…The stark traditionalism of Martha Cook Wednesday, February 21, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 21, 2018 // The Statement 5B An Afternoon Tea A s I pass through the doors of Martha Cook Residence Hall at the University of Michigan, I enter a hallway clad in wooden panels whose austerity of color and design evokes past eras. Brightly lit by ostentatious chandeliers and archaic windows, the space draws the eye to the V...…
…I planned out everything I wanted to say and how much I wanted to reveal about myself in this personal statement the entire week prior to the moment I sat down to write. I would pretend to write it in my head during class, dictating telepathically to someone somewhere with a pad and paper. I expected to wake up and have all of my emotions and experiences laying on my lap typed, double-spaced and stapled with eloquent prose to bo...…
…I remember practice lockdowns to be some of the most awkward experiences of my early schooling. The entire class huddled into the corner of a dark classroom so we would be prepared if anyone potentially dangerous entered the school. I remember thinking it unlikely that turning the lights off would be enough to keep someone from trying to enter the room. I thought about what decisions my teacher would have to make if some...…
…Wednesday, February 21, 2018 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : L IVI N G S PACE S Betsy Barbour, Katelyn Mulcahy Mosher-Jordan, Alice Liu Martha Cook is one of many dorms on campus. Here, photo staff highlights their favorite dorm spots. Mosher-Jordan, Alice Liu Stockwell, Alexis Rankin …
…Gov. Rick Snyder recently sparked controversy by appointing Bishop Ira Combs Jr. to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. Combs, a Republican and Pentecostal minister in Jackson, is well- known for condemning pro- LGBT legislation. However, Snyder said he appointed Combs because of his background in fighting for racial justice and people with disabilities. In February 2017, Combs outwardly opposed an ordinance th...…
…2A — Monday, February 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@michiganda...…
…It is Feb. 16 at the time I am writing this. To some of you, today will have been just another Friday. To me and others, however, today is New Year’s Day, a time not only for festivities, but also reflection. Recently, the political correctness of “Chinese New Year” has been called into question, and I wanted to take this opportunity to share my thoughts on the issue and explore its relation to my own identities. Let us travel b...…
…I hope I speak for a lot of people somewhat left of center when I say that the Republican Party’s capability for hypocrisy can be amazing — we’ve spent years listening to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY., grumble about spendthrift Democrats, and those of us from the South and Midwest have heard a thousand different ways the communist, Muslim, socialist, President Barack Obama was going to waste our tax money. And then — just ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 19, 2018 — 5A 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments $2100‑$2800 plus utilities. Tenants pay electric to DTE Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required. 1015 Packard 734‑996‑1991 5 & 6 Bedroom Apartments 1014 Vaughn $3000 ‑ $3600 plus utilities Showings scheduled M‑F 10‑3 w/ 24 hour notice required 734‑996‑1991 ARBOR PROPERTIES Award‑Winning Rentals in Kerry‑ town Central Campus...…
…TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 4-5:30 PM Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre 911 N. University Avenue WALLACE HOUSE PRESENTS BRET STEPHENS NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST Co-sponsored by U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts wallacehouse.umich.edu FREE SPEECH AND THE NECESSITY OF DISCOMFORT “I don’t really know, actually,” said Aaron Maine, the mastermind behind Porches, taking a long, patient pause. “I don’t even know how to describe i...…
…MIKE PERSAK Managing Sports Editor B1G upsets No. 18 Michigan swept No. 1 Notre Dame, bolstering its resume for the NCAA Tournament. » Page 4B Sweet Senior Day Michigan’s senior class showed just how special it is in the team’s 74-62 win over Ohio State. » Page 2B Poole’s hot shooting helps Michigan pull away from OSU Jordan Poole has had big performances before. The freshman guard scored 19 against Indiana,...…
…June 19, 2016 May 25, 2017 March 5, 2018 A basketball game was played Sunday. Some guys shot baskets — some went in, others didn’t. The team wearing maize jerseys scored more points than the guys donning scarlet and left Crisler Center significantly more pleased. But for Austin Hatch and John Beilein, Sunday — Senior Day — was about so much more than basketball. Sunday was emblematic of the true meaning of sports, a foundati...…
