cause different kinds of chemical mutations depending on a person’s race. Sung Kyun Park, associate professor in the School of Public Health, presented this research in a seminar on Tuesday sponsored by the Integrated Health Sciences Core of Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease, or M-LEEaD. PFAS have bee...…
…On Tuesday afternoon, about 20 people gathered in the Osterman Common Room for a faculty panel on neighborhoods and suburbs. Held by the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities as part of the “Humanities and Environments” series, the event featured three University professors, each of whom presented their current research on topics such as poverty, the war on drugs and urban neighborhoods. To begin the event, A...…
… According to Park’s research, white women are more likely to contract PFOA, while Black women report the highest levels of PFOS. Park said PFOS is a broader societal issue that cannot be ameliorated through individual decisions. “My two cents from my studies, we need to better understand the difference between PFOA and PFOS,” Park said. “… PFOS is more related to the environmental contamination, drinking water contami...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor,...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 6, 2019 — 5A Much like seeing a groundhog on Groundhog Day, celebrity sightings at Sundance are often serendipitous. You have to be in the right place at the right time in order to even steal a quick glance, but the most obvious route to take in spotting some movie stars is going to a panel discussion. On day five of the festival, I had the pleasure of watching a lo...…
…LARGE 3 BDRM at 119 E Liberty. Free washer and dryer, central air. Heart of Ann Arbor, 5 min walk to UM. Avail able for fall. $2400. Please contact 734 769 8555 or 734 277 3700. By Jerry Edelstein ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/06/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/06/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 ACROSS 1 Area with pews 5 It’...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 6, 2019 — 7A After two weeks of relief, Mann staying ready for when his number called One goaltender — the starter — leads the team onto the ice. The other — his backup — comes in the middle of the pack, faces half as many shots in warmups and spends the whole game on the bench. While that’s the standard routine for a starting netminder and the backup, the Michigan ho...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “At this time” Chris Evans not with team Junior running back Chris Evans is no longer a member of the Michigan football team. “Chris Evans is not a member of the football team at this time,” said associate athletic director for football communications Dave Ablauf in a statement on Tuesday. Ablauf would not specify the reason for Evans’ dismissal, cit...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 6, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY GRACE CHO l o v e i n c o l o r …
…D ating. A word that is thrown around casually at home in Amer- ica is a word that, if uttered in an Indian household, causes the television’s volume to be lowered, the newspaper to be slowly folded, and the hustle and bus- tle to come to a standstill. In my household, dating is frowned upon to an unnatural extent. Since high school started, if a celebrity couple was brought up when we discussed pop cul- ture, the only reaction would ...…
…Photo Editor Annie Klusendorf Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer Wednesday, February 6, 2019 // The Statement 3B A s a Chinese-American bisex- ual girl, my love and sex life have been a mess from the start. Long before I knew I was also into girls, I was super into boys, and not afraid to be upfront about it. I think I was something of a femi- nist in middle school before I really learned about or knew w...…
…Wednesday, February 6. 2019 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 6, 2019 // The Statement 5B ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE FAN ” NIGHT SHIFT Get to know your lovely contributors: Get to know your lovely contributors: Get to know your lovely contributors: Get to know your lovely contributors: Get to know your lovely contributors: Navigating SELFluv as a POC Navigating SELFluv as a POC Navigating SELFluv as a POC Navigating SELFluv...…
…Wednesday, February 6, 2019// The Statement 6B H ow often do you put yourself down? Talk to yourself in neg- ative way? Tell yourself that you’re not good enough? Really think about how often you do this to yourself. I’ve been there, and I am constantly critical of myself and what I achieve. Key- word: achieve. I measure myself by my successes, and when I fail, I take it as a self-reflection of my whole being — that I’m not good enoug...…
…in class, I fully compensated for on Face- book messenger. As a somewhat shy and awkward kid in middle school, it was quite nerve-racking to talk to girls with- out some sort of third party judgement from my friends or my mother. There- fore, whatever I wanted to say to people of Facebook seemed to be limitless. In fact, whenever I go back and read those messages, I still blush a little bit at my attempts to flirt with girls in the most...…
…Wednesday, February 6, 2019 // The Statement 8B How a relationship (and a break- up) taught me to accept my body “Comparison robs you of joy.” It is an old adage that I shouldn’t have forgotten when I walked away from myself for a boy. As funny and charming as I eventually found my first boyfriend, I wasn’t all that interested in him when we met over din- ner with other interns. The music was too loud to hear even those across the t...…
…During the winter months many students can face the pos- sibility of seasonal affective dis- order, a mood disorder causing depression to occur at the same time every year. While most people experiencing SAD feel the effects from late fall to the end of winter, in a rarer form, people can experience SAD from late spring to early fall. Vicki Hays, senior associate director of the University of Michigan’s Counseling and Psy- chological...…
…GroundCover is joining street papers across the globe, as well as sister papers in Detroit and Tra- verse City, to celebrate Interna- tional Vendor Appreciation Week Feb 3 through 10. The annual celebration commemorates over 9,000 street newspaper vendors worldwide. GroundCover is a local news- paper sold and written by low- income and homeless people in Washtenaw County. GroundCov- er vendors buy newspapers as in- dependent contractor...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, February 7, 2019 — 3A JOURNALISM From Page 1 SAD From Page 1 THREADING From Page 1 Engineering senior Anna Learis agreed, noting she has noticed some of her friends suffering more from actual clinical depression during the winter, while some may just be feeling more down. Learis is the co-founder and editor in chief of Mental- ity Magazine, which aims to increase discussion abo...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, February 7, 2019 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. ...…
…LARGE 3 BDRM at 119 E Liberty. Free washer and dryer, central air. Heart of Ann Arbor, 5 min walk to UM. Avail able for fall. $2400. Please contact 734 769 8555 or 734 277 3700. WORK ON MACKINAC Island This Summer – Make lifelong friends. The Island House Hotel and Ryba’s Fudge Shops are seeking help in all areas: Front Desk, Bell Staff, Wait Staff, Sales Clerks, Kitchen, Baris‑ tas. Dorm Housing, bonus, and discounted meals. (90...…
…6A — Thursday, February 7, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Despite being undrafted, Slaker seeks out NHL path in future The path from college to the National Hockey League can take many forms. Some skaters are highly- touted prospects from their teenage years, become early- round draft picks and see success at the collegiate and professional levels. Those transitions from one level to the next are seamless — thi...…
…DESIGN BY SHERRY CHEN thursday, february 7, 2019 …
…Many popular movie directors got their start in horror films: J.J. Abrams, Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron to name a few. In the film industry, horror is where many directors and producers begin to make a name for themselves. The same can be said for hip hop, as underground rappers debuted in the eerie, little-known subgenre that is horrorcore. Marked by harsh, aggressive beats and over-the-top depictions of taboo subjects, h...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 7, 2019 — 3B If you look at a white grid over a black background, you will see grey splotches at the intersections of the grid. You’ll find, however, that the second you try to examine closer and focus your gaze upon a particular dot, it vanishes. Those shapes never really existed, but you saw them, didn’t you? The binary concept of real vs. unreal fails to explain...…
