…12 Thursday, July 9, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Just did it: Nike, Michigan agree on record contract Adidas, Under Armour also offered record money, but Nike won in number of test fields. By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor Jim Hackett knew as soon as he took the keys as Interim Ath- letic Director that Michigan’s pending apparel deal would be one of his biggest decisions on the job. He also k...…
…Plaintiffs, residents celebrate victory By LARA MOEHLMAN Summer Managing News Editor As news that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same- sex marriage swept across the U.S. Friday morning, supporters rallied in both downtown Ann Arbor and Washington D.C. in celebration of this historic deci- sion. The Jim Toy Community Center, an advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgen- der and queer residents of Ann Arbor, Ypsil...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com EMMA KERR Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 emkerr@michigandaily.com MADISEN POWELL Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 madisenm@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Derek Wolfe Managing Editor dewolfe@michigandaily.com Lara Mohelman Managing News Editor alyabd@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Lea Giotto, Carly Noah and Colleen Harrison Melissa Scho...…
…In dissenting opinion Justice John Roberts argued justices have the responsibility to determine what the law is, not what the law should be. This argument said states have the right to determine for themselves within those legislative bodies whether or not same-sex marriage is legal. Key to Kennedy’s decision in favor of same-sex marriage was consider- ation of the evolution of marriage, in addition to a recognition of its history. “T...…
…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. EMMA KERR EDITOR IN CHIEF MELISSA SCHOLKE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR DEREK WOLFE MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 4 Thursday, July 2, 2015 The Michigan ...…
…5 Thursday, July 2, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION The University of Michigan and Michigan State University, the two largest universities in the state, together purchase more than $2 billion of goods and services each year, includ- ing everything from desks to high-powered computers. Much of this money is spent in Michigan, supporting local businesses, even through tough economic times. Unfortunately, ...…
…Kendrick Lamar thanks Lil B, and here is why MUSIC NOTEBOOK How the underground artist has transformed rap music’s landscape By SHAYAN SHAFII For The Daily Kendrick Lamar almost never tweets. When he does, it usually has something to do with either his music or one of his TDE label- mates. But this week, he gave a completely unprompted shou- tout to Bay Area rapper Lil B on twitter. The phrase “Thank you BasedGod” appeared no...…
…7 Thursday, July 2, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Likability lost in perspective of ‘Grey’ BOOK REVIEW “50 Shades” follow-up highlights abuse and ridiculousness By CHLOE GILKE Managing Arts Editor In August 2008, Stephenie Meyer broke the hearts of a million pre- teen girls. Some jerk leaked the first 12 chapters of “Midnight Sun,” her highly anticipated follow-up to the “Twilight” series, and this betrayal ...…
…ACROSS 1 “Elementary” network 4 Eponymous obstetrician Fernand 10 “Oh, go on!” 14 __ provençale 15 Part of the plot 16 Gardening tool 17 *Serious swearing 19 Banded gemstone 20 Dorm room item 21 Really trouble, with “at” 23 Help on the way up 24 *Hunt’s rival 29 31-Down, for one 31 Former Honda model 32 Honda division 33 Perform for 36 Target of some sprays 37 *Brunch choice 41 Ref. book 42 Come to light 43 Not from a bottle 45 Expected amt. ...…
…Michigan-led coalition wins SCOTUS challenge to emission standards By SHOHAM GEVA Daily News Editor WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last week’s ruling to legalize same- sex marriage wasn’t the only Supreme Court decision in recent days directly tied to Michigan. The Court struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxic Standards Monday in a victory for a coalition of twenty three states and interest groups, led by...…
…10 Thursday, July 2, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Louro back as starting goalie By RILEY NELSON Daily Sports Writer Even at 7 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in June, you can find sophomore goalie Evan Louro training, pushing himself to get better. Such is life for one of the nation’s best goalkeepers. The South River, New Jer- sey native was a member of a US National Team from 2009-2013 and is a product of ...…
…11 Thursday, July 2, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Hyman signs NHL entry deal with hometown Maple Leafs Six selected in 2015 NHL draft By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer After a breakthrough senior season, former Michigan forward Zach Hyman is looking to stand out on a stacked ros- ter once again. This time, it will be on hockey’s big- gest stage for his hometown team. On Saturday, the Toronto Maples Le...…
…12 Thursday, July 2, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS 2015 Schefters: The awards for when you’re feeling blue By MAX COHEN and JAKE LOURIM Daily Sports Editors Sure, this wasn’t necessarily a year to remember in Michigan athletics. In the most tradition- ally popular sports, there was the miserable football season, the injury-riddled men’s basket- ball season and a hockey season that ended with the Wolverines ...…
…Thursday, June 25, 2015 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 114 | © 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... CROSSWORD........................ SPORTS.................................. NEWS Graduation Gap Study shows discrepancy in co...…
