…took years. Mody said research- ers hope to ultimately cut this time down to three weeks. The study used new tech- nology called Next-Generation DNA Sequencing to sequence a patient’s tumor’s DNA and RNA, as well as their normal genome. The genome is the complete set of genetic infor- mation inside a cell. Through comparing the tumor’s genome and the normal genome, researchers were then able to identify the source of the can- c...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 11, 2015 — 7A By KATIE CONKLIN Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women’s soccer team’s style is all about keeping possession. Thursday night against Central Michigan, the players remained collected as they effortlessly connected pass after pass, knowing their next move far before the ball landed at their feet. It was with this fluidity that the Wolverines s...…
…8A — Friday, September 11, 2015 Advertisement The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com COME TO A MICHIGAN DAILY MASS MEETING Sunday, 9/13 Thursday, 9/17 Monday, 9/14 Sunday, 9/20 September 6 30 13 27 8 1 22 15 29 11 4 25 18 2 7 31 21 14 28 10 3 24 17 1 9 2 23 16 30 12 5 26 19 3 20 All mass meetings held at 7 p.m., second floor of 420 Maynard Street. Learn about opportunities in all of the Daily’s secti...…
…How Freddy Canteen and Brandon Watson made it from Wilmington to Ann Arbor by Jake Lourim September 12, 2015: Oregon State the road out …
…FootballSaturday — September 12, 2015 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2015 football season. Max Bultman Max Cohen Jake Lourim Zach Shaw Crisler Spider-Man Oregon St. (+14.5) at Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Oregon State Michigan Hawaii (+41) at No. 1 Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Middle Tennessee (+35.5)...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com ‘M’ braces for Oregon State’s Collins Wolverines will face another speedy quarterback in home opener Saturday By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Last Thursday, the Michigan football team got a stiff test for its run defense when it took on Utah and Devontae Booker, the Pac-12’s second- leading rusher in 2014. And on Saturday, when Oregon State visits Ann Arbor, the ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 4 By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — David Sills IV sits at a desk in the den of his weekend home here, on a country club just a few miles from the beach. A table off to the side holds a laptop decorated with logos from several colleges, most prominently West Virginia, where his son, David V, is a freshman quarterback. He drinks out of a cup from Mississippi State, wh...…
…5 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Christian Academy, and moved in with another family on the team. He earned a full scholarship to Auburn, and his new family and Blaxon’s sister all came together last spring to see Blaxon drafted by the Tennessee Titans. “This is a kid who could have been walking the streets of Wilm- ington, Delaware, having drive-by shootings or doing drugs or what- ever the case may be,” Sills said. “We ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 6 Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Oregon State By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor On a day that will in all likelihood be remembered as Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Stadium coaching debut, there will indeed be a football game played after Harbaugh jumps up and touches the banner. When the Michigan football team plays Oregon State on Saturday, it will mark a matchup between two head coaches at new schools. T...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to watch for: Offensive line seeks breakthrough vs. Beavers By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor 1. Can the offensive line finally improve? With all five starters returning from 2014, the general sense was that this season would be the one when Michigan’s offensive line returned to the program’s bruising ways of old. That was half-true in Thursday’s loss to Utah. The Wolverines kept...…
…FootballSaturday, September 12, 2015 8 things other than training, aca- demics. … Because they are driven individuals, they didn’t mind the time they had to commit to this program in order to obtain or reach their goals.” Back in high school, that work paid off when former Michigan assistant coach Curt Mallory noticed the two at a Michigan sum- mer camp and recruited them. Those camps ran well into the summer, and then it was ...…
…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 ...…
…2A — Monday, September 14, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan foot- ball team won coach Jim Harbaugh’s home debut against Oregon State on Satur- day, 35-7. De’Veon Smith ran for 123 yards and three touch- downs in front of 109,651 fans at Michigan Stadium. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Go global WHAT: Learn about study abroad programs, scholarships, the CGIS application pro...…
…anonymity for this piece. Many agreed with Krupiak’s statement and did not support the disrespect of the few who were disrupting the speeches with their outbursts of coughing orga- nized over Yik Yak. One member of Greek life told the Daily Kru- piak’s assertion at the end of the event resonated with her. “The immaturity and rude- ness that Greek life members showed throughout the entire meeting was appalling,” one member said. “P...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, September 14, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com Have you purchased the Football Book yet? Do the crossword, then order one. store.michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Cabbage side dish 5 Costume shop supply 9 Croatian-born physicist Nikola 14 Spanish appetizer 15 In couch-potato mode 16 Like a cheering capacity crowd 17 Happily __ after 18 Tidy 19 Dest...…
…6A — Monday, September 14, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Go Set a Watchman’ is OK as a standalone By ALEX BERNARD Daily Community Culture Editor All right, two things. 1. The publication of this book. Harper Lee is a sight and hearing- impaired 89-year-old stroke victim. In November 2014, her protector, her sister Alice, passed away. Since then, her accounts have been taken over and seen after ...…
