…After President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to reverse carbon emission regulations on coal- fired power plants enacted by former President Barack Obama, members of the University of Michigan community reacted, on the whole, with criticism. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said University leaders are working to understand the full implications of Trump’s order, and are still working toward a 25 perc...…
… The Grandmother Tree Walk WHAT: Celebrate the bicentennial by taking this self- guided tour of 12 historic trees in the Arboretum. WHO: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum WHEN: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Nichols Arboretum As part of its eighth annual Marshall M. Weinberg Symposium on Saturday, the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science hosted Noam Chomsky, an MIT professor, linguist and cognitive scie...…
…also spoke about the merits of petitioning the government. “We’re the ones with the petition for the legalization of recreational marijuana here in the state of Michigan,” Spencer said. An couple from Novi, Mich., who requested to remain anonymous because they were talking about drug use, outlined the routine for their celebration. “We smoked before, in the mosh pit, walking out of the mosh pit,” they said. One of the tw...…
…F or the past seven years, a specter has been haunting my classes. I have been teaching classes on United States political and social movement history and on the history of race in the U.S. at the University of Michigan since the mid-1990s. Sometime around 2010, I noticed a change in my classrooms. My classes, I came to realize, had been profoundly altered by Proposal 2, the statewide referendum that in 2006 banned the use of ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, April 3, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Spiders’ fly catchers 5 It forms over a healing abrasion 9 Casual talk 13 Mine, to Marcel 14 Batted ball into the dugout, say 15 Lane at the Daily Planet 16 Awkward situation 19 Mournful poem 20 IDs shown at airports 21 Close tightly again 23 Business suit go-with 24 Weekly paycheck, e.g. 31 Pose a q...…
…6A — Monday, April 3, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com DAILY MUSIC COLUMN The reason ‘emo’ just isn’t as sad as everyone thinks Every genre of music inevitably gets reduced to a stereotype in the eyes of the public. Hip hop is often cast as bluntly misogynistic party music. Jazz is thought to be impenetrable, highbrow virtuosity. The two words “heavy metal” immediately call to mind dudes with long beards, tattoos ...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | April 3, 2017 AMELIA CACCHOINE/Daily Sweeping through The Michigan softball team outscored Northwestern 20-0 to sweep the weekend series and improve to 6-0 in the Big Ten. » Page 4B Test of will The Michigan women’s basketball team turned a NCAA Tournament snub into a WNIT title. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Michigan 89, Georgia Tech 79 ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer Michiga...…
…2B — April 3, 2017w SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com One final test of will T hrough all the smiles and joy on the court Saturday afternoon, after the Michigan women’s basketball team won the WNIT, it would have been easy to forget where the team was nearly three weeks ago. On that night, a night where they expected to break a three-year NCAA Tournament drought, the Wolverines had their hearts ripped...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday April 3, 2017 — 3B Michigan sweeps Northwestern with 4-0 win Before Sunday’s matinee against Northwestern, the No. 20 Michigan softball team — including coach Carol Hutchins — seemed looser during warmups than before its other games. As dancing and trust falls commenced, the Alumni Band, stationed in the right-center field bleachers, played the “Mission Impossible” theme song. ...…
…4B — April 3, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines finally get to cut down net DETROIT — The Michigan women’s basketball team has been in existence for 44 seasons. Prior to Saturday, the Wolverines — despite several NCAA Tournament and Women’s National Invitation Tournament appearances — did not have a banner in Crisler Center to show for those 44 years. Nor had they ever been able to cut down the ne...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, April 4, 2017 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 59 ©2017 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S U D O K U . . . ....…
…SHORT WINTER BREAKS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, April 4, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Dinosaur Tour WHAT: Docents will lead half-hour tours of the current dinosaur exhibits. WHO: Museum of Natural History WHEN: 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Ruthven Museums Building University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel addressed students concerns about commencement, President Donald Tru...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, April 4, 2017 — 3 that moment it was kind of like what just happened? It was a complete surprise … (This lecture) is very personal, and I’m hoping students will be able to take something away from this that’s more than just classroom material.” Cho started his lecture, titled “The Unexpected Benefits of Pain, Passion, and Pets,” like he begins his classes: by asking the audi...…
