…HI HUSSEIN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES MLift Presents Janae Marie Kroc WHAT: Listen to Janae Marie Kroc, a world-champion powerlifter and transgender woman, discuss her motivation and training regimen. WHO: MLift WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Mason Hall, Room 3411 Robo-Sexism Colloquim WHAT: Anthropology Prof. Jenni...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 3A will go unnoticed.” Surrounded by the glow of candles, speakers mourned those lost in the airstrikes, while also emphasizing the importance of remembering the humanity of those killed, rather than statistics portraying the immense number of lives lost. Speeches touched on highly personal topics, such as an Iraqi speaker’s mother loving purple but always wea...…
…A t this point in the Trump presidency — and especially on this campus — criticizing President Donald Trump has become so common and routine that doing so feels unproductive. According to Gallup, Trump’s approval rating is 36 percent — a record low. And on a campus where only 12 percent of students polled before the election said they would vote for Trump, I suspect that approval rating is much, much lower. It doesn’t hel...…
…Every single morning, I wake up to the buzz of my phone alarm. Immediately, I check to see a myriad of notifications popped up on my screen and spend at least ten minutes looking through each one before I wash up and get ready for class. Throughout the day, I find myself constantly clicking and thumbing through Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. Occasionally, I’ll stop to look at a striking image or funny meme, but mor...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Anemic 5 Dukes not among royalty 10 Huge production 14 Rod in a hot rod 15 Kate’s sitcom pal 16 Pilaf base 17 *Rain-X auto product 19 Like port, usually 20 Lacking a key 21 *Manhattan theater district locale 23 Proofer’s mark 25 Feathery layer 26 Oomph 29 Set apart from the group 33 Org. with the staff of Aesculapius in its logo 36 Big name in gas 38 Slam-dance 39 Compres...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 7A ‘M’ defeats UMBC, continues hot start Coming off a bye week following a run of three wins in a row, the No. 20 Michigan men’s lacrosse team defeated Maryland-Baltimore County by a final score of 10-7 on Saturday afternoon. In its first game since the biggest win in the program’s history — a 13-12 victory against No. 10 Penn — Michigan (8-1) was able to...…
…8A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Walton selected for 3-point competition It may not be for the reason that he hoped, but Derrick Walton Jr. is going to Phoenix, Ariz. after all. The field for the 29th State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships was announced Tuesday afternoon, and Michigan’s senior point guard found his name among the eight-player group tha...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 29, 2017 the business of branding the University BEHIND THE BLOCK ‘M’ …
…F raming a personal struggle around a song is tacky. I hate when writers do that. But Lorde’s latest release, a stirring piano ballad called “Liability,” puts into words a form of uncertainty I could never articulate. The 20-year- old songstress has peeled back her angsty exterior to reveal an underlying paradox I know all too well: genuine confidence coupled with a perpetual feeling of loneliness. Her words spill unevenly ...…
…3B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement BY JACKIE CHARNIGA, DAILY STAFF WRITER I t’s a Friday night and my best friend is in town, so you know what that means, my sympathetic critics: This girl walks into a bar. It was VulfPunk Night at the Blind Pig, and the menu featured cover songs of Vulfpeck and Daft Punk by four bands, two of which we actually sampled. My first trip to the Blind Pig may also be my last: This little pi...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 5B Behind the Block ‘M’ the buisness of branding the University b y T i m C o h n, Daily News Editor For more than a century, the University of Michi- gan’s logo — the block ‘M’ — has been an Ann Arbor staple, emblazoned on everything from the Big House scoreboard to the graduation-party cakes of high-school seniors. Despite slight modificatio...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: The Politics of Art-Making Editor’s note: Amy Chavasse is a professor in dance in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Her teaching inter- ests include contemporary dance technique, improvisation, composition and social issues on dance. She is also the artistic director of ChavasseDance&Performance. R estlessness and curiosity have always been...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: A Meditation on Polar Bears E very summer growing up, my entire extended family went to a tiny sum- mer camp on a tiny lake in south- western Michigan for one week. Normally, swaths of children from grade school to high school occupied the campgrounds, but we went for what’s called “Family Furlough,” the period when only families were allowed. Each summer I’d antici...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : T H E F L A M I N G L I P S P H O T O S B Y Z O E Y H O L M S T R O M On March 14, I photographed The Flaming Lips at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Their performance was an incredible experience of sound and color. Music filled the theatre for over two hours, opening with the energetic “Race for the Prize” and ending with the heartfelt “Do You Realize??” ...…