…B ON CLOUD NINE n The Michigan volleyball team is off to a 9-0 start to the season after three wins this weekend. Page 3B WORTH THE WAIT The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 14, 2015 n Saturday’s game was a long time coming for the Michigan community. SportsMonday Column, Page 2B SportsMonday Win Number One LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily RUBY WALLAU/Daily LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily RUBY WALLAU/Daily RUBY WALLAU/Daily …
…2B — September 14, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A long time coming A round 10:05 Saturday morning, two hours before kickoff, the first person inside the Michigan Stadium student section settled into his seat in the ninth row behind the north end zone. Nick Goldblatt had been to the stadium twice before — as a member of the Michigan State marching band. Goldblatt studied h...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday September 14, 2015 — 3B ‘M’ finishes strong against Pitt By DANIEL TACHNA-FRAM Daily Sports Writer Michigan volleyball coach Mark Rosen’s message to his team Saturday night before its four-set victory over Pittsburgh was “learn as you go.” The undefeated Wolverines faced their toughest test of the season against an experienced Panthers team. “We don’t have 30 matches we can...…
…4B — September 14, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Early turnover changes game Down 7-0 early, Michigan regains possession, scores 35 unanswered By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The first turning point in the Michigan football team’s home opener Saturday against Oregon State came after just two minutes and 33 seconds. After the Beavers rolled down the field for a touchdown in 1:51 on their first...…
…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...…
…2 — Tuesday, September 15, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS A group of University medical students are drawing attention to the dangers of tanning. In a viewpoint, the students report that at least seven of the high-rise apartment buildings near campus that primarily cater to students offer tanning beds free of charge. ON THE WEB... michigandaily.com Fresh produce BY ISOBEL FUTTER M Farmers Marke...…
…JOIN THE MICHIGAN DAILY There are two mass meetings left! Thursday & Sunday 7 p.m. 420 Maynard FOLLOW US ON TWITTER@MICHIGANDAILY School of Public Health. The program will feature three concentration areas: public health sciences, global public health and community public health. These areas will “encourage study abroad.” Students would apply during their sophomore year and begin public health studies as a junior, similar ...…
…represent themselves, these organizations are also University-sanctioned and operate under the University’s jurisdiction. Administrators have the power and the responsibility to facilitate cultural shifts by establishing concrete guidelines and engaging in collaborative efforts with student organizations. The meeting identified negative aspects of Greek life, but ultimately failed to offer genuine policy solutions. The structure ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, September 15, 2015 — 5 Petite Noir is unique but still frustrating ALBUM REVIEW “Noirwave” artist restructures electronic music in debut By DANIEL SAFFRON Daily Arts Writer Yannick Ilunga, under the stagename Petite Noir, releases his first full-length album Le Vie Est Belle // Life Is Beautiful through Domino Records. Ilunga labels the music “Noirwave,” a s...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 High-ranking Indian 5 Jack rabbits, e.g. 10 Mr. Ed’s foot 14 Like Bond foes 15 RLX automaker 16 Bring down with a big ball 17 *“The Color Purple,” for Oprah Winfrey 19 Great Plains tribe 20 Soccer game tie, often 21 Infiltrator 22 Email command 23 Hitch, as a ride 25 Long locks 27 Retailer known for little blue boxes 32 Maple output 33 Singer Amos 34 Bottom corner of a sq...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 15, 2015 — 7 ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Fifth-year senior punter Blake O’Neill grew up playing Australian-rules football and uses the same technique for Michigan. Morris redshirt a ‘consideration’ By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor After a hotly contested quarterback battle between junior Shane Morris and fifth- year senior Jake Rudock ended with Rudock as the...…
…8 — Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Aide job draws 408 applicants Head coach’s communications director becomes popular position By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor For most Michigan fans, opportunities to see Jim Harbaugh in person had been fleeting before his first game coaching in Michigan Stadium on Saturday. Throughout the eight months before his coaching debut, Harbaugh spe...…
…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...…
…2A — Wednesday, September 16, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com M AKE A R ACKET THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week MONDAY: This Week in History TUESDAY: Campus Voices IN OTHER IVORY TOWERS U. Texas fires athletic director The University of Texas, Austin fired its athletic director, Steve Patterson, The Daily Texan reported Tuesday. Patterson’s firing comes after UT’s athletic depart- ment 2013-2...…
…State lawmakers tout “Yes Means Yes” campaign State Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. (D–Meridian Twp.) and State Rep. Tom Cochran (D–Mason) proposed legislation to require schools to strengthen their definition of consent in their sexual education courses, the Detroit Free Press reported. The legislation would clarify that sex without a verbal “yes” could be assault. The bill would also clarify that individuals can take back their...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 16, 2015 — 5A ‘America’ paints millenial portrait Strongest work yet from Baumbach and Gerwig By VANESSA WONG Daily Arts Writer As students and future success- ful people, we all see college as a time to be unique, but most often we emulate peo- ple we admire to develop our own identities. In “Mistress America,” the hilariously well- scripted second collabor...…
