…Like another road loss to a ranked team, the sight of a Michigan quarterback running for dear life is nothing new. Last year, it led to injuries for Wilton Speight and Brandon Peters. It nearly did the same to Shea Patterson on Saturday, as the junior quarterback missed parts of the fourth quarter with cramps after being pressured all night. Officially, Patterson was sacked three times and hurried on another six occasions. In reali...…
…2B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday SportsTuesday: Saying or doing? T he fourth season of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure in Ann Arbor is off to a rocky start after a loss to Notre Dame. Since, some unflattering stats have been advertised, like how the Wolverines are 9-9 in their last 18 games and how they haven’t won a road game against a ranked opponent since 2006. But fear not, Michi...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 3B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Collins inspires confidence from his teammates in No. 2 receiving role Amid fans airing grievances after the Michigan football team’s 24-17 loss at Notre Dame, it was difficult to focus on anything but the negatives of the Wolverines’ performance. But with 48 hours to digest Saturday night’s game, a big picture outlook of Michigan football is in ...…
…4B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday A different kind of pain S OUTH BEND, Ind. — The gift- wrapping was pretty on the Michigan football team. Through talk of renewed confidence, heightened athleticism and, finally, a serviceable quarterback, the 14th-ranked Wolverines were supposed to have a fighting chance against No. 12 Notre Dame in South Bend. But right at kickoff of Sat...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 5B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Field hockey splits against UMass and UConn Maggie Bettez had Friday’s game circled on her calendar for two years. The senior midfielder is originally from Acton, Mass., but the Michigan field hockey team hadn’t played in her home state during her college career until this past weekend. Her friends and family came out to cheer her on, a moment sh...…
…LEO occupies administration building as contract expires ALEC COHEN / DAILY Lecturers and LEO supporters march from the Michigan League to the Fleming Administration Building in support of the Lecturers Union April 6, 2018. On Friday afternoon, about 30 members of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization occupied a floor of the Fleming Administration Building. Lecturers camped outside of University of Michigan Provost Martin Philbert’...…
…2C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Game over for Michigan Time LSA sophomore Lexi Michaels wasn’t expecting to be late to her Psychology 280 exam. In fact, she thought she was early. But when she walked into the testing accommodations room a few minutes after 2:30 — she’d run there right from her last class — she realized the exam was not being administered on Michigan time, and everyone else had already started...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 3C After three days of electronic balloting and five membership events spread out across the three campuses outlining the new contract, the Lecturers’ Employee Organization voted to ratify a new labor agreement with the University on July 13. Ninety eight percent of LEO members voted in favor of the new contract which will raise wages, improve healthcare and boost job security f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4C — Fall 2018 When Justice Isn’t Served NARMEEN REHMAN MiC Contributor I pin my scarf around my hair until it feels secure. The night is still as the call for prayer (athan) sings through my phone — I close my eyes and take a deep breath of the warm June air. I exhale to the cadence of the athan, renewing a sense of calm and strength in my body after a long day of fasting. As I...…
…Fall 2018 — 5C The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Combating the monolith: Part one Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month celebrations have begun, and while I am actively taking part in celebrating A/PIA history, I have also taken time to reflect on my engagement with the A/ PIA community on campus. A/PIAs are often subject to narratives that paint us as a monolith — a homogeneous group of people from an arbitra...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6C— Fall 2018 Mental illness is something hardly talked about in our country. Though mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are extremely common and are extremely pressing issues, for some reason, discussion of them always seems to get swept under the rug. Mental illness plays a role in as high as 90 percent of suicides amongst some professionals, though this ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 7C An homage to freshman year Coming to college, everyone echoed a similar mantra: “Cherish every moment, you only have one freshman year.” In the weeks before I finally left for Ann Arbor, I was wrought with anxiety and apprehension by the thought of going to college and leaving everything I knew behind. After unpacking my dorm room and hugging my parents goodbye, I knew, v...…
