…3B Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement The picture stays in the kid: Ghosts I n retrospect, it was a bad decision to review “A Ghost Story” for the Daily this past summer. But in my defense, how was I supposed to know that the film — in which a 30- or 40-something dies in a car crash and morosely yet patiently haunts his widow and home, where successive tenants cycle through until a developer buildings a large tower in...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 5B On Edge Students of color combat campus apathy b y M i C E d i t o r s : Adam Brodnax, Tanya Madhani, Halimat Olaniyan, Christian Paneda, Jason Rowland, Ashley Tjhung and Sivanthy Vasanthan L SA sophomore Tyrice Grice Jr. was eager to kick off foot- ball season at the Big House, ready to get started on his classes and to meet up with his ...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: Trigger warning Editor’s note: The author of this piece remains anonymous to protect their identity. M onday morning. I sit waiting with classmates for the professor of our literature and human rights class to arrive. “Did you hear about the shooting in Las Vegas?” someone asks. I hadn’t. I whip out my phone to read about an aged man who was an ac...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 7B Copy That: Beauty in disorder I n fifth-grade art class, we learned about Jackson Pollock, an artist known for abstract expressionism. He became famous for dripping paint onto canvases, flicking and throwing and pouring colors all over the place in the name of art. Some of my classmates were skeptical, because, after all, to our 10-year-old selves, the Pollock replic...…
…Wednesday, October 11, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T P E R F E C T I N G T H E P I A N O Each part and each piano stands unique in the workshop. Workshop desks and tables are littered with various tools and parts to alter and restore the pianos. Each staff member works on a particular aspect of the restoration process. Reeder looks over a piano hiding away in the workshop. The inside of a piano sits exposed and t...…
…In response to recent racist events on campus such as the racist graffiti in West Quad Residence Hall and the “Make America White Again” posters found near Stockwell Residence Hall last week, the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs and University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel met Monday to discuss how administration and faculty can respond to discrimination on campus afternoon. Schlissel also updated...…
…LSA Student Government kicked off its Mental Health Week Monday afternoon by gathering student organizations focused on mental health for a Diag Day. At the far end of the Diag, LSA SG representatives Eli Rachlin, an LSA junior, and Kristen Ball, an LSA senior, blew bubbles and blasted music as students walked by. Rachlin, spouting positive encouragement to passersby said the Diag Day is an important part of the Awareness We...…
…an associate professor of accounting at the Ross School of Business, brought up the Leadership Crisis Challenge, a leadership simulation for Business students that puts students in the seat of a business leader or executive during a crisis of any kind. Students then must handle the crisis, talk to reporters and maintain their public persona. Wright said this program could be adapted for faculty to teach them how to respond to...…
…The debate about abortion often ignores that the procedure is primarily an issue of women’s health. Women compose less than 25 percent of the overall makeup of the House of Representatives. As such, the clear majority of people voting on the issue of abortion are not directly affected by their votes. This is particularly troubling given much of this vote fell along party lines — politicians were likely more motivated by p...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 10, 2017 — 5 Arts BBC ‘I Tell a Fly’ is innovatively avant-garde, intersectional Benjamin Clementine is nowhere close to done innovating. On I Tell a Fly, we see the Mercury Prize winner experiment more than on his 2015 debut, connecting disparate influences from Baroque era music all the way up to modern pop art. That being said, it’s hard to classify what I Tell a ...…
…ACROSS 1 Pet adoption agcy. 5 West Indies tribe for which a sea is named 10 “Rhyme Pays” rapper 14 Boxers Laila and Muhammad 15 Carne __: burrito filling 16 Benelux country: Abbr. 17 Legendary terror of the deep 19 __ blocker 20 Action hero Jason in three Ludlum novels 21 Swedish vodka brand 23 Material 25 Prefix with space 26 “__ the Sheriff”: Clapton hit 28 Under threat 32 Like most people 33 Comic’s perch 34 Label for Elvis 35 “Supervixens”...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, October 10, 2017— 7 Advantage in shots not enough Senior forward Dexter Dancs lined up the puck and let it fly — wide past the goaltender. Dancs’s first-period misfire would prove to be a recurring theme in the Michigan hockey team’s first loss of the season Saturday night. The Wolverines (1-1-0) faced off against two opponents this weekend at St. Lawrence University ...…
