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…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Fall 2020 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. ERIN WHITE Managing Editor ekwhite...…
…In an email to The Michigan Daily, an IBM spokesperson wrote that IBM established history’s first corporate “equal opportunity policy” in 1953, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of “race, color and creed.” However, the spokesperson wrote that the company did not specifically protect non- cisgender individuals, like Conway, until 2002. Conway told The Daily “she lived her life in stealth” after IBM. She r...…
…As of November 2020, the Face- book group Subtle Asian Traits has amassed almost two million members. Articles in The Atlan- tic, The New Yorker and The New York Times have hailed it as a “safe space — where Asian Ameri- cans can express (their) authentic selves.” The group shares memes, tweets, funny screenshots, cute art and Tiktoks meant to be relat- able to the Asian diasporic expe- rience. In August 2020, Sarah Mae Dizon wrote ...…
…7-Opinion I am a sorority girl, but not in the way they are typically por- trayed: skinny, blonde and white. I am none of those, yet I am still in a sorority. This type of sorority often gets lost in the great umbrel- la of Fraternity and Sorority Life; I myself didn’t realize a space like this existed until later into my freshman year, eventually joining during the first semester of my sophomore year. South Asian Fraternity an...…
…2-News 6 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BOOK REVIEW MUSIC REVIEW Daily Arts on ‘Shuggie Bain’ and the Booker shortlist Kali Uchis shines on debut Latin album ‘Sin Miedo’ WINNER: Douglas Stuart, ‘Shuggie Bain’ “Shuggie Bain” is a novel that is quick to overwhelm the reader with its vivid and frequent depictions of tragedy, though in an unsustainable fashion. The reader immediately becomes...…
…Arts Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Three weeks ago, Kalie Shorr released “My Voice,” an anthemic middle finger to the country radio system that will “probably never play me ‘cause I’m not a boy.” As bold as it is, “My Voice” falls in line with Shorr’s other aptly-titled projects — her debut record Open Book from 2019 and newly-minted iHeartRadio podcast “Too Much to Say” both cast Shorr as ...…
…Opinion B efore this election and the anti-democracy maneuvering that quickly ensued, Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court had already destroyed any expectation the American left may have had for mutual respect between them and the Republican Party. Now, let’s be clear: reducing the identity of any Supreme Court justice to their nominating party is a mistake. But in an ideal world where people abide by...…
…2-News I n the seminal classic “Under Pressure,” David Bowie sings what is perhaps the most insightful lyric of the 20th Century: “Love’s such an old- fashioned word and love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night, and love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves.” While it might be considered an overdramatization of what is much more often a mundane and long-winded process, Bow...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 statement W hat is the first image that comes to your mind when you think of TikTok? Is it Charli D’Amelio and her friends dancing to a viral song? Or is it half-naked white boys jamming to hip hop music? While these may be the most common associations of TikTok, the platform has many more sides to it than just the content of attractive young people doing sill...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement ‘A season of grief’: Profiles of the LGBTQ+ holiday experience BY GRACE TUCKER, STATEMENT COLUMNIST Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 11 H ey my girl. Is there anyone you would like to bring home for Thanksgiving? Someone who isn’t travelling home or needs allies to have Thanksgiving with?” In something like extending a hand or offering a warm hug, my mom sent me that text message ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 12 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 statement S o, do you want me to buy a share of a water buffalo or a flock of chicks?” my friend Kat asked me as we discussed what we wanted for the upcoming holiday season. After a few min- utes of searching the internet, we some- how ended up on the website of Heifer In- ternational, a global nonprofit that aims to provide livestock and services to farmers. Ac...…
…statement A reluctant ‘Go Blue!’ The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 13 B ack in March, when COVID-19 hit and it became clear that schools would have to shut down, I remember thinking: well, at least I go to the University of Michigan. I was lucky, I thought, to go to such a cutting-edge school. Our president is a physician. We have a faculty of in- credibly knowledgeable researchers and prof...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 14 — Wednesday, November 18, 2020 statement T he code word was perfect: obscure enough so that the boys couldn’t decipher it, but not so strange that it would attract the attention of our teach- ers. In the lunch line, we were giggling by the shelves of Cheetos and Funyuns, pointing at the girl a few steps ahead: “Look, look,” I said, motioning to the back of her white t-shirt. “Her walrus is ...…
