…8A — Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines finish sixth at East and West Match Play Challenge Sunday through Tuesday, the Michigan women’s golf team hosted its season opener at one of the team’s two home courses — Radrick Farms Golf Course. At times, it appeared the Wolverines had the home field advantage. During Monday’s match play round, Michigan was tied with Texas A&M with only ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 The nativist next door …
…I know I am not supposed to say this, but most of the books I have bought recently have not been finished. My nightstand has become a graveyard for abandoned literature. I read a few chapters of “The Idiot” because I fell in love with the millennial pink jacket cover. After watching Amy Cuddy’s TED Talk I found myself downloading her book “Presence.” And I even tried reading “An American Marriage” because Oprah Winfrey said...…
…3B Managing Editor: Dayton Hare Copy Editors: Elise Laarman Finntan Storer Wednesday, September 19, 2018 // The Statement Visual Statement: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre BY EMMA RICHTER, SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR As I was photograph- ing Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen at the Helen Zell Writ- ers’ Program event last week, I began exploring the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. I got to climb up to different platforms, peek out from ...…
…Wednesday, September 19, 2018 // The Statement 4B CHRISTINE MONTALBANO FOR THE USER The idea that I can take my mind to whatever extent I desire and create what I want is one of the most riveting feelings that continuously propels me to create genuine work. Whether I am designing an infographic or programming an application, I imagine how the user would experience it. Studying design at The University of Michigan has put me in the ...…
…“W e are quitting at two,” a Northern Michigan doctor named John Tan- ton told the Alpena News in 1975, refer- ring to his two daughters. Moving to Petoskey, Mich., in 1964 after a medical residency at the Uni- versity of Michigan, Tanton had long established himself as a committed — and sometimes eccentric — pillar of the local community. Decades before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion and when birth control was considered taboo, ...…
…Wednesday, September 19, 2018 // The Statement 6B country schoolhouse, he credited most of his education to being self-taught, and he had excelled at his studies in MSU. However, Tanton found himself feeling out-classed by his peers who came from wealthier upbringings and East Coast Ivy Leagues, and he was ultimately not awarded a scholarship. Still taking pride in how far he had made it in the Rhodes Scholarship pro- cess, Tanton ...…
…worldview that a culturally diversify- ing America was leading to a civiliza- tional clash. “When the question came up of whether we should broaden FAIR’s bundle of issues — taking a look at cul- tural division and bilingualism and the changing composition of the American population and what that might mean — there was a great deal of resistance, as you say, to getting into what seemed like dangerous territory,” he said. Despite th...…
…Wednesday, September 19, 2018 // The Statement 8B …
…Ann Arbor’s water treatment plant manager Brian Steglitz spoke to City Council Monday night about contamination warnings along the Huron River, including the expansion of a do-not-eat fish advisory to include a warning against consuming foam from the river. In August, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced polyfluoroalkyl substance tests showed fish in five counties along the Huron River were ...…
…with Cheney-Lippold’s decision not to write the letter, saying professors should encourage students to explore educational opportunities without the influence of personal politics. “I can’t speak for all students, but I know that I and many others feel hurt by this decision,” Coden said. “Studying in or visiting Israel is an opportunity to immerse ourselves in an Israeli culture that is different from our own, but also a Jew...…
…be an ambassador for the importance of faculty governance,” Beatty told the assembly. “People aren’t always aware of what we do, so thank you for being here and for standing up for faculty governance.” Later, the assembly discussed potential improvements to their current execution of meetings and potential guests to invite to their future assemblies. Members noted a disconnect between the administration and the Senat...…
…T here is something special about walking into a bookstore and exploring the collection. Though I don’t do it purposefully, if it is my first time there, I tend to follow a similar path through the store to get myself acquainted. First, I float toward the literature section and walk across the wall from A to Z, scouring through the names of authors both familiar and unknown. Then, my eyes wander to the histo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, September 18, 2018 — 5 I always assumed that I would get married someday. Until recently, I never questioned my reasons for assuming it; marriage seemed like an inevitable stepping stone between birth and death, like something that happens to a person rather than something a person does. It wasn’t until my brother’s wedding that I realized the terrifying enormity of this...…
…ACROSS 1 Publisher Alfred 6 Spur to action 10 Mus. key with three sharps 14 Lost cause 15 Overconfident racer of fable 16 Hawaiian island 17 Hawaii or Alaska 18 Oil gp. that includes 57-Down 19 Take a load off 20 Horse sense 23 Pool tool 24 Try to win 25 Colonel Sanders facial feature 28 Main attraction 32 Lab maze navigator 33 Letter flourish 34 “... good witch, __ bad witch?” 35 Angry or achy 36 Test proctor’s reminder 40 Soap units ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, September 18, 2018 — 7 Wolverines offensive line still has a way to go in run blocking The Michigan football team was without its starting running back in its win over SMU. After getting banged up in practice, senior Karan Higdon missed Saturday’s game with an undisclosed injury. The status of Higdon, as well as junior running back Chris Evans, is not yet clear. Evans limped ...…
