…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 14 — Wednesday, April 21, 2021 statement Lost at Michigan: a reflection of my transition from rural to university life O n the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2016, I lounged in my old bedroom, exhausted from a particularly grueling competitive cheer practice, mindlessly scrolling through my phone after yet another day of going through the motions. Just after 8 p.m., I refreshed my Gmail, only...…
…R ecently I time-traveled 100 years in the past. I didn’t go to a historical house to find out what life was like on the frontier, I didn’t churn my own butter or read the Farmers’ Almanac by candlelight, but I did witness an internal party primary for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. This arcane process was the norm prior to the early 20th century, with party insiders — or in this case, members of the State Central Commi...…
…F or those currently unaware, in the state of Michigan, everyone — and yes that means everyone — above the age of 16 is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as of April 5. This is the case country- wide, for the most part, with the exception of a few states that are expanding their eligibility soon. In other words, the time to get vaccinated is upon us. The University of Michigan has already vaccinated over 40,000 individuals and ...…
…7-Opinion M y first introduction to the possible future of genomic editing came while reading Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The novel begins in the year 2540 at an embryo factory called the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Centre. The director of the facility describes to a group of male students how eggs are modified during the gestation period of development to fit into five distinct castes: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delt...…
…Michigan plays assertively in win streak The No. 25 Michigan baseball team is riding a five-game winning streak, which includes a series win over archrival Ohio State and a sweep at Minnesota. But the Wolverines still feel there’s room for improvement. “I still don’t think we’re playing our very best baseball yet,” Michigan coach Erik Bakich said. “I still think there’s plenty of opportunity to get hot.” Their best could sti...…
…Danny Zimmerman stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded during the Michigan baseball team’s game against Minnesota on Friday. The redshirt junior outfielder launched his second home run of the game, this one over the fence in deep left field to make the score 14-2, as the Wolverines broke open the game and went on to win 21-5. Thanks in large part to a plethora of home runs, Michigan (18-7 Big Ten) swept Minnesota (4-20) ...…
…The 2021 gymnastics National Championship came down to the very last routine of the meet. Junior Abby Heiskell stared down the beam as she mounted it. As she performed her routine, she completed each skill with an intention to do it perfectly, a lesson Michigan coach Bev Ploc- ki has drilled into the mind of her gymnasts all season. Heiskell showed no ounce of doubt in any of her skills, and when she finished the routine with a stu...…
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…News U-M College of Pharmacy hosts Safe Medicine Disposal event PHOTO CAMPUS LIFE CAROLINE WANG Daily Staff Reporter JARETT ORR/Daily Hash Bash attendee plays the trumpet on the Diag Saturday afternoon. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at...…
…Read more at MichiganDaily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 25. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court. The Michigan Daily sat down with University of Michigan experts and students to discu...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, April 6, 2022 “WAIT, WHY DO you look so familiar?” Before I could even ask a question, LSA senior Cam Turner was interviewing me instead. I have to laugh because I know exactly why I look so familiar to him — he was an RA in my freshman dorm. It’s not the only thing we have in common, either. We’re both from the South, him from Georgia and myself from Tennessee, and we’re bot...…
…Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Nasty, Brutish and Short’: Professor Scott Hershovitz on why the best philosophers are children Why we tell the story: MUSKET’s production of ‘Once on This Island’ Ben Afeck has a better relationship with snails than Ana de Armas in ‘Deep Water’ This interview was edited for length and clarity. IN HIS NEW book “Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philos...…
…One out of eight men believes that he could score against Serena Williams in a tennis match. This, to me, is the epitome of delusion. Saying that someone is delusional often conjures up images of raging schizophrenics, completely absorbed by illusions of grandeur and hallucinations of voices from nowhere, people who don’t exist and events that never happened. But in reality, self-delusion is more subtle and ordinary. It’s t...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 7 Read more at MichiganDaily.com TAYLOR SCHOTT Statement Deputy Editor Can love overcome language barriers? KAVYA UPPALAPATI Statement Columnist Read more at MichiganDaily.com Can language barriers within a relationship inhibit true connection? Popular media begs to say “no.” The highly acclaimed “Love Actually” features characters Jamie an...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, April 6, 2022 As a Christian, my favorite verse in the Bible is Mark 9:24. “Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’” This is my unbelief: My name is Sarah Olumayowa Olamide Oguntomilade. I come from a Christian, Nigerian family where names are very important. It is believed that when you call someone’s name, you...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All ot...…
…E veryone wants to be “that girl.” You know who she is, the one who “has her life together,” who wakes up early, works out in a chic set, drinks colorful smoothies, has pretty, shiny hair and glowing skin — all effortlessly of course. I’m sorry to tell you that this is not actually a tutorial on how to be her, in fact, I’m here to tell you instead that you can’t be her. She isn’t real! But you are, and you can be just as happy as...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 11 SportsWednesday: Michigan’s dominant season is one more step in a culmination of excellence In the 46 years before 2021, Mich- igan women’s gymnastics never passed the 198-point mark, though it had come close a couple times in the years leading up to it. 197.950 in the 2020 Elevate the Stage meet, then six days later it put up a 197.9 against New Hampshire. Bu...…
