…Students voice concern that DOJ investigation will further marginalize minority groups By CHETALI JAIN Summer Daily News Editor Last Monday, The New York Times uncovered the Trump administration’s intentions to fun- nel Justice Department resources into examining and potentially fil- ing lawsuits against colleges and universities who take racial back- ground into consideration when making admissions decisions. Mil- lions were ...…
…3 Thursday, August 10, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS University students screen films at Traverse City Film Festival University-wide collaboration on films impress festival audience By AMARA SHAIKH Daily Staff Reporter At the 13th annual Traverse City Film Festival, two short films created by University of Michigan undergraduates were showcased on the big screen. The five-day event fea- tured a variety of...…
…4 Thursday, August 10, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION NISA KHAN EDITOR IN CHIEF SARAH KHAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR 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. Embracing solitude ANGELA CHEN | COLUMN MICHAEL MORDARSKI Short-term memory R ecently, on an early Monday morning, I was sit...…
…“ OK, class,” my teacher yells across the classroom. “Father is coming to talk to us today, and I need you all to be on your best behavior!” It was days like these I enjoyed as a grade schooler at a Catholic elementary school: a change in direction and new questions. When Father enters the classroom, we all stand and say hello. He goes to the board and begins to explain the religious lesson on Genesis, interestingly enoug...…
…It’s no secret that our generation is one that is obsessed with itself. Narcissism runs deep in the roots of millennial culture, with social media being the main vehicle of maintaining a satisfactory virtual self-image. “Ingrid Goes West,” a new indie comedy starring the inimitable Aubrey Plaza (“The Little Hours”), searches to deconstruct this issue in the most twisted way possible. After a stint in a mental institution, the fi...…
…7 Thursday, August 10, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Tal Klein discusses sci-fi debut novel ‘The Punch’ With his debut novel “The Punch Escrow,” author Tal Klein constructs a thrilling and thought-provoking narrative that blends the realms of love stories, hard science fiction and reeling suspense in one cohesive and addicting work. Set in the near future, the world of “The Punch Escrow” is characterize...…
…8 Thursday, August 10, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Mus. key of “I Am The Walrus” 5 Gulf 10 They’re underfoot 14 Shade akin to ecru 15 Critical vessel 16 K-12 17 Tarragona title, in detail? 19 Tucked in 20 NBC show that inspired “30 Rock” 21 It’s hidden in some profiles 23 How great minds think 26 Sweet __ 28 Immature bee nourished by royal jelly 29 Arles animal, in detail? 32 Amorous murmur 33 Voice mail prompt ...…
…9 Thursday, August 10, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Brown and white and never enough By ELISE JAYAKAR Michgian In Color Contributor I grew up hiding behind my mom’s light, long legs at grocery stores, burying my head into the cart-made skid marks and hoping no one pointed at the spectrum that lay between our skin. Meijer was terrifying. I worried that my big-hearted mother would again be la...…
…Thursday, August 10, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS & SPORTS 10 Ward 1 Total Votes Voter turnout: 9.94% Percent Anne Bannister 944 829 3 53.15% 46.68% 0.17% Jason Frenzel Write-In Ward 3 Total Votes Voter turnout: 12.17% Percent Zachary Ackerman 1283 1098 7 53.73% 45.98% 0.29% Jamie Magiera Write-In Ward 4 Total Votes Voter turnout: 11.94% Percent John E. Eaton 1256 963 4 56.50% 43.32% 0.18% Jamie Magiera Write-I...…
…Breaking down the men’s soccer roster Despite a dismal 4-11-4 record, it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to call the Michigan men’s soccer team’s 2016 season a complete disappointment. Teams that rely on underclassmen as four of their top five playmakers, as the Wolverines did last season, tend to experience growing pains. That was certainly true for Michigan, as the Wolverines scored just 22 goals in 19 matches last season and...…
…12 Thursday, August 10, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS a hard-working central midfielder, and Marc Ybarra, who Daley believes could become a “top-class holding midfielder.” Osman, however, is the biggest name of the group, and with good reason. As a senior in high school, Osman contributed to 28 of his team’s 30 goals, scoring 63 goals and adding 45 assists in all. Osman joins fellow Ghanaians Francis...…
…Artists discuss the evolution of Warped Tour By DOMINIC POLSINELLI Summer Senior Arts Editor I’m sure a lot of you are wondering why the Daily is covering Warped Tour in 2017. As a college newspaper, our standard music coverage typically includes anything from indie rock to underground hip hop — anything but the Warped Tour scene. Yet in recent years, Warped has been actively marketing the festival toward older crowds, those wh...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NISA KHAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 nisakhan@michigandaily.com JUEUI HONG Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 jueuih@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Dayton Hare Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com Jennifer Meer Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Andrew Hiyama, Chetali Jain, Dylan LaCroix Sarah Khan Edito...…
