…I t was Friday, Jan. 24. I was laying in my bed, only awake because of the sunlight streaming in through my dorm window. After a while, I decided it was time to finally get up, so I rolled over and reached for my phone sitting atop my desk. A calendar event notification topped the screen. It read: “Tomorrow, Lunar New Year.” My family has always loosely followed typical Lunar New Year traditions. We have a straightforward way...…
…I n the 1970s and ’80s, most major United States orchestras changed their audition policies in an attempt to eliminate their bias toward hiring male candidates. The new procedures included advertising the positions more widely, restructuring admissions committees to also include members of the orchestra and most importantly, the introduction of “blind” or “screen” auditions in which the identity of the player was hidden from the ju...…
…Wednesday, February 5, 2020 // The Statement 6B The girl with the plant tattoo A s I enter the second semester of my senior year of college, I’ve found that one of the most wonderful parts of this era of life is the evenings spent on friends’ couches drinking wine, surrounded by people I’ve grown close to over the past years. As the chaos, deadlines, anxiety of forming new bonds and all the noise of the first few years of college die ...…
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, February 5, 2020 // The Statement 7B I finished the book “Make Trouble” by Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards on a flight back to Ann Arbor from my hometown in New Jersey. As I closed the back cover of a memoir following Richards’s rise in the ranks from seven-year-old daughter of politician Ann Richards to president of Planned Parenthood, I began to cry. I was...…
…Wednesday, February 5, 2020 // The Statement 8B VISUAL STATEMENT: THE TIBETAN TRADITION OF BASKETBALL PHOTOS BY EMMA MATI READ MORE ABOUT THE TRADITION ONLINE AT MICHIGANDAILY.COM …
…“You were born on purpose,” Yusef Salaam, public speaker and one of the Exonerated 5, said. “If you were born on purpose, then you were born with a purpose.” Salaam spoke to a crowd of more than 400 people at the Michigan Union Ballroom on Monday night. Sponsors of the event included Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, the Ford School of Public Policy and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, among many others. The Exone...…
…The Ann Arbor City Council The Ann Arbor City Council renewed a parking lease with renewed a parking lease with the University of Michigan the University of Michigan and renamed the East Stadium and renamed the East Stadium Bridges after former Rep. Bridges after former Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., at its John Dingell, D-Mich., at its meeting on Monday. meeting on Monday. Council voted to continue Council voted to continue...…
…“Six months in jail, this officer asked me a question that seemed basic,” Salaam said. “He said ‘Hey there, who are you? ‘I’ve been watching you. You are not supposed to be here. Who are you?’” LSA freshman Temilolu Yusuf told The Daily she enjoyed hearing Salaam talk about the role of religion in his journey through prison. “I love the fact that he really incorporated religion and the role of religion in his incarceratio...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, February 4, 2020 — 5 When listening to her song “Christmas Lights,” you might think Ingrid Michaelson is describing the sadness of missing a loved one during the holidays; however, she’s actually narrating the thoughts of Joyce Byers, the mother of a missing boy in another dimension from the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” “You’re not here, but you’re here / I can still hear you ca...…
…6 — Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Robin Stears ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/04/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 02/04/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 ACROSS 1 Madeline of “History of the World, Part I” 5 Respectful address to a woman 9 Declare void 14 Sailing o...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, February 4, 2020 — 7 Michigan dispatches Michigan State, prepares for Big Ten Championships Land der Berge, Land am Strome — the national anthem of Austria— played in Canham Natatorium to open up the swim and dive meet on Friday night against Michigan State (8-7-1, 1-4-1) on the Michigan men and women swim teams’ senior night. Senior Felix Auböck from Austria, the NCAA c...…
…8 — Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Practice had already ended a while back, Monday at Yost Ice Arena. Yet there were still teachings to come. Michigan coach Mel Pearson had just finished answering questions from a group of reporters in the lobby of the hockey offices. He got up and headed to go join the rest of his staff, but at the last moment — just before disappearing around the corne...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 3, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM BEN ROSENFELD Daily News Editor Your name is Michael Sterling and you are 6 years old. You are sitting cross-legged on the rug of your first-grade classroom, watching three white children play with colorful plastic blocks. One of the kids has built a wall, while the other two launch blocks — “fireballs,” in their chi...…
…The nation casts its first vote As the first state to vote in the presidential primary season, Iowans like the Cranstons are used to being overwhelmed with the full attention of the nation every four years. This year, with 11 Democrats remaining in the race and 17 dropping out, the political mayhem is particularly visible: across the state, visitors can observe canvassers knocking on doors, restaurants filled with out- of-state...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, February 3, 2020 — 3A In the summer semester of 2019, I took a Latin American and Caribbean Studies course about space and identity in Latin American history. For the final project, the class was given the opportunity to choose between writing a 12-page research paper or to create a piece of art in relation to any of the material we learned in the class. I decided ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, February 3, 2020 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Brittany Bowman Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 3, 2020 — 5A It would be dishonest to say that my decision to go to Sundance wasn’t at least mildly (okay, heavily) influenced by the fact that superstar Taylor Swift’s documentary, “Miss Americana,” would be screened at the festival before its Jan. 31 Netflix release. As the kickoff to the film festival, “Miss Americana” was one of the hottest tickets in Park City; i...…
