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March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 1

…More than 150 students and faculty gathered at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on Thursday evening to attend “The Art of Fashion,” a bicentennial birthday bash event, which featured an exposition displaying fashion throughout recent decades, with a focus on vintage clothing. This event was co-hosted by campus organizations MUSIC Matters, EnspiRED, NOiR Runway Fashion, Bronze Elegance and SHEI Magazine. This ...…

March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 2

…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 6/4/09 2:22 PM SUDOKU HARD 2 1 7 1 4 5 2 1 7 8 5 7 2 9 7 3 2 5 1 8 2 1 8 3 6 2 5 4 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! SEMIFINALS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, March 31, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS...…

March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, March 31, 2017 — 3 campus. Garg said the demands posed by Students4Justice will work as a checklist for what the University needs to fulfill. “We will continue to do everything necessary to fulfill the demands from September, reintroduced during the sit-in,” Garg said. LSA freshman Charde Madoula-Bey, an organizer of a police brutality protest, agreed, saying activism will ...…

March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 4

…I n November, I was one of over 1,100 seniors who signed a petition expressing disappointment with the spring 2017 commencement plans. Replacing a featured speaker with a video of past speeches seemed underwhelming — especially for the bicentennial event. Following the petition, seniors held out hope that a featured speaker would be announced and the issue would subside. After all, what good reason could the Uni...…

March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 5

…There are some things that don’t necessitate recipes. Some things are so simple that exact measurements or a lengthy ingredients list unnecessarily complicate their preparation. As simply as they’re made, they’re even more satisfyingly enjoyed. Oftentimes, these things take a form of their own — their preparation rooting itself into some tucked away part of our imaginations, where they grow and change over time. These impro...…

March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 6

…ACROSS 1 Serious service 5 Toaster opening? 10 Moxie 14 Settled down 15 Treasure 16 Crop, say 17 Taboo 18 Parade instruments 20 Unused car using some 56-Across? 22 It can be bid 23 Coin toss winner’s option 27 Large Eurasian group 31 Very, to Puccini 32 DJIA company alphabetically following Home Depot 35 Movies using some 56-Across? 38 PC alternatives 40 Dreamers have big ones 41 A scarf can protect it 42 Compulsive sort using some 56-Across?...…

March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, March 31, 2017 — 7 2017 Position-by-position breakdown The No. 22 Michigan baseball team’s lineup was not yet set in stone when it traveled to California for a 13-game road trip over spring break. After losing former pitcher Brett Adcock, first baseman Carmen Benedetti and pitcher Evan Hill to the MLB, there seemed to be multiple voids the Wolverines would have trouble filling....…

March 31, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 57) • Page Image 8

…8 — Friday, March 31, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A new family for Miles Lewis Little did Miles Lewis know that one text would change his life – that a lone message was the first step towards him becoming a Michigan Wolverine. That message came last April, while Lewis was still a member of the North Dakota baseball team and his then-coach Jeff Dodson urgently demanded a team meeting. “I got a text from my...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 1

…This year’s Central Student Government elections saw significantly lower numbers of voter participation in comparison to recent years. According to an email interview from Public Policy senior Jacob Pearlman, the CSG election director, a total of 7,989 students, or 17.9 percent of the student body, voted in this year’s presidential and vice-presidential election. In 2016, voter turnout came in at 19.1 pe...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 2

…2 — Thursday, March 30, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Palestine Film Festival WHAT: Attend the opening night of the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival and enjoy James Adolphus’s short “The Warren” and Udi Aloni’s feature “Junction 48.” WHO: Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival WHEN: 7 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Amphitheater Brown Bag WHAT: Morgan Jerald, a graduate student at th...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Thursday, March 30, 2017 — 3 Stop asking Black boys why they don’t play sports What being in “The Vagina Monologues” taught me 20 questions about DEI GSSAs answered We are currently in the thick of March Madness, a time of year when it seems as though everyone is an expert in all things basketball. People are filling out brackets, making bets and anxiously watching as many...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 4

…T here has been a great deal of justifiable outcry from graduating students with regard to the University of Michigan’s decision to replace a traditional commencement address with a multimedia presentation that stitches together past speeches. This deviation from the status quo on the University’s 200th birthday feels counterintuitive. Why break from tradition for a celebration that is steeped in it? Though it may not b...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 5

