…Cammie Finch, RC junior DESTINY’S CHILD I saw her first through the fog that engulfed the courthouse in one swift embrace. I wondered if she would recognize me, even though I knew she wouldn’t. My car’s headlights were my shield, just as her teardrop eyes were safetly locked, protecting her from the truth. I guess I wouldn’t want to know me either, all things considered. Her hands were small and strong. She was hunched over, ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 24, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 73 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS........................... 2 OPINION.......................4 ARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SPORTS ........................7 SUDOKU....................... 2 CL ASSIFIEDS.................6 NEW ON MICH...…
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…all the different fruits and vegeta- bles that are out there. The whole movement has gotten pretty large in the last 15 years or so.” Michigan Dining also cited several sustainability reasons for taking this meatless step, includ- ing to reduce the University’s car- bon footprint. The United Nations estimates that around one-fifth of man-made, greenhouse gas emis- sions come from the meat indus- try. A second reason is to reduce din...…
…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 News Tuesday, February 24, 2015 — 5 JEFF ROBERSON/AP FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2014, file photo, Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump speaks during a news conference in St. Louis County, Mo. Crump, the high-profile attorney for the family of a black teenager killed by an officer in Ferguson, Missouri, says he’s representing the parents of an unarmed Mexican man who was shot to death by police this month...…
…ACROSS 1 Rosie of “The Jetsons,” for one 6 Recede 9 Downloadable programs 13 Golden Gloves venue 14 Chimney substance 16 Toondom’s __ E. Coyote 17 Camp shelters 18 Single proprietor 20 The Old Spaghetti Factory alternative 22 Big D hoopster 23 West Coast sch. with more than 100 NCAA championships 24 Martini order 25 Gloomy 27 Golf hole starting points 29 On the topic of 32 Fed. power dept. 33 “__ Legend”: Will Smith movie 35 Nook and Kindle 38...…
…7 — Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Moth event unites through storytelling By BENJAMIN ROSENSTOCK For The Daily If nothing else, “The DUFF” illustrates the ability of truly capable actors to redeem limp comedic mate- rial. In almost every way, the new film from director Ari Sandel (the Oscar-winning short film “West Bank Story”) is forgettable, peppered with teen movie clichés an...…
…Sports 8 — Tuesday, February 24, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Senior Night key for team on bubble After multiple close losses, Michigan looks to get back on winning track By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer Considering the Michigan women’s basketball team’s recent string of last- second defeats, it would make sense to suspect that the Wolverines are feeling downtrodden. After senior forward Nicole ...…
…Detroit native discusses evolving nature of community art installation By NEALA BERKOWSKI Daily Staff Reporter Inside Rackham Auditorium on Thursday, Heidelberg Proj- ect creator Tyree Guyton pub- lically discussed the loss of six of the project’s art installations for the first time since a series of arsons hit the project over an eleven-month span. During the talk, Guyton com- pared the post-arson Heidelberg Project to a p...…
…2A — Monday, February 23, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Michigan defeated Ohio State twice Sunday, once on the basketball court and once on the hockey rink. Michigan hockey now sits atop the Big Ten standings after its 5-2 win over the Bucks. >> FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSMONDAY 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES About 2,000 inmates at a Texas prison rioted on Saturday because of poor me...…
…Students of color felt accepted more individually than they believe minority students as a whole are accepted. Overall, the data from the study indicated that social identity is the largest factor in minority students’ sense of “not belonging” to the Univer- sity community. Soderstrom and her team are hopeful that those who attend- ed the event were inspired to be more aware of how social iden- tity can impact University life. “O...…
…I t all started a couple years ago, sitting around a circle in the lodge right off of Lake Winnipesaukee. I was a student of the New England Literature Program, arguably the most important academic experience I have had across my time as a student. On week four, day six, my mentor, teacher and friend Nick Harp was holding an advice chat. I needed to attend. I have always been a fan of this stuff. In high school, my frien...…
…5A— Monday, February 23, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Thom __: shoe brand 5 Greek Zs 10 This, in Spain 14 Poi source 15 Motionless 16 Like spider webs 17 __ the Impaler: model for “Dracula” 18 One of a 1492 trio 19 Ritual flammable stack 20 They’re juiced in Jacksonville 23 Anteater’s sound in the comic “B.C.” 24 Mobster’s gal 25 Hawaiian wreath 26 Fl...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, February 23, 2015 — 6A ‘Big Bang’ director talks hit CBS show Mark Cendrowski discusses science’s role in TV series By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer Late on Friday afternoon a group of students gathered in 1400 Chem for the opportunity to have Mark Cendrowski answer their questions. Cendrowski, most famous for being the lead director on the well-known TV series “The Big Bang ...…
…BSportsMonday BRICK BY BRICK n John Paul is slowly building a winner in the Michigan men’s lacrosse program. SportsMonday Column, Page 4B REBOUND WIN The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | February 23, 2015 n The Michigan hockey team salvaged a split with Ohio State on Sunday. Page 2B Beilein’s offense stifles Ohio State’s defense in rematch of lopsided loss By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor It didn’t take even 90 seconds ...…
