…8 — Friday, February 28, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WITH BROOKS OUT, D’MITRIK TRICE TORCHES MICHIGAN’S DEFENSE AS BADGERS TOP WOLVERINES, 81-74 KEEMYA ESMAEL / Daily TRICE COLD Comeback falls short as Wisconsin beats Wolverines, 81-74, at Crisler There are a lot of adjectives that describe Thursday night’s matchup between Michigan and Wisconsin. Gritty. Streaky. Roller coaster. And at the end of it all, th...…
…Earlier this month, the Martha Cook Residence Hall’s Board of Governors sent out a revised 2020-2021 dining hall schedule to residents. The new dining plan will include a 17-meal plan Sunday through Friday, with no dining hall access on Saturdays. It will also continue to provide Deluxe Tea on Friday, and special dining events throughout the year. Currently, the Martha Cook dining hall is open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on we...…
…“We need to be doing a whole heck of a lot more of that, and I think that we have the capacity to do a lot more of that.” Glass previously served as the CSG Speaker of the Assembly. He is currently a Rackham representative and chair of the Rules Committee. Change At Michigan’s platform will center around combating sexual misconduct on campus and achieving carbon neutrality; increasing diversity, equity and inclusion; wellness; ...…
…Kertina Kimbrough, former senior administrative assistant at the University of Michigan, filed a lawsuit Feb. 19 alleging the University denied her a second interview for a position as research office administrator in the Department of Psychiatry due to racial discrimination. According to the lawsuit, the University posted the position in September 2018 and Kimbrough applied for the job that month. The research office ...…
…O ne of my biggest transitions from high school to my first college experience at Boston University was the change from a small, conservative Midwestern town to a large, liberal East Coast city. No longer limited by small-town resources or conventions, I felt free to embrace progressive ideas and discover ways to express them. As a high school theater kid, my expression often came through performances that were unfor...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 27, 2020 — 5A Defense helping inconsistent offense It had been nearly eight minutes since Michigan’s last field goal. Early in the fourth quarter against Michigan State on Sunday, the Wolverines’ offense looked completely dysfunctional. They made just one field goal the entire second half up to that point, and turned the ball over 10 times in the third quarter alone. ...…
…6A — Thursday, February 27, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Debra Hamel ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/27/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/27/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 ACROSS 1 Ottoman bigwigs 5 Wildly 9 Peaks 14 At hand 15 Animated explorer 16 Patterned fabric 17 Authentic pie...…
…Thursday, February 27, 2020 Thursday, February 27, 2020 Design by Caitlin Martens & Cara Jhang …
…2B — Thursday, February 27, 2020 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Diane, 11:30 am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks,” FBI Agent Dale Cooper says into his tape recorder as fir trees flick past his car window. Twin Peaks is a peaceful town. Quiet houses line the streets, lawns trimmed and protected by white picket fences. For those not working at the town’s massive lumber mill, there’s not much to do except h...…
…On Apr. 29, 2011, Catherine Middleton floated out of a retired Rolls-Royce Phantom VI parked directly in front of the main entrance of London’s Westminster Abbey. The morning wind caught her delicate veil as she rose to stand on the red carpet laid before her. Gracefully, she switched the hand holding her spring bouquet to adjust the flying lace. As she stood poised for her royal entrance, her sister calmly adjusted the dress’s s...…
…When we think of American culture in the ’90s, we don’t often think of Ireland. In fact, the origin of the most beloved music from the ’90s is often traced back to Seattle, Washington. Grunge pioneers were born below the city’s rainy skies — Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana — all of whom went on to shape the ’90s with their flannels and oversized jean jackets. While these bands have made major contributions to the music of the ’90...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 27, 2020 — 5B They populate hallways of high schools across the country, sauntering to class in their flannels and flared jeans. They cry “like this if you’re a ’90s kid,” while bopping out to hip hop music on a vintage Walkman. These lost souls were “born in the wrong generation” and yearn for days gone by. Fixating on any time period from the 1960s to the 1990s, th...…
…On July 3, 2011, I anxiously awaited my letter from Hogwarts. I had been preparing for this fateful day for years. I had already procured my coveted rosewood wand from a website promising “one-of-a-kind” custom wands and a shining black robe that was admittedly a bit too small, having purchased it years ago for my fourth grade Ginny Weasley Halloween costume. But on my 11th birthday, the time for my Hogwarts letter had fina...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 26, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 76 ©2020 The Michigan Daily NE WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A OPINION.....................4A ARTS & NEWS .............6A S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 B A R T S . . ....…
…Ann Arbor residents gathered Tuesday night to discuss developing affordable housing at a meeting hosted by the city and SmithGroup, an architectural design firm. Held in the Downtown Development Ann Arbor Authority building, the meeting served as a follow- up to a series of workshops held in December to garner community feedback about possible affordable housing sites. Attendees were handed a fact sheet that provided ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — 3A SCHLISSEL From Page 1A ADVISING From Page 1A PENCE From Page 2A TMD: In late September, the Public Accountability Initiative released a report showing that $26 million of the University endowment was invested in private equity fund Lime Rock Partners as of October 2018. The fund finances oil driver Tim Dunn and Empower Texans, a conservative group that h...…
