…Observed by Muslims, the holy month of Ramadan sets forth a month of fasting, spiritual reflection and personal growth. Muslims are intrinsically joined together by group prayers, shared meals and charitable activities, propelling the meaning of Ramadan through connectedness. Exemplifying this connectedness is Dearborn, Mich., one of the largest Muslim communities in the U.S. Encapsulating the unique experience th...…
…A s of April 2020, we can all recognize that Michigan is in a state of turmoil. The protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home decision in East Lansing, Mich. demonstrated the political unrest of some Michigan citizens. COVID- 19 has left our campus a ghost town. The fulfilling sense of community we once enjoyed dissipated beginning in mid- March. Not only are we facing unprecedented obstacles in co...…
…The Strokes are a transportive band, not just in the tongue-in-cheek nostalgia of their stylistic references, but in the way their music can fixate you in memories. Of course, the music we hear at one time in our lives inherently grounds itself in our memories of that time, but this fact could not be more personally applicable to Is This It, the band’s bittersweet debut album, released in 2001. Despite the youthful, incand...…
…7 — Friday, April 17, 2020 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Monday, April 20, 2020 - 7 Study abroad in a pandemic: a timeline MARCH 4 Cases in Spain rose to 228 with 76 in Madrid. It became a habit that everyone would reload the Spanish news websites live-reporting on the current number of cases in the city. Everything in our lives had become “wait and see” and the only concrete information that we could look at ...…
…8 — Monday, April 20, 2020 Multimedia The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PHOTO ESSAY MARCH 8 202 cases in Madrid, 644 in Spain. Public transport danger became our major topic of con- versation along with the view of health care in the country. We had been told over and over about the difference in person- al space definition in Spain in comparison to the US, and at this point, it became a reason to suspect that Madrid ...…
…The Michigan Fashion Media Summit held its annual conference on Thursday via Zoom webinar. MFMS had rescheduled their original in-person event as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The student-run group was set to host more than 650 people at the Ross School of Business featuring 16 speakers on March 20. Thursday afternoon’s webinar hosted Caroline Gogolak, vice president of retail at SoulCycle and co-founder of Carb...…
…studies departments at the University. Linh Song, board president of the Ann Arbor District Library, is the sole candidate for Ward 2, the seat currently held by Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2. In Ward 3, Travis Radina, an LGBTQ+ activist, Anthony Brown, the digital distribution manager at WDET and Evan Redmond, a targeting analyst are running for the seat currently held by Zachary Ackerman, D-Ward 3. Ackerman is not running for re-...…
…Friday, April 17, 2020 — 3 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com LAB From Page 1 CITY From Page 2 FASHION From Page 1 “It’s been an incredibly wild ride, especially during these crazy times the world is going through,” Gogolak said. “But I’m very grateful to be a part of their leadership team and to help the company through this.” Gogolak said adapting the company to the current situation is about communication. She sa...…
…A fter four hours of driving from my overnight stop in Des Moines, Iowa, I crossed the Big Muddy into my home state of Nebraska. The leafless gray trees paired with the overcast sky made the usually lush riverbank appear strikingly different from how I had always seen it driving to and from my mom’s apartment in Denver. The view was yet another change brought on by the coronavirus’s dizzyingly rapid transformation...…
…Friday, April 17, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MUSIC BOX FILMS MUSIC REVIEW Given the current circumstances, the future for small music scenes like hardcore is uncertain. Gigs can’t be played and bands can’t be paid, so what are bands to do? Recorded releases give a band an audience, but records are expensive and don’t pay the bills; performances pay the bills, and now bands can’t perform, leaving them...…
…Friday, April 17, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Peter Kispert’s debut collection of short stories is linked together by characters who, in one way or another, lie to their loved ones. These lies are sometimes huge and elaborately maintained for months. The title story, for instance, is about a narrator who makes up a friend so that his boyfriend doesn’t think he’s lonely. When the narrator’s boyf...…