…2B — February 23, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN The house Michigan lacrosse built T he Michigan men’s lacrosse team is about to play the No. 2 team in the country, and for pos- sibly the first time in its short history, it doesn’t feel like it’ll be a blowout. The crowd files in early to Oosterbaan Field House, and for the first time in this program’s short history, they are...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday February 23, 2015 — 3B ‘M’ crashes party at Bama By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer In the seventh inning of the No. 5 Michigan softball team’s first of two games against No. 3 Alabama, SEC Network analyst and former Crimson Tide pitcher Lauren Sewell was in awe. As she watched her alma mater continue to be outplayed, she said, “I thought Michigan would be intimidated by Alaba...…
…4B — February 23, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPLIT DECISION Michigan splits with Ohio State, moves into first place in Big Ten By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor It’s been the Hyman and Larkin show for quite a while now, and the show will go on. Senior forward Zach Hyman and freshman forward Dylan Larkin each netted a goal and recorded three assists in Sunday’s 5-2 victory over Ohio State as th...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 20, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Regents held closed strategic session in Jan. Professor talks presence of Muslims in African history Task force holds open forum about honor code RUBY WALLAU/Daily (LEFT) Newly appointed chief financial officer Kevin Hegarty attends the February Regents’ Meeting in the Anderson Room at the Union Thu...…
…2 — Friday, February 20, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 2-News 2 — Friday, February 20, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan soft- ball team takes its 8-1 record down South for a pair of showdowns against No. 3 Alabama this weekend. The Wolverines also play Lip- scomb and James Madison. >> FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS PAGE 7 2 ...…
…let us have conversations about important issues in informal set- tings,” Alfarhan said. For Eljamal, the Chai Circles and community dinners through MEdAN have given her the chance to explore shared identi- ties. “The spaces the MEdAN has created have enabled me to self-reflect and reclaim my nar- rative, and these opportunities to reclaim my narrative are so empowering, in a way that is very hard to put into words,” Eljamal said...…
…I ’m sure that many of you have read the recent column published in The Michi- gan Daily titled, “Relative wealth.” If you’ve read my previ- ous columns, then you prob- ably know how deeply I care about socioeconomic issues. You might think I read the article and came away shocked and horrified by what was described as middle class. To an extent, I was. However, my eyes also glazed over the words. The author clarifies that she’...…
…5 — Friday, February 20, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Nostalgia abounds at Chaplin retrospective By GRACE HAMILTON Daily Arts Writer The rows of The Michigan Theater are filled with heads; bald heads, wrinkled ones, grey ones, coupled ones and many invisible ones that do not reach the top of the seat. The great big golden room is filled with the soft conversation and laughter that usually precedes highly anti...…
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…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, February 20, 2015 — 7 ‘M’ travels to Tuscaloosa By TED JANES Daily Sports Writer With mixed results against two southern powerhouses already, the No. 5 Michigan softball team will look for another early-season statement against No. 3 Alabama. The Wolverines travel to Tuscaloosa this weekend looking to keep their eight-game win streak alive. For the ...…
…8 — Friday, February 20, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com DID YOU GET TRADED BY AN NBA TEAM ON THURSDAY? If not, join the Daily! EMAIL US AT SPORTSEDITORS@ MICHIGANDAILY.COM TO LEARN MORE! Michigan reschedules tourney, will play four in Georgia instead Weather moves Wolverines to Savannah for four weekend games By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer The Michigan baseball team had long planned to...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 19, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at how the University restores books and other publications » INSIDE the b-side Full strategic plan recommended by committee in Sept. not yet released By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter University President Mark Schlissel hosted 200 students, faculty and staff members Mon- day m...…
…2A — Thursday, February 19, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com 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 $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starti...…
…3-News Do you Stutter, Stammer, or have a Speech Disfluency? Jacob Behrmann jbehr@umich.edu Jeremiah Whittington jjwhit@umich.edu Jacob, a freshman, and Jeremiah, a senior, are currently organizing a group of students at the University of Michigan who either have stuttered, do stutter, or want to learn more about stuttering. Both of us are stutterers and similar identity. 3A — Thursday, February 19, 2015 News The Mi...…
…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 Weekend Roundup Thursday, February 19, 2015 — 5A ACROSS 1 Explosive sound 5 Outer __ 10 Not even ajar 14 “Born to Die” singer/songwriter Del Rey 15 Stadium divisions 16 Son of Leah 17 “You’re living in the past,” nowadays 20 Flower celebrated in an annual Ottawa festival 21 Move the boat, in a way 22 Painting option 23 Like a typical farmer’s market 25 “Gotcha!” 26 “You can’t go there,” nowadays 32 Peace...…