…roundtable discussion in which entrepreneurs had the opportunity to talk in greater depth about their companies. Jonathan Goldstein, one of the event organizers and director of operations for SPARK, emphasized the role of SPARK in helping Ann Arbor entrepreneurs succeed in their ventures. “So one of the things that fuels our work is just the reputation of Ann Arbor as a startup ecosystem,” he said. “And fortunately SPARK has a...…
…4 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION NISA KHAN EDITOR IN CHIEF SARAH KHAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR 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. Naming the nameless BRENNAN POPE | COLUMN LENA DREVES Why they voted no I n a rush to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Repub...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com even begin to bombard you with an account. I mention these legends to compare to all of the artists they have inspired today, not only in their music, but their lyrics, persona and flow. But also, to establish the fact that so much, yet so little, has changed in the rap game. Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP, N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton, The Notoriou...…
…Charlize Theron (“The Fate of the Furious”) proved herself to be one of Hollywood’s biggest badasses after her performance as Imperator Furiosa in George Miller’s recent masterpiece “Mad Max: Fury Road.” In an industry where men dominate both on and off-screen, Furiosa was a much needed change after years of watching super masculine, pumped-up dudes fight bad guys. “Atomic Blonde” shows Theron and all her badassery, thou...…
…7 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Columbia Records Tyler, the Creator awkwardly gazing really sick. Especially — I don’t know if it’s more this year than other years — I mean there’s a lot of bands that played Warped Tour like 15 years ago on this year, and more like long time punk bands — like Suicide Machines from (Detroit).” Hardy hits the nail on the head with his observation about the ...…
…8 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Promising location? 6 Omegas, to an electrician 10 Best Actor winner for “Ray” 14 “The Big Bang Theory” co-creator Chuck 15 Gusto 16 Tool for a landscaper 17 Posh water 18 Diva’s number 19 __ out a win 20 Forest canines 23 Island near Barbuda 24 Serve in the capacity of 28 Secretary of state before Shultz 29 “Yankee” entrée 32 Close on film 34 Prefix with hertz ...…
…9 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR AREEBA HAIDER, 2017 Demario, you are such a wonder in my life. I had heard incredible things about you before we ever even met. Every time I saw you living your life, literally just walking around cam- pus and emitting light and sunshine and hope and happiness every- where you went, I thought to myself, “wow, wouldn’t it be cool if we were friends?” ...…
…Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS 10 ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh led his team’s recruiting efforts at its annual ‘BBQ at the Big House’ event, helping to earn commitments from four-star offensive guard Nolan Rumler and five-star end Stephen Herron Jr. Harbaugh, Michigan add two commitments with BBQ event On Monday, four-star linebacker Cameron McGrone announced his com...…
…Wolverines head into 2017 with talented, deep roster Nearly nine months after a penalty shot grazed off the post to end the Michigan women’s soccer season, they are set to retake the field as the Wolverines embark on a new season. Memories of the 2-2, 5-4 penalty kick loss against Illinois State will be long in the rear view when Michigan takes the field for its exhibition opener against West Virginia at U-M Stadium Monday. A...…
…12 Thursday, August 3, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily John Beilein had to replace two members of his staff this offseason after Billy Donlon and Jeff Meyer took jobs elsewhere. Report: Michigan adds two former Illinois State assistants to staff The Michigan basketball team appears to have filled two vacant assistant coaching positions this past week — and both hires are from the same schoo...…
…One Hundred and TwenTy Six yearS Of ediTOrial freedOm Thursday, July 27, 2017 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS .................................... SUDOKU................................ OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SPORTS................................. 2 2 4 6 8 10 Vol. CXXVII, No. 78| © 2017 The Michigan Daily ...…
…“Gameful” learning applies video games’ design to online teaching systems By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor Day Two of the Gameful Course Design Summer Institute took place Tuesday. Hosted by Academ- ic Innovation’s Gameful Learning Lab, the two-day event took place in the Michigan Union Kuenzel Room and saw approximately 40 attendees — primarily instructors and graduate student instructors from the University of Mic...…
