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…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Oldest U.S. capital 8 Spade creator 15 Melodic movements 16 Ancient region now part of France 17 Is serious 18 Impulse conductors 19 Much toothpaste 20 U.S. neighbor 21 “Picnic” dramatist 22 Letter between November and Papa 25 Singer’s warm-up syllables 26 Indy-winning family name 27 Swears by 29 66, e.g.: Abbr. 30 Metaphor for jobs 31 Lav, in London 32 Singer Kitt 36 “.....…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 23, 2017 — 7A Michigan still winless after loss to the Fighting Irish After five minutes of relentless attack to begin the game, No. 8 Notre Dame scored two consecutive goals in the next two minutes to take an early 2-0 lead. Senior attacker Tess Korten, however, quickly answered for the Michigan women’s lacrosse team. She served as the playmaker for the...…

…8A — Thursday, February 23, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines survive on the road against Rutgers After a tough loss in overtime to Minnesota on Sunday, the Michigan men’s basketball team had the opportunity to bounce back at Rutgers — by any metric the worst team in the Big Ten. Not only was it a chance for the Wolverines to recover from a crushing loss, it was a virtually a must-win game against a tea...…

…If University of Michigan College of Engineering researchers continue to prototype their innovative work, you might soon be receiving packages from someone other than a mailman — instead, a robotic bird. The University will be the first institution to program and test “Cassie,” a robot with the mobility of a bird and the potential to transform efficient energy usage. The robot, created by the Agility Robotics prog...…

…NEW SUDOKU WHO DIS? puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, February 22, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After bipartisan pressure, the Michigan state legislature modified its initial proposal from one which would completely eliminate the state’s 4.25-percent income tax to one that will gradually lower the tax to 3.9 percent over four years. This change occurred after nine university presidents ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — 3A coming from Congressional Republicans. They said if the ACA is repealed, it will need to be replaced; however, lawmakers have yet to bring forth a definitive plan for replacement. “In the last year, we’ve heard discussion of increasing premium costs and higher deductibles, and we do need to worry about that, there’s no question about it,” Dingell sa...…

…O n Friday, Feb. 10, I saw a beautiful performance by the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Hill Auditorium. Before the show began, as I looked around at the sea of gray, elderly audience members surrounding me, I saw Mark Schlissel, president of the University of Michigan, sitting in the level below me. On the previous night, I had attended a sit-in protest at the Michigan Union, organized by Students4Jus...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — 5A Carlton on work, future A thousand miles later, the singer-songwriter is all grown up After 16 years, six major releases and a nod from Billboard, the Grammys and the AMAs, Vanessa Carlton refuses to slow down. She’s only getting better, really. The singer-songwriter known for “A Thousand Miles” may have made a purposeful exit from the mainstream s...…

…ACROSS 1 Spot for an AirPod 4 Chowder morsel 8 Moscow currency 13 Slept like __ 15 Color in a Spanish rainbow 16 Religion of Basra 17 Corn Belt tower 18 Latin I verb 19 Riyadh resident 20 *Fictional road material 23 Bookshelf bracket shape 24 Of a battery terminal 25 Necessity for a game of Ultimate 27 History class assignment 30 Elec. or water 31 __ a clue 34 Slangy pounds 36 Financial help 39 End __ 40 Tomato product 41 Preference indicator ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — 7A Lewis shines in Wolverine debut Miles Lewis may be new to the Michigan baseball team, but he isn’t new to college baseball. After transferring from the University of North Dakota, the redshirt sophomore left fielder wasted no time in making his mark for the Wolverines. As a Fighting Hawk, Lewis finished the 2016 season as the Western Athletic...…

…8A — Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Talcott, it’s about relationships with teammates At 4:18 Monday afternoon, just a few players remained at Yost Ice Arena. Many of the members of the Michigan hockey team had departed. Their participation in practice had ended. The ones who remained did so because of their in-game absence in Madison this past weekend. While some of these players c...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | FEBRUARY 22, 2017 Looking in the Mirror The Push to Change History on Campus …

…M y friend Eli Chanoff once remarked that everyone in the world would benefit from drinking a tall glass of water right now. I think this is probably true. It is certainly true for me. Out of the set of emotional and physical states a person can be in — of which there are many, maybe infinite — dehydrated is the one I most commonly exist in. I notice, most acutely, the symptoms of my dehydration when I’m in class. The corner...…