…8C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Female athletics in sports media Just as ticket prices appear to impact the public’s opinion of women’s sports, so does the sports media. There is little to no coverage of women’s athletics and that leads to a lack of investment, interest and education on the part of the public. It becomes extremely difficult to generate support when the big influencers in sports media disrega...…
…10C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com We have a glitter shortage You know that episode of “Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse” where Malibu has a glitter shortage and all hell breaks loose because Barbie is supposed to attend a Hollywood premiere that night and she doesn’t want her fans to see her without any glitter? I feel like that’s a pretty accurate depiction of how my summer’s gone so far. My “dreamhouse” is a ...…
…The University of Michigan has an Adderall problem. Some would even call it an epidemic. Despite the University’s increased campaign to recognize mental health on campus, it has failed to address how campus culture fosters the use of Adderall throughout the school. As students become more entrenched in the popular “work hard, play hard” mentality that grips much of the student body, they turn to Adderall to achieve the academic an...…
…A conversation with Bo Burnham on his film debut A24 I lingered in the Michigan Theater’s main auditorium last Thursday after the screening of Bo Burnham’s directorial debut, “Eighth Grade.” A crowd of teenagers, young adults and retirees had just finished giving Burnham a standing ovation after his short Q&A and were now streaming out the back of the theater while I fought to make my way to the front. Not a seat in the theate...…
…King Krule sinks deeper and deeper on his third full-length, ‘The OOZ’ London is a melting pot, sure, but Peckham is something else. There are Nigerian fashion retailers mixed with Jamaican chicken shacks; down the road there are cult-like gatherings where British youth reminisce about the days before CCTV monitored the top deck of buses. It’s a bizarre place, and a fitting home for Archy Marshall — a scraggly white kid with red ha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 3D ‘Silicon Valley’ finds itself again in its fifth season, after a rough patch As someone who grew up in Silicon Valley, the HBO show of the same name always felt uncannily more like a documentary than a comedy. From the get- go, “Silicon Valley” has been an astute satire of the Valley, a place where obscene amounts of money and a somewhat overzealous sense of self-importance p...…
…4D — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Virgin Suicides’ and the loneliness of girlhood At the tender age of 28, Sofia Coppola (“The Beguiled”) wrote and directed the 1999 drama, “The Virgin Suicides,” based off of the 1993 Jeffrey Eugenides novel of the same name. The film set Coppola apart from her legendary father — Francis Ford Coppola of “Godfather” fame — and highlighted her dreamy, unique a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 5D Disclaimer: Yes, it’s a little embarrassing how thoroughly I researched this article and how many pages of lyrics I obviously had to go through to come up with this list. It’s ridiculous to care this much about Taylor Swift when everybody knows cool people with Good Music Opinions don’t do that. But consider this: My apathy toward having a Good and Cool Music Opinion is equal a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6D — Fall 2018 Ever since “‘03 Bonnie & Clyde,” Jay-Z and Beyoncé have wanted you to know two things about their relationship: they’re in love and they’re rich. For years that’s the most they’ve cared to divulge. They kept their 2008 wedding as hush- hush as possible and would almost never be caught publicly without sunglasses — Jay often opted to cover his eyes while they sat courtside at in...…
…Human Rights Commission calls for AAPD accountability SAM SO / DAILY Ann Arbor residents gather at the Human Rights Commission meeting to discuss the formation of a review board for the AAPD at Ann Arbor City Hall January 10, 2018. Seventy Ann Arbor residents called for increased accountability and transparency from the Ann Arbor Police Department at the Ann Arbor Human Rights Commission Wednesday. This comes after several local incide...…
