…His responsibilities grew: Batista prepared curriculum for the training of 40 members, oversaw mentorship programs, relations with alumni and corporate sponsors, and helped run the club. Batista has plans to improve student life both in the Business School and throughout campus, especially in regard to the DEI plan, the University’s long-term initiative to improve recognition of underrepresented groups on campus. He curre...…
…D emocracies need protections for political minorities; without them, society descends into mob rule. These protections are often formalized (e.g., the filibuster), but they’re also informally written into our legislatures’ codes of conduct. Compromise is essential to any functioning democracy. But with Trump, it’s a little bit different (just like everything with him is). The fundamental prob...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 20, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com CHECK OUT OUR COOL www.michigandaily.com WEBSITE. ACROSS 1 Negative attention from the press, briefly 6 Deep-voiced opera singer 11 “I knew it!” 14 Blazing 15 Gossip spreader 16 Abu Dhabi is its cap. 17 Change one’s route to avoid heavy traffic, say 19 Org. for marksmen 20 “You __ here” 21 Pipe-cleaning br...…
…6A — Monday, March 20, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “I’m taking far too many chances / On these less than idealistic romances.” Nobody would have picked the scrappy Welsh band with cutesy matching last names and gleefully overwrought song titles to secretly become one of the best bands of its generation, but I don’t think even Los Campesinos! themselves ever expected to survive their own brief moment. Their fi...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | March 20, 2017 Enjoy this week Ann Arbor will experience a feeling this week that doesn’t come around very often in college basketball » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Survive and advance The Michigan women’s basketball team staved off a late Wright State rally Saturday to move onto the third round of the WNIT » Page 4B EMOTION SWEET Michigan 73, Louisville 69 EVAN AARON/Daily …
…2B — March 20, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Michigan fans, a week to savor W hatever you do, don’t waste this week. For the next three- plus days, Ann Arbor will be one of 16 cities across the United States that gets to experience the singular energy that accompanies a trip to the Sweet 16. At 7:09 p.m. Thursday, the Michigan men’s basketball team will tip off in Kansas City, Mo., against...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday March 20, 2017 — 3B Wolverines sweep Kent State Thirty strikeouts. Fourteen innings pitched. No runs and only one hit allowed. It was nothing short of a monumental weekend for Michigan’s senior right-hander, Megan Betsa. After earning her fourth career no-hitter Saturday, the ace showed no signs of slowing down in the circle Sunday afternoon, allowing a sole hit and underscori...…
…4B — March 20, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan’s big men take over in win INDIANAPOLIS — Seventeen agonizingly long seconds stood between the Michigan men’s basketball team and victory as DJ Wilson stepped to the line for two crucial free throws. A miss by the redshirt sophomore forward on the front end of the one-and-one would have given the Cardinals ample time to tie the game — or even win...…
…Thursday evening, the Defend Affirmative Action Party, eMerge and Movement, three of the four parties running for Central Student Government office, gathered in Hutchins Hall for the first presidential and vice presidential debate of the season. Moderator Aaron Kall, the University of Michigan’s director of debate, asked candidates questions chosen from nearly 100 potential questions sent in online by Unive...…
…POT O’ GOLD. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, March 17, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Two student groups from the University of Michigan Law School, the Michigan Health Law Organization and the Law School Democrats, hosted a talk Thursday morning concerning the repeal of former President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Affordable Care Act, and its replacement, the American Health Care Act. The ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, March 17, 2017 — 3 with the help of our colleagues at the U-M Alumni Association, along with other channels. Our (massive online open courses) have reached over 5.6M enrollments over the last 5 years so we also hope to encourage many of these learners to explore these topics with us.” Natural Resources Prof. Arun Agrawal, an expert in political science, will be hosting th...…
