…C The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 19, 2016 LaFontaine’s debut Jack LaFontaine lifted Michigan in his debut with exactly the kind of showing the Wolverines needed » SportsWednesday Column, Page 2B Dead heat Michigan held firm at home with a 0-0 tie against No. 15 Minnesota on Sunday, staying at fourth place in the Big Ten » Page 3B BIG RAPIDS — It was the perfect storm: a hungry team searching for its first ...…
…2C — October 19, 2016 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Road win highlights areas for improvement Every time the Michigan hockey team killed off a penalty during Saturday’s game at Ferris State, the announcer would say something along the lines of, “And the Wolverines return to full strength,” which was immediately followed by, “And they still suck!” from the Bulldogs’ student section. At some point...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsWednesday October 19, 2016 — 3C Michigan earns scoreless draw Sarah Jackson already had tied her career high in saves against Minnesota. But with the Golden Gophers threatening in the last minute of double overtime, Michigan needed her to make one more. As the crowd began counting down the seconds until the final whistle blew, the redshirt sophomore goalkeeper rose over a Gopher ...…
…4C — October 19, 2016 SportsWednesday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL 2. OHIO STATE: The best players from Michigan play for ... Ohio State. 1. ALABAMA: Nick Saban still yelled at Lane Kiffin last week. 9. WISCONSIN: You really start to wonder what the Badgers’ record would be with Bart Houston under center. 3. MICHIGAN: Jim Harbaugh was the best coach working a chain gang in the country la...…
…After meeting with a group of student government leaders at the Cube Monday, University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel discussed his administration’s response to anti-Black, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ posters discovered over the past week. Last Monday, anti-Black and anti-women posters were found in University buildings. Today, more offensive posters were found posted around campus from the white-supremacist gro...…
…A new set of alt right posters were found Monday morning on a University of Michigan cylinder posting area on the corner of South State Street and North University, citing websites that argue race determines intelligence and anti-Muslim sentiments. One of the posters featured the Pepe the Frog meme, a newfound symbol associated with the alt right movement. Several others portrayed an Islam man killing a white woman or c...…
…2-News 3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 4, 2016 — 3 News reduced to more inferior roles and limited in the interactions they could have with men on screen. “The new authorities showed hostility to women’s participation in cinema, which is seen in the guidelines that they wrote codifying the representation of women in the films,” Ganjavie said. The post-1979 Iranian film industry also adjuste...…
…L ast Monday, I had the pleasure of watching what may very well be the fall of Western liberal democracy. No, not the newest episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” rather, the presidential debate. I went into the debate with a deep fear Donald Trump could rehabilitate his image among the American public. Hillary Clinton’s seven-point lead over the summer had evaporated to the margin of err...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, October 4, 2016 — 5 The Altar, R&B artist Banks’s newest release, is the very embodiment of post-breakup anger, vindictive stormy skies and the entire month of October. This album is basically Lady Macbeth in music form, and its collection of omi- nously magical, deeply powerful and altogether all-encompassing songs are haunting in their raw honesty. In The Altar, B...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Home for Pogo 6 Affirmative answer 9 Silences, as a TV 14 Artist’s prop 15 Pie __ mode 16 Wagnerian work 17 “Farewell, chérie” 18 CBS forensic drama 19 Antianxiety drug 20 “Bro, I thought you were gonna help” 23 Many a GI 24 Jerry Garcia’s band, familiarly 28 Socializing with the queen, maybe 31 Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er __” 32 Bullets and such 33 Lots and lots 35 Accesso...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 4, 2016— 7 Speight continues to grow, evaluate his options T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 44.4 12.4 First Downs/Game 23.0 13.2 Rush Yards/Game 209.8 112.2 Yards/Rush 4.9 3.3 Rushing TDs 16 2 Passing Yards/Game 234.2 135.4 Completion % 63.9% 46.6% Yards/Pass 7.4 5.2 Passing TDs 10 5 Interceptions 2 6 Offensive Plays/Game 74.4 60.6 Total Offense 444.0 ...…
…Donlon brings intensity on ‘D’ Meet Billy Donlon, Michigan’s new defensive coordinator. And before you start to fret, don’t worry, Don Brown still has his job. Instead, Donlon is one of the latest additions to John Beilein’s staff — filling the void left by LaVall Jordan and Bacari Alexander’s departure last April. Donlon comes to the Michigan carrying ample coaching experience, most recently as the head coach at Wright Stat...…
