…T his election cycle has seen a carousel of hot topics ranging from whether we should accept Syrian refugees to which bathrooms individuals can and can’t use. In this series of debates, one thing that has become increasingly clearer is that the United States may be facing a polarization crisis. Though I would argue that polarization isn’t inherently bad, the real problem lies within our inability to understand opinions d...…
…My throat was as dry as my feet were sore. I wedged my way upstairs through sweaty dancing bodies and walked into the room of a guy I considered a friend. I was just going to grab water and that’s when he grabbed me. He clasped his arm tightly around my waist and pulled me toward his bed, attempting to lock the door behind me. I was close enough to smell the alcohol on his breath and hear his soft slurred plea, “Come on.” That’...…
…F ather’s Day always sneaks up on me. I’ll be studying or watching TV, and all of a sudden an ad will appear, always saying something like “Here’s the best gift you can get for your dad” or something. The pang that always comes along with seeing stuff father-related doesn’t sting as much as it once did — I’m usually able to move on with my day without any issue. I’ve learned that this type of pain isn’t going away, but I...…
…I ntimate partner violence is an issue that has long been kept in the shadows of law and media; it wasn’t until 1994 that the Violence Against Women Act was passed, and it was discussed as only a public health concern as late as the ‘70s. Only then did shelters for abused women begin to open in the United States, and laws were passed to protect the rights of abused women and children. Though well-meaning, these laws an...…
…Recently, the University has made a show of support for survivors of sexual assault. Michigan is one of 200 colleges in the United States taking part in the “It’s on Us” campaign — launched by the White House in September 2014 in an effort to end sexual violence on college campuses — and, this past winter semester, it rolled out a newer and more thorough sexual misconduct policy. Unfortunately for the University, these steps fo...…
…4 Thursday, June 13, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Toma...…
…4 Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Toma...…
…4 Thursday, June 27, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Toma...…
…4 Thursday, June 6, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomai...…
…4 Thursday, June 14, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. W hen we think about the liberal bastions of the world, there are several countries that tend to come to mind, including countries like Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It is very rare that someone names Ireland, a country alm...…
…4 Thursday, June 28, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. I asked my big sister and former Division I collegiate soccer player if her school treated her the same as her male counterparts. Her response: “Students and fellow athletes do not treat me the same. They made comments...…
…4 Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. I spent this past weekend moving into a new house, “new” meaning not yet lived in by me, but old by all other standards. My father and I rolled up our sleeves and got to work, climbing up and down three stories, arms fille...…
…4 Thursday, June 21, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. I once roamed the basement of North Quad Residence Hall during a study break to search for a quick and filling vending machine snack. As I approached the machine hoping I wouldn’t be forced to settle for a bag of chips...…
…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...…
…Monday, June 6, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 h ati*s t s * 9 JEFF ZUSCHLAG GAlrighGt, gu.s, nwt Schwarzenegger and st E-MAIL JEFF AT JEFFDZ@UMICH.EDU ,, arr nt Wt no~rinr mintn i he recent 1, 1 As a Spanish major and a Mexi- can-American, I am interested in understanding Latin American culture. Cer- tain classes through the Spanish * department - like His- tory 348: Latin America: The National Peri- NICK od and Span- BRIN...…
…Monday, June 13, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 Eliminate labels JEFF ZUSCHLAG E-MAIL JEFFAT JEFFDZ (tUMICH.EDU Of all the popular cliches in American politics, bipartisanship has to take the gold medal for the difference in its use in speeches and its actual practice in Con- gress. The truth is, as much as politicians hail bipartisanship and compromise MAX as a political LEVENSTEIN goal, their terms in office usually cente...…
…Monday, June 20, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 MELANIE KRUVELIS| VW POINT Where's the beef. JEFF ZUSCHLAG As I sit here writing this, I finish my last bite of steak. Not because I'm particularly hun- gry, not because I'm iron deficient - but because I believe in mak- ing a difference. Standing up for what's right: eating meat. Why? Because advocating for animal rights is essentially an erroneous, philosophically-flawed argu...…
…Wednesday, June 29, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 Muddy media "I frankly, am stunned." - Rod Blagojevich, in response to his 17 guilty verdicts. Of all the acclaimed and influ- ential works that political theorist Hannah Arendt wrote in her life, "Lying in Poli- tics" stands out to me as the most timeless and relevant pieces about American politics. Arendt's work discussed the controversial MAX Pentagon Papers LEVENSTEIN - ...…
