…Avenue house. “I live across the street in the Law School dorm and my room faces the President’s House,” law student Mary Waller said. “I thought it would be cool to see the inside.” While Schlissel hosted a similar event last year, this year’s layout was adjusted to accommodate long lines. Last year, Schlissel and Schwebs received attendees on their patio, meaning the long line formed throughout the home and onto the ...…
…6A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Hannibal’ stuns By CHLOE GILKE Managing Arts Editor Writing a series finale might be the hardest job in the world. Those unlucky writ- ers must follow a stringent set of guidelines if their ending is to join the likes of “Six Feet Under” in the Great Finale Hall of Fame and avoid being tossed into the Garbage Can of Gar- bage Finales with “How I Met Yo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 7A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 LITERATURE COLUMN To kill ‘Atticus Finch’ By REBECCA LERNER Daily Literature Columnist “ I’ll say one thing for her – she sure can write.” My dad said to me, interrupting my reading of Harper Lee’s “Go Set A Watchman.” The recently released novel, a chronological sequel to Lee’s first book, was actually written prior to her iconic “To Kill A Mockingbird. As...…
…8A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ALBUM REVIEW Miley is clueless but fascinating By ADAM THEISEN Senior Arts Editor Just a few months ago, I would have been so excited for a new Miley Cyrus album. Earlier in the summer, the singer started posting YouTube videos of her “Backyard Ses- sions,” a series of stripped-down cover songs per- formed by Cyrus and friends like Joan Jett, Laura...…
…RELIGIOUS SERVICES May Peace Prevail on Earth The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 9A — Tuesday, September 8, 2015 COME TO A MICHIGAN DAILY MASS MEETING Sunday, 9/13 Thursday, 9/17 Monday, 9/14 Sunday, 9/20 September 6 30 13 27 8 1 22 15 29 11 4 25 18 2 7 31 21 14 28 10 3 24 17 1 9 2 23 16 30 12 5 26 19 3 20 All mass meetings held at 7 p.m., second floor of 420 Maynard Street. Learn about opportun...…
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…BSportsTuesday LAST STAND n Jake Rudock knows he has 11 more chances to make things right. SportsTuesday Column, Page 2B LATE-GAME HEROICS The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 8, 2015 n The Michigan men’s soccer team won on a double-overtime goal by James Murphy. Page 7B SALT LAKE PITY Utah 24, Michigan 17 ALLISON FARRAND/Daily ALLISON FARRAND/Daily ALLISON FARRAND/Daily JAMES COLLER/Daily …
…2B — September 8, 2015 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Jake Rudock’s last stand N ine days after Michigan hired Jim Harbaugh on Dec. 30, change brewed at Iowa. It arrived in the form of a depth chart. On that day, Jake Rudock, the Hawkeyes’ No. 1 quarterback for two years, officially became a No. 2 quarterback. Better opportunities awaited him elsewhere. Eight months later, Rudock’s facial expressio...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 3B — September 8, 2015 Harbaugh brings back helmet stickers to spark competition By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Everything Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has done since taking over the Michigan football team has been synonymous with competition. He wants his injured players to cut their recovery time in half, keeps score of his quarterbacks’ every move on and off the field to decide the sta...…
…MOVING IN 4B — September 8, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Back to school S ALT LAKE CITY — Sorry folks, summer’s over. The return to school is a tough time for everyone, and the Michigan football team is no exception. It happens every September: The radiant sunshine of summer is replaced with humming fluorescent lights, the freedom and optimism crushed with a strong dose of reality. This change often p...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL 2. TCU: Horned Frogs, or horny frogs? 1. OHIO STATE: The hairless nuts finally decided on a quarterback. 7. OREGON: Turns out Eastern Washington’s math tests are tougher than its football team. 3. ALABAMA: Asked how he chose his starting QB, Saban replied, “Well, Jake Coker was different from the rest of this roster. He didn’t have sex with his sister.” 9. USC: Trojans head coach Steve Sarkisi...…
…HOUSING 6B — September 8, 2015 SportsTuesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Five Things We Learned: Utah By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Wolverine fans descended on Salt Lake City from across the country, but there was no storybook opening to coach Jim Harbaugh’s career at Michigan. The Michigan football team fell to Utah, 24-17, at Rice-Eccles Stadium to open the season. The Wolverines were slow to start, but that w...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday September 8, 2015 — 7B ‘M’ sweeps with double-OT victory By TYLER SCOTT Daily Sports Writer Throughout his tenure as a Wolverine, senior midfielder James Murphy has made scoring crucial goals for his team some- thing of a habit. Sunday was no exception. Two minutes into double over- time, Murphy watched junior defender Rylee Woods launch a free kick into the penalty box. “I ...…
