…Nancy Eubanks’s job isn’t one that lends itself to social distancing. She’s the catering director for Zingerman’s Delicatessen, a job that like so many in Ann Arbor, is made possible by large groups of people. Especially every other Saturday in the fall. Eubanks has a routine on those Saturdays. She wakes up to the sound of the 400-member marching band practicing at Elbel Field, a few blocks away from her house. She ...…
…There may finally be some clarity surrounding college football. After a meeting on Tuesday morning, Big Ten Presidents and Chancellors voted to postpone fall sports. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said. “As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our ...…
…20 — Monday, August 31, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com techshop.umich.edu new name. new website. still your university owned and operated technology store. I N T R O D U C I N G formerly COMPUTER SHOWCASE University of Michigan owned and operated since 1988 | provided by Information and Technology Services …
…T here may finally be some clarity surrounding college football. After a meeting on Tuesday morning, Big Ten Presidents and Chancellors voted to postpone fall sports. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said. “As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big...…
…In an email to students and fac- ulty Monday, University of Mich- igan President Mark Schlissel outlined the new interim policy on sexual and gender-based mis- conduct, which will go into effect Aug 14. The policy will apply to students, faculty, staff and third parties on all three campuses and Michigan Medicine. “Improving how we prevent and address sexual and gender- based misconduct in our com- munity must always remain a foremost ...…
…As the Michigan Union reopened Monday morning for the second time this calendar year, University of Michigan alumni Isabel Wil- liams, Amanda Wasserman and Lucy Rosenthal stopped to say goodbye. The trio, who met their freshman year, roamed the silent, empty halls, reminiscing on game days and late-night food runs together one last time before their senior year housing lease ends later this week. “It’s definitely very sad look- ing ...…
…The Daily spoke with Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., on July 24 about his re-election campaign to the U.S. Senate, the federal govern- ment’s COVID-19 response and racial inequality. John James is the Republican nominee running against Peters for the Senate seat in this November’s election. The James campaign declined multiple requests for an interview. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. TMD: Why should young peo- p...…
…A mid the global COVID-19 pan- demic, the American people are struggling to find a healthy rou- tine. Across the country, people are reck- lessly jumping the gun, looking to return to pre-pandemic life while their fellow American brothers and sisters die. Bars and restaurants are packed, parties rage and crowds gather with reckless aban- don, often without masks. Our immedi- ate future seems bleak and irredeemable. These pivotal times, ...…
…I n the past month, I have observed friends and peers drop their fraternity and soror- ity life memberships due to the his- toric and current racism embedded in the institution. Every year, there are more videos of historically white fraternities and sororities (HWFS) chanting racist slurs or being exposed for racist practices in their rush strategies. As a new member, there have been many mandatory educational trainings on not bein...…
…In the prologue of his 2019 memoir, cho- reographer Mark Morris wrote that “the live aspect of performance is what appeals: the dancers, the musicians, the audience — all living beings in the same room. People might say they’ve watched a dance on You- Tube and they have. But they haven’t. It isn’t live.” Morris is so passionate about this point that he reiterates it in almost every subsequent chapter. By the time the book is finished, ...…
…Imperial Triumphant’s newest album, Alphaville might be the most versatile album of the year. To call the black metal trio strange would be an understatement; their latest work is a raging, depraved inferno that combines brutal death metal, jazz and even doo-wop to disorient- ing effect. Despite Alphaville’s colossal battery and sheer weirdness, the album has its mellifluous moments. The constant variation in genre, tone and energy...…
…9 MICHIGAN IN COLOR A letter from the editors As the summer comes to a close, and our time as Managing Editors is now complete, we would like to close off with a letter and a hope for MiC — an ode to a summer of revolution, if you will. Neither of us could have predicted what we signed up for, but we are more than proud of what we were able to accomplish. Thanks to a group of brilliant and talented writers and staff, we were able ...…
