…Wednesday, January 28, 2015 // The Statement 3B All the Pretty Things: The Power of Choice Throughout my life, I have encountered many choices that are no different from the ones facing every other person on this earth. Each day I encounter deci- sions that must be made: choices concerning minor things, such as what to eat for lunch, to major decisions, such as what I wish to do with my life and my education. Each choice affects ot...…
…Wednesday, January 28, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, January 28, 2015 // The Statement 5B K evin Bain stared down at the blank slate below him. With water dripping down his face, the diver concentrated, took a deep breath to clear his mind, then pushed forward. Then a freshman, Bain was on the road competing for the Michigan men’s swim and dive team, but his work for the Wolverines that day was done. Mere moments after twist- i...…
…Wednesday, January 28, 2015 // The Statement 6B S ince 2011, University students have been vaulting into the sports industry via the Michigan Sport Business Conference, an event planned, organized and run entirely by Uni- versity students. The goal? Innovation. Last year’s conference, which took place on Oct. 24, was entitled “Game Changers: Innovat- ing Today. Defining Tomorrow.” The conference focused on how students can break into...…
…Wednesday, January 28, 2015 // The Statement 7B L ast month, I got coffee with my father. We stepped up to order, and I did what I always do when they ask for my name — I gave them a fake one. My dad did what he always does — he gave them a fake one too. And then we looked at each other and laughed, just out of the sheer ridiculousness of it all — standing in a perfectly normal, incongruous Midwestern Starbucks at 1 p.m. on a Frida...…
…Wednesday, January 28, 2015 // The Statement 8B If you have never seen a Raas team in action, I would highly recommend it. On Saturday, I followed the teams competing in the Dandia Dhamaka Raas Competition, a competition between univer≠≠sities from across the United States in traditional Indian dance. Competitors, including Carnegie Mellon University and Standford University, prepared their elaborate make-up and costumes at a nearby hote...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 27, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM RITA MORRIS/Daily LSA sophomore Matt Lawford plays ice hockey on a frozen-over mud pit Monday outside Sigma Alpha Epsilon. AF TE RNOON SK ATE SACUA meets with ‘U’ provost to discuss engaged learning, access By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter University Provost Martha Pollack joined the Senate As...…
…2 — Tuesday, January 27, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The “Vindskip” is an envrionmentally safe ship designed by Norwegian designer Terge Lade. It uses its own hull as a massive sail to propel itself forward, and will be one of the most environmentally ships built to date. 3 A former member of the Florida A&M University band was sentenced to six years in prison for t...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Tuesday, January 27, 2015 — 3 LANSING Snyder outlines priorities for civil rights in rare visit Gov. Rick Snyder, in a rare visit Monday, urged the state’s Civil Rights Commission to consider a range of issues including drones, police body cameras and race relations while saying Native American culture should be celebrated more. Declining to give many specifics, the Republican g...…
…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....…
…5 — Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ‘Boy Next Door’ successful camp UNIVERSAL PICTURES I have many leather-bound books (and first editions of The Iliad). Self-aware film brings laughs as well as thrills By CHLOE GILKE Managing Arts Editor “The Boy Next Door” has all the ingredients of cinematic garbage. The January release date, the $4 million budget that was appar- ently spent solely ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Help for Holmes 5 All hands on deck 9 Baby food, usually 14 “Can you give me a __?” 15 Bass’ red triangle, e.g. 16 Dove rival 17 Fraternal meeting place 19 Sense & Spray air freshener maker 20 “Here are the facts,” briefly 21 Garden outcast 22 Dark suit 23 Central church area 25 Pacific Northwest capital 27 “The Cask of Amontillado” writer 31 Reduced in number 32 Track ti...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 27, 2015 — 7 ‘M’ hosts surging Nebraska Wolverines continue to battle injuries coming off heartbreaking loss By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor Fighting to stay afloat in the Big Ten standings, the Michigan men’s basketball team is gearing up for a team that’s just now hitting its stride. Following an overtime loss to then-No. 6 Wisconsin on Saturday, the ...…
