…I remember standing in the shade of an olive tree in Panathinaiko Stadium Square, sweat dripping down my face, trying to hail a cab. Classes had just gotten out for the day, and I was making my way to my cousin Zoe’s apartment. I was studying abroad at The Athens Centre in Athens, Greece, the summer after my freshman year at the University of Michigan. At this time, I felt left at odds about what I wanted to do, not only with ...…
…S o I’m not sure if all three of my readers are aware, but I’m kind of into music a little bit. I grew up listening to “The Free- wheelin’ Bob Dylan” in my living room while building cities out of alphabet blocks, Legos and a Thomas the Tank Engine wooden train track set. I like to ask people, “What was the first song you remember hearing in your entire life that wasn’t a children’s song?” cause you learn a lot about someone by wha...…
…Wednesday, March 21, 2018 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : N C A A to u r n a m e n t , b e h i n d-t h e - s c e n e s I spent the majority of last week in Wichita, Kansas, covering the Michigan Men’s Basketball team’s first and second round games of the NCAA tournament. In addition to the two thrilling games, I had close access to the players before and after the games during media availability in the l...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 20, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 94 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . ...…
…University Council assembled Monday night to discuss the University of Michigan’s academic calendar and Election Day. The meeting started with a presentation from Sarah Daniels, associate dean of students, Lisa Emery, senior associate registrar, and Christine Gerdes, special counsel to the provost. They spoke about the possibility of starting the 2020-2021 academic year before Labor Day. Without this revi...…
…talking about and creating policies for invisible identities on campus — survivors of sexual assault, students of low (socioeconomic status), members of the LGBT community,” Baer said. “These identities are not as seen within our assembly right now because they aren’t talked about. Something we can improve on is talking about policies and cultures surrounding these groups on campus and with that, that’s how we create platform...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, March 20, 2018 An open letter to the French Department RISHABH KEWALRAMANI | COLUMN E very time I log on to my Facebook feed, I usually click on roughly four or five articles from publications like Vox or Politico. They’ve made it easy for me and practically every news consumer to read the news. With the development of the Instant Article on Facebook, I can now cl...…
…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, includin...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, March 20, 2018— 7 Season, careers come to an end for Wolverines Like father, like son, the old cliché goes. And this was never more true for Michigan wrestling coach Joe McFarland than it was Saturday night. The Wolverines capped a wildly successful regular season Saturday night in Cleveland, finishing tied for fourth place at the NCAA Wrestling Championships with ...…
…8 — Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Robinson takes on mentorship role for blossoming Livers Duncan Robinson heard the whistle and knew just what that meant. He walked off the court with 2:07 left and the score tied against Houston on Saturday night — fouling out for just the fourth time in his career — knowing it could be his last time doing so in his Michigan career. But Robinson didn’t sulk...…
…During a break in the Lecturers’ Employee Organization’s first open bargaining session in Ann Arbor Friday, about 150 lecturers and allies – including students and tenure -track faculty – marched from the Diag to Palmer Commons. The marchers chanted and waved signs, demanding salary increases and enhanced job security for lecturers, two key aspects of the union’s bargaining platform to replace its current contrac...…
…2A — Monday, March 19, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TUESDAY: By Design FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History News THURSDAY: Twitter Talk MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers ROSEANNE CHAO/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 news@michigandaily...…
…As the years have gone by, I have come to realize that “Sex and the City” is a lot like a cool aunt. For the sake of the analogy, imagine this aunt is white. As a child, you thought this aunt was glamorous, witty and exciting, but as you’ve matured, the façade crumbled. In reality, this aunt is not as smart as she thinks she is, she disguises prejudice as humor, and fetishizes Black men uncomfortably too much to be as colorblind ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, March 19, 2018 What’s next? Time for Michigan to lead on climate change TYLER FITCH | OP-ED MomentUM’s platform shows a distinct and comprehensive commitment to change through policy. Divided into the subgroups of health, academic affairs, student life and government relations, the party’s platform has proposed effective changes in some of the most- pressing is...…
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…is hard to come by. That being said, for what it is, it’s not bad. “I Can Only Imagine” is more than marginally entertaining for those who don’t know who Bart Millard is, and it’s easy to imagine it being a great night at the movies for those people out there who can belt every note of Millard’s songs. Quaid gives his usual performance, elevating what otherwise would’ve been a one-note character to someone who seems to have...…