… Monday, June 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, June 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com -'Huntsman' trips, falls on sword Deceit in cuisine Update for efficiency New adaptation brings stunning imagery, little else By KAYLA UPADHYAYA SeniorArts Editor Look no further than the grow- ing abundance of Grimm-inspired television series to see that live- action retellings of the fairytale classics are one of the...…
… 81 Monday, June 11, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, June 11, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com H5 First seen on ,he game Athletes earn Big Ten brass Hoke talks recruiting, possible BCS changes By COLLEEN THOMAS Daily Sports Editor On Thursday, two Michigan ath- letes were awarded one of the most prestigious conference awards. Softball senior Amanda Chidester and men's swimming senior Dan Madwed were honore...…
… Monday, June 18, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, June 18, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 Usual brouhaha back in 'Blood' SCOTT GUMBINER | PAC power ALICIA KOVALCHECK E-MAIL ALICIA AT ALIMARKO(@(UMICH.EDU. 'Tru fang V Even the wh pire" th isn't more ly nast new se "True The se devolve e Blood' sinks its smartly allegorical look at bigotry in America to an unmitigated clus- s into new season terfuck o...…
… Wednesday, June 27, 2012 D RAF T I The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NHL DRAFT 4ncoming freshman Trouba goe s ni'enth overall Wednesday, June 27, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 Ignore the banter ALICIA KOVALCHECK E-MAIL ALICIA AT ALIMARKO@UMICH.EDU. By MATT SLOVIN Berenson with those players in Daily Sports Editor (Yost Ice Arena)." The relationship between Mich- 'PITTSBURGH - The Winnipeg igan and the Jets is a ne...…
… Thursday, June 6, 2013 Thursday, June 6, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, June 6, 2013 1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ode to Detroit Problematic prisons MARLENE LACASSE/Daily Mayor John Hieftje and the council discussed the expansion of the Ann Arbor Transit Authority's services to include routes to Ypsilanti at the City Council meeting Monday. City CouncSl discusses expanding ATAServices Routes to Ypsilant...…
… Thursday, June 13, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PRAMOUP In a conference call, director Marc Forster elaborated on his inspiration for a film that looks to innovate the zombie genre. Zombies reinvented Forster discusses artistic vision of 'World War Z' By SEAN CZARNECKI Daily Film Editor "World War Z" crashes into the- aters amid the zombie fascination gripping millions across the globe. Since the sauntering swarms of George...…
… Thursday, June 20, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Bonnaroo (the venues are named as follows: That Tent, This Tent, The Other Tent, Which Stage and What Stage. Yeah. Confusing.). We wasted no time on Thursday night, going to see Haim, Deap Vally and Alt-J at a variety of tents. Thursday night is always fun: Not as many people are there, and more up-and-coming bands usually play. The two girl groups, Haim and Deap Vally, both put...…
… Thursday, June 27, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PUNK PIONEERS Revi s ting'A New documentary two brothers, Bobby and Da went unnoticed in the dark an follows the history of dust to brood and wait. But no longer. Detroit punk band In 2009, the New York T published a piece covering D By SEAN CZARNECKI band called "This Band Was Daily Film Editor Before Punk Was Punk," g -~- steam to the rising recogr David Hackney left his brothe...…
…Tuesday, June 1, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 DOUGLAS SMITH I A corrupt institution BELLA SHAH E-MAIL BELLA AT BELLZ@ UMICH.EDU. All universities must take pru- dent steps to prevent campus vio- lence,asevidencedbytheshootings at Virginia Tech University and University of Alabama-Huntsville. But the University of Michigan is exploiting the tense and fearful environment that arose from these incidents. The administration ...…
…Monday, June 7, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 Postcards from NJ BRUNO STORTINI E-MAIL BRUNOAT BRUNORS@UMICH.EDU. I'm beginning to feel home- sick already. Not homesick for Ann Arbor, where I spent the past year making some of the best friends I've ever made, but homesick for New Jersey, my home state and current place of residence. Even though sum- mer has only ANNA just begun, I'm PAONE already dread- ing going back to s...…
…Monday, June 14, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 5 A red cardfor cost? It's now that time that occurs once every four years when soccer actually becomes pop- ular in America. And like many of my peers, I will pay marginally more attention to soccer than usual by watch- ing the occa- sional highlights ERIC on SportsCenter. STULBERG But the World Cup is much more than just a soccer tournament - it's a huge investment in South Afri...…
…Wednesday, June 30, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 15 Keeping A sa revert to Catholicism, I'm still getting used to being a public repre- sentative for a gorgeous and oft- maligned reli- gion. Actually, I'm still getting used to churn- ing the precepts of said religion into my heart: ANNA not complaining PAONE when my faith is maligned, carry- ing the cross of tradition through the fields of young adulthood, realizing when I sho...…
