…Wednesday, September 26, 2018 // The Statement 6B Student athetes’ silent struggle with eating disorders A mong student athletes, there’s a fine line between being mindful of your health and becoming obsessed with it. “Take care of your body,” motivational speaker Jim Rohn writes. “It is the only place you have to live.” Despite the changes wrought by puberty, aging and disease, the body is singularly constant. To some extent, ...…
…T he internship searches have morphed into job searches, the sought-after executive board positions are now ours and our points have gotten us up to the front rows at the football games; after three short years, we’ve become seniors. And in eight much shorter months, we’ll be alumni. Most of us, myself included, can probably remember — as much as we might try to forget it — our freshman orientation, the day we moved into our f...…
…Sonja is from Pinckney, Michigan and has been driv- ing for the University since April. Prior to working for the University, she has also been a transit operator for Dexter and Pinckney in the last three years. She says that despite it’s high stress nature, she loves the job: “All the students make it very fun, but also a great learning experience and the people I work with are great and it’s been a great experience and I want to stay he...…
…Krzysztof Smiszek, a Polish human rights lawyer, activist, and managing editor of The Anti- Discrimination Law Review, spoke Monday at Weiser Hall to University of Michigan students and faculty about the obstacles and successes with modern LGBTQ rights in Poland. Smiszek’s lecture was broken up into four key parts: the legal system of Poland, the lack of transgender rights, how the European Union influences Poland...…
…best way forward with the goal of reducing this to as low a level as possible, if not zero.” Schlissel also spoke about the recent ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stating, in cases of sexual misconduct, universities must give the accused student or an attorney an opportunity to cross-examine the accuser in a hearing. Court filings obtained by the Detroit Free Press show the University argued for a third pa...…
…and that they can be very triggering and disruptive to survivors’ healing,” Saks- Fithian said. “Trauma tends to hover close to the surface, and it can be very triggering when survivors are bombarded by stimuli related to their experiences. As a survivor myself, I know that I become more emotionally vulnerable when I‘m continually exposed to stories of sexual violence, especially in such highly publicized cases like Kav...…
…W hen my parents started feeding me music, they treated love songs like alcohol. Little tastes from their cups — sips of wine, accosting them if they guzzle down more beer than they’re allowed. And never any hard alcohol, because who gives a 10-year-old a shot of vodka? They played love songs that were fluffy and light, interspersed on mixed CDs that rotated in the car stereos on rides lasting no more than 10 or 15 minutes. One of...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, September 25, 2018 — 5 You know the old platitude that someone is (insert compliment) for a (typically disparaged group)? To get an accurate review of Facebook Watch’s newest offering, “Sorry For Your Loss,” I’m going to have to dust it off. So yes, “Sorry For Your Loss” is good. For a Facebook Watch show. “Sorry for Your Loss” boasts a thought- provoking premise not easily ...…
…ACROSS 1 The one here 5 Group of cronies 9 Natural wound protection 13 Discard 14 Prohibited activity 15 “What a shame!” 16 Player getting paid 18 Sound from a snout 19 Counsel 20 “Am I the only one?” 22 Move stealthily 23 “Wait just a minute!” 26 “Told you” 27 Rogers Centre city 29 Oil field sight 30 Cartographer’s dot, maybe 31 Food truck snack 32 Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what 16-, 23-, 46- and 53-Across all ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, September 25, 2018 — 7 Rashan Gary sharpening his leadership skills in his junior season Rashan Gary could have argued with his coaches on Saturday when they opted to hold him out for the second half of the No. 14 Michigan football team’s blowout win against Nebraska. Part of the reason for Gary’s rest could have been a possible shoulder injury he suffered in the first half. The ...…
…8 — Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com With real tests still on the horizon, offensive line showing improvement Junior defensive end Rashan Gary has noticed a trend with the opposing offensive line in practice. If Gary and his crew of All- America-level defensive line talent win a rep, the offensive group wants another. “ ‘Let me get that rep back,’ ” Gary recalls hearing. “ ‘We’ll do it ag...…
…In her second year of medical school at the University of Michigan, Rahael Gupta contemplated taking her own life. While Gupta got the help she needed and returned to school the following year, she uncovered a stigma among the medical community in which many physicians — and those in training — hide their depression for fear of professional consequences. Now, in her final year of medical school, Gupta is speaking o...…
