…8 — Thursday, April 18, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com From Fleet Feet to Michigan: The Fenty family and a culture of exercise Phil Fenty runs. He bikes. He swims. Fenty runs ultramarathons — 100-mile races that can take nearly 24 hours to compete. “What’s even more crazy is that he did them twice,” said Andrew Fenty, his grandson. “And to qualify for that event you have to run numerous 50 mile events.” Phil...…
…Housing disputes tend to be between a landlord and a tenant, but in LSA junior Samantha Goldstein’s and her roommates’ case, their disagreement found them allied with their landlord and fighting against their neighbor’s landlord. Now, Goldstein and her landlord, Kaveh Esmael, are speaking out about their neighbor’s abusive proprietor. Goldstein and her six roommates live in a house on South University Avenue between Wal...…
…On Tuesday evening, the University of Michigan Central Student Government held its second-to-last meeting of the semester in the Michigan League to discuss resolutions for moving Assembly meetings to Thursday evenings and codifying Wolverine Consulting Group, a free consulting service provided by CSG to student organizations. The Assembly also approved a resolution organizing healthy snack distribution in campus libraries ...…
…“This year we really wanted to build up the festival,” Singh said. “So really focusing on what different sections we want, so arts and music, live service, sustainability and so on … . We really wanted to focus on bringing out more interactive organizations — we want this to be more about showcasing what exactly your org has to offer to the University and what community value you bring to campus.” Singh also said the group inv...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomaino Erin White Ashley Zhang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, April 17, 2019 — 5A Sally Rooney entered the literary scene in 2015 with “Even if You Beat Me,” a nonfiction essay published in the Dublin Review recounting her years as a champion debater. A year later, Rooney made the jump to fiction with “Mr Salary,” a short story picked up by the literary magazine Granta and quickly shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the rich...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, April 17, 2019 — 7A Big game woes T he Michigan baseball team is 24-11 overall and stands third in the Big Ten. The Wolverines have scored 100 more runs than their oppo- nents, only one regular starter has an on-base per- centage less than .300 and the team has 38 total home runs. They’ve won five games by double digits, 16 by four or more runs and have a defense tha...…
…8A — Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan football freshmen experiencing benefits of early enrollment There’s a phrase ringing around Schembechler Hall: Michigan’s early enrollees “should be at high school prom.” Cornerbacks coach Mike Zordich described them as “raw” and “green.” Certainly, they’re not ready for college football, not yet. This is what spring ball is for thos...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 17, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN KUZZEE “In-State”: A reflection on the U.P., its students and the University of Michigan …
…Wednesday, April 17, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Miriam Francisco Madeline Turner Photo Editor Annie Klusendorf Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 3, 2019 G aining a solid foundation in grammar was one of the hall- marks of m...…
…3B “Congratulations, you won!” have become words to fear in the age of robocalls. Nearly every cell phone owner is familiar with the feeling of answering what looks like a local number, but hearing a cold, robotic voice awarding us a free Hawaiian cruise, or warning us of a vendetta from the IRS. When taken for face value, robocalls seem to exist for the sole purpose of malicious irritation, but a closer look reveals that they have s...…
…“In-State”: A reflection on the U.P., its students and the University of Michigan People in Houghton, a town in the Upper Peninsula, only wake up at 4 a.m. to do one of three things: plow snow, watch the sunrise or catch one of the two daily flights from Houghton County Memorial Airport to Chicago O’Hare. My intention to watch the sunrise drew me to wake up at 4 a.m. in July 2017. I gathered my siblings to drive “up north” — an hour ...…
…I have heard it all. About how there’s nothing in the world quite like walking to Michigan Stadium with your friends on game days — when jubi- lant music floods the streets and Ann Arbor is indisputably wide awake. About hunching over crinkled papers and half- finished lattes in the library late at night. About the fading intensity of homesick- ness as you find the friends that’ll speak at your wedding someday and the growing sense o...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, April 17, 2019 // The Statement 7B A love letter to “U” I decided to go to the University of Michigan without ever hav- ing stepped foot on this campus. I had a really good feeling about it, and for some reason, my gut knew. I loved what people had to say about U-M grads — that they are wicked smart and successful, but also extremely friendly, kind and humble. From the beg...…
…VISUAL STATEM ENT VISUAL STATEM ENT “IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME FRESHMAN YEAR THAT I WOULD BE CHASING JORDAN POOLE AND THE MICHIGAN BASKETBALL TEAM AROUND A COURT IN WICHITA, KANSAS AND THEN SPEND THE NEXT 15 HOURS (AND MANY RED BULLS) DRIVING BACK TO ANN ARBOR, THEN SPEND 6 HOURS MAKING A NEWSPAPER, THEN SOMEHOW MAKING IT BACK TO MY BED, I WOULD HONESTLY NOT BELIEVE YOU. BECAUSE I STILL FIND HARD TO BELIEVE TODAY ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE E...…
