…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 1, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 62 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A S P O R T S M O N DAY. . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Adam Coon win...…
…2A — Monday, February 1, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2-News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan men’s basketball and hockey teams both beat Penn State at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. >> SEE SPORTS on 1B 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Film screening WHAT: University Professor Silvia Pedraza will host a screening and discussion of “War and Peace,” a film on the Latino struggle for civil rights ...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, February 1, 2016 — 3A Ginsberg Center announces effort to up involvement Mary Jo Callan, director of the Ginsberg Center on campus, is spearheading an outreach initiative to increase community involvement in giving back to others, according to a press release. The center was founded about 20 years ago to facilitate student engagement in learning service experiences. Now...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 1, 2016 — 5A ACROSS 1 Get cheeky with 5 __ and whistles: enhancements 10 Vile Nile snakes 14 Harbinger 15 Chinese or Japanese 16 Great, in ’90s slang 17 Salon request for prom night 18 “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!” poet 19 When doubled, American Samoa’s capital 20 *Football player using a tee 23 GOP member 24 Woman of la casa 25 Wipe clean 27 __ Dakota 30 Moves furtively 33...…
…I love the arts for a lot of reasons, but I mostly love seeing myself. For me, art allows innumerable points of entrance and reference, a million spots to get attached and relate things to myself or my life. Self- ish young millennial that I am, I love appro- priating other artists’ nar- ratives into something that serves me. When I watch something funny or weird or dramatic, I don’t just take it for what it...…
…SportsMonday NO PRESSURE n With little margin for error, Michigan seeks a national championship. SportsMonday Column, Page 2B THE NEW BOSS n Warde Manuel was introduced as Michigan’s new athletic director on Friday. Page 2B B y rk Michigan 79, Penn State 72 blue The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 1, 2016 N EW YORK — Frank Sinatra said if you can make it in New York, you could make it anywhere. In 2013, the ...…
…2B — February 1, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Cornhuskers top ‘M’ in upset win By AVI SHOLKOFF Daily Sports Writer In gymnastics, a poor showing in only one event can dramatically alter the final result of the meet. No matter how well a team performs in the rest of the contest, it must maintain its consistency throughout to get the victory. After stellar performances in vault, uneven bars and floo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 1, 2016 — 3B Wolverines race to blowout win Thome posts career-high 31 points to power Michigan By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer With one minute left in the third quarter of the Michigan women’s basketball team’s matchup against Minnesota on Sunday, Katelynn Flaherty was not playing like her usual self. Her teammates and coaches praise her shooting...…
…The big winner, though? The Big Ten. In its first real taste of exclusively Big Ten action — Michigan played two non-conference games at MSG in 2012 — the five boroughs showed it could be a great spot for this Power Five conference. “I think that they speak with their feet; they show up at games,” Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said on the Big Ten Network during a live show at a New York bar that attracted hundreds of fans on ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 2, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW Vice president for research plans to continue support for innovation By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter After serving as interim in the role for almost two years, Jack Hu, the University’s current vice pr...…
…Broderick Johnson recounts formation of Obama’s community outreach initiatives By CAITLIN REEDY Daily Staff Reporter University alum Broderick Johnson, White House cabinet secretary and chair of the administration’s My Brother’s Keeper task force, delivered a lecture about his experiences in the White House at the Ford School of Public Policy Monday afternoon. Johnson — who received his law degree from the Universi...…
…return to teaching in 2013. Prior to his appointment as interim vice president, Hu served as associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering, and was also associate dean for research and graduate education. Because then-current University President Mary Sue Coleman was retiring in the summer of 2014, Hu said she did not want to choose someone to serve in the position long-term. Instead, Hu was given a two...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 2, 2016 — 5 GENDER & MEDIA COLUMN Missteps and missed flu shots I didn’t get a flu shot this year for the first time in my life. (Really taking adulthood by storm, evidently.) So, of course, this was the first year ever I caught the flu. Over the course of a week spent in bed, I fin- ished binge- watching the entirety of “Game of Thrones,” HBO’s hall- mark fanta...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Weight-watcher’s bane 5 Pea jackets? 9 Little marketgoer of rhyme 14 Winans of gospel 15 Long-necked pampas bird 16 Cheri of “SNL” 17 Obeyed the corner traffic sign 20 Coach Steve of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors 21 Philosopher Descartes 22 North Carolina university 23 Place to buy a Nikon 26 Hors d’oeuvres bit 29 Capital of Yemen 31 Cosmetics giant 32 Turkey clu...