…institutions — regardless of whether they were pursuing a teaching career. “Something that we noticed in that class (Schooling in a Multi-Cultural Society) is that 50 percent of the students who take that class go on to be teachers, which is fantastic,” Goldin said. “The other 50 percent kept speaking in very similar ways; even though it was across 10 years, even though they were not standing next to each other, they were s...…
…3A — Monday, September 24, 2018 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Le: What constitutes a hate crime? Many would agree no undergraduate experience at the University of Michigan is complete without painting the Rock. Last year, I painted the Rock for the first time as part of an annual event hosted by the Vietnamese Student Association. I got to meet a lot of new people and bond with them as we participat...…
…I n 2009, Marc Webb’s directorial debut “(500) Days of Summer” was released to high acclaim. The film, told in a non-linear arc, guides us through the eyes of Tom Hansen, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a hopeless romantic who becomes infatuated with Summer Finn, portrayed by Zooey Deschanel. When the film was released, it received high praise from both critics and audiences, with famed critic Roger Ebert giving it a fl...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, September 24, 2018 — 5A ACROSS 1 Answer with attitude 5 Female WWII gp. 9 Ink cartridge color 13 “ ... calm, __ bright”: “Silent Night” 15 Stone of “La La Land” 16 Revolutionary spy Nathan 17 How canvassers usually work 19 Correct a script, say 20 Satisfied sounds 21 Golf’s “Big Easy” Ernie 22 Raised-baton strokes, in music 24 Sauce with falafel 26 Desk tray words 27 How page-turne...…
…A brief history of grime WORLD MUSIC COLUMN While many would argue that grime’s best days were more than a decade ago, the resurgence of its popularity and quality begs to differ. True, legends such as Dizzee Rascal took long (and rather embarrassing) digressions into pop territory, but both old and new artists have revived the genre. Perhaps more importantly, it has grown from London and the UK to new markets abroad. Fig...…
…ITA Master Class Kate Fahey, the 18th-ranked singles player in the country, made it to the semifinals of the Oracle ITA Masters Tournament this weekend. » Page 3B Ties that bind Scott Frost and Jim Harbaugh both came back home to coach their alma maters, and they faced off in Ann Arbor on Saturday. » Page 2B Wolverines pummel Cornhuskers, 56-10 Josh Metellus knew it was over after the first series. Already up a touchdown...…
…2B — Monday, September 24, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The ties that bind Scott Frost and Jim Harbaugh Scott Frost sat down at the podium, adjusted the microphones in front of him and looked at the reporters waiting for an explanation of how his Nebraska football team had just lost by 46 points at Michigan Stadium. Frost played with the collar of his red sweatshirt as he listened to the first ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, September 24, 2018 — 3B Hallahan is difference- maker once again for ‘M’ Jack Hallahan had been there before – Penn State, double overtime, sudden death, game- winning goal hanging in the balance. Friday night was a lot of the same for the junior, except for the fairy tale ending. Drawing 1-1 with the Nittany Lions (1-0-1 Big Ten, 2-4-1 overall), Michigan made it a p...…
…4B — Monday, September 24, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Mason has career day in rout of Nebraska Ben Mason’s objectives each game are simple. “Just come in, attack people and do the best that I can,” the sophomore fullback said after the Michigan football team’s 56-10 whooping over Nebraska on Saturday. Mason, commonly referenced as the Wolverines’ “toughest player,” checked off those boxes quickly. And then he...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 21, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM LSA freshman Noah Wolfson hadn’t heard of the University of Michigan’s annual fall EarthFest event, so he was pleasantly surprised when he saw, dotted across the Diag, stands offering sustainability information, donuts, apples and more. “To be honest, I actually didn’t know this was happening until I walked on...…
…however, the Regents continue to shower Schlissel with glowing performance reviews. “Our conclusion, President Schlissel is knocking the ball out of the park,” Regent Chair Andrew Richner, R, said. “From the outside, I don’t think we appreciate just how demanding and complex the job of the University of Michigan president is. I know this president spends 24/7 on his responsibilities.” “I have the most challenging, but th...…
…students absolutely love,” Rothfuss said. “I cannot tell you how many emails I got asking if they were going to be there.” This was Rothfuss’s first year organizing the event. She said many organizations returned to participate, such as Leslie’s Science and Nature Center, which gives animal demonstrations, and MDining, which teaches students how they can cook healthy food. The goal of EarthFest, Rothfuss said, is to ed...…
