…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily. com Arts 4 — Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Haley Heynderickx talks music, honesty and change Seeing Haley Heynderickx perform live will change your conception of her music. You will realize that, all this time, she has not been trying to give you the answers: she is trying to ask the right questions. Even her tone — lilting, light, turning the ends of her phrases up in a comedic manner — often implies u...…
…11 Do we ever lose what was once ours? I don’t know why I thought writing this would be easy, or why I thought it would resemble the same process of all my past Daily pieces. I thought I would make my short trek to the Law Quad, bask in solitude with a carefully curated, mood-setting playlist and dedicate two hours to pouring my heart onto paper. In my head, it should have been that seamless. Automatic almost, or at the very least...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION A mid the pandemic, it’s dis- heartening to see our coun- try’s poor response to this public health crisis, and daily COVID- 19 updates highlight our nation’s inability to separate business and poli- tics from basic human rights. While most of the country has focused on bills like the Affordable Care Act and Medicare for All, this problem ulti- mately s...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, May 28, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION A s COVID-19 continues to run its course across the United States, there are few aspects of Ameri- can life that have avoided this pandemic’s disastrous impact. According to medical data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, over 100,000 Americans have succumbed to COVID-19. At the same time, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the Unive...…
…November has come and gone, and Yandhi left with it. Despite enthusiastic words from Kim Kardashian, it was no surprise that Kanye West’s supposed ninth studio album did not appear on streaming services this Black Friday, a fact his legions had earlier been forced to come to terms with after Mr. West took to Twitter to go back on his wife’s promise. All signs point to Yandhi being a spiritual sequel of sorts to Kanye’s 2013 ...…
…5 Thursday, May 7, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OP PINION S ince the start of the COVID- 19 pandemic, governors have had an integral responsibility to keep their constituents safe. From enacting stay-at-home orders to hold- ing press conferences and advocat- ing for their state to receive medical equipment, governors are working tirelessly to protect their states. While some governors, such as New York Gov. Andrew Cu...…
…5 Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OP OPINION ON A s the semester winds down while the weather warms up across the state, it’s easy to for- get that we are in the midst of a global pandemic. But while the pandemic may have slipped our minds, it certainly hasn’t escaped that of Gov. Gretchen Whit- mer, who announced the extension of her stay-at-home order through May 28. This decision has garnered severe...…
…I once had an interaction with my high school physics teacher that has stuck with me ever since. Dur- ing one of the weekly chats we’d have in her classroom after school, I won- dered out loud why neither evolution nor the Big Bang theory were covered in the biology or physics curricula. My teacher explained to me that being in a town drenched in parochial ideol- ogy, there was a don’t ask, don’t tell policy covering the teaching of...…
…the frog can definitively say the water has suddenly become too hot, there is usually no single, objective point where a system becomes too illiberal to be considered a real democracy. For instance, although America has free and fair elections, it also has several hugely unrepresentative political insti- tutions and a rash of voter restrictions. These limitations obviously don’t make America a totalitarian dictatorship à la North Kor...…
…4.2% of men experience nonconsen- sual sexual touching on campus; 34.3% of undergraduate women remain most at risk for experiencing nonconsen- sual touching and penetration on cam- pus; 17% of undergraduates, 26.4% of women, experience unwanted kissing and sexual touching prior to coming to the University; 6.7% of undergraduates, 10.6% of women, experience unwanted penetration or oral sex prior to coming to the University. 5 Thursd...…
…5 Thursday, May 6, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Biden may not be pulling out of Afghanistan — but he should Whose questions are we answering? Vaccinated? Great, keep your mask on. OPINION BRANDON COWIT | OPINION COLUMNIST LILY CESARIO | OPINION COLUMNIST ANYA SINGH | OPINION CARTOONIST P resident Joe Biden recently reached the end of his first 100 days in office, the arbitrary measure American political medi...…