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…coming weeks before the end of session, possibly as early as Thurs- day morning. Ann Arbor City Council approved the closure of Fourth Avenue from Catherine to Kings- ley on the day the court’s decision is released, per a request from the Jim Toy Community Center, an Ann Arbor based gay rights advo- cacy group. The street will remain closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during which supporters are expected to rally along with plaintiffs...…
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…L ate last Saturday morn- ing, I went to a garage sale with my best friend/ sister-in- law, Caitlin. (We were best friends before she fell in love with, mar- ried and had a baby with my year- younger brother). They were renovating and trying to move into our childhood home. Caitlin was interested in a black, older but good condition table/shelf combo. After seeing it first, then walking around the small, unappeali...…
…‘True Detective’ re-up, ambitious yet uneventful TV REVIEW Season Two premiere offers exposition and little action By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer Last year, “True Detective” premiered on HBO and became an instant phenomenon. View- ers followed detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey, “Interstellar”) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrel- son, “The Hun- ger Games”) into the backwaters of Louisiana and a dark world of cr...…
…7 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Dope’ sure to be classic MOVIE REVIEW Plot successfully balances the serious and lighthearted By LAUREN WOOD Daily Arts Writer Starting from the most major points, let’s at least try to catego- rize “Dope,” the Rick Famuyiwa (“The Wood”) pic- ture that came out this past week. First, there’s the main charac- ters — a group of geeky high school k...…
…ACROSS 1 The Olympic Australis and others 6 Sound detectors 10 Move lightly 14 Full range 15 Produce on a farm 16 Biked it 17 Video game brother 18 Hold ’em fee 19 “That makes sense” 20 2002 British Open champion 21 Patient care group 24 Pay 26 “Frasier” role 27 “Arabian Nights” name 28 Duties 32 Political convention announcement 37 Novelist Tolstoy 38 Rep on the street 39 Place for a small pet 40 Jag, e.g. 41 Had-at link 42 Casing filler 46 ...…
…9 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Former greats, future stars join forces in all-QB camp at Big House By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor Jedd Fisch huddled his team up. With a bit of the game under its belt, Michigan’s passing game coordinator was ready to push his team to the next level. It wasn’t enough to just throw hard, he explained to the team. They needed to be s...…
…FILE PHOTO/Daily Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is now a running back for Jacksonville. 10 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Denard switches to RB for NFL career By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer At Jim Harbaugh’s Ann Arbor Aerial Assault camp Saturday, it was clear that I wasn’t the only person who remembered Denard Robinson. When Harbaugh split the quar- terback pool into grou...…
…11 Thursday, June 25, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Rudock, Morris ready to battle for starting QB job By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer A competition was brewing in Ann Arbor, and it wasn’t just between the high school quarter- backs pitted against one another at Michigan’s Aerial Assault quarter- back camp. Two camp counselors were bat- tling as well. Junior quarterback Shane Morris and Iowa graduate tran...…
…Over a dozen NFL players and coaches convene at Pioneer for free youth camp By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor Mighty Mike Martin has been a hit with Michigan fans for years. After winning state champi- onships in football, wrestling and shot put at Detroit Catholic Central, turning himself into an All-Big Ten defensive lineman at Michigan, then becoming a successful Tennessee Titan, it’s tempting to call Mighty Mar...…
…Warrior-Scholar academic bootcamp helps veterans adjust to University life By ALAINA WYGNAT Daily Staff Reporter “It’s kind of a long story,” Adam Pawlowski said, speak- ing about how he came to be one of 20 veterans at the Warrior- Scholar Project at the University. For the second year in a row, the University hosted the pro- gram, one-week academic boot camp designed to help service- men and women make the tran- sition from th...…
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…Kyle Piunti, who went through the boot camp in 2014 and subsequently attended Columbia University, is now a tutor in analytical reading. He said seeing the growth of his students has been rewarding. “A lot of students, when they first come in, are overwhelmed with a text,” Piunti said. “Then you start to see them develop as far as understanding the text and the direction in which we’re taking them.” People from every bran...…
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…I t all started, oddly enough, during the height of my French New Wave obsession. I was draining Godard and Truffaut films like diner cof- fee on a rough Sunday morn- ing. These are films that are compact, usually only an hour to an hour and 20 minutes long, and action-packed with a capital ACTION. High energy: car crash- es, shootouts, existential shout- ing matches about one’s place in society, infidelity and barely any plot...…
…Risk pays off in ‘OITNB’ TV REVIEW Villianless Season 3 fares well for Netflix original series By CHLOE GILKE Managing Arts Editor Season 3 of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” doesn’t designate a clear villain. Sure, every character has an adversary or two (“Orange is the New Black” is a drama series, and what’s drama without some good fights?), but character con- flicts are more isolated this year, and no feuds ...…
…7 Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Capitalism trumps caution in ‘Jurassic’ Third sequel isn’t more than a decent action movie By CONRAD FOREMAN Daily Arts Writer Snapping necks and cashing checks. “Jurassic World” did a lot of both over its opening weekend, featur- ing dinosaur deaths by the dozen and eclips- ing domestic and inter- national box-office records for an opening weekend. Th...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Military decoration 6 Supporting structure 11 Leading 14 Solitary 15 Silent brother of comedy 16 Valuable deposit 17 1996 Fox launch 19 NFL players, e.g. 20 Cozy lodge 21 Fail, in slang 22 Only city on California’s Catalina Island 24 As hidden in 17- Across, one of this puzzle’s 33- Down 26 Netherlands city near the Belgian border 27 Mork’s planet 28 Italian mathematician...…