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, February 2, 2016 — 7 The hardest-working individuals in America By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Editor Pink shoes. Pink headbands. Pink warmup shirts with the words “Hope, Fight, Cure” printed on the front. Sunday, it was clear that the players of the Michigan women’s basketball team weren’t competing for the hardest-working team in America. Instead, the Wolverines were ...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fighting the hidden battles By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor Garrick Roemer was scared. The 17-year-old wasn’t comfortable in the back of the ambulance. He didn’t want to be there, and on the surface, it didn’t look like he belonged there either. His mom, Cathy Radovich, overheard him nervously asking the paramedics if his emergency trip to the hospit...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 3, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 65 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM See the Statement magaz...…
…2-News 2A — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week MONDAY: This Week in History TUESDAY: Tents and Tables WEDNESDAY: On the Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ROSE FILIPP Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 rfilipp@michigandaily.com Newsroom 734-418-4115 opt. 3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com ...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — 3A 2-News University of Michigan, Lawrence said he hoped campus will be impacted by the news, and that students who have not yet been vaccinated will take the time to do so. “I have treated many patients with cervix cancer and cancers in the head and neck region, both of which can be caused by the virus,” Lawrence said. “Although many p...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…HEALTH & FITNESS COLUMN ‘Healthonism:’ Work hard, play hard L ast August, on the last weekend of my summer internship, I entered a four-mile race in Bethlehem, PA. Though the town was typically quiet that summer, empty of neigh- boring Lehigh Uni- versity students, this par- ticular weekend marked the grand opening of Musikfest: a 10-day extravaganza of bands, beer and every form of fried food you can imagine, attended ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 *Where deliveries may be left 9 Adorn in relief 15 First three of ten digits 16 Bad guy 17 *Airport pickup 18 State with conviction 19 “It’s __ cause” 20 *Modest garment 22 Extra-play qtrs. 24 Influenced by, in recipes 25 July baby, maybe 26 *Hiker’s pouch 31 Storm winds 33 Have yet to pay 34 NFC South team 35 Part of rpm 36 Whipped cream amount 38 Musical sequence found ...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — 7A Michigan wrestling trio has gridiron history By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer The gridiron is not the only place where Michigan has brought in highly touted prospects lately. In 2013, the Michigan wrestling team hauled in the No. 1 recruiting class in the country. Now juniors, that class has buoyed the Wolverines (5-1 Big Ten, 10-2 overall) t...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Hoosiers blow past Michigan By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Editor For five minutes Tuesday night, the country’s second-best shooting team looked like a bunch of junior- varsity kids who’d just been told to suit up for the varsity squad — eager to throw up shots without any real sense of how to do it. Indiana took 10 shots in the first five m...…
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…2B Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement IOWA CAUCUS ON THE RECORD “Tonight is a victory for the grassroots. Tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives all across Iowa and our great nation.” — U.S Sen. TED CRUZ (R-Tex.) after winning the Iowa Caucus on Tuesday with 27.6 percent of the vote. *** “I am a progressive who gets things done for people. We have to be united when it is all said and done against a Republican...…
…3B Magazine Editor: Karl Williams Deputy Editor: Nabeel Chollampat Design Editor: Shane Achenbach Photo Editor: Zoey Holmstrom Creative Director: Emilie Farrugia Editor in Chief: Shoham Geva Managing Editor: Laura Schinagle Copy Editors: Emily Campbell Alexis Nowicki Jose Rosales THE statement Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement COVER BY SHANE ACHENBACH B Y TA N YA M A D H A N I My Cultural Currency: Spice of L...…
…Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement 5B playing of love the game Editor’s note: the name of a student has been changed, which is denoted with an asterisk. I ’ll admit it. Somewhere in the annals of my iPhone, buried behind pages of restaurant takeout and music subscrip- tion apps, I have a Tinder account. I am the worst kind of Tinder Person. I’m an infiltrator, a Tinder i...…
…Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement 6B Social Unrest by Haley McLaughlin, Daily Staff Photographer My point here is that this is a made-up world of contrived ideas and people. ILLUSTRATION BY EMILIE FARRUGIA 1 1:47 p.m. on a Wednesday night. You’re about to doze off, laid heavily upon your twin-sized bed that leaves little room for turning in your sleep. Despite the heaviness you feel on your eyelids, you begin to fee...…
…Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement 7B One Ring to Rule Them All by Thomas West, Daily Opinion Columnist I play this video game called “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” I like to think I’m one of the more pow- erful wizards in the Skyrim. I have all the master destruction spells: Fire Storm, Blizzard, Lightning Storm. Not to brag, but I’m level 81 and I can raise dead bodies to fight for me indefinitely. I can cast Mayhem, ...…
