…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A— Thursday, March 8, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Progressivism and pacing The complicity of silence L ast week, the California Democrats convened in Sacramento to draft ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, March 8, 2018— 5A ACROSS 1 Vaccine pioneer Salk 6 Biblical verb 10 Sever, with “off” 13 “The Good Wife” wife 15 Irrawaddy River locale 16 Hubbub 17 Grilled sandwich 18 *Hobbyist’s broadcasting equipment 20 Checked out 21 Gather 23 Domestic sock eater? 24 Storied climber 26 Little limb 27 *Drama in the Nielsen top 10 four times during the ’70s 32 Special __ 35 Mets modifier of 1969 36 Nog...…
…Maurice Hurst’s NFL Draft Combine didn’t go the way he planned. The former Michigan defensive tackle didn’t run the 40-yard dash or get on the bench press. He was held out of every drill due to an irregular electrocardiogram, which measures electrical activity in the heart. Despite being cleared from the same issue by the Wolverines, per NFL Network, Hurst’s draft stock has, at least temporarily, taken a hit. That much is ...…
…T he Phenomena B-side B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, March 8, 2018 Design by Casey Tin …
…2B —Thursday, March 8, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Coming out of our cage: Fifteen years later, the ‘Mr. Brightside’ phenomenon persists on campuses As I walked toward the Greenwood block party last September, just as it seemed like it was about over, a familiar sound caught my ear. Amid the echoes of jubilant laughter and delirious chatter, I heard the unmistakable opening notes of “Mr. Brightside,” the debut...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, March 8, 2018 — 3B You’re a teenager and it’s your first day back at school after a wonderful summer vacation. The air is still warm and your excitement about the coming year dominates any malevolent feelings you may have toward the early mornings and the monotonous schedule of lower education. In the fire drill line, you notice Vinny from math class last year. But this isn’t...…
…2-BSide disappeared,” and expresses his disbelief that anybody would ever expect him to stay there: “You ask why I don’t live here / Honey, how come you don’t move?” It’s descriptive, accusatory and deliciously spiteful. The song itself doesn’t actually even use the phrase “on the road again,” but it’s clear from the disdainful lyrics what the title phrase is referring to: The narrator is abandoning a lifestyle and a group of peop...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, March 8, 2018 — 5B In Mar. of 2016, I finally had the opportunity to be in “the room where it happens” — or as most people say, to see “Hamilton” on Broadway. I had third row tickets since a year prior and had scored them for only 100 dollars apiece, having been an avid fan since before the show met smash success. I guess you can say I “knew it before it was cool,” making me,...…
…2-BSide 6B —Thursday, March 8, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I distinctly remember the day Glossier seized me with their talons. I had been nonchalantly going through my popular page on Instagram, and one post caught my eye. It was a close-up of a woman smiling in front of a millennial pink background, but the photo was so much more than that. Her skin was flawless. Her hair, effortless and messy. Her ey...…
…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met Tuesday evening to address topics including revisions to the Campus Affordability Guide, additional installations of water refill stations on campus, as well as the upcoming election for CSG representatives for the 2018-2019 academic year. The assembly also discussed the continued inclusion of free menstrual products in various locations across campus. The m...…
…plans to stay at the University for 10 years before moving on to other work. According to Lewis, the Center will pull students and faculty “across school and disciplinary lines” to research current problems and brainstorm concrete solutions. The Center for Social Solutions will channel the University’s brainpower and resources into direct action. “I came to realize that in the academy, in certain parts of the academy, we s...…
…“neck-down” problems. “Women’s sexual response is a lot more complicated than men’s,” Bruns said. The female sexual stimulant drug, often referred to as Addyi, was made available in 2015 to help address women with a low libido. However, to this point, no such therapy exists for improving the sexual response of women relating to their “neck-down” problems, or problems in their genitalia. In this published study, Bruns’s lab use...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A— Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang A beginner’s guide to effective gun control More than just a wall I n the wake of the latest horrific tragedy of the mass s...…
…5A — Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Ypsilanti-born Fred Thomas has been making music since 1992. In addition to nine solo albums — his most recent, Changer, was released in Jan. 2017 — he has contributed to countless projects and played in a myriad of bands, including Tyvek, Hydropark, Saturday Looks Good To Me and so many others. Though a longtime fixture of the local scene, Thomas as a solo pe...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 7, 2018 — 7A After tournament championship, ‘M’ approaches uncommon off week So now what? After claiming the Big Ten Tournament Championship for a second year in a row, the Michigan men’s basketball team is riding high. It vaulted to No. 7 in the AP poll released on Monday, and continues to climb up bracket projections, now seemingly locked into a top- four seed — b...…
