…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 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 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 Friday, September 11, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 123 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS...........................5A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM ITS solves wirele...…
…The vigil, co-hosted by ICPJ and the Ann Arbor chapter of Veterans for Peace, was part of a national movement to pro- mote diplomacy through sup- porting the president’s nuclear deal with Iran, called “60 Days to Stop a War.” Officially titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the deal would reduce sanc- tions on Iran in return for restricting their ability to build a nuclear program. While Obama could start enacting many ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 11, 2015 — 3A University prof. featured on NPR Bruce Conforth, professor of American culture, was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered. Conforth spoke about literary figures whose presence have appeared in pop culture such as Lorathio from Don Quixote, and Frankenstein, a character created by author Mary Shelley. Michigan House stuck in standstill ...…
…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 Friday, September 11, 2015 — 5A By ADAM THEISEN Daily Music Columnist The biggest, loudest gust of a saxophone you’ve heard since the ’80s blows through your speakers over an anthemic synth foundation. Enter the steady bass drum, a calm taking over as the singer quietly muses on running away, escaping everything with one special person, until all of a sudden everything ri...…
…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 Thursday, September 10, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Administrators say departments, units will guide strategic planning process By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter University President Mark Schlissel hosted a second diversi- ty summit Wednesday afternoon in which he further outlined the University’s plans to improve equity and inclusion on ca...…
…the Iranian Graduate Students Association. As an Iranian stu- dent studying in the United States, disagreements between the two countries have been challenging to witness. Arbabzadeh came to the United States several years ago to pursue a master’s degree in electrical engi- neering. Due to tensions between the United States and Iran, there is no U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran — Arbabzadeh’s home city. According to Arbabzadeh fur- ...…
…SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, September 10, 2015 — 3A would guarantee qualified stu- dents two free years of communi- ty college. The plan has yet to gain traction in Congress. Biden said students face decades of debt and that it’s hard to get ahead in the workforce when Americans are struggling to keep up. “If we want all Americans to succeed in the 21st century we need to make sure...…
…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....…
…ACROSS 1 Oz. sextet 5 Hamlet’s foppish courtier 10 Abba not known for singing 14 Other, in Orizaba 15 __ Park: Knott’s Berry Farm city 16 Connecticut town for which a disease is named 17 Sinn __ 18 100-eyed guardian of Io 19 Weizman of Israel 20 Bean used in falafel 21 Half a comedy duo 22 Two-time MLB all-star Ron 23 Three-handed game 24 Wrench handle? 25 Stats for QBs 26 “Clueless” co-star __ Dash 28 Johannesburg section 30 Salad option 31 S...…
…6A — Thursday, September 10, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Despite mistakes, Smith enjoys role as lead RB By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor From the time junior running back De’Veon Smith played in his first career game in 2013 to the beginning of fall camp for the Michigan football team this year, there always seemed to be someone in front of him. Smith was a contender in the running back competition as ...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, September 10, 2015 the b-side D ETROIT — In the last room of a gallery at the Cranbrook Art Museum, a video of artist Nick Cave dancing in his signature soundsuits at various locations across Metro Detroit played on a loop out of a TV nestled in a far corner. I sat, transfixed, for a half hour on a bench in front of the TV, watching the flamboyant giants gyrate and hop into the air in...…
…2B — Thursday, September 10, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com But, talking with Edwards and Lauer about the music scene in the city, I couldn’t pick up on any of that drama. “It was a lot smaller then, I felt like,” Edwards said. “In the beginning we were just like, ‘Hey, we’ve got a big loft here, let’s just have shows here.’ It was what we were doing in our parents’ basements and stuff before, so we just ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, September 10, 2015 — 3B Artscapade leads arts engagement Arts at Michigan brings art offerings to students By GRACE HAMILTON Daily Arts Writer “Our product is the student,” said Joe Levickas, interim direc- tor of Arts at Michigan. For almost 16 years now, Arts at Michigan programs have worked on shaping, guiding and improv- ing their product. An ideal product — each...…
…4B — Thursday, September 10, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 122 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A THE STATEMENT..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Schlissel sends “Welcom...…
…worst in areas including Angell Hall and North Quad. “Somebody may not even get access, but if they try again after a few minutes, they will,” Palms said, later adding that the intermittency could result in networks “dumping (connected students) off after a few minutes.” LSA junior Elizabeth Brennen said the wireless was down for most of the two hours she spent in Mason Hall Tuesday afternoon. “I was trying to pull up the ...…
…modest incremental changes in the direction of diversity now,” he said. “We began implementing some of the changes in the admissions and financial aid procedure a year ago, and in September we are going to announce how we did.” The initiative largely focused on closing the gap between the receipt of financial aid packages and admissions decisions, with the goal of helping families and students as they make decisions about college...…
…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....…
