…Former HUD secretary talks diversity and equity Obama appointee stresses importance of teaching in speech By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor On Wednesday afternoon, Julián Castro, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017, addressed a crowd of approximately 100 at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in the Michigan League. The talk, titled “Leadership in a Changing...…
…Full tuition guaranteed to in-state students in need University Regents affirm committment to low-income Michigan families By RIYAH BASHA Daily News Editor University of Michigan alum Lehman Robinson applied to his now alma mater on a whim. As a first-generation college student coming from a low-income household, he assumed the school would be out of his family’s means — until he received his financial aid notice. Si...…
…Detroit mayor discusses urban improvement plans Duggan aims to give affordable housing to local residents By KEVIN BIGLIN Daily Staff Reporter In his Wednesday evening keynote address at the Mackinac Policy Conference, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan talked about housing history in Detroit and about his new urban planning strategy, which aims to spread affordable housing units across all areas of the city. He posed the question, ...…
…Leaders of top universities discuss societal “compact” Schlissel emphasizes need to communicate public benefits of university research By EDUARDO BATISTA Daily Staff Reporter On Monday afternoon, the University of Michigan hosted leaders from nine of the world’s most highly ranked universities to discuss the public role of research universities for the ongoing celebration of the school’s Bicentennial. The event, titled ...…
…Author speaks on role of White House Chief of Staff Lauded filmmaker explains duties of the “gatekeeper” to the federal government By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor On Tuesday night, Chris Whipple — an acclaimed filmmaker of pictures such as The Spymasters, author and Emmy Award- winning producer — presented the importance of the White House Chief of Staff, a role he describes as the second most powerful job in ...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NISA KHAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 nisakhan@michigandaily.com JUEUI HONG Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 jueuih@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Dayton Hare Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com Jennifer Meer Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Andrew Hiyama, Kaela Theut Sarah Khan Editorial Page Editor...…
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…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NISA KHAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 nisakhan@michigandaily.com JUEUI HONG Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 jueuih@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Dayton Hare Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com Jennifer Meer Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Andrew Hiyama, Kaela Theut Sarah Khan Editorial Page Editor...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NISA KHAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 nisakhan@michigandaily.com JUEUI HONG Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 jueuih@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Dayton Hare Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com Jennifer Meer Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Andrew Hiyama, Kaela Theut Sarah Khan Editorial Page Editor...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NISA KHAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 nisakhan@michigandaily.com JUEUI HONG Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 jueuih@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Dayton Hare Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com Jennifer Meer Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Andrew Hiyama, Kaela Theut Sarah Khan Editorial Page Editor...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com University researchers study bilingualism in Argentina from both a linguistic and sociocultural perspective Study explores bicultural practices and languages By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor A research project conducted through the University of Michigan is bringing together linguists and cultural analysts to better under- stand bicultural communi...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City Council affirms dedication to Paris Accords and voter registration, urges importance of reduced emissions Westphal noted true compliance with the agreement requires more than passage of the resolution By ANDREW HIYAMA Summer Daily News Editor Ann Arbor City Council con- vened for another biweekly meet- ing Monday night, passing an ordinance making it easie...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Campus and city leaders reflect on immigration events in Ann Arbor community, discuss action moving forward Leaders on campus and the city of Ann Arbor affirm strong intent to protect the immigrant populace By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor In the aftermath of incidents involving immigration spanning several months, campus and Ann Arbor leaders affi...