…7 — Friday, April 17, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Hold Manuel accountable for mishandling allegations Former Michigan wrestler Tad Deluca wanted a listening ear. He wanted to tell someone what had happened to him, and he wanted accountability. His coach at the time didn’t listen. His athletic director didn’t, either. Deluca was forced to watch as then-wrestling coach Bill Johan...…
…8 — Friday, April 17, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘It doesn’t feel real’: ‘M’ Olympians adapting after postponement Maddy Steere was somewhere over the Indian Ocean when her world began to change. She thought she knew what the next five months would hold. For Steere and the rest of the Australian water polo team, those five months were carefully curated years in advance, every action and every ca...…
…On March 20, Acting Provost Susan Collins announced in an email that all undergraduate courses at the University of Michigan would be graded “Pass” or “No Record Covid,” with an option to withdraw from a course until April 21 without the course appearing on their transcript. Students will also have the option to unmask their grades by submitting a request by July 1. In light of the new policy change, many students told T...…
…2 — Thursday, April 16, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275. University affiliates ar...…
…“It already did in those two examples (of hospital and bus troubles), but we know that when people gather that way without masks — they were in close proximity, they were touching one another — that’s how COVID-19 spreads. The sad irony here is that the protest was that they don’t like being in this stay-home order and they may have just created a need to lengthen it, which is something that we’re trying to avoid at all...…
…G oing into the summer, for many of us, means even more changes in an increasingly turbulent pandemic. Coronavirus hotspots are shifting, and those who are left on campus will soon be returning to their hometowns, for better or worse. As Michigan continues to see increasingly deadly days, it is vital that we keep in mind the groups at highest risk, including LGBTQ+ people. Just about everyone is struggling in some for...…
…Thursday, April 16, 2020 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NETFLIX FILM REVIEW Netflix has long been an excellent source of cheesy rom-coms, those delightful 90-minute movies that you can watch all the way through while half paying attention to something else and still feel the satisfaction of a feel-good ending and a dramatic kiss. With “Love Wedding Repeat,” Netflix has delivered another one of these movi...…
…Thursday, April 16, 2020 — 6 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Throughout my self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve had a limitless amount of time to read books, do schoolwork and finish household chores. However, instead of doing literally any of those activities, I’ve mainly just lounged around and taken this newfound time to myself to sample different kinds of local, domestic and international bee...…
…Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton called on the University of Michigan to release a report on the number of African Americans involved in the management of the school’s endowment in a letter to University President Mark Schlissel and Chief Investment Officer Erik Lundberg last month. Sharpton, writing on behalf of his organization, the National Action Network, requested diversity data both on University s...…
…2A — Wednesday, April 15, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275. University affiliates ...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 3A News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Challengers to Eaton include Jen Eyer, a former journalist for MLive and the Ann Arbor News, and Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, an environmental toxicologist. Erica Briggs and Dan Michniewicz are running for the Ward 5 seat, which is currently occupied by Chip Smith, D-Ward 5. All candidates participated in the forum. Jack Eaton, Democrat for Ward 4...…
…N obody should have to choose between their vote and their health, but Wisconsin voters faced this decision due to reckless and politically-motivated actions taken by the Republican Party and a complicit United States Supreme Court. As COVID-19 forces stay-at- home orders and social distancing, numerous states have postponed their primary elections in the name of public health. This is the right decision. Having pe...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 5A Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SAM JUNE COMMUNITY CULTURE NOTEBOOK If you’ve been to Rick’s, you’ve probably seen Sam June dancing. A second-year master’s student in electrical engineering, June takes the stage for hours every weekend. Unusually, though, he usually dances alone and sober. While many people go to Rick’s for sloppy make-outs and cheap drinks, he goes to find so...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 — 6A Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In response to the coronavirus pandemic, “Grey’s Anatomy” halted production on their season, before eventually cutting it short by four episodes. While it wasn’t the ending that was planned, the Season 16 finale of “Grey’s” was a satisfying one. Time and time again, the longest running medical drama in the history of television has proved its ability to piv...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | APRIL 15, 2020 ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE FAN …
