…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 9, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM ADMINISTRATION ACADEMICS GOVERNMENT STUDENT GOVERNMENT Distinction encourages faculty to push academic boundaries By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily News Editor ten • ure (noun): having or denoting a permanent post, espe- cially as a teacher or professor *** Tenure is an honor — a mark of recognition and ...…
…7 1 6 9 5 9 6 8 4 2 3 3 5 4 8 7 8 5 1 5 6 9 8 1 5 2 6 8 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 2/12/09 12:08 PM LAYOVER puzzle by sudokusyndication.com WHAT YOU MISSED OVER SPRING BREAK: PRETTY BROWN GIRLS EVENT AND SKI TRIP SANCTIONS Conference seeks to empower women of color, discuss shared experiences BY SAMIHA MATIN Daily Staff Reporter The University’s chapter of ...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, March 9, 2015 — 3A taken that course?” Mangrulkar asked. Steven Gay, assistant dean for admissions, also discussed the logic behind requiring profi- ciency in topics rather than class credit. He said the old require- ments did not take into account that students may learn neces- sary material outside of the con- ventional classroom. “We see a number of students right now … ...…
…I love the University of Michigan. I am proud to be a graduate and a faculty member. I respect the school’s leadership and admire the integrity it brings to decision-making. But I do not understand why Michigan has a smok- ing policy that empowers smokers to assault the people I love. The statistics are compel- ling; each year, secondhand smoke kills nearly three times the number killed by violent crime in the United States. I need your...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 9, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Works with yarn 6 Anheuser-__ Brewery 11 Solomon, for one 14 Valium drug company 15 Snow-block home 16 Logger’s tool 17 Past one’s prime 19 Doc for a kitty 20 Thickness- measuring instrument 21 Hiker’s tool 23 Mauna __ 24 Actress Zellweger 25 Perilous course to go down 30 Margarita condiment, in Mazat...…
…6 — Monday, March 9, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Sea’ more than plot FILM REVIEW What it lacks in storytelling, “Song of the Sea” makes up for emotion By BENJAMIN ROSENSTOCK For The Daily “Song of the Sea” may suffer in storytelling, but it certainly prospers at crafting an emotional tale. While other Oscar-nominated animated features of 2014 delighted in superhero comedy (“Big Hero 6”) and ...…
…BSportsMonday WORSE TIMING n Michigan suffered its first loss to Michigan State this season Thursday in the Big Ten Tournament. Page 2B BAD TIMING The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | March 9, 2015 n Penn State swept Michigan in State College, dropping the Wolverines from first place in the Big Ten. Page 4B Bielfeldt basks in Senior Day spotlight, posts first career double-double By LEV FACHER Managing Editor Max Bielfeldt’s...…
…2B — March 9, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A fitting gesture to close an unusual year A fter Saturday’s game against Rutgers, Jon Rubenstein stood near the glass doors of the Crisler Center media room, surrounded by friends and family. The freshman guard didn’t stand out from the pack — at 5-foot-8, he rarely does — save for the game-worn uniform and a smile that wouldn’t le...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday March 9, 2015 — 3B Brown attack too much for Wolverines at Oosterbaan By SHAWN HEROOR Daily Sports Writer It was a game of runs for the Michigan men’s lacrosse team Sunday afternoon, and none of them went in the Wolverines’ favor. Buoyed by three 5-0 runs through the game, Brown (4-0) hammered the Wolverines, 22-12, at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. The Bears’ high-powered attack,...…
…4B — March 9, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan’s NCAA Tournament hopes take a hit in State College By ERIN LENNON Daily Sports Editor STATE COLLEGE — With six minutes remaining in the second period Saturday, a pileup in the Penn State crease ended in a skate- induced hole, forcing Pegula Ice Arena staff to switch out the nets. It was a game of pileups and penalties, but after three frustrating...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 10, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Next round of Canvas testing will include 7,000 students By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter CTools may yield to a new online learning platform over the next few years, but current stu- dents won’t likely be around for the transition. Created by a consortium of institutions, including the Uni- ver...…