…During a community conversation on race and campus climate Sunday, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel listened to student concerns and emphasized the impact he hopes the upcoming release of a University-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan will have on campus. The conversation, announced on Wednesday, was planned in response to racially charged fliers that were hung in Mason and Haven Halls last week. Th...…
…During the Michigan vs. Wisconsin game, 19-year-old actress Chloe Grace Moretz, known for her roles in the films like “Kick-Ass,” joined the College Democrats to rally University of Michigan students to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. According to AmericaJr, a news and entertainment website, about 250 students registered at the event. “It’s really exciting … to talk to a bunch of 18- and 19...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Monday, October 3, 2016 — 3A News & Sports plan had notably low attendance, averaging about 40 people each except for one for staff, which drew 120. Sunday’s gathering had one of the highest reported attendances for a University-sponsored event regarding diversity on campus this past month, with over 180 people. However, student attendance has been much higher at student-run events, such as p...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, October 3, 2016 Open letter to the U of M community THE BLACK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL | OP-ED T o the University of Michigan Community: In light of recent events, both on and off campus, we are deeply disturbed by the hateful and blatant racism put forth by people who label themselves the alt-right. It troubles us that the individuals of the Black community at the Univers...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, October 3, 2016 — 5A Roses are red, violets are blue, We love the Daily and we hope you do too. ACROSS 1 Hospital IV amts. 4 Irrational fear sufferer’s suffix 9 Texas city 13 Until now 14 Specialized language 15 Dashing style 16 Expose wrongdoing 19 Gymnast Korbut 20 Choose by majority vote 21 Wok cook’s flavoring 23 Attacked by surprise 26 Baseball card stat 27 Day, in Durango 28 MBA hop...…
…6A — Monday, October 3, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ISLAND “Pull my fingers.” MUSIC COLUMN The Killers were the end of a golden era I was wearing dog ears made out of paper and black eye pencil on my nose when I finally realized how powerful “Mr. Brightside” could be. It was Halloween of 2015. I was dressed as Mr. Peanutbut- ter from “BoJack Horseman,” and I was in a Kerrytown basement with a faulty ster...…
…T hough Jourdan Lewis will make Saturday’s top- 10 highlight reels for his late-game heroics, not one player better led the Wolverines to a 14-7 victory over No. 8 Wis- consin than senior corner- back Channing Stribling. To be fair, Lewis’ pick was nothing short of miraculous. When Badgers quarterback Alex Hornibrook dropped back and launched the ball on 4th-and-10 with just over two minutes left in the game, everyone at Mi...…
…2B — October 3, 2016 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fab Five still shapes the conversation T oday, they might not stand out. Five young Black men in baggy shorts, black shoes and black socks with shaved heads isn’t a rarity on the basketball court. Not anymore, at least. When the Fab Five burst into college basketball 25 years ago, that swaggering style was likened to thuggery. Now, it is as much a p...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 3, 2016 — 3B ‘M’ wins second straight, tops Penn State If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s the short version of what Michigan men’s soccer coach Chaka Daley told his team at halftime of Sunday’s game against Penn State. It was scoreless at the time, but Daley sought to convince his team success was coming. “If things are going the right way, which they were the first...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4B — Monday, October 3, 2016 …
…Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County expects to have resettled about 163 refugees in the county by the conclusion of its fiscal year this fall, nearly doubling its previous year’s caseload, and plans to do so again in the coming year. In a March interview with the Daily, JFS administrators said their resettlement target was still in the 80-person range. However, an uptick in the number of refugees the Obama admin...…
…2A — Friday September 30, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com GETTING A BULLSEYE. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES 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...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 30, 2016 — 3A implemented, the Republican- controlled State Senate passed a bill in May that would, if passed by the House, bar local governments from passing such fees on packaging containers. This legislation represents the first attempt by any local government in Michigan to adopt such an “eco-tax;” however, it faces great uncertainty in the hands of state legislatu...…