…Because of you Thank you for changing my dia- pers when I was a baby to being my biggest cheerleader growing up. I never feel lonely because of you. For saving me from drown- ing in countless pools, fountains and other near-death experiences I’m sure I had. I always feel com- fortable testing my boundaries because of you. For downloading my first iPod with all your music and making me hip by introduc- ing me to artists like Maroon 5 a...…
…11 SPORTS What postponement means for college athletics, Michigan The Big Ten made it official on Tuesday, ending days of speculation and contradicting reports with a decision to postpone the fall season. In a perfect world, that would be the end of all the questions and things would be cut and dried. But it isn’t a perfect world, it’s the NCAA. And that means this decision opens up a whole lot of questions that Michigan’s athletic ...…
…12 SPORTS Reactions to a devastating day for sports Sitting on practice field behind Schembechler Hall, the Michigan football team learned what most already knew: Their season — like those of the MAC and Mountain West — would have to wait. The Big Ten, the first Power Five conference to do so, postponed their season, with hopes of playing in the Spring. They were in the middle of a break between practices when the news came down. ...…
…13 Thursday, August 13, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Kevin Warren talks about ‘uncertainties’ that led to Big Ten decision Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren had a lot to say about the postponement of sports in the conference this fall — unfortunately a lot of it translates to ‘We don’t know.’ “This is a holistic decision,” Warren said in an interview with the Big Ten Network. “There are just too many uncertainti...…
…Thursday, June 11, 2020 INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 125 © 2020 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS/NEWS.......................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR Lebanon: where suffering meets resilience Lebanon has another crisis and, like before, we have abandoned them. >> SEE PAGE 9 NEWS Philber...…
…LSA instructors prepare for a mostly virtual fall semester As the University of Michigan campus gears up for a “public health-informed in-residence semester” this fall, departments and instructors have had to decide how to hold their classes while aligning with University guidelines. For LSA, these guidelines means large classes over 45 will be fully online, and smaller classes have the option to be in-person, hybrid or fully on...…
…WilmerHale released its 88-page report of its independent investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct by former Uni- versity of Michigan Provost Mar- tin Philbert Friday. The report found “significant evidence” that Philbert violated the Universi- ty’s Sexual Harassment policy. It identified numerous times when University personnel and adminis- tration received information about Philbert’s sexual misconduct. “Two things are cle...…
…4 Thursday, August 6, 2020 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. BRITTANY BOWMAN Editorial Page Editor Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Elizabeth Cook Jess D’Agostino Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Gabrijela Skoko Timothy Spurlin...…
…T wo months into this year’s Black Lives Matter protests that call for the defunding of police departments across the country, Presi- dent Donald Trump has yet to respond in a way that isn’t thoroughly racist and problematic. Outrage swept through the nation in response to the first reports of unidentified federal agents arriving in Portland, Ore., — a hotspot for Black Lives Matter protests — in unmarked vans, kidnapping citizens o...…
…It’s said that every theatre is inhabited by at least one ghost, and contrary to legends propa- gated by Halloween, these ghosts do not like the dark. Thus, when the curtain falls and a theatre’s house empties, an employee will leave a light — a ghost light — to burn onstage until the perform- ers return. Across the world, ghost lights have remained on and untouched for months. But the lives of performers continue offstage, each day add...…
…Let it be known that Hozier, Irish singer-song- writer extraordinaire, receives poetry books as Christmas gifts. Yes, The man behind our favorite sleepy Sunday morning tunes with his poignant, dreamy voice reads poetry. And, most importantly: If you tune in to Instagram Live at the right time on Fridays, Hozier will read a selection of poetry to you. For the past four weeks, Hozier presented a kinder, gentler side of the internet. His p...…
…8 Thursday, August 6, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Cracking open the coconut: the reality of being a ‘white washed Indian’ “Are you even Indian?” “You’re so light-skinned, you must be half.” “Why do you listen to so much white music?” “He’s a coconut (brown on the outside, white on the inside).” “She’s barely brown, have you seen who she hangs out with?” To be honest, I’ve said some of these things be...…