…VISIT JIMMYJOHNS.COM TO FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU WE DELIVER! WHERE FRESH & F AST MEET® The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, February 19, 2018 — 3B ‘M’ uses physicality to top Buckeyes After Ohio State’s Keita Bates- Diop clinked a 3-pointer off the front iron, it was a mad dash to grab the basketball. Sophomore point guard Zavier Simpson had the quickest step and promptly lofted the ball to Moritz W...…
…4B — Monday, February 19, 2018 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Quick starts power Wolverines to sweep of Fighting Irish Michigan sweeps No. 1 Notre Dame with 1-0 win If Friday night’s pregame theatrics at Compton Family Ice Arena counted for anything, Notre Dame would have been up a goal before the puck even dropped. The Fighting Irish’s home venue is the smallest in the Big Ten, but what it lacks in size,...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 16, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Joshua Johnson — host of NPR’s “1A” — navigated the issue of free speech on college campuses, and how to encourage free dialogue while also maintaining a comfortable and safe environment for students, at a live taping of his show Thursday night. The panel discussion “Speak Freely: Debating the First Amend...…
…Grand Rapids community leaders Mike and Sue Jandernoa are donating $4.3 million to expand scholarships at the Ross School of Business, contribute to fellowships at the Ford School of Public Policy and assist the University of Michigan School of Education’s TeachingWorks organization, the University announced Thursday. The statement said $3 million of the couple’s donation would be dedicated to a TeachingWorks parternship w...…
…improvement of job security for lecturers at the University. Currently, full-time lecturers receive a minimum salary of $34,500 at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, $28,30 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and $27,300 at the University of Michigan-Flint. Frustrated with low salaries and pay rates for lecturers across the University’s campuses, LEO has continued to meet with University officials since October demanding ...…
…T his past week, White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned after a scandal emerged regarding allegations of domestic abuse from his two ex-wives. An article by The New York Times reported Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and Joe Hagin, deputy chief of staff for operations, knew about the accusations in late fall. In response to the resignation, President Donald Trump tweeted, “Peoples (sic) lives are being shattered ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, February 16, 2018 — 5 In retrospect, there was little that would have predicted the enormous reach of MGMT. The American duo exploded onto the scene in 2007 with Oracular Spectacular, an electropop tour de force that artists have continued to bite from a decade later. Oracular paved the way for the cheerful indie bands of later years, like Grouplove and Passion Pit, and that so...…
…I was a huge band nerd in high school. I spent my summers going to band camps, playing in wind ensembles, learning about the repertoire, playing under various conductors and just enjoying the music. I’ve been playing in wind ensemble for the past 10 years of my life, and it’s a type of ensemble that I truly believe is underappreciated. Largely overshadowed by orchestras, I think that — unless someone ever played in a wind ensemb...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, February 16, 2018— 7 Report: ‘M’ adding coach Jim Harbaugh is closing in on a 10th assistant for Michigan’s coaching staff. As reported by The Michigan Insider’s Sam Webb and FootballScoop, former Florida head coach Jim McElwain is expected to join the Michigan coaching staff, replacing Dan Enos, who left for Alabama shortly after being hired by Harbaugh. McElwain and Flo...…
…TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 4-5:30 PM Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre 911 N. University Avenue WALLACE HOUSE PRESENTS BRET STEPHENS NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST Co-sponsored by U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts wallacehouse.umich.edu FREE SPEECH AND THE NECESSITY OF DISCOMFORT This is snow joke. Save up to $1,800 on select floor plans! Rates/installments are subject to change. Rates/installments do not represent a monthly rental a...…
…Philip J. Deloria, former University of Michigan professor, became Harvard University’s first tenured Native-American studies professor last week after having taught in the History and American Culture Department at the University for over ten years. Deloria specialized in Native- American history and also served as the associate dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Education in LSA, director of the Progra...…