…Oh, how we love old stories: The fairytales, children’s books and movies of the past carry a fondness that we have developed towards these cherished characters, scenes, images and songs. I can vividly remember dance parties with my sisters, as my mom videotaped and the soundtrack of “The Lion King” played as we danced. I also recall our excitement toward watching “Cinderella,” “The Little Mermaid” and of course, “Beauty and t...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 6

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “Yeah, sure!” 6 Some CPAs and MBAs 10 __ bean 14 What choir members have to carry 15 Lined up, with “in” 16 2001 Winslet/Dench title role 17 Hero makers 18 Window shopper’s buy 19 Bottle part 20 Double-helix molecules 21 Stat for which Babe Ruth’s 457 is the single- season record 23 Site of many Ansel Adams works 25 Online chortle 26 Wide awake 28 Joan __ 32 Aplenty 36 Ca...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, March 30, 2017 — 7A BASEBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Wolverines’ bats overpower Central Michigan For a moment, the air evaporated from Ray Fisher Stadium. Fans stared at sophomore left-handed pitcher William Tribucher laying on the mound covering his face with his glove. A hard-hit line drive appeared to have ricocheted off his head. Fortunately, prior to hitting Tribu...…

March 30, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 56) • Page Image 8

…8A — Thursday, March 30, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines defeat Villanova, 65-61, advance to finals of Women’s National Invitation Tournament “Woo-whee!” Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico has said it many times in postgame interviews this season, but none of those instances had the bravado like the exclamation she made when she entered the media room Wednesday night. It was the emotion of a coach whose t...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 1

…More than 50 University of Michigan students and community members gathered Tuesday night in the Diag as part of a vigil commemorating the deaths of civilians due to a U.S-led coalition of airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq. On March 16, an explosion in a Syrian mosque left 46 civilians dead, and between March 17 and March 23, more than 200 civilians were killed in Mosul, as the United States fought to clear membe...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 2

…HI HUSSEIN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES MLift Presents Janae Marie Kroc WHAT: Listen to Janae Marie Kroc, a world-champion powerlifter and transgender woman, discuss her motivation and training regimen. WHO: MLift WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Mason Hall, Room 3411 Robo-Sexism Colloquim WHAT: Anthropology Prof. Jenni...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 3A will go unnoticed.” Surrounded by the glow of candles, speakers mourned those lost in the airstrikes, while also emphasizing the importance of remembering the humanity of those killed, rather than statistics portraying the immense number of lives lost. Speeches touched on highly personal topics, such as an Iraqi speaker’s mother loving purple but always wea...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 4

…A t this point in the Trump presidency — and especially on this campus — criticizing President Donald Trump has become so common and routine that doing so feels unproductive. According to Gallup, Trump’s approval rating is 36 percent — a record low. And on a campus where only 12 percent of students polled before the election said they would vote for Trump, I suspect that approval rating is much, much lower. It doesn’t hel...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 5

…Every single morning, I wake up to the buzz of my phone alarm. Immediately, I check to see a myriad of notifications popped up on my screen and spend at least ten minutes looking through each one before I wash up and get ready for class. Throughout the day, I find myself constantly clicking and thumbing through Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. Occasionally, I’ll stop to look at a striking image or funny meme, but mor...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 6

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Anemic 5 Dukes not among royalty 10 Huge production 14 Rod in a hot rod 15 Kate’s sitcom pal 16 Pilaf base 17 *Rain-X auto product 19 Like port, usually 20 Lacking a key 21 *Manhattan theater district locale 23 Proofer’s mark 25 Feathery layer 26 Oomph 29 Set apart from the group 33 Org. with the staff of Aesculapius in its logo 36 Big name in gas 38 Slam-dance 39 Compres...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 7A ‘M’ defeats UMBC, continues hot start Coming off a bye week following a run of three wins in a row, the No. 20 Michigan men’s lacrosse team defeated Maryland-Baltimore County by a final score of 10-7 on Saturday afternoon. In its first game since the biggest win in the program’s history — a 13-12 victory against No. 10 Penn — Michigan (8-1) was able to...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 8

…8A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Walton selected for 3-point competition It may not be for the reason that he hoped, but Derrick Walton Jr. is going to Phoenix, Ariz. after all. The field for the 29th State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships was announced Tuesday afternoon, and Michigan’s senior point guard found his name among the eight-player group tha...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 10