…SportsTuesday JAMES COLLER/Daily Utah students hold up signs commemorating their nation-best 55 sacks in 2014 and their love for the Great Salt Lake. JAMES COLLER/Daily Tailgaters from both teams enjoy the Utah weather as they prepare for the game. ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Ten-year-old Abraham Rhodes, from San Diego, plays cornhole at a Michigan Alumni Association tailgate in Salt Lake City Thursday. JAMES COLLER/Daily University Preside...…
…Campus panel commemorates anniversaries of Social Security, Medicare By LYDIA BARRY For the Daily U.S. House Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and her husband John Dingell, a former Congress- man, co-hosted a roundtable dis- cussion Tuesday at the University to discuss healthcare and retire- ment policy in celebration of the recent 50th anniversary of Medi- care and the upcoming 80th anni- versary of Social Security. The Dingell ...…
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…3 NEWS Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Multiple campus buildings flood following heavy rain Water damage causes closures in Angell Hall, North Quad, CCRB By LYDIA BARRY For the Daily Multiple University buildings were flooded after a severe thun- derstorm Monday afternoon. According to the Department of Public Safety and Security, the specific buildings damaged and the extent of those dama...…
…A s I spent time studying abroad in the United Kingdom, I was overwhelmed — overwhelmed by unfamiliar experiences, novel places and the constant bombard- ment of new infor- mation. Yet, it was the extraordinary amount of natural beauty, in particu- lar, that stunned me the most. Even amongst all of the astonishing sights and dizzy- ing novelty of the experience, I didn’t stray too far from my usual Upper Peninsula-inspir...…
…5 Thursday,August 13 , 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION originates from land-based human activities. These actions lead to a slow accumulation of devastating consequences. As a result, we don’t immediately know the impact of our actions, and other issues take precedence in our lives. However, as we continue to knowingly, or unknowingly, alter the environment, the damage done is never a singular issue. Water po...…
…‘Gift,’ confused, yet smart A well-intentioned directorial debut fascinates By BENJAMIN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer Is it possible for a movie to be consistently smart, full of clever subversion, palpable atmosphere and fascinating ideas and yet not quite work just because of some structural and tonal confusion? In his directorial debut “The Gift,” Joel Edgerton (who also wrote and starred in the thriller “Felony”)...…
…7 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By DANIEL SAFFRON Daily Arts Writer This last weekend, Outside Lands 2015 brought to Golden Gate Park a tequila flight of musical guests and a cultural experience to boot. With new artists like Ryn Weaver to the barrel- aged and highly pedigreed añejo, Elton John, the chicly-embroidered, RFID-fashioned tourniquet-turned- wristband provides patrons with an ela...…
…8 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Hypotheticals 4 Casino conveniences 8 Painfully bright 14 Medical research org. 15 Cool, in ’90s slang 16 Military builder 17 Subject of many 10-Downs 18 “Hang on for a sec” 20 Banjo virtuoso Scruggs 22 Most slimy 23 It can be white or red 25 “Better information. Better health” resource 29 Barbershop voice 30 Run for again, as office 31 Way with words? 36 Act de...…
…9 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS “That’s far worse than not hav- ing a deal. And this deal is beyond bad.” An Iran deal negotiated under a “President Trump”, he added to cheers, would have included return of four Americans who have been identified by the U.S. State Depart- ment as being held in the country against their will. The current deal doesn’t mention the four. Moving closer to Michig...…
…FILE PHOTO/Daily Former Wolverine center Jordan Morgan was once homeless in Detroit before progressing toward professional basketball. 10 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Former ‘M’ star Jordan Morgan gives back to hometown Detroit After starting foun- dation earlier in the summer, Morgan cleans up ‘D’ By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer DETROIT — Jordan Morgan emerged from the back of a h...…
…11 Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Fisch, Harbaugh eyeing ‘open’ QB competition By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Junior Shane Morris led the Michigan football team’s starting quarterback competition after spring practice. But the Wolverines wanted an open competition, so they continued it all summer. That still wasn’t contested enough, so they added graduate transfer Ja...…
