…4 Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION L ate one night when I was five years old, unable to sleep, I wandered out of my bedroom to find my mom watching TV in our living room. Despite her futile protests for me to go back to bed, I sat with her on the couch to see what she was watching. The grainy images from our TV were then quickly etched into my memory as I watched military planes taking off an...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com N early all last year, every time I would go on Facebook and scroll through my newsfeed, I would see dozens of articles I wanted to read. But as someone who is generally too busy for their own good, I often had to save articles for later. So, 99 percent of the time, I saved the link to the article in a note-taking app on my computer. Finally, this year,...…
…6 Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS SONY PICTURES Tom Holland stars as Spider-Man “Spider-Man: Homecoming” marks the second reboot of everyone’s favorite webslinger, this one within the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the aftermath of the dumpster-fire-inside-a-trainwreck that was 2014’s “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The efforts of Hollywood to get another strong Spider-franchise off the ground...…
…7 Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS An Interview with Festival Organizer Nick Mavodones Having been raised in Portland, Maine and having lived the bulk of his adult life in Burlington, Vermont, Nick Mavodones III is finally right where he belongs — or at least where I think he belongs — in Detroit, Michigan, as the general manager of up-and-coming venue El Club. Located in Mexicantown, El Cl...…
…8 Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Unit of heat energy 6 Like wild boar meat 10 Rock-in-pond sound 14 Bit part 15 Matty of baseball 16 Most Rembrandts 17 Arabian’s head covering? 19 “Concord Sonata” composer 20 Nevertheless 21 Cools quickly 22 Physicist Rutherford 24 Arequipa’s land 25 Pats dry 26 Mounting problem at Churchill Downs? 3...…
…I crossed the ocean twice just to become it. Vietnam was supposed to be this surreal, visceral, place of peace. Two months since, my soul is still roaring into its body. I think I like to get as dark as I can so that I can see my mother’s manual labor on my back. Chi tells me that Me is out of the hospital and that she is asking about when I am coming back. Christine says I should write for pages in Viet. I am at dinner with another ...…
…10 Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Thirteen Wolverines attend NHL camps From June 25 to July 12, 13 members of the Michigan hockey team attended 11 different NHL Development Camps. The camps are typically week-long events intended to simulate an actual NHL training camp for prospects, allowing them to gain valuable experience for a potential professional career in the future....…
…Michigan’s 2018 class taking shape In February, Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football team inked one of the highest-ranked recruiting classes in team history. The coaching staff reeled in numerous top targets such as five-star prospects Donovan Peoples-Jones and Aubrey Solomon down the stretch to cement a class that 247Sports ranked as No. 5 in the nation. While Harbaugh and company may not sign a class as large...…
…12 Thursday, July 13, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Deron Irving-Bey over the span of a couple weeks. Similarly, most of Michigan’s top targets this year appear to be waiting to make their decisions after taking official visits in the fall. “Once the season hits, guys want to take their officials,” Lorenz said. “The elite guys, everyone is jockeying for position with those guys, so you’re going to see...…
…Disagreement over impact of gerrymandering in MI Voters see their voice as less effective, since the majority opinion isn’t fulfilled, may breed apathy By CARLY RYAN Daily Staff Reporter Eastern Michigan University junior Allen Maxson looked at a map of Michigan’s congressional districts and saw something “like a map of Europe in the middle of World War 2.” State Rep. Jeremy Moss (D–Southfield) saw “a squiggly mess.” And Way...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com University faculty member finds link between access to employer-provided health care and employee race, sex Almost every health condition could be impacted by access to health care, researcher says By KENNEDY WERNER Daily Staff Reporter New University of Michigan research find that employment leads to a higher life expectancy for white men. The study empha- s...…