…percent in 2006 to 35 percent in 2014. “The proportion of people both college age and adolescent, for that matter, who see mari- juana use as dangerous has been declining fairly sharply,” John- ston said. “I think that almost always leads to more use. Con- versely, if we see an increase in perceived risk, that usually leads to less use. I think the key belief about whether it’s dan- gerous or not has been changing a lot. I think tha...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 16, 2015 — 7A Penn State mistakes fuel Stribling even as a starter By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Junior cornerback Channing Stribling was speaking to the media Tuesday night about his past issues with consistency, about his lack of focus, about getting stronger and faster. He talked about proving himself and keeping his head up. It was clear he was av...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Bunting’s father lives on in his memory Tight end’s pregame song helps him remember his father By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Ian Bunting’s musical tastes are diverse, ranging from reggae to rap to classic rock. But when it comes to his pregame routine, his final song is a constant, just like the man it represents. Before each game, the ...…
…NICKELBACK NOODLES Toeing the Line THE MICHIGAN DAILY SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 statement …
…It’s that season again! (Give or take a year until the actual election.) Tonight marks the second Republican debate, so we recommend you throw on your “Make American Great Again” caps and pop open a few cold ones. With this game, by the end of the night we’ll have you seriously considering Trump as a candidate. 2B THE LIST TAKE A GULP Whenever Jeb Bush plays down his family history. GO SIP FOR SIP With Marco Rubio and his infamous...…
…3B “It’s nice to be able to use your mailbox. Everything’s so instant now that it’s nice to take a second and write. I just wrote four pages to my friend (at Wayne) ... I send tea with my letters to her, too.” – LSA freshman JESSICA LEININGER, while writing a letter Tuesday night ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHERYLL VICTUELLES I was bitten by a squirrel I have met the devil. He has a bushy tail. Let me explain. On a dry February morning ...…
…Wednesday, September 16, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 16, 2015 // The Statement 5B W hen Jack arrived and met his roommate his freshman year, things were going great. The two, living in Northwood III on North Campus together, weren’t best friends, necessarily, but spoke regularly, played video games, and occasionally hung out. Then, upon returning from spring break, their friendly rela- tionship changed sud...…
…Wednesday, September 16, 2015 // The Statement 6B Ice Bucket Challenge, one year later by Irene Park, Daily Staff Reporter I t’s been a little over a year since the Ice Bucket challenge took the nation by storm. But, at the University and beyond, researchers are still feeling the tingle. Following one of the nation’s largest charitable fundraising drives outside of a natural disaster or emergency, the ALS Asso- ciation — the primary b...…
…Wednesday, September 16, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Growing up in haunted houses by Hailey Middlebrook, Daily Arts Writer T he haunted houses began with cardboard boxes. It was two weeks before my seventh birthday, when my family still lived in our Lin- coln Log home in Colorado. My dad brought back a dozen shipping boxes, the long and skinny kind that hold coat racks, just wide enough for my friends and I to craw...…
…Wednesday, September 15th, 2015 // The Statement 8B For over thirty years, ArtScape, the largest free arts festival in the U.S., has taken place over a three-day period in mid July, centered in downtown Baltimore between Penn Station and the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Most vendors and performance stages are located on either Charles St. or Mt. Royal Ave. The event annually draws more than 400,000 attendees, despite very hot and humid weather...…
…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...…
…News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan men’s soccer team fell victim to an upset loss Wednesday night against Detroit at U-M Soccer Stadium. The Wolverines, now 2-2-1 on the season, play next against Northwestern on Sunday. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES UMS student party WHAT: Visit the inside of Hill Auditorium and learn more about the University Musical Society. WHO: University Musical Society WHEN: Today ...…
…anarchist pamphlets and social protest primary sources housed in the University Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection. As part of the series, Weinzweig is launch- ing his own series of pamphlets which promote the Zingerman’s business model. During the talk, he read quotes from noted anarchists like Emma Goldman and Peter Koestenbaum with the aim of correcting mis- conceptions about anarchism. “The popular perception of anarchism...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Ways to the docks 7 Military unit 14 California colleague of Barbara 15 Worked on a runway 16 Spouse of 66- Across 17 Winter clothes 18 2008 Benicio del Toro title role 19 Fruit support 21 Fiber-yielding plant 22 Spouse of 20- Down 24 Messes up 26 Command to Fido 28 Pump output 30 Downturn 32 “__ ideal world ... ” 34 Fancy neckwe...…
…6A — Thursday, September 17, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Quarterback play a numbers game Fisch wants starter Rudock to limit turnovers in coming weeks By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor For Michigan passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch, measuring quarterback success is partially a numbers game. And through two games for fifth-year senior quarterback Jake Rudock, the numbers aren’t pretty. Rudock ...…