…Gov. Rick Snyder and state lawmakers are introducing bills to the state legislature that seek to combat the rising number of opioid overdoses by monitoring prescriptions more closely and enforcing opioid abuse education. Committees within the state House and Senate will begin testimony on more than a dozen measures to battle the epidemic. The opioid epidemic in Michigan has been growing steadily, with the number of opio...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 11/24/08 12:59 PM SUDOKU EASY 4 9 5 2 5 1 3 4 6 7 4 3 4 8 6 2 1 2 9 3 4 7 6 8 3 5 6 8 7 4 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! GRAB ‘N’ GO. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES “Starving ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 3 was originally mentioned back in October. She said LSA SG sent out a survey last semester to gauge student opinions on the announcement, and found some apprehension regarding the plans. “After polling 500 students (both seniors and younger), we found that 61% were upset that commencement wouldn’t follow the traditional pattern of having a speaker,” Gipps wr...…
…P resident Donald Trump’s recent budget blueprint for the fiscal year 2018 calls for several major cuts to departments and organizations that used to garner bipartisan support, like the National Institutes of Health. These budget changes, particularly the $5.8 billion reduction of the NIH budget, hold severe ramifications for medical scientists who rely on the NIH to fund grants that help make groundbreaking rese...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 5 ‘Seas’ is a fascinating look into one family’s challenge Ann Arbor Film Festival presents a tale of a family at sea You’ve probably never heard of the Griffith family, despite the fact that they’re among the most accomplished American sailors in history. The family undertook 20 ocean voyages over two decades, including three separate circumnavigations. T...…
…HAPPY TUESDAY! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Like some benefit golf tournaments 6 Baby bed 10 Deadly snakes in hieroglyphics 14 “It matters to me” 15 Italian money until 2002 16 Tackle box item 17 *Seeks shelter 19 Samoa’s capital 20 “__ side are you on?” 21 Not up to snuff 23 Pierced ear part 26 Actor Jared 28 Conceals in one’s hand 29 Tactical advancements 31 Like slugs 33 Jellyfish bites 34 Thrill...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 7 Michigan’s Pro Day exemplifies main commitment to grooming NFL talent Two and a half years ago, Taco Charlton and Chris Wormley were just rotation players on the Michigan football team’s defensive line, with only a handful of starts between them. The only NFL Draft speculation surrounding either of them came from an Instagram post from Charlton in Novemb...…
…8 — Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Canfield powers Michigan on offense, defense Faith Canfield spent Friday morning in class jotting down notes instead of taking batting practice before the No. 19 Michigan softball team opened Big Ten play against Penn State. This lack of game-time preparation didn’t matter for the sophomore second baseman. While her teammates rocketed balls over th...…
…In celebration of the University of Michigan’s bicentennial, the 2017 graduating class will be sent off in style with a graduation ceremony at Michigan Stadium featuring University figures from the past and present, musical performances and alumni award presentations. The ceremony will be on April 29 and will break a long- standing tradition of seating the graduates on the stands and instead, seat them on the fie...…
…2A — Monday, March 27, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Slavery and Children’s Stories: Implications for Schooling and Society WHAT: Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, from the University of Pennsylvania, will talk about slavery in children’s books. WHO: University Library WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery As “I Got a Feeling” reverberated throughout the Indoor Track Buildin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, March 27, 2017 — 3A and Tobago, and she believes immigration is a topic that affects all Americans. “Unless you’re Native American, you’re an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants,” she said. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D– Mich.) was in attendance and thanked the spirited marchers for uniting to fight for the rights of all Americans, urging them to not be divided by hate and ...…