…4 Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION T here is a scene in the biopic “Malcolm X” directed by Spike Lee that has always stuck with me in one of the most chilling and devastating ways possible. As Malcolm Little, soon to take the last name X, is beginning to adopt the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, he is prompted by one of his mentors to define the words “white” and “bla...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A lmost every day, we wake up, roll over in our beds and turn off our alarm*. Sometimes that is in a digital clock*, but knowing our generation, it is most likely a cellphone*. After tapping the screen*, we hop out of bed and turn on the light*. We may run to the restroom, and turn on the faucet* for a glass of water. After that, we might brush our teeth wit...…
…6 Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS TIDAL New album ‘4:44’ brings us back to ‘Lemonade’ Four-bar looped soul samples, oh how we’ve missed you. 4:44 opens with the dense, layered “Kill Jay-Z.” While a siren reminiscent of “Workinonit” recursively spaces in and out, Hov recounts shooting his brother, stabbing someone over album bootlegs and his intoxication with fame, among other things....…
…7 Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS TV REVIEW HBO ‘Silicon Valley’ ended its fourth season this past Sunday ‘Silicon’ Season Four finale bids goodbye to Bachman Finale pleases with comedy, disappoints in goodbye to Miller The success of any “Silicon Valley” episode has always started and ended with its characters. When the characters are connecting, the show’s jokes seem to build off of each other...…
…8 Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Many opera villains 6 Georgia __ 10 ’70s Israeli prime minister 14 Ration out 15 Antioxidant-rich fruit in smoothies 17 Some earrings 18 Celestial explosion 19 Midwestern pair 21 Japanese prime minister since 2012 22 Cold War weapons 26 Northeastern pair 33 Ready followers? 34 Jumper cable connection 3...…
…By CHRISTIAN PANEDA Michgian In Color Summer Managing Editor Founded in 2009, Pilipino American Unity for Progress is a national nonprofit orga- nizations that invests itself in engaging and empowering the Filipinx and FIlipinx Ameri- can community at large in the United States. UniPro was founded on the mission to pro- vide opportunities for Filipinx students in the United States to explore professional devel- opment, history and...…
…10 Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION D ear Mr. Carlson, I had not heard of you prior to the “Tucker Carlson Interview Request” I received to my work account last weekend (forgive me, Fox News wasn’t ever really my thing). And then I looked you up a bit. And read about you. And watched some of your videos. I reread the email: We’re looking to discuss the free speech bill that was proposed in...…
…11 Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS By BETELHEM ASHAME Managing Sports Editor Less than nine weeks before the start of the 2017-18 season, the Michigan football team has lost one of its top incoming freshmen. Corey Malone-Hatcher, a for- mer four-star defensive end from Saint Joseph’s High School (Mich.), announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he is retiring from football. Malone-Hatcher, who e...…
…12 Thursday, July 6, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Walton, Irvin adjust to summer league competition By JACOB SHAMES Summer Managing Sports Editor Unlike D.J. Wilson, his former teammate on the Michigan men’s basketball team, Derrick Walton Jr. wasn’t projected to be draft- ed in the first round of the NBA Draft — or even in the second round, for that matter. Despite a collegiate career steeped in accomplish...…
…Leaders of top universities discuss societal “compact” Schlissel emphasizes need to communicate public benefits of university research By EDUARDO BATISTA Daily Staff Reporter On Monday afternoon, the University of Michigan hosted leaders from nine of the world’s most highly ranked universities to discuss the public role of research universities for the ongoing celebration of the school’s Bicentennial. The event, titled ...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com At first gathering of Michigan Trump Republicans, supporters pass out “training cards” for reelection Organizers stress duty to defend Trump amid rising unpopularity By ANDREW HIYAMA Summer Daily News Editor More than 50 people showed up to Avery’s Tavern in Rochester Hills Monday night to attend a meet- ing hosted by the Michigan Trump Republicans, intended...…
