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…“ As humans, we’re always close to destruction. Life itself is but a series of close calls.” This is Darius (Keith Stanfield, “Short Term 12”), roommate, advisor and business partner to Paper Boi, the ris- ing rapper on the new FX show “Atlanta.” In a scene in the second episode, the two are in a restaurant the morning after being involved in a shooting. While Darius reflects on the encounter, he’s stacking salt and pepper...…

…By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor Most Michigan fans already knew that redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers was the football equivalent of a Swiss Army knife, but Saturday’s win over Colorado might have been the finest example of just how much he can do. Playing all three phases for the first time this season, Peppers picked up a career-high 204 all-purpose yards, nine tackles (a career-high 3.5 for loss), a sack and a f...…

…2B — September 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN Michigan’s comeback answers the call T he question wasn’t finished when Wilton Speight cut it off. Standing in the Crisler Center media room for a postgame press conference, Speight had his elbow and shoulder wrapped after an especially tough game. “Is this a team,” a reporter started, “that, two years ago, or even last year, ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday September 19, 2016 — 3B ‘M’ pounds MSU, CMU By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer It took just over one minute for the No. 8 Michigan field hockey team to get on the board against Central Michigan on Sunday. With the Wolverines on the attack, senior forward Sina Lampe fired a pass into the crease, finding the stick of senior forward Courtney Enge, who deflected it past the ...…

…4B — September 19, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL 2. OHIO STATE: Noah Brown had four touchdowns. We can’t even touch our toes. 1. ALABAMA: Nick Saban said he didn’t need an IV after Bama’s win over Ole Miss. Uh, congrats? 9. WASHINGTON: Washington is one blue field from being a legit playoff-snub contender. 3. LOUISVILLE: Lamar Jackson sealed the coveted September Heism...…

…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 received a $3.9 million grant from the National Institue of Health to fund its musculoskeletal research, a program which involves several schools including the School of Dentistry, the School of Public Health and LSA on Aug. 30. Musculoskeletal work involves the way the muscles, skeleton, tendons and more relate to one another and work together. The grant funds will be utilized by t...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 16, 2016 —3A On June 10, 2016, the city gave ReCommunity notice that if perceived safety concerns continued, the city reserved the right to terminate the contract. On July 7, ReCommunity was given a letter informing them their contract would be terminated effective July 11. On Sept. 2, the city responded to the lawsuit with a motion for partial dismissal and a mot...…

…T oday, in many households throughout the Bay Area, football jerseys are being set aflame. This is not necessarily an earth- shattering revelation for avid sports fans, as a good-ol’-fashioned jersey burning has become an off-season staple in recent years, a tradition akin to a bonfire in the fall. But this is a unique case. The passion of this situation runs even deeper than the vitriol that the city of ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 16, 2016 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Shot in the dark 5 Mild expletive 9 Contraction used with “up” 14 Confining room 15 River originating in Manchuria 16 Assails 17 Woodstock performer before Joan 18 Sci-fi guru 19 Rodeo maker 20 Number on some beer bottles? 23 Make even the slightest comment 24 Hall of Famer Musial 25 Some suits, ...…

…6A — Friday, September 16, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By DAYTON HARE Daily Classical Music Columnist T his is a true story. It was late night in June of 1937, and the young composer sat alone in his Moscow apartment, bent over his work. The room was quiet except for the metronomic ticking of the clock on the mantle and the furious scribbling of the composer’s pen. In the opposite corner his pi...…

…September 17, 2016: Colorado THAT DAMN GAME ‘ ’ …

…FootballSaturday, September 17, 2016 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2016 football season. Max Bultman Jacob Gase Kelly Hall Jake Lourim No. 1 Alabama (-10.5) at No. 19 Ole Miss Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Alabama Alabama No. 2 Florida State (-1.5) at No. 10 Louisville Louisville Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State No. 3 Ohio Sta...…