…M y name is Emily Kaufman. I am transgender, and this aspect of my identity is intrinsic to my sense of self. But I am more than that: I am a human, a woman, a friend, a leader, a writer and a poet. In three separate instances, The Michigan Daily has either misrepresented or erased my identity. I want to start, however, with an example of accurate and honest reporting that I expect of the Daily. On Jan. 17, an article ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, April 4, 2017 — 5 FOCUS WORLD French horror flick, “Raw” ABC Jenna Elfman in ABC’s new “Imaginary Mary” ‘Raw’ is a delicious blend of coming-of-age horror ‘Imaginary Mary’ falls flat and fails to deliver French horror film is a gorey delight as it explores the life of a woman suppressing, and eventually giving into, cannibalism New ABC comedy doesn’t intrigue or captivate in its q...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Complain and complain 5 Frolic in the field 9 Searched for shells in the shallows 14 Where to find Java 15 Governor Kasich’s state 16 Be a ham 17 Verizon invoice, e.g. 19 Way to get there 20 Saint at a gate 21 Melt frost from, as a windshield 23 Self-serve salad site 24 Old World Style sauce brand 26 The “c” in a + b = c 28 Govt. agency that lends to start-ups 30 Second ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, April 4, 2017 — 7 Michigan falters against Maryland The Michigan women’s lacrosse team has been searching for a signature win since the program’s conception four years ago. Saturday, the Wolverines had another opportunity to earn their first win over a ranked opponent against No. 1 Maryland. Michigan would have to wait a little longer, though. The Terrapins (2-0 Big Ten, 1...…
…8 — Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘M’ rolling into midweek matchups The No. 18 Michigan baseball team (4-2 Big Ten, 22-6 overall) is coming off three blowouts over Penn State this past weekend and will look to stay hot going into two midweek games tomorrow and Wednesday against Notre Dame and Bowling Green, respectively. The Wolverines’ offense fired on all cylind...…
…The University of Michigan, though established in Ann Arbor in 1837, opened its first building in Detroit in 1817. Before this, the Michigan Territory had no organized schools, and very few students were prepared to attend a university. The year 1817 itself was crucial in the development of Michigan, and on Tuesday evening, Brian Dunnigan, William Clements Library associate director and curator of maps, addressed members...…
…FINDING A FIRE PLAYLIST. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, April 5, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Tift Merritt WHAT: Songwriter Tift Merritt performs a concert featuring her new music, which is known as distaff country soul. WHO: The Ark WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: 316 S. Main St. Party for the Planet WHAT: The dining halls will serve a selection of earth-friendly foods as they ce...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, April 5, 2017 — 2A Journalist Jon Cohen spoke about methods to curb the stigma behind HIV/AIDS Tuesday evening in an event that was part of the Pulitzer Center’s collaboration with the Communication Studies Department. About 20 University of Michigan students and faculty attended the event, where Cohen especially covered efforts to end AIDS in Africa and the U...…
…“T his is what democracy is all about,” remarked my representative, Dave Trott (R–Mich.), to a room crowded full of constituents, many of whom had just repeatedly chanted “shame” in response to one of his statements. In many ways, this town hall was a microcosm of a larger conflict between Republican congressmen and their alienated constituents that has been happening across the United States since Trump’s inaugura...…
…I just finished devouring “S-Town,” a new podcast from Serial and This American Life. I expected the story to follow in the true-crime footsteps of its predecessors and, for the first few installments at least, that appeared to be the direction it was heading. Lured by the promise of a small town whodunit, journalist Brian Reed falls instead into the life of John B. McLemore, a contradictorily misanthropic and charismatic horolo...…
