Search Results

…ALEXANDRIA POMPEI/DAILY DESIGN BY ALEC COHEN …

…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 2B Western Michigan Bradley Kent State (N) at Akron Notre Dame at Eastern Michigan Morgan State Syracuse Oakland Appalachian State Florida State (N) at Maryland Penn State Michigan State at Ohio State Nov. 8 Nov. 10 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Dec. 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 14 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 31 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 16 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 ...…

…Bigs leading the way to positionless basketball Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 3B F or decades, basketball has been a mostly specialized sport, with specific, stan- dardized roles drawn up for the different positions on the court. The smaller, more athletic guards captain the offense, take the ball up the floor, call plays, find open team- mates on passes and hit medium to long-range shots. The taller, stronger forw...…

…Fifteen seconds remained in the fourth quarter of the gold-medal match in the Under-19 Women’s World Cup. The United States and Naz Hillmon were staring down the barrel of a defeat to Australia as, back to the basket, Hillmon posted up against an Australian defender on the top of the key. She watched as two of her teammates crossed in front of her, waiting for the inbound and a chance to tie the game at 66. *** Two years earlier, Hill...…

…“I turned to (guard Rhyne Howard’s) mom and I’m like, ‘We did not come to Thailand to get a silver medal.’ “‘What is he going to pull out? What is he possibly going to do?’” It was going to be a long fifteen seconds. Howard went for the first foul, reaching around Australia’s Isobel Anstey. Trying to waste time by avoiding the foul as long as possible, Antsey twisted her upper body back in Howard’s direction. Her elbow went straight int...…

…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 6B Roster breakdown The Michigan women’s basketball team is coming off its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, and for the second consecutive season, the Wolverines have undergone a significant amount of roster turnover. With Hallie Thome and Nicole Munger graduating and Deja Church transferring, Michigan has three starting spots to fill and 30.6 points per game to repla...…

…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 7B Jack Kingsley, Brendan Roose and Kent Schwartz contributed to this story. Michigan finished last season fourth in the Big Ten and with a good chunk of teams competing for real estate at the top of the conference standings, life won’t be getting any easier. Here’s everything you need to know about the Big Ten’s top teams this year. No. 4 Maryland After winning the Big Ten regular season t...…

…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 8B Rutgers The Scarlet Knights enter the 2019-20 season missing four out of five starters from last year’s team that finished third in the Big Ten. They can hope to fill some of that gap with five-star center Maori Davenport, and redshirt junior guard Arella Guirantes also seems poised for a big season — scoring 27 points in Rutgers’ season opener against South Alabama on Tuesday. Still, re...…

…Around two hundred people gathered in Weiser Hall Wednesday night to hear Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speak on the world’s greatest challenges to human rights. Sociology Professor Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director of the Donia Human Rights Center, said the Distinguished Lecture series invites speakers to campus who have both experience in human rights and the ability to s...…

…The University of Michigan’s Theme Semester for Winter 2020 will center around the Great Lakes. Sponsored by the School of Literature, Science and the Arts, the Great Lakes Theme Semester will feature classes and events focused on issues dealing with the Great Lakes region. English Department Chair David Porter, who serves as the Great Lakes Theme Semester Steering Committee director, said the committee hopes the theme semester...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 3 “So, we kind of do everything in house.” Businesses with recreational marijuana licenses will be able to tap into a whole new market of users. Jarrous explained the potential impact recreational licensing could have on the accessibility of the drug. “One of the biggest criticisms of the industry is that it’s been inaccessible to people for a really long tim...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com E...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 5 P O L I C Y T A L K S @ T H E F O R D S C H O O L HARRY A. AND MARGARET D.TOWSLEY FOUNDATION LECTURE SERIES Conversation on national security, service, and policy Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Information: 734-615-7545 or fspp-events@umich.edu @fordschool #policytalks Monday, November 11, 2019 4:00 - 5:20 pm Gerald R. Ford School of Publi...…

…6 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Sean Biggins (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/07/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/07/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019 ACROSS 1 Astrological Ram 6 Cleans out badly? 10 __-pitch softball 13 Dry up 14 Old photo hue 15 Equivocate 16 International waters 18 Scr...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, November 7, 2019 — 7 Teske’s career night anchors Wolverines in season-opening victory When Jon Teske’s baseline post hook grazed the left side of the rim on the opening possession, it didn’t take long for him to clean up his own mess. Instead of trotting back on defense, the senior center bulldozed into the paint to corral his own rebound. In one fell swoop, he landed on the...…

…8 — Thursday, November 7, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2017, in New Bremen, Ohio — population of 2,973 — then-Michigan commit Paige Jones brought home the first state championship for her high school, simultaneously setting state records for kills in the state tournament (72) and kills in a match (47). Fall 2018, in Ann Arbor, Michigan — student population of 46,716 — Jones looked to prove herself a...…

…Editor’s Note: The Michigan Daily has used several anonymous sources to report this story. As stated in the article, we are honoring our sources’ requests to be quoted anonymously due to fears of retaliation from their fraternity brothers or the greater fraternity and sorority life community for speaking out. In accordance with our ethics policy (which can be found in full in our bylaws), the reporter of this article and two ed...…