…8A — Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A look inside Michigan’s lifting program with strength coach Jamie Priess We see Michigan women’s basketball players knocking down shots, grabbing boards and drawing up plays. But the fans rarely get to witness the preparation that goes into the final spectacle. They don’t know about the daily lives consumed with practice, game planning and watching film...…
…East to West statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 7, 2018 …
…I n a fit of extreme agitation the night before our first class, I haphazardly threw together another three lesson plans. Anxiety meant that sleep was improbable and creating increasingly incoherent worksheets honestly seemed like the best option. The next day, I would meet my group of English as a Second language adult learners, the people I’d spend the next four months tutoring through a local non-profit called Washtenaw Lite...…
…3B Wednesday, March 7, 2018 // The Statement Brews Through: Panther Coffee, Dr. Smood, by Chloe I t’s not so surprising that the pale Michigander seeks sunshine and warmth from the dead cold. When winter lasts nine months of the year, we forget what it feels like to wear shorts and have sunscreen slathered in splotches on your face. I went to get some blood work done recently and it turns out I am suffering from a dangerous ...…
…My grandfather’s escape from East Germany Wednesday, March 7, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 7, 2018 // The Statement 5B East to West T he year was 1960, and tear- ing through the farmland on his motorcycle was my grandfather Helmut Krenz, age 20. A few hours later, he would be jailed in a cold East German prison cell, imprisoned because he tried to escape his authoritarian government. Without the risks he would underta...…
…Wednesday, March 7, 2018 // The Statement 6B Do UC me A t first, I thought my illness was the flu or maybe the dreaded norovirus—nothing out of the ordinary for a college student. But I was in for a rude awakening. Little did I know my symptoms were actually the beginning of an entirely new life challenge I was totally unprepared for. I found out one year ago these developing symptoms were actually ulcerative colitis, a chro...…
…I ’m back, facade up and ready to soundtrack once again. The Winter Olympics — the only time America is actually invested in sports like ski slalom and shuffleboard on ice. In an effort to declare our country the global champions of snow, millions of Americans gather around the TV for the month of February in their homes, libraries or respective newsrooms to witness heartbreaks and triumphs. We laugh, we cry, we stare in ...…
…Wednesday, March 7, 2018 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : A c r o s s r o a d o f p a s t , p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e A week before Spring Break, one of the editors at Michigan in Color, Na’kia Channey, reached out to me spontaneously, “Hey. Would you like to come to D.C. with us to photograph?” “Uh … I guess.” I was told that the purpose of this trip to D.C. was to explore the forgotten history of marginalized c...…
…The University of Michigan Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs spoke with President Mark Schlissel Monday about the University’s sexual misconduct policy, the potential visit from white supremacist Richard Spencer and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategic plan. SACUA also discussed the upcoming Senate elections and ideas to increase faculty attendance at governance meetings. Schlissel discussed h...…
…2 — Tuesday, March 6, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News In the wake of a potential visit from white supremacist Richard Spencer, a coalition of University of Michigan students, faculty and staff have established the “Have Your Speech and Eat It Too” campaign, pledging money to organizations supporting issues such as immigrant rights, emergency housing for abused women and families in Ann Arbor and food injustice ...…
…universities. The University’s Office for Institutional Equity’s annual report released in January showed a 40 percent increase from 2016 in misconduct- related reports. The increase in reports may be due to the University’s revised policy, which broadened the definition of misconduct and added new types of allegations to be addressed by the policy. An independent crowd-sourced database of sexual misconudct in acade...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4— Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Reign of chaos A letter from MVision C haos once again returned to the White House this past week with the sudden resignation of Hope Hicks, White House communications dire...…
…5 — Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Annihilation’ takes on more than it can handle In the late 2010s, science fiction as a film genre has seen something of a renaissance, with critically acclaimed releases such as 2016’s “Arrival.” The film is an excellent example of the genre’s ability to touch on complex, profound ideas through intensely personal human stories. Director Alex ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, March 6, 2018 — 7 Indoor season ends in bittersweet fashion For the Michigan women’s track and field team, spring break didn’t begin with tanning on a beach or backpacking through America’s greatest parks. Instead, it was spent competing in the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championship. While there may be no wonders of the world in Geneva, Ohio — the site of the champion...…
…8 — Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Two best friends experience the Big Ten Tournament NEW YORK CITY, NY. — The Michigan men’s basketball team’s locker room was rattling after it dismantled Nebraska, 77-58, to reach the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. The Wolverines’ Jan. 18 defeat in Lincoln was an afterthought. A date with then-No. 2 Michigan State loomed. Reporters shuffled into the ...…
