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…Nicholas Prada, a former employee at Tomukun Noodle Bar on East Liberty Street, filed a suit in a U.S. district court Friday claiming he was wrongfully terminated after contracting COVID-19 in late June. According to the lawsuit, Prada and his attorney, Noah Hurwitz, allege that Tomukun’s actions violate numerous federal acts, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Family Medical Leave Act. In an email t...…

…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Fall 2020 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 the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. ERIN WHITE Managing Editor ekwhite...…

…Police officers followed Jermaine Johnston down the Hatcher Graduate Library steps on a finals week night more than 20 years ago for no reason. He said he was used to it — being treated as less intelligent during office hours, asked what sport he played on the first day of classes and met with silence when he walked into an all-white room. “I had a bookbag on my back, a University of Michigan shirt, University of Michigan hat...…

…The Daily sat down with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel to discuss the University’s plans for the fall semester during the COVID- 19 pandemic and the release of WilmerHale’s report on allegations of sexual misconduct against former Provost Martin Philbert. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Mark Schlissel: I wanted to start out if it’s OK with you by reiterating an apology that ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 5 Pizza Bob’s moves to new location on S. State Street After more than 50 years of operation at its original location, Pizza Bob’s will find a new home this Tuesday just 110 feet north at 800 S. State Street. The new location, previously home to Red Light Cafe, will offer both indoor and outdoor seating. According to owner Pam Pietryga, the move was larg...…

…When we conceptualize our nation as an ecosystem, our national and societal wounds — and their urgent need for repair — become deeply apparent. Despite this dire need for healing, it is also society’s responsi- bility to strive toward that reparation — to strive to nourish, to thrive effective- ly and efficiently. Michigan in Color’s was established in pursuit of healing and education. And while we attempt to distinguish our- ...…

…7-Opinion Opinion I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and reached through the darkness for my phone. It was 4 a.m. on a March 2020 morning and the screams coming from outside my apartment were making it impossible to sleep. I sat up and looked down from my second-story window to the thin road below. Bathed in the orange light of a street lamp a group of people were dancing in a circle, their maniacal laughs and screams echoin...…

…2-News I have real problems with my city and my university. It’s legal in Ann Arbor to gather outside in groups of 25 and inside in groups of 10. But it isn’t safe. The city also requires that we wear masks when in groups, but even that’s not safe unless we are six feet apart. And how easy is it to wear a mask when you’re having a drink and a conversation? My city — the city I came home to 10 years after I graduated fro...…

…7-Opinion Opinion Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com O ver the next couple of weeks, universities across the United States will welcome back faculty, staff and students in the midst of the recent and sustained national surge in COVID-19 cases. The University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, North Carolina State University and University of Alabama showed us the d...…

…Seven days without electricity last August delivered me shaking and stimulus-starved on the steps of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Sympathizer.” Hurricane Isaias had taken out most of Connecticut’s electrical infrastructure, along with all contact with the outside world. Only when removed from 21st century comforts could I approach Nguyen’s award-encrusted novel. Nguyen combines historical fiction with spy thriller, fo...…

… Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 11 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Animated classic ‘Mare’ now streaming in the U.S. In a parallel world, moviegoers, blissfully unaware of the COVIDs and the Faucis and the curves — flattened or otherwise — are settling down in front of the silver screen at their favorite theater for a rare Hungarian treat. Their throats and noses gloriously exposed, these parallel-people ar...…

…O n Tuesday of Wel- come Week this year, I had dinner alone on my porch. The house I had moved into just a few days earlier was still uncomfortably hot, so I fled to the cool breeze and quiet murmur of the street. Settling into a chair, I watched the world go by in front of me as dusk faded into night. Usually, when I sit still in such a bustling environment, I like to imagine where people are coming from, where they...…

…I n November of 2009, a special elec- tion in New York state meant that school was cancelled, so my mom decided to take my sister and I into New York City for a girl’s day. We planned to shop for hours at our favorite stores, stuff our- selves with classic New York pizza for lunch and venture to Midtown Manhattan. Before we left for the city, my mom explained that I would need to give a urine sample to the doctor. Since I ha...…