…A s we drove down Carpenter Street in the Binghampton neighborhood of Memphis, Tenn., schoolchildren in royal purple polos and khakis flooded the sidewalk as school let out for the day. Their backpacks bounced on their backs as they crossed the street to the Carpenter Art Garden, a lively purple house with a yard full of large, painted, wooden hearts. Our tour guide, Noah Gray, the executive director of the Binghampton D...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, March 17, 2017 — 5 This Friday and Saturday, UMS will present Betroffenheit, a performance that combines theatre and dance to tell a grippingly honest story of trauma, loss and addiction. With five contemporary dancers and a single protagonist, Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre come together to create a project that mixes spoken word, recorded text and movement....…
…ACROSS 1 “Oopsy” 6 Grand Prix component 9 In things 13 Adult insect 14 Prefix with data 15 Subject preceder 16 Laboratory scam? 18 Saves, say 19 Challenge 20 Like some flushes 22 Missed the mark 24 Spike TV, once 25 Nile threats 28 Snubbing a testimonial? 33 Take for a while 35 B to C, e.g. 36 Call off 37 Something shared on a plane 40 Pres. when Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was decided 41 “The Social Contract” author 43 Hindu asceti...…
…LET THE MADNESS BEGIN INDIANAPOLIS — Fresh off a Big Ten Tournament championship, the Michigan men’s basketball team has experienced a rapid turnaround. After four games in as many days, the Wolverines will take the court once again Friday — albeit on a much bigger stage. While the magic of March Madness has already struck Michigan once, the Wolverines will officially open play in the NCAA Tournament in what Mich...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Friday, March 17, 2017 …
…In an effort to continue the building of Flint following its declaration of a state emergency in 2015, Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommended budgetfor the 2018 fiscal year allocated funds toward multiple programs and initiatives within the city. The budget will run from Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2018. To offset the thousands affected by lead contamination, about $49 million has been promised to be allocated for Flint in t...…
…whatever the requirements are of whatever class or program they’re in.” Specifically, the SSD cannot alter components of the course — including attendance, grades and homework obligations that are outlined in syllabi — to accommodate students. Additionally, students in certain programs that lead to certification or licensing must abide by the rules of the program as it was designed. Students can ask for adjustments themsel...…
…When I was a kid, I loved American Girl dolls. They were just expensive dolls, but they were also a defining innovation of my entire upbringing. The historical dolls scene was the best — don’t argue. Felicity was my favorite, but Nellie was pretty cool and Molly was all right. Don’t talk to me about Samantha though. My best friend and I would spend hours at her house poring through magazine pages, picking out the dolls we wanted ...…
…F or Christmas my sophomore year of college, my mom gave me “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson. Since I had been aspiring to become a lawyer, she thought I might be inspired by the story of a lawyer who advocated for marginalized criminal defendants. She couldn’t have been more correct: Few books have the ability to transform my worldview as much as “Just Mercy” did. The work was compelling not just for its h...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, March 16, 2017 — 5 ‘Bitter Harvest’ overlooks genocide in new romance Techno music, celebrity culture and a sheep: David Adjmi’s wildly extravagant and superbly funny play, “Marie Antoinette,” combines these elements and others to create an eccentric telling of the French Queen’s reign. This Friday and Saturday, the Residential College Players are performing the a...…
…ACROSS 1 The Miners of the Lone Star St. 5 Eurasia’s __ Mountains 9 Fundraising gps. 13 Caesar’s France 14 Marner of fiction 16 Hindustani language 17 What Dobermans do for dinner? 19 Innocent 20 Retro wall unit 21 Titanic undoing 23 Not very bright 24 Super-cold concoction at Baskin-Robbins? 28 Yale alum 31 Longtime Yankees announcer __ Allen 32 First to play James 33 Tall and lean 35 “Sadly ... ” 38 Box 41 World’s stealthiest detective? 44 G...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, March 16, 2017 — 7A Wolverines rolling into Big Ten Tournament The Michigan hockey team’s change in mentality was wholly apparent from the moment it began around a month ago. The Wolverines started to come to terms with an unpleasant reality: with a record well below .500, Michigan would not be securing a bid to the NCAA Tournament during the regular season. From there,...…
…8A — Thursday, March 16, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Cost of admission hurts Michigan students during NCAA Tournament There were just five of them, but by the noise they were making, you would have thought there were more. Way up in the upper deck of the Verizon Center, five members of the Michigan Maize Rage stood, yelled and cheered the Wolverines for four straight days all the way to a Big Ten Tournament...…
