…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Newaygo, MI – Tubing on the Muskegon River Coloring outside the lines In 1983, poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde wrote, “Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian … There is no hierarchy of oppres- sion. I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot afford to ...…
…Opinion Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com N.A.T.O. must liberate itself from U.S. domination S ince its establishment during the Cold War, N.A.T.O. has served as a transatlantic allegiance for peace; serving post-World War II to unite European countries and the U.S. as well as deter Soviet expansion. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, N.A.T.O. has focused on promoting its values — ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Read more at MichiganDaily.com “T he helicopter parent” is a term that has gained significant popularity over the past several years. It was coined for the parent who deems it their personal responsibility to be involved in every aspect of their child’s life. The duties of the helicopter parent include endlessly prying about their child’s fri...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 11 Corum, Edwards show full capabilities in dominant performance against Penn State JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor After Penn State allowed a stunning 418 rushing yards in a 41-17 loss to the Michigan foot- ball team, a number of defensive standouts admitted that the Nit- tany Lions needed to be better. That much was evident to anyone who watched Penn State...…
…12 — Wednesday, October 19, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com YOUR CARE IS OUR PRIORITY. GET CARE. The Michigan Daily …
…Monday night, the University of Michigan Diag was filled with over 100 voices chanting ‘Yes on three!’ as activists and Ann Arbor community members rallied for Proposal 3, also known as the Reproductive Freedom For All ballot initiative that will appear in the upcoming midterm election. The Reproductive Freedom For All proposal would amend the Michigan Constitution to enshrine the right to abortion, birth control and other forms...…
…In the wake of Hurricane Fiona, a Category 4 storm that hit the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, approximately 233,000 individuals have been without power, dozens of communities were flooded and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Puerto Rico is over 1,900 miles away from Ann Arbor, but for many members of the University of Michigan community, the catastrophe is personal. Rackham student Daniela Crespo-Mi...…
…Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 3 Arts michigandaily.com — The Michigan Daily A Michigan summer is difficult to hold in your hands. It is a season that slips into temperature extremes, turning increasingly novel each year — July and August heat are just almost unbearable at times — but more than that, summer is a season of universal renewal. Warmth is restored from the ground up in every living being, and the beating heart of ...…
…When I walked into my kitchen on the first day of September, I wished my roommate a Happy Christian Girl Autumn. It’s a holiday, folks. A holiday to celebrate the turning of the seasons and the return of the white woman’s fall aesthetic. My roommate and I are intimately familiar with the style that constitutes a Christian Girl Autumn: bouncy curls, skinny jeans, scarves larger than the girls rocking them, knee-high boots and, inev...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 5 This is your sign to sign up for Prime Student. amazon.com/joinstudent Start your 6-month trial. The Michigan Daily …
…In 1969, you could be denied voter registration at the Ann Arbor Clerk’s Office if you weren’t “conservatively dressed.” Or if your answer to “Where did you spend your last vacation?” implied any sort of family connection or financial dependency. Or if you told the clerk that you would call your parents if you were seriously ill or had some sort of emergency. For the majority of the University of Michigan’s history, stud...…
…Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com S T A T E M E N T CHEN LYU Statement Contributor Ethnic businesses transformed Ann Arbor strip malls into cultural meccas Rediscovering Ann Arbor HALEY JOHNSON Statement Correspondent (ABOVE) Aladdin’s Market sits on a corner of the Packard/Platt mall. KEITH MELONG/Daily RILEY NIEBOER/Daily (ABOVE) The Songbird Cafe at the Plymouth Road Mall. (ABOVE) The Golam Mea...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Me and my mother tongue I don’t speak my mother tongue. I used to be regretful, upset and honestly a little bit ashamed that I never tried very hard to learn it. My parents first tried to teach me when I was a baby. Appar- ently, I used to flip flop between Tamil and English, which con- fused my white preschool teachers. And I guess my teach- ...…
…Opinion Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 9 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Kyrsten cinema continues to be astoundinly terrible T his week, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., paid a trip to the McConnell Center, named after Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. The move sparked righteous anger from many on the left, given the Republican senator’s legislative history that spans decades. Though it’s fair to take excep...…
…A s college students, we’ve all been in those situations where we’ve pulled desperate all-nighters before exams or had to work well past when we wanted to. If you’re a student at the University of Michigan, chances are that you’ve experienced at least one of these scenarios. More often than not, we take the practice of sleep and its necessity for granted. After all, roughly one-third of our lives seems like more than enough ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 11 Attack errors foil Michigan in loss to Minnesota JOSHUA BROWN For The Daily Beating a perennial contender is a difficult feat. It is even harder to do when attempting to over- come self-inflicted wounds. For the No. 24 Michigan vol- leyball team (12-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten), Friday’s matchup against No. 11 Minnesota (9-5, 4-2) was a litmus test. Ultimately, the W...…
…JOSH TAUBMAN Daily Sports Editor B LOOMINGTON — Trap game is a term that gets tossed around a lot in college football. In a sport where one or two losses define the season for the upper echelon of teams, it can be detrimental to overlook certain opponents for more tantalizing matchups that loom beyond. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what defines a matchup as a trap game. But for the No. 4 Michigan football team, a bout wi...…
