…I t was, by all accounts, an unenviable afternoon at the Jersey Shore. The usually crowded beach was sparsely populated, thanks in large part to heavy gray clouds, rough waves and a chill uncharacteristic of early August. My family and I were perfectly content, though. None of us were particularly invested in our tans that day. Several yards behind us were other patrons who also seemed to be perfectly conten...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 8, 2017 — 5A Arts COURTESY OF LOLLAPALOOZA Festival Report: Lollapalooza succeeds in surprising As the first music festival I’d ever been to, Lollapalooza blew all my expectations out of the park; all that food, music, people and excitement, nestled smack dab in the middle of Chicago. My only regret is that I wasn’t able to experience more; I couldn’t mosh to the eclectic ED...…
…FOCUS FEATURES Bewildered, not ‘Beguiled’ This summer saw more of the academic-discourse- permeates-pop-culture phenomenon that’s been snowballing for the past few years, especially on social media; one of the most obvious examples of how polarizing it can get was the discourse surrounding Sofia Coppola’s reboot of “The Beguiled.” And yes, I’m still thinking about it several months after the fact — now that the dust...…
…September 9, 2017: Cincinnati …
…FootballSaturday, September 9, 2017 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2017 football season. Betelhem Ashame Ted Janes Orion Sang Kevin Santo Cincinnati (+34.5) at No. 8 Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Fresno State (+43.5) at No. 1 Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 5 Oklahoma(+7) at No. 2 Ohio State Ohio Stat...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: A conversation with Cincinnati’s football beat writer By BETELHEM ASHAME Managing Sports Editor To gain an inside perspective on the Cincinnati football team, the Daily reached out to our counterparts at The News Record, the student-run newspaper at the University of Cincinnati. On Thursday, we spoke on the phone with Jason Szelest — the sports editor at The News Recor...…
…IN COACH’S OFFICE Ted Janes, Daily Sports Writer In December, Mason Cole had a chance to leave for the NFL Draft. Now, he’s Michigan’s captain. Mason Cole, all 6-foot-5 of him, sat down in his coach’s office. Beside him was his dad, John, who had flown up to Ann Arbor from Tampa, and sitting across the room at his desk was offensive coordinator Tim Drevno. But the maestro in the room, Jim Harbaugh, was standing, pacing ar...…
…parents to tell them the news. Mason’s parents, John and Maggie, were at a business conference in Banff, Alberta when they found out their son was going to start. They had promised him that if he were starting, they would go to every game. They just didn’t know it was going to happen that quickly. Against Appalachian State in September 2014, Mason Cole became the first-ever true freshman at Michigan to start a season ope...…
…FootballSaturday, September 9, 2017 6 Breakdown: Michigan vs. Cincy By KEVIN SANTO Managing Sports Editor This one has all the ingredients to be a laugher. Cincinnati will travel to Ann Arbor this Saturday coming off a narrow 26-14 win over Austin Peay. To put that in perspective, the Governors have not won a game in FCS competition since Oct. 14, 2014. No. 8 Michigan, on the other hand, is heading into its home opener w...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Breakdown: Michigan vs. Cincy Edge: Michigan Special teams The Wolverines have finally seen an inexperienced special teams unit in action, and they should be pleased with the results. Redshirt freshman kicker Quinn Nordin converted on four of his six field-goal opportunities — two of which were from 50-plus yards — and did so in high-pressure situations. Freshman Donovan Peoples- J...…
…FootballSaturday, September 9, 2017 8 What to Watch For: Cincinnati By ORION SANG Daily Sports Editor Michigan quieted some of its naysayers last week with a resounding 33-17 victory against then-No. 17 Florida at AT&T Stadium. The Wolverines are back in Ann Arbor this weekend, where they’ll play their home opener against Cincinnati. Michigan will find a familiar face on the opposing sideline in first-year head coach Luke Fi...…
…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...…
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…students that deviating from this policy has adverse consequences for some of our students,” Martin continued in the email. “This a special emphasis of the dean’s office this year, making clear that it is our expectation that exams are administered during the times established by the Registrar’s Office.” LSA junior Meghan Clark said she is concerned whether the new emphasis on changing exam times will affect travel plans fo...…
…S tephen Bannon’s ouster from the White House brought the sort of speculation we’ve heard a number of times before: Is the Trump administration stable enough to continue functioning? Core members are in and out at the president’s whim, staff members lie, cheat and steal for a slim personal advantage and the work atmosphere is more “Game of Thrones” than “The West Wing.” I am inclined to believe that Bannon’s remova...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Thursday, September 7, 2017 — 5 Arts ATLANTIC Lil Uzi Vert in a crowd Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Luv is Rage 2’ is the new emo Lil Uzi Vert returns on his newest release and exposes his mastery of hip hop and emo despite the album’s weak links Above all else, Lil Uzi Vert’s new album Luv Is Rage 2 is present. It is simultaneously the best indicator of where rap is today and a perfect harbinger of where i...…
