…On the day George G. Gannon got married, he didn’t wear a wedding ring. Instead, he simply turned his University class of 1952 ring around on his finger; silver band on the outside, ostentatious blue sapphire facing the palm. Real classy, grandpa. But then again, as a newly minted Wolverine myself, such an incident is rather unsurprising. School spirit has always been the University of Michigan’s most prized commodity. Or, at least...…
…6A — Thursday, February 21, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Improvement on free throws spurs Wolverines down the stretch With the clock running down and Maryland facing a 10-point deficit, Anthony Cowan grabbed Zavier Simpson. The whistle blew. Cowan was playing hack- a-Simpson, assuming that the junior guard — a notoriously poor free-throw shooter — would miss, giving the Terrapins an extra possession. But Simpso...…
…ARTIST PROFILE IN What is nostalgia, exactly? Rooted in the past, this feeling of longing can often bombard us when we’re watching old shows (“Kim Possible,” anyone?), flipping through old photos or even just taking a bite of a chicken nugget. In 2016, Scientific American reported on the positive effects of reminiscence, stating that nostalgia “boosted self-continuity by increasing a sense of social connectedness.” In othe...…
…Amid objections from community activists, Ann Arbor City Council moved forward Tuesday with a proposed amendment to allow for a waiver of restrictions on the eligibility of city employees to sit on the police oversight commission. The amendment will be addressed at a second reading during the next council meeting. The 2014 shooting of Aura Rosser by an Ann Arbor Police officer provoked months of debate and protest, eve...…
…The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding “The Ann Arbor Greenbelt: Saving Michigan Farms Regional Conservation Partnership Program” $1 million dollars, according to a Feb. 4 press release. The project is led by the City of Ann Arbor Open Space and Parkland Preservation Program, also called the Greenbelt. It aims to protect surrounding Ann Arbor agricultural lands through conservation easements, the right to use some...…
…According to the website, when going over each case, HR will focus on the nature and gravity of the offense, the timeliness and accuracy of the disclosure and the relevancy to the role held at the University. HR’s statement explains the policy is meant to preserve a safe University community. “Information about a faculty or staff member’s criminal activity helps the University maintain a safe community and prevent putting people at...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, February 20, 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....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 20, 2019 — 5A In 1978, the acclaimed novelist Yuko Tsushima published “Territory Of Light” a chapter at a time in the Japanese monthly literary magazine Gunzo, each chapter representing one month in a year. Tsushima is well-known in Japan, but is relatively unknown to Anglophone readers. The small amount of her work that has been translated into English is her most ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com By George Jasper ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/20/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/20/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 ACROSS 1 Gaping mouths 5 “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” composer 10 States in an outdated atlas: Abbr. 14 Nobelist Wiesel 15 Official mandate 16 Analo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 20, 2019 — 7A Joseph Cecconi’s lifelong competitive drive is paying off It was the night before the United States junior hockey team’s last exhibition game at the 2017 World Juniors tournament, and Joseph Cecconi wasn’t nervous at all. He probably should’ve been. The Michigan captain — then a sophomore playing for his country at the World Juniors for the first time...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com *excludes ice cream & bottled drinks Only at 604 E Liberty St. Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea Liberty VALID UNTIL APRIL 31st 2019 20% OFF ANY DRINK For Charles Matthews, newly-minted leader, the time is now Charles Matthews walked into practice last week with some words in mind. The redshirt junior had just watched his Michigan team travel to State Coll...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 20, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY SHERRY CHEN The search to understand online grief and digital melancholy …
…I planned my dream wed- ding when I was 6 years old. I had met my soulmate in my kinder- garten class, and I was positive that our love was going to last forever. Because of my deep passion for organizing, my only clear option was to figure out every nitty- gritty detail of when and where we would tie the knot. Summer or Winter? Summer. The wed- ding will be outside, so it must be gor- geous out. Big or small? Big, with everyone I know ...…
…Wednesday, February 20, 2019 // The Statement 3B ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINE JEGARL I magine having a secret for most of your life you have wanted to tell someone for so long, but are afraid of what might happen if you share it. This was me. Until today. Today, I am going to stop feeling alone, and embrace who I am as a person — I am gay. This is something I’ve known for a very long time, but have been too afraid to share. Ever sin...…
…cells committing mass suicide.” Internet humor is primarily based on find- ing the specific absurdities in everyday life and spinning it into something everyone can relate to on a certain level. In the case of @ jovanmhill, who has 115 followers, a lot of that humor is based on the way he laments disturbing truths about his personal life. For better or worse, joking about mental health has become a primary avenue for people to forge an ...…
…Wednesday, February 20, 2019// The Statement 6B W henever I realize I need a haircut, it always takes me a few days to get around to booking it. First, because I always have something to do and often forget, but also because it takes a certain amount of cour- age for me to decide that I want to go to a place where I will be expected to make small talk with a stranger. Growing up, I always got my haircut with the same person. My mom’s...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, February 20, 2019 // The Statement 7B L ast year, a friend of mine, who had been searching for a girl- friend for a decade, finally found someone. When I heard the wonderful news, I texted him, “I’m happy for you.” His reply was odd but familiar. He wrote, “aww thanks, it’ll happen for you one day, don’t worry.” I was slightly irritated. I had never expressed that I was se...…