…Wednesday, May 25, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com What will I be? TIAN YEUNG MiC Columnist Content warning: mention of suicide. Fourteen-year-old me was an anxious wreck with a negative outlook on life and my future. Despite my pessimism, on the day of career matching, I was hopeful that my result would ease the stress I had about choosing a career. I thought I could use this as an opportunity to...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Feliz Día de las Madres IRVING PEA MiC Columnist I love Mother’s Day. I love waking up Sunday morning to a plethora of Instagram posts from my friends dedicated to their moms and reading the beautiful tributes my mutuals write about their one and only. I love being left in awe when I come across pictures of my friends side by side with their moms and...…
…Wednesday, May 11, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I’m not ready to graduate VICTORIA TAN MiC Contributor Author’s note: I started writing for the Daily the winter of my sophomore year because I love to write — plain and simple. My main intention was never for my friends or family to read my work but instead to give myself a creative outlet and space where I could grow as a writer and collaborate wit...…
…Wednesday, May 4, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The cartoonishly-evil women characters of Asian entertainment One-dimensional is an understatement when it comes to the majority of female characters in East and Southeast Asians movies and TV — if they are even present at all. Of course, we are all too familiar with the doe-eyed damsel in distress with her dyed caramel locs getting scooped up...…
…COVID-19 has given the phrase “bedroom pop” a whole new meaning. High profile musi- cians across the world have flocked to video conferencing and streaming platforms like Zoom and Instagram Live to perform and chat with fans more than ever before, often from the comfort of their bedrooms. British singer and experimental pop superstar Charli XCX took this ascending intimacy between artist and listener and cranked it up to the max. Her ...…
…6 Thursday, May 28 , 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS A ‘New Horizons’ diary The music that plays at 5 a.m. in “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” is beautiful. I’ve only heard it in-game once. Not because I’m some Fortune 500 freak who thinks waking up at the ass crack of dawn is the key to success, or because I woke up in the middle of the night and booted up the game because I couldn’t go to sleep. No. Because I had ...…
…6A — Saturday, May 2, 2020 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Neutral White Population CYDNEY GARDNER-BROWN 2017 MiC Contributor ‘The white rice was excellent. Followed the directions on the bag perfectly. Way to go.’ Courtesy of Hunter Zhao 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 volor...…
…ARTS 6 Thursday, May 7, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This piece is part of a series on “Art during COVID,” an explora- tion of art forms to keep our idle minds creative during this pan- demic. With many of us at home, our minds have ample time to wander, wonder, and create. This series highlights accessible and immersive art forms to both produce and consume during the pandemic months and beyond. My favorite time to be...…
…If you listened to country radio any time in the last six months, there’s a good chance you heard one of Justin Bieber’s latest singles. Alarming, I know, but thanks to country duo Dan + Shay, Bieber can claim a hit country song with their collaboration “10,000 Hours.” A mushy-gushy, country lite ballad dedicated to their wives, “10,000 Hours” epitomizes the latest trend to sweep mainstream country music — “boyfriend country.” Coine...…
…My passion for baking started at a very young age. I can’t tell you about the very first time I ever baked because I quite honestly don’t remember, but I do remember what became a weekly ritual at my house starting when I was about five years old. Every Sunday, my dad and I spent our afternoons in the kitchen whipping up some sort of dessert. As he and I sped through our tiny kitchen, my sisters blasted Nancy Ajram (only one of the...…
…For as long as I can remember, I have always been fat. For me, self- love could never be a matter of “you’re not fat” or “it’s all in your head” because through my daily interactions with other people, I’m often reminded that others see me as fat even when they mean well and especially when they don’t. As such, I had no choice but to confront fatness itself and accept myself as I was. However, loving my body was much easier said t...…
…The month of May brings warmer weather and millions of posts under the Asian American Pacific Islander hashtag across all social media platforms. It is AAPI Heritage Month, a time for every Asian American and Pacific Islander to celebrate their respective cultures. AAPI commemoration was first officially recognized in 1978 as just one week in May, and the celebration didn’t expand into a month and didn’t become annual until 1990. ...…