…So sweet Jordan Poole’s shot to send Michigan on to the Sweet Sixteen may have looked familiar » Page 3B Gone dancing The second-seeded Michigan hockey team will face No. 3 seed Northeastern in the first round of the NCAA tourney » Page 4B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | March 19, 2018 B Evan Aaron / Daily Design by Jack Silberman Madness. SPORTSMONDAY …
…2B — Monday, March 19, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Putting a spotlight on women’s sports In observance of Women’s History Month, The Daily launches a series aimed at telling the stories of female ath- letes, coaches and teams at the University from the per- spective of the female sports writers on staff. Former managing sports edi- tor Betelhem Ashame kicks off the series with this column. T ...…
…June 19, 2016 May 25, 2017 March 5, 2018 April 1 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, March 19, 2018 — 3B Wolverines continue hot streak With Big Ten play beginning in less than one week, the Michigan softball team looked to continue their 12-game win streak at the Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio. And led by an explosive offense and elite pitching performances, the team outscored their opponents, 35-0. Fr...…
…4B — Monday, March 19, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Pearson leads Michigan to NCAA Tournament in first season as coach The wait is finally over for the Michigan hockey team. Sunday, the NCAA Selection Show revealed that the second- seeded Wolverines will travel to Worcester, Mass. to battle No. 3 Northeastern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The matchup will take place March 24 at the DCU Cente...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, March 16, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM WICHITA, Kan. — Michigan and Montana stood around, waiting for action to restart. There was a shot clock malfunction with just under 17 minutes to play in the second half, and it took an extraordinarily long amount of time to get it working again. When the shot clock did start ticking properly again, the game p...…
…of you feel the same way. It’s regretful that this problem continues to worsen and that we’ve allowed that to continue.” The event hosted at Pioneer High School involved a panel of student activists spanning different parts of Washtenaw County. Pioneer had the most student representatives, but students from Lincoln and Skyline High Schools were present as well. All were members of the Washtenaw Youth Initiati...…
…with a faith that is literally being targeted every single day by not only this administration but the media, could run and win and make history,” Tlaib said in an interview with Detroit News. Tlaib joins a competitive candidate field in the 13th district. Among her opposition include Conyers’s 27-year-old son, John Conyers III and his great-nephew, state Sen. Ian Conyers. Aside from her career, Tlaib is occupied fulfilling ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, March 16, 2018 aMplify platform accommodates student safety Healthy minds at school SUJAY SHETTY AND MATTHEW WILLIAMS | LETTER TO THE EDITOR ALI SAFAWI | COLUMN E arlier this semester I wrote about mental health care on college campuses. But the truth is, college might be too late. Half of all mental health problems begin by age 14. In public health, we think of d...…
…STUDY IN ENGLISH AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime in a city where ancient history meets cutting-edge innovation? Join us! INTERNATIONAL.TAU.AC.IL STUDY ABROAD UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL SHORT TERM PROGRAMS DOCTORAL PROGRAMS Douglas Adams’s ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ When I first picked up “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” it was one of those nights that doesn’t ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, March 16, 2018 —7 2018 Baseball Preview Freshman class looking to provide strong foundation Last June, Michigan coach Erik Bakich watched as a program-record 11 players were drafted to the MLB. It was a milestone moment to cap off the fifth season of his tenure in Ann Arbor that has included five winning seasons, two NCAA Tournament appearances and a Big Ten Tournament ...…
…8 — Friday, March 16. 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Big Ten preview: Nebraska, Iowa and Indiana set to challenge for title Snow and baseball are not two things that people commonly associate with one another, but that’s typical in the world of Big Ten baseball. It is difficult for the conference to reach a level of national success when many of its schools still have weather below freezing in mid- March. Despite...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 15, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly INDEX Vol. CXXVII, No. 92 ©2018 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . ...…
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…demographic standpoint,” Edevbie said. “I think that’s definitely a reflection of some more marginalized groups on campus having more and more seats at the table when it comes to CSG assembly.” The overall University student body is 54.58 percent white, 11.99 percent Asian, 5.65 percent Latino, 4.2 percent Black, 1.89 percent mixed race and 0.18 percent Native American. The University does not currently have statistics o...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, March 15, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Ethan Kessler Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger Using the private sector for good Teaching comprehensive U.S. history ERIK NESLER | COLUMN KR...…