…OUR MICHIGAN VOICES MANY Plus more unit-sponsored and central events the week of October 8–12 diversity.umich.edu/summit-events | #UMichDEI @UMichDiversity 2018 DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION SUMMIT OCTOBER 8 9–10:30 am | POWER CENTER Community Assembly & Discussion REMARKS BY PRESIDENT MARK S. SCHLISSEL AND OTHER SENIOR LEADERS Featuring Diane Guerrero Moderated by Leonard Pitts, Jr. 2–3:30 pm | PALMER COMMONS, FORUM HALL Social ...…
…A 2015 interview with Ann Scanlon McGinity, Michigan Medicine chief nursing executive, is record of the administrator’s hostility toward unions, nurses say. Scanlon McGinity — a lead player in the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council’s ongoing contract bargaining with the hospital system — spoke in the interview of her dislike for unions and her experience of locking the nurses’ union out of the hospital when...…
…PAE LL A FESTIVAL 2A — Monday, September 17, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News CAMERON HUNT/Daily Chefs prepare different types of paella as part of Zingerman’s 33rd Annual Paella Party at Zingerman’s Delicatessen Sunday. CASEY TIN/Daily 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 ne...…
…Somewhere in China, a little girl talks to her father on the phone. He is in the United States. She tells him he is a bad person and that the Chinese police are good people. That’s the last he hears from her for six months. His wife soon divorces him, because being married to him puts a “target on her back.” He is left hopeless, posting on social media in hopes of finding his wife and daughter. Unfortunately, the reason for this...…
…T he White House was rocked last week following The New York Times’s publication of a critical Op-Ed from an anonymous senior official in President Donald Trump’s administration, eliciting a far-reaching array of reactions from all sides of the political spectrum. The Op-Ed, which praised the president’s conservative legislative achievements while condemning the president’s “anti-democratic” impulses and “a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, September 17, 2018 — 5A ACROSS 1 Potato chips source 5 __ bean 9 Rick’s “Casablanca” love 13 “Aww!” 14 Spring bloom 15 Les __-Unis 16 Neighbor of Yemen 17 Large-scale departure 19 Island setting for Melville’s “Omoo” 21 Court order to testify 22 Mindless memorization 24 Farm sound 25 Blue expanse, on a clear day 26 Cost of a car, in most family budgets 31 1860s White House nickna...…
…MUSIC REVIEW When I stumbled on All Are Saved in early 2015, approaching my high school graduation, I was certain I didn’t think I would be writing this review almost four years later. My graduation from university is now more imminent than is comfortable. I remember vacationing in Folly Beach, S.C. during spring break, the same week that Carrie & Lowell was released to the world at large. I was just beginning to find music for...…
…2B — September 17, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Patterson needs backup S hea Patterson has played even better than the most optimistic Michigan fans could have expected. Saturday’s 45-20 win over SMU was the most recent example. And yes, it’s only a three-game sample, but the consistency and prolificity with which Patterson has played in those three games is something that hasn’t been seen in Ann...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, September 17, 2018 — 3B Two units and two perspectives A s Donovan Peoples-Jones surveys the media during postgame interviews, he compliments his quarterback for sparking his collegiate breakthrough performance. Peoples-Jones found the end zone three times in Michigan’s 45-20 victory over SMU, so a little praise was warranted. That very quarterback, junior Shea Patt...…
…4B — Monday, September 17, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The arrival of Donovan Peoples-Jones Fairly or not, much as has been expected of Donovan Peoples- Jones in his short time with the Michigan football team. The sophomore wide receiver came to Ann Arbor nearly two years ago as a five-star prospect and the highest-ranked member of the Wolverines’ 2017 recruiting class. Despite ample playing opportunity, howe...…
…The University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats, along with the Michigan State University chapter and the Michigan Federation of College Democrats, is suing the state over two of its voter ID and registration laws. The suit claims the laws unconstitutionally restrict a citizen’s 26th Amendment right to vote, particularly for young voters and students. The suit concerns two laws, Michigan Public Act 118 a...…
…2A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FRIDAY: Behind the Story News TUESDAY: By Design DARBY STIPE/Daily WEDNESDAY: This Week in History 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.c...…
…for the first time,” the complaint read. “Indeed, in many cases, these laws have resulted in a chilling effect that has kept eligible young voters in Michigan from voting and registering to vote entirely due to widespread confusion about the laws’ requirements and legal effects.” Marc Elias, a partner at Perkins Coie, is one of the plaintiff’s lawyers. Elias, who served as general counsel to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential ca...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 expressed her optimism for the conversations with MESA and the University moving forward. “We are moving in a positive direction,” Rivas said. “We understand that there’s a lot of demands that can’t be solved in a certain timeframe. They require time, so I think we’ve been understanding on that end because (the administration) have been addressing the ones tha...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan 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...…