…For its most important series yet this season, the Michigan hockey team will be without five of its key players against Minnesota next week. Monday afternoon, USA Hockey released its preliminary roster for the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. It includes three Wolverine freshman forwards — Matty Beniers, Thomas Bordeleau, and Brendan Brisson — as well as sophomore forward Johnny Beecher and sophomore ...…
…16 — Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Erratic quarterback play hurts Wolverines Run defense collapses in Penn State loss Don Brown looked down, then back up. His lips pursed as his mask sat below his chin. Penn State quarterback Will Levis was in the end zone celebrating. Brown was left to watch and wonder. About what was next after the final Nittany Lions touchdown to seal a 27-17 Mi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — 17 Michigan football coaches need to wear their masks correctly As of Monday, there have been well over 13 million COVID-19 cases and more than 265,000 deaths in the United States. In the state of Michigan alone, there have been over 350,000 cases and more than 9,000 deaths. Regardless, a football season is being played at Michigan — for now. ...…
…First, Michigan lost to a Michigan State team in Year One of a new coach. Then it lost to a team it hadn’t lost to in 30 years. Then, a week after losing to Wisconsin in the biggest loss in Michigan Stadium history, it took three overtimes to beat conference bottom-feeder Rutgers. On Saturday, the lows kept coming. This time, the Wolverines (2-4) handed Penn State (1-5) its first win of the season, 27-17, the second time this ...…
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…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Fall 2020 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. ERIN WHITE Managing Editor ekwhite...…
…This was more difficult for students who had already left due to the two-week stay at home order issued in late October. LSA freshman Dora Usdan, who moved back home earlier in November, plans to live in an off- campus apartment next semester with her roommate. “But we just had to sign the lease on an apartment that we’d never seen before because we’re not in Ann Arbor,” Usdan said. “It was really stressful because even as I w...…
…Graduate student Jeffrey Grim’s last moments with his grandparents consisted of Zoom calls and waiting outside their room in the hospital. Despite following public health guidelines, both of Grim’s grandparents, Jacob and Doris Bender, contracted COVID-19 this summer. “The hardest part was not being able to do anything,” Grim said. Doris and Jacob, who worked in the Army, married in 1958 after meeting in Hawaii . Th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, November 18, 2020 — 5 Three U-M professors to aid Biden-Harris transition Three University of Michigan professors and Obama administration alums will help President-elect Joe Biden transition to power in Washington, D.C. The group selected to evaluate various federal agencies and get them in line with the goals of the Biden administration is a who’s- who of acade...…
…Noor Al-Fikhri was buried in a shallow grave under a fig tree ten minutes before noon, after her left ankle gave out in an attempt to hang her blue silk dress to dry while climbing the rusty, half-removed ladder that led to the roof. My 12 year old grandmother found her sister half-splayed, cats and flies lap- ping at what little remained of the dried blood, her knees dis- jointed and contorted in the special sort of way that could...…
…Wednesday, November 18, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color My friend Grace and I arrange ourselves around her kitchen table after deciding to play a board game to pass time during another murky day in quarantine. I sit idly by as she distributes colorful paper money while her broth- ers argue over who gets to play as the top hat. Before I know it, the board is set up, cards neatly stacked and all....…
…Opinion It’s no secret that both the administration and the students made mistakes this semester. We’ve recorded thousands of cases of COVID-19, which resulted in a countywide shutdown of undergraduate activity. Now is the time to prove we can do better. The University needs to expand housing to accommodate students with special cases and make their criteria to stay on campus more widely known and accessible for those not able t...…