…W aiting for a financial aid offer is a lot like waiting for a medical diagnosis. The un- known creates a fear so piercing, so all- consuming, that when the anticipated phone call or email finally comes through, holding your fate in a short string of sentences, your life halts for a second. And then, the shock: Maybe it’s a temporary loss of hearing. Maybe your heart begins to race so much you forget to breathe. Maybe you grow li...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 15 Matthew Beniers adds more elite playmaking ability An old school center, Hunter Dickinson built for Big Ten competition Here’s the thing — the Michigan hockey team didn’t need another forward in its incoming recruiting class. It already had two commits likely to go top 10 in the 2021 NHL Draft, and another two borderline first-rounders eligibl...…

…On fall Saturdays in recent On fall Saturdays in recent memory, Claiborne Green memory, Claiborne Green always follows the same routine. always follows the same routine. About an hour and a half before About an hour and a half before kickoff at Michigan Stadium, he kickoff at Michigan Stadium, he goes next door to Crisler Center goes next door to Crisler Center and meets some of the facilities and meets some of the facilitie...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — 17 Michigan athlete creates group to battle racism Last week, NBA players boycotted games after police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wis. This summer, the Big Ten created a coalition against hate and racism with members from every school in response to the police killing of George Floyd. But this June, amid the Black Lives Matt...…

…18 — Wednesday, September 2, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com On Sunday afternoon, student-athletes gathered together. Not for practice, not for a game or team meeting, but for a protest. The march in support of Black Lives Matter was a joint effort from Michigan and Eastern Michigan athletes. Eagles linebacker Tariq Speights and Wolverines senior defensive back Hunter Reynolds were the official organiz...…

…The Graduate Employees’ Organization, which represents more than 2,000 graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants, announced Monday that its members have voted to strike in response to the University of Michigan’s fall reopening plans. This move could substantially disrupt academic operations through the course of next week. This is the first GEO strike since 1975. In a press release announcing...…

…Three weeks ago, LSA professor Bob King, the former president of the United Auto Workers, heard his phone buzz. When he picked it up, he saw an incoming call from his longtime friend Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., the liberal firebrand and former Democratic presidential candidate. Sanders asked if King would speak at the 2020 Democratic National Convention the upcoming week to nominate him for president. It was an offer Ki...…

…The strike will be time-limited and run until Friday, with the potential for reauthorization if the University does not meet the organization’s demands. GEO is asking for the diversion of funds from the Division of Public Safety and Security and more COVID-19 protections, such as the right to work remotely for all graduate student instructors, more transparency in opening plans and protection from hiring discrimination for tho...…

…Gyms and pools can reopen subject to restrictions to uphold public health protocols amid the COVID- 19 pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday. Some organized sports will also be permitted to resume as part of the state’s gradual reopening process. Following the governor’s executive order, the University of Michigan’s Department of Recreational Sports announced plans to begin reopening its facilities ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 5 Multiple residence halls confirm cases of COVID-19 Multiple residents across three University of Michigan residence halls tested positive for COVID- 19 less than a week into the fall semester. One resident of South Quad Residence Hall, two residents of Bursley Residence Hall and one resident of North Quad Residence Hall tested positive for the virus ...…

…Over the course of the last few months, The Daily summer staff collaborated to produce a spe- cial edition on systemic racism, titled “Miseducation.” Articles from all sections — including Michigan in Color, Opinion, The Statement, Sports, News, Arts and Photo — were curated and arranged into different cat- egories with the ultimate goal to educate our community and report on the fight for racial jus- tice in our country and across ...…

…7-Opinion Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color YOUR WEEKLY ARIES With Mars, your ruling planet, turning retrograde, this is your chance to dial down the noise and to turn inward for a while. Focus on getting the background details right at work; good preparation now will ensure success later. AQUARIUS GEMENI If you need financial or practical assistance, distant family memb...…

…Opinion I t’s highly likely that the folks reading this are younger rather than older. You’re probably reading this on your computer or phone. Maybe you’re laying in bed, e-commuting to class or, most likely of all, sitting on the toilet. Whatever you’re doing while reading, I’m positive this next part will spark some curiosity, cause you to miss a step or — hopefully, because that’d be funny — produce a combo of the two. Contra...…