…F raming a personal struggle around a song is tacky. I hate when writers do that. But Lorde’s latest release, a stirring piano ballad called “Liability,” puts into words a form of uncertainty I could never articulate. The 20-year- old songstress has peeled back her angsty exterior to reveal an underlying paradox I know all too well: genuine confidence coupled with a perpetual feeling of loneliness. Her words spill unevenly ...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 11

…3B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement BY JACKIE CHARNIGA, DAILY STAFF WRITER I t’s a Friday night and my best friend is in town, so you know what that means, my sympathetic critics: This girl walks into a bar. It was VulfPunk Night at the Blind Pig, and the menu featured cover songs of Vulfpeck and Daft Punk by four bands, two of which we actually sampled. My first trip to the Blind Pig may also be my last: This little pi...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 12

…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 5B Behind the Block ‘M’ the buisness of branding the University b y T i m C o h n, Daily News Editor For more than a century, the University of Michi- gan’s logo — the block ‘M’ — has been an Ann Arbor staple, emblazoned on everything from the Big House scoreboard to the graduation-party cakes of high-school seniors. Despite slight modificatio...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 13

…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: The Politics of Art-Making Editor’s note: Amy Chavasse is a professor in dance in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Her teaching inter- ests include contemporary dance technique, improvisation, composition and social issues on dance. She is also the artistic director of ChavasseDance&Performance. R estlessness and curiosity have always been...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 14

…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: A Meditation on Polar Bears E very summer growing up, my entire extended family went to a tiny sum- mer camp on a tiny lake in south- western Michigan for one week. Normally, swaths of children from grade school to high school occupied the campgrounds, but we went for what’s called “Family Furlough,” the period when only families were allowed. Each summer I’d antici...…

March 29, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 55) • Page Image 15

…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : T H E F L A M I N G L I P S P H O T O S B Y Z O E Y H O L M S T R O M On March 14, I photographed The Flaming Lips at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Their performance was an incredible experience of sound and color. Music filled the theatre for over two hours, opening with the energetic “Race for the Prize” and ending with the heartfelt “Do You Realize??” ...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 1

…Gov. Rick Snyder and state lawmakers are introducing bills to the state legislature that seek to combat the rising number of opioid overdoses by monitoring prescriptions more closely and enforcing opioid abuse education. Committees within the state House and Senate will begin testimony on more than a dozen measures to battle the epidemic. The opioid epidemic in Michigan has been growing steadily, with the number of opio...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 2

…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 11/24/08 12:59 PM SUDOKU EASY 4 9 5 2 5 1 3 4 6 7 4 3 4 8 6 2 1 2 9 3 4 7 6 8 3 5 6 8 7 4 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! GRAB ‘N’ GO. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES “Starving ...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 3 was originally mentioned back in October. She said LSA SG sent out a survey last semester to gauge student opinions on the announcement, and found some apprehension regarding the plans. “After polling 500 students (both seniors and younger), we found that 61% were upset that commencement wouldn’t follow the traditional pattern of having a speaker,” Gipps wr...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 4

…P resident Donald Trump’s recent budget blueprint for the fiscal year 2018 calls for several major cuts to departments and organizations that used to garner bipartisan support, like the National Institutes of Health. These budget changes, particularly the $5.8 billion reduction of the NIH budget, hold severe ramifications for medical scientists who rely on the NIH to fund grants that help make groundbreaking rese...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 5 ‘Seas’ is a fascinating look into one family’s challenge Ann Arbor Film Festival presents a tale of a family at sea You’ve probably never heard of the Griffith family, despite the fact that they’re among the most accomplished American sailors in history. The family undertook 20 ocean voyages over two decades, including three separate circumnavigations. T...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 6

…HAPPY TUESDAY! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Like some benefit golf tournaments 6 Baby bed 10 Deadly snakes in hieroglyphics 14 “It matters to me” 15 Italian money until 2002 16 Tackle box item 17 *Seeks shelter 19 Samoa’s capital 20 “__ side are you on?” 21 Not up to snuff 23 Pierced ear part 26 Actor Jared 28 Conceals in one’s hand 29 Tactical advancements 31 Like slugs 33 Jellyfish bites 34 Thrill...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 7 Michigan’s Pro Day exemplifies main commitment to grooming NFL talent Two and a half years ago, Taco Charlton and Chris Wormley were just rotation players on the Michigan football team’s defensive line, with only a handful of starts between them. The only NFL Draft speculation surrounding either of them came from an Instagram post from Charlton in Novemb...…