…All three University of Michigan students mentioned in this article requested anonymity due to concern for their own safety and the safety of their family. The country of origin of one of the students is also withheld out of the same concern. All under the age of 5 when they left, memories of home remain vague for three University of Michigan students since arriving in the United States on now-expired visas. Though protected now...…
…WINDAY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com PEACE OUT, JANUARY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com NEW WEEK, NEW ME. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Willie Nile WHAT: A concert by Willie Nile, a singer and songwriter who has been active for 35 years, performing songs from his new album, “American Ride.” WHO: The Ark WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: 316 S. Main St. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Social Area Brown Bag WHAT: Graduate student Koji Takahashi ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News & Sports Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 3A The Michigan softball team is ranked No. 19 in the nation and stacked with solid players up and down its roster, but has continued to underperform through the first five weeks of the season. As the Wolverines (14-7-1) prepare for their home opener this week against Bowling Green, contributions from both experienced players and relative newcom...…
…W hen discussing my enrollment here at the University of Michigan with anyone other than a fellow student, I am always asked the classic question “What are you studying?” and I always hesitate before I say, with a cringe, “I’m undeclared.” I quickly follow up with a rushed answer of what I am planning on declaring. It does not matter that this is my first year, or that I have another year before I need to deci...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 5A ‘Cries From Syria’ gives crisis needed humanity New HBO documentary a laudably sobering look at Syria’s plight You’ve seen the pictures. Two of them, specifically. You’ve seen the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, face down, dead, on the shores of a Turkish beach, lifeless in a bright red shirt and blue shorts. You’ve also seen five- year-old Omran Da...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Franklin’s faith 6 Civil rights org. 11 Nursery offering 14 More than just saber-rattling 15 Not as well 16 Numero __ 17 1980 Clint Eastwood film about a Wild West show 19 Elton’s title 20 Forward 21 “Isn’t that something” 22 “Hold it right there!” 23 1965 Jerry Lewis/Tony Curtis farce involving flight attendants 26 Prey for cheetahs 29 Little League airer 30 Fishing spot...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 15, 2017 — 7A In final season, Christner sheds the pressure Between innings against Arizona State on Feb. 26, the Michigan softball Twitter account posted a video of senior centerfielder Kelly Christner gathered around her fellow outfielders, dancing to Pat Benatar’s 1983 hit, “Love is a Battlefield.” It was the final day of an arduous five-game Mary Nutter ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8A — Wednesday, March 15, 2017 …
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…My whole life I had been told That there was but one substrate I could hold A substrate in every way perfect for me Together an enzyme-substrate complex we would be Oh how I dreamt of her every night Desperate to fill the void in my active site For a time I didn’t mind the wait Knowing somewhere out there was my structural mate But time grew cruel, and I began to question my conformation Was it possible that mine was a mutation What if the...…
…And in that moment I was a tiger, my prey’s blood matted into my fur as I carried you, dangling between carved fangs, afraid and afraid. The days passed maliciously since our lips had met in comfort; but here I was deafened and defeated by the way you stroked my hair, fingers braided into tangles and knots. And in that moment I was a tiger, and I kissed the earth and her leaves. the greens dissolved on my tongue, the meat and the veins as ...…
…Wednesday, March 15, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 15, 2017 // The Statement 5B A Peculiar Love for Nuts a short ficton story b y B e n R a p p o p o r t, LSA Freshman J ames Jameson? Yeah, I know him. He works with me at the office. Gotta feel bad for a guy with a name like that; his parents must have hated him. I think he runs numbers for the guys upstairs. I guess management thinks he’s hot shit or something. A ...…
…F eet shuffled across the courtyard, sneakers and flip flops and sandals against the scorching black pavement. Voices rose and fell periodically, calls of “Hey!” and “How was your summer?” rippling through the air. Hands reached out to tap shoulders, heads turned around in greeting, arms circled each other in hugs. In the middle of it all, a girl stood alone. Her hands gripped the straps of her teal backpack. She turned her head...…