…STAYING IN ANN ARBOR THIS SUMMER? APPLY TO WORK FOR THE MICHIGAN DAILY BUSINESS TEAM! DESIGNERS! LAYOUT! CONTACT JOBS.TMD@GMAIL.COM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED! ADVERTISING! RANDOS! ACROSS 1 Chickens (out) 6 Lay eyes on 10 Judge’s setting 14 Like kindling when lit 15 Advil target 16 Insulate, as a jacket 17 *Process of electron gain or loss 19 Killer whale 20 Cereal with lemony lemon and orangey orange flavors 21 Falling-out 22 Bryn Mawr ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, April 5, 2011 — 7A In search of validation T he Michigan softball team left the John Cropp Classic in Lexington, Ky. teetering on the brink of disaster. Following a swift 5-1 defeat to No. 19 Kentucky on March 12, its record dropped to 14-7- 1 — the worst 22-game start since 2006. “We’re not playing the game of softball,” said Michigan coach Carol Hutchins after that g...…
…8A — Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Sophomore running back Chris Evans has taken advantage of the offseason to gain more strength and knowledge. Evans builds stronger physique Chris Evans strolled into the lobby of Towsley Family Museum, clad in a grey cut-off t-shirt and a pair of flip-flops. The customary flattop hairstyle — a trait which he became known for last year...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 5, 2017 THE PEDICAB MAN …
…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Emily Hardie Erin Tolar Nicole Doctoroff Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Danielle Jackson Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, April 5, 2017 // The Statement Personal Statement: Reflection Based on “Long Distance” by Victor Lavelle Preface: ...…
…I n the skinny budget proposed in March by President Donald Trump, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be defunded. The agency, which carries a budget of about $445 million, would lose all its money and, as a result, public media stations and producers are slated to lose sizable amounts of their budgets. This isn’t the first time that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was threatened with budget cuts. Du...…
…Wednesday, April 5, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, April 5, 2017 // The Statement 5B The Pedicab Man the story behind Boober Tours b y Av i S h o l k o f f, Daily Sports Writer “ Boober Tours! The only way!” Pedestrians stare at Kevin Span- gler, the six-foot-five man wearing a long black jacket who is pedaling on a pedicab on a mid-afternoon day. “Boober Tours! The only way!” Spangler shouts again, hoping someone will not...…
…Wednesday, April 5, 2017 // The Statement 6B Sports is Art It took me four seconds to spot Teddy in a line of 50 students outside Crisler Center. He stood tall in a bright-yellow Pikachu costume holding a small Tim Horton’s hot chocolate in his right hand. As I approached him, he seemed to be talk- ing a little bit to a lot of people. He told me we would be let inside the Crisler Center — home of the University of Michigan’s men’s an...…
…their academic mission often couldn’t do,” Potter said. “The stands for Michigan foot- ball very early on were intended to be larger than the city of Ann Arbor. Again, it proved that the University was stretching its image.” *** An hour and a half before the game, the inside of Crisler Center feels a bit like a shinier Disneyland. It’s pristinely clean, and there’s an overpowering cinnamon sugar smell floating throughout. “Bad and Bou...…
…Wednesday, April 5, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : P A R A D I S E F O U N D P H O T O S B Y J U L I A L A W S O N This past summer I went to Kauai, Hawaii and was lucky enough to be able to explore a beautiful garden in the Wailua River Valley called Smith’s Tropical Paradise. Its vibrant colors and beautiful scenery will stay with me forever. …
…Creating social change and gaining entrepreneurial success as a woman were among the emphasized topics discussed by female business leaders at the Women, Entrepreneurship and Social Change Conference Wednesday afternoon. Fostering conference, held in the Michigan League, was organized by LSA senior Hayley Maybaum. Maybaum met Sonya Passi, the founder and CEO of FreeFrom, while doing pro bono work at a law firm in New York Cit...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 10/27/08 1:10 PM SUDOKU HARD 9 6 4 9 1 8 5 6 4 9 8 5 1 2 9 9 5 2 7 4 1 5 6 3 2 5 8 4 6 1 6 4 A TRADITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, April 6, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES The Research University and Society WHAT: Five former University presidents will ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 3A I’m not proud to make this declaration by any means; I’m actually quite devastated that this has become a facet of my being, but holy fuck do I detest reading. I’m not talking about the day- to-day casual Reddit browsing, Facebook lurking stuff, or the kind that is fundamental. I’m talking like the big-ass textbooks, fucking “War and Peace” type of...…
…T here is nothing like a fall afternoon at the Big House. A football game, a great band, discerning fans and lots of excitement. About 110,168 fans on a regular basis, not counting the vast TV audiences, couldn’t be wrong. But there is another storyline here. College football has become much bigger than the universities it actually purports to represent. Michigan football is branded on the sweats and tees and mugs of every Wal...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Highlands hat 4 Serenade, as the moon 9 Pearl seeker 14 Botanist Gray 15 Naproxen brand 16 “__ Mio” 17 *Judy Blume genre 19 Bags with handles 20 Calendario start 21 Sierra __ 23 Former Radiohead label 24 __ Valley: Reagan Library site 25 *Got from the cloud? 27 Not having the know-how 29 Locomotive, e.g. 30 Compose, in a way 31 Single-celled creature 35 Sinusi...…