…T he Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced to Congress in 1923 by suffragists Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman. In 1972, it passed in Congress, but the necessary number of states failed to ratify it by the 1982 deadline. Since then, it has incited a great deal of debate on both sides of the aisle. In the revolutionary and arguably electric atmosphere we’re living in, the Equal Rights Amendment should finally be ratif...…
…A fter the tide turned against his conquest of continental Europe, Napoleon was decisively defeated by a coalition of European powers in the spring of 1814. The French emperor was then exiled by the victors to the small island of Elba, off the western coast of Italy. As the coalition powers met to determine the postwar balance of power in Europe, Napoleon, conscious of his popularity in France, slipped out of exile, retur...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 18, 2020 — 11 BOOK REVIEW ‘The Mirror and the Light’ fits the political climate Lana Del Rey and the mesh mask Her head makes a dull thud as it hits the platform, rolling a couple feet away as her body teeters and lurches forward, swimming “in a pool of crimson, the blood seeping between the planks.” Queen Anne Boleyn, the second of King Henry VIII’s six wives, ha...…
…Arts michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily 12 — Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Contrary to popular belief, the multi-cam sitcom isn’t dead. Several cameras centered around one set to simultaneously record a scene. It’s an easy, painless setup that was popularized in 1951, when “I Love Lucy” won the hearts of the American public and left a permanent imprint on our digital culture. Since then, the multi-camera setup has given birt...…
…Arts Wednesday, November 18, 2020 — 13 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “extremely online” to my friends, they usually agree — they too love memes and spend hours on Twitter. gets messy. It usually turns into some form of me reciting my own version of Bane’s quote from “The Dark Knight Rises”: “You merely adopted the internet; I was born in it, molded by it.” To say that this past week was stressful is an understatement. I...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 14 — Wednesday, November 18, 2020 statement Last Saturday I stood in Chicago, across the river from Trump International Hotel & Tower, surrounded by a crowd of strang- ers. I’d found out the election results half an hour earlier, by way of a CNN push notifica- tion, on the 23rd floor of my dad’s apartment building. Within minutes, the honking and cheering pouring through the 12-inch glass window ...…
…Editor’s Note: The follow- ing article is an excerpt from a book the author is current- ly writing titled “The Search for Marcel.” O n January 15, 2020 — a day that history will remember for the grim pro- cession delivering two arti- cles of impeachment to the Senate of the United States — I first read an article written in 1937 by my great- grandfather, Otto Schirn, titled “Chancellor Schus- chnigg’s Work.” Four months earlier...…
…16 — Wednesday, N The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com statement I don’t consider myself a religious per- son, but I had the closest thing to a spiritual awakening when I first climbed up the olive steps leading to South Fourth Avenue’s most charming hideaway — a place with tingling espresso aromas, walls adorned with matcha- colored greenery and a heavenly soundtrack of scholarly chatter and prickly indie tunes: Literati Coffee. It ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 18, 2020 — 17 Mira Shane aims to foster Michigan’s next generation in coaching role For four years, Mira Shane was the best goaltender in Michigan women’s lacrosse history. And now, just 18 months later, she’s making the return to Ann Arbor. Shane finished her career as Michigan’s all-time leader in career victories, saves and save percentage. Now, Shane is ...…
…18 — Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In lopsided loss, Michigan falls flat on its face Two weeks ago, the Michigan football team reached its lowest point at the Big House in Jim Harbaugh’s six-year tenure with a shocking loss to three-touchdown underdog Michigan State. It stooped even lower on Saturday night, this time to the tune of a 94-year record. For that, it has only its own lack ...…
…Thirty minutes before Michigan was set to Thirty minutes before Michigan was set to kick off against No. 13 Wisconsin on Saturday kick off against No. 13 Wisconsin on Saturday night, senior safety Brad Hawkins walked to night, senior safety Brad Hawkins walked to the back left corner of the end zone and knelt the back left corner of the end zone and knelt to offer up a prayer. If it had anything to do to offer up a prayer. If it had ...…
…Stream your favorite movies, TV shows, and Amazon Originals. Start your 6-month trial, no cost to you amazon.com/UofMichigan 20 — Wednesday, November 18, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
