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…Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 5B S tudents clad in finely pressed black suits and professional dresses walked briskly around the Michigan Union at the first day of the Career Center’s annual Fall Career Expo Tuesday. About 1,600 students, wearing their most impressive attire, fill nearly every room of the Union. Walking through the lobby, groups can be heard chatting...…

…Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 6B by Samiha Matin, Daily Staff Reporter I ’m a reason why the University can proudly declare they have students coming from more than 140 countries or more. I’m one of the many, many people which helps make this place have a global, diverse community — simply because I come from another place. I’m the token friend who you tell stories about to your other friends from high school. The frien...…

…Wednesday, October 7, 2015 // The Statement 7B optiMize: Saving the world, one idea at a time E rin Johnson had just moved into her dorm room at Bursley and found her way around campus when she saw a poster: “ ‘Why not me?’ Stop waiting for someone else to change the world.” The poster for the student organization optiMize would ultimately chart the course for her time at the University. A year later Johnson, a sophomore studying bu...…

…Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 // The Statement 8B What took me seconds to swipe with a green paintbrush on the world map I painted for the literacy center took an hour of a bumpy and at times terrifying ride from the foothills of the Himalayas into the faces of the mountains. We weren’t even close to the top, but still at times I had the feeling we were at the cusp of the world, and all that was keeping me from a free fall to the bot...…

…Service to connect students with licensed psychologist over the phone By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter As of Monday night, conversations about mental health are now constantly accessible beyond the traditional hours offered by Counseling and Psychological Services. Partnering with a company called ProtoCall, CAPS will now give students the option to call a mental health hotline after its office in the Michiga...…

…with mental health needs. She said implementing a ProtoCall hotline on campus will help bridge a gap between the current services offered and extra help students might need. “CAPS wanted to offer this service because they realized that there was a need among the student body in terms of offering alternative resources for mental health crises that happen after hours, on the weekends or on holidays,” she said. Sevig noted that...…

…“It is not, in other words, a question of being groomed or indoctrinated, but of losing faith in mainstream moral frameworks and searching for an alternative,” he said. “Disengagement is, of course, not simply a Muslim issue. There is today widespread disenchantment in the political process, a sense of being politically voiceless.” Islam was not an all- encompassing philosophy in Malik’s father’s generation, he said....…

…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 Tuesday, October 6, 2015 — 5 ‘Other People’ will keep you chuckling IFC FILMS Pete Campbell wouldn’t wear flannel. Indie rom-com overcomes genre conventions with great jokes By BEN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer Nowadays, practically every romantic comedy is labeled “predictable” or “formulaic.” Movies like “Trainwreck,” though, have conclusively shown us that predictability i...…

…Question: What goes great with your morning coffee? Answer: michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Lose brightness 5 Sonic the Hedgehog developer 9 “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” instrument 14 High-resolution film format 15 Spanish cross 16 Lariat loop 17 Political nickname for the Pacific states 19 Up and about 20 Catch in a snare 21 Departs 23 Tiler’s calculation 25 Civil War side: Abbr. 26 Deep voice 29 Mexican seafood entrée 35 European peak 3...…

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 6, 2015 — 7 ‘No more freshmen’ on Wolverines By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Five games into its season, the Michigan football team has exceeded the expectations of many. After outscoring their last four opponents by a combined 122-14, the Wolverines have climbed to No. 18 in the AP poll, have the ninth-highest odds to win the national championship, according to Bo...…

…8 — Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Mo Weezy’ adjusting to life in America, Michigan The freshman is impressing, but still has room to improve By LEV FACHER Managing Editor Moritz Wagner hadn’t seen a rebounding gun before. A common sight in American gyms, Michigan men’s basketball players frequently use the device, which funnels made and missed shots into a machine that shoots the ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 5, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan kept rolling with a rout of Maryland in College Park » INSIDE Hurricane Harbaugh RESEARCH Patients who respond to placebo more likely to see improvement with antidepressants By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter A recent University study found that people with depression whose symptoms are decreased by p...…

…2A — Monday, October 5, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan foot- ball team won its Big Ten opener at Maryland on Saturday, 28-0. The Wolverines have now shut out their past two opponents. They face No. 13 Northwestern at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Talk on radicalization WHAT: London-based writer Kenan Malik will talk about radicalization ...…

…issues and then we have bad air,” said Rhonda Anderson, senior organizing representative for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Cam- paign and Environmental Justice Program. “The bad air is killing us just as much as the other issues are killing us.” The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has iden- tified several power plants in the area as the source of high sulfur dioxide levels and is working to reduce emissions at these pl...…

…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, October 5, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily NOW. ACROSS 1 Having been cut, as grass 5 Stage showoffs 9 “The Prince and the Pauper” author Mark 14 The “E” in Q.E.D. 15 Parisian gal pal 16 Salon dye 17 In a precarious situation 19 Fats Domino genre, briefly 20 Tales of __: misfortunes 21 Market shelves filler: Abbr....…