…2 — Tuesday, March 10, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY This weekend, the Michigan women’s basketball team was knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament by Michigan State for the third consecutive season. >>FOR SPORTS, SEE PG. 8 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Dozens of marchers began their trek to retrace the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, the Associated Press re...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 10, 2015 — 3 Pollack said in conjunction with this pilot, DIAG is also con- ducting discussions about Can- vas with University academic units in anticipation of a more formal recommendation. “At the end of the winter semester, (DIAG) will make a recommendation about the scope and about the pace of moving forward,” Pollack said. “And then we’ll have more pilots over...…
…Common Sense Action is a bipartisan political action group here at the University that is part of a national movement calling for generational fairness, fiscal responsibility in government, investment in millennial mobility and the renewal of prudent politics. The State of Michigan can encourage these qualities by reducing spending and increasing government efficiency. One of the ways the Michigan government can promote fiscal resp...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 10, 2015 — 5 ‘House of Cards’ takes a tumble Third season of Netflix original disappoints By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer This article contains spoilers from the third season of Netflix’s “House of Cards.” “The Presi- dency is the illusion of choice,” Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey, “American Beauty”) muses late into season three of Netf- lix’s “House of...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Cavern effect 5 Cornfield call 8 “Frozen” studio 14 Amorphous mass 15 “Say again?” 16 Mercedes-Benz sedan line 17 Disapproving cries from bleacher “birds” 18 Prefix with meter 19 “I do” setting 20 *Ornamental flower with clustered blooms 23 Wall St. index 24 Steeped brew 25 Badlands bovine 29 “Green Eggs and Ham” guy 31 Marshmallow- filled snack 33 “I do” 36 *Blab about o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 10, 2015 — 7 LOREN HOLMES/AP Michelle Phillips and her team charge down Anchorage’s 4th Avenue during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. Mushers begin thousand mile trek across Alaska for Iditarod Appeals judge to hear cases in Ferguson CHRIS TILLEY/AP Morris Bounds Sr. pauses while talking Monday, Feb. 23, ...…
…Sports 8 — Tuesday, March 10, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Putting Band-Aids on an open wound A ndrew Copp slouches in a big blue chair and tosses his matching blue hat at his feet. He sighs and he smirks, peering at the floor while embodying the persona of a captain who is flat-out exasperated. He chuckles as he reiterates the focus of this week’s practice. Spoiler alert — it’s no different from any oth...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, March 11, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM RESEARCH Poorer residents isolated in industrial, eastern Washtenaw County By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter The University and the City of Ann Arbor take pride in the scores of “top 10” rankings they rack up each year. However, the Ann Arbor and its surround- ing areas may not be...…
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…Council in 2007 and has since won re-election three times. Smith moved to Ann Arbor in 1995 to earn a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University’s School of Natural Resources and Environment. He now works as a consultant with Wade Trim, Inc., an urban plan- ning firm. “I didn’t think I’d be here that long and I just ended up falling in love with the city,” Smith said. “I just think it is the most wonderful cit...…
…I think we’re all familiar with the unspoken “rules” of getting around Ann Arbor: 1) If you’re driving a car, pedestrians are your worst enemy — they will walk in front of traffic without the slightest hesitation, owning the streets and avoiding crosswalks, “hit me, car, I dare you.” Also, other cars are your enemy, as you wait in awful traffic and arrive to your destination late after struggling to find parking. 2) If you’re walkin...…
…5-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 11, 2015 — 5A Natacha Pisarenko/AP A civil aviation accident investigator stands at the site of the wreckage of one of two helicopters that collided in midair in La Rioja province, Argentina Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Argentina probes helicopter crash as France mourns dead Silicon Valley firm questions woman in gender bias suit Investigators ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 See the 67- Across clue 5 Suitor’s purchase 10 Geological age 14 Major follower? 15 Like the accent on “passé” 16 Proofer’s catch 17 Sandwich option 20 Good-humored banter 21 Superstore division 22 Mandela’s org. 23 Wrath 24 Very, in music 26 Rats, gnats and brats 28 Loads 29 E. Berlin’s land 32 13-mile race 36 Prefix with European 39 Words on Alice’s cake 40 Chichén __:...…