…Students took to State Street to celebrate after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election on Saturday. LSA sophomore Grace Timmer said that after such a close race, it was relieving to see the results this morning and the community support this afternoon. “I am elated to be here and see all the support for Biden,” Timer said. “It’s amazing after the tight election to see everyone come out and take a ...…
…The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Fall 2020 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a current copy of the paper mailed to you, please visit store. pub.umich.edu/michigan-daily-buy-this-edition to place your order. ERIN WHITE Managing Editor ekwhite...…
…“I was really confused as to why we’re just now implementing asymptomatic testing for next semester,” Makar said. “I have friends at other schools like Ohio State, another big public university, where they get tested weekly, and it’s mandatory. I was curious as to know why we didn’t implement that beforehand.” Alison Roberson, another LSA freshman and South Quad resident, said she was “shocked” by the plan fo...…
…The Michigan Daily Administration Beat sat down with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel to discuss the plan for the winter semester, why the University changed its approach on testing and enforcement policies, regulating Fraternity & Sorority Life and the impact of the election on campus. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. TMD: In the announcement about winter semester plans, you said...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Multimedia Wednesday, November 11, 2020 — 5 Shows after 6pm $599 $499 $399 Shows b/w noon - 6pm Shows before noon Ticket includes a FREE 46 oz. Popcorn! Safety Plan in Place #CinemaSafe Your Neighborhood Theater! Bring this coupon to Quality 16 to receive 10% off your entire concession order. Offer valid one transaction per person. Not valid with any other offers. Valid only for conc...…
…Critical learning requires a degree of vulnerability from the learner and the teacher. But when the traumas of systemic oppression are unaddressed in the classroom, marginal- ized students aren’t given the chance they deserve to show their own vulnerability, and thus aren’t given the chance to engage in a wholly authentic and meaningful learning expe- rience. First, let’s make no mistake: Being vulnerable means being courageous....…
…Noor Al-Fikhri was buried in a shallow grave under a fig tree ten minutes before noon, after her left ankle gave out in an attempt to hang her blue silk dress to dry while climbing the rusty, half-removed ladder that led to the roof. My 12 year old grandmother found her sister half-splayed, cats and flies lapping at what little remained of the dried blood, her knees disjoint- ed and contorted in the special sort of way that could o...…
…7-Opinion E ver since Donald Trump was inaugurated back in 2017, much of American politics has revolved around a fundamental question of political science: What exactly defines authoritarianism, and does Donald Trump fit within that mold? Though it’s obvious that Trump harbors anti-democratic ambitions, a defining feature of his presidency is that although he might want to be an authoritarian, he’s bad at actually achievin...…
…2-News W ith polls having closed and the result in — albeit, after a painfully long wait — it appears as though former Vice President Joe Biden has won the presidency while Democrats have kept the House of Representatives but fell short of taking back the Senate for now. Controlling the White House and the lower chamber of Congress while not having the Senate will complicate matters when it comes to climate change, which Biden ...…
…T oxic masculinity and its dangers are becoming more known, and you likely already know of examples embodying it, from nonsense that “men don’t cry” to certain things being deemed “gay” with a demeaning connotation. Yet, the intersection between toxic masculinity and eating disorders, specifically ones that revolve around fitness — think the avid gym-goer that won’t eat a bit outside of their macros for the day — is undeniable...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 11, 2020 — 11 MUSIC REVIEW BOOK REVIEW ‘Clockface’: Costello’s aim is the same ‘Real Life’ is raw, complex Though the title track of Elvis Costello’s latest album describes him in a battle against time, the English songwriter definitely has a habit for creating timeless listening experiences. In a career spanning over 40 years, Costello has earned the reputati...…
…2-News 12 — Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Online Event: Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. An online lecture. For more information, visit events.umich.edu/event/75456 or call 734.615.6667. Anti-Jewish Pogroms and the Origins of Multiculturalism JEFFREY VEIDLINGER Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies Director, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies DAILY DAN...…