…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Colorado at Michigan Matchup: Colorado 2-0; Michigan 2-0 When: Saturday 3:30 P.M. Where: Michigan Stadium TV/Radio: BTN Michigan wraps up non-league schedule at home vs. Colorado By MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor And now, a test. The No. 4 Michigan football team (2-0) steamrolled its first two opponents by a combined 107 points. It left no doubt in Michigan Stad...…

…FootballSaturday, September 17, 2016 4 By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Michigan Stadium is usually silent. It is silent through the offseason. It is silent at night. It is silent today. And then there are the rare moments of silence when the largest building in football is packed with a crowd of 100,000-plus people who don’t make a sound. For some, that silence can drown out any of the roars from past memories — John Wangl...…

…5 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com into the air. Law jumped again to try for the interception, but Westbrook snatched the ball out of the air and fell into the end zone for the touchdown. Jackson on the broadcast: “Stewart, with time, lets it go … he’s got three people down there … the ball is up in the air … CAUGHT! TOUCHDOWN! CAUGHT BY WESTBROOK FOR A TOUCHDOWN! INCREDIBLE!” Westbrook, in the following Monday...…

…FootballSaturday, September 17, 2016 6 where they were and why did this happen. He was livid. It was a bad locker room.” Later, Falk went to the visiting coaches’ locker room to see Colorado coach Bill McCartney, who was an assistant at Michigan before he took the Colorado job. Falk: “I went in to see him after the game. Of course, Bill McCartney is a really religious guy. Very religious. And I walked into the coaches’ locker ro...…

…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Colorado By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor After two stress-free wins over Hawaii and Central Florida, the No. 4 Michigan football team will finally face a bigger challenge this weekend in the form of Colorado, the Wolverines’ first Power Five opponent of the season. Though Michigan remains strongly favored, the Buffaloes (2-0) are also coming off a pair of routs, ...…

…FootballSaturday, September 17, 2016 8 What to Watch For: Secondary, Michigan run game, miracles By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor As the No. 4 Michigan football team gets ready for its third straight game at Michigan Stadium, the preparation will be slightly different this time around. The Wolverines (2-0) were heavy favorites over both Hawaii and Central Florida, and though they’re still a 20-point favorite over Colorad...…

…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...…

…3:30 GAMETIME. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Michigan’s legislature is taking the next step to ensure that the state remains at the forefront of driverless car research. Last week, the Michigan Senate approved four bills looking to push forward autonomous vehicle research in the state. The package now moves from the Republican-controlled Senate, where it has been approved, to the House. The bill will allow for testin...…

…MARISSA ANDREOU/Daily The Samuel T. Dana Building is home to the School of Natural Resources & Environment. 2-News Thursday, September 15, 2016 — 3A News director of the Michigan Theater, said pledges to fund the restoration currently total $6.2 million out of the $8.5 million needed to complete the campaign, with most of the funds coming from donations by private citizens. “We’re about halfway through the project,” Coll...…

…M y first visit to Ann Arbor was on April 4, 2015. Having recently been accepted to the University of Michigan, my family decided to drive around for a bit before checking into our hotel room to familiarize ourselves with the campus. As we drove down State Street, we noted how crowded the campus looked. As we turned down South U, we marveled at how beautiful, yet dirty, the Law Quad was. It wasn’t until we turned down Tap...…

…CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Host of “Late Night Joy” 6 Pennant contest 10 Herbal seed used in smoothies 14 Truly impress 15 Screen image or screen idol 16 Called 17 Eleventh hour 19 Language of Pakistan 20 Beach toy 21 “Otello” composer 22 She played Jackie on “Nurse Jackie” 23 Age of Reason philosopher 25 Short fiction 27 Sloth and envy 29 ...…

…‘M’ relying on ‘four-headed monster’ By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Last spring, Michigan running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley compared a ball carrier taking hits to a car depreciating. When you drive the car out of the lot, it loses value, and when a back goes down for the first time, his body starts to wear. Wheatley — a bruising back at Michigan in the 1990s in his own right — has a strong, physical runner in senior De...…

