…My friend Jill is sitting behind me at a library table as the sun gets closer to setting in the distance, just past the lake, surrounded by a haze of trees that serve as a reminder that we are in the middle of nowhere. We’re supposed to be reading something for class, and I remark that the author has continually connected the idea of femininity with the ability to give birth. That is not how I’ve ever experienced femininity, I tell ...…
…Imagine this: You’ve just seen a photo of the most appetizing fettuccine pasta, smothered with Alfredo sauce, on someone’s Instagram story. You don’t know the person well, but the food looks scrumptious; you have to know where they got it from. You respond to the post, asking for the name of the restaurant that prepared this mouth-watering meal. “This spot is kind of a personal thing to me,” comes the response. “Wha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, September 21, 2022 I must confess: I am on the verge of buying a vape right now. Even after five months of sobriety, I still love everything about vaping: the soft crackling sound when I inhale, the sharp, euphoric feeling that penetrates my cerebrum, the subtle thrill of hiding in a bathroom stall to carry out the deed discreetly and, of course, the ability to ...…
…Q ueen Elizabeth II passed away in her sleep on Sept. 8, 2022, following her 70-year reign as the United Kingdom’s longest serving monarch. Whether this development has been perceived as a great tragedy, a moment of indifference or a chance for criticism, it is undeniable that the Queen’s death marked the end of a relevant and long-lasting reign, the impact of which has been felt even in America. But why exactly do the Queen, ...…
…Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault T he 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1972 on June 23, 2022, was marked by emotional turmoil for many. A great win for the students of America was immediately followed by the disheartening Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which largely overshadowed the triumphs and failures of the Biden administration’s proposed cha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 21, 2022 — 11 Michigan takes advantage of corner penalties in win over Cornell CAROLINE CRECCA For The Daily Within less than five minutes of play, the No. 7 Michigan field hock- ey team scored on its second corner of the game—the second of fifteen offensive corners in its shutout against Cornell. On Sunday, the Wolverines’ abil- ity to convert on corners proved to be the d...…
…ANNA FUDER/Daily ROLL ROLL OVER OVER NICHOLAS STOLL Managing Sports Editor Huskies go belly-up in 59-0 drubbing, completing Michigan’s easy non-conference schedule T he Michigan football team took care of business. In a 59-0 rout of UConn (1-3 overall), the fourth-ranked Wolverines (3-0) secured their third win of the season, closing out their non-conference slate on a high note. It was a outcome that was never really in doubt —...…
…U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, spoke with University of Michigan students at the Michigan Union Friday night. The event was co-hosted by the Michigan-Hawaii Student Association (MIHI) and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LSA sophomore Ellie Omori-Sampson, founding member of MIHI, said their main goal for the event is to promote Hawaiian representation at the Unive...…
…As of the latest update on Sept. 7, 683 COVID-19 cases occurred on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus during the first week of school, according to the Campus Blueprint COVID-19 Dashboard. That’s nearly triple the number of cases on campus this time last year, with 182 positive cases reported during the first week in Fall 2021. The positivity rate for COVID- 19 cases during the first week of fall 2022 was 6.3...…
…At the June Board of Regents meeting, it was announced that Regent Paul Brown (D) would succeed Regent Jordan Acker (D) as Chair of the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents for the 2022-2023 academic year. The Michigan Daily sat down with Brown, who officially assumed his new role on July 1, to discuss his goals for his tenure as chair, the presidential transition and more. This interview has been edited and conden...…
…4 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The best kinds of romance novels will do more than give you butterflies in your stomach. You might cry or scream into your pillow, or in the case of Ali Hazelwood’s newest release “Love on the Brain,” you might walk away feeling smarter after reading. “Love on the Brain” follows Bee Königswasser, a neuroscientist who has just been offered a dream career o...…
…Stephen King’s newest novel, “Fairy Tale,” follows a teenage boy from Illinois named Charlie Reade who saves an old man’s life. The old man, a stranger named Mr. Bowditch, has an aging dog named Radar, whom Charlie immediately and irrevocably falls in love with. As Mr. Bowditch recovers from his life- threatening injury, Charlie takes care of him and his increasingly arthritic dog. Mr. Bowditch has a weird backyard shed and an even...…
…6 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Within the first two minutes of “Mo,” our titular character has hopped from Spanish to English to Arabic in the span of one scene. Such is the pace of the show, and the life of Mo Najjar — loosely based on star Mohammed Amer (“Ramy”) himself — who seems to be constantly experiencing one life speed bump after the next. After performing stand-up for over t...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — 7 OSCAR NOLLETTE- PATULSKI Statement Correspondent Read more at MichiganDaily.com When I was in my junior year of high school, I, like many in-state students, drove a couple of hours to Ann Arbor to take a tour of the University of Michigan. Sprinkled among other digestible one-liners about the school, our tour guide proclaimed that at the Unive...…
…S T A T E M E N T 8 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CHARLIE PAPPALARDO Statement Columnist Read more at MichiganDaily.com I think I was 17 when I came to the realization that my relation- ships with God and Major League Baseball are very similar. I was half-born into both Catholicism and the San Francisco Giants because with each, only one parent really cared. My dad would lecture me about all ...…