…6A — Thursday, April 6, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Seizing catcher role, Alexander aids Betsa’s pitching When sophomore catcher Katie Alexander visits senior right-hander Megan Betsa in the circle between pitches, the message is usually simple: just breathe. As complex as a softball pitcher’s throwing technique can be, that’s what the pair focuses on in the middle of pressure-cooker games. Alexander’s ...…
…THE ISSUE B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, April 6, 2017 Design By Jacob Bergen …
…2B — Thursday, April 6, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Seventy years later, all roads lead to Fleetwood The peculiar Ann Arbor diner is riddled with stories and history THE MICHIGAN DAILY Ann Arbor’s own Fleetwood Diner “There’s an old payphone back here that doesn’t work,” said server Rob Bell to me one hazy afternoon, as I stopped by the restaurant where he worked. “One night this total crazy person was t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 3B Srijith Gopinathan — executive chef to San Francisco’s Taj Campton Place Hotel — found his career path to be fraught with what he says were “big time complications.” Hailing from southern India, Gopinathan had as traditional of an upbringing as any of his regional contemporaries possibly could — a mother who (at least initially) wasn’t the happie...…
…4B — Thursday, April 6, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com As inspiring as the perfect kiss scene UNIVERSAL PICTURES Still from Bridget Jone’s Diary A look at food & chocolate in the most notable romantic comedies “What originally turned you on to cooking?” “Fire.” And so answered Chef Roger Urso, owner of the company Food and Logic, chef for multiple organizations on campus including fraternity Sigma Ch...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, April 6, 2017 — 5B SARAH AGNONE/THE MICHIGAN DAILY Literati’s Espresso Bar A mixed review of my top three coffee shops in AA Arts Writer Sarah Agnone travels around Ann Arbor recording the tastes and sounds of her favorite caffeine-crutch suppliers On any college campus, coffee indisputably reigns supreme and the University of Michigan is no different. Students ...…
…6B — Thursday, April 6, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com When the “Rick & Morty” surprise episode that dropped last Saturday gave nod to a long lost Szechuan McNugget dipping sauce, the internet blew up and “Binging with Babish” was on the case to try to recreate the mysterious sauce. Andrew Rea, the man behind the hit YouTube channel has carved out his own little corner of the web cooking famous dishes from mov...…
…Despite frigid temperatures, about 100 students and community members marched through the streets of Ann Arbor on Thursday night to “take back the night” and raise awareness for sexual assault on college campuses. Though Take Back the Night is believed to have originated in 19th-century London when women marched for safer streets, it has since evolved into an international movement of over 1,000 annual marc...…
… NETFLIX BINGE. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, April 7, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Univ. of Michigan @UMich .@DrSanjayGupta earned a U-M BS in 1990, MD in ‘93, then became a neurosurgeon and @CNN chief medical correspondent. #UMich200 Michigan Students @UMichStudents Favorite part of Spring: No one has any idea what to wear. Shorts? Parka? One of ...…
…Interim Provost Paul Courant, who was a moderator of the event and introduced the overarching topic to be addressed. “The bargain between the research university and society is under much greater stress than we imagined it could or would be,” Courant said before introducing Shapiro. Shapiro, who was president of the University from 1980 to 1987, agreed with Courant’s initial sentiments. “It is critical to acknowledge as a nat...…
…O n Saturday, I participated in Detroit Partnership’s annual Detroit Partnership Day for the second year in a row. This time, thankfully, there was no self- congratulatory rhetoric or encouragement to “fix Detroit.” We were there to learn about the community, do what we could in the few hours we had and leave with the understanding that we hadn’t even made a dent in the process. Residents thanked us, but no one praise...…
…When you live with 13 people, it gets a little hard to coordinate family-style dinners. You may have stopped reading after “13 people.” Trust me, I understand. But it somehow works — and so can making a family style dinner big enough to feed the Von Trapp family on a budget. Gathering with others for a meal is a deeply rooted tradition in our society and within my own experiences at school. For many reasons, which vary from tab...…