…6 Thursday, May 6, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Few events are as exciting or significant to a film writer as the Oscars. Normally, the event offers the chance to meet with talented actors and filmmakers during a celebration of some of the year’s biggest films. Yet in a year filled with delays and accommodations, it’s no surprise that things didn’t quite look the same at this year’s Academy Awards. The typical ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, May 25, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief I n a leaked draft by Justice Samuel Alito, the majority opinion of the Court declared that Roe v. Wade, the land...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, May 18, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief T here is something comforting about the universality of soda. Any name-brand cola in the deep recesses of a gas sta...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, May 11, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief Bipartisanship is dead — so why do we use the word so often? I n politics, the word “bipartisan” is inescapable. Eve...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, May 4, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief Change in labor rights is brewing D ec. 9, 2021 marked a historic day for union organizers, labor activists and caffe...…
…This piece is part of a series on “Art during COVID,” an exploration of art forms to keep our idle minds creative during this pandemic. With many of us at home, our minds have ample time to wander, wonder and create. This series highlights accessible and immer- sive art forms to both produce and consume during the pandemic months and beyond. I’m sure every Ann Arbor student remembers where they were when they heard the news that wou...…
…A relationship’s “spark” is an abstract con- cept that we love to talk about. Whether it’s the reason someone might want to break up or it’s why we aren’t going on that second Tin- der date, the world seems to have collectively agreed that it’s the key to a good relationship. But what happens when the spark starts to fizzle? Or disappears altogether? Some couples go to marriage counseling while others might turn to less traditional meth...…
…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 si quiae esto blaturem labo. Itatas mos venis arumnihilla ntentotate...…
…7 Thursday, May 7, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Netflix’s catalogue hosts a large range of teenage romantic com- edies, films usually based on arche- types who parrot dumbed-down lines about the “important” parts of high school without experiencing a lot of character growth. They’re short and predictable, and because their sole purpose is entertain- ment, they start to blur together. But when a teen film goes beyon...…
…7 Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS It’s said that every theater is inhab- ited by at least one ghost and contrary to legends propagated by Hallow- een, these ghosts do not like the dark. Thus, when the curtain falls and a theater’s house empties, an employee will leave a light — a ghost light — to burn onstage until the performers return. Across the world, ghost lights have remained on and untouched f...…
…7 Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR The bitter gourd dances across the sharp blade of a mandolin, uniform slices falling from the vegetable and landing silently on the cutting board below. Its gator- like, green skin flashes brightly against the utensil’s yellow plastic. With every stroke, the vegetable gets smaller and smaller, until I hold just the stubby stem in my hand. Karela, o...…
…7 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR The week begins with the Moon in Scorpio from May 24 to 25. The Scorpio Moon unearths our innermost desires and emotions, and lets us face them in all their intensity. Dig deep into your mind and abandon any fears or limiting beliefs. The powerful energy of the Scorpio Moon transitions into the even brighter full Moon and a lunar eclipse in Sa...…
…7 Thursday, May 20, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Every so often I hear about Hazaras in Afghanistan. I just did last week — it was mostly children who died. I remember how Khaled Hosseini so beautifully and eloquently painted a heartbreaking picture of the recent history of Afghanistan. and how To this, students in classes at my predominantly white high school analyzed questions such as “why did H...…
…7 Thursday, May 6, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Super strength. Lightning speed. Telepathy. These are just a few of the superpowers the heroes of Netflix’s new series “Jupiter’s Legacy” unleash on their enemies. But after a century of putting criminals behind bars, these superheroes’ efforts to restore justice have become increasingly controversial. The series is based on Mark Millar’s comic of the same ...…
…Wednesday, May 25, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan exhausts bullpen options in regular season finale IAN PAYNE Daily Sports Writer With its postseason hopes locked in, the regular season’s end took a new purpose for the Michigan baseball team. Entering the day locked into the fifth seed of the Big Ten Tournament thanks to wins in their previous two games, the Wolverines took the opportunity to rest mos...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Draw control woes end Michigan’s season against Northwestern JOHN TONDORA Daily Sports Writer When mounting a comeback, streamlining the game plan becomes paramount. As time dwindles down, and desperation grows, teams must claw their way back with the basics and leave the fancy stuff behind. As basic as it can get, the first step of that comeback starts at the f...…