…G rowing up, June was always a month of unbearable anticipation. As the weather got warmer and the final days of school dragged on, talk of summer plans bounced around the classroom at remarkable speed. Many would spend the time off on family vacations. Others would be at home, spending time with friends and relatives. For me, however, the imminent arrival of summer could only mean one thing: it was time to go to camp. From...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, September 14, 2022 T oday we live in a wearied America where tensions run high and trust in government runs low. With over three quarters of Americans convinced the country is headed in the wrong direction, the need for political stability is perhaps as high as it’s ever been. With inflation, the economy and poor leadership ranking among the top issues for American...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — 11 Michigan shows improved chemistry in draw to Colorado LYS GOLDMAN Daily Sports Writer After losing numerous key con- tributors in the offseason, the Michigan women’s soccer team faced struggles in replicating last year’s dominance throughout its early-season matchups. Its two losses came in a similar manner, stemming from difficulties with communication, con...…
…JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor Michigan obliterates Hawaii in J.J. McCarthy’s first start J .J. McCarthy waited years to walk through the Big House tunnel as the starting quarterback of the Michigan football team. So perhaps it’s fitting that, on the day of his first collegiate start, he had to wait a little while longer. At 8:18 pm — 13 minutes after the originally scheduled kickoff time between the fourth- ranked Wolveri...…
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…The Reproductive Freedom for All constitutional amendment will not appear on the November ballot after the Michigan Board of State Canvassers tied on a Tuesday afternoon vote. The decision is expected to be appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court. The proposed amendment would protect the right to abortion, contraceptives and other reproductive healthcare services in Michigan. The four board members split the vo...…
…Editor’s Note: This interview was conducted as a conversation between friends and does not intend to present an objective viewpoint or the perspective of The Michigan Daily. Ever since I heard Lily Talmers sing “Hope, You Whore” live at 707 Lawrence St. in March of 2021, I have counted down the days until I could hear it again. Still a socially distanced and masked show, the song made all barriers fall and removed inhibitions; ...…
…Three years later, we are back in Westeros. We’re not here to revisit the aftermath of the tragedy that was the original “Game of Thrones,” but rather to bear witness to another, earlier, clash for the Iron Throne. This time, it stays in the family — in more ways than one. HBO Max’s “House of the Dragon” centers on the all-powerful Targaryen dynasty — ancestors of the now-infamous Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke, “Last Christmas...…
…I f you’ve been away over the summer, you may have missed some exciting new developments here on campus! Did you hear about the new protected bicycle lanes on campus? Oh, sorry, I got mixed up. That’s Michigan State. Here in Ann Arbor, the world-class separated bike lane on William Street mysteriously dead-ends at campus. What about the exciting new solarization initiative to add solar panels to 90 locations around campus? Wrong...…
…W hen the Supreme Court voted in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, all eyes turned to the states. While states such as California and New York have affirmed the right to an abortion, many others have banned the practice and, as a result, put many women in harm’s way. Republicans argue that turning abortion back to the states is more democratic, as Roe v. Wade was decided by the United States Supreme Court, an unelected body. But ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 7, 2022 — 7 Michigan scoreless against Bowling Green in 0-0 draw CHARLIE PAPPALARDO Daily Sports Writer With just three minutes remain- ing in Sunday afternoon’s con- test between the Michigan men’s soccer team and Bowling Green, the Falcons found themselves in a familiar position — deep in the Wolverines’ attacking third and dominating possession. A well-placed through bal...…
…JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor Michigan trounces Colorado State, 51-7, in season opener T hroughout fall camp, the Michigan football team maintained that it had moved on from last season. Nonetheless, the Wolverines remained defined by last year’s successes — a triumph over Ohio State and a Big Ten Championship — as well as its death knell, a deflating loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff. Saturday, after...…
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…As students from all over reunite in Ann Arbor for a new school year, The Michigan Daily has you covered with all the major news coming out of the University of Michigan this summer. It’s been an eventful summer for the Wolverines. From announcing a new president to medical students walking out of their white coat ceremony, from a new minimum wage to LEO-GLAM’s first contract with the University of Michigan, here’s what you need to...…
…Students, community members, politicians and activists gathered at the University of Michigan Diag for the “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally Sat- urday afternoon to speak out against the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade. One of around 50 “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies held Saturday, the protest was held in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on the pending Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organiza- tion case. The decision,...…
…The Board of Regents held a special meeting on Wednesday to officially appoint Dr. Santa J. Ono as the 15th president of the University of Michigan. Ono, 59, will begin his initial five-year tenure on Oct. 13 and will succeed Interim President Mary Sue Coleman, who was appointed by the board in January following the abrupt firing of former President Mark Schlissel. Coleman will continue to serve as president until Ono’s term begin...…
