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…Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September17, 2014 michigandaily.com TAILGATE TUESDAYS CRIME 'U'reviews emergency procedures after alert ~ ~Following false ciate professor of communication -I rstudies, said faculty approach LUNA ANNA ARHEY/Daily alarm last week the possibility of a gunman or Microbiology lab technician Constance Bahr and Medical School student Matt Foley participate in one of the games offered at the MHealthy Tailgate/ ' similar...…

…1c £ i ~an 0atIjj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 18,2014 michigandaily.com BUSINESS A housing sees uptick in luxury, high costs Expensive ings, the research found, were subpar. apartment buildings "we felt that Ann Arbor wasn't ALLISON FARRAND/Dally LEFT Booths at EarthFest handed out apples to students and staff, RIGHT: LSA sophomore Kaitie Benedek pledges to visit the campus farm more often and poses for a picture. arthFest uni...…

…wr f)l I N)(L)I\INI I ,,,N 4l010(1\611 FL)\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September'19, 2014 michigandaily.cm ADMINISTRATION Athletics upgades approved by regents Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alekhina speak at the Penny Stamps speaker series hosted by the Penny Stamps School of Art and Design Thursday at the Michigan Theatre. Pussy Riot tals p govt repression in Rssia IM Building, South Campus facility to receive $118...…

…~IieC4digan aIt ONE-H IUNI)RE)-TWEV NTY-1"(UII YEA1IS OF~ EI)IT( )IIAI FREEDOM\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 22,2014 michigandaily.com WHEN IT RAINS... CAMPUS SAFETY Bi House evacuation followed rotocol Extreme weather at 830 p .m Players were also allowed 15 minutes to warm up postponed the game, before play recommenced. Joe Piersante, chief operations displaced fans officer for DPSS and detail commander during football RUB WALLAU/Da...…

…(1be 1Ji1iaV0i~ iiiI.,xhis Ill. michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 23,2014 JOB. PLEASE ADMINISTRATION Committee calls for diversity initiatives AMANDA ALLEN/Dally Engineering Graduate student Rohan Puranik speaks with a company representative at the Engineering Career Fair hosted by the Society of Women Engineers and Tau Beta Pi at the Duderstadt Center Monday. SENATE ASSEMBLY Schlissel talks emergency response a...…

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…ON ItDIEI \VN'\'OE \SO 111),II.U Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 25,2014 michigandailyxcom RESEARCH Technology set to boost cell display efficiency LSA sophomore Ann Ludka, member of the University pompon team, rehearses in the Michigan League Wednesday. LSA theme semester looks at 'U' athletics, academia Researchers overcome technical hurdle in construction of longer-lasting diodes By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily NewsEditor Students of...…

…(bE id jc gan0ailj ONE INF tI)'VNY-,J LISO IlT II 1EIO Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 26,2014 michigandaily com r . , ACADEMICS Provost to honor six scholarship nominees JAMES COLLER/Daily The new Blimpy Burger on S. Ashley Street hosted a soft opening Thursday. The original location was closed in 2013 to make room for the new Munger Graduate Residence Hall. Buimpy Burg 1'er hosts soft opening at new location Students to compet...…

…46F 46F 46F a 4,:)-at ',hie LT C4 I/1? l.Ol _X 1 E)tTj ' I" iIU " { l,1)1, (d 1, x! 1 11 ,I I"I)().Nf I) !,,i', T\ k'' I IFT Ii 011 rl Arnn Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 29, 2014 michigandaily.com EARL GREY GOVERNMENT Students meet with senators on Africa aid University President Mark Schlissel joins Martha Cook residents Public Policy Junior Erin Bozek-Jarvis, LSA Sophomore Erin Eusebi and LSA Sophomore Nisreen EI-Saghir at their...…

