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…R ecently, my friend told me about an encounter with a classmate of hers. Her classmate had shared that they* felt irked that a girl wanted to join an organization they were a part of because she was white, and they wanted the club to be diverse. They then proceeded to say to my friend, who is half-Mexican, “you know, like you.” My friend recounted the incident to me with a disgruntled expression on her face, and then sarcastica...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, January 9, 2018 — 5 I’ve wanted to write about sex for awhile. Impactful on our health and organic to our human nature, sex is a day- to-day topic of discussion. But I’ve held off writing about it due to its complexities, its frustrations, its demands. Sex is this game where many of us want to play, but there are all of these rules, all of these different strategies, all of ...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, January 9, 2018 — 7 Barnes Arico’s Achilles’ Heel I t’s been a week of ups and downs for Kim Barnes Arico. The jux- taposition of the Michigan women’s bas- ketball coach’s week was clearest on Sunday. Prior to the game against No. 10 Ohio State, Barnes Arico was awarded a jersey with the number 124; this recognized her becoming the program’s win- ningest coach a few d...…

…8 — Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan set to take on No. 5 Purdue Tuesday The Michigan men’s basketball team has found a groove. The Wolverines (3-1 Big Ten, 14-3 overall) haven’t lost since their early-December collapse to Ohio State, racking up seven consecutive wins — including ones over Iowa and Illinois last week. Freshman forward Isaiah Livers has gone from virtually ...…

…Zeta Beta Tau’s International Headquarters voted to remove recognition of the University of Michigan’s Eta chapter on Tuesday. According to an official statement from the organization, ZBT staff, along with the University’s Office of Greek Life and Division for Student Life, conducted an extensive membership review to determine the future of the chapter. “Through the course of this investigation it became clear that m...…

…7 2 1 6 9 2 5 1 8 3 8 7 2 2 5 5 6 4 1 9 5 6 9 4 8 7 8 3 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 5/22/09 10:18 AM WARMING UP. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, January 10, 2018 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann...…

…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily Warmer weather melts student-made snowmen at the Diag on Tuesday. SNOW NO SNOW said. “All of this took place against a backdrop of massive social and economic transformation resulting from free-market reforms.” Fried ended his lecture with a succinct five points — which he admitted were much easier to envision than to put into action. Broadly outlined, the po...…

…W e all know, and dread, the Fall Career Expo put on by the University of Michigan’s Career Center. The ballroom in the Michigan Union is always packed with nervous college students trying to get an internship or a full-time position at one of the 180 companies that recruit on campus. This year, I noticed that many recruiters trumpeted their company’s diverse and inclusive workplace. Awards from publication...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 10, 2018 — 5A I hated “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” I thought it was a terrible movie with a poor plot, weak character development and a total lack of understanding of what made the previous films great. I’ve had a lot of conversations with people over the past few weeks about why I believe that is. As I’ve watched discussion and debate about the film play out online, I...…

…by all manner of ghosts, ghouls and poltergeists. They’ve wisely shifted the focus from the families themselves to Elise, a medium-for-hire with the ability to astral project into a spiritual realm called “The Further.” But even with Shaye’s consistently game performance, it’s impossible to dodge the feeling that this has all been done before and done better. To the credit of “The Last Key,” it continues this trend of leanin...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts & Sports Wednesday, January 10, 2018 — 7A Close and getting closer EVAN AARON /Daily Michigan coach John Beilein said after the game that he was convinced Michigan had a play set up to win the game. Though the Michigan women’s basketball team didn’t come out victorious in its overtime loss to rival Ohio State on Sunday, it did play a closely- fought game full of back-and- forth runs ...…

…8A — Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily Sophomore forward Will Lockwood will have to decide between surgery now or surgery after the season, according to Michigan coach Mel Pearson. Notebook: Lockwood’s injury requires surgery, Lavigne starter in net ANNA MARCUS Daily Sports Writer The sophomore forward, who missed extended time last year, suffered the injury at the World Junio...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | JANUARY 10, 2018 A Saturday in Cook’s Library …

…“S hutting your eyes and acting like the problem is going to go away — it’s not going to go away. You have to actively oppose it. Intercept it. And that is how we solve problems. You cannot sit idly, basking in your own privilege, and hopefully things go away — it doesn’t work like that,” Omar, a University of Florida student and a protest organizer, told The Nation. When white supremacist Richard Spencer arrived to speak at t...…

…3B Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement Let’s Bitch About It: Not all dogs are cute This column does not reflect the views of The Michigan Daily and received strong objections from multiple editors who were probably offended on behalf of their dogs. I f there is one thing I stand by in this world, it is this: Not all dogs are cute. Don’t get me wrong, I love dogs. I have a dog and she is absolutely adorable, but that doe...…

…Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 5B A Saturday in Cook’s library A brief history of the Law Library by Matt Gallatin, Daily Arts Writer O n a Saturday I sit in the Law library. I often do this, busy or not, wasting my time pre- tending I’m using my time wisely. If I’m sitting in the library, I’m working, right? Of course, when I say “work,” I’m saying that I’m simply sitti...…

…Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 6B Let’s Talk About It: Writing through my obsessions I was recently tapping away at my keyboard keys writing an article I was not feeling passionate about. This was deeper than a few bad weeks of writing. I recently felt the same way about my poetry, but learned to build my confidence in writing poems through a workshop class last fall semester. Every week I would write — eve...…

…A bout 200 miles south of Ann Arbor, off exit 50 on I-275, and after a series of left and right turns, sits an old Tudor-style house. Safely positioned at the end of a cul-de-sac, painted a soft brown with maroon shutters, it now sits empty, with only the remnants of what used to be a bustling home of a family of five — my family of five. I grew up in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio and experienced the quintessential suburba...…

…Wednesday, January 10, 2018 // The Statement 8B Last week I visited my friend Martina Potlach, a junior in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, in her studio in the College’s newly renovated building on North campus. Students spend hours in the giant space working on countless iterations of projects, often late into the night. Since it is the beginning of the semester, while it might not seem like it, the stud...…

…To mark the beginning of the University of Michigan’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium, the Institute for Social Research held a panel Wednesday afternoon discussing the various effects of gentrification in Detroit and across the United States. The University’s theme for this year’s MLK symposium is “The Fierce Urgency of Now,” which Dory Knight-Ingram, a senior editor for the Institute of Social Research, explained rela...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, January 11, 2018 — 3 RUCHITA IYER/Daily Second year psychology graduate student Rachel Fine presents her research on the perceived loyalty of dual nationals as part of the Social Brown Bag speaker series at East Hall Wednesday. SOCIAL BROWN BAG to house the new minor, if approved. LSA SG President Nicholas Fadanelli, an LSA senior, reviewed A.R. 7-026, a resolution calling up...…

…I n mid-November, news broke that Senator Al Franken, D-Minn., had forcibly kissed and groped radio newscaster Leann Tweeden on a USO tour in December 2006. On the morning after the story came out, I woke up and listened to NPR’s “Up First” while scrambling eggs, like every other morning. I had heard about the story via Twitter the evening before, but wasn’t aware of the details. I listened to the podcast hosts report ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, January 11, 2018 — 5 Across our many backgrounds, identities, opinions and values, there is one thing that every single college student can agree on: Freshman year is an absolute shitshow. You’ve never had this much freedom in your life, and at the tender age of 18, you really aren’t quite sure what to do with it. Sometimes the urge to do something undeniably stupid is so strong...…

…6 — Thursday, January 11, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Splendor 5 Lara Croft targets 10 In that case 14 Jamba Juice berry 15 “Tommy” is one 16 Chewy Hershey candy 17 Step on it 19 Activates, as a security system 20 Tossed course 21 Company that introduced Styrofoam 22 Spacek of “Bloodline” 23 Things to avoid 25 Foamy pick-me- up 27 Defeat decisively 30 Tied in the harbor 33 Flowing garment 36 __ Paulo, Brazil 37...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 11, 2018 — 7 Increased freshmen roles raise Michigan’s ceiling T o Michigan coach John Beilein, it wasn’t so much a dismissive comment as it was the norm of life in college basketball. In a close win over Central Michigan in November, Beilein’s three freshmen combined to play four scoreless minutes in the second half. Beilein uttered a platitude that seemed m...…

…At some point for Zavier Simpson, something clicked. It could have been before the Michigan men’s basketball team took on UCLA, when Simpson’s defense against Bruins guard Aaron Holiday earned him extra minutes. He took advantage by adding a career-high 15 points in the comeback win. Simpson matched that total against Iowa last week, and it got him the starting spot that he’d lost after a lackluster start to the season...…

…University of Michigan Electrical Engineering and Computer Science courses have developed extensive waitlists due to growing enrollment rates, graduate students registering for undergraduate classes, and limited numbers of faculty — giving students stress about being able to complete their requirements on time. The department’s administration is working to hire more full- time faculty and acquire larger lecture halls to...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, January 12, 2018 — 3 POP- UP PHOTOGR APHY ALICE LIU/Daily The LSA Institute for the Humanities hosts a pop-up exhibition featuring photos by Margaret Condon Taylor titled “An Accidental Photographer: Seoul 1969” at the Institute for Humanities Thursday. identify certain trends that may be occurring, such as an increase in student suicides within a certain school or college. While th...…

…R ecruiting season for Ross undergrads is essentially over. Winter break offered much- needed room to breathe for the many upperclassmen who have secured an internship or full-time job offer for the upcoming year. While students in general are at significant risk for developing mental health issues throughout college, each fall at Ross poses a unique kind of stress for upperclassmen as their recruiting schedules and acad...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 12, 2018 — 5 Read more online at michigandaily.com Artists and their underappreciated albums of 2017 For 20 years, John Dwyer has been experimenting with a variety of psychedelic garage rock sounds that move in every direction, leaving drips of eccentric colors behind. After countless name changes, Dwyer and his band released 2017’s Orc as the Thee Oh Sees. Orc is a 50-...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 12, 2018 — 7 With stingy defense, Michigan looking for more goals against Minnesota Michigan coach Mel Pearson described his hockey team’s last two games against then- No. 2 Notre Dame as two of its best. With a renewed energy on defense and a highly-effective — and newly-appointed — starting goaltender in sophomore Hayden Lavigne, the Wolverines (3-7-2-1 Big Ten...…