…2E — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City to tackle deer overpopulation Earlier this week, Ann Arbor City Council introduced its 2018 deer management plan to the public. The city aims to eliminate up to 250 deer from Jan. 8 to Jan. 31 in the third year of its four- year deer management program. This is a large increase from winter 2017, when the city aimed to eliminate up to 100 deer. Furthermore, the plan states...…
…Fall 2018 — 3E The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Councilmembers sue city over Library Lot deal Ann Arbor City Councilmembers Sumi Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, and Anne Bannister, D-Ward 1, have sued the city of Ann Arbor, Mayor Christopher Taylor and City Clerk Jacqueline Beaudry over a $10 million deal regarding the development of Library Lot. The contract, signed by Taylor, Beaudry and Chicago-based developer Core Space...…
…4E — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Council approves new code for Greek housing At the Monday meeting, the Ann Arbor City Council approved changes to the zoning code for Greek life houses and moved to postpone the approval of a new development plan for the northern part of the city. City Council voted unanimously to approve new zoning for fraternity and sorority houses, which modifies the definition o...…
…At the end of a performance, an audience’s applause is usually directed toward the performers on stage. Often times audiences aren’t thinking, however, of the individuals behind the scenes: the composers. The Student Composers’ Concert at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance aims to do the opposite, by showing off new works from different student composers at the University. This will be the second of five different co...…
…6E — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers at the Pig Like it or hate it, the holiday season is undeniably upon us. A walk down Main Street offers proof of this: bright lights wrap themselves gracefully around trees, Christmas carols ring from inviting Kerrytown shops and couples walk hand-in-hand with a seemingly newfound sense of happiness. If you’re like me and love the spontaneous ...…
…Fall 2018 — 7E The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Music and magic at the first night of the 41st Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival On Friday, Jan. 26, Ann Arbor locals and residents from the far corners of the mitten state alike flocked to the University’s own Hill Auditorium for the 41st Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival. Being so close to the festival, in geographical terms, might make University of Michigan students write the event...…
…Four students have been selected by the University of Michigan to be official nominees for the prestigious Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, which provide full funding for graduate study in the United Kingdom. This years nominees include Public Policy senior Nadine Jawad, recent LSA alum Jonathan Williams, University alum Yiran Liu and University alum Lauren Shepard. According to the LSA Office of National Schola...…
…8 6 5 9 3 2 7 1 4 2 4 1 7 7 5 6 1 5 4 7 8 2 3 4 1 8 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 4/6/09 10:16 AM IRON MAN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, September 29, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Two Door Cinema Club performs in Grand Rapids Wednesday. Tweets Follow @michigandaily Joe Árvai @DecisionLab People are freaking out o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 29, 2017 — 3 election, she doesn’t see what productivity this book offers. “I’d like to focus on what we can do now to build policy and build advocacy for certain groups,” she said. Though the cost of the book and tour concerns some — pre- sale tickets for the Ann Arbor event are currently around $82 to $170 range — many point out nearly every recent president has sold...…
…I called my grandparents, hoping to hear their whereabouts. With the stress of a new school year and a new house distracting me from my family and home life, I was overwhelmed with guilt as I watched the coverage of Hurricane Irma on CNN. As residents of Boynton Beach, Florida, my grandparents were poised to be in the center of the path of the second deadliest hurricane to pass over the United States this year. I was r...…
…Walking along State towards the Diag last semester, simply put, was annoying. Though it sounds high maintenance, pedestrians had to backtrack to a crosswalk or jump into oncoming traffic to avoid the construction across from Walgreens. Finally, the construction has finished, revealing a shiny new and desperately needed coffee shop (a trendy, college town like Ann Arbor can never have too many. Not to mention, the cof...…
