…Next semester, a new one- credit class titled “Fake News, Lies, and Propaganda: How to Sort Fact from Fiction” will be offered to undergraduate students by the University of Michigan library system. The class will be aimed at dispelling biases about the news and teaching students how to look at media with a more critical eye. Though the topic of fake news has been widely discussed in the context of the current...…
…#WEBACK. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Monday, March 6, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com HUSSEIN HAKIM Busi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, March 6, 2017 — 3A cemeteries in three different states have been vandalized in recent weeks. Recent threats in southeast Michigan go beyond the Jewish community, too. A threatening voicemail was left at the American Muslim Society in Dearborn on Feb. 19, claiming Muslims are “agents of Satan” and that they “will be eradicated.” The FBI has also been called upon to in...…
…T he term “supernova” is used to describe the extremely dramatic destruction of massive stars within our universe. This occurs in the final stages of stellar life as a star burns its last amounts of helium and hydrogen, expanding to an incomprehensible size and increasing the temperature of its core to billions of degrees. The outer layers of the expanded star eventually collapse in on themselves, pr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 6, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Scalawag 6 Barber’s razor targets, at times 11 Folder identifier 14 Ann __, Michigan 15 “Haste makes waste,” e.g. 16 Color 17 Place for a haircut and a whiskey? 19 Tiny six-footer 20 James Bond is one 21 Be itinerant 22 “Ho ho ho” holiday guy 24 “You’re it!” game 25 James Watt, by birth 27 Storage sol...…
…6A — Monday, March 6, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Why I’m proud of my fat, bruised punk show lip DAILY MUSIC COLUMN The power and meaning in music and the injuries we endure for it Of course, I know that “I love punk rock” is the least punk rock thing a person could possibly say, but as I left the Magic Stick after a sold-out Menzingers show over Spring Break, I just had to let out that exclamation — as corny a...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | March 6, 2017 Collar check The Michigan men’s basketball team heads into a rubber match with Illinois in a much better position. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Senior moment The Wolverines’ Evan Allen is playing the best hockey of his career in the final weeks of his senior season. » Page 4B LINCOLN — With just over five minutes remaining, senior wing Zak Irvin pulled up from beyo...…
…LINCOLN — By tip-off Sunday night, the Michigan men’s basketball team already knew its postseason fate. After Iowa’s victory earlier that day, the Wolverines knew a matchup with No. 9 seed Illinois awaited them in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament in Washington D.C later this week. But before Michigan could turn the page on its regular season, the Wolverines had one last task to attend to — a road ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday March 6, 2017 — 3B Michigan wraps Spring Break trip with 2-1 finish After scoring 43 runs in a 5-0 start to begin its West Coast swing, the Michigan baseball team found less luck at the plate in the Dodgertown Classic in Los Angeles. Despite managing just seven runs combined against UCLA, Southern California and San Diego, the Wolverines (9-3) took two out of three games in the t...…
…4B — March 6, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WRESTLING Wolverines finish seventh at Big Ten Championships A season that started with the Michigan wrestling team redshirting three of its best athletes began its championship swing this weekend. And as they continued to travel with a young squad, the 15th-ranked Wolverines ended up right in the middle of the conference, finishing seventh at the Big Ten ...…
…President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded federal protections for transgender students at public schools and universities Wednesday night. Such protections, encouraged by former President Barack Obama, allowed transgender students to use the bathrooms of their gender identities. The Obama administration issued a “Dear Colleague” letter to public schools and universities in April calling for gender identity to be pr...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/26/08 11:51 AM SUDOKU HARD 8 2 6 7 8 3 5 7 4 3 1 2 8 7 9 1 3 8 1 9 4 5 3 3 6 4 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! I’LL MISS YOU. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, February 24, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, February 24, 2017 — 3 responded to a tense campus climate by advocating for change through protests and organizing resources. A number of inflammatory incidents have rocked campus this academic year, including multiple discoveries of posters promoting white supremacy and urging individuals to report undocumented immigrants in October and November and racist and anti-Semitic ema...…