…Kesha Sebert came off of her third EP, Rainbow, gently. The 2017 release was a work that Sebert had spent nearly five years writing and recording, all while engaged in a legal struggle with her record producer — the now disgraced Dr. Luke — over sexual misconduct and emotional abuse. The album was finally released at just a time when the early-2010s sensual, bubblegum pop crowd was officially stepping back into the curtain, rescind...…
…Monday, February 3, 2020 | michigandaily.com Allison Engkvist / Daily | Design by Jack Silberman NEW YORK – Brandon Johns Jr. NEW YORK – Brandon Johns Jr. is a somewhat unlikely hero for is a somewhat unlikely hero for this Michigan team. this Michigan team. On a team that has junior Isaiah On a team that has junior Isaiah Livers at his position, that was Livers at his position, that was always going to be the case, at least alw...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 3, 2020 — 2B ‘M’ tops Rutgers NEW YORK — In the seven seasons leading up to Saturday, Madison Square Garden has become a home away from home for the Michigan men’s basketball team. The last time the Wolverines walked off the floor, it was with the 2018 Big Ten Tournament title in hand. Prior to that, they scored wins over Marquette and Southern Methodist at the 2K Classic ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 3, 2020 — 3B How Beecher and Van Wyhe’s ejections changed the game in ‘M’ loss Johnny Beecher had a foot off the ice and into the tunnel leading to the locker room. The freshman forward had just been thrown out of the game for headbutting another player in a scuffle. When he got fully off the ice, he turned to the referee right as the he was closing the door behind him and ...…
…4B — February 3, 2020 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN BEATS IOWA, 78-63, BEHIND HILLMON’S 30 POINTS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Dominick Sokotoff / Daily HOUSE OF NAZ Design by Jack Silberman Hillmon’s 30 points lead Wolverines It’s tough to find anything about sophomore forward Naz Hillmon that hasn’t already been said. Her teammates love her. Her coaches rave about her. Opposing coaches have nightmares a...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 31, 2020 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 61 ©2020 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A SSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 S U D O K U . . . . . . ...…
…Thursday night kicked off the ninth annual Sustainable Ann Arbor forum, a series of monthly events from January to April focused on the city’s Sustainability Framework hosted by the Ann Arbor District Library. This month’s forum focused on the energy sector, with a panel of five experts in the field of sustainable energy each presenting on their respective areas of focus. About 60 community members attended the event. Jos...…
…Collins was the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy for 10 years. When she left her post in 2017, Collins described her efforts to improve the school’s visibility in a farewell letter. “I was a really staunch supporter that you don’t talk until you have something to say — you don’t want to be known as the wind bag; you want to be known for having done the analysis, for having depth of understanding of what the challen...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, January 31, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at ...…
…I make a habit of avoiding movie theaters. Among other more important reasons, I really don’t enjoy other people telling me how and when to react. Misplaced laughter and overzealous reactions ruin a movie experience for me, almost as must as cliches and far-fetched storylines. The experience of watching “Uncle Frank” was an unfortunate mix of all of these. “Uncle Frank” is the type of movie that is sure to bring in crow...…
…6 — Friday, January 31, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com By David Poole ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/31/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/31/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, January 31, 2020 ACROSS 1 Really big show 6 Sharp bark 10 Software product with a cup-and- saucer logo 14 Addresses 15 M...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, January 31, 2020 — 7 Franz Wagner does what Michigan needs most If Franz Wagner proved one thing in the first half of the Wolverines’ Big Ten slate, it’s that he doesn’t shy away from big moments. For the Michigan men’s basketball team, Tuesday’s game against Nebraska was one of those moments. With senior point guard Zavier Simpson (suspension) and junior forward Isaiah Li...…
… It was supposed to be a routine favor, a short and simple task for Mel Pearson. The Andersons, his billet family, were preoccupied and asked Pearson, then 16, to pick up one of their daughters for them. Naturally, Pearson borrowed one of their cars. His parents had taken most things, cars included, when they moved back to Flin Flon, Manitoba two years prior. Despite his inexperience driving, he didn’t shy away from the opportunity t...…
…Gov. Gretchen Whitmer discussed education, jobs, health care and roads at her second State of the State address on Wednesday evening at the State Capitol in Lansing. This was her second state address since her swearing-in as the 49th Governor of Michigan in January 2019. In her 2019 address, Whitmer discussed key issues including Michigan’s infrastructure and educational system, emphasizing her intention to garner bipartisan...…
…The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute hosted a talk by Professor Jeffrey Bernstein titled “The 2020 Democratic Nomination: Who Gets to Choose, the Parties or the Voters?” on Wednesday at the Kellogg Eye Center auditorium. The event was attended by more than 100 members of the University of Michigan community. Bernstein is an award- winning professor of political science at Eastern Michigan University. The talk focused on ...…