…6A — Monday, October 5, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MUSIC COLUMN A history of the pop music canon T he Beatles and The Rolling Stones took the proto-rock ‘n’ roll of Chuck Berry and Little Richard and made it a global phenom- enon. Then The Who and Pink Floyd and Springsteen all took their enormous ambition and played clas- sic records to huge sta- diums. Then punk showed up to cut every- one back down...…

…BSportsMonday ROAD ROLL n The Michigan football team pulled off a road shutout in College Park. Page 2B GO FOR THREE The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | October 5, 2015 n Michigan and Wisconsin played to a 3-3 tie on Saturday. Page 4B One Another Michigan 28 Maryland 0 …

…2B — October 5, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN My bubbie and sports C HERRY HILL, N.J. — Two Michigan shutouts bookended my grandmother’s life. Sylvia Cohen was born on Oct. 13, 1927, two days before Elton Wieman’s Wolverines shut out Wisconsin. She passed away Friday at the age of 87, six days after the Wolverines defeated Brigham Young, 31-0. She was never the biggest sp...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday October 5, 2015 — 3B Wolverines sweep weekend matchups By ORION SANG For the Daily Led by senior forward Shannon Scavelli’s game- winning goal, the Michigan field hockey team pulled out a 2-1 victory against Indiana on Sunday afternoon. The close win capped off a weekend that also included a 5-0 win against Pacific. The Wolverines (3-1 Big Ten, 9-3 overall) were lock...…

…4B — October 5, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Five Things We Learned By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor There was no Hurricane Joaquin in College Park, and there weren’t many surprises, either. The No. 18 Michigan football team rolled to a 28-0 win over Maryland on Saturday, dispatching the Terrapins in businesslike fashion. Here are five things we learned from the Wolverines’ second consecuti...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 2, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM New initiatives, evaluative process kick in a year after Schlissel arrives By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter University Presi- dent Mark Schlissel and his administra- tion have spent the last academic year working to roll out new policy initiatives regarding sever- al campus issues — most notably, athletics...…

…omy is just kind of a basic right that you have, so I think it’s really amazing that they’re doing this.” Engineering junior Jake Sat- terelli, a member of Students for Choice, said Planned Parent- hood’s continued operation was important to him because of his background. “It’s important to me because I come from a less privileged back- ground,” Satterelli said. “So I know people in the community — espe- cially women — should have a...…

…dull crayons while microscopes with good resolution draw with fine-tipped pencils. As microscopes were improved, they hit a limit: The resolution could never get better than half a wavelength of light. Since microscopes use light to see, they can’t tell the differ- ence between two objects closer together to each other than a ray of light. Because of this, micro- scopes could easily see cells and some of the larger objects inside...…

…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 2, 2015 — 5 ‘MSGV’: Old Dogs learn new tricks New open-world series entry is clever and innovative By JACOB RICH Daily Film Editor Since the dawn of cinema, art critics have been arguing about the concept of specificity as it relates to a medi- um. If a film has cinematographic specificity (artis- tic qualities that are unique to cin- ema), does it have inherently mo...…

…FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily NOW. ACROSS 1 “I don’t like it!” 4 Waikiki allure 8 Like an old jalopy 14 Chemical suffix 15 Hesse-based automaker 16 Reporter’s coup 17 Man-mouse link 18 Angry young man’s fate? 20 Hill stint 22 Hershey bar 23 Bygone political entity that included Syr. 24 Hercules, e.g.? 28 South African golfer with four major championships 29 Be quite prevalent 30 Polite response to Aunt Polly 32 Seasonal affliction 33 I...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, October 2, 2015 — 7 Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Maryland By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor The last time the Michigan football team went on the road, no one knew what to expect. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was making his coaching debut, the starting quarterback was a mystery, the defensive replacements for NFL Draft picks Jake Ryan and Frank Clark were unknown and fans wondered just...…

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…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October 1, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at the Michigan Gospel Chorale. » INSIDE the b-side CAMPUS CONTEXT Schlissel has ramped up efforts to initiate culture change, curb drinking on campus By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter University Presi- dent Mark Schlissel and his administra- tion have spent the last academic year working to ...…

…News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Daily Arts Section’s B-Side takes a look at the Michigan Gospel Chorale in this week’s issue. The group started in 1972, and is still thriving on campus. >>FOR MORE, SEE 1B. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Anthropology lecture WHAT: Nimmi Rangaswamy will discuss her research on technologies in low-income Indian communities. WHO: Information Alliance for Community Development WHEN: Today at...…

…The project was driven in large part by Munger, both in terms of providing a vision for the final product and funding most of the construction costs. The real estate tycoon had previously funded a similar model of graduate stu- dent housing at Stanford Univer- sity, and his record-breaking $110 million donation to the Univer- sity in September 2013 was given expressly to fund such a project in Ann Arbor. E. Royster Harper, vice pres...…

