…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8 — Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Speight’s task has not been a simple one. His first meaningful passes as a college quarterback were game-deciding ones. Morris, the man many assumed to be Michigan’s backup quarterback, remained on the sideline after Rudock’s injury, his redshirt preserved according to plan. Even Harbaugh, known as “Captain Comeback” during his NFL playing ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 2, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan brings the trophy back to Ann Arbor with win » INSIDE Little Brown Jug Michigan stops Minnesota at half- yard line on final play to win, 29-26 By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor MINNEAPOLIS — It came down to one play, a few inches and a lesson Jim Harbaugh hopes his players carry with them for the re...…
…2A — Monday, November 2, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan hockey team split a two-game series with Robert Morris this weekend at Yost Ice Arena. The Wolverines were shut out Saturday for the first time since Feb. 14 against Minnesota. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Author lecture WHAT: Naomi Klein will talk about her latest book, “Capitalism vs. the Climate” followed ...…
…sored by Wolverines for Life, the American Red Cross, Be The Match/National Marrow Donor Program, Gift of Life Michigan and Eversight Michigan. This year, Sunday’s “Be a Hero” event collected more than 400 units of blood, break- ing last year’s all-time record of 340 units. All donated blood will be included in the University’s Blood Battle total. Throughout the next three weeks, Blood Drives United, the student-run organization...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 2, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Bit of talk show self-promotion 5 Judean king 10 “Hurry up!” 14 Real snoozefest 15 Native New Zealander 16 Angelic aura 17 *Guys’ hair coloring product 19 Cruise stop 20 Dry, as bread 21 Maui memento 22 Kind of computer error that may cause data loss 23 Steel-cut grain 25 Eccentric person 27 Chain ...…
…6A— Monday, November 2, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ALBUM REVIEW EL VY is really fake By AMELIA ZAK Daily Music Editor Indie music is dead, or at least, whatever we once vaguely referred to as “indie music” doesn’t really exist anymore. Modern musicians that could once be associated with this now-obsolete breed have to turn into themselves, hiding away from the fake genuineness of the ind...…
…BSportsMonday SOUR ENDING n The Wolverines won Friday but lost Saturday, 4-0, to split a series with Robert Morris. Page 4B STANDING TALL The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | November 2, 2015 n Michigan and Minnesota both had to respond quickly to adversity on Saturday. SportsMonday Column, Page 2B THE JUG IS BACK ALLISON FARRAND/Daily ALLISON FARRAND/Daily ALLISON FARRAND/Daily AMANDA ALLEN/Daily …
…2B — November 2, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FOOTBALL A moment of waiting and an answered prayer M INNEAPOLIS — Taco Charlton held his hands in front of his chest, his palms clasped together. He looked toward the sky. The public- address announcer had just said the ruling on the field was that Mitch Leidner was down before he reached the end zone. No time remained on the game clock, giving ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday November 2, 2015 — 3B ‘M’ onto semifinals By PAIGE VOEFFRAY For the Daily A battle occurred Sunday afternoon between the Michigan women’s soccer team and Northwestern as the two teams faced off in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Possession was back and forth, as neither team was able to establish a rhythm at the beginning of the match. But Michigan was able ...…
…4B — November 2, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Robert Morris blanks Michigan at Yost, 4-0 Wolverines come out flat, split weekend series after shutout By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Editor It has been the same old story for the Michigan hockey team. Not the one where it scores five goals a game, but the one where it has multiple defensive breakdowns. And unlike previous games, the offense...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 30, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM AMANDA ALLEN/Daily Sally Peterson (D-Ward 2), an Ann Arbor City Council member, speaks to the College Democrats about voting at their Get Out the Vote City Council Elections meeting in the Michigan Union on Thursday. MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily LSA Dean Andrew D. Martin answers students’ questions in a casual Q&A session at ...…