…O ftentimes when Americans think about a person exemplifying patriotism, they conjure images of a courageous soldier defending American values and protecting her country against enemies, foreign and domestic. If you take that same framework of someone acting with courage even when at direct personal cost, it is evident that Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, demonstrates this courage and ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 21, 2018 — 5A ACROSS 1 Harmonious groups 7 Maybelline product 14 Role for Miley 15 Sticks 16 Result of too many people fishing? 18 Customer file prompt 19 Lincoln and Grant had them in common 21 Meet halfway 22 Show of support 24 Religious music? 27 Buoyant wood 30 On point 31 ’60s protest gp. 32 Well-versed about sailing ships? 37 Exhilarated shout 38 Fencing gear 40 D...…
…“The Land of Steady Habits” opens with a mundane yet vaguely terrifying and seemingly endless supply of bath towels. And kitchen supplies. And toothbrush holders. All things that should mark a quintessential, white- picket-fence life in suburbia. Instead, there’s barely a shadow of this lifestyle and, in its place, are the scattered remains of a financial shark’s attempt to go rogue. Though interesting in theory, “Th...…
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…FootballSaturday, September 21, 2018 2B STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread for top-25 and Big Ten teams. Mark Calcagno Max Marcovitch Mike Persak Ethan Wolfe No. 22 Texas A&M at No. 1 Alabama (-26) Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 2 Georgia (-14.5) at Missouri Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia No. 3 Clemson (-15.5) at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Clemson Clemson Clemson Georgia Tech Tulane at...…
…3B TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Behind Enemy Lines: A conversation with Nebraska football beat writer Jacob Bova By MIKE PERSAK Managing Sports Editor In the softest part of its otherwise tough schedule, the Michigan football team has started to gain some momentum. The 19th-ranked Wolverines (2-1) have dominated Western Michigan and SMU in the last two weeks, scoring a combined 94 points. Now, though, things will begin...…
…THE Mark Calcagno, Daily Sports Editor TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com 4B Nico Collins and the light that switched I n mid-August, as he does daily, Nico Collins called home after football practice. Only this conversation wasn’t a typical check-in for the sophomore wide receiver. It was one his dad, Don, had longed to hear. “I asked him how he was doing,” Don said during a phone interview Thursday. “And he was like, ‘I...…
…5 The Wolverines had never heard of Collins, but just days after watching his tape, they flew staff down to Alabama. “Nico actually recruited Michigan,” Floyd said. “It wasn’t Michigan going after him originally, truth be told.” Collins first met Jim Harbaugh with a bag of Dairy Queen in his hands. It wasn’t long before the coach wanted some of his own. “Harbaugh just stuck his hand right in Nico’s bag, grabbed some fries o...…
…FootballSaturday, September 21, 2018 6B Breakdown: Michigan vs. Nebraska By MAX MARCOVITCH Daily Sports Editor Michigan opens up Big Ten play with a matchup against Nebraska that seemed far more intriguing a few weeks ago. The Cornhuskers (0-2) came from 14 points down in their season opener against Colorado to take a 28-20 lead, then handed the game right back after true freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez left the game wit...…
…7B TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com find his open receivers early in the game, enough to put up 21 points in the blink of an eye. Martinez may not have the weapons around him nor the experience to do that on this stage. But he has the skill. Still, if Michigan’s defense can avoid the over-aggression that plagued it early against Notre Dame, you have to like its chances against a true freshman quarterback in a new system at M...…
…FootballSaturday, September 21, 2018 8B What to Watch For: Nebraska By ETHAN WOLFE Daily Sports Writer Big Ten football is in full swing in Ann Arbor. You can feel it in the air. It starts Saturday, with the Michigan football team’s matchup against first- year coach Scott Frost and Nebraska (0-2 overall). Prior to the start of the season, some expected a contentious head-to-head between two resurgent programs. For the 19th-ranked...…
…When LSA senior Sophia Georginis interviewed for a summer job at Comedy Central last year, then studying screen arts and cultures at the University of Michigan, she was asked was to define her major. Georginis explained she studied film, television and media and ended up getting the job, but realized her department’s name presented a significant obstacle to employment. “Screen arts and cultures to a lot of employers didn’t r...…
…2 — Thursday, September 20, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NATHAN GUPTA Business Manager 734-418...…