…9 Thursday, August 6, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR A satiric preview for Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ Heard the ruckus for the new Netflix reality TV show “Indian Matchmaking,” but not sure if you want to watch it? Don’t fret the details, I won’t spoil anything, but I’ll help you navigate whether or not this is a show for you. If you come from a Desi family like me, you grew up hearing about how t...…
…10 Thursday, August 6, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS KENT SCHWARTZ Summer Managing Sports Editor Big Ten releases testing procedures and protocol for fall sports As many student-athletes and parents are criticizing the lack of standardized testing procedures in the NCAA, the Big Ten on Wednesday announced its own testing standards for its schools to follow. Student-athletes must be tested at least once a week u...…
…11 Thursday, August 6, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS From the rink to the Lake, Michigan defender Cam York’s passion goes far beyond just playing hockey Cam York is the picture of confidence with a hockey stick in his hand. It’s a quiet confidence, but it oozes from every move he makes. When he’s not on the ice as a Michigan defenseman, York swaps out his stick for a fishing pole, an Xbox controller or a baske...…
…12 Thursday, August 6, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Keith Cooley’s road to becoming Michigan’s first Black gymnast Keith Cooley didn’t go to Michigan to be an athlete. He didn’t grow up dreaming of performing in front of fans or going to the Olympics — he went to Michigan to be a physicist, and he left a physicist. Yet somewhere along that journey, he became Michigan’s first Black gymnast in 1966 as a tram...…
…Thursday, August 15, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 122 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR ‘Mother of the sea’ Ana Maria Sanchez-Castillo shares a poem on her multi- cultural identities connecting with the religion of...…
…2 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 7 8 3 1 8 6 2 9 3 6 9 7 2 5 7 3 4 8 1 2 3 1 7 6 1 7 6 2 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 3/17/09 1:03 PM ENDINGS puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Admissions staff talks revie...…
…3 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS After 14 weeks of work- ing on various projects, students in the 2019 Information and Technol- ogy Services Internship Cohort lined the Michigan League with posters at the ITS Internship Showcase on Friday. The showcase featured a poster session, a student panel and closing remarks from Ravi Pendse, vice president for informa- tion technology and chief info...…
…4 Thursday, August 15, 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 Emily Considine Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spu...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION ZACK BLUMBERG | COLUMN I n August 1947, Britain announced the partition of the British India Colony, creating two separate, indepen- dent nations: the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. To say the Partition was controversial would be an understatement; it has, nearly single-handedly, defined the geopolitics of the region si...…
…There are two stereotypes that routinely plague the modern writ- er. One is the recluse, the innocent bookworm, who recedes into the woods like Thoreau and writes about butterflies and the mean- ing of life for days on end. No one knows how they subsist on tea and biscuits alone. The other is, essen- tially, the newspaper editor from “Spider-Man.” These writers are the human equivalent of a pack of Marlboro Reds. In between yelling a...…
…“You can never publish my love,” Rogue Wave chants, in the song that the title of this series riffs on. Maybe that’s true, and we can never quite account for our love on paper or in print, but we sure can try. That’s what this series is devoted to: pub- lishing our love. Us, the Arts section of The Michigan Daily, talking about artists, some of the people we love the most. Perhaps these are futile approximations of love for the poet ...…
…8 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS By Gary Larson (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 08/15/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 08/15/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, August 15, 2019 ACROSS 1 “Cheers” cheer 5 Lyft or Uber 8 Makes fun of 13 Melville’s “Typee” sequel 14 Seafood delicacy 15 “Oh, darn!” 17 E-cig user’s package ...…
…9 Thursday, June 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Poem: Mother of the sea, of all living and nonliving things ANA MARIA SANCHEZ-CASTILLO MiC Senior Editor I imagine her waves, before I enter like hands softly caressing the sand of the shore They ease their way towards my feet And we meet each other halfway Halfway between serenity and death The balance of Delicious paradise and ominosis danger Of w...…