…F or many, today’s America is the pinnacle of the continuous development of humanity toward ever- greater freedom. It represents the fruition of the cries of liberty at the gates of Bastille in France, the struggles of the abolitionists and the suffragists and the aspirations of the civil rights movements of the past century. Its values and principles are the culmination of the efforts of generations of social activists and ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, March 27, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Ponzi scheme, e.g. 5 Impersonated 9 Your __ Highness 14 Drilled bowling ball feature 15 Artist Magritte 16 Shah of Iran, in 1979-’80 17 Bahrain big shot 18 Writer’s chief work (Latin) 20 Sphere of influence 22 Drinking glass edges 23 Ambulance initials 24 Done deal (French) 28 Farm country skyline hi...…
…6A — Monday, March 27, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘The Pink Egg’ is a confusing, disturbing visual spectacle INDEPENDENT RELEASE Still from indpendent realeas “The Pink Egg” Daily Arts Writers review Ann Arbor’s 55th Film Festival Most of the time I was confused. Then I was kind of grossed out. At the end I was just tired. “The Pink Egg” is a 71-minute film depicting the actions and habits of seven insect s...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | March 27, 2017 On two feet Michigan coach John Beilein has always stressed the importance of the basics, such as landing on two feet. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Time to reload The Michigan football team began spring practice Friday, and will need to replace multiple key contributors on the defensive side of the ball. » Page 4B Michigan 80, Virginia Tech 62 ETHAN WOLFE Daily...…
…2B — March 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Under Beilein, Michigan lands on two feet W ith under a minute to go in a Sweet 16 game against Oregon on Thursday, DJ Wilson set up on the left wing to take a go-ahead 3-pointer for the Michigan men’s basketball team. It wasn’t the shot you’ll remember for years. Before Derrick Walton Jr. missed that shot, Wilson lined up the first one that would ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday March 27, 2017 — 3B Speight embracing new leadership role Wilton Speight is the guy, and he knows it. It has been a long time since a Michigan quarterback could say the same. For the first time since 2014, the Wolverines know who will be taking their snaps behind center come next fall prior to spring practice. With that certainty has come new confidence for Speight. Las...…
…4B — March 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Just like that K ANSAS CITY, Mo. — Everyone called them a Cinderella team. Everyone except the Wolverines. After the plane accident two weeks ago, the practice uniforms and the Big Ten Tournament title run, the Michigan men’s basketball team was living a dream. In those four days, the Wolverines blew out Illinois, knocked off Purdue, escaped from...…
…KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With nine seconds left and the Michigan men’s basketball team down by one, Derrick Walton Jr. received the inbounds pass looking for a shot that would lead the Wolverines to the Elite Eight. And with two seconds left, the senior guard got his chance, jab-stepping his defender and stepping back for a 3-point attempt. But unlike so many of Walton’s shots in Michigan’s seven-game undefeated run, the ball fel...…
…EASY, BREEZY, BLUE-TIFUL. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, March 24, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily MUSIC Matters @MUSICMatters_UM Buy tix at the Michigan Union Ticket Office! Don’t miss @2chainz, @lilyachty, @ LifeOfDesiigner at Crisler! Michigan Students @UMichStudents Favorite part of Spring: No one has any idea what to wear. Shorts? Parka? One of those hats with an umbr...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, March 24, 2017 — 3 KAETLYN MULCAHY/Daily LSA freshman Che ‘Rai Laster colors at the De-Stress Through Play event in Angell Hall on Thursday. PIANO AND POLITICS our teaching and research,” they wrote. The three presidents also added they agree with Gov. Rick Snyder’s comments that immigrants add to Michigan’s economic strength. “We agree with Gov. Rick Snyder that immigrants have...…
…L ast week, I was walking to class when I scrolled past a picture of Hillary Clinton on Twitter. I suddenly remembered the period of hopefulness and confidence before the election that was so prevalent among my peers and on social media. The realization of how different things would be had she won the election hit me hard, and I was struck by the intense difference in pervading mood between then and now. ...…
…No, I’m not talking about the Buffybot (BuffyBot? Buffy-bot?). I’m talking about the mega-campy 1992 movie “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” that predated the hit TV show. This month marks the twentieth anniversary of Joss Whedon’s groundbreaking teen drama — 20 years of stakes and butterfly clips and refreshingly enlightened portrayals of teen and young adult life. But before Sarah Michelle Gellar breathed life into the chosen one...…