…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, September 15, 2016 the b-side S t o r i e S i n t h e C i t y: Kerrytown BookFest brings together local literary community By Carly Snider Photo by Amelia Caechione Design by Lauren Seigal …

…2B — Thursday, September 15, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A book travels a long way to get to its reader. It starts as a prod in the author’s mind, a call to action. That nudge then turns into a spilling of words out onto a page, which is then sent to a publisher to be critiqued and reshaped. There, the words of the eager author are molded into their final form, as author and editor alike shape this liter...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, September 15, 2016 — 3B By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer In a museum that often focuses on cutting-edge contemporary pieces, UMMA’s most recent exhibition came as a bit of a sur- prise. To be fair, the museum is no stranger to variety. Detroit factory architecture? Of course. African scrap metal sculptures? Why not? But ... Elizabeth Taylor? That was something n...…

…By MERIN MCDIVITT Daily Arts Writer A slim, colorful paperback, written in French by a Congolese transplant learning German in Austria, didn’t look like a breakout hit when it was published in 2014. But that, of course, is just what playwright and poet Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s debut novel, “Tram 83,” became. The book’s fast- paced prose and incantatory, almost violent bursts of language were a revelation to the Franco...…

…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...…

…The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents will vote Thursday on a proposed renovation and addition to the Edward Henry Kraus Building, as well as an expansion and renovation to the W.K. Kellogg Institute and Dental Building. Proposed changes to the Kellogg Institute include renovating the building to be better prepared for future growth of academic, research and clinical programs. This project would add 37,000...…

…“Entrepreneurs believe in the inherent volatility of the world,” he said. LSA freshman Jillian Gordner commented that the business lens was an interesting way to examine Gladwell’s work, and she found his approach to entrepreneurship unique. “I haven’t heard him speak much in an entrepreneurship context,” she said.” It was a cool way to use entrepreneur a lot of different ways, and I think what he has to say is...…

…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE 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 14, 2016 — 5A Despite flaws, ‘Jane’ brings laughs to MTV By MEGAN MITCHELL Daily Arts Writer It sparks little surprise that MTV’s newest weed-infused comedy series is by executive pro- ducer Snoop Dogg. “Mary + Jane” revolves around the concepts embodied by both the rap- per and the front of MTV alike, “Mary + Jane” running on a “main- streamed” f...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Hershey’s toffee bar 5 Res __ loquitur: the thing speaks for itself 9 Online shopping mecca 14 Chip in a chip 15 Seasonal song 16 Hunky-dory 17 Start of a knitting project 18 Prefix with space 19 Dry Italian wine 20 Tailpipe emission 23 Hot state 24 Beatty/Hoffman box office flop 28 Tug-of-war injuries 32 Former fillies 34 Ready for a refill 35 Freelancer’s email attachme...…

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 14, 2016 — 7A T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 57.0 8.5 First Downs/Game 24.5 15.5 Rush Yards/Game 212.5 178.0 Yards/Rush 5.3 4.3 Rushing TDs 6 2 Passing Yards/Game 267.0 103.5 Completion % 72.1 40.0 Yards/Pass 8.8 4.6 Passing TDs 7 0 Interceptions 1 2 Offensive Plays/Game 70.5 64.0 Total Offense 479.5 281.5 3rd-down Conversions 60.0% 12.0% 4th-do...…

…Wolverines fueled by youth movement After losing top goal scorers from 2015, ‘M’ enjoying early- season success By ORION SANG Daily Sports Writer At first glance, the 10th-ranked team in the nation beating the first-ranked team doesn’t seem like much of an upset. But when you consider just who the Michigan field hockey lost to graduation, its 1-0 victory over then-No. 1 North Carolina is much more impressive. Michigan (4...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 THE NEW* DETROIT *GENTRIFIED …