…12 Thursday, August 13 , 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PHOTO AMANDA ALLEN/Daily It is not usual for people to walk in public fountains, but during a heatwave children take the opportunity to cool off and play in a fountain near the Eiffel tower. ANDREW COHEN/Daily A man celebrates being LGBTQ with colorful butterfly wings at the Paris Pride parade. KAYLLA CANTILINA/Daily Salome and her girlfriend share a moment of love d...…
…Renovations to operating room, oncology center among improvements By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter At a media roundtable Mon- day afternoon, the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, located on Fuller Road, announced ongoing improvements to collaborative services involving veteran care, benefits and services. Robert McDivitt, director of VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Sys- tem, spoke about the mutually beneficial relationship betw...…
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…Taylor’s machine behind the effort they prevailed. That’s what politics is all about,” Kun- selman said. While the votes were not in his favor, Kunselman found a silver lining to his loss. “You know, when you’re a poli- tician as long as I’ve been, it feels good actually to be free from the responsibility, so either way it’s been a good run,” Kunselman said. In the race to represent Ward 5, Chip Smith won by 55.26 per- cent, d...…
…W hen I first heard “The Monster” by Eminem ft. Rihanna, I wasn’t impressed. My per- sonal music critics (read: all three of my housemates) constantly con- demned the entire “Marshall Mathers LP2”; there was no awe-inspiring tal- ent, the samples were awful, the lyr- ics mediocre. Emi- nem’s brilliance was dwindling. However, as I began to really listen to the lyrics, I couldn’t help but fall in love with the so...…
…E ver since its creation in 2009, the for-hire ride ser- vice, Uber, has faced count- less criticisms. Some regard- ing the con- duct of their drivers — in Dubai, women claim one Uber driver sexually assaulted them — some about the way in which Uber treats its drivers — who they con- sider independent contractors, not employees, and thus are ineligible to receive benefits. Some criticism has come from the community of taxicab dri...…
…Meek Mill & Drake: the beef isn’t even a contest Meek is just another competitor, yelling and screaming By SHAYAN SHAFII For The Daily “I Heard once, that they would rather hear about memories than enemies / Rather hear what was or what will be than what is / Rather hear how you got it over how much it cost you / Rather hear about find- ing yourself and how you lost you / Rather you make this an open letter about family and st...…
…7 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS By CARLY SNIDER Daily Arts Writer Lollapalooza, you truly are a dusty, sweaty chaos of a festival. For three days you put me through my paces — forcing me to prioritize which acts I would have to sacrifice in order to see my musical idols, testing how long it is physically pos- sible for my body to stand in a crowd under the relentless sun, daring me to eat f...…
…8 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Group working together 5 Evaluation 9 Surf 14 Actress Lamarr 15 Sharp product 16 Opera’s birthplace 17 Christian denom. 18 EKTORP sofa seller 19 Ninnies 20 Simply marvelous, with “the” 22 Besides 23 Kipling title orphan 24 Pro Bowl team, briefly 25 General-turned- author Wallace 26 Cult following? 27 Soft drink that sounds like a bit of footwear 29 Get wind of 31...…
…9 Thursday, August 6 , 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Harris, women’s soccer eager to avenge rough 2014 season Falling short of expectations last season, Michigan looks to return to Elite Eight By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer Like her performance on the soccer field, Corinne Harris has kept her summer fast-paced. The senior forward began the sum- mertime as intern on the set of ESPN’s Pardon the Inter...…
…10 Thursday,August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Breaking down the men’s soccer roster LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily Senior forward and team captain James Murphy will lead the team after a disappointing 2014 season. By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Editor The Michigan men’s soccer team’s season opener is just 12 days away, and with the Wolver- ines’ matchup against Butler on the horizon. The Daily takes a look at the ...…
…11 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Interim AD Hackett talks student experience at games By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor CHICAGO — When Jim Hack- ett played football at Michigan, he remembers looking into the student section, wondering what it would be like to spend a game day there. Now, as Michigan’s interim athletic director, Hackett is work- ing to improve the experience for those wh...…
…12 Thursday, August 6, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan coach steals show in Chicago before season begins By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor CHICAGO — Jim Harbaugh raised his arms, as if celebrating a touchdown, when he headed toward the exit of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place on Friday evening. He had just completed an entire day as the center of attention at Big Ten Media Days. Harbaugh’s afte...…