…3B Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement BY SYLVANNA GROSS, DAILY SPORTS EDITOR ILLUSTRATION BY ERIN TOLAR “ So, what are your plans for next year?” Eight words that all seniors respond to with immediate sweaty palms and slight nausea. It’s an involuntary response that most of us experience because being asked to confront the biggest source of stress we have at this moment is awful. Every. Single. Senior. Has heard this q...…

…Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement 5B The Push to Change History on Campus Looking in the Mirror b y J a c k i e C h a r n i g a, Daily Staff Reporter I n an opening scene of “The Dan- gerous Experiment,” a play that premiered last month, James Bur- rill Angell, then-University of Michigan president, stands before the Board of Regents at a late 1870s meeting to fight ...…

…T o this day, I remember the photos. I was 12 years old when Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty, a 20-going- on-21-year-old pop artist from Barbados, suddenly canceled her performance for the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Despite the fact that I was hardly a Rihanna fan at the time, I found myself intrigued by the news. I remained concerned as the story unfolded rapidly, bursting forth like a phoenix from a fire. But my curiosity quickly ...…

…Wednesday, Februray 22, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: To the ER and Beyond I never expected to spend the morning of Jan. 24 in the emergency room. I didn’t think I’d be hooked up to an IV when I should have been sitting in my “Origins of Nazism” lecture at 11:30. Somehow, on that Tuesday I found myself in a bed in the emergency room at the University Hospital, wear- ing a typical gown and enjoying some vanilla yo...…

…Wednesday, February 22, 2017 // The Statement 8B Edmon Tsoi performs at the Lunar Gala Saturday, February 11 in Palmer Commons. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : L U N A R G A L A The Chinese Student Association and Hong Kong Student Association host a Lunar Gala to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Lantern Festival and the Year of the Rooster on Saturday, February 11 at Palmer Commons. EVAN AARON/Daily EVAN AARON/Daily K-Motion ...…

…Pink “pussy hats” lined the seats of Ann Arbor’s local venue Neutral Zone on Monday night where over 100 University of Michigan faculty, students and community members gathered to perform and watch performance-based art and comedy acts in a “Not My President’s Day” rally in opposition to the current President Donald Trump. The rally was organized by Bad and Nasty, an online movement that has organized and pla...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 KYGO & SELENA. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com WANT TO NAME A SUDOKU? GO TO TINYURL.COM/TMDSUDOKU Tweets Follow @michigandaily Coach Harbaugh @CoachJim4UM Alert & Savvy parenting when you get a picture of your kids on the jumbotron, feeling pretty good about myself. Matthew Ramirez @monomuted Popular discussion topic in Ann Arbor: “the weather is so nice bu...…

…of the event’s sketches and acts, which ranged from personal journal readings and comedy acts. Many of the actors were involved with the University’s Educational Theatre Company or were a part of the School of Art & Design BFA in Interarts Performance program. ETC Director Callie McKee was the Master of Ceremonies for the event and performed a recitation of a prose piece she wrote after the election. In it, she describes the emo...…

…On Feb. 11, after relentless student protests, Yale announced that the university would change the name of its residential college named after John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States remembered for his racist views and as a prominent spokesman for slavery. While there have been no similar protests about University of Michigan facilities, we recognize that there are buildings on campus named...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 5 Two young girls sit in a locker room. They are scared and unsure. One girl tells the other to punch her in the stomach — maybe that will suffice to abort the fetus growing inside of her. This week, Basement Arts presents Ruby Rae Spiegel’s “Dry Land,” in Studio One at the Walgreen Drama Center. “Dry Land” tells the story of an unlikely friendship that ...…

…ACROSS 1 One in a bad mood 5 Diplomat’s asset 9 Vatican-related 14 Memorization method 15 Patron saint of Norway 16 Nimble 17 High-tech bookmark 20 African language group 21 Winter bug 22 Cupid’s counterpart 23 Safari beast 26 Mystery writer whose Baltimore home is preserved as a museum 28 Office gossip 35 Moved quickly, old-style 36 Meat inspector’s org. 37 “Awesome!” 38 Office coffee holder, perhaps 39 Hard-rock link 40 “O Sole __” 42 1965 m...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 21, 2017 — 7 Michigan completes shutout over Baylor Junior Mira Ruder-Hook drove her shot deep into the court, catching her opponent off guard and forcing her to hit it wide. Though the match had been clinched for a while, Ruder-Hook’s win meant the Wolverines had swept their dual match against Baylor, 7-0. While Michigan was in control during the singles,...…