…41e.4 0hd igan 0aitj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 30, 2014 michigandaily.com RENOVATIONS Upgrades to Trotter Center cost $650,000 Albanian President Bujar Nishani gives a speech about the democratic government of Albania and its hopeful transition Into the European Union at Rackham Auditorium Monday. Albania's president talks bid fo-Umemberhi University 'allocated money before BSU's demands called for facility updates By CLAIRE...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 8, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan lost Jim Harbaugh’s debut, 24-17. » INSIDE Sports Tuesday Schlissel’s second ice cream social caps off Welcome Week festivities By ISOBEL FUTTER and GEN HUMMER Daily Staff Reporters Weathering some light sprinkles of rain, about 1,200 University students, faculty, staff and parents gat...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 122 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A THE STATEMENT..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Schlissel sends “Welcom...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 10, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Administrators say departments, units will guide strategic planning process By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter University President Mark Schlissel hosted a second diversi- ty summit Wednesday afternoon in which he further outlined the University’s plans to improve equity and inclusion on ca...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 11, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 123 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS...........................5A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM ITS solves wirele...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 14, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan picked up its first win of the Harbaugh era on Saturday » INSIDE One Down Attendees disappointed by session’s tone, lack of concrete solutions By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Top University administra- tors addressed Greek life culture Thursday during their first all- chapter meeting ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 15, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM In Iowa speech, Obama announces initiative to adjust FAFSA deadline By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter With the aim of helping more Americans see college as an affordable option, President Barack Obama announced a new initiative to align the Free Application for Federal Student Aid due...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 16, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 126 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS.......................... 5A SPORTS ......................7A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A T H E S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . .1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM ‘U’ e...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 17, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM » INSIDE Renovation concludes multi-year initiative to update housing on campus By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Shuttered for renovations over the last year, the West Quadran- gle Residence Hall held an official reopening ceremony Wednes- day afternoon — with University President Mark Sc...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 18, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM » INSIDE Regents approve salary increase to $772,500 By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily News Editor Now a year into his tenure, University President Mark Schlissel will receive a pay raise. The University’s Board of Regents unanimous- ly voted at their September meeting Thursday to bump Schlissel’s salary b...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 21, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Michigan football team won its second game of the Jim Harbaugh era Saturday. » INSIDE Another victory Fiorina, Paul urge Republicans to re-examine party identity By SHOHAM GEVA Daily News Editor Their platforms were differ- ent, but the Saturday speeches of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Ca...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 22, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Alum sentenced on vandalism charge after ski trip By ALLANA AKHTAR and ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporters Matthew Vlasic, one of four former fraternity mem- bers charged in connec- tion with damages inflicted on a Northern Michigan ski resort, was sentenced Monday to two years of pro- bation, ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 23, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at the University’s record breaking Nike contract » INSIDE the statement Former vice-chair of the U.S Federal Reserve calls on students to plan ahead By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Retirement may be a long way off for the University students who attended Tuesday’s Ford Policy Ta...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 24, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at the threads seen on Tree Town’s streets » INSIDE the fashion b-side Canvas to replace CTools by fall 2016 Carson talks social issues, education during Mich. stop After 81 years, ‘Mud Bowl’ may conclude streak Harper outlines plans for new multicultural center After pilot, provost ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 25, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Mike Hart is working his way up at Western Michigan » INSIDE A new home ADMINISTRATION Common thread in search for ‘culture shift’ is heightening students’ role By ALLANA AKHTAR and MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter and Daily News Editor Days after the release of new sexual assault data ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 28, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Wolverines earn their third straight blowout victory » INSIDE Michigan dominates ANDREW COHEN/Daily INSIDE: Ashok Bhargav, an application programmer for the University, picks out vegetables at the fourth annual Harvest Festival hosted by the Sustainable Food Program at the Matthaei Botanical Garde...…

…125 YEARS NEWS • ARTS • OPINION SPORTS • ARCHIVES A SPECIAL ISSUE COMMEMORATING 125 YEARS OF EDITORIAL FRREEDOM A conversation with former Daily editor in chief Ann Marie Lipinski • Page 3A Campus fashion through the decades • Page 4A The rich history of sports at the ‘U’ • Page 6A Why the Opinion pages matter • Page 8A Hill Auditorium’s star-studded history • Page 11A …