…2-News 2 — Friday, October 30, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The No. 15 Michigan football team travels to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers on Saturday. The Wolverines come in at 5-2, 2-1 in the Big Ten. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. on ESPN. >>SEE SPORTS, PAGE 7 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Horror Film Festival WHAT: The film festival will feature four foreign language horror m...…
…spoke at the event, shared an anecdote about how he won the election primaries for commis- sioner in 2010 by only one vote. Rabhi is currently a candidate for state representative. Councilmember Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1), who has served on the council for five terms and is running uncontested to retain her seat, stressed that in addition to voting, it’s also important for stu- dents to contact elected represen- tatives to voice their ...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, October 30, 2015 — 5 This column contains spoilers for this season of “The Leftovers.” Show, don’t tell. Anyone who has ever taken a high school writing class could tell you what this axiom means. Truly excellent writing — whether it be in a short story, an epic poem, a screenplay or a TV column in The Michigan Daily — makes sure that every word speaks on...…
…ACROSS 1 Birdbrain 8 Crummy 14 Annabella of “Jungle Fever” 15 Producer 16 What each successive starting word of the answers to starred clues is to the starting word that precedes it 17 Equestrian’s head cover 18 Newscaster Lindström 19 *Popular clubs 20 *Ty Cobb specialties 24 The last Mrs. Chaplin 25 Valuable extraction 26 Pros with schedules 30 Save 31 *Dressed down 35 Closing words 37 Hut 38 *Didn’t allow to remain in, as political office 4...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, October 30, 2015 — 7 Breakdown: Michigan at Minnesota By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The game against Northwestern had shades of it, and the game against Michigan State did, too. But the Michigan football team’s game Saturday at Minnesota will have old-fashioned power football written all over it. The Wolverines and Golden Gophers match run-first offenses and hard-no...…
…8 — Friday, October 30, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com What to Watch For: Minnesota By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor The No. 15 Michigan football team has had an extra week off since a last-second loss to Michigan State two weeks ago. While the Wolverines won’t get to erase that loss this weekend, they can exact revenge from another defeat from last season. Michigan will travel to Minnesota, where it w...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 29, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Take a walk in the Terrorfied Forest. » INSIDE the b-side Survey results from Change It Up! program illustrate progress in 2014 By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter Though violations related to alcohol, drugs and sexual misconduct increased in 2014 over the previous year, data from the University’s Change ...…
…you will go through something, but hopefully nothing as severe and traumatic as I have. But life isn’t pretty all the time, things happen. Set a goal, and work towards it and don’t let anything get in the way.” Hatch played basketball for the University during his fresh- man year, but left the team to focus on academics. Denise Kozikowski, an LSA academic adviser and organizer of the event, said it was modeled after a Stanford ...…
…exhausted all other means of acquiring necessary goods and services. “To reduce and understand corruption, we need to move away from this idea that state institutions and culture pro- pel people — ordinary citizens — into corrupt exchanges, and instead consider their decision- making processes and the alter- natives that are available to them,” she said. The central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan serv...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Mall entrance features 5 Bandstand boosters 9 Big zoo attraction 14 Bee’s relative 15 Empty 16 Dot in the ocean 17 Investment return for a New York basketball player? 19 Grind to __ 20 “Messiah,” e.g. 21 Gershwin title river 22 Reception room for a Texas hockey player? 24 Capital on the Gulf of Guinea 28 Panama, for one 29 Bush Labor secretary Elaine 30 High anxiety? 37 S...…