…Welcome “bAAck,” welcome home, welcome freshmen, welcome all … Welcome Week. Nothing screams the start of the school year quite like kiddie pools filled with sweat and beer, freshmen running around campus without chaperones for the first time in their lives and eating and drinking as though your body is a garbage disposal. Oftentimes I commit myself to portraying the world of food and wine on this campus as sophisticated, grace...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 4, 2018— 7A “Slender Man” is a horror movie released in 2018 based on the popular “creepypasta” that debuted in 2009. It is approximately 93 minutes long. It costars Joey King (“The Kissing Booth”). I can tell you all of this because the information is available on the Internet, yet despite having just seen the movie earlier today, I’m having trouble remembering a single...…
…8A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The most impressive music careers are those that convey an evolution in a creative sense: The Beatles and their growth from Please, Please Me to Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Kanye West and his growth from The College Dropout to Yeezus. Ideally, a musician’s respective genre should follow their creative advances, making for a fascinating display of...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 9A The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color The existence of a woman of color is in and of itself an act of resistance. These are my words. Sound nice don’t they? Sound... empowering? Or maybe it sounds like the faux deep mantra of a girl who’s trying to convince herself that she’s a good social justice activist. It may sound like beautiful words that give an accurate reflection of what it ...…
…Like another road loss to a ranked team, the sight of a Michigan quarterback running for dear life is nothing new. Last year, it led to injuries for Wilton Speight and Brandon Peters. It nearly did the same to Shea Patterson on Saturday, as the junior quarterback missed parts of the fourth quarter with cramps after being pressured all night. Officially, Patterson was sacked three times and hurried on another six occasions. In reali...…
…2B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday SportsTuesday: Saying or doing? T he fourth season of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure in Ann Arbor is off to a rocky start after a loss to Notre Dame. Since, some unflattering stats have been advertised, like how the Wolverines are 9-9 in their last 18 games and how they haven’t won a road game against a ranked opponent since 2006. But fear not, Michi...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 3B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Collins inspires confidence from his teammates in No. 2 receiving role Amid fans airing grievances after the Michigan football team’s 24-17 loss at Notre Dame, it was difficult to focus on anything but the negatives of the Wolverines’ performance. But with 48 hours to digest Saturday night’s game, a big picture outlook of Michigan football is in ...…
…4B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday A different kind of pain S OUTH BEND, Ind. — The gift- wrapping was pretty on the Michigan football team. Through talk of renewed confidence, heightened athleticism and, finally, a serviceable quarterback, the 14th-ranked Wolverines were supposed to have a fighting chance against No. 12 Notre Dame in South Bend. But right at kickoff of Sat...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 5B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Field hockey splits against UMass and UConn Maggie Bettez had Friday’s game circled on her calendar for two years. The senior midfielder is originally from Acton, Mass., but the Michigan field hockey team hadn’t played in her home state during her college career until this past weekend. Her friends and family came out to cheer her on, a moment sh...…
…The University Research Corridor — a partnership of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University — released its 11th economic impact report last week. The report highlights the universities’ contributions to the state economy, which totaled $18.7 billion in 2017. This is a significant increase from 2015, when the URC added $16.5 billion to the state economy. Britany Affolter- Caine, ...…
…2A — Thursday, September 13, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K On Wednesday evening, Interfraternity Council President Sam Finn, a Public Policy senior, released a statement to The Daily proclaiming a number of fraternity chapters — including Theta Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon — have decided to disaffiliate from IFC after a July change in city zoning codes. However, Finn noted the...…
…Union sanctions. “What Russia might be experiencing if these sanctions are effective is the undermining of economic growth,” she said. Cook also noted varying levels of unrest within Russian society as living standards remain stagnant or even decline. She referenced the recent protests against the Russian government in response to a proposal to raise retirement age from 60 to 65 for men and 55 to 60 for women. “My s...…
…“ Never have I ever had sex with a member,” I said looking around the room at my fellow volunteers and the young members of Kibbutz Baram. I quickly noticed none of the members took a drink. “How is it possible that none of you have had sex with a member?” “Have sex with another member? I would never!” “What? Why not!?” “After growing up and spending all day with other members I view them as my brothers and sisters… having sex ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 13, 2018 — 5A ACROSS 1 Minimally 5 Oversight 10 “Man With a Plan” network 13 One and only 14 Fads 15 No longer active: Abbr. 16 Rolls off the alley 18 “__ we there yet?” 19 College Board exam, briefly 20 French assent 21 It’s calculated using ht. and wt. 22 Make a face, say 23 Swing era dance 26 Loan application section 27 Badgers 28 Staff helper 29 “Be My __ Ono”: Baren...…
…6A — Thursday, September 13, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A moment of weakness in a dominating match It was a one-sided affair. There’s no other way to put it. In the Michigan volleyball team’s sweep of Louisiana State on Friday, there were zero lead changes and only one instance of a tie in score, which happened in the opening moments of a set. From start to finish, the Wolverines dominated — except for...…
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