…8 — Friday, January 12, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: Michigan State’s sophomore wing Miles Bridges “New year, new me” is as applicable to you as it is to the Michigan State men’s basketball team. In the 2016-17 season, the Spartans began the year ranked at No. 12, eventually sliding to become a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament and ducking out in the first weekend with a loss to Kansas. Aga...…

…We often think of movements or even advocacy in general as something visible. If we can’t see it, we don’t feel it’s happening. Oftentimes movements are visible or at least have some tangible components. What do you remember about the civil rights movement? Probably Rosa Parks refusing to be moved from her seat, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. We hardly ever think of all the p...…

…2A — Tuesday, January 16, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers Michigan in Color AMANDA CRISCI/Daily Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/22/08 2:54 PM 6 7 1 2 2 3 9 6 9 1 5 8 4 7 2 3 8 9 6 9 8 1 5 3 9 8 2 1 7 4 8 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use on...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, January 16, 2018 — 3A Broderick Johnson talks engagement progress which still needs to be made toward social justice, especially at the University. “(The symposium) reflects a desire to do good in the world and help create a better, more just and more equitable society,” he said. “We know there is so much more for us to do, because while talent is equally distributed in our soc...…

…I spent the majority of my Winter Break watching CNN while doing some reading. It felt like every few seconds, I was hit with a “breaking” story that made me turn my eyes toward the television. Then, I was spun around by a ringing notification from the New York Times telling me there’s another story I have to read. Before I can even open the app, I would get an email telling me that there’s another news story that...…

…Required Listening: The robot uprising is iminent Growing up at my house, we were taught about the Italian table from an early age. While definitions for the Italian table greatly differ, in my childhood it meant our dining room table was used as a means for celebrating every night as we sat down for dinner. The luxury of growing up in the food industry with a father as a chef and restaurateur is that no matter what kind of ...…

…to an ever-growing, ever- diversifying platform of the future. Elaine was the second Black editor-in-chief in publishing giant Condé Nast’s history, and was their youngest editor-in- chief yet, at a mere 30 years (she’s now 31 — happy belated, boo!). As a white woman, I know I will never fully comprehend the impact of selecting a woman of color to a position of power, but I do know that Elaine understood better than anyone bef...…

…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 16, 2018 Big difference The Michigan basketball and hockey teams had a rough start to 2017. This year has been much different, writes Betelhem Ashame. » SportsMonday Column Page 2B Mayhem in Minnesota Mel Pearson led Michigan to a sweep at Minnesota, the first time the Wolverines have done so since 1977. » Page 4B Free throws can be an anticlimactic way of hitting a milesto...…

…2B — Tuesday, January 16, 2018 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com What a difference a year makes N ew Year’s resolutions aren’t really meant to be kept. Setting goals and then brushing them off a week or two into the new year has become a normalized routine for many. So has reciting the punchline: “There’s always next year.” While some people eventually do achieve their goals, others are left to wonder ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Tuesday, January 16, 2018 — 3B Coon, No. 8 Michigan unable to overcome No. 1 Penn State As they filed out of the Crisler Center on Friday night, countless spectators looked back at the wrestling mat wondering what could have been had the night gone differently for the No. 8 Michigan wrestling team in the wake of its 25–12 defeat by top-ranked Penn State. The Wolverines began the ...…

…4B — Tuesday, January 16, 2018 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A sustainable difference M INNEAPOLIS — Two shots. That’s all Michigan allowed in the third period against No. 9 Minnesota on Saturday. The Wolverines entered the final frame up by two goals — just 20 minutes away from earning its first sweep at Mariucci Arena in 41 years. There’s a reason it had been that long. The Golden Gophers don’t...…

…REMY FARKAS Daily Staff Reporter Lydia Polgreen, editor-in-chief of news blog HuffPost, discussed her relationship with journalism and the way in which her past affects her vision of present-day America in her lecture entitled “Who gets to define American Values,” given as part of the University of Michigan’s Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The Wallace House program, as well as the Knight-Wallace Fellowship and L...…

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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, January 17, 2018 — 3A today’s society. She emphasized her multicultural background and the influence of her time in Africa on her views regarding the current political climate of the United States. With an Ethiopian mother and white Minnesotan father, Polgreen said that she thinks a lot about American identity in the age of Trump. “But let’s be real — this isn’t a normal presi...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, January 17, 2018 DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief ANU ROY-CHAUDHURY AND ASHLEY ZHANG Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other sign...…