…As Republicans “stray” from platform, Colbeck runs on promise of “principled solutions” By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor On Saturday afternoon, over 200 Michigan residents gathered out- side the Yankee Air Museum in Bel- leville to support State Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) at his official campaign- launch for the 2018 gubernatorial race. Colbeck graduated from the Uni- versity of Michigan with a degree in Aerospace E...…
…4 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION NISA KHAN EDITOR IN CHIEF SARAH KHAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR 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. Disabled and disavowed BILLY STAMPFL | OP-ED ANNA POLUMBO- LEVY Appreciate the small things A few weeks ago, in preparati...…
…L ast year, I voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Michigan primary. I was also one of the nearly 7 million small-dollar contributors that fueled the Bern. However, his actions in recent months have had me asking: what’s up with Bernie Sanders? I supported Sanders because I liked that he ran without the backing of a billionaire-funded super PAC and his platform was rife with ideas and policies that I could get behind, like a...…
…6 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar”) has wedged himself between two starkly different subgenres of film: cerebral, understated thrillers and large-scale blockbusters. His earlier movies, like the masterful “Memento,” forgo grandiose special effects in favor of mind-bending plots, whereas his recent releases favor mind-bending cinematic techniques rather t...…
…7 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Columbia Records Tyler, the Creator awkwardly gazing Tyler gets serious What’s coming of age really about, anyway? Is it when you finally actualize that vision of “cool” you’ve had since you were 13? Is it supposed to happen right when you turn old enough to rent a car? Or maybe it’s when you realize that the only person thinking critically about your life is...…
…8 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “Dawn of the Dead” (1978) director 7 Street, in Stuttgart 14 *Billboard entry 16 “S’pose so” 17 First of a film series about Damien Thorn 18 Cultural environments 19 Marines NCO 20 *Upright instrument in a bluegrass band 22 Head of Hollywood 24 Switchback feature 25 Bordeaux wine 28 Hankering 30 Mauna...…
…9 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Immigant Sangreet By SAMIHA MATIN Michigan in Color Contributor The taxi driver asks where I’m from I reply Bangladesh And he finds comfort in it somehow. He doesn’t say my English is good Or why am I here? in a curious tone that fringes on people’s privacy. I am a little thankful. He tells me he’s from Nigeria. He asks whether I like the Michi...…
…Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS 10 Wagner, Germany finish seventh at FIBA U-20 World Championships Last year, Moritz Wagner passed on the opportunity to represent his native Germany in the 2016 FIBA U-20 European Championship. Instead, he chose to spend the summer in Ann Arbor to continue to develop as a college basketball player, working with strength and conditioning coach Jon Sande...…
…11 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Peters, O’Korn pushing Speight for starting quarterback job CHICAGO — Wilton Speight began and ended last season as the starting quarterback of the Michigan football team. And, objectively speaking, it was a pretty damn good debut. Speight, now a redshirt junior, threw for 2,538 yards and completed 62 percent of his passes, with 18 touchdowns and 7 int...…
…12 Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS that class, very excited about them because everything they’re doing now they’ve already done, they’re doing for a second time. “And the amount of growth that you can have from doing something for the first time and then doing it the next time or the second time, can be the biggest leap they have their entire college year, going from fre...…
…ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Thursday, July 20, 2017 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX NEWS .................................... SUDOKU................................ OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... SPORTS................................. 2 2 4 6 8 10 Vol. CXXVII, No. 78| © 2017 The Michigan Daily ...…
…Bautista received work permit in years following husband’s deportation By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor On Tuesday evening, hundreds gathered to protest the deporta- tion of Lourdes Salazar Bautista — a local mother with three U.S.-born children — in Ann Arbor. The event began with a vigil at St. Mary’s Stu- dent Parish before marching to the Federal Building on Liberty Street. Bautista was born in Mexico but move...…
…3 Thursday, July 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS State lawmakers condemn GOP health care efforts, advocate for Planned Parenthood State senator Rebekah Warren warns against defunding women’s health initiatives By DYLAN LACROIX Summer Daily News Editor State Sen. Rebekah Warren (D– Ann Arbor) and state Rep. Ronnie Peterson (D–Ypsilanti) spoke at the Riverside Art Center in down- town Ypsilanti to over 40 p...…