…The Detroit Foundation Hotel used to be home to the Detroit Fire Department Headquarters. It has been repurposed and now operates as a chic boutique hotel in Downtown Detroit. The Foundation holds a restaurant called the Apparatus Room where the old red fire doors let in beautiful natural light showcasing the 1950s architecture with all of the original features illuminating the res- taurant. The restaurant and hotel provid...…
…About 60 people gathered at the Ann Arbor Federal Building on Monday and marched in protest of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. Organized by local organization Stop Trump Ann Arbor, the protest was one of 262 noontime Presidents Day protests around the nation coordinated by MoveOn, a national organization focusing on education and advocacy through petitions, supporting campaigns and mobilizing events....…
…FAKE NATIONAL EME RGE NCY Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/22/08 2:54 PM SUDOKU EASY 8 1 1 8 3 9 5 4 9 2 8 3 7 2 3 8 3 9 6 3 5 5 3 6 2 1 6 3 7 5 4 9 1 9 3 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! MOON. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, February 19, 2019 The Michigan D...…
…LaVaque-Manty discussed a famous ethical question most commonly known as the trolley problem. In the hypothetical situation, a trolley car is headed down a track that has five people tied to it. To save these individuals’ lives, a person is next to a lever that can switch the track of the trolley, but the new track has one person tied to it, meaning the person pulling the lever will be responsible for their death. LaVaque-Manty sa...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, February 19, 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. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 19, 2019 — 5 As the saying goes, you can’t always get what you want. It’s hard for something to be great every time. Sometimes, sights are set too high. That is exactly what happened with Buoys, the latest release from Noah Lennox, more widely known as Panda Bear. That is not to say that the album is bad. It’s actually very good, but something is off. In his sixth album,...…
…6 — Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Paul Coulter ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/19/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/19/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 ACROSS 1 Deep opera voices 6 Quaint “you” 10 “SOS” pop group 14 From square one 15 Pair on a Disney World hat 16 Little brook 17 *Sore lose...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 19, 2019 — 7 ‘M’ tops Dartmouth, 11-10, in 3OT As time ran down in the first overtime period, Molly Garrett took an open shot in front and missed wide. She immediately went down with an injury. Less than 5 minutes later, the junior midfielder was back on the field. Forty-eight seconds into the second overtime period, she had the same opportunity, but this time she conve...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Adam Steinberg sat in his office, feet up on his desk, and consid- ered a tradeoff that would alter the trajectory of his coaching career and tennis legacy. The June 2014 calendar on his wall seemed like a ticking time bomb. As Steinberg leaned back in his chair, he pondered swapping the soft sand of Malibu’s beaches for Ann Arbor’s brutal winters. He weighe...…
…Winterfest, a tournament-style annual philanthropic event where different members of fraternities and sororities play broomball for charity, will be hosted on Feb 23 by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (PIKE). Last year, Winterfest was hosted on the property of PIKE and sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi, but after Alpha Sigma Phi was banned from campus, PIKE picked up the event. Fraternities who are members of the Interfraternity Council...…
…OVERSIGHT From Page 1 “This is an issue that concerns me a lot and residents have told me that it concerns them. I think there’s a lot of disappointment among our community about how sort of this process has even happened up to now, so this is upsetting that we’re going further in this direction.” Lumm and the other liaison to the commission, Councilmember Zachary Ackerman, D-Ward 3, along with Councilmembers Julie Grand,...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, February 18, 2018— 3A Photo courtesy of the author When I was little, I used to be one of those girls who wished that they I were white. My parents immigrated to the States in the 90s, having previously lived under Communist rule in China. That being said, I never had the type of mom who would help out in the classroom or know how to bake cookies, and I was neve...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, February 18, 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. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 18, 2019 — 5A 3 & 4 Bedroom Apts Avail Fall 19/20 $1800 ‑ $2680 + Utilities Laundry On Site, Parking Avail 1015 Packard ‑ 734‑996‑1991 EFFICIENCY ‑ 1 & 2 Bdrm apartments Fall 2019/20 Rents range $875 ‑ $1850 most include heat and water Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 734‑996‑1991 LARGE 3 BDRM at 119 E Liberty. Free washer and dryer, central air. Heart of Ann Arbor, 5 min walk to ...…
…6A — Monday, February 19, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I recently got hooked on “You,” Netflix’s late-2018 thriller drama about a bookstore manager named Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley, “Gossip Girl”) and his girlfriend, Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail, “Once Upon a Time”). Joe seems like the perfect boyfriend, but is actually an obsessive stalker who murders those close to Beck in an effort to “protect” her from ...…
…SPORTSMONDAY The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 18, 2019 Alexandria Pompei and Max Kuang / Daily Design by Jack Silberman TURTLE SOUP DECLAN MITCHELL AND THE JOY HE BRINGS INSIDE SPORTSMONDAY See Page 2B MICHIGAN TOPS TERRAPINS, 65-52 …