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 30, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM CAMPUS CONTEXT President slated to roll out strategic initiative on inclusion by spring 2016 By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter University President Mark Schlissel and his administration have spent the last academic year working to roll out new policy initiatives regarding several campus is...…

…Former President Bill Clinton joined United Auto Workers union members and others for the annual Detroit Labor Day Parade Monday morning aiming to demonstrate the Hillary Clinton campaign’s commitment to working families. The parade began at 9:30 a.m. and marched down Michigan Avenue. Bill Clinton marched, but did not speak during the event which drew thousands of union workers and other prominent state Demo...…

…Starting at the beginning of classes Tuesday, the University of Michigan’s two-year-long transition to Canvas was complete — drawing mixed reactions from faculty over the process and implementation, and overall positive impressions from students. Canvas is an online learning management system that includes features such as assignments, grades and discussion boards. Moving forward, it will be the class platfo...…

…The University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats kicked off one of its weekly voter registration drives Wednesday with a special appearance from actor Sean Astin, best known for his role as Sam in Lord of the Rings. Astin spoke to students and community members about campaigning at ground-level events. He also discussed his experiences with Hillary Clinton who he’s known since 1992, calling her one of the...…

…As part of the University of Michigan’s Complex Systems Seminar Series, LSA Dean Andrew Martin spoke Thursday afternoon at West Hall about the “Martin- Quinn” scores, a measurement of the liberal or conservative ideologies of U.S. Supreme Court justices, which Martin researched and developed with Kevin Quinn from the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Law in 2002. Martin and Quinn’s model encompasses ev...…

…On August 4, Nadine Jawad, a Ford junior at the University of Michigan, received a text on the lawn of Magdalen’s campus at the University of Oxford, holding her phone in one hand and playing with a piece of grass in the other. “God, my phone is blowing up because of that stabbing,” she said. “It’s like, I’m fine, mom.” The incident happened earlier that day in London, a city an hour and a half from Oxford by bus. The perpetra...…

…Acclaimed author Peter Kornbluh, an Ann Arbor native, advocated for open negotiations between the U.S. and the Cuban government with several anecdotes about secret meetings and spies at Literati Bookstore Monday evening. Kornbluh spoke to promote his new book, “Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana,” which he co-wrote with William LeoGrande, professor of governmen...…

…Author Malcolm Gladwell’s lecture on the risks and realities of entrepreneurship Tuesday drew an audience large enough to fill Hill Auditorium. The talk, which explored the careers of scientist Emil Freireich who helped invent modern chemotherapy; Steve Jobs, who founded Apple; and Ingvar Kamprad, who founded IKEA, was part of The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series hosted by the Ross School of Business. Gladwell chall...…

…Higher education reform has been a hot topic this election season — particularly for Democrats. As opponents in the Democratic primary, now-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–VT) lauded their two separate proposals of debt- free and tuition-free college, respectively. Several states already offer free college plans at certain institutions including Maryland, New York, Col...…

…Joe Palca, an award-winning science correspondent from National Public Radio, visited the University of Michigan Thursday afternoon to give a talk titled “Communicating Science for Fun and Profit” at West Hall. The talk focused on how to better communicate science with the general public. Palca, who has worked for NPR since 1992, has covered a large range of science news, such as the new genome editing technology and...…

…The University of Michigan Central Student Government hosted its third sober tailgate Saturday on Elbel Field in an attempt to prevent alcohol- related incidents during late- starting football games. The event was coordinated by LSA sophomore Grant Rivas, CSG’s chief programming officer, who said student safety is the first consideration with a 3:30 p.m. kick off time like the Michigan vs. Colorado game. “We as a university s...…

…While the population in Detroit has fallen over recent decades, the Muslim community in the Detroit area has grown, in part due to the influx of refugees. Sally Howell, director of the Center for Arab American studies and associate professor of history at the University of Michigan- Dearborn, spoke on the long, rooted history of Muslim communities in Detroit at her lecture Monday evening. “I noticed in 2010 that if you lo...…