…8 — Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…On Saturday night, the Michigan football team had no business winning. The seventh- ranked Wolverines made their own bed. Then they had to lie in it too. Michigan’s performance wasn’t just sloppy. It was a heaping mess. The Wolverines threw three interceptions. They fumbled twice. And despite all the chances its defense gave it, No. 7 Michigan fell, 14-10, to Michigan State (2-0 Big Ten, 4-1 overall) in the only night g...…
…7 1 6 9 5 9 6 8 4 2 3 3 5 4 8 7 8 5 1 5 6 9 8 1 5 2 6 8 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 2/12/09 12:08 PM SUNFLOWERS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Monday, October 9, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Report claims Gov. Snyder knew of Legionnaires’ in Flint before admission Bacteria-caused pneum...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, October 9, 2017 — 3A MAX KUANG/Daily LSA senior Mike Podesta paints a pumpkin at the Harvest Festival at the Campus Farm Saturday. FINALLY FALL from Rat Chat. “Information tools and services can create new ways of collaborating with city governments and collaboration between citizens and cities or governments is really what citizenship is about,” Lampe said. “It’s abo...…
…F irst, it’s just a bit of light flashing in front of your eyes and a nebulous blue-black amoeba swimming in your vision. Then after a bit of clouding, your thinking begins to slow, with no particular pain. Your reactions? They’re just a millisecond behind. Your throw? Just slightly to the left. Your hearing? Just a bit muffled. Sometimes you stumble out of the area of play, wander over to put your head in your h...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 9, 2017— 5A ACROSS 1 “Death of a Salesman” salesman Willy 6 Abysmal grades 9 “__ Cross”: 1949 Lancaster movie 14 Friend’s opposite 15 Minor point to pick 16 Convened again 17 Unwise act that could be dangerous 19 Video game pioneer 20 Singing syllable 21 Vicinity 22 Type of cleansing acid 23 Actress Skye 25 Time-out for a cigarette 27 Upper crust groups 29 Courage and fortitude 30 Do...…
…Male friendship and the ‘Neighbors’ conundrum There’s a scene at the end of “Neighbors” that’s always bugged me. Zac Efron (“Baywatch”) and Dave Franco (“The Little Hours”) are best friends who have been fighting and growing apart over the course of the movie, but now Efron’s character is about to turn himself into the police to save his friends and they’re forced to make up. It starts out sweet, touching even. They tell each ot...…
…B Wasting away Michigan’s defense turned in another gem Saturday night, holding Michigan State to one first down in the second half. The offense, however, wasted it. » Page 4B Rivalry blues Jim Harbaugh was outcoached Saturday night, and is now 1-4 against Michigan’s biggest rivals. » SportsMonday Column Page 2B Until Saturday night, the formula — despite all of its inherent flaws — had worked well enough for Michigan. ...…
…$5 Burger (1/2lb With Cheese, Lettuce & Tomato) Every Monday 5-11pm (Dine-In Only) Plus...Late Night Happy Hour: $4 Michigan Draughts (Some Exclusions) $4 Well Drinks $1 Off Glasses of Wine 10pm-2am 338 S. State St. 734.996.9191 www.ashleys.com Michigan’s Premier Multi-Tap 2B — October 9, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday The monkey on Jim Harbaugh’s back T he answer provided little clarity. Jim Harbaugh was ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 9, 2017 — 3B Wolverines split weekend in upstate New York The resourcefulness of Michigan hockey’s special teams Friday night earned it a victory in its season opener against St. Lawrence. Finding the net on two of five power plays, the Wolverines’ performance mimicked last season’s dynamic power-play offense that finished 17th nationally. But just a day later, that s...…
…4B — October 9, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Defense deserves better I t’s no secret at this point. Michigan’s defense is good enough to win a championship. Football, though, is a team game — as fifth-year senior linebacker Mike McCray alluded to after his team’s 14-10 loss to Michi- gan State. “(When the) offense (is) doing bad, we’re doing bad,” he said. “We can’t get frustrated with them...…
…Thursday marked undocumented immigrants’ last day to submit renewals to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — but undocumented students at the University of Michigan were undeterred. One hundred protesters marched from the Diag to the Fleming Administration Building to lobby University officials for institutional resources and protection for vulnerable students. After President Donald Trump’s succ...…
