…S eeing the classic call me when you get a sec text from my stepdad Tuesday morning, I knew my day was about to get much worse. Walking out of East Hall to a quiet place to call him back felt like a lifetime. I was soon informed of a series of events that led to my mom in the ICU after her salt levels fell dangerously low sometime late Monday night. She had tremors, couldn’t speak and her doctors were concerned about possib...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 26, 2016 — 5A 20TH CENTURY FOX Okay, but in what universe does Zach Galifinakis land Isla Fisher?! George Lucas, the brains behind the “Star Wars” franchise, purportedly hung up a release date for “The Phantom Menace” while filming. No matter what, he told his cast and crew, the film would be released on a specific date. It can’t be much of a su...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Wander (about) 4 Fragrant bloom 9 Utter disorder 14 Second person in Eden 15 Kitchen sponge brand 16 Full of moxie 17 Like many a gray day 18 Peanuts 20 Sales meeting aid 22 Feel crummy 23 Coal __ 24 Most populous continent 25 Date night destination 28 One of a gallon’s 16 30 Like a successful business, presumably 32 Stand against 34 Northern California city 37 Birch fami...…
…T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 48.7 10.0 First Downs/Game 23.9 10.6 Rush Yards/Game 257.1 96.0 Yards/Rush 5.5 2.9 Rushing TDs 28 2 Passing Yards/Game 225.9 111.0 Completion % 63.9% 40.9% Yards/Pass 7.8 4.7 Passing TDs 14 6 Interceptions 2 7 Offensive Plays/Game 75.9 56.4 Total Offense 483.0 207.0 3rd-down Conversions 48.5% 13.0% 4th-down Conversions 63.6% 38.5% Sacks/Game 3.6 1.6 Kick return average 17.8 20.6 ...…
…8A — Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Barrage leads Wolverines past Oakland In the final non-conference match of the season, Michigan’s offensive attack showed no mercy. Following three consecutive scoreless outings, the Wolverines’ men’s soccer team (3-9-4) converted five times — its most since 2013 — against Oakland en route to a 5-1 victory Tuesday night at U-M soccer stadium. ...…
…Magazine Editor: Karl Williams Deputy Editors: Nabeel Chollampat Lara Moehlman Design Editor: Shane Achenbach Photo Editor: Zoey Holmstrom Creative Director: Emilie Farrugia Editor in Chief: Shoham Geva Managing Editor: Laura Schinagle Copy Editors: Emily Campbell Alexis Nowicki Taylor Grandinetti the statement 2B Wednesday, October 26, 2016 / The Statement There’s something scary about the pronoun “I.” When we’re first...…
…W hen I came back to Ann Arbor after a spring term spent in lakeside cabins, I began to feel awkward in normal conver- sations. Something that had felt regular before now seemed peculiar to me: that people were always ask- ing me what I was doing, whether I had a job, whether I was taking summer classes, what I’m studying and whatever else. I had had these kinds of conversations countless times before and never thought anything of it ...…
…Wednesday, October 26, 2016 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, October 26, 2016 // The Statement 5B by Nabeel Chollampat, Statement Deputy Editor Tears of a Clown T o examine oneself — as one usually does in “Personal” “Statements” — a good place to start might be one’s online presence. Let’s see. Func- tionally, my Facebook serves little purpose other than to like ClickHole articles. LinkedIn, for me, is a place to privately endorse my f...…
…B y way of introduction, I feel obligated to inform you, the reader, that I’m not really quite sure how to go about writing this — the knowledge of which might mean, conversely, that in some way you’ll be more sure of how to go about reading it. The first unforeseen (though obviously easily foreseeable) challenge is that I wasn’t exactly just sitting around looking for things to do. In fact, it took me about six weeks to find a few sp...…
…Wednesday, October 26, 2016 // The Statement 7B by Sam Rosenberg, Daily Arts Writer Dancing Like Nobody’s Watching A nyone who knows me well enough knows that I love to dance, whether at a party or even in the most mundane setting. For the record, I’ve never taken a dance class in my life — nor have I ever been interested in being a professional dancer. And yet it’s a quality about myself that most people note immediately once I star...…
…Wednesday, October 26, 2016 // The Statement 8B Still Making a Statement B Y T O M H AY D E N , P U B L I S H E D O C T O B E R 2 5 , 2 0 1 2 F ew Ann Arbor residents know that The Statement, the Daily’s weekly news magazine, is named in memory of the Port Huron Statement, drafted by myself as the founding document of Students for a Dem- ocratic Society 50 years ago. This week, the University will host a conference to explore the l...…
…About 100 people gathered in the Ford School of Public Policy Monday to hear personal experiences and reactions to the Flint water crisis from a diverse group of panelists, including activists and government workers. The Flint water crisis occurred after a state- appointed emergency manager decided to cut costs by changing the source of city water to more corrosive sources, which caused lead from the pipes to le...…