…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....…

…Roses are red, violets are blue, We love the Daily and we hope you do too. ACROSS 1 Performance enhancement banned by MLB 4 Descartes’ conclusion 7 Placate 14 “Evil Woman” gp. 15 Govt. benefits org. 16 Strutted 17 Annual get- together 19 Stop 20 Ash, for example 21 Rise 22 __ Gay 23 Waikiki wreath 24 “Green Acres” co-star 26 “__ We Meet Again”: 1940 romance film 28 2006 skating silver medalist Cohen 33 Classic sci-fi play 34 Squeezed (out) ...…

…6A — Thursday, October 1, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Offensive line relishes improvement in 2015 By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor In last week’s game against Brigham Young, the Michigan football team’s offensive line walked up to the line of scrimmage and saw something it had been waiting to see for a long time. The Wolverines looked across and saw the Cougars’ defense sweating and panting, with h...…

…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, October 1, 2015 the b-side DRAW ME CLOSE TO YOU BY MATTHEW BARNAUSKAS DAILY ARTS WRITER THE MICHIGAN GOSPEL CHORALE …

…2B — Thursday, October 1, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Around 7 p.m. in the Trotter Multicultural Center, the first few members of the Michigan Gospel Chorale (MGC) begin to arrive. One student heads directly to the piano and starts to play. More members enter as music fills the room, building an energy that’s warm and open to all who walk in. Excitement comes as each new per- son arrives at practic...…

…3B — Thursday, October 1, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By CARLY SNIDER Daily Arts Writer “(Music) is definitely a lifetime commitment, for sure. It’s very rewarding and very risky. But I’m so glad that I took this career path, it’s been so amazing.” Fans around the world would agree that Annakalmia Traver made the right career choice. This commitment to music started at the University of Vermont, whe...…

…MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW Halsey is one of those girls. You know the ones: They can rock the mystical shoulder tattoos, the Smurf- blue hair, the elusive ultra-pixie cut, the oversized band T-shirts — and still look completely irresistible. The thing is, though, Halsey’s music is too intelligent, too edgy to be pigeonholed into that basic category of “hipster.” Perhaps this stereotyping is what she and her clan are rebelling ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 30, 2015 ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM CAMPUS CONTEXT President slated to roll out strategic initiative on inclusion by spring 2016 By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter University President Mark Schlissel and his administration have spent the last academic year working to roll out new policy initiatives regarding several campus is...…

…2A — Wednesday, September 30, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The history of yoga WHAT: Instructor Lakshminarayanan Venkat of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will discuss the modern day evolution of yoga. WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: Genesis of Ann Arbor, 2309 Packard Street Addiction recovery WHAT: A conference with the U.S. Drug Czar and people in recovery fr...…

…something like this, we’re really able to engage with the student body.” Public Health student Amaal Haimout, president of MGSA, said she was inspired to collaborate with El-Halwagi after one of her friends told her that 200 refugee families were relocating to Grand Rapids. “Now, it’s definitely a personal issue because it’s a car ride away,” Haimout said. Haimout said many University students are unaware of the crisis, and ...…

…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....…

…5A — Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Nothing new in dull ‘Grinder’ premiere By DREW MARON Daily Arts Writer In “The Grinder,” Rob Lowe (“Parks and Recreation”) stars as Dean Sanderson, a fictional tele- vision actor known for his role as a dashing law- yer on the eponymous show-within- a show. At the beginning of the episode, Dean watches the series finale with his ...…

…THERE’S A CROSSWORD ON THIS PAGE. DO IT. HAPPY WEDNESDAY! Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Wild hogs 6 Wild animal 11 Bird in a cage, often 14 Pinhead 15 Off-the-cuff 16 Hot feeling 17 Blanket containers 19 Sign word often seen before “next exit” 20 Matzo meal 21 Some RSVPs 22 Punch source 23 “Born to Die” singer Lana Del __ 24 Caspian Sea land 26 Diamond figure 29 Burrowing beach denizens 34 Smart g...…

…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 30, 2015 — 7A Haidar enjoying breakout senior season Even when she comes off the bench, Haidar makes an impact for Michigan By BETELHEM ASHAME Daily Sports Writer With five minutes left on the game clock, nerves began to run high on the sideline and in the crowd. The score was deadlocked at 0-0, and time was running out for the Michigan women’s soccer team. ...…

…Hackett discusses athletics in chat Michigan’s interim athletic director met with students Tuesday evening By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor Around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Michigan interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett was sitting in an armchair in the Pond Room at the Michigan Union when his phone rang. He took it out of his pocket and looked at the number. “This is Coach (Jim) Harbaugh,” Hackett said, drawing awe f...…

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…What is fall if not the chance to pull out your edgiest leather jacket and hit up some local music venues? Here are a few upcoming Ann Arbor music events — we promise, we’ve got something for everyone. 2B THE LIST MILK CARTON KIDS The Ark, October 29th THE AVET T BROTHERS Hill Auditorium, November 6th. COLIN HAY The Ark, November 8th BUZZFEED, BUT BETTER GET YOUR JAM ON IN A 2 THE VERVE PIPE The Ark, October 17th VANESSA CARLTON B...…