…2B — February 18, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Each Friday, Declan Mitchell goes to Riley’s Children’s Hospi- tal in Indianapolis. If you went there looking for him, he would be the one dressed head-to-toe in sports attire, as he always is: jersey, socks, the whole works. Sometimes it’s Michigan gear. Sometimes it’s a LeBron James day. Sometimes it’s the Indiana Pacers. Declan’s mother, Sarah, says he like...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 18, 2019 — 3B Behind Robbins, Wolverines beat Illinois for sixth-straight victory Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill., two teams on very different trajectories crossed paths. The Michigan women’s basketball team had won five consecutive games and was making its case for the NCAA Tournament. On the other hand, Illinois was on a downward spiral, having lost 13 of its la...…
…4B — February 18, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com DeJulius gets his shot David DeJulius took the court at Crisler with his first real opportunity all season. Junior guard Zavier Simpson needed a spell in the Michigan men’s basketball team’s game against Maryland on Saturday, and DeJulius was the first guard off the bench. He played just 40 seconds before subbing out, but with six-and-a-half minutes left in ...…
…On Thursday afternoon, the Ross School of Business hosted the first session of the ninth annual Michigan India Conference in the Robertson Auditorium. The theme of this year’s conference, which was first held in 2011, was “Moving Beyond Emerging,” and was focused at analyzing and comparing emerging markets — countries that have some elements of a fully developed market, but are not quite at that status. The first day’s keynote spe...…
…The Zell Visiting Writer Series welcomed esteemed poet Major Jackson to the University of Michigan Museum of Art for a poetry reading on Thursday evening. The series invited distinguished writers each semester to present their work. Zell Fellow Callie Collins, program assistant for the Visiting Writer Series, discussed the program’s goal of giving the University community a unique opportunity to hear from respected...…
…“In addition to all the administrative bloat and administrative growth that’s been driving up the cost of tuition, this is now a whole new part of subset of the bigger picture of more and more administrators making higher and higher salaries, and then burdening students and their parents with higher and higher levels of student loan debt to be able to afford this rising tuition that’s blowing up not because instructional costs are ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 15, 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. A...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 15, 2019 — 5 NEW MEDIA REVIEW SQUARE ENIX After working with John Decker for a semester, I began to realize he likes to read weird stuff (according to my roommate, he also likes to write it! Ooh la la). He has sung the praises of Anna Burns’s “Milkman” three times in print (and counting), wrote a full- on piece in support of uncomfortable fiction and was 300 percent into Kr...…
…6 — Friday, February 15, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A few weeks ago, my friends and I were hanging out and the conversation devolved into a wilderness survival scenario. We all agreed; one of them would survive for a few weeks and one would end up splitting from the group to join another. My own fate was unanimously decided in less than five minutes: As soon as my feet touched dirt, I would just cease to ex...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 15, 2019 — 7 ‘M’ set to take on ACC opponents UNC, Louisville over weekend When the No. 17 Michigan softball team takes the field this weekend, it will see a pair of unfamiliar foes on the other side of the diamond. The Wolverines (3-2) will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to participate in their fourth straight ACC/Big Ten Challenge. This year, they’ll take on Louisville...…
…8 — Friday, February 15, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com As the Big Ten race tightens, the Wolverines keep their eyes ahead This was supposed to be straightforward. The Big Ten was supposed to run through the mitten this year. Michigan and Michigan State were the two highest-ranked teams in the conference before the season and the disparity between them and everyone else only seemed to grow as the season progresse...…
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…On Wednesday, about 50 people gathered for the first in a series of luncheons in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building. The event was hosted by the Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach and Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honors society. The event began with a pre- sentation by two executive board members of WeListen, a club that strives to bridge the political divide through respectful...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, February 14, 2019 — 3A DISPLACED From Page 1 PARKLAND From Page 1 Read more at MichiganDaily.com HARMON From Page 1 MICHIGAN DAILY ALUMNI TALK ALEC COHEN/Daily Former Michigan Daily photographer Dhani Jones and businessman Howard Luckoff speak on their experiences working in the business industry in the Student Publications Building Wednesday. “School shootings and kids being shot...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, February 14, 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. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, February 14, 2019 — 5A Valentine’s Day music for lovers and loners SHERRY CHEN / DAILY The day is nigh. Valentine’s day, Saint Valentine’s Day, the Feast of the Valentine, “Valentimes” Day, V-Day — regardless of its many iterations, February 14th is both interpersonally and commercially accepted as the day of love. Unfortunately, love, in the romanticized context of this holiday we’r...…
…6A — Thursday, February 14, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com 3 & 4 Bedroom Apts Avail Fall 19/20 $1800 ‑ $2680 + Utilities Laundry On Site, Parking Avail 1015 Packard ‑ 734‑996‑1991 EFFICIENCY ‑ 1 & 2 BDRM apartments Fall 2019/20. Rents range $875 ‑ $1850; most include heat and water. Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 (734) 996‑1991 LARGE 3 BDRM at 119 E Liberty. ...…