…2-News O ver the last few months, the University of Michigan has issued guidelines and rules for its students regarding the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Of course, intelligent containment efforts are necessary, as COVID-19 represents a serious threat to the health of the University community and the challenges administrators face are remarkably difficult. However, this containment goal does not justify the means the Unive...…

…O n Aug. 26, the United State’s Departments of State and Commerce announced a plethora of sanctions that are set to be enacted against leaders of construction companies — owned by the Communist Party of China (CPC) — which officials deemed as participating in malign state projects in the South China Sea. The relevant measures include export restrictions, withholding visas and decreased access to U.S.- create...…

…Arts Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 11 You’re not too old to enjoy Candace Flynn’s return Take yourself back to the summer of 2007. Tiger Woods was at the height of his career. The first iPhone had a triumphant release. I went to a week of summer camp and returned with a couple hundred mosquito bites. And in August, Disney Channel previewed an animated show called “Phineas and Ferb.” As someone who started watching the show...…

…Why I’m reading Stephen King during the pandemic Over the last six months, I have (understandably) turned to reading books that comfort me. I reread the first “Harry Potter” book out loud to my six-year-old neighbor; I revisited the meditative poetry of Walt Whitman and the remarkable prose of Tom Robbins. The words that I had read time and time again consoled me while everything else seemed impossibly crazy. More and mo...…

…Arts Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 13 Lana Del Rey ventures into spoken word poetry In between the transition of tracks one and two, I fire off three successive texts: “Holy f#$%ing sh$t. Nothing has ever wreaked havoc on my soul like this single track has done. I am CRYING.” My friend responds with the picture of a small child who appears to embody the world- weary disgruntlement of a man amid a mid-life crisis: “Lana alw...…

…M y mother has always told me I’m allowed to be an English major, but I’m not allowed to become a teacher. As a senior studying cre- ative writing and literature, I haven’t strayed far from the world I grew up in — one where education was a daily topic of discussion. My mother is a public high school English teacher whose biggest project is a class called College Writing, which she created over a ten-year span with peers an...…

…I ’ve been settling recently. I’ve settled into a new home. I’ve settled into a new ro vcutine. I’ve settled into a global pandemic. I watch as my friends and family seem to do the same. The mention of “COVID-19” sounds like the name of an estranged relative my family likes to gossip about. While I get annoyed when my mother brings it up at the dinner table, I can’t help but listen to every word, waiting for the next updat...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement ILLUSTRATION BY ???? Zoom fatigue: A new way to be exhausted in college BY LEAH LESZCZYNSKI, STATEMENT COLUMNIST Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 16 W alking briskly to my French class to escape the Michigan chill, I savor the blinding morning sun and let the autumn breeze tangle my hair as I weave through the bottlenecks of people in Angell Hall to arrive at my first class...…

…On the day the Michigan football team was supposed to kick off its season against Washington, several Wol- verine players and parents instead gathered at Michigan Stadium to protest the sea- son’s postponement. The protest, which was pri- marily arranged by Michigan parents Peach Pagano (Carlo Kemp’s mother), Melissa Hutchinson and Lisa McCaf- frey, included over 50 people in total, including a handful of players and coach Jim Har...…

…18 — Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I t’s too bad we couldn’t see Jim Har- baugh’s face under- neath his mask on Saturday. It might have been revealing. Speaking to reporters while par- ticipating in a parent-led protest on the Big Ten’s postpone- ment of foot- ball season, Harbaugh was asked six times in seven minutes about University president Mark Schlissel. He did his best no...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 9, 2020 — 19 On Saturday, the Michigan football team would have been opening its season against Washington in Seattle. Next week, it would have been open- ing its home slate against Ball State in Ann Arbor. And The Daily would have been there for it all. Instead, like everyone else, we’ll be sitting at home, missing the joys of fall. So on the day that Michigan’s ...…