…Sports 6A — Thursday, February 19, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com RITA MORRIS/Daily Senior forward Nicole Elmblad totaled nine points and 12 rebounds in Michigan’s win over Indiana on Wednesday night. ‘M’ snaps three-game losing skid vs. Indiana By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer With just two weeks until the Big Ten Tournament, Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico can mark another tally in this year...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, February 19, 2015 the b-side B O O K R E S T O R A T I O N A T T H E U N I V E R S I T Y A NEW LEAF: Photos by Virginia Lozano Design by Shreya Razak and Francesca Kielb Hailey Middlebrook, Daily Arts Writer …
…2B — Thursday, February 19, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There’s something undeniably alluring about the past. Even in our frenzied chase for the future — designing computers in our base- ments and making waves in the stock market — we somehow still find ourselves stumbling into vin- tage stores, lingering over dusty books and running our fingers through moth-eaten velvet. Part of it is pure nostalgia, an un...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, February 19, 2015 — 3B Slusser Gallery is a work of art in itself By CATHERINE SULPIZIO Senior Arts Editor Rarely does the gallery itself merit pause. Designed with mini- malist tendencies, the soundless, white and still space is designed to be invisible. Yet its works of art are guided by an organizational system that straddles the line between art and logic. The proper ...…
…4B — Thursday, February 19, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By ADAM DEPOLLO Managing Arts Editor When Tarfia Faizullah fell in love with poetry, she wasn’t enamored with the fictive beauty of metaphors or the craftsmanship that goes into forming perfectly metered verse. Rather, she was entranced by its ability to illuminate the world around us on its own terms — in her case, literally so. “I really love...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 18, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM $677,000 $629,000 Average Female Presidents’ Salary PEER INSTITUTIONS PRESIDENTIAL SALARIES Average Male Presidents’ Salary 3.32% ‘14-’15 3.67% 4.70% 4.09% 4.86% 6.28% 2.96% 5.45% 6.03% 4.51% 3.68% 4.81% 5.39% 4.22% 2.05% 1.50% 4.81%4.83% 5.18% 3.87% 3.14% 2.76% 4.03% 5.46% ...…
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…for anyone seeking to explore the broad concept of belief. LSA senior Essie Shachar-Hill, a co-organizer of the event, said they did not want to limit performances to established faiths and religions. “Originally we were thinking something along the lines of faith and religion,” Shachar-Hill said. “We wanted to be inclusive of people who don’t necessarily have a faith or religion.” She said she thinks the way organizers framed ...…
…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, February 18, 2015 — 5A COMPAGNIE NON NOVA “Do you ever feel / Like a plastic bag / In a French performance art troupe.” Balloons come alive in ‘Afternoon of a Foehn’ By COSMO PAPPAS Daily Arts Writer We’re warned: Don’t leave the theater for the 25-minute duration of the performance, as any disturbance in the air can be problematic. There’s no re-entry anyway. We walk into...…
…ACROSS 1 Recitals showing promise 6 A way off 10 Big name in PCs 14 Braid 15 Where to get a bite on the street 16 Clue weapon 17 Abe’s youngest son 19 Friend on “Friends” 20 West Point newbie 21 Latin phrase usually shortened 23 Old hand 25 Exhortation from Santa, in Moore’s poem 28 Wrestling maneuver 30 Term of respect 31 “Liar!” in a playground 32 Nerdy types 35 Target 37 Shipping wts. 38 Halls product 41 NCR product 44 Reed in a hall 45 Sta...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 18, 2015 — 7A Harbaugh teaches NFL prospects By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor Two college-aged men engaged in a debate typical of the basketball courts of the Intramural Sports Building on Tuesday afternoon. They had just finished playing three games of H-O-R-S-E in the farthest corner of the gym, and they continued the one-upmanship associated with the classi...…
…8A — Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Former players reflect By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor It was like Nik Stauskas hadn’t missed a step when he was told to go in a corner of the Crisler Center media room for an interview. Into the far left end of the room Stauskas went, back in his usual spot for postgame interview sessions. The former Wolverine was at ease in his home for two c...…
…Mr. Snyder Washington goes to statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY FEBRUARY 18, 2015 …
…2B Footnotes: Life in the MLB I t’s always surprised me how many classes I have in the Modern Languages Building — at least one each semester since I started at the University. On such an expan- sive campus, one on which I’ve yet to enter a good number of the buildings, it seems odd to spend such a great deal of time in one auditorium. Sitting in a 400-person lec- ture halls, I am always tempted to surf the web, check my texts,...…
…Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 3B O ne fateful January night, I downloaded Trivia Crack — a smartphone app based around answering trivia questions in a variety of categories — and pro- ceeded to beat several of my friends for ten straight games. Omg why are you so good? my friend Jessica asked in the app’s chat function. Lol, I replied, adding two nail- painting Emojis for good measure. It wasn’t until Trivia Crac...…
…Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 5B Could Snyder seek the Oval Office? By Katie Burke, Daily Staff Reporter A self-described nerd, Rick Snyder is more of an execu- tive than a politician. After spending most of his career in the private sec- tor, he made the jump to the governor’s mansion in 2010 and has since garnered national attention for his policy decisions. As the cou...…
…Wednesday, February 18, 2015 // The Statement 6B New app connects students with friends to promote campus safety by Taylor Wizner, Daily Staff Reporter T here’s a new Blue Light emergency phone on cam- pus, and it’s in your pocket. Two University students have created a mobile app that allows students to stay safe while they travel alone around campus. The app, Companion, tracks the user in real time, estimating the period of travel...…