…B lack History Month, for me, is by far the most meaningful month of the year. A time to reflect on the triumphs, tragedies and teachable moments of the past, while celebrating the influential people, institutions and events of today. It is also a time to look to the future and imagine a society greater than the one we currently inhabit. Since President Gerald Ford commissioned February as Black History Month in 1976 as a ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 24, 2017 — 5 What will win: Some performances are stellar for their front-fac- ing exuberance. Even harder is keeping a vivid char- acter reserved and internal, with a complex morality bubbling and churning beneath the surface while life passes before the character’s eyes. Mahershala Ali’s Juan, the drug-dealing surrogate father to young Chi- ron in “Moonlight,” is the highligh...…
…ACROSS 1 Test in which contrasts are helpful, briefly 4 __ stiff 10 Minor set-to 14 Huffington Post owner 15 Wedding offering 16 Defunct food coating 17 Domestic shamelessness? 20 Boundary 21 Legal tender with a torch 22 Dealer’s offering 23 __ voce 25 Body shop supply 26 Near giveaway at the liquor store? 30 2016 Billboard Top Artist 31 Besides Linus, the only Nobel laureate in two fields 32 Take badly? 35 Alluring 36 Postgame staple 37 Candy...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 24, 2017 — 7 Michigan routs Nebraska on Senior Night Back on Jan. 22, the No. 25 Michigan women’s basketball team traveled to Lincoln and defeated Nebraska, 84-51. It was the Wolverines’ most lopsided victory in Big Ten play. Michigan was just five points away from tying that margin Thursday night at Crisler Center, as the Wolverines routed the Cornhuskers, 88-6...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Friday, February 24, 2016 …
…Medical School Prof. Michelle Meade addressed common health and health- care disparities and how to promote positive changes to the current health-care system for disabled people Wednesday night in Mason Hall. The event, sponsored by the Interprofessional Health Student Organization, drew a crowd of about 20 students. Meade directs programs for the University of Michigan’s Rehabilitation Engineering Program, devel...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 10/27/08 1:10 PM SUDOKU HARD 4 8 9 6 9 5 2 5 7 1 3 5 4 1 8 9 7 8 5 4 2 7 9 4 6 8 7 5 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! ROUGH DAY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Thursday, February 23, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, February 23, 2017 — 3 of information. If government- financed state universities adopt speech codes preventing free speech, organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union argue such regulations violate the First Amendment and constitute government censorship. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said though the University cannot remove fliers or chalkings on the bas...…
…S o… what do you do?” I get asked this question everywhere I go. It is the first thing on the agenda when meeting new people, whether it’s your neighbors at a garage sale or recruiters at an event. Answering this question is tricky. Though no one says it so directly, it is likely that people will scrutinize and judge your response. This question carries so much weight that it is even considered the life’s most da...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, February 23, 2017 — 5 ‘Fist Fight’ falls short Despite a star-studded cast, Warner Bros. latest film disappoints “Fist Fight” is a movie about two teachers who go ahead and fight each other because that is something you wouldn’t expect two teachers to do. And if there is one thing that “Fist Fight” thinks is funny, it’s teachers doing things teachers wouldn’t normally do. “Look...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Oldest U.S. capital 8 Spade creator 15 Melodic movements 16 Ancient region now part of France 17 Is serious 18 Impulse conductors 19 Much toothpaste 20 U.S. neighbor 21 “Picnic” dramatist 22 Letter between November and Papa 25 Singer’s warm-up syllables 26 Indy-winning family name 27 Swears by 29 66, e.g.: Abbr. 30 Metaphor for jobs 31 Lav, in London 32 Singer Kitt 36 “.....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 23, 2017 — 7A Michigan still winless after loss to the Fighting Irish After five minutes of relentless attack to begin the game, No. 8 Notre Dame scored two consecutive goals in the next two minutes to take an early 2-0 lead. Senior attacker Tess Korten, however, quickly answered for the Michigan women’s lacrosse team. She served as the playmaker for the...…
…8A — Thursday, February 23, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines survive on the road against Rutgers After a tough loss in overtime to Minnesota on Sunday, the Michigan men’s basketball team had the opportunity to bounce back at Rutgers — by any metric the worst team in the Big Ten. Not only was it a chance for the Wolverines to recover from a crushing loss, it was a virtually a must-win game against a tea...…