…On Monday evening, about 50 students attended a fireside chat hosted by Lean In at University of Michigan in the Ross School of Business. The event discussed women in politics, and panelists included local Michigan state representatives as well as politically active campus leaders. The event began with each panelist talking about her own background. Michigan state Rep. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, discussed the insp...…
…A group of approximately 50 students, faculty and community members gathered Monday night in the ballroom of the Michigan League for an open mic night, showcasing the stories and experiences of Asian/Pacific Islander Americans. Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs hosted the open mic night as a part of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. The event, titled “hAPIness: Open Mic Night,” was co-hosted by ...…
…According to Warren, her experience as the only female Democrat in the Michigan Senate for four years has made her realize female perspectives are essential. “We tend to fight amongst each other for one seat at the table, but we need to stop fighting for that one seat and start demanding the five spots at the table that we deserve,” Warren said. “Women’s voices at the table change conversations.” Other panelists said it ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomaino Erin White Ashley Zhang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com E...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, April 16, 2019 — 5 A stage name is special. Oftentimes, it’s a unique representation of a creative identity that an artist feels his or her given name does not properly personify. In the short span of three years, Sally Rooney has evolved from essayist to fiction writer to “the first great millennial novelist.” Rooney got a New Yorker interview in January, told The Guardian that sh...…
…6 — Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com EFFICIENCY ‑ 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts Fall 2019/20 Rents range $875 ‑ $1850 most include heat and water. Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 734‑996‑1991 By Lee Taylor ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 04/16/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 04/16/19 ANSWER TO PR...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, April 16, 2019 — 7 Sophomore attacker Caitlin Muir, positioned behind the goal, received a pass from sophomore midfielder Maggie Kane off the opening draw. She wrapped around and took a shot that found the back of the net, giving the No. 8 Michigan women’s lacrosse team (14-1 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) the lead over Rutgers (5-9, 0-4) just 17 seconds into the game en route to a 12-...…
…8 — Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com When it comes to versatility, Natalia Rodriguez is in a class of her own. Now in her second season as the Michigan softball team’s starting shortstop, the sophomore can do it all. She’s a switch-hitter at the plate, speed demon on the base paths and defensive stalwart in the field. But above all, Rodriguez provides consistency. She appeared in 55 of last ...…
…The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History reopened on Sunday at its new location in the Biological Sciences Building. This marks the second of three phases of officially reopening the museum, with the third to occur in fall 2019. Plans to build the new Biological Sciences Building began in 2011, and the University decided to move the museum into the new building. The museum was housed in the Ruthven Museums Bui...…
…SOUTH BEND, IN — Mayor Pete Buttigieg officially announced his candidacy for president of the United States Sunday afternoon in South Bend, Indiana. Crowds began to gather as early as 8 a.m. for the 2:30 p.m. announcement, with thousands of supporters packing into the town’s former Studebaker automaker factory. If elected, Buttigieg would not only be the first openly gay president but also the country’s youngest president at...…
…As a child, I never worried about making mistakes. If my knees were scraped when playing outside, they healed, so I stood on the highest playground structure trying to look past the horizon. Growing up, I continued having this dauntless quality, always questioning how I could change the color of the sky or how I could solve a derivative in an unconventional way. For this reason, the liberating medium of acrylic paints became my fa...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, April 15, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomaino Erin White Ashley Zhang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com E...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, April 15, 2019 — 5A Tonight is the highly anticipated premiere of “Game of Thrones” Season 8, which has been a great topic of conversation over the last few days (weeks, months). From a storytelling standpoint, “Game of Thrones” has become a stand-in example for a number of categories, perhaps the most common among them being brutal TV shows with merciless rates of character death. “Gam...…
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…Alec Cohen & Alexandria Pompei Design by Jack Silberman The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | April 15, 2019 SPEED SPEED FEEL FREE TO OVERREACT TO THE SPRING GAME INSIDE SPORTSMONDAY See Page 2B IN SPACE IN SPACE …