…On Tuesday, 11 biomedical projects from across the state of Michigan were selected as recipients of the Innovation Hub awards. Fast Forward Medical Innovation, a unit within the Medical School’s Office of Research at the University of Michigan, grants the awards. More than $1.8 million in total has been allocated to health-related research projects statewide, ranging from automated brain tumor diagnosis using convolut...…
…the University proposed a $1,000 increase to the starting salary for lecturers in 2019, followed by a $750 increase in 2020 and then $500 in 2021. Appointments Committee Vice Chair Brooke Lennox, an LSA sophomore, sponsored the resolution. “Showing as much support as we can is important,” she said. Three bylaw amendments were also passed, one of which requires representatives to use gender-inclusive language...…
…“W ho here knows who their state representative is?” my professor asked on the first day of class. As I quickly scanned the room, I was startled. Not a single hand was in the air. You might be wondering what class I was in, rationalizing that maybe this lack of knowledge is acceptable in Introduction to Biology or Calculus 2. But you would be sorely disappointed, just as I was, to know that the class was Electoral Politics in...…
…Taylor Bump’s home in Gulf Port, Fla. is almost 1200 miles from Ann Arbor. Situated right on the azure waters of Tampa Bay, it’s about a 40-minute drive from South Florida’s softball stadium. The last thing anyone would associate with the house is softball. Yet by a chance event, the sport became both the nexus and the antithesis of the freshman third baseman’s house, all in one afternoon. It was after the Michigan softball te...…
…6A — Thursday, February 15, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines in trouble after loss to Minnesota The No. 23 Michigan women’s basketball team is in a world of trouble. After falling to Minnesota (9-4 Big Ten, 20-6 overall) on Wednesday, 93-87, the Wolverines have now lost four of their last five. Against the Golden Gophers, as well as its other defeats during the slide, Michigan had opportunities...…
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…2B —Thursday, February 15, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Queer art is thriving in the Ann Arbor community Local activist Ariel Friedlander is ready to fuck shit up. Of course, that’s not all she’s here for. But it summed up a lot from our interview this weekend. “That’s what’s in the future. Having fun and fucking shit up,” Friedlander said. “I think that’s what we do best.” The “we” to which she was referrin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 15, 2018 — 3B In 2017, singer-songwriter Annie Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent, coyly fielded questions in an interview with The New Yorker about her supposed position as the queer protagonist of her then-upcoming album Masseduction. She responded to the interviewer’s questions with, “Songs are like prophecies. They can be stronger than ...…
…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, February 15, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com A24 Exploring the evolution of contemporary gay cinema The shape and fabric of queer cinema, particularly male-centered gay narratives, has changed and evolved in interesting ways in contemporary film history. Some of the most beautiful, heartbreaking and emotionally resonant stories of the past two decades involve a negotiation of lov...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, February 15, 2018 — 5B “My dad and I both grew up in the same Pennsylvania town. And he was gay, and I was gay and he killed himself.” This is the line that sums up the plot of the critically acclaimed graphic memoir and musical “Fun Home,” a riveting story based on the life of cartoonist Alison Bechdel. I first read Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir “Fun Home” when its...…
…2-BSide 6B —Thursday, February 15, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Alex & Effee expand narratives of LGBTQ+ in blog, love and life To be trans and visible has always been radical. Despite the leaps and bounds made by activists like Laverne Cox and Janet Mock (their work being proclaimed in 2014 as “The Transgender Tipping Point” by Time), transgender individuals continue to be the victims of violence disproport...…
…The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government convened Tuesday evening to discuss underrepresentation of students in STEM fields and the conflicts of interest present in the University endowment. The assembly also voted on resolutions regarding the availability of resources through Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and the greater use of clean energy sources by the University. ...…