…O ver the last decade, a major issue in Detroit politics has been rapid population loss that has plagued the city. While it can be easy to look at the decreasing numbers as a sign of despair, I look at the population numbers in a positive light. According to the 2010 census, there are more than 700,000 residents in Detroit, making it the 18th largest city in America, by population. But the greater Detroit metropolitan area, w...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 30, 2016 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com HEY. YOU'RE DOING GREAT AND WE know you can do it. Don't give up! ACROSS 1 __ salad 5 Maddux who won four consecutive Cy Young Awards 9 Prominent feature of toondom’s Droopy Dog 14 Efficient 15 Dunkirk dream 16 2003 LPGA Rookie of the Year 17 Sight 20 Cuttlefish pigment 21 “Homeland” org. 22 Wyo. ...…
…6A — Friday, September 30, 2016 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Since the concept of fear and the transfiguration of fear into films such as “Nosferatu,” it has become well-known that horror movies draw on the inherent, natural fears that are already pres- ent in the minds of its viewers. How- ever, it’s not only the adrenaline rush that draws us to watch a spooky flick, but also the anticipation of a final en...…
…October 1, 2016: Wisconsin …
…FootballSaturday, October 1, 2016 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2016 football season. Max Bultman Jacob Gase Kelly Hall Jake Lourim No. 4 Michigan (-10) vs. No. 8 Wisconsin Michigan Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Michigan No. 1 Alabama (-35.5) vs. Kentucky Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama No. 2 Ohio State (-38) vs. Rutgers Ohio State Ohio...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Wisconsin at Michigan Matchup: Wisconsin 4-0; Michigan 4-0 When: Saturday 3:30 P.M. Where: Michigan Stadium TV/Radio: ABC Wisconsin arrives for Big Ten showdown The non-conference season is over, and so are most of the up-tempo spread attacks. The Michigan football team’s game against No. 8 Wisconsin on Saturday will feature lots of rushing, lots of physicality ...…
…FootballSaturday, October 1, 2016 4 Sitting in the stands just before Michigan kicked off its 2015 season and ushered in the Jim Harbaugh era, Joe Allen was frantically trying to get a hold of his wife. He was in Utah for the beginning of his son’s redshirt junior season, and he could tell from the way Kenny was warming up that he would be starting for the first time. Joe’s phone had just broken that morning, so there was no way ...…
…snow now and then, but it was worth it to keep up with their obsession. On the days they couldn’t quite make it outside, they still found a way. “We had an indoor net in the basement,” Joe said. “I think our ceiling was about eight or nine feet, and every time they kicked, it would hit the ceiling tile. It was like non- stop.” Part of the football infatuation may have evolved from the lack of things to do in a small Michigan to...…
…FootballSaturday, October 1, 2016 6 about his duties as kicker. The only time he said he was only worried about kicking a field goal was his very first attempt as a starter at Utah. Last season, his level-headed approach showed on the field when he made 18 of his 22 field goal attempts and completed 100 percent of his extra point attempts. According to Sailer, kickers need to enjoy being in the spotlight while learning to take cr...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com Breakdown: Michigan vs. Wisconsin After four weeks of having a clear advantage over its opponents in nearly every phase of the game, the No. 4 Michigan football team will finally face a challenge this weekend when No. 8 Wisconsin comes to Ann Arbor. Not much was expected from the Badgers before the season — especially considering their current stretch features four straight games aga...…
…FootballSaturday, October 1, 2016 8 What to Watch For: Wisconsin When the Wisconsin football team knocked off then-No. 5 Louisiana State to open the 2016 season, it was only natural to start looking ahead toward its Week 5 visit to Ann Arbor. And after the Badgers routed Michigan State in East Lansing last week, that game is now here, and it could be Michigan’s first game of Big Ten play with major conference title implications....…
…According to a recent Michigan Daily poll of a sample of students, support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on campus is high, at almost 75 percent. However, the poll also indicated that nearly 20 percent of respondents plan to vote outside of the two major parties, preferring third-party candidates. Among the third party candidates, Liberterian nominee Gary Johnson, who polled at 13.2...…