…Central Student Government Assembly discussed the University’s sexual misconduct policy, funding for student organizations and the CSG calendar at their meeting Tuesday night. The Assembly began with a presentation led by Erik Wessel, director of the Office of Student Conflict resolution and member of a task force created by President Schlissel to work on the umbrella policy for sexual misconduct at the University. Wessel was join...…

…“In addition, the Interfraternity Council has encouraged chapters to hold events to engage with first semester students to allow those students to explore the community prior to participating in winter recruitment, when they are eligible. All of the policies mentioned above also apply to these engagement events.” “To have a cone of silence around an issue is really difficult” The Daily obtained an email sent by School of Mu...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, November 6, 2019 — 5A Seeing as it’s 2019, it’s really about time that a movie about Harriet Tubman was made. Most people only know Harriet Tubman for her role as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, but as “Harriet,” directed by Kasi Lemmons (“Black Nativity”), shows, she had a much greater story than that. Tubman did more than just lead slaves to free land; she led soldiers i...…

…6A — Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com Cisco Systems, Inc. is accept- ing resumes for the following position in Ann Arbor, MI: Manager, Software Devel- opment (Ref. #ANN461D): Lead a team in the design and development of company’s hardware or software prod- ucts. Please mail resumes with reference number to Cisco Systems, Inc., Attn...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, November 6, 2019 — 7A Nico Collins and the test of reaching a ceiling Three years after Nico Collins graduated Clay-Chalkville High School in the suburbs of Birmingham, Ala., Jerry Hood’s pride still bubbles up every time he watches Michigan play. For four years, Collins terrorized defenses with the athleticism and imposing frame that made him one of the most talented players...…

…Jon Teske was cooking and the Michigan faithful inside Crisler Center couldn’t get enough. With nine points in the opening 2:40, the senior center pulled up from the wing for a heat-check 3-pointer. Though it clanked off the front rim, Teske, and the rest of the Michigan men’s basketball team (1-0), oozed with confidence. “Coach (Juwan Howard) drew up a lot of good plays and fortunately enough, I was able to finish around the rim,...…

…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | NOVEMBER 6, 2019 What does reality PHOTO BY DANYEL THARAKAN mean to a diarist? …

…Wednesday, November 6, 2019 // The Statement 2B Managing Statement Editor Andrea Pérez Balderrama Deputy Editors Matthew Harmon Shannon Ors Associate Editor Eli Rallo Designers Liz Bigham Kate Glad Copy Editors Silas Lee Emily Stillman Photo Editor Danyel Tharakan Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | OCTOBER 30, 2019 I used to keep Tinder in the games fold...…

…A s I walked to my art history class, a poster hanging in the Diag read, “What will you do when machines do everything?” Carrying in my mind all of the impressionist paintings I had to memorize for this exam, I thought surely the visual arts could never be done by a computer. The level of emotion and resolve that goes into a work of art seems incompatible with the idea of computing. Computers are best at doing rote tasks over and ov...…

…Wednesday, November 6, 2019 // The Statement 4B 5B Wednesday, November 6, 2019 // The Statement I wrote so I could say I was truly paying attention,” writer and poet Sarah Manguso explained. These verbs should be past tense, but since they’re all present tense, I’ll let you decide if you want to change them all. As long as they’re consistent in her 2015 book “Ongoingness: The End of a Diary.” “Experience in itself wasn...…

…Wednesday, November 6, 2019 // The Statement 6B The ringing of my alarm wakes me up. The warmth of my sheets and the ache in my limbs and back keep me bound to the bed, lethargic on a day when honking cars and whirring buses outside my window call for me to get up. I remain suspended in place while businessmen stride along the sidewalk outside my window. Their odd strides unsettle me. Yet, what is most troubling is what lies i...…

…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, November 6, 2019 // The Statement 7B F riday, 09/14 I was in a canoe swaying down a narrow river, barely fitting the width of it. A cat with orange hair and white patches was following me along the riverbank. She was a chunky cat with an extra layer of fat all around and a face a bit too scrunched up. I was approaching the entrance of a cave that appeared to stretch as high...…

…BY EMMA MATI VISUAL STATEMENT: GAP YEAR ABROAD MOUNT OF OLIVES JEWISH CEMETERY, JERUSALEM STREET VENDOR, VARANASI BAPTISM, QASR AL-YAHUD, JORDAN RIVER VALLEY TOUR GUIDE, DELPHI CHOUARA TANNERY, FEZ OLIVE HARVEST, GARDEN OF GETHSAME, JERUSALEM AT THE END OF MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, I DECIDED THAT I WOULD NOT GO STRAIGHT TO COLLEGE. INSTEAD, I WOULD TAKE A GAP YEAR. MY GAP YEAR PROGRAM – KIVUNIM: NEW DIR...…