…The University of Michigan’s Spectrum Center and the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs hosted their second collaborative open house Tuesday to spread awareness about their activities and services for new students on campus. Program organizers Abby Chien, MESA program manager, and Mark Chung Kwan Fan, assistant director for the Spectrum Center, said they’ve started to realize more of the intersections of the two p...…

…Two lawsuits have been filed in the past month over an alleged sexual assault at a University of Michigan fraternity party in January 2016. The first lawsuit, from a now-former male University student, was filed against several employees of the University of Michigan for wrongfully causing the student leave the University following the alleged assault, according to court documents. “The Appeals Board applied an un...…

…At the University of Michigan Alumni Center Thursday evening, about 80 students, alumni and members of the Ann Arbor community attended the first event of this year’s LatinX Heritage Month celebrations. Sponsored by prominent Latino campus organizations and alumni, the event featured speakers who outlined inclusivity goals and stressed the importance of breaking down institutionalized borders for their on-campus ...…

…While various praises and concerns were voiced by faculty at the fourth and final LSA Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion plan’s feedback forum last Friday evening, most of the night’s attention was on the lack of faculty in attendance. The large MLB Auditorium was mostly empty with about 40 LSA faculty were present. Liz Cole, associate dean for social sciences, led the forum as she had the previous three by guiding the audience ...…

…Ann Arbor residents emphasized several concerns with the city’s plans for a new Amtrak station during two public meetings Monday evening. The city hosted the public meetings to discuss the recently released Alternatives Analysis Report, which suggested four possible sites for the new train station — three of which reside on Depot Street and the fourth on Fuller Road. The locations were chosen based on several criteri...…

…Though the first presidential debate drew wide interest on campus Monday night, that interest may not necessarily have equated to any changes in voter preference, according to a Michigan Daily poll conducted directly after the debate. As part of an ongoing initiative to better gauge the campus political climate, The Michigan Daily sent out a poll to 1,500 students and received 302 responses. Eighty-one percent of resp...…

…According to a recent Michigan Daily poll of a sample of students, support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on campus is high, at almost 75 percent. However, the poll also indicated that nearly 20 percent of respondents plan to vote outside of the two major parties, preferring third-party candidates. Among the third party candidates, Liberterian nominee Gary Johnson, who polled at 13.2...…

…Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County expects to have resettled about 163 refugees in the county by the conclusion of its fiscal year this fall, nearly doubling its previous year’s caseload, and plans to do so again in the coming year. In a March interview with the Daily, JFS administrators said their resettlement target was still in the 80-person range. However, an uptick in the number of refugees the Obama admin...…

…Information and Technology Services at the University of Michigan released updates to campus computing sites for fall 2017. The updates are part of an initiative to make technology more accessible to students on more devices, according to a University press release. The updates include Sites Windows computer software, which will now be available through AppsAnywhere, a portal similar to the app store that can be accessed via...…

…Tuesday evening, Central Student Government hosted their first meeting of the school year under new administration, with LSA senior Anushka Sarkar as president. Despite the brief interruption of a fire alarm in the Michigan Union, the meeting continued, focusing on welcoming members back to campus. A major focal point of the meeting involved the Trump administration’s announcement this morning of the dissolution of th...…

…Students at the University are taking “going green” to another level. With the recent construction of two solar pavilions, students will now be able to socialize while powering their phones, laptops and tablets on renewable energy on campus. The two pavilions are located near Palmer Commons on Central Campus and the Bob and Betty Beyster Building on North Campus, respectively. Business junior Grant Faber, vi...…

…Student veterans attended orientation in the Pond room of the Michigan Union Thursday evening and learned about the various resources and initiatives to support them on campus. The orientation was led by Psychology Lecturer Eric Fretz, Philip Larson, program director for the Student Veterans Assistance Program, and members of the Peer Advisors for Veteran Education. The incoming students had the opportunity to famil...…