…If University of Michigan College of Engineering researchers continue to prototype their innovative work, you might soon be receiving packages from someone other than a mailman — instead, a robotic bird. The University will be the first institution to program and test “Cassie,” a robot with the mobility of a bird and the potential to transform efficient energy usage. The robot, created by the Agility Robotics prog...…
…NEW SUDOKU WHO DIS? puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, February 22, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After bipartisan pressure, the Michigan state legislature modified its initial proposal from one which would completely eliminate the state’s 4.25-percent income tax to one that will gradually lower the tax to 3.9 percent over four years. This change occurred after nine university presidents ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — 3A coming from Congressional Republicans. They said if the ACA is repealed, it will need to be replaced; however, lawmakers have yet to bring forth a definitive plan for replacement. “In the last year, we’ve heard discussion of increasing premium costs and higher deductibles, and we do need to worry about that, there’s no question about it,” Dingell sa...…
…O n Friday, Feb. 10, I saw a beautiful performance by the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Hill Auditorium. Before the show began, as I looked around at the sea of gray, elderly audience members surrounding me, I saw Mark Schlissel, president of the University of Michigan, sitting in the level below me. On the previous night, I had attended a sit-in protest at the Michigan Union, organized by Students4Jus...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — 5A Carlton on work, future A thousand miles later, the singer-songwriter is all grown up After 16 years, six major releases and a nod from Billboard, the Grammys and the AMAs, Vanessa Carlton refuses to slow down. She’s only getting better, really. The singer-songwriter known for “A Thousand Miles” may have made a purposeful exit from the mainstream s...…
…ACROSS 1 Spot for an AirPod 4 Chowder morsel 8 Moscow currency 13 Slept like __ 15 Color in a Spanish rainbow 16 Religion of Basra 17 Corn Belt tower 18 Latin I verb 19 Riyadh resident 20 *Fictional road material 23 Bookshelf bracket shape 24 Of a battery terminal 25 Necessity for a game of Ultimate 27 History class assignment 30 Elec. or water 31 __ a clue 34 Slangy pounds 36 Financial help 39 End __ 40 Tomato product 41 Preference indicator ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — 7A Lewis shines in Wolverine debut Miles Lewis may be new to the Michigan baseball team, but he isn’t new to college baseball. After transferring from the University of North Dakota, the redshirt sophomore left fielder wasted no time in making his mark for the Wolverines. As a Fighting Hawk, Lewis finished the 2016 season as the Western Athletic...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Talcott, it’s about relationships with teammates At 4:18 Monday afternoon, just a few players remained at Yost Ice Arena. Many of the members of the Michigan hockey team had departed. Their participation in practice had ended. The ones who remained did so because of their in-game absence in Madison this past weekend. While some of these players c...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Looking in the Mirror The Push to Change History on Campus …
…M y friend Eli Chanoff once remarked that everyone in the world would benefit from drinking a tall glass of water right now. I think this is probably true. It is certainly true for me. Out of the set of emotional and physical states a person can be in — of which there are many, maybe infinite — dehydrated is the one I most commonly exist in. I notice, most acutely, the symptoms of my dehydration when I’m in class. The corner...…
…3B Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement BY SYLVANNA GROSS, DAILY SPORTS EDITOR ILLUSTRATION BY ERIN TOLAR “ So, what are your plans for next year?” Eight words that all seniors respond to with immediate sweaty palms and slight nausea. It’s an involuntary response that most of us experience because being asked to confront the biggest source of stress we have at this moment is awful. Every. Single. Senior. Has heard this q...…
…Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement 5B The Push to Change History on Campus Looking in the Mirror b y J a c k i e C h a r n i g a, Daily Staff Reporter I n an opening scene of “The Dan- gerous Experiment,” a play that premiered last month, James Bur- rill Angell, then-University of Michigan president, stands before the Board of Regents at a late 1870s meeting to fight ...…