…C riticism against the Electoral College has been mounting for decades. However, it has become a talking point for major presidential candidates after a 2000 and 2016 disparity between the popular vote and electoral majority collected. Many Democratic hopefuls including Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have spoken out i...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — 5A With his pale white skin and deep red hair, Archy Marshall is more like a human embodiment of a cigarette than he is a singer/ multi-instrumentalist. He’s got the voice to match, too: gnarled, deep and gruff. Rather than let his unconventional appearance and voice hold him back, he leans directly into it, using the combination to create stunning visual art an...…
…puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By Blake Slonecker ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/26/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/26/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 ACROSS 1 Commerce pact to be replaced by USMCA when it’s ratified 6 __ circus 11 Cook quickly 14 Fluffed-up dos 15 Apple music players 16 Actress Longoria 17 *Top brass 19 Out...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — 7A Mann, Mayotte working to fix habits After practice ended Monday at Yost Ice Arena, after most of the team and the coaching staff had retreated up the stairs to the locker room, Strauss Mann and Kris Mayotte — and a handful of forwards — were still on the ice. The sophomore goaltender and his position coach had a conversation at the far end of the ice bef...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ALEC COHEN / DAILY | DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN Juwan Howard’s new job came with a new Juwan Howard’s new job came with a new office. office. As the calendar flipped to June 2019, he began As the calendar flipped to June 2019, he began moving cardboard boxes en masse into an office moving cardboard boxes en masse into an office left vacant by former Michi...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 26, 2020 PHOTO BY KEEMYA ESMAEL The pulse of perfection The pulse of perfection …
…Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Magdalena Mihaylova Deputy Editors Emily Stillman Marisa Wright Associate Editor Reece Meyhoefer Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Madison Gagne Sadia Jiban Photo Editor Keemya Esmael Editor in Chief Elizabeth Lawrence Managing Editor Erin White P ink and yellow flowers covered the ovular bead that hung on a dainty gold chain s...…
…3B Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 3B Read more at MichiganDaily.com Ode to vintage stores T here was a big pond behind the third house of my childhood. The first night we moved in, all five of us ran down to it — my two brothers, mom, dad and me — and we slipped, slid and pushed each other across the ice. Snow was coming down from the sky in big chunks. (It was one of those typical winter nights, I’d later learn,...…
…M y favorite part of a Pure Barre workout is when we go into bridge lifts — upper back on the ground, pelvis pushing up toward the ceiling — because it’s the most overtly sexual thing we do, and it means class is almost over Pure Barre was founded by Carrie Dorr in 2001, just outside of Detroit. Driven by a results-oriented “lift, tone, burn” mantra, Pure Barre focuses on low-impact, muscle- burning movements intended to tighten and ...…
…Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 6B his stability filled me with purpose: a new way to pause, a new way to move, a new way to achieve. I spent the past three summers working the front desk at Barre3 in St. Louis. I kept the studio sunny and followed the morning and evening checklists for glorified janitorial duties: mopping the floors, deep cleaning the bathrooms, bleaching the weights. The best part of the job was the com...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement 7B I n the universe of college student organizations and meetings, icebreakers are a necessary evil — universally hated, yet they persist in a futile attempt to personalize meet- ings beyond the generic name/year/ pronouns/major introductions. At their best, icebreakers provide a tiny, mostly insignificant insight into the tastes and pre...…
…Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // The Statement VISUAL STATEMENT: BRUTALISM IN WASHINGTON D.C. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL BAGAZINSKI …
…LSA junior Stephen Dinka arrived at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library basement hoping to receive help with his Foundations of Computer Science course, EECS 376, homework at office hours. However, even though he arrived early, Dinka saw a massive crowd of students waiting for the instructional aide. “That one particular day was ridiculous,” Dinka said. “There were people standing around, right at the front door wondering, ‘Where’s...…
…2 — Tuesday, February 25, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms 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. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275. University affiliates ...…
… “They are run by the party, ours are not, ours are run by experienced election officials to carry out elections, typically every year if not every two years. And we’re not using untested technology. We’re not expecting a similar scenario to what occurred in Iowa.” The Michigan primary differs greatly from the Iowa caucuses. Instead of going to a corner of the room to vote for your candidate, voters go to their local precinc...…
…Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 25, 2020 — 5 Guided By Voices has always basically been known as Bob Pollard and a bunch of guys with day jobs. He was the driving force behind the band in any of its iterations. Whether it was back in the ’80s when they were still recording out of a garage or in the ’90s when they sounded like they were recording out of a garage, Pollard’s presence has stayed the same. A...…
…WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Paul Coulter ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/25/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/25/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 ACROSS 1 Rene of “Ransom” (1996) 6 Not as expensive 10 A bit loopy 14 Part of “the works” on a burger 15 Old man, in German 16 Needle case 17 1950 Gloria Swanson film 20 Peanut butter ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 25, 2020 — 7 ‘M’ confident after UConn losses Last week, Baseball America ranked Michigan No. 1 for the first time in school history — a first for any Big Ten team. Such a ranking is obviously a high honor, but it comes with expectations as well. Any time a No. 1 team loses, it’s the kind of upset that receives national attention. Still, Michigan coach Erik Bakich made...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines’ defense leading team When any team is searching for its identity, it deals in moments. Players, fans and pundits alike look for one game, one tournament, one shot to define a season or sometimes even entire programs. For instance, the Wolverines’ miracle run to the final game of the 2018 NCAA Tournament is defined by Jordan Poole’s 3-point prayer...…
…In April 2017, then- Engineering senior Michael Heinrich was just shy of graduating when a rotted tree fell on him while riding his motorcycle to class. The accident left Heinrich quadriplegic after he was paralyzed at his C-6 vertebrae in the neck region of the spine. Heinrich, who was studying to be a geotechnical engineer, said he was riding his motorcycle on a pathway below Northwood housing on North Campus whe...…
…“As a physician, scientist, father and university president, I condemn all sexual misconduct, especially instances that occur under the purview of our public mission,” Schlissel said. “This type of conduct is reprehensible — and whether it takes place now or took place in the past, it is unacceptable.” The Daily interviewed multiple students across campus for the perspectives of the student body about these allegations. LSA s...…
…When I called my mom last week, she said: “You should not come back at this moment. Stay safe and stay warm.” I knew how much they miss me as I haven’t been home for a year. A home I can’t come back and a family can’t reunion. That’s how coronavirus separated thousands of families in China. 68,500 is the number who got infected by coronavirus, and 1,665 is the number of deaths caused by coronavirus, with the oldest aged 89 and ...…
…Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 24, 2020 — 5A P O L I C Y T A L K S @ T H E F O R D S C H O O L Photo by U.S.-Islamic World Forum Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Info: fspp-events@umich.edu fordschool.umich.edu @fordschool #policytalks WEISER DIPLOMACY CENTER SERIES New frontiers: Labor, immigration, and foreign policy A conversation with Associate Professor John Ciorciari Wednesday, ...…
…WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Matt McKinley ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/24/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/24/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Monday, February 24, 2020 ACROSS 1 On a peg, as a golf ball 5 Panda Express kitchen items 9 Aerospace giant __ & Whitney 14 Pre-deal payment 15 Rapper/actor with a cool name? 16 Talk show host in the National W...…
…EMMA MATI / DAILY | DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN February 24, 2020 | michigandaily.com DANIEL DASH Daily Sports Writer INSIDE: SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN: HERE COMES FRANZ - MAX MARCOVITCH WOMEN’S HOOPS SLAYS SPARTANS - BRENDAN ROOSE AND KENT SCHWARTZ HOCKEY FALLS TO NOTRE DAME - ROHAN KUMAR AND TIEN LE WEST LAFAYETTE — The Michigan men’s basketball team has a roster that knows how to win. That is, anywhere but West Lafayette. Even under...…
…2B — February 24, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com O n Feb. 3rd, Franz Wagner came out for his media availability and settled near the back right corner of the Crisler Center media room. Michi- gan was com- ing off a win at Madison Square Gar- den. Wagner had just been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. You never know how those scrums will go; which ones will descend to meaningless platitudes and whi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 24, 2020 — 3B EAST LANSING — Three minutes and 32 seconds remained when junior forward Hailey Brown had just committed an offensive foul — her fifth, ending her night. A minute passed, and senior guard Akienreh Johnson committed her fifth. She shook her head as she walked off, knowing she’d have to watch her teammates try to hold onto a five-point lead that had once b...…
…4B — February 24, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NOTRE DAME SNAPS MICHIGAN’S WIN STREAK, SWEEPING WOLVERINES AT YOST IN CRUSHING BLOW TO AT-LARGE NCAA TOURNAMENT HOPES ALEC COHEN / Daily OUT OF LUCK Michigan falls, 3-0, on Senior Day Two-and-a-half periods of grinding hockey were over, and yet the game remained scoreless. But then Notre Dame defenseman Spencer Stastney skated across the slot and fir...…
…The University of Michigan is freezing its fossil fuel investments — for the time being. On Thursday evening, during the University’s Board of Regents meeting at the Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse, University Regent Mark Bernstein (D) announced the board is looking into the University’s policy on investments in fossil fuel companies. New investments will not occur during this time. “We will not bring forward new ...…
…The University of Michigan’s brand new Center for Ethics, Society and Computing opened in January with the goal of addressing inequality produced by digital media and computing technology. With the prevalence of computing technology across almost every professional field and modern, everyday life, the potential for inequity and exclusion exists across many disciplines. The center aims to use University resources to better under...…
…GEO President Emily Gauld, a Rackham student, spoke to The Daily before the grade-in and described GEO’s disappointment with the University’s rejection of proposals for promoting equitable and accessible working conditions. “We spent many hours answering questions about the language and trying to start problem-solving,” Gauld said. “They were really trying to understand the root of the problem we were getting at, we were trying to ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, February 21, 2020 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and manage...…