…A large crowd gathered in downtown Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon for a student-led “die- in,” standing in solidarity with the victims of the massacre that occured in Parkland, Fla., at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School, as well as the 33 additional children killed as a result of gun violence since the shooting. The crowd, diverse in age and background — ranging from high school students to elected officials — took over Libert...…
…the policy. “These policies come with a lot of background risks and threats to our community that a lot of people, unless you are undocumented, don’t know,” Contreras said. Obama’s use of unilateral powers to enact DACA was a decision rooted in Congress’ failure to reach a solution addressing issues faced by undocumented immigrants. A legislative measure to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immi...…
…As a fourth grader, my afternoon routine was simple. After getting off the bus, I’d make myself some microwavable macaroni & cheese and settle in with a copy of The Detroit Free Press. I’d usually start with the sports section (no one knew the Pistons like I did) before moving on to the news section, film reviews and, finally, the comics. The day the Freep stopped delivering to my household was a dark one and I unconvincingly pl...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A— Monday, March 5, 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 signed arti...…
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…6A — Monday, March 5, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Live action Oscar shorts continue to pack a punch The Oscar nominees for Live Action Short this year are a mixed bag in topic, tone and execution. The five nominees touch on everything from the mistreatment of deaf British school children to the systematic racism that existed a century after abolition in the South — sometimes testing the integrity of the ed...…
…Champions again Helped by an unlikely breakout game from Jon Teske, Michigan overwhelemed Purdue » Page 2B Clean sweep The Michigan men’s hockey team swept Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament » Page 4B Big Ten Champion hats perched on their heads, music blaring, a group of Michigan players trot off the confetti- littered podium, toward the locker room, singing “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z at the t...…
…2B — Monday, March 5, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A mad start to Michigan’s March M arch is just four days old. It has already been full of mad- ness. The Michi- gan women’s basketball, men’s bas- ketball and hockey teams all played in the Big Ten Tournament over the weekend, and all three punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament in the pro- cess. In Indianapolis, the No. 6 seed women’s bask...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, March 5, 2018 — 3B Abdur-Rahkman gets much-deserved recognition NEW YORK CITY, NY. — Muhammad-Ali Abdur- Rahkman wasn’t sweating his team’s upcoming matchups with powerhouses No. 2 Michigan State and No. 8 Purdue. He was playing Xbox — Fortnite, specifically. He had time to learn the challenging game and win while he was in New York. You can’t fault the laid-back ...…
…4B — Monday, March 5, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan seals semifinal berth, likely NCAA Tournament bid with 7-4 win The chanting began with 17 minutes to play in the third period. Michigan sophomore defenseman Griffin Luce lasered a shot from the left point past Jack Berry, giving the Wolverines a three-goal lead. “Be-rry, Be-rry, Be-rry,” the Children of Yost taunted the Wisconsin goaltende...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 23, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM After 25 years with the Ann Arbor Police Department — the last two as the head of the department — Police Chief Jim Baird will be relocating to Breckenridge, Colo., according to the Summit Daily of Summit County, Colo. Howard Lazarus, Ann Arbor city administrator announced Baird’s retirement from the AAPD Tue...…
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…something I’ve written and even then I’ve edited it many times so nobody can ever tell.” At the University, students with learning disabilities make up the largest portion of students with registered disabilities. According to the 2016-2017 Annual Report from Services for Students with Disabilities, 38 percent of the students registered with SSD are students with learning disabilities, about 1,021 students in total. SSD D...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 23, 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 signed ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 23, 2018 — 5 Aaron Maine, the frontman and creative genius behind Porches, is a man who definitely knows how to move his hips. With each groovy pop hit (whether he was donning a guitar or not), more often than not Maine would be swaying with each syncopated beat. Entrancing and enticing, Maine captivates a crowd with little more than his rhythmic movements and a tempting...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 23, 2018 — 7 ‘M’ strategizes for Arizona State September 15 was a day of firsts for the Michigan hockey team. It was the opening practice for the 2017-18 campaign. It was the beginning of Mel Pearson’s tenure at the helm. And it was the first look at a group determined to rebound after a lackluster season and restore prestige to one of college hockey’s most storied p...…
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