…10 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Harbaugh calls Fickell’s claims “erroneous” amid Hudson transfer saga Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh fired back at Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell on Tuesday evening, after Fickell scolded Harbaugh for his role in the handling of tackle James Hudson’s transfer and immediate eligibility waiver. Hudson, who transferred from Michigan to Cincinnati last ...…
…SPORTS 11 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fans at the Big House share thoughts on state of U.S. soccer The pregame festivities ahead of Saturday’s friendly between FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli was vastly different than most tailgates at Michigan Stadium. International music echoed throughout the parking lots as people from all over the country prepared to see some of the world’s most talented socce...…
…12 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS F.C. Barcelona cruises to a 4-0 victory against S.S.C Napoli It took 47 minutes for the floodgates to open Saturday evening. Over the course of 15 minutes early in the second half, F.C. Barcelona rattled off four straight goals to power its way to a 4-0 victory over S.S.C. Napoli. The two European clubs squared off in front of a heavily pro-Barcelona cr...…
…Thursday, August 8, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 121 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR ‘On Punjab’ Harnoor Singh shares his pride on being Punjabi and the lasting effects of coloniza- tion and Indian nationalism ...…
…Local attorney examines biases in criminal justice system, legal rulings On Monday night, a crowd of 20 people, mostly women, gathered in the Ypsilanti District Library to partake in a panel put on by Mothering Justice, a non-profit organization that advocates for women to become active in policy- making. The panel discussed how Black women are viewed in the legal system. The focal point of the evening was the caricature of “Sapph...…
…3 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS LSA junior Morgan McCaul has been selected by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, pending state senate approv- al, to serve on the Michigan Board of Athletic Trainers as a representative of the gen- eral public. McCaul, a sister survivor and sexual assault prevention advocate, said her personal experiences with athletic trainers give her a different view to bring to the b...…
…4 Thursday, August 8, 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 Emily Considine Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spur...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION AKAASH TUMULURI | COLUMN D isney just broke (its own) record for annu- al box office earnings with five months still to go in 2019. The number? $7.67 billion. That’s on track for $13.15 billion by the end of the year, which would almost double the $7.61 billion record they set in 2016. Disney’s direct production stu- dio, Buena Vista, has captured 38...…
…ARTS 6 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There’s a saying that no one has your back like family. Through the good, the bad and the ugly, the peo- ple who have been by our side from the start are (hopefully) the ones we can turn to when the going gets tough. With endless ways to define what makes a “family,” it would seem nearly impossible to capture the essence of the word in just one film. That said, b...…
…“You can never publish my love,” Rogue Wave chants, in the song that the title of this series riffs on. Maybe that’s true, and we can never quite account for our love on paper or in print, but we sure can try. That’s what this series is devoted to: publishing our love. Us, the Arts section of The Michi- gan Daily, talking about artists, some of the people we love the most. Perhaps these are futile approximations of love for the poet ...…
…8 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS By Roland Huget ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 08/08/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 08/08/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019 ACROSS 1 Shelves for cooking 6 Image problem, briefly 11 Navy letters 14 Muscat native 15 Catherine of “Best in Show” 16 Water source 17 Annual ...…
…9 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Punjab. Literally the land of five rivers. . . or, well, it used to be. You see, even the name of our homeland brings pain these days. How can I tell you the pain of Punjab? Quite honestly, it is a pain that I can hardly even understand. My experience as a member of the Punjabi dias- pora has been filled with tragic realizations, one after the other....…
…10 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan hockey roster preview: An overview of returning players The Michigan hockey team’s season ended earlier than expected in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis. After an inconsistent regular season, the Wolverines were unable to collect themselves and make a deep postseason run. Players and coaches alike assert that it was not a s...…