…6 — Thursday, September 7, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NETFLIX Stars of Netflix’s ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ revival Ian Harris: The problem with neverending shows How the resounding influence of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ turns to beating a dead horse “Let’s all promise that in ten years from today, we’ll meet again, and we’ll see what kind of people we’ve blossomed into.” These words, spoke...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 7, 2017 — 7 In new role, Jay Harbaugh doesn’t run to form Tyrone Wheatley may have left Michigan’s coaching staff for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but very little has changed. Now under the tutelage of Jay Harbaugh, Michigan’s running backs have been quick to point out how interactive their new position coach is. Stereotypes may suggest an authoritarian relations...…
…8 — Thursday, September 7, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Secondary adapting to new defensive scheme Of all the position groups Michigan had to rebuild on the defensive side of the ball, the secondary was expected to have the most pieces to replace. When it came to the defensive backfield — especially at safety — the picture was blurry, to say the least. The two new starters — junior Tyree Kinnel and sophomor...…
…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...…
…It offered undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as minors the opportunity to receive deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a renewable, two-year work permit. To qualify, applicants must have all lived in the United States before the age of 16, not having any felonies or serious misdemeanors and living continuously in the United States since July 15, 2007. One of these individuals is ...…
…agency personnel to avoid conducting enforcement activities at sensitive locations unless they have prior approval from an appropriate supervisory official or in the event of exigent circumstances,” he said. “The locations specified in the guidance include schools, places of worship and hospitals.” According to the Frequently Asked Questions page of the Department of Homeland Security’s website, DACA individuals’...…
…I ’ve built up a tolerance to tragedy and disaster. Watching the news often leaves me feeling sick, with something stuck in my throat and eyes that are close to watering, but I somehow get past it and with a faster recovery each time. But Charlottesville made me sick and tired like I haven’t been in a while. The images from the protests disgust me. Until I saw college kids holding tiki torches and marching alongside Na...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 6, 2017 — 5A Arts DFA James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem singing his little heart out LCD returns with other- wordly ‘american dream’ LCD Soundsystem’s first album since their reunion doesn’t disappoint with Murphy contemplating love, loss and age The greatest tragedy, it would seem, is to waste your youth. To fail to live with urgency, to stay home, sober, alone. I, in the m...…
…6A — Wednesday, September 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ALBUM REVIEW ATLANTIC RECORDS The War on Drugs return with another stunner War on Drugs make sense of the world on new album War on Drugs’ latest album shows the band’s move from heavy reliance on influences to more natural and meaningful Authenticity is more important than originality. Yet, we value the latter more and lampoon music that sounds obviously ...…
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…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 free speech the issue of …
…2B Managaing Statement Editor: Lara Moehlman Deputy Editors: Yoshiko Iwai Brian Kuang Photo Editor: Alexis Rankin Editor in Chief: Emma Kinery Design Staff: Michelle Phillips Managing Editor: Rebecca Lerner Copy Editors: Elizabeth Dokas Taylor Grandinetti Wednesday, September 6, 2017 // The Statement Empath in the Wild: The Sorry Rug B oth my father and mother have been working in Republican politics my entire lif...…
…Wes Anderson never saw the beauty of elevated surfaces until now. While we all see the grimy, loud and humid basement of a fraternity palace, Wes sees poetry in motion. Crystal Palace flows into a line of Dixie cups like a fresh water fountain in Rome. Hawaiian shirts and basketball jerseys float past a large, Insta-famous American flag with the grace and elegance of a bull in a china shop that’s drunk off Natty Lite and fragile m...…
…Wednesday, September 6, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 6, 2017 // The Statement 5B Free Speech in the Ivory Tower b y J e r e m y K a p l a n, Daily Editorial Board Member I“College students testify: Free speech under assault on campuses” from Fox News, and “War on campus: The escalating battle over col- lege free speech” from CNN. These hysterical headlines fuel the widespread perception that millennial Americans o...…
…Wednesday, September 6, 2017 // The Statement 6B DESIGN BY MICHELLE PHILLIPS Home M y mother would often express a desire to move to the West Coast when she retired. In Seattle, or perhaps San Francisco, the win- ters are milder, the cities livelier and there are more native Chinese speakers for her than in our Detroit suburb. To her, Michigan winters are too long, the suburban sprawl of south- east Michigan too quiet...…
…Wednesday, September 6 // The Statement 7B DESIGN BY MICHELLE PHILLIPS If at first you try W hen I was younger, I played every sport you would expect a young kid to. From swim- ming to tennis to dance to softball, I had all the bases covered. I was never the best at any of them, but these activities made me happy. When I graduated from fifth grade, I found myself becoming more interested in the perform- ing arts than ...…