…because it was something on which he could collaborate with Knapik and Polish acting students. Collaboration made sense, Tulip explained, because of their shared artistic views, in addition to the political unrest under conservative administrations. “These more-to-the-right administrations … seemed to be a common bond,” Tulip said. “We had artistic things in common, we had political struggles in common.” Music, Theatre & Danc...…
…O n Sept. 14, incumbent Andrew Cuomo defeated progressive challenger and Emmy award- winning actress Cynthia Nixon in the New York gubernatorial Democratic primary election, garnering nearly two-thirds of the total vote. This was by no means a shocking result. The RealClearPolitics polling average projected Cuomo to win by 38.5 percent — his actual margin of victory was about 31.2 percent. Despite Nixon technically exceeding ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, September 20, 2018 — 5 I have always considered myself a well-versed feminist. I have read Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” and Kate Millett’s “Sexual Politics.” I point out toxic masculinity when I see fit, empower women as my go-to hobby and, the cherry on top, I am a Women’s Studies major. But no feminist text or practice could prepare my modern-day feminist brai...…
…ACROSS 1 Have a sudden inspiration? 5 Embryonic membranes 10 “Good going!” 14 Ancient Andean 15 Fully committed 16 Cries at the Home Run Derby 17 Norwegian coastal horse? 19 Agitated state 20 Ring leader? 21 Parenthesis, e.g. 22 Dún Laoghaire’s land 23 Largest division of Islam 24 Excellent joke? 26 Alpine transport 28 2010 sci-fi sequel subtitled “Legacy” 29 Grassy stretches 32 Map line 35 “A Doll’s House” playwright 38 “The Martian...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 20, 2018 — 7 Back to normal I t’s a sweltering September Tuesday in Ann Arbor, the kind of day where the heat just seems to slow down the pace of life itself. Students stroll down State Street in t-shirts, shorts and sandals on their way to class, trying to soak in as much summer as they can. Hockey sticks, heavy sweaters and ice rinks are surely the last thing...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 20, 2018 — 8 ALEC COHEN/Daily Junior running back Chris Evans suffered an injury against SMU but is expected to play against Nebraska, according to running backs coach Jay Harbaugh. In wake of injuries, Jay Harbaugh expresses confidence in running backs After the game against Western Michigan, junior running back Chris Evans said the running lanes created by Michigan...…
…The #MeToo movement has focused primarily on high status figures — women speaking out against Hollywood moguls, powerful bosses and even our current president. Journalist Bernice Yeung’s recently published work, after years of investigation, focuses instead on the experiences of women in particularly vulnerable workplaces, such as janitors, farmers and domestic workers. Each year, the Wallace House at the University of ...…
…E NGINE E RING CARE E R FAIR University of Michigan alum Darren Criss won his first Emmy during the award show Monday night, but he assured the University of Michigan community he still hasn’t forgotten his roots. “Congratulations to all of you, thank you to the Television Academy and Go Blue!” Criss ended his acceptance speech. Criss graduated in 2009 from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance with a Bachelor of Fine Arts ...…
…with whom he exchanged explicit photos. In addition to his online messaging, Hoeltzel was under investigation for engaging in sexual acts with a patient, whom he was allegedly over-medicating for rheumatoid arthritis. The patient was also diagnosed with various mental health illnesses. Though only charged last year, Hoeltzel was investigated by University of Michigan police in 2006 amid complaints from a mother of an 11-ye...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Emma Chang Ben Charlson Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — 5A I always wanted to be Mac Miller. He was effortlessly cool, his cockiness somehow charming through his willingness to be publicly imperfect. His music was easy-going and kind, an impression confirmed repeatedly by those who knew him personally. He possessed sensitive indie proclivities (e.g. the “Nikes On My Feet” video opens with a sni...…
…ACROSS 1 Most populous città in Italia 5 Vintage photo tone 10 Scheming 14 “Are you __ out?” 15 Tidies text 16 Scattered, as seeds 17 Ladled party drink 19 Vast landmass 20 Island near Maui 21 “__ a Lady”: Tom Jones hit 23 It blows things up 24 CPR pro 25 Cigarette brand featured on “Mad Men” 29 Ingredient in a Florentine dish 31 Ancient Aegean region 32 Notice 33 Crossword- solving Simpson 36 WWI pistol 37 Martial arts level 40 Happe...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — 7A Paye striking balance between present and future Kwity Paye recognized the trickery right away. He wasn’t fooled. Southern Methodist’s offensive line stood still, hoping to confuse the Michigan defensive line so the Mustangs could get a quick play off. Paye was undeterred, turning the corner with his elite speed on full display as the quarterb...…