…O n the once pearlescent edges of fleshy pink, there was decay, like that on the teeth of young boys and girls who dread nothing more than the taste of toothpaste. There was now a numbness where they had been filled with thought: the edges, consisting of those sensations of falling asleep or being woken up, now startled but unable to process. “Are they in pain?” His wife looked at the lined hospital beds, each sectioned portion a m...…
…Wednesday, March 15, 2017 // The Statement 8B If at some point we all succumb For goodness sake, let us be young. ‘Cause time gets harder to outrun, And I’m nobody, I’m not done. -The Vaccines I respect youth. I value it, fight it, fear it. Having completed only my first year of college, I’ve not been responsible for a career, a home, another person. I’ve never worried about angering a boss for fear of losing my job and my income. ...…
…Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed discussed his candidacy and platform to more than 150 students and community members at the Ford School of Public Policy Monday night. The event, hosted by the University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats, allowed students to ask questions and hear the story of the 32-year- old University alum and Rhodes scholar. As the son of Egyptian immigrants, El-Sayed rec...…
…Students and faculty discussed ways to manage the nation’s energy requirement and protect the rights of both Native Americans and the environment during a town hall hosted Tuesday evening by LSA Student Government. The town hall was sprouted out of the national controversy surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline. About 35 people met in the Michigan League to listen to four panelists: Mark Barteau, director of th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 14, 2017 — 3 the rent,” rally-goers chanted, in reference to the insufficient 2 percent wage increase the University offered. Ware explained graduate student employees are paid approximately 18 percent below the living wage in Ann Arbor, according to the MIT Living Wage Calculator. GEO Communications Co-chair Sara Chadwick, a psychology and women’s studies Ph.D. s...…
…O ver Spring Break, I had an Uber driver ask me, completely out of nowhere, “How long was your past relationship?” I remember thinking to myself, “Why is he asking me this? He has no right to know.” As a white female college student who was clearly out of her element in southern Florida, he probably saw me as an easy target. While I found it very creepy, I responded with something that I knew would end the c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 14, 2017 — 5 Jung Yun, writer and assistant professor of English at George Washington University, will be at Literati Bookstore on Wednesday to celebrate the paperback release of her first novel “Shelter.” Yun began writing the first scene of her debut novel in 2004. After 12 years, “Shelter” was finally published in 2016 and is now being released as a paperback book. Yu...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, March 14, 2017 — 7 NCAA Tournament: Breaking down the Midwest Region By winning the Big Ten Tournament, the Michigan men’s basketball team earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Once on the bubble, the Wolverines ripped off 10 wins in 12 games to make it into the field as the No. 7 seed in the Midwest Region. Michigan kicks off its NCAA Tournament on Frid...…
…8 — Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Nagelvoort gives ‘M’ a chance T he Michigan hockey team has found success over its last few games, and, like when it had some success early in the season, it has done so with goaltending. Then, the Wolverines relied on a rotation of goaltenders — freshman Hayden Lavigne earned two shutouts in the first nine games of the season, and strong performan...…
…Jeremy Bassis, an assistant professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering currently on sabbatical in San Francisco, says he was introduced to glaciology, the focus of his research, by several happy accidents. As an undergraduate studying physics at Pennsylvania State University, he says he discovered climate and environmental research by walking into the wrong classroom. “Penn State is a big campus, kind ...…
…CRUISIN’. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com WANT TO NAME A SUDOKU? GO TO TINYURL.COM/TMDSUDOKU 2A — Monday, March 13, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “The Changing Legal Services Market in Japan” WHAT: Shozo Ota, a University of Tokyo law professor , will cover failing law schools, bar exam disasters and sex scandals. WHO: Center for International & Comparative Law WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: Hutchins Hall , R...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, March 13, 2017 — 3A specifically cracks in the ice, which led him to his current research today. He says he did not anticipate the direction his study took him, as he originally had anticipated that, as a student of physics, he would “be playing with lasers in a basement somewhere.” Bassis continued to study glaciers when he realized the research he was doing — on the ways g...…