…9 Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer It was mid-morning, and Sheryl Szady turned on the television in her Oklahoma City hotel. Footage of the Michigan baseball coach, Erik Bakich, was replaying from an earlier press conference. In the days before, the Michigan baseball team, notable underdogs, had won its first Big Ten Tourna- ment under Bakich’s watch but had...…
…10 Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS They stayed outside because they were not given access to the com- fort of indoor locker rooms or any of the amenities the football team was pampered with. “We were just talking about this at dinner,” Szady said in Oklahoma. “Liz (Eagan) pulled out a picture of us at halftime of a field hockey game, and we were playing at Michigan Stadium. We’re all just sitt...…
…11 Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Ofili headlines strong NCAA Championship performances By SYLVANNA GROSS Daily Sports Editor When junior hurdler Cindy Ofili sprinted past the finish line, she knew she had done well. Michigan coach James Henry knew she had it in her. But before the race, neither knew just how impressive the finishing time would be. Ofili recorded a 12.60-second result — ...…
…12 Thursday, June 18, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Romero on to Team USA By TYLER SCOTT Daily Sports Writer It had been only one week since the end of the Women’s College World Series, but Sierra Romero already found herself back in Oklahoma City. In her junior season, the Michigan second baseman cemented herself as one of college softball’s top talents and a leader of the NCAA runner- up Michigan softball ...…
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…3 Thursday, June 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Talent circus showcases artists, performers Showcase features performances from library staff, student employees By ALAINA WYGANT Daily Staff Reporter A drum team, a storyteller and a spinning artist, among other performers, wowed onlookers at the Duderstadt Center as part of the second annual Library Tal- ent Circus Wednesday. The circus, according to...…
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…F orgive me for being late to the game, but I start- ed “Entourage” a couple of weeks ago. It only took a few minutes (and several hand- fuls of tortilla chips) before I was sucked into the world of Vinny Chase and Ari Gold. And I admit, I’ve loved every second of it. I finished Sea- son 4 on Tues- day and am trying to finish as soon as possible so I can see the movie. It’s funny. It’s witty. It’s enter- taining. And b...…
…Indie-folk Accidentals rock the Ark with guests CONCERT REVIEW By KIM BATCHELOR Daily Arts Writer Last Sunday, The Ark was filled for the indie-folk-rock styling of The Accidentals and, opening act, Abigail Stauffer. And these girls can seriously rock. Abigail Stauffer, an Ann Arbor icon most well-known for her dreadlocks, opened the show with the title track of her new album, Where I’m Going. She explained that the last time...…
…7 Thursday, June 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Aloha’ A-no-ha FILM REVIEW By REBECCA LERNER Daily Arts Writer Perhaps we should have heed- ed Amy Pascal’s warning about “Aloha” during the Sony e-mail leak last December — “I don’t care how much I love the director and the actors — it never, not even once, ever works.” A harsh assessment by someone who is deeply financially invested in it, but ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Protective garment 6 Nothing like wetlands 10 New car stat 13 One of four men who managed both the Mets and Yankees 14 “Eva __”: Isabel Allende novel 15 JFK datum 16 *”Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand” 19 __ were 20 Excited exclamation 21 Actress Katey 23 *“Wendy’s Story” 25 Jai alai ball 26 Arena sounds 27 Foretells 28 “Psych” finale? 30 Is for more than one? 31 Mon...…
…Summit condemns sexual assault, fosters dialogue Conference features remarks from Michigan politicians By ALYSSA BRANDON Summer Managing News Editor Amid Department of Educa- tion investigations of various Michigan institutions’ sexual misconduct policies, including that of the University, state first lady Sue Snyder collaborated with Michigan politicians and educators in an effort to address issues of sexual assault on cam- ...…
…By ZACH SHAW Summer Managing Sports Editor As Kelis’ 2003 hit song “Milk- shake” blared throughout Elbel Field, Wilton Speight, nicknamed “Grande,” strode to the plate. This isn’t a Mad Lib, I promise. The hip-hop singer confident- ly discussed how her milkshake brought all the boys to the yard, and on the first pitch, the sopho- more quarterback nearly sent the ball out of it. It didn’t clear the fence, but was high enough and dee...…
…11 Thursday, June 11, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Barnes Arico weighs in on NCAA rule changes Three Wolverines taken in MLB Draft By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor For women’s college basket- ball, the days of 20-minute halves, one-and-one foul shots and last- second full-court drives are over. Monday, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a proposal to play all women’s bas- ketball games in fo...…
…By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer The Michigan softball team was dominant once again in its 2015 campaign, falling only one win short of a National Champion- ship. With legendary coach Carol Hutchins at the helm, the Wolver- ines finished with a 60-8 record and captured Big Ten regular sea- son and Tournament titles. A week after Michigan’s sea- son came to a close at the hands of two-time national champion Florida, the Daily grad...…
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