…ROUTINE Grace Beal, Anna Fuder/Daily | Design by Lys Goldman SPORTS WEDNESDAY RUN Michigan wins regional title, advances to National Semifinals TAYLOR DANIELS Daily Sports Writer F ollowing a second-place finish in its regional second round, the No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team had something to prove. And Saturday night, the Wolverines proved why they were the Raleigh region’s No. 1 seed. A dominant final two...…
…See DAILY INVESTIGATION, Page 3 JULIAN WRAY & VANESSA KIEFER Managing Investigative Editors GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXXI, No. 72 ©2022 The Michigan Daily N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I N S E R T M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...…
…News Alzheimer’s data highlights need for increased understanding of mild cognitive impairment PHOTO JINGQI ZHU Daily Staff Reporter TESS CROWLEY/Daily Jon Vaughn returns to camp outside of the President’s House Sunday night following the forced removal of his campsite by the University March 7. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of Michiga...…
…CAMPUS LIFE Read more at MichiganDaily.com Design by Abby Schreck News Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Ford School of Public Policy hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Anne Apple- baum at the Michigan League on Monday to discuss challenges to democratic institutions and the role of the press in a conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr. Offered in both an...…
…Arts 4 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 “QUEER” IS A powerful word, and to be Queer is a powerful thing. For so many, art and Queerness are inextricably linked. The art we were exposed to growing up informed the way we came into our Queer- ness, and now our Queerness informs the way we consume and make art. In almost everything I watch, read and listen to, I look for refractions of this part of myself in order to understand myself better ...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ isn’t a queer story, but it’s part of mine Nothing is really ‘Straight Up’ OKAY, TIME FOR a confession. Long before I began to unpack my internalized misogyny and unchecked ego, I was just another girl who clung to wearing weird clothes and an inter- est in sports in the name of being “not like other girls.” Since then, I’ve embraced how b...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 A recent article published in The Michi- gan Review left many Michigan students appalled yet unsurprised. After digesting the manipulative and hateful content of the piece, we felt that it was necessary to address the author’s poor interpretation of Ameri- can racial dynamics and recycled conserva- tive talking points in order to debunk some fundament...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I’ve always loved birthdays, whether they were mine or somebody else’s. The thought of gathering to celebrate the life of somebody you love has always been an exciting part of every year. But when my own birthday creeps its way around the calendar, I always find myself reflecting on my life experiences. When I realized that on March 22, 2022, I wou...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily 8 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UM PHI BETA KAPPA CLASSES OF 2020 and 2021 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UM PHI BETA KAPPA CLASSES OF 2020 and 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most widely recognized scholarly honorary society in America. Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, it celebrates excel- lence in the liberal arts and sciences...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All o...…
…W ith its 2022 release, the satirical horror movie “Fresh” follows a young woman, Noa, through her newfound relationship with a supposed plastic surgeon, Steve. The relationship turns into a nightmare when Steve takes Noa to a remote house he owns, drugs her and locks her in a cell with other women who have fallen victim to Steve’s alluring nature. He proceeds to surgically remove her body parts piece by piece in ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 13, 2022 — 11 Michigan cruises to 4-0 victory over Purdue COLE MARTIN Daily Sports Writer Since 2000, the Michigan men’s tennis team has posted a 20-4 record against Purdue. And on Saturday, the Wolverines’ winning ways over the Boilermakers con- tinued: They dominated. For over a month, that word has described the Wolverines who entered Saturday having won 11 straight mat...…
…Michigan falls to Denver in Frozen Four overtime thriller SPORTSWEDNESDAY B OSTON — As the Michigan hockey team’s skaters lined up along the goal line prior to the game, each one exuded a calm about themselves. Standing side by side, their relaxed auras made it seem as though they were about to play any other game. And just as throughout the season, one-by-one, the starters were called to skate forward. ...…
…x Photo Immersion Edition In this special edition, we’ve challenged the Statement writers to ‘dive’ in and immerse them- selves in new experiences on campus. The result: a collection of testimonials shedding light on the campus’s less-explored marvels, from pole dancing to fencing to architecture hunting. And the Daily’s Photo team was there to capture it all. …
…PHOTOS BY SARAH BOEKE/DAILY Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement — 2 Content warning: Restrictive eating habits “Now let’s get acquainted with that pole.” After completing several warm-up exercises — wide-leg squats, downward dog, plank shoulder- taps, anything to bring our heart rates up — we had arrived at the long-awaited activity, the reason we were all in that room on a dark Wednesday evening. We were there to dance. At the ...…