…STAYING IN ANN ARBOR THIS SUMMER? APPLY TO WORK FOR THE MICHIGAN DAILY BUSINESS TEAM! DESIGNERS! LAYOUT! CONTACT JOBS.TMD@GMAIL.COM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED! ADVERTISING! RANDOS! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Device used with a planchette 6 Hail in old Rome 9 2000s Israeli prime minister Sharon 14 Rip out stitchwork in 15 “The Louisville __”: nickname for Ali 16 “Five Weeks in a Balloon” novel...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, March 24, 2017 — 7 Wolverines begin Big Ten play at Maryland Prior to the season, the Big Ten’s coaches picked the Michigan baseball team to finish second in the conference, right behind Maryland. But as the Wolverines prepare to open Big Ten play against the Terrapins, rankings are the last thing on their minds. “Preseason rankings really are worthless,” said Michigan co...…
…8 — Friday, March 24, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE END OF THE ROAD OREGON 69 MICHIGAN 68 For the majority of the season, if you were trying to guess who would have the ball in their hands for the shot, you were better off picking a name out of a hat. First came the game against Virginia Tech at Crisler Center. The Wolverines surrendered a 15-point lead to fall, 73-70, to the Hokies. Justin Bibbs converte...…
…With just hours remaining before polls opened for the 2017-18 Central Student Government elections Tuesday evening, Public Policy junior Nadine Jawad, the eMerge vice-presidential candidate who currently serves as an executive policy adviser, made a final proposal to the current assembly. Jawad introduced a resolution encouraging University of Michigan Housing to integrate voter registration into requ...…
…GO BLUE, BABY. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, March 23, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES 22nd Annual Exhibition of Art by Prisoners WHAT: One of the largest exhibitions of art by incarcerated artists in Michigan will be on display. WHO: The Prisoner Creative Arts Project WHEN: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Duderstadt Center, Media Union What Can Blind People Tell Us About...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Thursday, March 23, 2017 — 3A I began my freshman year the way most people do: completely unsure of what classes to take. I decided to take a class that would fulfill the Race and Ethnicity requirement so I would not have to take it again in my undergraduate career. I took a class on the history of Islam in South Asia because it fit my schedule. And though the class was infor...…
…R hetoric since the inauguration and, more specifically, since the start of the political right’s efforts to create an Affordable Care Act repeal-and-replace bill, has perpetuated a narrative that Washington is in a state of disarray. Thus far, a constructive dialogue has not been encouraged, but rather, figureheads on both the right and left have relied on hateful rebuke and criticism. Various media outlets hav...…
…ACROSS 1 Munro pen name 5 Fix, as faulty code 10 Shorten 14 Scoundrel of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” 15 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 16 Sharpen 17 7-Eleven’s Big Gulp, for one 20 Prepare to relax 21 “__ Pointe Blank”: 1997 film 22 Shipping nickname 23 Marketing gimmick 25 It makes for easier reading 31 McKinley’s first lady 32 Like mud in election season 33 Serious violations 35 PC’s spacebar neighbor 36 Mayor pro __ 37 Swallow 40 Replayed...…
…6A — Thursday, March 23, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sweet 16 Preview: ‘M’ to battle Oregon This isn’t just a feel-good story anymore. Thirteen days ago, it was about the plane, the practice jerseys and the improbable performance the Michigan men’s basketball team put forth in its Big Ten Tournament opener. The eighth-seeded Wolverines dismantled Illinois, 75-55, and it felt like an underd...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, March 23, 2017 Design By Jacob Bergen …
…2B — Thursday, March 23, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sibel Ozer’s smile is warm and genuine, conveying a calm, collected kindness that belies some of the darker experiences she’s had over the course of her 15-year-long journey with art therapy. At a hefty 7.4 on the Richter scale, Turkey’s 1999 Izmit earthquake claimed thousands of lives and left even more injured, along with destroying several hund...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, March 23, 2017 — 3B “Make an installation, illicit emotion, and make it overwhelming” — these were the instructions given to Art & Design Sophomore, Perry Stella, for the second part of a project in one of her studio courses this year. For part one, Stella focused on the issues of memory and storytelling, while the second part was meant to represent an obstruction to t...…
…4B — Thursday, March 23, 2017 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Not Insane: A study of the complex ‘Legion’ ’s David FX David in FX’s ‘Legion’ Analyzing the intracacies of a television character as it relates to mental illness and its repetitive media treatment Sitting down to speak with Mentality Magazine, I was sucked into a space where honesty was encouraged, where mental health and art were intertwined and w...…