…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 fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $110. Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affi...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, October 25, 2016 — 3A deadline on Oct. 11, 90 percent of respondents said they registered to vote. Various groups on campus have worked to register voters throughout the semester, including the University’s chapters of College Democrats and College Republicans — college students typically register at lower rates. The survey also asked if state and fed...…
…Content Warning: This column contains explicit language about sexual assault. S everal years ago, I was sitting in a hot tub with five or six friends. As the night wore on, a few of them went inside, one and two at a time, until I was alone in water with a friend of a friend. We were kissing, but I wasn’t interested in going any further. He went much further than I wanted to, telling me to “hold on” after I told him to ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 25, 2016 — 5A Does anyone want to hear Drake, the rapper pop star whose hit song, “One Dance,” is the most streamed song ever on Spotify and Apple Music, complain that the rap game is “all lies” and “all filthy?” Apparently so, because on Sunday, October 23rd, on the eve of Drake’s 30th birthday, he used his OVOSoundRadio show to pre- miere a new song on which he pro- fess...…
…HAPPY TUESDAY! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 __ for the course 4 Proverb 9 Wire fence stickers 14 Winner of the most 2016 Olympic medals 15 Prize founder 16 Accustom (to) 17 __ Tin Tin 18 “We’re done here. Please leave” 20 For mature viewers 22 Foot prettifier, briefly 23 Miss. neighbor 24 Grape-Nuts cereal brand 26 Big Board letters 30 Lone source of local entertainment 33 Pop in a glass 34 Wonder ...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 25, 2016 — 7A T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 48.7 10.0 First Downs/Game 23.9 10.6 Rush Yards/Game 257.1 96.0 Yards/Rush 5.5 2.9 Rushing TDs 28 2 Passing Yards/Game 225.9 111.0 Completion % 63.9% 40.9% Yards/Pass 7.8 4.7 Passing TDs 14 6 Interceptions 2 7 Offensive Plays/Game 75.9 56.4 Total Offense 483.0 207.0 3rd-down Conversions 48.5% 13.0% 4th-do...…
…8A — Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Team Michigan’ in the hunt for $500,000 Engineering doctoral students Kyle Hanquist and Kevin Neitzel’s journeys to national TV began in an alleyway in Copenhagen, Denmark. At a conference in Europe last year, the aerospace engineers received an email from the University’s College of Engineering about a new Golf Channel reality show “Driver ...…
…Tuesday, October 25, 2016 // FACEOFF 2016 2B Windsor (ex.) Union at Ferris State vs. Michigan Tech at Vermont at Dartmouth at Arizona State vs. Boston University vs. U.S. NTDP (ex.) vs. Lake Superior State at Penn State vs. Wisconsin Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena Oct. 2 Oct. 7, 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 21, 22 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Nov. 4 Nov. 11, 12 Nov. 18 Nov. 25, 26 Dec. 1, 2 Dec. 9, 10 Dec. 29, 30 Jan. 13, 14 J...…
…Michigan needs more from its offense I t took just three seconds for Alex Kile to score a goal that ranks among the best of this young season. The senior forward emerged from a routine scrum near the boards with the puck, surrounded on the ice by all five Michigan Tech players. With no teammates near, he evaded one defender before falling to his knees and sliding toward the net. And somehow, despite losing his balance...…
…Tuesday, October 25, 2016 FACEOFF 2016 4B De Jong becomes comfortable in new role For those who grow up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, hockey is nearly a birthright. So almost since he was born, Nolan De Jong has been itching to start playing the sport. His father, Kevin De Jong, played in a men’s league, and Nolan would go to his games with his mother and brother to watch. “His deal with me was that if I was potty-t...…
…Tuesday, October 25, 2016 FACEOFF 2016 5B have to be a star right away. And that turned out to be the case, at least early on. De Jong struggled in his first two years at Michigan, tallying just nine points — all on assists — in two seasons over 52 games. “Things have not been easy for Nolan,” Berenson said. “He came here and he ran into a wall, and it was a big jump for him, and in terms of his confidence and his role on the...…
…Tuesday, October 25, 2016 // FACEOFF 2016 6B Big Ten Breakdown: Minnesota, Ohio State provide strongest competition After losing nearly two thirds of its scoring to graduation and the NHL, the No. 13 Michigan hockey team will face difficulties in repeating as Big Ten champions. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio State each enter the season with lineups heavy on experience, and nearly every contending team returns a top-five B...…