…6A — Thursday, October 29, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan prepares for Minnesota, minus Jerry Kill Citing health reasons, Golden Gophers head coach announces his retirement By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The Michigan and Minnesota football teams are both coming off bye weeks heading into their clash in Minneapolis on Saturday night. They have had time in the past two weeks to recover from...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, October 29, 2015 the b-side Lights On Fall had peaked on Saturday as we drove down the winding road speckled with autumnal hues and overarching amber trees. Nature’s festive display almost made me forget the reason Hailey and I were taking a half-hour trek out of Ann Arbor. Growing up on ghost stories and Halloween, haunted sites and lore have always intrigued me — at least, from a ...…
…2B — Thursday, October 29, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By now it was dark out, the entrance sign illuminated by a string of lights. It had rained earlier that day and lone clouds still hung in front of the bright, nearly full moon; it was the kind of night you’d expect were- wolves to transform — and that’s not an exaggeration. It was hard not to take the ominous hint and begin worrying again. It suddenly...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, October 29, 2015 — 3B By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Daily Arts Writer The last time I met Phoebe Ryan I was wearing overalls, a Miley Cyrus shirt and a straw hat. Thanks to that outfit, almost immediately after describing my festival get-up from Bonnaroo last June, Ryan remembered me, grabbing my wrists in excitement. Today, she’s sporting a captain’s hat over her black-to- green ...…
…Passionate, precise Tenebrae choir in A2 By COSMO PAPPAS Daily Arts Writer During Holy Week before Easter Sunday, Tenebrae is a ceremony in Catholic and sev- eral Protes- tant liturgies in which cer- emonial candles are gradually extinguished on Good Friday to symbolize the death of Christ. For Nigel Short, English choir singer and director, the memories of church ritual and music as a young choir boy inspire a s...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 28, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Personal Statement Issue » INSIDE let’s get personal Nutrition, food security and fair trade featured in short lectures By ANNA HARITOS Daily Staff Reporter The University’s Sustainable Food Systems Initiative hosted 10 bite-sized talks Tuesday night on topics related to food and agriculture. The seco...…
…and with their hands, people connect with food. “Just think about what you have to know to grow a crop, the land, the weather, the markets,” he said. “A lot of that knowledge is not from food study or data it is from the very feel of the land. Maybe the increased interest in food that we feel more human when we engage with food.” University Lecturer Margot Finn discussed the connection between fast food and social class. During...…
…every morning in mortal fear that some well-funded, crazy extreme candidate in their own party is going to run against them in the primary, so they alter their voting patterns and they are less likely to cooperate with the other side,” Frost said. The duo suggested that a law requiring states to appoint non- partisan district commissions would mitigate the current polarization in Congress. “That would help, and you wouldn’t have...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, October 28, 2015 — 5A Breaking gender roles in ‘Caesar’ Shakespeare classic comes to Ann Arbor Civic Theatre By BAILEY KADIAN Daily Arts Writer A conspiracy to kill the lead- er of Rome by stabbing him 33 times involves deceit, vio- lence and a power- ful pursuit towards reforming the state. It involves blood- shed by the hands of those who crave political ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Political statistician Silver 5 Sell for 9 Learn 13 Lacking company 15 “__ way!” 16 Indian mausoleum city 17 Dodge Chargers, e.g. 19 Doesn’t keep 20 Rescue squad pro 21 Gerald of Tara 22 Vision-related 23 Take __ the waist 25 Hyundai’s home 27 House of Henry VIII 29 Camera named for a Greek goddess 30 One of the Canaries: Abbr. 31 Cyber Monday events 33 Previously 34 Back...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 28, 2015 — 7A Wolverines fall in ITA quarterfinals Michigan finishes on Sunday with no semifinal berths By RILEY NELSON For the Daily The Michigan men’s tennis team made its way to South Bend, Ind., on Thursday to compete in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships. And while the Wolverines ended their run on Sunday, failing to make it past the quarterfin...…
…8A — Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Choi, Peters help ‘M’ finish fourth By BILLY STAMPFL For the Daily It was a record-setting performance for the Michigan women’s golf team, which finished tied for fourth place at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown on Tuesday. The Wolverines shot a school- record 275 (-13) in the first round, and junior Grace Choi soared in the second round — tyi...…