March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 8

…8 — Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Canfield powers Michigan on offense, defense Faith Canfield spent Friday morning in class jotting down notes instead of taking batting practice before the No. 19 Michigan softball team opened Big Ten play against Penn State. This lack of game-time preparation didn’t matter for the sophomore second baseman. While her teammates rocketed balls over th...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 1

…In celebration of the University of Michigan’s bicentennial, the 2017 graduating class will be sent off in style with a graduation ceremony at Michigan Stadium featuring University figures from the past and present, musical performances and alumni award presentations. The ceremony will be on April 29 and will break a long- standing tradition of seating the graduates on the stands and instead, seat them on the fie...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 2

…2A — Monday, March 27, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Slavery and Children’s Stories: Implications for Schooling and Society WHAT: Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, from the University of Pennsylvania, will talk about slavery in children’s books. WHO: University Library WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery As “I Got a Feeling” reverberated throughout the Indoor Track Buildin...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, March 27, 2017 — 3A and Tobago, and she believes immigration is a topic that affects all Americans. “Unless you’re Native American, you’re an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants,” she said. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D– Mich.) was in attendance and thanked the spirited marchers for uniting to fight for the rights of all Americans, urging them to not be divided by hate and ...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 4

…F or many, today’s America is the pinnacle of the continuous development of humanity toward ever- greater freedom. It represents the fruition of the cries of liberty at the gates of Bastille in France, the struggles of the abolitionists and the suffragists and the aspirations of the civil rights movements of the past century. Its values and principles are the culmination of the efforts of generations of social activists and ...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 5

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 27, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Ponzi scheme, e.g. 5 Impersonated 9 Your __ Highness 14 Drilled bowling ball feature 15 Artist Magritte 16 Shah of Iran, in 1979-’80 17 Bahrain big shot 18 Writer’s chief work (Latin) 20 Sphere of influence 22 Drinking glass edges 23 Ambulance initials 24 Done deal (French) 28 Farm country skyline hi...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 6

…6A — Monday, March 27, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘The Pink Egg’ is a confusing, disturbing visual spectacle INDEPENDENT RELEASE Still from indpendent realeas “The Pink Egg” Daily Arts Writers review Ann Arbor’s 55th Film Festival Most of the time I was confused. Then I was kind of grossed out. At the end I was just tired. “The Pink Egg” is a 71-minute film depicting the actions and habits of seven insect s...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 7

…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | March 27, 2017 On two feet Michigan coach John Beilein has always stressed the importance of the basics, such as landing on two feet. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Time to reload The Michigan football team began spring practice Friday, and will need to replace multiple key contributors on the defensive side of the ball. » Page 4B Michigan 80, Virginia Tech 62 ETHAN WOLFE Daily...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 8

…2B — March 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Under Beilein, Michigan lands on two feet W ith under a minute to go in a Sweet 16 game against Oregon on Thursday, DJ Wilson set up on the left wing to take a go-ahead 3-pointer for the Michigan men’s basketball team. It wasn’t the shot you’ll remember for years. Before Derrick Walton Jr. missed that shot, Wilson lined up the first one that would ...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 9

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday March 27, 2017 — 3B Speight embracing new leadership role Wilton Speight is the guy, and he knows it. It has been a long time since a Michigan quarterback could say the same. For the first time since 2014, the Wolverines know who will be taking their snaps behind center come next fall prior to spring practice. With that certainty has come new confidence for Speight. Las...…

March 27, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 10

…4B — March 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Just like that K ANSAS CITY, Mo. — Everyone called them a Cinderella team. Everyone except the Wolverines. After the plane accident two weeks ago, the practice uniforms and the Big Ten Tournament title run, the Michigan men’s basketball team was living a dream. In those four days, the Wolverines blew out Illinois, knocked off Purdue, escaped from...…

March 24, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 52) • Page Image 1

…KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With nine seconds left and the Michigan men’s basketball team down by one, Derrick Walton Jr. received the inbounds pass looking for a shot that would lead the Wolverines to the Elite Eight. And with two seconds left, the senior guard got his chance, jab-stepping his defender and stepping back for a 3-point attempt. But unlike so many of Walton’s shots in Michigan’s seven-game undefeated run, the ball fel...…

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