…8 — Thursday, March 29, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Brienne Minor makes history In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily launches a series aimed at telling the stories of female athletes, coaches and teams at the University from the perspective of the female sports writers on staff. Daily sports writer Maya Salinas continues the series with this story. Brienne ‘Bri’ Minor isn’t your ty...…
…Regarding what issue she wanted to see prioritized in the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government elections, Public Policy senior Gloriela Iguina-Colón expressed one of many shared sentiments on campus: a need for diversity of representation and a rise in student leaders who prioritize engaging with individuals in the University and Ann Arbor community. Iguina-Colón worked as a deputy campaign manager for the...…
…Surveying the crowd gathered in Hutchins Hall at the University of Michigan Tuesday afternoon, the first thing Justice Albie Sachs asked of the more than 100 attendees was that they sit down. “It’s wonderful and it’s despairing to see so many people standing — puts a lot of pressure on the speaker,” he said, referring to the dozens of students, professors and University staff who were unable to find seats at the ...…
…Public Policy professor Barry Rabe touched on the unique contours of the past decade of Michigan economic history. “This is a state that has had good times and bad times over the past half-century and beyond,” Rabe said. “What an interesting decade we have been through, what an interesting time the Snyder years have been in the fiscal condition in the state of Michigan.” Khouri began his talk by calling attention to the hi...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Pay college athletes MAGGIE MIHAYLOVA | COLUMN I walked into the lab, finished with my classes for the day and ready to get some data. I had been wrestling with the lab equipment for weeks. The computer kept crashing, turning entire days into wasted time. Luckily, it was put down to its final resting place. We now had a brand-new computer and I was rea...…
…“Welcome Back — we missed you!” reads a sign written in light blue chalk cursive on the wall of Blank Slate Creamery, Ann Arbor’s premier sweet-tooth hotspot. It is 2:30 p.m. on a sunny, yet chilly, Monday afternoon in early March, about 26 degrees fahrenheit with scattered snow showers. The shop, nestled on a corner near the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, right past Main Street, had opened its doors for business only 30 minute...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 28, 2018 — 7A Breakdown of the four teams remaining in this season’s Frozen Four Since the conference’s genesis in 2014, no Big Ten hockey team has won the national title. But that fact seems poised to change this year, as three of the four teams that populate the Frozen Four in Saint Paul, Minn. hail from the Big Ten. No. 2 Notre Dame, who stands as the lone conf...…
…8A — Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Notebook: Yaklich familiar with Loyola-Chicago If you had Loyola-Chicago in your Final Four, the rest of us would like to know about the 2018 midterm elections, tomorrow’s lottery numbers and the date of the Game of Thrones season nine premiere. The Ramblers have been the darlings of March Madness, as they enter San Antonio with all the support that come...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 28, 2018 The Machine: Inside the CSG race …
…T here’s nothing like waking up to a blue sky and shining sun. Rolling out of bed doesn’t seem quite so hard when you know that waiting for you is the warm embrace of sunshine on your face and the sweet taste of finally-seasonally-appropriate iced coffee. You get dressed, put on a light coat and step outside to meet the beautiful day. But wait — instead of the warm sun, you are abruptly confronted by an icy wind that stings your...…
…3B Wednesday, March 28, 2018 // The Statement Critical Questions: What’s a good liberal, what’s a good conservative? F or those of you who sit back and watch as this country gets rocked by political turmoil and maybe feel a little guilty about that, this story’s for you. In politics today, it seems as if there is only one way to be a good liberal or a conservative. Or a feminist, environmentalist, fundamentalist, fascist, co...…
…Wednesday, March 28, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 28, 2018 // The Statement 5B The Machine: Inside the CSG race by Tanya Madhani, Contributor I remember the outcome of each Central Student Government election during my time on the University of Michigan cam- pus clearly. My freshman year, the elec- tion between Make Michigan’s Cooper Charlton and Stephen Halperin, and The Team’s Will Royster and Matt Fidel ended ...…
…Wednesday, March 28, 2018 // The Statement 6B Bill Clinton talked to a chair? W ithin the first month of joining my high school’s newspaper, I had made it on the wall. Or rather, my idea for the Bullseye — Opinion’s spread that discussed the hottest trends — had. “Bill Clinton talked to a chair?” was what I had scribbled onto the brainstorming sheet. I was referencing actor Clint Eastwood’s iconic speech in 2012 when he ta...…
…M y nani stands over the griddle, slight beads of perspiration forming over her brow from the heat of the stove. She leans in to smell the egg chutney, a classic south Indian dish, and wrinkles her nose. Adding chopped coriander to the concoction, she sniffs again. “Much better. You want it to have flavor, you know?” she said, dropping her rs and shortening her yous, a consequence of having a semi- British, semi-Indian accent. A...…
…Wednesday, March 28, 2018 // The Statement 8B What do reflection rooms mean to you? “A reflection room, for my purposes, is somewhere I can sort of retreat to. There’s like so many things that happen during the day and you can get really caught up in school, schedules, meetings, and sometimes at the end of the day you think I haven’t really been intimite or in communication with my God. The reflection rooms, having them aro...…
…In a formal request to the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents Monday morning, University President Mark Schlissel called for the renaming of the C.C. Little Science Building after months of protests against the former University president’s history of eugenics research and involvement in the tobacco industry. The regents are set to vote Thursday on the recommendation. “The University community makes a sig...…