…4 Thursday, July 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION NISA KHAN EDITOR IN CHIEF SARAH KHAN EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR 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. Talley is special for her looks BRENNAN POPE | COLUMN STEPHANIE MULLINGS Unpopular opinion I pride myself on “keeping it rea...…
…H eadlining The New York Times, the morning of Nov. 9, 2016 read the unpredicted results of the presidential election: “Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment.” For many U.S. citizens and pollsters, these results were shocking. How could someone who defied political correctness, who used abrasive language and who seemed so far away from a presidential standard be elected? Tho...…
…6 Thursday, July 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS 20th CENTURY FOX Maurice gazes with fear At first glance, “War for the Planet of the Apes” doesn’t resemble a modern war movie. Where most films of the genre trade in bloody action and bountiful shots of brawny men shouting at each other, the final chapter in the “Apes” reboot trilogy is quiet. Contemplative even. Entire sequences pass without a single word of...…
…7 Thursday, July 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS As children, the “entire world” can be a lot of things. For some, it’s the universe — every solar system in the galaxy. For others, it’s the planet Earth. For a few, it’s the small town, city or village in which they grew up. And for one, it’s a hermetically sealed bunker in the middle of a Californian desert. That one person is James Pope (Kyle Mooney, “Sa...…
…and by the end of his set, it was wholly apparent how he’s managed to remain so relevant — hit after hit, smile after smile, he is impossible not to appreciate. After “Move, Bitch” and “Get Back,” two of his rowdiest tracks, Ludacris left the stage for Tyler to claim. Finally, the crowd was ignited. With his new album Flower Boy (formerly Scum Fuck Flower Boy) due out later this week (it already leaked and had been heard by man...…
…The message of O.J. By JASON ROWLAND Michigan in Color Managing Editor I’m going to ask you three questions, and I need you to answer honestly. First, did you know that Black children are punished more often and more severe- ly than their white classmates? Second, that Black borrowers are much less likely to be granted a loan than their white counterparts with similar credit scores? And third, that employers prefer applicants with “white...…
…Thursday, July 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Health care town hall in Plymouth gives voice to Michiganders’ fears over ramifications of possible repeal of Obamacare Nearly 200 people attended a town hall on health care Sunday morning in Plymouth, hoping to receive answers on how their care would change under the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the GOP plan to repeal and replace the Obama administrati...…
…11 Thursday, July 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Dakich to transfer to Ohio State The Michigan men’s basketball team has seen a graduate transfer to a rival Big Ten school in each of the last two seasons. Forward Max Bielfeldt transferred to Indiana in 2015, and guard Spike Albrecht played his final season of college basketball at Purdue last season. That streak will continue this season with ...…
…12 Thursday, July 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Harbaugh supportive of Malone-Hatcher’s decision The Wolverines experienced a recent — and unexpected — departure from the team when freshman defensive end Corey Malone-Hatcher announced July 4 that he would be medically retiring from football. In a statement posted to Twitter, Malone-Hatcher cited an arduous and longer- than-expected recovery fro...…
…MI officials and University professors speak on Russia Donald Trump Jr. tweets out proof of meeting with Russian official during campaign By JENNIFER MEER and NISA KHAN Summer Managing News Editor and Summer Editor in Cheif The Michigan Daily administered a survey to 1,000 randomly selected respondents at the University of Michigan campus. There were 135 respondents. The following article includes data collected in...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com NISA KHAN Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 nisakhan@michigandaily.com JUEUI HONG Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 jueuih@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Dayton Hare Managing Editor haredayt@michigandaily.com Jennifer Meer Managing News Editor news@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Andrew Hiyama, Kaela Theut Sarah Khan Editorial Page Editor...…
…3 NEWS Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Democratic candidates for Michigan governor and U.S. representative speak at a campaign stop in Bloomfield Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens discuss auto industry, public health issues By NISA KHAN Summer Editor in Chief A crowd of 50 gathered in the Bloomfield Township Public Library to hear from guberna- torial candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, t...…