…5 — Thursday, March 15, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A film headlined by some central relationship — be it two friends or two lovers — will often contain two very important components: A character who is a giver and one who is a taker. The former of the pair puts more of themselves into the relationship, leaving themselves more at risk to see their efforts unrequited; the latter lives far more aloof to thei...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, March 15, 2017 — 7 BY THE NUMBERS Senior guard Katelynn Flaherty 23.2 Average points per game 129 Total assists this season 2.7 Average rebounds per game 36.8 Average minutes played per game A dream come true for Flaherty and Dunston D espite never having played in the NCAA Tournament, senior forward Jillian Dunston is confident in the Michigan women’s basketball team’s...…
…8 — Thursday, March 15, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A few weeks ago, Luke Wil- son almost punched Zavier Simpson. The freshman scout-teamer thought Simpson was fouling him in practice, and as another rough play resulted in Wilson’s second-straight turnover, he shoved the starting point guard in the chest with both hands. That’s how freshman guard CJ Baird, a walk-on like Wil- son, described it in the Michi-...…
…Anthony, an LSA junior at the University of Michigan, said he learned to shoot when he was 8 years old. His grandfather, a military veteran, taught him how to do it well and how to do it safely. He mainly uses guns for hunting and target shooting, and owns several different types of rifles, all of which he keeps in a locked safe. Anthony, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of student repercussions, said he’s noticed ...…
…of diversity within the AAPD, the department has responded by seeking to recruit a wider pool of candidates through extending their recruiting radius. Sergeant Jaime Crawford from the recruiting and hiring unit of the AAPD explained the department is actively looking for candidates from all over Michigan. “We are really trying to broaden where we are recruiting from and the type of events we are attending,” Crawfo...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 14, 2018 — 3A CAMERON HUNT /Daily LSA sophomore Emily Levy discusses her personal struggles with mental illness at SpeakABLE, to spread awareness for mental illness and disabilities at the Gallery in Hatcher Tuesday. SPECIAL PRESENTATION STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENTS: UCLA DEPRESSION GRAND CHALLENGE & RESILIENCE PEER NETWORK SPEAKER: ELIZABETH GONG-GUY, PHD Wednesday, March 14, 3:00 -...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Ethan Kessler Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger CSG campaigns ignore guns and student safety Standing with Planned Parenthood, again CHARLES...…
…5A — Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Mindy Kaling’s ‘Champions’ off to a slow, steady start A carefree bachelor’s life turns upside down when his kid is dumped on his doorstep. We’ve seen that before, haven’t we? “Parenthood” did it. So did “Baby Daddy” and the short-lived “Grandfathered.” But if anyone can take an old trope and give it new life, surely it’s Mindy Kaling, who elevated the ...…
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…Friday, March 16, 2018 | 2-4 p.m. Poster session with refreshments. Free and open to the public. Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Weill Hall, Great Hall 735 S. State Street Info: 734-615-9691 NED GRAMLICH 1939-2007 fordschool.umich.edu Follow us: @fordschool Join the conversation: #fordschoolgramlich 11 T H A N N U A L G R A M L I C H STUDENT The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 14, 2018— 7A Too ...…
…8A — Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Montana Kaimin writer offers insight into Michigan’s first round opponent Montana’s name popped up on the screen as the Michigan men’s basketball team’s first-round opponent and you froze. You knew nothing about the Big Sky Tournament champions. And you weren’t alone. Michigan coach John Beilein’s initial reaction was equally tepid. “Is Montana the Gr...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 14, 2018 Michigan in Color BBUM: Our History …
…T he summer before my freshman year, I worried about what I was going to do in college. There was so much pressure to grow, to get involved, to build that résumé. One day, I received a copy of The Michigan Daily in the mail. And I thought: Why not? As a questioning, indecisive, undeclared English major, getting involved with journalism was probably a good idea. But there was a problem. I didn’t like journalism. The thought of wri...…
…3B Wednesday, March 14, 2018 // The Statement Critical Questions: Who gets to say what feminism is? W ho gets to define feminism? With contemporary feminism going global from its origins as an originally 1960’s American movement, the way various groups absorb — or reject — feminism in their own cultures is an intriguing subject. The topic crossed my mind when I was attending a career seminar for students interested in wor...…
…Wednesday, March 14, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 14, 2018 // The Statement 5B BBUM: Our History by Lorna Brown, Senior MiC Editor I t is hard adjusting here because there are so many people who do not look like me, and the first thing people do is judge me by my appearance, my skin color.” When asked what was the hardest part of their first year at the University of Michigan, every Black student responded with this...…
…I am devoting my first column after Spring Break to a friend- requested topic: Travel etiquette. Many students spent this week-long break from classes traveling — be it on University-affiliated trips like Alternative Spring Break or definitely-not-University-affiliated trips to Cancun or Miami or even just a simple trip home filled with sleep and pets. In all of these scenarios, it is likely that you traveled in some way,...…