…When Ji Hye Kim founded Miss Kim, a Korean restaurant on North Fifth Ave., she had her eyes set on giving back to the Ann Arbor community. Now, with a new sliding scale payment program, Kim is fighting food insecurity, one meal at a time. The restaurant will be offering its 17 most popular dishes at four different price points ranging from free to 1.5 times the regular price when ordered online and by phone, giving customers the o...…
…Michigan residents can now receive birth control prescriptions directly from local pharmacies, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced in a statement late last month. According to Whitmer, this change is possible because of a new policy from the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). Pharmacists are now able to prescribe oral contraceptives, patches like Xulane and rings such as Annovera ...…
…Former U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a “Save America” rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich. on Oct. 1 to campaign for Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and other Republican politicians running for election on Nov. 8. Trump took the stage to speak about his concerns over the security of American elections. Over the course of a nearly two-hour speech, he r...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 “ur review was great, maybe if you had gotten ur eyes off my tits you could’ve watched the movie!” Three lines, 19 words. Poetry, in arguably its finest 21st-century form: Instagram DM. Amandla Stenberg could’ve written Hamlet, but Shakespeare certainly could not have written this. Just a syllable or two short of a haiku, but with clear intention embedd...…
…This time last year, the Internet was preparing itself for the long-awaited sophomore season of “Euphoria.” Season two dropped in January 2022 after complications from the pandemic left viewers waiting three years since the release of the first season. While there was speculation and excitement about what the second season would entail, no one was ready for the ruthless amount of unnecessary nudity that stained our screens. Vi...…
…6 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This is your sign to sign up for Prime Student. amazon.com/joinstudent Start your 6-month trial. The Michigan Daily …
…Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age/The child is grown, and puts away child- ish things/Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay I remember exactly where I was when Alex told me to write. More specifically, he said, “You know what you need to do. Just write about it.” We were crammed on ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Combatting the sophomore slump A t the beginning of freshman year, everything is so new and exciting. Every first-year student is in the same boat when it comes to making new friends, navigating new classes and weighing different majors. Many of us are told we have such a long time to figure out what we want to study and not to worry, so we don’t. T...…
…I magine you’re back in middle school, and you’ve just started your first period. You learned all about “that time of the month” from your health teacher, or maybe you had “the talk” with your parents, and now you have to go buy period products. You go and see an aisle marked “Feminine Hygiene Products” in the store. Most people get their first period between ages 10 and 15, with the average age being 12. The harmful term “fem...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Wolverines roll past Ball State as defense shines SAMUEL MOELIS For The Daily Coming off a 4-1 win against Big Ten rival Rutgers, the No. 8 Michigan field hockey team (6-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) looked to keep the momentum roll- ing in its final non-conference game of the season against Ball State (5-5) on Sunday. Firing on all cylinders, the Wolverines sailed pa...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — 11 Sports A PhD in hockey: The education of Brandon Naurato CHARLIE PAPPALARDO Daily Sports Writer If you get Brandon Naurato talk- ing for long enough about his life in hockey, he’ll consistently remark, half-jokingly and half dead serious, “I really did get a PhD. in hockey.” And while Naurato — Michi- gan’s new interim head coach — may not have had to spend seven ...…
…‘M’ SURVIVED ‘M’ SURVIVED JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor Michigan fends off Iowa in Kinnick, 27-14 I OWA CITY – On the turf, deep in the bowels of Kinnick Stadium, surrounded by a striped sea of black and gold, top- five teams often go to die. There’s a magical quality to Kinnick, an aura that seems to catalyze stunning upsets: Entering Saturday, Iowa had defeated five of the last six top- five opponents that it faced at ...…
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…The squirrel is a staple of the University of Michigan’s culture. They make their homes in almost every corner of Ann Arbor, causing may- hem among themselves and providing entertain- ment for the people who walk through the city’s streets and parks each day. I don’t claim to know everything about squirrels, but in applying the findings from research on the psychology of these (in)famous rodents, I can at least sound like I know a thing...…
…My friend Rina is a real estate agent. Her retouched face stares at me from billboards at several intersections in the city; next to her right cheekbone is text that reads, “#1 Realtor in the Metro Area and the Lakeshore!” followed by a regal, cursive logo. Today, though, I am seeing her face in person. We have agreed to meet at a coffee shop at a strip mall midway between our two houses. It’s been a while: she is always busy posing in...…
…Old houses are difficult to live in. Extreme heat and chill come from bad insulation, par- tially due to aging window sills with painted- over handles and shitty screens; summers can be especially problematic. Radiators melt shoe soles and burn curious visitors’ hands in the winter months, but summer’s inescapable heat is easily the worst part of an aging home. That was why Chloe and Janet kept as many windows open as they did in their t...…
…Over 700 community members gathered in the University of Michigan Diag on Sept. 18 to participate in the second annual Entheofest, a festival dedicated to the decriminalization and awareness of entheogens, or psychedelic substances. The event brought together people and organizations from all over the Ann Arbor area, fostering a sense of community through a variety of performances and educational booths. This September ...…