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…F orgive me for being late to the game, but I start- ed “Entourage” a couple of weeks ago. It only took a few minutes (and several hand- fuls of tortilla chips) before I was sucked into the world of Vinny Chase and Ari Gold. And I admit, I’ve loved every second of it. I finished Sea- son 4 on Tues- day and am trying to finish as soon as possible so I can see the movie. It’s funny. It’s witty. It’s enter- taining. And b...…
…I t all started, oddly enough, during the height of my French New Wave obsession. I was draining Godard and Truffaut films like diner cof- fee on a rough Sunday morn- ing. These are films that are compact, usually only an hour to an hour and 20 minutes long, and action-packed with a capital ACTION. High energy: car crash- es, shootouts, existential shout- ing matches about one’s place in society, infidelity and barely any plot...…
…A little over a week ago, during Game Four of the NBA Western Confer- ence Finals, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors fell hard, hit- ting his back, neck and head. He remained on the ground for a few minutes and was taken out of the game, head in hands. Accord- ing to NBA policy, a player who has hit their head and is suspected of having a concussion is removed from the game for a neurological examination. Curry wa...…
…L ate last Saturday morn- ing, I went to a garage sale with my best friend/ sister-in- law, Caitlin. (We were best friends before she fell in love with, mar- ried and had a baby with my year- younger brother). They were renovating and trying to move into our childhood home. Caitlin was interested in a black, older but good condition table/shelf combo. After seeing it first, then walking around the small, unappeali...…
…I t seems that society has a sort of rule of thumb in which artists are forgiven by history for their “strange behavior” because of their ability to create celebrated pieces, such as movies, books, etc. By “strange behavior,” I don’t mean the unusual oddities exhibited by geniuses, such as Nikola Tesla’s supposed habit of flexing his toes one hundred times a day. I’m talking about the more heinous crimes that were eit...…
…I attended my sister’s high school graduation on Sunday, June 12, and listened to speeches on hope and positive societal change in a crowd filled with many about to begin their adult lives. In the same 24 hours, the United States suffered its largest mass shooting in history with a homophobic hate crime resulting in the loss of 50 lives and the injury of 53 others at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando that was f...…
…I ’m a firm believer that relationships of all kinds — be it platonic, sexual, romantic, familial, etc. — take work, as I’m sure most other people are. Someone recently told me, “You don’t seem like the kind of person who’d waste time doing something they’re not good at.” They’re right. It’s why I don’t play basketball or try to be a model with my 4-foot-11- inch stature. It’s why my subpar mathematical abilitie...…
…I used to be able to sit down and read, uninterrupted, for hours. Same with movies and award shows — I would intently observe, connect with the material and try my hardest to remember why I liked it so I could tell my friends later. As I began to become more and more captivated by social media and technology, this ability waned. I found myself anxious to tweet my thoughts during a live television event, Snapchat the be...…
…The controversial six-month sentencing for Stanford swimmer Brock Turner and the language used by the defendant and the judge have revealed the societal indifference toward rape. In this case, and in current culture in general, there is a dismissal of the credibility of the survivor by questioning whether the survivor’s actions may have provoked or enabled the attack. While these questions are common, they are...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 13, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION I sn’t that headline so ironic, given that our president gained so much immediate coverage and support because he is, in fact, a celebrity? I know that we have had celebrity-politicians before, including but not limited to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronald Rea- gan. If Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan aren’t two great examples of why we shouldn’t put ...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 20, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 OPINION I n Costa Rica, there is a relaxed pace in both wild life and human nature. It is a place to truly take in the untouched world around you. When I visit, my favorite spots to explore are the empty miles of coast line, water- falls or jungle pathways. Beaches are stripped away of human presence and footprints through the circuitous cycle of washing wave...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 27, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION M edia has the power to teach. Sometimes what it teaches us is dangerous — our bod- ies are disgusting, our love is invalid — but sometimes what we learn from media has a positive impact. I wrote about this power in my last column, and the sentiment rings true in today’s piece. Today, media is teaching us to stop for- getting history, and instead allowin...…