…2A —Wednesday, February 14, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers THURSDAY: Twitter Talk TUESDAY: By Design Photo by Molly Stevens THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: LSA MASS MEETING PLANS CREATION OF STUDENT UNION LOVE BUG puzzle by sudokusyndication.com On Monday, the University of Michigan’s Lecturers’ Employee Organization released a ...…
…at the University of Michigan … This (is) an issue that connects all students,” Irwin said. As the election for new CSG representatives approaches, the assembly touched on the need to remain civil and fair during campaigning and election season. Guest speaker Brian Koziara, a University Law Student and Yale School of Management student, stressed to assembly members the importance of respect and politeness during the el...…
…L ast week, the Latinx Alliance for Community Action, Support and Advocacy sent a list of demands to administrators detailing where the University of Michigan needs to increase their support for the Latinx community. As the national political climate becomes more hostile toward Latinx communities and incidents of hostility toward the Latinx community on campus continue, the University needs to live up to their values of diversity and ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 14, 2018 — 5A DAILY FILM COLUMN I once heard someone describe the soil in Hollywood as being poisoned, the idea being that the foundations of the industry itself were so toxic that nothing but toxic fruit could grow there. Poison fruit doesn’t always know it’s poison fruit. Such is the case with Quentin Tarantino. In an ideal world, I would never hear, say or think the...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, February 14, 2018 — 7A Behind Enemy Lines: Fran McCaffrey Iowa coach Fran McCaffery stepped to the podium at Big Ten media day and proclaimed this was “the deepest team we’ve ever had.” Perhaps he meant it at the time, but the results have hardly bore that out. The Hawkeyes come to Crisler Center Wednesday at just 12-15 overall and 3-11 in Big Ten play, good for 11th ...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Three takeaways from Michigan’s first game against Iowa It seems like eons ago that the Michigan men’s basketball team traveled to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Wolverines shot the lights out in the first half on Jan. 2 to get out to a huge lead against Iowa that they would never relinquish. The game involved breakout performances on both sides of the...…
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…O ver the past weekend, Ann Arbor was hit by a heavy 8.5- inch snowfall. Right when you thought it was over, the blizzard would start up again right where it left off, which makes it nearly impossible to leave the comfort of your slip-free, warm apartment. Netflix is too convenient and you settle for the Keurig. You convince yourself Swiss Miss hot chocolate will suffice. And naturally, trudging through the tundra to any crowded li...…
…3B Wednesday, February 14, 2018 // The Statement Soundtracking: Crying in Public N othing is simultaneously as embarrassing and relieving as letting the waterworks flow for the entire world to see. Yes, I know everyone is staring and whispering about this grown child (I am in no way a grown man, so I guess this’ll have to do) breaking down and sobbing rather loudly on the fourth floor of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. But i...…
…Wednesday, February 14, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 14, 2018 // The Statement 5B The Daily in Comics C omics are not a genre, but a medium. Although The Michigan Daily is a text- heavy publication, comics offer an entirely unique range of expression and nuance that text alone cannot. What might The Daily look like if it were entirely comics? As you’ll see in this issue, comics can be about any subject — from p...…
…Wednesday, February 14, 2018 // The Statement 6B Watching the Super Bowl from Sevilla T he hundred of us spent just a few hours together, at an Irish pub in Spain, standing, jeering and celebrating the most American of traditions. Sly Fernandez de Castro came to the bar by himself — standing out among groups of American college students who had come to the Phoenix Pub for a taste of home and discounted “cerveza” in the Los ...…
…I magine pouring your blood, sweat and tears into a lengthy, time-consuming research paper, only to receive a less-than- ideal score because of the mere fact that you mistakenly interchanged “there”, “their” and “they’re.” Or perhaps your overuse of the passive voice clouded the central points of your work, leading to an inevitable lower score. The absolute horror. Well, it is for us copy editors, at least. Huddled at a single ...…
…Wednesday, February 14, 2018 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : The Seasons of Ann Arbor (in comics) CARTOON BY AGNES CHIU CARTOON BY JHOANNE CASTRO …
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