…7 1 6 9 5 9 6 8 4 2 3 3 5 4 8 7 8 5 1 5 6 9 8 1 5 2 6 8 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 2/12/09 12:08 PM SUNFLOWERS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, October 6, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily...…
…A Data-Driven World: Potentials and Pitfalls Wednesday, Oct. 11 | Rackham Auditorium & Michigan League Announcing the 2017 MIDAS Symposium Keynote Speaker 1:30 p.m., Rackham Auditorium Cathy O’Neil, author, “Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy” Also featuring... • Daniela Witten, Assoc. Prof. of Statis- tics and Biostatistics, Univ. of Washington • James Pennebaker, Professor of Psych...…
…O ne day, I may forget my name. I will wake up in a stranger’s house and see a person I’ve never met before in the mirror. Her eyes will stare blankly back at me, face muscles sagging with fatigue and confusion. One day, I will forget how to hug someone. I will have to ask where the bathroom is in my own home, and I will need help getting there. One day, my brain may simply forget how to breathe. Every 66 seconds, someone i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 6, 2017 — 5A Arts ABC ‘The Good Doctor’ fails to stand out among the pack MEGAN MITCHELL Daily Arts Writer David Shore, the creator of the long-running medical- drama “House,” fails to outlive the trope of his past series in his newest conception, “The Good Doctor.” Focusing on Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore, “Bates Motel”), a brilliant surgeon diagnosed with aut...…
…6A — Friday, October 6, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com DISNEY Reappraisal: ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ and ‘At World’s End’ In Reappraisals, Michigan Daily film writers attempt to defend films that have been critically maligned. This week: Two “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, 2006’s “Dead Man’s Chest” (54 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and 2007’s “At World’s End” (45 percent on Rotten Tomatoes). “Pirates of the Carib...…
…OCTOBER 7, 2017: MICHIGAN STATE FINDING PEACE …
…FootballSaturday, October 7, 2017 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2017 football season. Betelhem Ashame Ted Janes Orion Sang Kevin Santo No. 1 Alabama (-26.5) at Texas A&M Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Wake Forest (+21.5) at No. 2 Clemson Clemson Wake Forest Wake Forest Wake Forest Clemson Iowa State (+30.5) at No. 3 Oklahoma Oklahoma ...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: Chris Frey Last season wasn’t a banner year for Michigan State. Chris Frey is well aware of that. Frey, a senior linebacker, was one of a few returning starters for a team that went 3-9 as the Spartans fell off a precipitous cliff only one year removed from a College Football Playoff appearance. At Big Ten Media Days in July, Frey made it clear that he ...…
…Four pops. Five years later, and Chris Bryant can still hear the sounds. It was the week before Michigan’s season opener against Alabama in the 2012 season opener at AT&T Stadium. According to Bryant, a redshirt freshman at the time, he was on the verge of starting at left guard after a heated competition throughout fall camp. His parents had even booked flights to Dallas and couldn’t stop talking about how fired...…
…outside, watching the guys play and you’ll feel like, ‘Oh man, I feel like I could play again,’ but your body just isn’t allowing you. So I told him he’d go through that process as well and I was just telling him it’s great to still be around the team. “You’re still caught up in helping the guys out and you contribute to the win — just in other aspects. Not on the field, but helping with gameplan, helping the coaches when they ...…
…FootballSaturday, October 7. 2017 6 Breakdown: Michigan State Three. That’s how many times football has been played under the lights at Michigan Stadium. On Saturday night, that number will go up to four. At 7:30 p.m., the No. 7 Michigan football team will take on Michigan State in the 110th edition of the in-state rivalry. The Wolverines (1-0, Big Ten, 4-0 overall) will face the Spartans (1-0, 3-1) at Michigan Stadium f...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to Watch For Saturday, the No. 7 Michigan football team (1-0 Big Ten, 4-0 overall) will host in-state rival Michigan State in the first night game at Michigan Stadium since 2014. The last time the Wolverines played a night game at home, Brady Hoke was the coach and Devin Gardner was the quarterback. Times have changed, but the storylines are just as intriguing. Here’s what to watch...…