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…2B Magazine Editor: Ian DIllingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Illustrator: Megan Mulholland Maggie Miller Editor in Chief: Jennifer Calfas Managing Editor: Lev Facher Copy Editors: Hannah Bates Laura Schinagle Emma Sutherland THE statement Wednesday, October 28, 2015 // The Statement COVER BY LUNA ANNA ARCHEY “ All you need is a blonde, beer, and a love sto...…
…3B Wednesday, October 28, 2015 // The Statement The weight of bubbles and boxes by Anisha Nandi, Daily Staff Reporter I sat beneath the weight of a three-letter acronym and I felt unknown. For all the countless hours spent to mold and mend my mind into standardized testing, I had no answer for the very first question in the crisp, white booklet in front of me. I fidgeted as the clock ticked deafeningly. I see the physical boxes on ...…
…Wednesday, October 28, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, October 28, 2015 // The Statement 5B I dreaded my twelfth birthday. I was panicked — I wasn’t ready for this. I tried to skew the details to my advantage: really, I’d been six and a half when she died. So double that would be … thirteen. Whew. One more year until I had lived half of my life without her. I did a quick mental check, listing off the facts. I always wanted ...…
…Wednesday, October 28, 2015 // The Statement 6B Guilt of getting out by Amanda Allen, Assistant Photo Editor ILLUSTRATION BY JAKE WELLINS A s a senior in high school deciding on which uni- versity to attend, I only had one non-negotiable criteria: must not be near home. I’m from Flint, Michigan, and as I say to people who may not know about the reputation of Flint, it’s like a smaller version of Detroit. As Wikipedia describes it, ...…
…Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement 6B Social Unrest by Haley McLaughlin, Daily Staff Photographer My point here is that this is a made-up world of contrived ideas and people. ILLUSTRATION BY EMILIE FARRUGIA 1 1:47 p.m. on a Wednesday night. You’re about to doze off, laid heavily upon your twin-sized bed that leaves little room for turning in your sleep. Despite the heaviness you feel on your eyelids, you begin to fee...…
…Wednesday, February 3, 2016 // The Statement 7B One Ring to Rule Them All by Thomas West, Daily Opinion Columnist I play this video game called “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” I like to think I’m one of the more pow- erful wizards in the Skyrim. I have all the master destruction spells: Fire Storm, Blizzard, Lightning Storm. Not to brag, but I’m level 81 and I can raise dead bodies to fight for me indefinitely. I can cast Mayhem, ...…
…Wednesday, October 28, 2015 // The Statement 7B Lessons in uncertainty by Ian Dillingham, Magazine Editor I am going to Hell, they tell me. Jokingly, with a twinge of superiority, friends and neighbors chuckle at the thought of my eternal demise. But their words never bother me. If there be a Hell, I doubt they decide who pass- es through the fiery gates. Oh God, if there be a God, save my soul if I have a soul. *** Growing...…
…Wednesday, October 28, 2015 // The Statement 8B T he first thing I ever wanted to be when I grew up was “success.” I was three. Before I wanted to be a princess, ballerina, fashion designer, writer, “happy,” I wanted to be “success.” Perhaps I’d heard my parents studying ESL vocabulary at night. Perhaps it convinced them that I should skip pre-K. I was always the youngest in my class, but I didn’t care because I knew what the word ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 27, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Following enrollment report, groups say bump is step in the right direction By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter Though the University’s fall 2015 enrollment data reported the highest proportion of underrepresented minorities in a decade, leaders of Black, Latin American and Native American student groups...…
…country and on our campus,” Downing said. “There’s a growing need for more inclusive research and teaching pedagogies that acknowledge intersections of social identities, and there’s a growing pipeline of multiracial students, staff and faculty.” The panel included Martha Jones, a professor of history and Afroamerican and African Studies and co-director of the Michigan Law Program in Race, Law and History, as well as...…
…bodies are marked by enduring toxicities in modern times,” she said. “The book invites readers to think in historical and contemporary terms about archives of homosexual desire.” The questions, issues and data raised sparked conversation between Agard-Jones and University colleagues after her lecture, diving deeper into the socio- political issues involved with the story of Martinique. “Is it a toxic question?” History...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