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…6A — Wednesday, August 31, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CHEN LYU Daily Staff Reporter Extended social district, block closures shift Ann Arbor downtown experience Resolutions passed by City Council change what downtown Ann Arbor looks like to consumers Downtown Ann Arbor District Library installs free Narcan vending machine RILEY HODDER Summer Managing News Editor Home of New Vision provides free overdose-reversing dru...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — 7A IRENA LI Summer News Editor Michigan Medicine nurses sue University amid contract negotiations Union alleges ‘U’ violated state law on bargaining Schedule an appointment with an advisor today! lsa.umich.edu/Judaic TRANSCENDS LEARNING THAT BORDERS I I .U M I C H . E D U/ P I C S The current state and future of abortion care at Michigan Medicine TESS CROWLEY...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — 9A RILEY HODDER Summer Managing News Editor News What to expect from What to expect from Michigan Dining Michigan Dining The Michigan Daily compares and analyzes each dining hall on campus The Michigan Daily compares and analyzes each dining hall on campus Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea Liberty | 604 E Liberty St. Kerrytown | 407 N 5th Ave. UM Union | 530 S State St. (in th...…
…10A — Wednesday, August 31, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Michigan Athletics 2022-23 Timeline Aug. 29: Classes begin By LINDSAY BUDIN, Summer Managing Sports Editor SEPTEMBER Sept. 3: Michigan opens football season at home against Colorado State Sept. 24: Parents & Family Weekend, the Wolverines face Maryland OCTOBER Early October: Hockey season begins Oct. 29: Michigan football takes on rival Michigan State in th...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — 11A JARED GREENSPAN Managing Sports Editor ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily Sports Four Michigan football questions ahead of the 2022 season Last season, you’d have been hard pressed to find a better defen- sive duo than Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo. The All-American edge rushers comprised a recur- ring nightmare for the opposition, so often dominating the line of scrimm...…
…12A — Wednesday, August 31, 2022 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com JOHN TONDORA Daily Sports Writer At Michigan — as anybody will tell you — the Wolverines are famous for game days. From the fanfare, to the tailgates, Ann Arbor bleeds Maize and Blue. And at the University of Michi- gan, game days aren’t just on Satur- days in the fall. No, this isn’t a cliche about bring- ing your A-Game in class every day — although, you should p...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — 13A Sports It was a balmy 18 degrees and windy when I remembered that I’d prom- ised my friend Hugh that I’d go to a lacrosse game with him. I’m not the best at remembering things, or keeping promises, and it just so happened that I was already at the Union studying for a test that I had forgotten was the next day. There was no good reason for me to drop what I...…
…NICHOLAS STOLL Managing Sports Editor Carol Hutchins, Michigan’s true legend S itting atop the bleachers at Alumni Field — home of the Michigan softball team, and home of its former head coach for the past 38 years, Carol Hutchins — Schembechler Hall is plainly visible. Sitting atop the bleachers at Alumni Field — home of the Michigan softball team, and home of now-former head coach Carol Hutchins for the past 38 years — Schem...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022 — 15A MISHAL CHARANIA Summer Audience Engagement Managing Editor “What’s your snap?” At this point in the conversation, I have been talking to this stranger for maybe two minutes and said a maximum of three sentences. Especially on the first day of class, “what’s your snap” tends to be one of the first things you are asked about yourself. Where you sit on day one tend...…
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…Wednesday, August 10, 2022 — 3 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com One of the best things about reading romance novels or watching romance movies is that you can almost always count on the presence of a trope. Whether it’s enemies to lovers (think Darcy and Lizzy in “Pride and Prejudice” or, more recently, Season 2 of “Bridgerton”), fake relationships (a #BookTok favorite), good girl/bad boy (which always reminds me of that 5...…
…4 Tales from a Ragstock dressing room Content warning: Mentions of disordered eating A week before my first class at the University of Michigan, I wandered around Ann Arbor as a college student for the very first time. With friends who were already familiar with the city, I was given a grand tour of which buildings I’d enjoy, which are widely beloved and which to avoid altogether. We all swooned for the smells of Frita Batidos, ...…
… Wednesday, August 10, 2022 — 5 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Ghosts are real. Maybe not in the ways you’ve heard, but I assure you, they’re very real. I’ve seen ghosts nearly everywhere in my hometown all my life — in every corner of my house, in every school I’ve attended, in every nook and cranny of my neighborhood. Every so often, I take it upon myself to collect these ghosts from their spots — not with...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 6 — Wednesday, August 10, 2022 BRANDON COWIT 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. VANESSA KIEFER Editor in Chief Pay attention to your local elections E very four years, we are hounded with constant reminders to vote i...…
…Wednesday, August 10, 2022 — 7 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After learning and overcoming, Jess Mruzik readies to lead Michigan LINDSAY BUDIN Summer Managing Sports Editor CHICAGO — When Michigan junior outside hitter Jess Mruzik arrived at Michigan after graduating high school a semester early in January 2020, she finally got the opportunity to take her talents to the collegiate level. But when she contracted mono a...…