…FootballSaturday, October 7, 2017 8 A four-year history of the Michigan State rivalry On a late Tuesday night in 2014, a Michigan Daily sports writer had just left from a night of editing when he stumbled upon the Diag block ‘M’ painted green with the letters ‘S’ and ‘U’ alongside it. An anonymous vandal had gone viral with just two cans of paint. Pictures of the defaced landmark and a cleaning crew with a power hose spread onli...…
…“I can say ‘I’m gay’ so easily now, but for the majority of my life those words held me hostage,” one performer said. Public Policy junior Lena Dreves recently started approaching student groups and organizations for support to create a LGBTQ Monologues event happen, which was ultimately co-sponsored by the Spectrum Center and LGBT+ Michigan. Dreves wanted to bring to light the experiences of members of this community...…
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…“T hat’s incredible. I wish I could be there alongside him right now,” I thought as I clicked the like button on the article detailing University of Michigan student Dana Greene’s protest against racism on the Diag. I closed Facebook and continued typing away at the paper due in class the next day, sitting comfortably on my bed. My paper had a long way to go; protests would have to wait. Looking back at this moment,...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Thursday, October 5, 2017 — 5 Arts WHITE HOUSE ARCHIVES Paul McCartney gives live music newfound meaning LAURA DZUBAY Daily Arts Writer My ideal concert venue is an abandoned barn. Hear me out: It’s surrounded by empty fields, all quiet and attentive to themselves. It’s dark, but not frightening: you feel welcome, you’ve only stopped here for the night. The roof is patchy, the windows and ...…
…ACROSS 1 Seize 6 Just slightly 10 Lip-__ 14 Justice nominated by Barack 15 Buddy, in slang 16 Secure with lines 17 Cut most likely to win a BBQ competition? 19 TT automaker 20 Part of 21 Feminine side 22 Keyboard shortcuts 24 TV scientist with 19 Emmys 25 Keurig coffee for the big day? 27 Tear drier 29 Richmond-to- D.C. direction 30 Hunk’s pride 31 Finishes second 34 Deli order 35 Rental to get the twins to college? 38 Word before or after pa...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, October 5, 2017 — 7A Secondary to face new test against Spartans Jim Harbaugh’s assessment was brief, yet accurate. “He throws very well, runs very well,” Harbaugh said of Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke on Monday. “He has a penchant for making the big play.” Against Western Michigan, Lewerke flashed an example of his playmaking ability, taking a read option 61 ya...…
…8A — Thursday, October 5, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Dueling Columns: 2017 R especting our opponents in this “touch” football game has become very difficult. Every year, The Michigan Daily plays The State News. And every year, your staff continues to degrade itself. Maybe I should have expected that, but to be honest, as a New York native, the Michigan- Michigan State rivalry was entirely foreign to...…
…Tuesday morning racist fliers were posted outside Stockwell Residence Hall, presenting the minority enrollment numbers at both the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, insinuating gaps in the average IQ of Black and white students. This correlation between race and mental ability was popularized in the late 1990s by Charles Murray, a political scientist slated to speak at the University next Wednesday. The fo...…
…News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2A — Wednesday, October 3, 2017 AARON BAKER/Daily Tweets Follow @michigandaily Univ. of Michigan @UMich U-M cannot be excellent without being diverse. All members of our community belong here and deserve an equal opportunity to thrive. Steven Sikora @StevenMSikora if you ever wanted to cause mass hysteria, try sending an email to a large and outdated UMich club distribution list Michae...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, October 3, 2017 — 3A CAT MYKOLAJTCHUK/Daily Business senior Kevin Yang plays the Charles Baird Carillon under Professor Jeremy Chesman on Ingalls Mall Tuesday afternoon. KE E P CALM AND CARILLON confrontation, as he feels the safety of minority students is paramount. “As a university, we create spaces for dialogue, and sometimes that dialogue we find horrific and offensive,” Mar...…
…Last week’s protests were effective precisely because they were disruptive. It is not every day that the Diag is populated with dozens of students for hours on end, some holding umbrellas to block the heat and others delivering food and water. The students who blocked the intersections of bus routes near the C.C. Little bus station sought to parallel the “inconveniences” racism and microaggressions pose for students of color ...…