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Magdalena Mihaylova Deputy Editors Emily Stillman Marisa Wright Associate Editor Reece Meyhoefer Designers Elizabeth Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Madison Gagne Sadia Jiban Photo Editor Keemya Esmael Editor in Chief Elizabeth Lawrence Managing Editor Erin White I f there’s one good thing that comes out of this quarantine, it’ll be the litt...…
…3B Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 3B O ver the past two weeks, my campus house has had 200 multivitamins, 48 beers, 10 bottles of wine, seven pints of ice cream, four bags of chips, two Monster energy drinks and one gallon of spring water delivered to our doorstep. It’s a grocery haul far too depraved for Instacart or Shipt. We’ve been abusing goPuff, the millennial- catering-convenience-delivery-gig- business, wi...…
…T he muezzin’s call rang out over the masjid speakers, reciting the Islamic kalima, or statement of faith, and my mother grabbed my hand as we separated from my father and brother to answer the call to prayer. It was one of the occasional times my family went to our mosque in Miami, but at age eight, I was already aware that we were walking to the women’s section behind the men’s, separated by a row of dividers across the middle o...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 6B W here are you from?” is a hard question for me to answer. “Do you mean, where do I live right now?” is usually my most common rebuttal. I don’t mean to be difficult, I just want to provide an honest response. For me, it’s tricky to stick to a consistent story, and I try not to get too bogged down in the details. Before I turned 18, I had already lived in 12 different houses and...…
…O n March 11, I sat in my small, dimly-lit apartment watching ESPN as footage came in of health officials sprinting out onto the court of Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, setting off a delay. Minutes earlier there was no official explanation for the delay to the start of Jazz vs. Thunder, but now there was — Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus. Sports actualized the threat of COVID-19 to the Ame...…
…Wednesday, April 15, 2020 // The Statement 8B VISUAL STATEMEN T: N A T I O N A L P A R K S BY ALICE LIU …
…Washtenaw County has more than 700 cases of COVID-19 as of this week. While residents who identify as African American or Black make up 12.4 percent of the county population, 48 percent of hospitalized cases are residents who identify as African American or Black. This pattern is consistent in coronavirus cases across that state and the nation. Detroit has almost 7,000 cases of COVID-19 and close to 400 deaths. Of th...…
…2 — Tuesday, April 14, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs met Monday afternoon via BlueJeans to discuss a meeting SACUA had with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel earlier that morning. Members also heard statements from SACUA members running for chair and vice chair. During the meeting with Schlissel, SACUA members said they asked the president ...…
…Tuesday, April 14, 2020 — 3 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ESSENTIAL From Page 1 Read more at MichiganDaily.com COVID-19 From Page 1 Some are our dining hall staff, making sure students who remain in the residence halls can still depend on takeout meals. And some are our bus drivers, ensuring no matter how disorienting the world may get, you can still miss the bus to North Campus. Here are some of the many Univers...…
…4 — Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Jess D’Agostino Jenny Gurung Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Zoe Phillips Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5 — Tuesday, April 14, 2020 ANIK JOSHI | COLUMN EMILY ULRICH | COLUMN S en. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will not be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020, just as he wasn’t the nominee in 2016. The 2016 run was the first time a number of left-wing ideas were reintroduced in the public square and they (and Sanders) consistently polled well. Though Hillary Clinton won t...…