…win. And because of its success thus far in this campaign, the rankings rewarded Wisconsin, which received six votes in last weekend’s USCHO’s poll. Wisconsin is led by new coach Tony Granato, who played for the Badgers and later in the NHL, in which he scored 30+ goals four times. Before arriving in Madison, Granato worked as an assistant for the Detroit Red Wings. Wisconsin will play against No. 6 Denver, a team that ranks s...…
…Tuesday, October 25, 2016 // FACEOFF 2016 8B Forwards Motte, Compher and Connor didn’t just pace Michigan on offense last year. They became one of the most prolific lines in college hockey. All three players are gone now, leaving a young team to try to replace them. One member of that young team is freshman forward Will Lockwood. Lockwood’s father was a part of Michigan coach Red Berenson’s first four year- class and score...…
…LSA junior Heather Martin was just 17 when her older sister Angie fatally overdosed in their family home, following a seven-year struggle with opiate addiction. Martin said her sister, throughout her life, was always a bubbly, amiable person. As The captains of the Michigan football team and women’s basketball team, as well as former men’s basketball Fab Five member Jimmy King, were among those present at the first- ever ...…
…Families, kids and dancers gathered around the Cube for a afternoon of pumpkin decorating, dressing up and a child’s rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Sunday, organized by University of Michigan student group Dance Marathon. Dance Marathon, a student organization on campus, raises money for children with disabilities in Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and C.S. Mott, including a thorough 24-hour dance party towa...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, October 24, 2016 — 3A the vote efforts. However, those have very little to do with attracting candidates or surrogate visits, and only coordinate after a visit is announced. “It’s a very formalized process that is mostly done through the campaign,” said LSA senior Lauren Gallagher, Students for Hillary president. Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president of government re...…
…T wo years ago, I joined ROTC on campus as a sophomore. That March, in 2015, the boy I considered to be one of my closest friends both in the program and in the school decided to take advantage of me one night after I had been drinking at the bars. I didn’t know what to think the next few days; I passed the night off as something that had happened before: I got too drunk, and mistakes were made. It wasn’t until I came back to sc...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 24, 2016 — 5A HEY. YOU'RE DOING GREAT AND WE know you can do it. Don't give up! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “Handle __ care” 5 Burns with hot liquid 11 Ex-Florida governor Bush 14 “__ Ben Adhem” 15 Reacts facially to a bad joke, say 16 Chopping tool 17 What snowbirds seek in winter 19 “Mamma __!” 20 Mecca’s peninsula 21 Heat in a m...…
…American Football’s first release in 17 years begins softly, with a quietly crescendoing set of chimes that reverberate through the ears. The delicacy of the noise evokes thoughts of tinkling wind chimes dancing in the wind, reminiscent of a sun soaked warm welcome back home after a long and tiring adventure. The group was originally active from 1997 to 2000, releasing their first self-titled LP in 1999 an...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 24, 2016 Stadium Sundays At the Big House on Sunday mornings, a community cleans up and builds a family » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Home Cooking Michigan won the series opener against Michigan Tech on Friday, 4-3, and then rallied for a tie Saturday » Page 3B De’Veon Smith ran left on the first play. De’Veon Smith ran right on the second. Wilton Speight threw on the third...…
…2B — October 24, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN Cleaning up the Big House L ike clockwork, the cars start showing up at 7:30 a.m. sharp. Before that, the streets of Ann Arbor are quiet but for a single garbage truck. The sky is dark, lit only by a crescent moon. At Michigan Stadium, the lights are still on. A few more garbage trucks circle the concourse inside the stadium and...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 24, 2016 — 3B ‘M’ falls to Buckeyes in 2OT After 109 scoreless minutes marred by physicality from the onset, the Michigan men’s soccer team strived for a miracle goal or at least a draw against visiting Ohio State (3-3-1 Big Ten, 5-10-1 overall) Friday night. But with just 23 seconds left in the second overtime, Buckeye midfielder Ben Fitzpatrick tapped the ba...…