…8 — Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BY THE NUMBERS Michigan Women’s Basketball 4 Michigan players with double-digit scoring: Cyesha Goree, Nicole Elmblad, Katelynn Flaherty and Shannon Smith 12 Double-doubles this season for Cyesha Goree 6 Consecutive home wins for the Wol- verines 19 Largest lead for Michigan, with 2:05 left in the first half 25 Michigan turnovers in the game, a season...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 26, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM University to take part in study on misconduct ADMINISTRATION Twenty-eight institutions plan survey to analyze sexual assault By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily News Editor In addition to developing a University-centric sexual assault survey, which will be randomly distributed to a pool of 3,000 stu- d...…
…Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 10/23/08 2:18 PM 2 8 5 7 1 6 9 7 3 4 5 1 8 1 2 3 4 7 5 5 9 8 3 6 3 4 4 2 8 8 1 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! WALK IN THE PARK. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Doors are now open Saturdays every other week BY LINDSEY SCULLEN Daily Staff Repo...…
…3-News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, January 26, 2015 — 3A on their own campuses as well as nationally,” AAU President Hunter Rawlings said in a statement. “We also hope the survey will help policymakers gain a better understanding of the problem, and that it will make a significant contribution to the growing body of research on sexual assault,” he added. Correction appended: A previous version of this...…
…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 Parking lot fillers 5 “Me too!” 10 Cutlass automaker 14 Nike competitor 15 Valuable violin, for short 16 Genesis or Exodus, e.g. 17 Like the 1920s- ’30s, economically 19 Wild revelry 20 Audition hopefuls 21 Enjoyed a sail, say 23 Indian melodies 24 Excellent work 27 Dean’s email suffix 28 Japanese sash 30 Back of a flipped coin 31 2,000 pounds 32 Uncooked 34 Greek messeng...…
…6A — Monday, January 26, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sherm’s intricate ‘Unbecoming’ University alumnus releases debut mystery novel By CAROLYN DARR Daily Arts Writer “The first lie Grace had told Hanna was her name. ‘Bonjour, je m’appelle Julie,’ Grace had said. She’d been in Paris for only a month and her French was still new and stiff. She’d chosen the name Julie because it was sweet and easy on the Fre...…
…Michigan comeback falls short in overtime vs. sixth- ranked Badgers By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor On the first possession of the game Saturday, the Michigan men’s basket- ball team forced the shot clock all the way down, hoping No. 6 Wisconsin would force up a tough shot. Instead, point guard Bronson Koenig beat sophomore guard Derrick Walton Jr. to the rim for an easy layup at the buzzer. That theme persisted for most...…
…2B — January 26, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com asked Hatch about his relationship with Beilein, the man who honored his scholarship knowing full well he might never contribute on the court. Hatch didn’t mince words. “Obviously, he’s a great coach,” he said. “But I would say he’s 10 times the man that he is a basketball coach.” Saturday morning, John Beilein the man was on full display. Saturday night,...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday January 26, 2015 — 3B a comeback would be unlikely. Four minutes into the second half, Wisconsin forward Sam Dekker had punctuated an 11-0 run with a dunk from halfway to the free- throw line, and the upset was all but off the table. Back on its heels, facing an 11-point deficit, Michi- gan clawed back again. But Wisconsin called timeout and calmed down quickly, string- ing together...…
…4B — January 26, 2015 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com It’d be a damn shame M ADISON — The Michigan hockey team can score goals at an unprecedented rate. The Wolverines can overcome a 4-1 deficit with a snap of a fin- ger. And this team is start- ing to look as powerful as the 1997- 98 national championship team, accord- ing to Michi- gan coach Red Berenson. “We’ve got a long way to go,” Berenson said, “bu...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, January 23, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM SAN PHAM/Daily Rackham student Cera Kusisto and LSA freshmen Brooke Bagnall play bingo at the Wolverine Support Network Kick Off event at the Michigan League Ballroom Thursday. GREEK LIFE Sigma Alpha Mu reprimanded by nationals for causing extensive damage By AMABEL KAROUB Daily News Editor The Sig...…