…I t’s that time of year again. Football has kicked off, classes have started, the homework is beginning to pile up and the broadcast networks are starting to wake up from summer hibernation with new and return- ing series making their fall debuts in the next few weeks. For a long time, the new fall season was like opening a new pack of presents on Christmas morning. Yet it seems the pile of presents has gone from everything I could eve...…

…3B Wednesday, September 14, 2016 / The Statement Terrorist attack kills scores in Nice, France, Hollande says. That’s the notification that popped up on my phone after midnight on July 15 as I lay in my bed, in Grenoble, just 300 kilometers away. A shooter opened fire and killed more than 80 people while driving his van into a crowd. The victims — who were watching the Bastille Day fireworks — were cele- brating the anniversary of ...…

…Wednesday, September 14, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 14, 2016 // The Statement 5B When Shelby Oberstaedt was a kid, her sub- urban family was hesitant to travel downtown to attend Detroit Tigers games, fearing a reputa- tion that painted the city as crime-ridden. And while living downtown as her now-husband played football at Wayne State University, she said, those same feelings of insecurity remained. “Living here wa...…

…I was told to take off my Star of David before traveling to Spain. Not because Spain is unsafe, necessarily, but because you just don’t know. It was a small detail on my extensive “To Do” list and the impact didn’t really hit me until I landed in Madrid, went to feel the points of the star for comfort and found it missing. I’m not deeply religious. I’m more Jew*ish*, if you get what I’m saying. I don’t attend temple regularly and I’...…

…I drink black coffee and therefore, I am a badass. It suggests that I have places to go, people to see and don’t have the time to fuss around with milk. It gives off the (vital) impression that I have my shit together. My equilibrium is set at a healthy level of caffein- ation at which I can then proceed to be a functional member of society. Which I am. In my defense, I grew up next door to a coffee shop. Philz, a chain that sprou...…

…Wednesday, September 14, 2016 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : H U M A N S O F A F R I K A B U R N Midway through my time studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, I jumped at the chance to attend Afrikaburn, a Burning Man regional festival in the South African desert. Afrikaburn is a temporary society erected in the desert at the end of each April, where nothing is for sale and everyone is encouraged to give somethin...…

…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...…

…80 DEGREES & SUNNY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Tuesday, September 13, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FIRST REAL LECTURES. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Randall Jones, head of the Japan/Korea desk at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, spoke at the Ford School of Public Policy Friday about the challenges faced by policymakers when negotiating international economic agreement...…

…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, September 13, 2016 — 3 disruptive technology that could benefit from Mcity.” Zendrive — a company that utilizes smartphone sensors to understand driving behavior — was the first to announce its plans to work with TechLab. Zendrive supervised four UM undergraduate students last year and hosted two of those interns, at a summer internship at TechLab. Morton said she hop...…

…Opinion SHOHAM GEVA EDITOR IN CHIEF CLAIRE BRYAN AND REGAN DETWILER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LAURA SCHINAGLE 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 & News Tuesday, September 13, 2016 — 5 Heart of ‘Morris’ can triumph over flaws By MADELEINE GAUDIN Daily Arts Writer If “Morris From America” is anything, it’s charming. With a palette swathed in colors reminiscent of an Ikea showroom, the coming- of-age film follows thir- teen-year-old Morris (new- comer Markees Christmas) and his father, Curtis (Craig Robinson, “Hot...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Oodles and oodles 6 Airport idlers 10 Poetic foot 14 Kemper of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” 15 Wintry coating 16 Tennis court surface 17 Work with a loom 18 How some sloganed T-shirts should be washed 20 Toddler’s taboo 21 Ocho minus cinco 22 More than rotund 23 Baltic Sea capital 25 RC or Pepsi 27 1998 Bullock/Kidman film involving witchcraft 33 Metal-rich deposits 34 Chi...…