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com At first gathering of Michigan Trump Republicans, supporters pass out “training cards” for reelection Organizers stress duty to defend Trump amid rising unpopularity By ANDREW HIYAMA Summer Daily News Editor More than 50 people showed up to Avery’s Tavern in Rochester Hills Monday night to attend a meet- ing hosted by the Michigan Trump Republicans, intended...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Trump’s withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord causes concern among University students, faculty The US will join Nicaragua and Syria as the only countries excluded from the accord By KAELA THEUT Summer Daily News Editor President Donald J. Trump announced Thursday that the Unit- ed States will be leaving the Paris Agreement — a treaty signed by 194 parties a...…
…4 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION W hen I was six years old, my eager parents signed me up for private violin lessons to my absolute dismay. Under their pressure, I would trudge through my early musical career for the next four years or so – tears and tantrums included – until one day in the fifth grade, it wasn’t my parents pushing me anymore. That day was instrument- sampling d...…
…4 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION T he founders of the United States created our country on many guiding principles, the first being freedom of speech and the press. Despite it being a value settled centuries ago, it is a concept that contemporary society still grapples with today. Specifically, the limits of free speech are contested when discussing mainstream media, speakers on...…
…4 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION A question I hate is one, like clockwork, that I find myself answering every year beginning in April and through June. And after summer? It becomes a question in the past tense. I don’t like that question for largely two reasons. Firstly, because I sometimes don’t know what I’m going to be doing and secondly, it’s often not nearly as cool as what othe...…
…4 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION T he first time that I ever found a spider in my house, after a bit of screaming and running around and yelling for my mom, we eventually caught it in a jar and set it free outside. And except under dire circumstances, I still try to make sure the little guys, and gals, make it out alive. Which is why when the Daily’s Editorial Board first discussed the de...…
…4 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION NISA KHAN EDITOR IN CHIEF SARAH KHAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR DAYTON HARE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Yet these bills go beyond our campus policies, by limiting speech that not only constitutes as harassment or hate speech, but als...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “ Did you see the fight between Hunter Strickland and uh, what’s his name?” my dad asked me a few weeks ago. I hadn’t, so when I hung up the phone, I did a Google search and the results were instantaneous. During the game, the San Francisco Giants’ pitcher, Hunter Strickland, hit Bryce Harper, a batter for the Washington Nationals, with the ball. A fight ...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I f you know me, then you know there are about four things I need to survive in life: Drake, Lush Cosmetics, Buffalo Wild Wings’ chicken wings and basketball. I can remember one of my first birthday gifts being a basketball and creating an entire imaginary team I would play against in tournaments. As the years passed, I started collecting NBA jersey...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I f you were to ask me today what I’m studying, I’d reply with full confidence and a bright smile: “I’m pre- pharmacy!” After all, pharmacy was always the only profession in which I could truly see myself. But a year ago, I would’ve told you I was pre-med. For a long time, I tried to believe that medicine was what I truly wanted to pursue. I tried to...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C urrently, it seems that the tumultuous political environment of America will never calm, and the news of Mark Zuckerberg awkwardly testing the waters of the potential presidential arena only adds to the absurdity of our present democratic state. Zuckerberg, a thirty-three- year-old computer programmer who has a net worth greater than the GDP of Luxembou...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com T here are approximately 7.5 billion people in the world at this very moment, and each of us are distinctly different. That means there are 7.5 billion different fingerprints, or chromosomal sets — billions of bodies with unique faces, minds and movements. That reflects billions of connections, ways to communicate — billions of ways to live, fee...…