…Thursday, July 30, 2015 Ann Arbor, MI Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDaily.com INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 115 | © 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS ...................................... CLASSIFIEDS......................... CROSSWORD........................ SPORTS.................................. NEWS Naval Scholarship Engineering student will ...…
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…protecting the city’s environ- ment. James D’Amour, political chair of the Sierra Club, Huron Valley Group, said the three candidates support the environmental causes they value. “These candidates have been con- sistent in their policies and standing up for fundamental values we are looking for,” he said. D’Amour also commended Kun- selman for being “steadfast in the protection of our parks.” Running against Kunselman is Zacha...…
…S haista Kazmi, a Michigan local, was taking care of her elderly mother-in-law and father when she realized that she could use some help. How- ever, when she called local senior service agencies, she realized there was a problem: the services being provided didn’t meet their cultural needs. Kazmi took initiative to found the company Apna Ghar, Urdu for “Your Home,” which provides homec- are services catered to th...…
…B ack when I used to be not happy, I constantly held within myself a great unease. On campus, the sun-emoji seemed to shine on every person’s keyboard except that of my own cracked, glass perimeter. None of my food emojis looked very appetizing, not even the shish-kabob with the three unidentified blobs of color poked high upon its pointy, wooden spear. The former joy I received from the alien emoji, in what seems like an...…
…‘I Am Cait’ docu-series, practical and powerful TV REVIEW After her Vanity Fair debut, viewers see Caitlyn Jenner By CAROLINE FILIPS Summer Senior Arts Editor “I just hope I get it right,” she says. It’s no makeup o’clock, but she doesn’t mind. She has a story to tell, a mes- sage to share and the voice of an unjustly margin- alized commu- nity to broadcast. It’s 4:32 in the morning, and she can’t help but lame...…
…7 Thursday, July 30, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ARTS Actor Alan Ruck talks career & ‘Major Crimes’ ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ cast member guest stars on TNT By REGAN DETWILER Daily Arts Writer Alan Ruck … you might not know the name but you may know the voice, and you definitely know the face. Ruck is best known for his role in the iconic John Hughes film, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” as Cameron, Bueller’s exi...…
…8 Thursday, July 30, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS ACROSS 1 Each 5 Subtly cruel 10 Stock items: Abbr. 14 Couch potato’s aid 15 Bizarre 16 Severely damaged sea 17 “Think you can manage?” 19 Beatle George’s Indian friend 20 Defiant challenge 22 Dishevel 23 Matzo’s lack 25 Approach to a landing? 28 Grass plot around a sundial, in “Jabberwocky” 31 __ chi 32 Would-be immigrant’s concern 35 Believer’s suffix 36 Binding oath 37 “...…
…9 Thursday, July 30, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS In memory of rising LSA senior, Josh Brigham University community mourns loss of active member By LARA MOEHLMEN Summer Managing News Editor Early Friday morning, the Uni- versity community lost an active member: Joshua Brigham, a rising LSA senior studying psychology. Brigham, who fatally fell through the glass roof of Nickels Arcade, was originally from...…
…FILE PHOTO/Daily Emina Bektas set the school record with 124 singles wins and was Big Ten MVP. 10 Thursday, July 30, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Emina Bektas reflects on her storied career By LELAND MITCHINSON Daily Sports Writer When Emina Bektas was looking for a college to continue her tennis career, the most important factor was a tight- knight team atmosphere. At Michigan, she found exactly what s...…
…11 Thursday, July 30, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Barnes Arico wins gold with USA team By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer Sunday, Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico watched her players celebrate a championship win. But they weren’t wearing maize and blue. And she wasn’t in America. Instead, she was in Chekhov, Russia, surrounded by the best 19-year-old talent in the world. And ...…
…12 Thursday, July 30, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS FILE PHOTO/Daily Five players from the 2013 NCAA runner-up team are playing in the NBA, while Jordan Morgan is playing pro ball in France. FILE PHOTO/Daily Trey Burke struggled in his second NBA season, but showed potential with the Jazz. Catching up with former Michigan basketball stars By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor It has been a busy summer for Michig...…