…4 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION T he first time that I ever found a spider in my house, after a bit of screaming and running around and yelling for my mom, we eventually caught it in a jar and set it free outside. And except under dire circumstances, I still try to make sure the little guys, and gals, make it out alive. Which is why when the Daily’s Editorial Board first discussed the de...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C urrently, it seems that the tumultuous political environment of America will never calm, and the news of Mark Zuckerberg awkwardly testing the waters of the potential presidential arena only adds to the absurdity of our present democratic state. Zuckerberg, a thirty-three- year-old computer programmer who has a net worth greater than the GDP of Luxembou...…
…6 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Young Thug is inventive on recent hip hop album By SHAYAN SHAFII Daily Arts Writer Ah, a man and his guitar. So much of the worst music of the last 100 years has been made by dudes crooning about women over four-chord loops. But some of it has been good, too. At best, romantic, sing-song-y guitar bal- lads can be emotionally piercing and refreshingly honest; a...…
…7 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By AARURAN CHANDRASEKHAR Daily Arts Writer Underground French night clubs will be adding Staples to their rotation soon. From inaugural major label EP Hell Can Wait to his most recent Prima Donna, No I.D. and ARTium label mate DJ Dahi have produced 90% of the tracks Vince Staples has released. On Big Fish Theory, Staples eschews col- laboration with ...…
…8 Thursday, June 29,2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Angry Orchard product 6 Bony part of the roof of the mouth 12 1988 Schwarzenegger cop film 14 Put an end to 16 Clears a stoppage from 17 Entertainer nicknamed “The Schnoz” 18 “Be Prepared” org. 19 Party hearty 21 Monterrey Mrs. 22 Outlying area, briefly 24 Whitman of TV’s “Parenthood” 25 Slightly 26 Earth along the Elbe 27 Lyric tribute 29 French course 31 Score s...…
…for themselves. In turn I have learned to take care of myself. So thank you to the friends that taught me how to take time for myself, to shut off all the lights, watched trashy TV with me, and a shoutout to those that let me cook in their kitchens before I moved out of the dorms. 5. Get you some friends that are oak trees - A woman once said to me that are two catego- ries of friends. You’ve got friends that ar...…
…10 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein will have to replace two assistant coaches after Billy Donlon’s departure. Nielsen named next women’s lacrosse coach A week after former Maryland assistant Kevin Conry was hired as the Michigan men’s lacrosse coach, the women’s program filled that same opening. Athletic director Warde Manu...…
…11 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily The Michigan volleyball team will play 15 games this season against teams that qualified for last year’s NCAA Tournament. Michigan releases its 2017 volleyball schedule Wednesday, the Michigan volleyball team released its full schedule for the 2017 season. The 32-game slate includes 15 matches against teams that qualified for t...…
…12 Thursday, June 29, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily D.J. Wilson became the sixth Wolverine to be drafted in the first round since 2014 when the Milwaukee Bucks took him 17th overall. Conry named head coach Six weeks ago, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel announced the firing of men’s lacrosse coach John Paul, the only head coach the program has known. Wednesday, Manuel found his repla...…
…Full tuition guaranteed to in-state students in need University Regents affirm committment to low-income Michigan families By RIYAH BASHA Daily News Editor University of Michigan alum Lehman Robinson applied to his now alma mater on a whim. As a first-generation college student coming from a low-income household, he assumed the school would be out of his family’s means — until he received his financial aid notice. Si...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City Council affirms dedication to Paris Accords and voter registration, urges importance of reduced emissions Westphal noted true compliance with the agreement requires more than passage of the resolution By ANDREW HIYAMA Summer Daily News Editor Ann Arbor City Council con- vened for another biweekly meet- ing Monday night, passing an ordinance making it easie...…
…4 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION T he founders of the United States created our country on many guiding principles, the first being freedom of speech and the press. Despite it being a value settled centuries ago, it is a concept that contemporary society still grapples with today. Specifically, the limits of free speech are contested when discussing mainstream media, speakers on...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com I f you know me, then you know there are about four things I need to survive in life: Drake, Lush Cosmetics, Buffalo Wild Wings’ chicken wings and basketball. I can remember one of my first birthday gifts being a basketball and creating an entire imaginary team I would play against in tournaments. As the years passed, I started collecting NBA jersey...…