…6 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Tigers Jaw talks new album and Detroit show By DOM POLSINELLI Summer Senior Arts Editor It’s all too easy for modern pop- punk/emo bands to throw a couple chords together with some relatable lyrics to garner millennial atten- tion. We see it happen all the time. However, after nearly a decade of songwriting, Scranton’s Tigers Jaw has never shown the scars of this...…
…6 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Crack-Up’ is expansive By SEAN LANG Daily Arts Writer Might as well add Crack-Up to the list of albums whose singles spoil their opening tracks. The album, an epic across space and time, is the first by Fleet Foxes in six years after “artistic differences” led to some form of break-up after 2011’s Help- lessness Blues. Crack-Up begins with the whisper of “I Am ...…
…6 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Baywatch’ flops By FALLON GATES Daily Arts Writer With big time actors Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (“Fast and Furious”) and Zac Efron (“The Lucky One”), “Baywatch” (for many fans) raised the hope of a hilarious summer action comedy. Unfortunately, it didn’t come close to reaching these standards and left the audience wondering if a plot could be even more uncrea...…
…6 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Young Thug is inventive on recent hip hop album By SHAYAN SHAFII Daily Arts Writer Ah, a man and his guitar. So much of the worst music of the last 100 years has been made by dudes crooning about women over four-chord loops. But some of it has been good, too. At best, romantic, sing-song-y guitar bal- lads can be emotionally piercing and refreshingly honest; a...…
…6 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Boston Calling: a festival representing a diverse adoration of music and comedy By DOM POLSINELLI Summer Senior Arts Editor Walking into new music festivals can be scary. It can also be adventur- ous. In the case of Boston Calling, it was a combination of the two. Trav- eling from the “Harvard of the West” (the University) to the actual Har- vard, I packed up my bag...…
…7 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By WILL STEWART Summer Managing Arts Editor Phoenix was nearly a decade ahead of the curve when they were releasing synthy, ’80s-inspired hits like “If I Ever Feel Better” and “Too Young” off their first album Unit- ed in 2000. Now, almost 20 years later, their style has been replicated countless times by other musi- cians of varying popularity. They were undou...…
…7 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By JACK BRANDON Daily Arts Writer When Lorde won the Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Song, with “Royals” in 2014, she turned her fists into rocker horns with a confused expression on her face. Her smash single had won her an award in a category that not even she thought she deserved to place in — a testament to her artistry, skill and charm. Her sophomore ...…
…7 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Pirates 5’ drowns By IAN DAVID HARRIS Daily Arts Writer There was a time when a new “Pirates of the Carib- bean” movie was a cause for excitement. That time has long since passed. “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” the fifth (and hopefully final) entry in the Johnny Depp (“Mordecai”) led franchise is quite possibly the worst one yet. Picking up approximately fi...…
…7 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By AARURAN CHANDRASEKHAR Daily Arts Writer Underground French night clubs will be adding Staples to their rotation soon. From inaugural major label EP Hell Can Wait to his most recent Prima Donna, No I.D. and ARTium label mate DJ Dahi have produced 90% of the tracks Vince Staples has released. On Big Fish Theory, Staples eschews col- laboration with ...…
…7 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By CONNOR GRADY Daily Arts Writer “We don’t submit to terror. We make the terror.” Those were the ominous words that “House of Cards” left us with at the end of its gripping Season Four finale. After four years of witnessing Frank (Kevin Spacey, “American Beauty”) and Claire Underwood (Robin Wright, “Forrest Gump”) conspire, deceive and murder their way to th...…
…8 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Port initials 4 Fallon’s predecessor 8 Negative quality 13 Late July arrival 14 No longer hung up on 15 Composed 16 Going rate? 18 Younger daughter of Hi and Lois, in comics 19 Admission of defeat 20 Petal pusher? 22 Baseball’s Wills and TV’s Povich 24 __ zone: shallowest oceanic region that sunlight doesn’t reach 27 Co. once led by Baryshnikov 28 Sap sucker 31 Gr...…
…8 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Sheepish? 6 Seeks information 10 Wave back? 14 Fashion flap 15 Eliza Doolittle’s creator 16 Noah’s firstborn 17 __ blank (was stumped) 18 Big East hoopster 19 One of many on a sweater? 20 Headshot, e.g. 21 Rapper-turned- actor in “NCIS: Los Angeles” 24 Tiny, made tinier 25 Collect 27 Cake grain 28 Dec...…