…News 2 — Friday, January 23, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Despite a 26-point performance from Cyesha Goree, the Michigan women’s basketball team couldn’t make a comeback against No. 20 Iowa, falling just short, 76-70. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Yemen’s president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi resigned Thursday after Houthi rebel forces captured his palace. Yemen is a key U...…
…Dingell said. “I think people look at Michigan and they go: ‘labor state,’ and sometimes don’t realize what a competitive state it is to do business in.” She said she was elated when General Electric decided to open a Michigan manufacturing technology facility in 2009, and was hopeful more companies would come, while preserving those currently in the state. Dingell also expressed an enthusiasm for providing higher education fun...…
…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, January 23, 2015 — 5 ‘Sniper’ follows a typical formula WARNER BROS Sniper, no sniping. By ANDREW MCCLURE Daily Arts Writer Oscar-nominated war drama disappoints “American Sniper” nabbed a Best Picture nom this year alongside other unworthy picks (“The Theory of Everything” and “The Imi- tation Game,” two films equal parts unreal- ized and bravu- ra-desperate), wh...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 “Mad Men” productions 4 Bark elicitor 9 Lax 13 Force (open) 14 Close-fitting dress 15 Powerful dept.? 16 Striking painting of paddles, net and ball? 19 Uber 20 Facebook button 21 Truncation abbr. 22 Austin of “Knot’s Landing” 23 Extraordinary northern bird? 26 Statistician’s challenge 28 Plot component 29 “__ thoughts?” 30 Reasonable 32 Purim heroine 34 Mythological figur...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, January 23, 2015 — 7 Won’t remember FOB for centuries ISLAND RECORDS Thnks fr th mmrs vn thgh thy wrn’t s gd By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Daily Arts Writer Fall Out Boy’s album disappointingly uneven It is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since Fall Out Boy’s claim-to-fame album From Under the Cork Tree spawned “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “A Littl...…
…Wolverines fail to pull off road upset By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Writer Thursday, the momentum that has carried the Michigan women’s basketball team through its last two conference wins appeared once again in the final minutes against Iowa. Senior forward Cyesha Goree led the charge with 26 points and 13 rebounds, and for a time it looked as though her performance would be enough to help the Wolverines claw their wa...…
…Formula assesses complications in bone marrow recipients By PARISHA NOVA Daily Staff Reporter University researchers have developed a new testing sys- tem that can improve care for patients who need bone marrow and stem cell transplants. Graft-versus-host disease is a life-threatening condition that can occur in response to trans- plants. GVHD causes immune cells from the transplant to attack the body’s healthy tissue. In pa...…
…United States, graduate students from the University of Ottawa, McMaster University and McGill University have been working on a similar study called “Candrive.” UMTRI is one of five sites for the study, but will be fully respon- sible for collecting and analyzing GPS data from every site. Every participant will have a GPS in their car to track their driving patterns, and the investigators will also con- duct annual assessments and ...…
…riences with mental health. In an e-mail interview with The Michigan Daily, Fayhee said prior to the pilot program, 33 percent of University stu- dents would seek help for men- tal illness, compared to only 10 percent of student-athletes. She decided to get involved and share her experiences after meeting Heininger. “We found that we faced similar pressures, but those pressures just manifested themselves in different ways,” F...…
…N o, it’s not about the NFL playoffs. It’s about the one other, non-flu patho- gen infecting college campus- es across the nation: sexual assault. Since the beginning of the school year, sexual assaults on campus have received ample attention, par- ticularly at plac- es like Columbia University and the University of Virginia. Emma Sulkowicz, a senior at Columbia (colloqui- ally known as “mattress girl”), has ser...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Weekend Roundup Thursday, January 22, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Modern “Keep in touch!” 7 Ann’s sister 11 Extras may comprise one 14 Tennis star Gibson 15 The real thing, so to speak 17 Riddles 18 Regretting a wild night, maybe 19 *Beginning 21 Field of study 24 “We __ Family”: 1979 hit 25 Tamper 26 *They carry remainders 31 Org. where weight matte...…