…Wednesday, May 11, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Allen’s shaky Sunday caps off series loss DAVID WOELKERS Daily Sports Writer In his first three appearances since transitioning into the Michigan baseball team’s full-time Sunday starter, sophomore right-hander Chase Allen looked electric — giving up just three earned runs in 19.1 innings. With the fate of the series against Indiana still up in the air headin...…
…Wednesday, May 4, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan stays on top, claims CWPA Championship KELSEY RUFF Daily Sports Writer The No. 7 Michigan water polo team has not lost a conference championship since 2015. Over the past seven years, the Wolverines have gone unmatched against the Collegiate Water Polo Association. With six championships, the only time they didn’t win a title was due to COVID-19. On Sun...…
…8 Thursday, May 21, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Asian Pacific Americans who shaped America In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the recent racially charged discrimination towards the Asian- American community due to the COVID-19 pandemic, below are several crucial, historical AAPI figures who have shaped America today. Many have used their outlets of entertainment, sports,...…
…8 Thursday, May 28, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Color as a symptom of the coronavirus As the spread of the coronavirus exponentially increases by the day, so does its toll with 1,678,843 total cases and 99,031 deaths in the U.S. alone. Despite making up only 13.4 percent of this nation’s population, the Black population is seen to be disproportionately victim of more than 50% of reported cases, 33 p...…
…8-Sports 8A — Saturday, May 2, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Beilein leaves ‘M’ for Cleveland with an unmistakable legacy The last time the Michigan had to replace its head coach, the program was unrecognizable to those familiar with the current Wolverines. Michigan in 2007 had barely scraped relevance since the breakup of the Fab Five in 1993. It hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1998 — an appearance later ...…
…8 Thursday, May 7, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR COURTESY OF KENDALL VAN ALLEN How four men fill the racial gap where the institution fails Societal consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have entirely altered the world of academica. This speaks to the way of life for all students, but particularly students of color and underrepresented students with fewer resources to accomplish their educational g...…
…8 Thursday, May 14, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR GRAPHIC BY CARA JHANG An Idealistic, Outdated America On March 14, an Asian-American family of three was stabbed by Jose Gomez at a Sam’s Club. On February 23, Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead after being followed by Gregory and Travis McMichael, who had grabbed their shotguns and pursued Arbery in their truck. On September 17, 2019 Harris County Sheriff...…
…8 Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS I wasn’t particularly into “New Pokémon Snap” for the first couple of hours. I’ve been a fan of the franchise since I got my first Pokémon card on the playground in first grade, but the spinoff games have historically been hit-or-miss. Although Game Freak’s most recent release “Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX” left me utterly disappointed, I had very high ...…
…8 Thursday, May 27, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Shadow and Bone’ is the fantasy show we’ve been waiting for Courtesy of ‘Shadow and Bone’ There’s something so delightful about the fantasy genre when it’s done right. Maybe it’s the inner child in all of us that appreciates the mysticism and imagination that fuels every fantasy story, or perhaps it’s the adult in us that needs to fully escape our responsibiliti...…
…8 Thursday, May 20, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS It feels like the name Squid has been circulating around the music blogosphere for half a decade at this point. The band has maintained an almost elusive aura, only sparking further intrigue with every subsequent single and EP released. What’s more, the music they were trickling out to the public evaded any surefire categorization, to a point where critics and e...…
…8 Thursday, May 6, 2021 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS The No. 19 Michigan softball team did its job. The Wolverines won all four games in the weekend slate against Penn State (5-26 Big Ten), improving to 28-5 on the season. In total, they outscored the Nittany Lions 34-6, including two run-rule victories on Saturday that ended 10-0 and 12-2, respectively. The closest game came on Sunday with a 5-3 win that M...…