…T o this day, I remember the photos. I was 12 years old when Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty, a 20-going- on-21-year-old pop artist from Barbados, suddenly canceled her performance for the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Despite the fact that I was hardly a Rihanna fan at the time, I found myself intrigued by the news. I remained concerned as the story unfolded rapidly, bursting forth like a phoenix from a fire. But my curiosity quickly ...…
…Wednesday, Februray 22, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: To the ER and Beyond I never expected to spend the morning of Jan. 24 in the emergency room. I didn’t think I’d be hooked up to an IV when I should have been sitting in my “Origins of Nazism” lecture at 11:30. Somehow, on that Tuesday I found myself in a bed in the emergency room at the University Hospital, wear- ing a typical gown and enjoying some vanilla yo...…
…Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement 8B Edmon Tsoi performs at the Lunar Gala Saturday, February 11 in Palmer Commons. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : L U N A R G A L A The Chinese Student Association and Hong Kong Student Association host a Lunar Gala to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Lantern Festival and the Year of the Rooster on Saturday, February 11 at Palmer Commons. EVAN AARON/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily K-Motion ...…
…Pink “pussy hats” lined the seats of Ann Arbor’s local venue Neutral Zone on Monday night where over 100 University of Michigan faculty, students and community members gathered to perform and watch performance-based art and comedy acts in a “Not My President’s Day” rally in opposition to the current President Donald Trump. The rally was organized by Bad and Nasty, an online movement that has organized and pla...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 KYGO & SELENA. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com WANT TO NAME A SUDOKU? GO TO TINYURL.COM/TMDSUDOKU Tweets Follow @michigandaily Coach Harbaugh @CoachJim4UM Alert & Savvy parenting when you get a picture of your kids on the jumbotron, feeling pretty good about myself. Matthew Ramirez @monomuted Popular discussion topic in Ann Arbor: “the weather is so nice bu...…
…of the event’s sketches and acts, which ranged from personal journal readings and comedy acts. Many of the actors were involved with the University’s Educational Theatre Company or were a part of the School of Art & Design BFA in Interarts Performance program. ETC Director Callie McKee was the Master of Ceremonies for the event and performed a recitation of a prose piece she wrote after the election. In it, she describes the emo...…
…On Feb. 11, after relentless student protests, Yale announced that the university would change the name of its residential college named after John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States remembered for his racist views and as a prominent spokesman for slavery. While there have been no similar protests about University of Michigan facilities, we recognize that there are buildings on campus named...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 5 Two young girls sit in a locker room. They are scared and unsure. One girl tells the other to punch her in the stomach — maybe that will suffice to abort the fetus growing inside of her. This week, Basement Arts presents Ruby Rae Spiegel’s “Dry Land,” in Studio One at the Walgreen Drama Center. “Dry Land” tells the story of an unlikely friendship that ...…
…ACROSS 1 One in a bad mood 5 Diplomat’s asset 9 Vatican-related 14 Memorization method 15 Patron saint of Norway 16 Nimble 17 High-tech bookmark 20 African language group 21 Winter bug 22 Cupid’s counterpart 23 Safari beast 26 Mystery writer whose Baltimore home is preserved as a museum 28 Office gossip 35 Moved quickly, old-style 36 Meat inspector’s org. 37 “Awesome!” 38 Office coffee holder, perhaps 39 Hard-rock link 40 “O Sole __” 42 1965 m...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 7 Michigan completes shutout over Baylor Junior Mira Ruder-Hook drove her shot deep into the court, catching her opponent off guard and forcing her to hit it wide. Though the match had been clinched for a while, Ruder-Hook’s win meant the Wolverines had swept their dual match against Baylor, 7-0. While Michigan was in control during the singles,...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Lin, Michigan go down to the wire to beat No. 15 Kentucky Kentucky’s Enzo Wallart prepared to return a serve from Michigan junior Carter Lin in the right corner of the backcourt. Wallart struck the return and the ball torpedoed back over the net, landing just outside of the singles’ sideline. Lin dropped to his knees and the rest of the Michigan men’s t...…
…The University of Michigan Hillel, the Black Student Union and NOiR fashion runway hosted an open Shabbat dinner Friday evening, followed by a conversation about intersectionality and activism facilitated by Yavilah McCoy, an African-American Jewish activist and educator. This event was a follow up to Thursday evening’s event, where McCoy spoke on similar topics. Hillel’s weekly Shabbat dinners are normally attend...…