…3 — Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement PHOTOS BY LILA TURNER/DAILY PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG Lookout mom, I’m a pirate now My mother has been bugging me lately about finding an activity to get my blood pumping and my endorphins flowing. She says it will be “good for my mental health” and will “help me sleep better” or whatever. She works as a full-time nurse and part-time teaching Zumba and Group Fight at four different gyms...…
…Wednesday, April 13, 2022 // The Statement — 4 BY OSCAR NOLLETTE-PATULSKI, STATEMENT COLUMNIST Mixed strategies at Scorekeepers BY TAYLOR SCHOTT, STATEMENT DEPUTY EDITOR However lame it makes me to say so, I don’t like going out. It is, to put it simply, a lot of work. It’s physi- cal work — the walking to, the dancing at. Constant- ly adjusting my bad posture. It’s mental work — the middling conversation, if it could be called conver...…
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…Spring commencement is one of the busiest times of the year in Ann Arbor as large crowds visit town to celebrate with the year’s graduating class. For the past two years, commencement has looked a little different: the commencement was canceled in 2020 and was closed to guests in 2021. This year, however, there will be two commencement ceremonies, one for the class of 2022 on April 30 and a special “Comeback Ceremony” for...…
…Content Warning: This arti- cle contains mentions of sexual assault. The University of Michigan’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center’s (SAPAC) 37th annual survivor speak- out began with a moment of silence Sunday night. About 70 U-M community members came together at the Michigan Union’s Pendleton Room to share and listen to stories from sexual assault survivors. The crowd fell quiet as attendees paid respect to those i...…
…Arts 4 — Wednesday, April 20, 2022 WHEN I WAS approximately 13 years old I wrote a “The Lord of the Rings” fan- fiction. It never got past three chapters, mostly encompassing the moment Merry and Pippin are captured by Orcs until the rest of the Fellowship find them after The Battle of Isengard. It also never saw the light of day, and now collects dust in a 42 page document on my computer titled “Old Stories” that makes me sick to my ...…
…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Meet Annie Rauwerda, the U-M student behind Depths of Wikipedia Why I can’t (and won’t) shut up about season 2 of ‘Bridgerton’ MAYBE YOU’VE SCROLLED through your timeline on your favorite social media app and come across a post about odd Canadian traditions, animal-shaped breads or ancient Sumerian jokes — but did you know that the creator of these posts could’ve been in your discussion sec...…
…The sweet, warm scent of pollen is not the only thing that fills the air on campus during April. Along with its arrival comes end-of-school- year stress, fears over what to do after the semester ends and the dreaded backpacking season. After reflecting on the fall semester during course selection, I realized that I felt empty from a lack of music in my life. While I enjoyed the one-credit chamber music class I was taking and felt g...…
…I first encountered the Kerrytown neighborhood when I came to Ann Arbor for freshman orientation in July of 2018. My partner had driven me up to Michigan, and we found a current student to stay with for the night. The house was a mustard color with large curvy windows, as if it were inspired by a funhouse. It had a huge attic and was shaped like no other home I’d ever seen. Many of the rooms looked like they were closets or huge st...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, April 20, 2022 I’ve been thinking a lot lately on what constitutes a friend. The qualifiers and the levels all associated with it. What distinguishes someone as a true friend versus someone you spend time with? An issue I had in the past (and still suf- fer from) is failure to define, creating the boundaries between different categories of friendship. I consider my...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion Wednesday, April 20, 2022 — 9 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of The Daily’...…
…E veryone needs it, but no one wants to ask for it. “Help” has become a sort of dirty word, implying weakness and neediness, that we can’t handle our problems on our own. Using the word “help” has come to mean that you have given in to the obstacles plaguing your life and that you don’t have the strength to carry on by yourself. These implications are commonplace, and they are not only false, but harmful. I will openly admit tha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 20, 2022 — 11 Big moments lift Michigan to 2-1 weekend against Maryland JOEY GOODSIR Daily Sports Writer As fifth-year third baseman Tay- lor Bump stepped into the batter’s box on Friday, it was clear a break- through was necessary. In extra innings, bleeding only one run would result in another conference loss. So the No. 22 Mich- igan softball team could not afford to strand r...…
…“And after that, we knew we had a lot of ground to make up, and it was improbable that we were going to be able to do it.” Julia Schachinger/Daily | Design by Sophie Grand F ORT WORTH, Texas — The No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team entered the NCAA National Semifinal as the Raleigh Regional Champion and a favorite to advance to the final. There were high expectations for the Wolverines, who have rightfully earned high praise a...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Graduation Edition 2022 ARTS over the YEARS Bis etum il ius eliquam usaerum eium velicti comnit dunt, tota que consequo is essunture dolor molesti beriore, il ea ne plab ipsae excero te volorep tation re videndunt omnihil ipienda veliqui nobites et laboriame lantiossunt hil ius arumqui dentibus, qui aliat pa qui simolessit, nes escilit harum que volorit eicia con plis everum fugitatur...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Graduation Edition 2022 — 3 NEWS 24 hours with the Robert Anderson survivor protesters outside Schlissel’s house 10 :00 a.m. By 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 5, Jonathan Vaughn, the Anderson survivor and former Michigan football player who has been leading the protest, will have been camping out in front of President Schlissel’s house for 28 days. On a normal day during the protest, Vaughn wakes up ...…