…In 2013, Facebook paired with internet providers in the Philippines and allowed citizens to access Facebook for free. Alba said about two-thirds of citizens have internet access, and 99% of users have a Facebook account. But during the 2016 presidential election in the Philippines, Alba began to notice a change in the way people in her home country used Facebook. “It started to shift when the presidential election in the Philip...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, January 30, 2020 Alanna Berger Brittany Bowman Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Cheryn Hong Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Mary Rolfes Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Joel Weiner Erin White Lola Yang ERIN WHITE Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, January 30, 2020 — 5A ‘Do I think aliens are real? No.’ The Daily sits down Cam York and Johnny Beecher to talk about hot dogs, Deflategate and Area 51 The Daily hockey beat used to run a video series during the 2011-12 season called “Quick Hits.” They were one-on-one interviews with players that covered everyday life and all of its funny moments. Now, it’s back in written forma...…
…6A — Thursday, January 30, 2020 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By Dan Margolis ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/30/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/30/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, January 30, 2020 ACROSS 1 Healthful berry 5 Sommelier’s concern 9 San Antonio cagers 14 Bananas 15 “... the __ blackness of t...…
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…2B — Thursday, January 30, 2020 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Youth is everywhere in music. Everyone wants it, remembers it, aches to return to it. In music, youth is the time when life is the fullest and the most exciting — late nights, hijinks, drugs, sex, crying and dancing. The days are short; the nights long; the years even longer. In song, youth is the perfect storm of irresponsibility and impressionability. You c...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, January 30, 2020 — 3B Only the lucky ones get to experience the highs and lows of human existence. Despite how special your parents insisted you were when you were a kid, some emotions are universal — happiness, sadness, nostalgia, heartbreak — these emotions that simmer in our core are what bonds us as humans. But emotions are delicate. The same happiness you feel when you get acce...…
…So, I have this theory. Protagonists Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson of the 2017 film, “Lady Bird” and Frances Halladay of the 2012 film “Frances Ha” are the same character. If you’ve seen both of their eponymous movies, maybe you’ve instinctively understood their superficial connections to one another; Both are from Sacramento, attend school in New York and explore the concept of youth with unmistakably bright verve. Yet, to pretend tha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, January 30, 2020 — 5B In 2011, a 12 year-old girl sat in her desk chair facing away from a computer in a dimly lit California bedroom. A film crew recorded as she worked on math homework. Later, the same girl stood in a dance studio, her small frame covered in only a blue leotard and pink tights and her right leg lifted at a 180-degree angle. Her arms rested delicately in bal...…
…6B — Thursday, January 30, 2020 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The store where I work is getting these new shirts in stock for the spring (I promise this isn’t a plug). I’m deeply excited about them, partly because I haven’t seen them in person and I want the swift rush of dopamine that comes with showcasing a product that really stands on its own. And partly, because I’m afflicted with a feverish interest in anyt...…
…Nikole Hannah-Jones, domestic correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and creator of the NYT 1619 Project, compared slavery to the red pill in the movie, “The Matrix.” As Hannah- Jones described it, the legacy of slavery in America is “the coding and the architecture of everything that we see, and we have been allowing this country to pretend that slavery is marginal to the American story.” Tuesday night, The Wallace Hou...…
…With Ann Arbor rent prices skyrocketing and student voter turnout flatlining, the University of Michigan Central Student Government met Tuesday night in the Michigan Union to pass resolutions to renew a taskforce researching a student tenants union and to discuss CSG and national election reform. Because Ann Arbor rent has increased at a yearly rate of nearly 16 percent, the Assembly passed a resolution reauthorizing ...…
…Engineering sophomore Carla Voigt, the University’s liaison to the ABTS, said the passage of the proposal aligns with CSG’s past actions. “We really just wanted to get the other Big Ten schools to be a part of the same thing that we were investigating, pulling out of investments in fossil fuel industries,” Voigt said. “It’s not unlike claims that we have made in the past or actions that we have done, like when we divested from th...…
…I n Rick Santorum, Sean Duffy and every other commentator on cable news, there is a politician. More importantly, there is content. The outrage cycle is just a part of that content, and as long as there is more content, everyone is happy. Duffy, formerly of “The Real World” fame, was elected as part of the 2010 Tea Party wave to Congress, where he remained for almost ten years until resigning in September of 2019. After, he op...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, January 29, 2020 — 5A Unchained to curating a group of songs into an album, Shelton can release whatever he wants, whenever he wants. For better or for worse, it seems like we won’t be getting any new Blake Shelton albums for a long time … or maybe ever. Whether that possibility bums you out or makes you sigh in relief — keep in mind that Shelton isn’t going anywhere. In a...…
…6A — Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com WHISPER SUBMIT A WHISPER By John Guzzetta ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/29/20 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 01/29/20 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 ACROSS 1 Like much desert terrain 5 Constructed 10 Modeling material 14 Latina toon explorer 15 Bay of Beng...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, January 29, 2020 — 7A Johnson, Hillmon adding leadership On Sunday, the Michigan women’s basketball team desperately needed a win against Rutgers to get its season back on track. Putting up a career-high 24 points and 11 rebounds, senior guard Akienreh Johnson stepped up with her first career double- double to help the Wolverines win, 71-57. Her performance was even more ...…