…2B — April 15, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com M ichigan football is back. Well, sort of. On Sat- urday, the Wolverines held their Spring Game at Michi- gan Sta- dium, which turned out to be more of a practice with some scrimmage situations mixed in. It was everyone’s last chance to see Michigan and all its offensive changes before the summer begins. So, more accurately, Michi- gan football was back fo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday April 15, 2019 — 3B ‘M’ shaky in series loss at Ohio State This wasn’t how this weekend was supposed to go. The No. 24 Michigan baseball team came into Columbus confident. They’d won eight of their last ten games, including a two-game sweep of in-state rival Michigan State and a big weekend series win over a tough Minnesota team. According to Michigan coach, the Wolverines wen...…
…4B — Monday, April 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday During spring ball, injuries lead to new opportunities for freshmen Mike Sainristil got the ball on a crossing route at the 23-yard line, beat his defender and coasted into the end zone. It was the first drive of Michigan’s Spring Game on Saturday, and though there was no real scoring, it wasn’t lost on the crowd that the freshman wide receiver had scored...…
…Thursday morning, hundreds of students, faculty, alumni and community members filled the new home of the Trotter Multicultural Center on South State Street. University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, Regent Ron Weiser and Cynthia Stephens, the 1st District Court of Appeals judge, were among the speakers at the Trotter Center’s opening ceremony. Alphonse Pitawanakwat, a lecturer in the Native American Ojibwe language, ...…
…Thursday, more than 150 students, alumni, faculty, donors and community members — including demonstrators — gathered in the University of Michigan Biological Sciences Building for a ribbon cutting ceremony and to hear remarks from University President Mark Schlissel and other campus leaders. Interim LSA Dean Elizabeth Cole began the event by thanking those who have dedicated time and resources to the building and noted many pe...…
…“It really started decades and decades ago when folks were calling for a new Trotter to recognize Black student rights in general, since the ’70s and ’80s and ’90s,” he said. Collier earned his Bachelor of Arts in Afroamerican and African Studies and Sociology from the University in 2014. He currently serves as the senior coordinator of operations for Relay Graduate School of Education in New York City. At the Trotter Center, Co...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, April 12, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomaino Erin White Ashley Zhang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, April 12, 2019 — 5 I don’t typically keep a running Best Picture tally throughout the year, but I will be quite disappointed if “Transit” does not get at least a nomination in Feb. of 2020. Taking place in modern France, “Transit” superimposes a Nazi occupation on a contemporary setting and follows the efforts Georg (Franz Rogowski, “Victoria”) makes to escape. “Trans...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, April 12, 2019 — 7 ‘M’ must handle emotion in rivalries Every Michigan fan, athlete and coach understands the significance of a matchup against Ohio State and Michigan State. The Wolverines’ rivalries with these two colleges are some of the most storied in collegiate athletics, and winning a road game in Columbus or East Lansing presents a formidable task. But this is a task t...…
…8 — Friday, April 12, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In replacing Kinnel, J’Marick Woods develops beyond hitting hard It was his freshman year, Ambry Thomas thinks. His first spring ball. That was when he first saw J’Marick Woods take off a guy’s head. “I was at corner. He was at safety,” Thomas says. “He came down like on a basic route and just took the tight end out.” In the middle of the sentence, Thomas ...…
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…2A — Thursday, April 11, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Margo Beth Flemming @wordnerdmargo Guys, Ann Arbor is college town heaven The Black Sheep Michigan @blacksheepmichigan Umich students are more dedicated to standing 45 min in line for free ice cream than literally anything else Terra Schroeder @tschroe10 Also for the record, I’m not mad anyone is leaving Umich for the NBA I just get sad when they leave earl...…
…Bouman explained the research team’s process to CNN. “We developed ways to generate synthetic data and used different algorithms and tested blindly to see if we can recover an image,” Bouman said. “We didn’t want to just develop one algorithm. We wanted to develop many different algorithms that all have different assumptions built into them. If all of them recover the same general structure, then that builds your confidenc...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, April 11, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spurlin Nicholas Tomaino Erin White Ashley Zhang FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com ...…
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…In a rarity for baseball, both teams were racing against the clock. With a five-and-a-half hour drive back to Terre Haute, Ind. ahead of Indiana State on Wednesday evening, even the possibility of a shortened seven-inning game wasn’t enough to risk pushing up against their prearranged 7:30 travel curfew. Coming off yesterday’s hard-fought 8-7 loss — only its second home loss of the year — the Michigan baseball team manage...…
…Thursday, April 11, 2019 Design by Casey Tin the Side …
…2B — Thursday, April 11, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Virgil Abloh has become one of the biggest names in the modern fashion world, and not for a lack of effort. He started his career as a creative director for Kanye West, directing for albums like 808s And Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch the Throne. A few years after interning at Fendi in 2009, he began designing his own clothes, start...…