…7A — Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ is optimistic, complex By COSMO PAPPAS Daily Arts Writer “Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the ‘70s & the ‘80s” by Brad Gooch, professor of English at William Pater- son University and author of the acclaimed biography “City Poet: the Life and Times of Frank O’Hara,” is an inside story of the art world and gay commu- nity of 1970...…
…Sports 8A — Wednesday, March 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fisch dividing reps between three QBs By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor New Michigan passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch has what he wants in a starting quarterback on his roster. It just isn’t all in the same person yet. Tuesday, after the Wolverines’ fourth spring practice, Fisch shed light on what he’s looking for from his signal callers, but a...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY MARCH 11, 2015 statement …
…2B Magazine Editor: Ian Dillingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Illustrators: Megan Mulholland Maggie Miller Managing Editor: Lev Facher Editor in Chief: Jen Calfas Copy Editors: Hannah Bates Laura Schinagle Emma Sutherland THE statement THE LIST COVER BY RUBY WALLAU, JAKE WELLINS AND LUNA ARCHEY VIDEO: SPRING BREAK BUZZFEED, BUT BETTER DISTINCTIVE MARCH HOLI...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 3B My Cultural Currency: Calculating my Indian-ity “ You’re not even like really Indi- an,” the white girl said. “What do you mean?” I said, gesturing to my brown face, hands and arms. I didn’t know if she need- ed glasses or was just stupid. “Well, I mean like you’re not really ‘Indian Indian.’ Like, you’re not, like, really, like all of the other Indians,” the white girl said. I made a ...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 5B A t a small ceremony on Feb. 26, students from the Arab- American community on campus gathered to dedi- cated a new multicultural lounge on the third floor of North Quad. The gathering was small and quiet, with no more than two dozen students in attendance. But for many, the lounge was a significant step in gaining recognition on campus. Recogn...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 6B Primetime Players: The multiple roles of the University’s cheerleading squad by Akshay Seth, Daily Film Columnist B efore agreeing to sit down for an interview, Pam St. John needed confirmation that any subsequent write-up or article resulting from the following week’s talk should take pains not to wheel her inside the orbit of attention. The focus of the writing, she wrote, must remain...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Forging an Iron Man by Eric Ferguson, Daily Columnist I can tell you about three important and seemingly hap- hazard aspects of the person I was just prior to start- ing college. First, I was obsessed with grades. Second, I actively avoided situations where I would have to make a decision. And third, I had a not-so-minor obsession with the alternate universes created i...…
…Wednesday, March 11, 2015 // The Statement 8B Battle of the Bamboo is an annual dance competition that celebrates Filipino culture. The event is held in Chicago, hosted by the University of Illinois, and features Filipino organizations from schools across the Midwest, such as Ohio State University, Northwestern University, and Loyola University. University of Michigan’s Filipino American Student Association, or FASA, competed fo...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 12, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM This week, the b-side takes a look at The Blind Pig » INSIDE the b-side IRENE KIM/Daily E. Royster Harper, vice president of student life, discusses diversity and campus inclusion at the Trotter Multicultural Center Wednesday. Officials have yet to provide requested records from federal Title IX investiga...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 11/12/08 1:08 PM 7 8 5 9 4 5 2 3 4 3 6 8 6 3 9 7 2 4 1 7 6 2 8 9 RUNNING ON ICE. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, March 12, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and wi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, March 12, 2015 — 3A the faculty grievance monitor raised concerns about the lack of due process in OIE’s proce- dures. The faculty grievance monitor is responsible for mon- itoring grievance procedures, but has no power in the process. They report their findings — specifically unacceptable delays — to the director of Academic Human Resources. SACUA raised these con- cerns to the ...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER 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 Weekend Roundup Thursday, March 12, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Atkins no-no 5 “__ bad idea” 9 Brothers Grimm creature 14 Old apple spray 15 Pinnacle 16 Painful turning point? 17 Elizabeth of “Lone Star” 18 Nothing 19 Experimental blast 20 Russian composer and piano virtuoso 23 Related compounds 24 Gap 28 Italian roads 29 Café breakfast order 31 Bird...…