…Since 2006, the University of Michigan has been running what it calls a “natural experiment” in race-neutral admissions. Following a 2006 statewide vote that banned affirmative action in the state’s public universities, the University radically shifted its admissions procedures for the first time since 1963 by removing race from the admission process. On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court will hear the lawsuits brought by Stude...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 28, 2022 — 3 Like every award show, the Emmys had plenty of big wins, a number of snubs, a few questionable red carpet looks and whichever comedian they could wrangle into hosting. Some highlights of the evening include Jennifer Coolidge dancing to the outro music intended to cut her speech off, the “Only Murders in the Building” trio being the only presenters to land ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, September 28, 2022 I cannot stand horror movies. I flinch at every jump scare and end up watching most of it through my fingers. And yet, over the past five years, I have found myself shamelessly entranced by “American Horror Story” (AHS). From its debut season “Murder House” to the fan-favorite “Coven” to the most recent “Double Feature,” I have seen it all. “AHS” became ...…
…I like to joke that I came into college as an idealistic liberal arts student and came out with a job in big tech. One day I was taking classes in political theory, philosophy and English rhetoric. The next thing I knew all I cared about was coding and passing technical interviews. I’m not alone in this experience. I have friends who started as compassionate pre-med students but became consultants; I know engineers who had high am...…
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…Wednesday, September 28, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Across the globe, women have disproportionately suffered from a longstanding disparity in stark comparison to those in Queer relationships: the orgasm gap. If you are not familiar with this phe- nomenon, it is defined in a study by Grace M. Wetzel et al. as being “the well-established discrepancy in orgasm frequency between cisgender men and w...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Rat and mouse: summer days All designs by Juan Pablo Angel Marcos/MiC JUAN PABLO ANGEL MARCOS MiC Columnist Michigan in Color To Phat, one of my bestest friends who continues to inspire me every day, love you forever and always. It was a hot, sticky summer day in the forest, and to beat the heat, the forest animals did everything they could to remain cool. Som...…
…I n 2021, the Ann Arbor City Council voted to zone newly annexed residential neighborhoods for single-family use. The same year, the state of California effectively banned single- family zoning when the Legislature passed a bill that allows homeowners to subdivide their property into two lots and build two homes on each of those lots. California took a step in the right direction; Ann Arbor did not. Single-family zo...…
…T his November, Michigan voters have the opportunity to protect reproductive rights by voting yes on Proposal 3. This vote is our chance to show that Michiganders support the rights of people to make their own decisions about their health care despite the recent regressive actions of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Proposal 3, which will be on the ballot for the Nov. 8 midterm election, establishes that every M...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 28, 2022 — 11 Blake Corum carries Wolverines with electrifying performance JOSH TAUBMAN Daily Sports Editor Blake Corum was never con- cerned about the lack of attention. Back before he became the unequivocal lead back for the Michigan football team; back before he bulked up in the off- season by adding 11 pounds; back before he was throwing up stat lines that were being m...…
…SPENCER RAINES Daily Sports Editor Michigan outlasts Maryland in first taste of adversity F or weeks, the discourse around the Michigan football team has been about its soft non-conference schedule. Three consecutive opponents posed little to no threat to even test the Wolverines. Many wondered what they would look like when they finally faced a “real” opponent that could actually contend for the victory. Against Maryland,...…
…Multiple locations in the Ann Arbor area are now offering the new COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine. The bivalent booster — which was authorized by the Food and Drug Administration at the end of August — protects against the original, BA.4 and BA.5 strands of the highly contagious Omicron variant. The University Health Service (UHS) in collaboration with Walgreens, is running pop-up COVID-19 bivalent booster and flu shot clinic...…
…University of Michigan Libraries announced in August that the prized gem of its astronomy collection, an original manuscript by Galileo Galilei, was actually a forgery following an investigation by Georgia State University professor Nick Wilding. The manuscript contained writings on Galileo’s telescopic observations of celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter, which reversed a common 17th century belief that Earth ...…
…DEI Climate Survey results session What progress has been made around the climate at U-M over the last five years? Join us as we discuss the findings of our latest university-wide climate survey from 2021. RSVP to attend: myumi.ch/M9293 IN-PERSON SESSION: Tuesday, Sept. 27 | 8:30-10 am Michigan Union, Rogel Ballroom Open to all students, faculty & staff The session will also be livestreamed, recorded and posted on the DEI website. ...…
…4 — Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Less than a year after the release of the third installment of the “After” series, I willingly purchased tickets to the premiere of the fourth movie, “After Ever Happy.” I stepped into the theater well aware that the plot would be weak, the relationship between Tessa (Josephine Langford, “Moxie”) and Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin, “First Love”) would...…
…In middle school, I was always hunting for more games to add to my collection. Spending $60 on a new title was a luxury that I could only afford once or twice a year, so I would always peruse the Xbox 360 game market for cheap or free games to play. Most of what was available were demos or knockoffs of other titles that I’d delete within a few minutes, disappointed and bored yet again. Today, that problem doesn’t exist. My middle s...…