…8 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Wines that can be white or red 7 Greetings 10 Lighthouse view 13 Widely recognized 14 Sleep on it 16 Immediate caregiver, briefly 17 Highlighted publication part 19 “All Things Considered” airer 20 Mongrel 21 Brest bestie 22 Howe of hockey 24 Singer DiFranco 25 Halves of some master-servant relationships 27 Little pitchers have big ones, per an old maxim 28 Pioneer...…
…8 Thursday, June 29,2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Angry Orchard product 6 Bony part of the roof of the mouth 12 1988 Schwarzenegger cop film 14 Put an end to 16 Clears a stoppage from 17 Entertainer nicknamed “The Schnoz” 18 “Be Prepared” org. 19 Party hearty 21 Monterrey Mrs. 22 Outlying area, briefly 24 Whitman of TV’s “Parenthood” 25 Slightly 26 Earth along the Elbe 27 Lyric tribute 29 French course 31 Score s...…
…8 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Sting, essentially 5 Wingding 9 Word often improperly punctuated 12 Small stream 13 Satellite radio giant 15 “__ lied” 16 Jackie Robinson Stadium sch. team 17 60-Across’ noble status 19 “Bother someone else!” 20 Footnote term 21 Collagist’s supply 22 Musical impediment 24 60-Across’ home 26 Well-suited...…
…9 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ed Belize and Panama) for the first time in years. And, of course, aca- demic collections like U.S. Central Americans Reconstructing Mem- ories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance allow for new voices to re-center conversations around what Central American identity means in the context of the States. These are far from the only people doing this work, but in...…
…9 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR quated system of societal expec- tations. Looking out from your own community at the world in front of you, you’re only ever told by those inside of it to submit to what is the norm of those around you, and in that regard you try to do your best to conform. Pride in itself is not a pride- ful trait; to freely boast your strengths and exist as yoursel...…
…9 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR just a word. To me, a name is much more than just a name. My own name represents the connection I have to Indian culture. I can use it as proof that I actually am, in fact, half-Indian. If I were to mispro- nounce my own name — like you mispronounce yours — my con- nection to the culture I care most about would be severed. It doesn’t work the same way ...…
…for themselves. In turn I have learned to take care of myself. So thank you to the friends that taught me how to take time for myself, to shut off all the lights, watched trashy TV with me, and a shoutout to those that let me cook in their kitchens before I moved out of the dorms. 5. Get you some friends that are oak trees - A woman once said to me that are two catego- ries of friends. You’ve got friends that ar...…
…9 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Chapingolandia By PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY Michigan in Color Contributor Tamales By PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY Michigan in Color Contributor COURTEST OF PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY COURTEST OF PATRICK MULLEN-COYOY …
…10 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan well-represented in draft The Michigan baseball team had 11 players selected in the 2017 MLB Draft, which ran this week from Monday to Wednesday. The 11 selections mark the highest the Wolverines have seen in program history. The selections also bring the total number of Michigan draftees up to 23 during Erik Bakich’s five- year tenure as head coach...…
…10 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Lorde is ethereal perfection at album release show in New York By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Online Arts Editor AVERY FRIEDMAN Daily Arts Writer A mood hung over Manhat- tan last Friday — maybe due to the low grey clouds mixed with summer humidity — but weather notwithstanding, it was bound to be a Melodramatic day as Lorde’s second LP filled the space between th...…
…10 Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Jacob Shames: What happened? BASEBALL The longest game in Big Ten Tournament history — a 13-inning epic between Michigan and Indiana — had just concluded. The triumphant team entered the post- game press conference to revisit the previous four hours and 28 minutes. “We’re almost better with our backs against the wall,” said the player who had delivered th...…
…10 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein will have to replace two assistant coaches after Billy Donlon’s departure. Nielsen named next women’s lacrosse coach A week after former Maryland assistant Kevin Conry was hired as the Michigan men’s lacrosse coach, the women’s program filled that same opening. Athletic director Warde Manu...…
…10 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan drops tournament opener With the score tied, 5-5, with two runners on and two outs in the sixth inning, Michigan senior right- hander Mac Lozer took the mound to face Florida Gulf Coast first baseman Nick Rivera. In this potential game-changing moment, it was strength vs. strength — Lozer with his miniscule 0.70 earned-run average and .134 oppone...…