…Wednesday, September 6, 2017 // The Statement 8B Bomb craters still carve out space in the ground of a previous German battery site. (Emma Richter/Daily) Climbers wait on the summit of Mt. Boarah in Idaho during the total solar eclipse on August 21. (Robert Buechler/Daily) Niagara Falls captured from the United States side of the Niagara River. (Alexis Rankin/Daily) A woman poses with Larry Bell’s outdoor sculpture “Pacific Red 11” o...…
…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...…
…2A — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers My message to #Dreamers at @umich is simple: Wel- come to class. Michigan Students @UMichStudents Ugh. Welcome weekend is over and now I gotta go back to being a mediocre student. edamami @jamsjohns umich is a lotta average looking white boys lemme tell u Dr. Mark Schissel @DrMarkSchlissel New disco...…
…across campus while inspiring further advances in the techniques of data science itself,” Hu also said in 2015. Big data has been the crux of medical initiatives and disease research, the uncovering of international corruption scandals such as in the Panama Papers, and worldwide technological and economic development. For example, access to massive deposits of information related to issues such as on-field behavior can help...…
…sophomore year. This year, there were 131 complete applications. Harper said there continues to be a lot of interest in the program, even inquiries from high school students who have heard about the new major and are wondering what they can do to be accepted as sophomores. “The group of applicants were all, I would say, stellar applicants — people with a lot of great experiences, a lot of really beneficial coursework,” he said....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 5, 2017 — 5A Opinion W hen asked about the violent white supremacist, neo- Nazi rally that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump not-so-deftly shifted attention to the “alt-Left that came charging at (the neo-Nazis)” asking, “(D)o they have any semblance of guilt?” President Trump’s false equivalency of the predominantly peacefu...…
…Arts Local playwright unveils work on Tennessee Williams THEATRE It all began when LSA Junior Max Vinogradov and his good friend Jackson Abohasira decided to make short films together, creating funny scripts to match their ideas. Those short films turned into a series of small projects that combined creativity with a touch of theatre. Vinogradov recently won the Hopwood award in Drama, and the Dennis McIntyre Prize f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 5, 2017 — 7A …
…Latest PVRIS album is catchy & thrillingly dark “You took my heaven away,” sings Lynn Gunn on “Heaven,” the first track of PVRIS’s new album All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell. This sentiment — anguished and accusatory, the lyrics backed by a hard swell of rock — sets the tone for the rest of the album, a self-assured musical exploration that is as angry and troubled as it is fierce. All We Know of Heaven, All We Need...…
…Arts TBS breaks 2000s mold Remember the last time you had a truly cathartic release at a concert — who was there and what songs you screamed. Nostalgia holds an undeniable power over musical experiences, but it can also become toxic when exploited in the present. In a world of never ending anniversary tour announcements, it’s refreshing to find a band stand out among the rest without the crutch of nostalgia. On August 13th, Taki...…
…Sports WOMEN’S SOCCER FIELD HOCKEY Wolverines fall short at Notre Dame Invitational Dowthwaite falls just short of giving Wolverines victory After a 1-1 tie against Santa Clara (2-3-1) Friday, the No. 23 Michigan women’s soccer team was slated to face No. 11 South Carolina as its last opportunity to come out of the Notre Dame Invitational with a win. And for a brief moment, it looked like a possibility. Just eight minutes into t...…
…Sports FOOTBALL MEN’S SOCCER Patience paying off for Marshall Mukuna proving value for Michigan The last four years of Lawrence Marshall’s life have been all about trusting a process he never knew would take so long. It’s a process that required nearly 50 pounds of weight gain, two position switches and three years of patiently waiting. That process isn’t over yet. But, at least for one play, the redshirt junior cau...…
…12A — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 5, 2017 Meet Mr. Riddle By now, you’ve probably heard of the letter that inspired the Wolverines. Get to know the Marine who wrote it. » Page 6B Feelin’ special Quinn Nordin and the special teams unit helped Michigan win a phase of the game Saturday that they were never supposed to. » Page 5B The 11th-ranked Wolverines defeated No. 17 Florida at AT&T Stadium in the Advo...…
…2B — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday A letter and a lesson A RLINGTON, Tex. — Dear Coach Harbaugh, The letter began. My name is Anthony Riddle; I’m a 13-year combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. I now live just thirty minutes west of Ann Arbor in Jackson, MI. Michigan’s football coach kept reading. The reason for this letter is for the last three months I have heard how...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Tuesday, September 5, 2017 — 3B Five Things We Learned: Florida Yes, things didn’t go perfectly. But, all things considered, Michigan’s 33-17 victory over Florida in the season opener at AT&T Stadium was a win the Wolverines could be proud of. For some reason, Jim Harbaugh just seems to have Jim McElwain’s number. Now, a young Michigan team whose main detriment may be inexperienc...…
…4B — September 5, 2017 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Notebook: Harbaugh praises offensive line Long third downs can be an offense’s worst nightmare. The defense often sells out against the pass, making it all the more difficult to convert long completions. In Michigan’s 33-17 victory over Florida, the Wolverines faced one of those situations during their opening drive when a sack forced a third- and-13 from M...…