…of publicly testing autonomous vehicles. In December 2013, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill into law that advanced the public testing of self-driving cars on Michigan roads. At the time, Snyder was one of several governors nationwide who promoted the testing of driverless vehicles in their states. Some feel as though the event could bring the testing efforts of Uber and other tech firms to a halt in Tempe and in o...…
…Retention Coordinator at Portland State University, obtaining proper treatments is imperative for a transgender individual’s wellbeing. “Let me be clear, these procedures are not cosmetic; they’re medically necessary,” Seale said. “The American Medical Association has agreed on this for a decade. Living in a body that fits with what you feel is right for you can save your life.” According to the 2015 U.S. Transgen...…
…56TH ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL On Wednesday, Mar. 25, Academy Award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor John Nelson (“Blade Runner: 2049”) gave an illustrated lecture on how he and his team created some of the 1,200 visual effects shots in his most recent Oscar triumph, “Blade Runner: 2049.” The festival is something of a homecoming for Nelson, a Detroit native who attended the University. In anticipation of the 56th insta...…
…56TH ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL On Wednesday, Mar. 25, Academy Award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor John Nelson (“Blade Runner: 2049”) gave an illustrated lecture on how he and his team created some of the 1,200 visual effects shots in his most recent Oscar triumph, “Blade Runner: 2049.” The festival is something of a homecoming for Nelson, a Detroit native who attended the University. In anticipation of the 56th insta...…
…On Wed., March 14, Maize Collective — in partnership with Universal Music Group and Innovate Blue — hosted the first of a series of three music business panels titled “Industry Insight: Songwriters, Producers and Studio Musicians.” Held at the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s auditorium, the panel provided aspiring Ann Arbor artists with tips for success in the music business and featured an array of musicians,...…
…On Wed., March 14, Maize Collective — in partnership with Universal Music Group and Innovate Blue — hosted the first of a series of three music business panels titled “Industry Insight: Songwriters, Producers and Studio Musicians.” Held at the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s auditorium, the panel provided aspiring Ann Arbor artists with tips for success in the music business and featured an array of musicians,...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6 — Tuesday, March 27, 2018 An intersectional analysis of the blackface Snapchat CRITICAL ETHNIC STUDIES AND A/PIA STUDIES GRADUATE AND FACULTY GROUP | OP-ED W atching “Love, Simon” felt like arriving at a long- awaited destination. Something that I had been anticipating since my first encounter with a young adult movie, pretending that the vanilla, heterosexual lea...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, March 27, 2018 — 7 Lack of effort at fault for Wolverines’ defeat There was an 18-game winning streak on the line at the top of the seventh inning for the No. 17 Michigan softball team. But that didn’t matter to the players. All they wanted was to beat Iowa. And while the Wolverines’ late efforts pulled close, it wasn’t enough as they fell to the Hawkeyes, 4-3. “It was ...…
…56TH ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL On Wednesday, Mar. 25, Academy Award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor John Nelson (“Blade Runner: 2049”) gave an illustrated lecture on how he and his team created some of the 1,200 visual effects shots in his most recent Oscar triumph, “Blade Runner: 2049.” The festival is something of a homecoming for Nelson, a Detroit native who attended the University. In anticipation of the 56th insta...…
…On Wed., March 14, Maize Collective — in partnership with Universal Music Group and Innovate Blue — hosted the first of a series of three music business panels titled “Industry Insight: Songwriters, Producers and Studio Musicians.” Held at the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s auditorium, the panel provided aspiring Ann Arbor artists with tips for success in the music business and featured an array of musicians,...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 23, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM ALEXANDRIA POMPEI/Daily Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H. Surgeon General of the United States speaks on the topic of “Better Health Through Better Partnerships” at the IHPI Director’s Lec- ture in Robertson Auditorium Thursday. CAMPUS LIFE Jerome Adams sits down with University leaders to discuss health care, opioid crisis U....…
…care. “I could have picked a disease … And we could have moved the needle on that issue in a meaningful way,” he said. “But we really want to move upstream, and that’s why my motto is better health through better partnerships, and why I’m focused on forging those partnerships.” The economic side of health care is also a primary focus of Adams’s; he sees health care issues as deeply connected to economic issues, which most vot...…
…and government official. “I know he has a special relationship where he is — he’s the public health officer for the entire nation, but he also has to work with the government,” she said. Following this discussion, the panel took questions from attendees. In response to a question about universal access to health care and addiction treatment, panelist Joneigh Khaldun, director and health officer of Detroit Health Service...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, March 23, 2018 What does it mean to support free speech? ANNA HORTON | OP-ED T he slang use of the word “basic” emerged during my high school years and was marked by the appreciation of Starbucks, UGG boots and yoga pants. These three preferences were enough to make someone “basic.” According to an article by Buzzfeed, basic came into usage around 2011. Howeve...…