…6 — Friday, September 29, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com J O I N D A I L Y A R T S P L E A S E J O I N D A I L Y A R T S P L E A S E NETFLIX Lady Gaga’s new documentary is on Netflix now ‘Five Foot Two’ is a raw look into a pop giant’s life New documentary shows Lady GaGa in all the ways she hasn’t been seen before: unfiltered, imperfect and vulnerable “Five Foot Two” is aptly tit...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, September 29, 2017 — 7 Amid much anticipation, Michigan set to open new season The offseason for the Michigan hockey team has been rife with high expectations. The summer has seen countless headlines surrounding a new head coach, a six-senior class determined to rebound from last year’s disappointment and promising freshmen looking to become breakout stars. This excitement w...…
…8 — September 29, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Bye Week: Evaluating Michigan’s 2017 season so far One-third of the way through its 2017 season, the No. 8 Michigan football team has defied expectations. Despite losing 18 of their 22 starters from a year ago, the Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 4-0 overall) have found reliable options at most, if not all, positions on the field. Even significant question marks be...…
…University of Michigan students have been organizing protests and demonstrations in the last two weeks after a slew of anti-Latino and anti-Black incidents. The Daily sat down with University president Mark Schlissel to talk students’ reactions, his responses and administrators’ actions moving forward. Schlissel said focusing on the lack of success in catching racist perpetrators is “not productive.” The administrat...…
…2A — Thursday, September 28, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY m o c . n o i t a c i d n y s u k o d u s y b e l z z u p JOHN YAEGER/Daily A showcase of Cosmogonic Tattoos by Art & Design professor Jim Cogswell is displayed in the UMMA Wednesday. Tweets Follow @michigandaily Angela Dillard @adillard4 Yes. feeling sad about that but de- termined as ever #CCLittle effort. Faculty & staff shou...…
…As a kid, I soaked up television like a sponge. I spent a lot of time watching Nickelodeon, (“Spongebob” is the best show, don’t @ me), but don’t worry — I watched the educational PBS shows too. All media geared toward children is very fun and friendly, but as I got older and transitioned away from cartoons, the media started to feel more like it wanted to be my enemy instead of my friend. For the new target audience that I j...…
…W ith the election of Donald Trump, students have been getting more involved in activism. From the Women’s March the day after the election, to A Day Without Immigrants, to the March for Science in the spring, to the marches and phone banking following the president’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, students have been partaking in activism at campuses across the United State...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 28, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Historic spans 5 2012 World Series MVP Sandoval 10 FiveThirtyEight fodder 14 Ristorante bottle 15 “Let’s call it __”: “We’re even” 16 Spring flower 17 Disney CEO since 2005 18 Small, silvery Chesapeake Bay swimmer 20 See 34-Across 22 Experiment 23 See 34-Across 27 National Lampoon writer, typically 31 Old West gunslinger Jack 32 Hand over 33 State with co...…
…6A — Thursday, September 28, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN STATE REMAINING BIG TEN SCHEDULE MARYLAND WISCONSIN OHIO STATE MINNESOTA INDIANA PENN STATE RUTGERS - HOMECOMING 7:30 P.M. EST TBA TBA 12 P.M. EST TBA 12 P.M. EST TBA 12 P.M. EST October 7 / Michigan Stadium November 11 / College Park, MD November 18 / Madison, WI Nov 25 / Michigan Stadium November 4 / Michigan Stadium October 14 / B...…
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…Soon, sooner than most of us posters, scrollers, refreshers and general internet lurkers would like, Twitter is going to up its character count to 280 — double the current limit. And while that increases potential for memes and political screaming, it also affects a community of poets who use Twitter as their primary means of publication. When Twitter first appeared on the web 11 years ago it was a space to talk about ...…
…way that complicates the narrative of the internet as a void of narcissism. There’s an intentional and maintained level of anonymity that feels very akin to the mythic recluses and anonymously published poets of the print canon. And online, a community has formed. Poets can communicate, read one another’s work and talk from across the globe. It’s a community that values authenticity, something that t...…
…Cyrus Tetteh had grown tired of the feeling that his grades in the classroom were determining his value, and he wanted to do something about it. He started thinking about ways that he could create a platform for himself, and ultimately decided that he wanted to share his creative vision with others in the form of a clothing brand: Cool Club Clothing. I had the opportunity to sit down with Tetteh, a 2015 alum, and reflect on ...…