…4B — October 24, 2016 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday The good, the bad and the ugly: Michigan 41, Illinois 8 One week ahead of a perhaps slightly deflated visit to East Lansing, the Michigan football team kept rolling. The Wolverines raced to a 41-8 win over Illinois at Michigan Stadium on Saturday, keeping them undefeated heading into a rivalry game against Michigan State. The Daily broke down the good, t...…
…Growing up on Detroit’s West Side, Walter Stevenson, an engineering junior at the University of Michigan, never saw anything wrong with the Detroit Public Schools district. From kindergarten through sixth grade, he thought all schools wouldn’t let students stray too far from the playground because it was centered in a rougher neighborhood. He thought all schools had books that were “not only outdated, (but) us...…
…TAKIN’ ON THE REAL WORLD. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Friday, October 21, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily MYR Taylor Googling @mtaylorgoogling Is Rick Snyder handing out Halloween candy from his downtown Ann Arbor home this year? The State Business @bizatthestate University of Michigan Depression Center gets $10.8M boost Emily Gilbert @emilyhgilbert I’ve had 7 people yell “...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, October 21, 2016 — 3A Nursing school for Flint Several University of Michigan regents and chief executives broke into cheers after the creation of a new nursing school to the Flint campus was unaminously approved by the Regents during the meeting. Flint Chancellor Susan Borrego told the board that more than 19 percent of the UM-Flint student body studies nu...…
…4A — Friday, October 21, 2016 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com LAURA SCHINAGLE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. SHOHAM GEVA Editor in Chief CLAIRE BRYAN and REGAN DETWILER Editorial Page Editors Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s Editorial Board. All other signed ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, October 21, 2016 — 5A HBO “I couldn’t help but wonder, is divorce the new marriage?” There’s something to be said for dark comedies. The trend toward greater realism in the recent slew of fall comedies, like FX’s “Better Things,” could be an indication of the desire to see our own human flaws and everyday realities laid bare on screen. With HBO’s newest comedy “Di...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Deceptive operation 6 Work with a number 10 Deceptive distortion 14 Indulge 15 Probe-launching org. 16 Words often after a number 17 Place to take a 36-Down 19 Attire 20 Euripides drama 21 Cook books, say 22 Venomous reptile 25 Place to run a 36-Down 28 Horror film reaction 30 Way out 31 __ Throne: “Game of Thrones” monarchy 32 They may span decades 34 Tack on 37 Place to...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 21, 2016 — 7A Wolverines face in-state rival Michigan Tech It’s time for Tech week for the No. 11 Michigan hockey team, and not the theater kind. This weekend is the Wolverines’ yearly matchup against Michigan Tech, which they beat 4-2 last season at Joe Louis Arena in the Great Lakes Invitational Championship. For Michigan coach Red Berenson, these games have beco...…
…8A — Friday, October 21, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The legend of Spike Albrecht continues at Purdue It’s been 1,292 days since Spike Albrecht cemented himself into Michigan basketball lore with a 17-point first-half performance in the 2013 National Championship Game. It seems hard to believe that after all the time has passed since that legendary night in Atlanta, the 23-year-old is gearing up for yet ano...…
…October 22, 2016: Illinois …
…FootballSaturday, October 22, 2016 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2016 football season. Max Bultman Jacob Gase Kelly Hall Jake Lourim No. 6 Texas A&M (+19) at No. 1 Alabama Alabama Texas A&M Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 2 Ohio State (-19.5) at Penn State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Penn State Illinois (+38) at No. 3 Michigan Mich...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Illinois at Michigan Matchup: Illinois 2-4; Michigan 6-0 When: Saturday 3:30 P.M. Where: Michigan Stadium TV/Radio: BTN Michigan hosts Illinois in battle of former Super Bowl coaches The last time Jim Harbaugh coached against Lovie Smith, it was 2012. Harbaugh was in his second year as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, and Smith was in his ninth with the Chicago Bears —...…
…Before he made the videos that came to define game day in Ann Arbor, Pat Stansik wasn’t really sure what he was doing. In time, he would become known for showcasing the most comical revelry Ann Arbor had to offer. And as his videos spread, so did his cult following. But before all that, he was a transfer student. He lived at home with his parents, looking to find his way after his varsity lacrosse career had come to a close. In...…