…8 — Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Lin, Michigan go down to the wire to beat No. 15 Kentucky Kentucky’s Enzo Wallart prepared to return a serve from Michigan junior Carter Lin in the right corner of the backcourt. Wallart struck the return and the ball torpedoed back over the net, landing just outside of the singles’ sideline. Lin dropped to his knees and the rest of the Michigan men’s t...…

…The University of Michigan Hillel, the Black Student Union and NOiR fashion runway hosted an open Shabbat dinner Friday evening, followed by a conversation about intersectionality and activism facilitated by Yavilah McCoy, an African-American Jewish activist and educator. This event was a follow up to Thursday evening’s event, where McCoy spoke on similar topics. Hillel’s weekly Shabbat dinners are normally attend...…

… CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Tweets Follow @michigandaily Local dessert lovers, “donut” miss out on Ann Arbor’s newest late-night delivery service. Washtenaw Dairy now delivers donuts between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. The local business, which has been operating since 1934 and delivering dairy products to Washtenaw County for 75 years, launched the new service on Friday. According to a tweet from ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, February 20, 2017 — 3A 25-year project of interview- based performances. The five speakers of the event shared diverse experiences of being Muslim in the United States, with a common thread of coming to age after 9/11 in New York City. “I think the urgency of the xenophobia that is rampant in our president’s new administration makes it very important to have Muslim people speak fo...…

…D uring my senior year of high school, I went on an overnight Catholic retreat. The organizers of the retreat reached out to the attendees’ friends and families to collect letters about all sorts of things: what we meant to them, what their faith meant to them or even just offering general advice as we prepared to leave for college. Watching the response around the country and on campus to President Trump’...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 20, 2017 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Soothsayer 5 Quick fix for an elbow hole 10 Underwater vessel 13 Cuba libre fruit 14 Lorena of LPGA fame 15 Phony 16 Votes in favor 17 “My mistake” 18 Rice field draft animals 19 Panama Canal nickname 22 Robotic maid on “The Jetsons” 23 Inherently 27 Where to find Lima and llamas 30 Like farm coun...…

…6A — Monday, February 20, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘August Snow’ presents lively testament to Detroit It’s always a weird feeling to be reading a story set in an area one knows. For this reason, “August Snow” feels like an eerie walk through well-known areas near Ann Arbor. Set in Detroit’s Mexicantown area, mentions of the University of Michigan and Traverse City abound. The way it paints Detroit is on...…

…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 20, 2017 Not good enough The Michigan hockey team traveled to Madison and showed improvement, but the Wolverines still returned to Ann Arbor carrying the burden of two losses. » Page 3B New expectations Kim Barnes Arico has helped turn around the Michigan women’s basketball program, simultaneously bringing new standards to the team. » SportsMonday Column Page 2B MINNEAPOL...…

…2B — February 20, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A Sunday at a crossroads I t’s impossible to encapsulate a season in one game, and there’s been plenty of good news for the Michigan women’s basketball team this year. The 20th-ranked Wolverines are 21-7, one win shy of tying their all-time best mark. They’re a near-lock to secure their seventh NCAA Tournament bid. And on Sunday, against Michigan State a...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports February 20, 2017 — 3B Wolverines repeat as Big Ten champions As soon as it became official, 28 members of the Michigan women’s swimming and diving team — donning Big Ten Champion baseball caps and T-shirts — hurled themselves into the diving well at Boilermaker Aquatic Center on Saturday night. Coach Mike Bottom followed suit, entering the water emphatically with a victorious fro...…

…4B — February 20, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Trouble at the line dooms Michigan MINNEAPOLIS — Uncharacteristic. That’s how Michigan coach John Beilein described the Wolverines’ performance from the free-throw line. It was also how both redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson and senior guard Derrick Walton Jr. described it. It was that kind of night for the Michigan basketball team (7-7 Big Ten,...…

…Yavilah McCoy, an African- American Jewish activist and educator, spoke to a diverse group of about 60 students on Thursday evening at the Trotter Multicultural Center about her experiences as an activist and holding multiple identities, particularly in a changing political and social climate. The event, called “Holding Racial Justice, Equity and Intersectionality in 2017,” was hosted jointly by the Black Student Union, U...…