…6 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS ‘Crack-Up’ is expansive By SEAN LANG Daily Arts Writer Might as well add Crack-Up to the list of albums whose singles spoil their opening tracks. The album, an epic across space and time, is the first by Fleet Foxes in six years after “artistic differences” led to some form of break-up after 2011’s Help- lessness Blues. Crack-Up begins with the whisper of “I Am ...…
…7 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By JACK BRANDON Daily Arts Writer When Lorde won the Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Song, with “Royals” in 2014, she turned her fists into rocker horns with a confused expression on her face. Her smash single had won her an award in a category that not even she thought she deserved to place in — a testament to her artistry, skill and charm. Her sophomore ...…
…8 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Sheepish? 6 Seeks information 10 Wave back? 14 Fashion flap 15 Eliza Doolittle’s creator 16 Noah’s firstborn 17 __ blank (was stumped) 18 Big East hoopster 19 One of many on a sweater? 20 Headshot, e.g. 21 Rapper-turned- actor in “NCIS: Los Angeles” 24 Tiny, made tinier 25 Collect 27 Cake grain 28 Dec...…
…9 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR quated system of societal expec- tations. Looking out from your own community at the world in front of you, you’re only ever told by those inside of it to submit to what is the norm of those around you, and in that regard you try to do your best to conform. Pride in itself is not a pride- ful trait; to freely boast your strengths and exist as yoursel...…
…10 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Lorde is ethereal perfection at album release show in New York By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Online Arts Editor AVERY FRIEDMAN Daily Arts Writer A mood hung over Manhat- tan last Friday — maybe due to the low grey clouds mixed with summer humidity — but weather notwithstanding, it was bound to be a Melodramatic day as Lorde’s second LP filled the space between th...…
…11 Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS PHOTO CREDIT/GATORADE Soccer recruit Umar Farouk Osman, pictured with New York City FC’s Jack Harrison, was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year. Michigan soccer recruit named Gatorade Player of the Year Incoming Michigan soccer recruit Umar Farouk Osman earned the Gatorade National Boys’ Soccer Player of the Year award last week. The 5-foot- 9 mid...…
…MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily Oliver Jaskie was drafted in the sixth round of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners. Michigan baseball draft update Before the 2017 season began, Michigan baseball coach Erik Bakich pointed to the five Wolverines selected in the previous year’s MLB Draft as emblematic of the long-term success and culture he has aimed to create. “That’s the nature of the beast in quality programs, (you) try to build the ...…
…Former HUD secretary talks diversity and equity Obama appointee stresses importance of teaching in speech By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor On Wednesday afternoon, Julián Castro, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017, addressed a crowd of approximately 100 at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in the Michigan League. The talk, titled “Leadership in a Changing...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com University researchers study bilingualism in Argentina from both a linguistic and sociocultural perspective Study explores bicultural practices and languages By JENNIFER MEER Summer Managing News Editor A research project conducted through the University of Michigan is bringing together linguists and cultural analysts to better under- stand bicultural communi...…
…4 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION W hen I was six years old, my eager parents signed me up for private violin lessons to my absolute dismay. Under their pressure, I would trudge through my early musical career for the next four years or so – tears and tantrums included – until one day in the fifth grade, it wasn’t my parents pushing me anymore. That day was instrument- sampling d...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “ Did you see the fight between Hunter Strickland and uh, what’s his name?” my dad asked me a few weeks ago. I hadn’t, so when I hung up the phone, I did a Google search and the results were instantaneous. During the game, the San Francisco Giants’ pitcher, Hunter Strickland, hit Bryce Harper, a batter for the Washington Nationals, with the ball. A fight ...…