…City Council passed an affordable housing ordinance Monday evening that provided incentives for private developers to include affordable housing units and also passed a resolution for Ann Arbor to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2030. More than 50 Ann Arbor residents packed the seats of Larcom City Hall for the first City Council meeting of the month. The Roosevelt Institute, a University of Michigan student progressive pub...…

…Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other lawmakers in the Michigan House Democratic Caucus introduced the Reproductive Health Care Act, a plan to revoke existing laws which restrict or bar access to abortion, last Tuesday. Abortion is currently legal through the first 24 weeks of pregnancy in the state of Michigan, though there are a number of restrictions regarding access to abortion that the RHA aims to dissolve. Among the legislat...…

…concerned about issues of safety, physical safety and psychological safety. So, we’re going to work with students around there. And then the Ginsberg Center has been working since the last midterm elections to get students registered to vote and to think about what it means to be a part of a democracy. They’re going to lead out their efforts. We’re trying to think about what the academic offerings might be. I’m hoping when the medi...…

…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com E...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, November 5, 2019 — 5A You walk into a bar on Halloween dressed as Margot Robbie dressed as Sharon Tate from Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” You spent 20 dollars and six hours trying to put on fake eyelashes and the bar is empty. The guy dressed as Austin Powers you flirted with at Rick’s on Tuesday isn’t there, your roommates who couldn’t decide on a trio costume...…

…6A — Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By C.C. Burnikel (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/05/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/05/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 ACROSS 1 Works on a quilt 5 Team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2019 8 Winter skating sites 13 Yawn-inducing 15 Melancholy 16 Love to...…

…ALEC COHEN / DAILY DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN …

…Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 2B Appalachian State Creighton Elon Houston Baptist Battle 4 Atlantis at Louisville Iowa at Illinois Oregon Presbyterian College UMass Lowell at Michigan State Purdue at Minnesota at Iowa Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 27-29 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 11 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 Dec. 29 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 17 Jan. 22 Jan. 25 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 8 Feb. 12 Feb. 16 ...…

…Only the jerseys Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 3B W hen Michigan’s sea- son tips off tonight, only the Wolverines’ jerseys will remind you of yesteryear. By now, most have grown numb to the fact that John Beilein is gone. The shock doesn’t register nearly as much as it did only a few months ago. But on Tuesday night, it will resonate more than ever before. The man who spent the last decade-plus building the Mic...…

…It was a practice just like any other for the Miami Heat. The starters were out on the floor running through their offensive schemes against the scout team. Among the latter, per usual, was then-assistant coach Juwan Howard. Howard, having played 19 years in the NBA, standing at 6-foot-9 and doing everything he can to keep in shape, almost always ran with the scout team in practice. In a typical pick-and-roll play, Howard ha...…

…was the perfect opportunity for the young coach — an ability to get his feet wet with the position without being completely thrown to the wolves. While he wasn’t reinventing the wheel or tasked with redesigning Heat concepts, Howard was able to learn some of the minutiae of the position — how to talk in timeouts, who to call on when games are getting close, how to scream on the sidelines. “He defined guys’ roles early, and I ...…

…Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 6B Roster breakdown Roster turnover — and adjusting to it — is an inherent part of college basketball. A top program’s best players tend to move on annually to the professional ranks as a new batch of heralded freshmen take over. Michigan, which can now be classified among the very elite programs in the sport, is no different. Jordan Poole, Charles Matthews and Ignas Brazdeikis all moved ...…

…Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 7B Every year for the Tipoff edition, The Daily’s basketball beat puts out a preview of the entire conference. Plenty of other outlets do similar pieces around the start of the season. They’re big, they’re unwieldy, and, honestly, they can get a little boring. Not this one. If I’m going to write this Big Ten preview, then I’m going to have some fun with it. And I’m not going to waste yo...…

…Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 8B No. 23 Purdue First order of business: Boilermakers? Really? I’ve just never understood it. Nobody mansplain it to me in the comments. I don’t care that much. Frankly, they’re probably going to be pretty good. KenPom puts them at No.7 overall. They’ve been a pretty consistent force in Big Ten basketball over the past few years. They busted up my junior-year homecoming date’s bracket p...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 4, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Cruising into the bye Michigan dispatches a hapless Maryland team, 38-7, heads into the bye week brimming with confidence. » Page 1B Each month, The Michigan Daily’s Administration Beat sits down with University President Mark Schlissel to discuss important questions about University policy, commitments and c...…

…2A — Monday, November 4, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News TUESDAY: By Design THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Behind the Story WEDNESDAY: This Week in History MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers MY DOG TURNED 9 puzzle by sudokusyndication.com FRE E SCRE E NING SOPHIA AFENDOULIS/Daily Ann Arbir residents attend a free screening of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time In Hollywood” accompanied by a livestream of a Q&A with Brad P...…

…A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the Pan-African Pulp exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Arts. This part of the museum showcases art by Meleko Mogosi, a South African painter. Now, his art was nowhere near mediocre. Each piece revealed a different layer of the nuanced topic that is the black experience. Some parts of the exhibit paid tribute to a magazine comic that shed light on the different oppress...…