…Sports 6A — Thursday, March 12, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘M’ underdog in Big Ten Tournament By LEV FACHER Managing Editor The Michigan men’s basketball team has played Illinois twice in the 2014-2015 season, earning a hard-fought win on Dec. 30 in Ann Arbor but imploding in overtime in Champaign on Feb. 12, suffering a 12-point loss. The Wolverines (8-10 Big Ten, 15-15 overall) get a chance to...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, March 12, 2015 the b-side There’s no handle? There’s no handle. How the hell do I get inside? I’m supposed to be interviewing the talent buyer of The Blind Pig at 6 p.m. and it is 6:03 and there’s no handle on the door to get in. I feverishly check my e-mail to avoid being later than the three minutes I’ve already lost. “I’ll meet you in the 8 Ball.” I trudge down the gravel hill to t...…
…2B — Thursday, March 12, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com While the current owner made the room what it is today, the Blind Pig has always been wildly success- ful. Previous owners sold the Pig not out of financial concern, but out of diverging aspirations. The first was big into espresso machines and left Ann Arbor to pursue that business; the next started Blind Pig Records with recording artists who were book...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, March 12, 2015 — 3B Dance Mix a medley of styles and genres By VANESSA WONG Daily Arts Writer In 2001, six University dance groups — FunKtion, EnCore, RhythM Tap Ensemble, Impact, Indigo and Element 1 — performed a show together, fusing tap, lyrical and hip hop genres together on one stage. And the next year, it hap- pened again. And again and again. This year, Dance Mix ...…
…4B — Thursday, March 12, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By AMELIA ZAK Daily Music Editor Who is the coolest teacher you’ve ever had? Maybe they were well versed, well traveled, or even just very well dressed. Many favorite teachers are described as more relatable, or able to inspire interest or personal immersion into a typically academic topic. Imagine an instructor who teaches only in the su...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 13, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Husband Mat Chavez arrested Wed. on assault and battery charges By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS Daily Staff Reporter A fundraising campaign ini- tiated by a University student has raised several thousand dol- lars for an Ann Arbor homeless couple. On March 1, Kinesiology junior Michael Funkhouser ...…
…2 — Friday, March 13, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan men’s basketball team domi- nated Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, winning 73-55. It takes on Wisconsin today at the Unit- ed Center in Chicago (12 p.m. Eastern, ESPN). 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Two police officers were attacked at a protest in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday night...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, March 13, 2015 — 3 areas, is important because a lot of smaller health issues are overlooked. “There are a lot of local problems that we seem to overlook, because everything is pushing toward global and holistic care, so we want to make sure that we actually pay attention to these small problems,” Halow said. Kilaru said the disparity between health care in rural count...…
…“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” -Elie Wiesel This morning, I read of yet another act of anti-Semitism at one of this country’s absolute jewels of public education, the University of California, Los Angeles. During a hearing on Feb. ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, March 13, 2015 — 5 BOOK REVIEW Poignant, political ‘Civilizations’ Mohsin Hamid’s new collection of essays offers cultural critique By KARL WILLIAMS For The Daily Pakistani novelist and essayist Mohsin Hamid’s (“The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia”) newest book “Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and L...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Principal introduction? 5 Ladybug lunches 11 Handle for a chef? 14 “Yikes!” 15 Bully 16 ’60s-’70s news focus, informally 17 Allowance for food, vet visits, etc.? 19 Old sports org. using colorful balls 20 Place to play 21 PC key 22 Some execs 23 Bedtime for bats? 27 Annual New England attraction 31 Mutt 32 “__ a traveler ...”: “Ozymandias” 33 Dolts 36 First Poet Laureate ...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, March 13, 2015 — 7 Rivalry to determine title By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Writer The Michigan hockey team’s weekend series against Michigan State is kind of a big deal. With a Big Ten championship, rivalry bragging rights, tournament seeding and senior pride on the line, the 19th-ranked Wolverines have plenty to play for in their regular-season finale. “I’ve heard it ...…