…Behind Enemy Lines: Iowa’s Samantha Logic Michigan plays another ranked team on road Thursday at Iowa By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women’s basketball team is heating up. After an exciting comeback victory over Ohio State in overtime 10 days ago, the Wolverines (4-2 Big Ten, 12-5 overall) followed it up with another comeback thriller over Northwestern in Evanston on Saturday. Though fresh...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, January 22, 2015 the b-side THE ART OF WORDS Inside the University’s MFA fiction cohort By Karen Hua, Daily TV/New Media Editor Photo by Virginia Lozano …
…2B — Thursday, January 22, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com On the most blustery of days, I ventured deep into South Cam- pus. Tucked beneath the loom- ing shadow of the Big House was Wolverine Press. After wandering through a maze of office cubicles, I was immediately transported back into an early 20th-century factory workshop. Though the area was austere in nature, Fritz Swanson was quite the oppo- site. A ma...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com the b-side Thursday, January 22, 2015 — 3B On new mixtape, Lil Wayne airs his grievances By WILL GREENBERG Daily Arts Writer Lil Wayne is incredibly sorry. Again. For the second time in a row, Wayne is battling his label, Cash Money, to release the next installment in his Tha Carter album series. Tha Carter V was originally scheduled to come out late October 2014, then ea...…
…4B — Thursday, January 22, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com ADAM THEISEN O ne of the best records of 2014 was completely absent from many “Top Albums of the Year” lists. From Pitchfork to the young passion- ate writers here at The Michigan Daily, this stunning, singular, fantastic release got way less acknowledg- ment than it deserved. That may seem like a relatively minor slight to write a whol...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 21, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 51 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A THE STATEMENT..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Fraternities damage North...…
…2A — Wednesday, January 21, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Mental health is a major concern for college students, though it appears women may be at greater risk. This week, the Statement looks at the methods used to treat such disorders. >> FOR MORE, SEE STATEMENT 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Multicultural discussion WHAT: Three panelists will discuss spirituality, ...…
…vide students with information on federal student aid, like AOTC and Pell grants. The combined impact of the president’s tax benefit propos- als would provide students with $2,500 in educational aid per year for up to five years, accord- ing to a White House release. Along with tax credits, the president also touched on a pro- posal announced earlier this month: to make two years of community college free for most students. “By t...…
…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, January 21, 2015 — 5A P ARAMOUNT PICTURES Bad things happen when acronyms fight. Important story in flawed ‘Selma’ Historical drama doesn’t add much to the history books By ZAK WITUS Daily Arts Writer In “Selma,” writer and direc- tor Ava DuVernay (“This is the Life”) lifts a page from your high school his- tory textbook, breathing life into a single episode that tell...…
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…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 21, 2015 — 7A ‘M’ changes venue for week By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Editor For multiple Michigan hockey players, Tuesday’s practice was nostalgic. They weren’t reminiscing about old memories at Yost Ice Arena, but rather practicing at their old stomping grounds: the Ann Arbor Ice Cube, home of the United States National Team Development Program....…
…By LEV FACHER Managing Editor It didn’t matter that the message was obvious, a bit cliché, maybe even overdone in the days leading up to the Michigan men’s basketball team’s first game following junior guard Caris LeVert’s season-ending foot injury. Aubrey Dawkins was listening. In his first career start, the freshman guard answered his coaches’ call for a “next man up,” and then some. Dawkins scored 11 points, one shy...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY JANUARY 21, 2015 in …