…“Tigertail” is a triumph. As in the best movies, its characters leap off the screen and will be remembered like old friends. The story in “Tigertail” is so fleshed out, so filled with emotion, that it feels like a memoir, not a fictional narrative. The film tells the life story of Pin-Jui, a Taiwanese immigrant to the US. It flashes between Pin-Jui’s elderly self, played excellently by Tzi Ma (“Arrival”) and his memories — ch...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 7 — Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Sports ‘One of those classic races’: Kevin Sullivan and the 2000 Olympics Kevin Sullivan stood at the line and took it all in. It was the Canadian’s first Olympic games, and it was electric. 110,000 people filled Stadium Australia on the night of Sept. 29, 2000. They were anxiously waiting to see one of the deepest fields in Olympic history try to capture glo...…
…8 — Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Quinten Johnson preparing for bigger role in sophomore year Quinten Johnson knew that he didn’t go to Michigan to star as a freshman. Recruited as a multi-dimensional four- star defensive back in the Wolverines’ 2019 class, he knew he wouldn’t immediately usurp their crop of established starters. What he didn’t know is that he would spend h...…
…LSA senior Jacob Chludzinski has spent the last few weeks hunkered down in the comfort of his family home in Clinton Township, Mich., keeping up with schoolwork, finalizing plans for after graduation and enjoying family time. “Although the current situation is unfortunate, I am glad I have the opportunity to be safe at home with my family,” Chludzinski said. “The main shift has been trying to become accustomed to the ...…
…2 — Monday, April 13, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $250 and year long subscriptions are $275. University affiliates are ...…
…Government officials, at both the federal and state levels, have requested that families “stay home, save lives” to slow the spread of COVID-19, and to protect themselves, and those around them. Back in March, Michigan Medicine displayed a graphic showing how we can flatten the curve (slow the spread of COVID-19): if communities work together to slow the spread of this virus, the number of cases will stretch out across ...…
…S helter-in-place: day one. I felt exceedingly optimistic. I was free from the binding shackles of my three jobs and 18 credits, and I now had time to do things I was forced to neglect. During the week, I would be able to devote more time to studying for each of my classes, and I could enhance my understanding of the lecture material by engaging more in-depth. I could dedicate my weekends to self-care and relaxation. I f...…
…A s an introvert, I have been in some way, shape or form preparing for this moment for my entire life. I had used Zoom before a few of my classes made the switch to virtual meetings on the platform, and I was no stranger to the virtual learning world. I used Google Hangouts before it was cool or necessary. I regularly swipe through videos on TikTok, which is apparently a quintessential Generation Z activity. And sti...…
…A camera looks out onto a dimly lit living room. The frame is slightly unlevel, tilted up toward the right. In the bottom corner, a candle flickers; its shadow dances over the comfortable white drapes at the end of the room. Deep piano music starts, and a woman walks into view. She’s dressed simply: just shorts and a tank top. She starts to lunge toward the left, but then the video quickly changes to a different woman. This t...…
…On March 23, University President Mark Schlissel notified the University of Michigan community that spring and summer terms classes would be conducted remotely. Despite the move to continue online instruction, tuition for the spring/summer terms will remain the same, University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald told The Daily. “There will be no changes in tuition and fees for the spring/summer terms,” Fitzgerald wrote in an ema...…
…2 — Friday, April 10, 2020 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com In a webinar delivered to more than 2,000 University of Michigan alumni and business professionals, Lindy Greer, associate professor and faculty director of the Sanger Leadership Center, explained how remote working can change a workspace for the better by allowing for productive team communication and organized leadership. In her discussion...…
…electric, and improving energy efficiency in homes, businesses, schools, places of worship, recreational sites and government facilities. Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor said the plan will be disruptive, but will create a community that better incorporates its values of sustainability and equity. “Ann Arbor 2030 will be materially different than Ann Arbor 2020,” Taylor said. “It’ll be a denser community, a more ...…
…B eing able to witness a pandemic like COVID-19 in our lifetime has been both a dream and a nightmare for me. For many public health students, a real-life pandemic is everything our education has been building toward. In every class, we are reminded of our predecessors who created the polio vaccine and eradicated the source of cholera way back when. We are constantly empowered to work for communities that are the most vu...…