…The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education released their annual college rankings on Tuesday, naming the University of Michigan being ranked the number one public university in the country. This ranking is different from many traditional college rankings in that it places emphasis on factors other than the average test scores of incoming freshmen and how many students were rejected upon application. Instead,...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, September 29, 2016 — 3A rather than what they personally perceive to be circumstances requiring the use of force. Implicit racial bias within officers and law enforcement organizations was a recurring theme highlighted by questions put forth by members of the audience. Clayton noted these biases are major barriers between improving trust between police and citize...…
…T wenty-three. This year a 75-year-old democratic socialist won 23 states in a presidential primary, and America was astounded. How could a man preaching a form of socialism achieve even close to this amount of success in a country that prides itself on being the epicenter of capitalism? A democratic socialist as president? The concept seems blasphemous. Capitalism is a deep-seated American institution, and...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “La Vie en Rose” singer 5 Ashtray array 10 Interest greatly 14 “There __ joy in Mudville ... ” 15 Livid 16 Cambodian currency 17 Lump 18 Hasbro soldier 19 Raison d’__ 20 Lake Michigan port 22 Dietary need 24 TriBeCa neighbor 26 Backspaced over 27 1974 hit with a Spanish title meaning “You are” 31 Jedi Council VIP 33 VCR successor 34 Brief meeting? 36 Army rank above maj. ...…
…6A — Thursday, September 29, 2016 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ELIZABETH XIONG/Daily Junior goalkeeper Evan Louro (left) and senior defender Lars Eckenrode (right, #6) lifted Michigan to its first win of the season in 10 tries against Detroit on Wednesday. Louro delivered his second clean sheet of the season. Wolverines record first win, snap nine-game winless skid After overtime losses and missed chances, flurries of sho...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, September 29, 2016 the b-side Writers: Allie Taylor and Anay Katyal Stylist: Caroline Filips Models: Emma Kinery and Emma Yanakiev Photographers: Claire Abdo and Francesca Kielb Design: Katie Beukema and Francesca Kielb …
…2B — Thursday, September 29, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Apparently I was in a coma when this whole Adidas craze started and I wish it could be comatose until it ends. Also, Stussy, hard pass. There are so many metal band tshirts here ... I didn’t know the clientele of Urban was so hardcore. Maybe they’ll pair their Metallica merch with their Adidas sneaks ... so fetch. In other news there is a $90 coat t...…
…As you walk into Today Cloth- ing, the philosophy that defines the store is fairly clear. An elegant interior and muted color palette are juxtaposed with store speak- ers softly playing vintage soul music, evoking a distinct sense of ease and artistry. Racks of men’s clothes neatly line the walls, eclectic and colorful sneakers are tucked in the back and tables placed around the store showcase what new and notable wares have come T...…
…4-BSide 4B — Thursday, September 29, 2016 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 7. 1. Blouse from v2v, 415 N. 5th Ave Photo: Amelia Cacchione 2-5. Pink Martini coat and Free People sweater from v2v and jeans from Bivouac, 336 S State St. Photo: Claire Abdo 6. Dress and Central Park West sweater from Bivouac Photo: Claire Abdo 7. Free People jacket and thermal from v2v, CofH and Pa...…
…Though the first presidential debate drew wide interest on campus Monday night, that interest may not necessarily have equated to any changes in voter preference, according to a Michigan Daily poll conducted directly after the debate. As part of an ongoing initiative to better gauge the campus political climate, The Michigan Daily sent out a poll to 1,500 students and received 302 responses. Eighty-one percent of resp...…
…Tuesday marked National Voter Registration Day. In Michigan, the last day to register to vote in the presidential election is Oct. 11 — a mere two weeks away. With 40 days until the election and 13 days until the voter registration deadline, voter mobilization efforts are in full swing around campus. Partisan voter registration efforts organized by the University of Michigan’s chapters of College Democrats and College ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 28, 2016 — 3A “I want each and every student here to know that you are welcome here, and we’re proud that you are here, and your faculty members and your staff that work with you on a daily basis are proud of you,” Martin said. After Martin’s remarks, the gathering was loosely structured, and invited students to engage in individual discussion with one another. Whi...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, September 28, 2016 MICHELLE SHENG | CONTACT MICHELLE AT SHENGMI@UMICH.EDU The truth about class LAUREN SCHANDEVEL | OP-ED B ear with me for this metaphor. Imagine you have two seeds. You plant one seed in a sunny patch of nutrient-rich soil and water it every day. You plant the other seed in a dark shed and neglect it for months. Not surprisingly, the first seed grows...…