…Lead vocalist Tyler Joseph performs “Holding On To You.” Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement 8B The Wolverines huddle together before starting the second half of their game against Minnesota. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P I N K G A M E Guard Siera Thompson passes to center Hallie Thome in the third quarter. The basketball pep band received shirts that read, “Michigan Fight Strong” for the Pink Game. By ZOEY HOLMSTROM ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 4, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 66 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS......................6A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A B - S I D E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Sanders, Clin...…
…Interim AD discusses recruitment, expanding seating By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett and Liz Barry, special counsel to University President Mark Schlissel, discussed ideas for improving sporting venues, the recruitment process and the importance of a transparent relationship between the athletic department and students at an open forum Wednesday. The discussion was ...…
…Engineering sophomore Maggie Hafers, president of Zeta Tau Alpha, said the Speak Out had an emotional atmosphere. “(I felt) shock, heartbreak, but also empowerment,” Hafers said. LSA senior Alyssa Gorenberg, a founder of the Panhellenic peer educators program, said she hoped the Speak Out would help create a safer and more supportive Greek community. “We want this event to be a staple in our community for the future,” Gorenbu...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 It precedes Romans 5 Maestro Ozawa 10 __ de somme: beast of burden 14 “__ luck!” 15 ’50s-’70s senator who wrote “Humor of a Country Lawyer” 16 Shuffle, for one 17 Dishonest memoir, e.g. 20 Ancient amulet 21 Dark clouds, perhaps 22 Pulitzer-winning book critic Richard 24 Bear’s team 26 Place for permanent storage 33 Dedicatee of an 1810 piano manuscript 34 Brand that inclu...…
…It’s Ok. You Can Stare. 1235 S.University | 734.929.5605 | BurgerFi.com Open everyday, Sunday-Thursday 11am -11pm Friday and Satuday 11am - 3am 6A — Thursday, February 4, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines suffer worst loss of year No. 17 Michigan State overpowers ‘M’ in East Lansing By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING — If the Michigan women’s basketball team planned on being the “hardest-...…
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…2B — Thursday, February 4, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Writers’ Community shops student pieces By NATALIE GADBOIS Daily Arts Writer Around the table, talk turns to magical superpowers, English classes and the questioned exis- tence of Wookie genitalia. Ten or so students joke and posture at one another, taking off jackets and pulling out laptops, report- ing aloud answers to Buzzfeed quizzes. Time is c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, February 4, 2016 — 3B Spoon, a college mag for foodies A scrumptious look at the online food magazine. By MARIA ROBINS-SOMER- VILLE Daily Arts Writer I’m a foodie. At age 10, I fell asleep with a copy of the magazine Cook’s Illustrated draped over my face. I consider going to the grocery store an adventure, and sometimes I read Yelp reviews while I’m sitting in the re...…
…4B — Thursday, February 4, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Taylor Mac soars through decades By ALLIE TAYLOR For the Daily Performance artist and drag queen Taylor Mac, an actor, singer-songwriter, playwright, director, producer and above all, entertainer, will take the stage at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater on Feb. 5 and 6. Mac, who uses ‘judy’ as a preferred gender pronoun, is in the process of ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 5, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 67 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL ASSIFIEDS.................6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 S...…
…immersion in the humanities and liberal arts,” he said. The three habits Costolo outlined were creative synthesis, disciplined thinking and awareness beyond oneself — all of which can be attained through a liberal arts education. To exemplify the importance of creative synthesis, Costolo used an example from his career in which he gave a speech that was streamed to the 4,000 Twitter employees around the world. It in, he s...…
…part, they might not have paid off, as evidenced by his second place finish in a state he was projected to win. In contrast, his opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) at his rally in Iowa City the day before spent his time portraying himself as a true conservative, evoking time-tested symbols like the Bible and the Constitution. For Iowa though, where, according to NPR, 53 percent of voters consider religion “very important” and whe...…
…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 5, 2016 — 5 Bloc Party’s ‘Hymns’ simple and soothing By DANIELLE IMMERMAN Daily Arts Writer Before indie-rock Tumblr girls obsessed over Arctic Monkeys, there was Bloc Party. Effortless, provocative, innovative and distinct, Bloc Party is by far my favor- ite indie-rock band. In fact, their 2008 Intimacy was my first real favorite album — they just have a ...…
…ACROSS 1 San Francisco section 6 Hailing place? 10 One growing up fast? 14 Laura Petrie catchphrase 15 Will’s role in “Celebrity Jeopardy!” sketches on “SNL” 16 Cultural opening? 17 Slip ’N Slide maker 18 Singer Halliwell 19 __ time 20 National alternative 22 Playground threat 24 Word with guilt or debt 27 Symbol of strength 28 Those, in Tijuana 29 Tennessee team, briefly 31 Unveiling 35 It’s double- hyphenated: Abbr. 36 South Asian garment 37...…
…Sports & Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, February 5, 2016 — 7 ‘Jane Got a Gun’ is a sappy failure Natalie Portman’s romantic Western is shooting blanks By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer “Jane Got a Gun,” but she doesn’t really use it. Natalie Portman’s (“Black Swan”) lat- est film has so much potential to be a badass reversal of traditional Western gen- der roles, but it loses itself somewhere al...…