…Originally, the plan was for Saturday’s protest to go from the tunnel entrance of the Big House to South University Avenue, where University President Mark Schlissel resides. Organizers scrapped that due to construction. If they hadn’t, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh would have been protesting outside his president’s house. Schlissel, according to documents obtained in a lawsuit by frustrated players...…

…ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM See RA, Page 3 ANN ARBOR, MI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 | MICHIGANDAILY.COM GOT A NEWS TIP? E-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 130 ©2020 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M I C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A R T S ...…

…When LSA junior Sam Burnstein arrived at the University of Michigan’s quarantine housing at Northwood apartments, he was underwhelmed by what he found. “When walking into the apartments here, the whole time I kept thinking, ‘This feels like a big afterthought,’” Burnstein said. “It feels like the University had, like, two or three weeks till the school year starts and they’re like, ‘Oh, we need somewhere to put...…

…“Central Student Government is currently working with the Dean of Students office and MDining to provide individual pots and pans for each student.” Dissatisfaction with meal service In addition to issues with the cleanliness of the rooms, students isolating expressed dissatisfaction with the meal service. Students are instructed to fill out a form every day by midnight to receive food the next day. If students arrive ...…

…A former University of Michigan vice president overturned a 1979 decision to fire Robert Anderson, the late University athletic doctor accused of sexual misconduct, documents filed in U.S. District Court Thursday reveal. Thomas Easthope, former vice president of the Division of Student Life, said in a deposition that he took steps to fire Anderson upon learning of these allegations. Easthope later changed this claim, telling ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 5 Six months later: what treating COVID-19 looks like Thursday marks six months since the first positive COVID-19 tests were detected in Michigan. Since then, health care professionals at Michigan Medicine adapted to an unprecedented public health crisis that has tested the strength of the hospital’s resources and employees. During the first three months of ...…

…Navigating the return to every- day life for formerly incarcerated individuals is no small feat. Youth Justice Fund (YJF), a non-profit based in Ypsilanti MI, works to assist formerly incarcerated youth reacclimating to society. Executive Director Aaron Kinzel, who spent 10 years in the prison system, aims to provide mental and financial support to get for- merly incarcerated individuals back on their feet. YJF’s website thoroug...…

…Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color Wildcat strike. When I first heard this term, it seemed something feral, yet unavoidable, similar to when you mistreat an animal for long enough and it finally decides to bite back. As a ResStaff member in West Quad, I would say that this is an accurate portrayal of my own feelings about choosing to strike. It feels as if I have been knocked d...…

…Opinion I t has been 218 days since the first COVID-19 case on United States soil and there is still no organized national testing strategy. Despite being warned ten times by public health experts as early as Jan. 18 about the threat the virus posed to our country, President Donald Trump and his administration failed — and are continuing to fail — to take the pandemic seriously. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious...…

…2-News A s students and faculty at the University of Michigan started their second week of the fall semester, a day was set aside to observe Labor Day. In a Twitter post on Monday, GEO wrote, “(Our) membership has authorized a strike, effective (Tuesday). This is a historic moment: we are striking at the beginning of the year, in the midst of a pandemic, to protect our whole community.” On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the day after the nat...…

…7-Opinion Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A s members of the faculty at the University of Michigan, we are deeply troubled by the administration’s response to the ongoing strike led by many of our graduate students. The administration has been quick to characterize the strike as “illegal.” But so were many of the strikes that make up the history of the labor movement worldwide. Strikes are by definition meant to ...…

…New York City Going to elementary school every morning in New York City, I would always look out the train window hoping to catch a glimpse of something I could never quite forget. Painted on the wall about midway between the 103 and 96 St. stops on the 1 train line in Manhattan, there were two vividly-depicted life-sized rats schemingly grimacing at one another. An assortment of wildly- written words, profanities and codenames...…

…2-News 12 — Wednesday, September 16, 2020 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE B-SIDE: CITIES Why setting is so important in film When I tell people around here that I’m from Seattle, we often end up talking about one of the following: Microsoft or Amazon (or people they know that work there), rain or “Grey’s Anatomy.” No one seems to know anything about Seattle beyond the basics. And over time, as I’ve watched films...…