…GO GIVE SOMEONE A HUG. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2 — Friday, February 17, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Saline Patch @SalinePatch Walmart Buys Metro Detroit Outdoors Retailer Moosejaw For $51M Michigan Students @UMichStudents Also, I’ve lost count over the number of bowls of nachos I’ve had over the past week. #sendhelp #midtermstress Scott DeRue @scottderue Illitch quietly pai...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, February 17, 2017 — 3 the field. Pamela Heatlie, the deputy Title IX coordinator in the Office for Institutional Equity, said much of her work at the OIE is aimed at improving the 3.6 percent sexual assault reporting rate, including updating the sexual misconduct policy in July to include expanded definitions and scope of acceptable conduct. She emphasized this proc...…

…S imilar to many University of Michigan students, I pride myself on my critical thinking and analytical skills. By now, as I careen toward graduation without brakes, I feel I am fairly well versed in deriving meaning from everything. I can sprout arguments about anything from yogurt advertisements to complex issues, such as whether or not a five-year-old would make an effective president. However, I seem to have o...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 17, 2017 — 5 HBO’s “Crashing” shines A cynical wit and star-studded cast make Pete Holmes’s show a hit In recent years, HBO has made a concerted effort to expand its comedy offerings. With series like “Veep,” “Ballers” and “Silicon Valley,” the network has attempted to establish itself as more than just “Game of Thrones.” Following the premiere of its new Judd...…

…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Earth tone 6 Popular speaker 10 Unlike Wabash College 14 “Voilà!” 15 Over 16 Company with a Select Guest loyalty program 17 Ladies’ man with laryngitis? 19 Ultimately earns 20 Airport NNW of IND 21 Spicy cuisine 22 A native of 23 Goneril’s husband 25 Revered sage, in India 27 Sweeps, e.g. 28 Infant at bath time? 29 1995 “Live at Red Rocks” pianist 30 African scourge 32 In...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 17, 2017 — 7 ‘M’ looks to respond in ACC/Big Ten Challenge The last time the Michigan softball team entered the second weekend of its season with multiple losses was 2006. But after dropping two close games in Tampa, Fla. last weekend, the Wolverines fell from No. 6 to No. 11 in the national rankings and now find themselves in uncharted waters heading into the ACC/Big...…

…8 — Friday, February 17, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan upsets No. 11 Wisconsin, boosts NCAA tournament resume Entering Thursday night, it was no secret that the Michigan men’s basketball team had a shot at the upset. The Wolverines were rolling, fresh off a blowout win against Michigan State and their first victory at Assembly Hall since 2009. The momentum, coupled with the fact that Michigan led No....…

…Michigan Senate bills 152 and 153 and House Bill 4190 make up a recent bipartisan legislative initiative that seeks to offer more support to sexual assault survirors. The senate bills were co-sponsored by Sens. Tonya Schuitmaker (R–Lawton) and Rebekah Warren (D– Ann Arbor), and the house bill was sponsored by Rep. Laura Cox (R–Livonia). Collectively, the legislation will create consistency in the way health care prov...…

…NEW SUDOKU WHO DIS? puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Thursday, February 16, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Multilingualisn in Israeli Literature WHAT: Listen to distinguished professors speak about the issues of translation and the politics of language in Israeli literature. WHO: Judaic Studies WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Graduate School Learning across Differences...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, February 16, 2017 — 3A said. “During prosecuting, it allows for all evidence to be used against a defendant.” The Board said it was happy with the new legislation because it more effectively aids sexual assault victims within the criminal justice system, should they choose to prosecute the perpetrator. Schuitmaker said that the legislation will likely provide security ...…

…I magine sitting in lecture. Your professor is doing his job, going through the slides as usual, when a student decides to stand up, point at the professor, and yell: “You suck, bitch! And your mother thinks you suck! And you’re an asshole, prick, bitch, whore!” Now imagine all 300 people in the lecture decide to join in, and everyone is suddenly pointing and chanting insults at the professor. Depending on how boring your lect...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, February 16, 2017 — 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 Truly wretched 7 E equivalent, on scores 12 Bygone space station 15 Reaction to a comeback 16 Contact 17 Long-necked bird 18 Fitness challenge 20 Metz moniker 21 Colo. setting 22 See-through 23 Even-odds situation 25 Sca...…

…6A — Thursday, February 16, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The good and bad of Michigan’s opening weekend With just five contests from the Wilson-Demarini Tournament under its belt, the No. 11 Michigan softball team (3-2 overall) is at the onset of its regular season. And in the words of coach Carol Hutchins, the fairly young team has some growing to do. The Wolverines’ opening weekend featured a constant ...…