…Few operas have the name recognition that Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” holds. This weekend, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance will present a modern interpretation of the great classic at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Directed by Grant Preisser, the opera will be sung in Italian with projected English supertitles. The University Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Martin Katz, will be performing alongside the singer...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, March 23, 2018 — 7 SHEESH Michigan’s offense explodes in 99-72 win over Texas A&M; Wolverines heading to Elite Eight LOS ANGELES, Calif. — All of John Beilein’s Sweet Sixteen appearances had been more drama-filled than a Hollywood soap opera. In 2013, Trey Burke’s game-tying three against Kansas — possibly the most glorified shot in program history — gave the Michigan men’s...…
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…When LSA sophomore Izzy Nakisher entered the University of Michigan, she didn’t know her major. She visited her adviser, who was assigned to her at orientation, once every few weeks her freshman year, trying to figure out a direction. Four major changes later, Nakisher is now ready to declare. Her adviser, she said, was key in making this happen. An academic adviser is assigned to students at the University during thei...…
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…lifelong commitment, before making the decision to rush. Harper explained the expansions of learning communities and theme communities will help to compliment this improvement of the first-year experience. She hopes more students will have opportunities to take part in more extracurriculars and community service to feel more engaged and connected to the University. “When students have a chance to pause and to thi...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, March 22, 2018 Confirm Pompeo, Deny Haspel BRETT GRAHAM | COLUMN C orporate America has a lot of work to do if it wants to achieve any form of gender equity. According to a 2014 fact sheet from the Center for American Progress, women earn almost 60 percent of all bachelor’s degrees and 60 percent of master’s degrees. Yet, somehow, they make up only 14.6 percent of exec...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, March 22, 2018 — 5A ACROSS 1 Fall face first while skiing, say 6 Mighty silly 11 Part of ROM: Abbr. 14 Longest-serving prime minister of India 15 Austrian actress Berger 16 Kanye West’s “I __ God” 17 Soda fountain come-on? 19 Monarch catcher 20 Brooklyn Dodgers legend Campanella 21 In questionable taste 22 All excited 24 Radiant glow 25 Italian cheese 26 Earthquake coverage? 31 Aids in ...…
…6A — Thursday, March 22, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Walk-ons take in March Madness LOS ANGELES, Calif. — C.J. Baird was enamored with his surroundings. The walk-on freshman continually scanned his locker up and down, jimmied his feet through his white Jordans and sent Snapchats of the covered nameplate beside his own name at the top — it belonged to Los Angeles Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari. The sce...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, March 22, 2018 Design by Casey Tin …
…technology and music. “It’s really hard to say, because every time I get exposed to something new in PAT, I gravitate towards it,” Cox said. “Every day, what I see myself doing in the future is different. It’s really hard to decide what you want to do, because every day music technology and performance arts technology is growing and its exponential. It’s not going to stop.” This year’s student showcase will be a single examp...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, March 22, 2018 — 3B There’s no doubt we are living in an age of screens, and books have not been spared in the relentless transfer of text to electronic devices. Is this a bad thing? How have writers grappled with the impacts of technology on human connection, communication and interaction? Sweetland lecturer Simone Sessolo studies how technology shapes the way we write...…
…2-BSide begun to dabble in one of video game storytelling’s most unique aspects: The ability to give players a sense that their actions matter to the world of the story. The advent of modern video games, however, wouldn’t truly begin until the release of Hideo Kojima’s “Metal Gear Solid” in 1998. “Metal Gear” tells the story of Snake, a work that was so unmistakably different from other games being put out at the time because of ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, March 22, 2018 — 5B With feats in entertainment, technology and production, The Rogue Initiative is a true triple threat. The Rogue Initiative builds worlds with the aid of technology and immersive storytelling in a way that goes beyond the mediums they explore. Through film, television and video games, the tech-fueled, entertainment- driven and collaboration-based start-up...…
…2-BSide 6B —Thursday, March 22, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Courtesy of the DIA When people ask me what Performing Arts Technology is, I sometimes struggle to find the precise definition. For such a specific department, the vastness of its contents is pretty overwhelming, even for someone in the major. Everyone in the program has a different passion and a different area of the field that they’re pursui...…
…Beginning in January 2020, all University of Michigan Greek life organizations will transition to a winter semester rush process, according to a University press release. The move comes a semester after the Interfraternity Council suspended all social activities for two months after reports of hazing and sexual assault. Allegations included hazing that placed fraternity recruits in near-death situations, drugging member...…
…The Apse in the University of Michigan Museum of Art was packed Tuesday night as American author Lydia Davis gave the first of two talks as part of the Zell Visiting Writer series — both reading from her short stories and encouraging attendees to get involved in politics at the local level. Davis is known for her short stories and was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. She has also translated many prominent ...…
…struggles equally but differently. We all have daily obstacles and challenges that we face whether it shows on our face or not, whether it’s apparent or hidden.” Dean’s Fellow Sean Smith, a University alum, also took the stage to speak, highlighting the adjustments he had to make when he came to the University. He explained while the University presented the same kind of diversity as in New York City, groups seemed to be cluster...…
