…In a press conference Monday afternoon, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced six charges filed against Southfield City Clerk Sherikia L. Hawkins on allegations of election fraud. According to Nessel, the Office of the Attorney General was notified of discrepancies in the Southfield voter count several days ago by the Oakland County Clerk’s office, after efforts...…
…TMD: What are you most looking forward to in this new position? AC: There isn’t one answer to that question. I think one of the things I’m really looking forward to is trying to make sure that people understand the value of a liberal arts education and the life possibilities that that brings up as well as the impact of the research that we do in LSA. That research has an impact on some of the world’s biggest problems, from climate...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer 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 Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, September 24, 2019 — 5 What begins as an almost-threesome ends quickly in a cabin full of dead children, each missing an ear. This is the gory commencement of “American Horror Story: 1984,” the ninth installment in the long-running horror anthology series. True to its name, this season pays homage to the genre’s roots by harkening back to ’80s camp slashers like “Friday the 13th.” Whi...…
…6-Classifieds BOOK REVIEW 6 — Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Robert Fisher ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/24/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 09/24/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 ACROSS 1 Octopus octet 5 Read electronically 9 Stand in for 14 Painful joint inflammation 15 “What’ll ya __?”...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, September 24, 2019 — 7 Just four days after falling short in a five-set thriller against Notre Dame, the Michigan volleyball team had something to prove against the Fighting Irish on Sunday afternoon. Powered by sophomore outside hitter Paige Jones’ third consecutive double-double, the Wolverines (7-3) finished their non-conference slate on a high note, exacting revenge on ...…
…8 — Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Four parting thoughts from Michigan’s disastrous loss at Wisconsin Michigan went into Saturday’s game against Wisconsin aiming to make a statement. Well, mission accomplished. Instead of a statement of affirmation — that this program could win a game in a tough environment, against a team of equal or better talent — the Wolverines confirmed the oppos...…
…Hundreds of United Auto Workers picketers were met by presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren at the General Motors Detroit- Hamtramck Plant Sunday afternoon. Warren marched with workers at the plant who are striking because of contract negotiations. GM has announced the plant is expected to close in January 2020. “GM made billions of dollars in profits last year and closed five plants around the county,” Warren ...…
…2A — Monday, September 23, 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 IS IT BREAK YET? puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ...…
…As a freshman at the University of Michigan in 2011, Carlina Duan didn’t know what the term “person of color” meant. “I wasn’t keyed into that way of speaking as much. I’m not sure the campus was either.” Campus was pre-2016 election, and Michigan in Color, the section of The Michigan Daily that Duan would eventually manage, had just started as a column housed under the Opinion section. Maybe in part due to the political ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, September 23, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer 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 Ed...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, September 23, 2019 — 5A As under-recognized as he is outside of his home country, Luis Alberto Spinetta is considered one of Argentina’s greatest ever musicians. Similar to Victor Jara in neighboring Chile, his work played a stark contrast against the authoritarian junta government of Juan Carlos Onganía, heavily influenced musically by jazz and pscychedelia and lyrically from poets an...…
…Among my many complaints about Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” is how muddled it is in scope. Is it a movie about space time travel? About the future of humanity? About a scientist and her cosmos-wandering father? I’m not sure and neither is anyone else. What’s clear is that any film would have trouble being all those things simultaneously, successfully. “Interstellar” tries, and the result is claustrophobically awkward. An equ...…
…SPORTSMONDAY MADISON —As Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor gal- loped free late in the first quarter, shifting left, then speeding into the free terrain of the secondary, it all began to come into focus. It was one play after Michigan punted the ball back, two plays after a way- ward pass floated over the head of junior receiver Tarik Black and three plays after an acrobatic catch by soph- omore Ronnie Bell was inexplicably nulli...…
…2B — Monday, September 23, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com M ADISON — Among the many platitudes uttered after one of the worst losses Michigan has suffered in the Jim Harbaugh era was a pre- vailing echo that this was not the end. One loss in the Big Ten does not doom anybody, especially one to an out- of-division opponent. There is still time to turn things around and meet whatever goals the Wolveri...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, September 23, 2019 — 3B Pearson not expecting another slow start Mel Pearson sat down casually and focused on his next few words. He gestured with the flat of his hands, raising one inches from his chest area and the other to his eye level. “You don’t want to take it from here,” the Michigan coach said, indicating the level of play with his hands’ positioning. “And all of ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, September 23, 2019 — 4B Answers elude Michigan’s offense MADISON — For a fleeting moment on Saturday, as Ronnie Bell streaked across an open field and into an unmanned secondary with only green grass ahead of him, it seemed like everything might be OK. Bell eyed the end zone and all those concerns about senior quarterback Shea Patterson ameliorated. He ran towards it, and...…
…The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents met for their first meeting of the 2019-2020 school year Thursday. Regents Jordan Acker (D) and Michael Behm (D) were not present, and chair Ron Weiser (R) arrived late. University President Mark Schlissel began the meeting by thanking E. Royster Harper, vice president for Student Life, for her time at the University. Harper announced her retirement this week. “After an amazing f...…
…2 — September 20, 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 B E HIND THE STORY QUOTE OF THE WE E K “ A public university should not be in the business of deciding which of their students get to host speakers or speak their minds. It is the government’s responsibility to ensure that our rights are p...…
…“CSG is encouraged by the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality and its joining of the Climate Change Coalition. We hope the University continues to take meaningful steps to reduce our carbon footprint.” The Board of Regents then unanimously approved the construction of a new University in-patient hospital next to the Frankel Cardiovascular Center. The hospital has an estimated cost of $920 million, will be 1...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4— Friday, September 20, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer 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 Edit...…
…The second day of Riot Fest began with a large blow-up cherry and a burgundy slip dress. The latter was donned by Cherry Glazerr’s always-on frontwoman, Clementine Creevy, and the former teetered in the background of their set. With the level of noise coming from each instrument, you would have expected it to pop. But no, it held up throughout their raucous and entertaining set, a whimsical piece of mythology that encapsulated the group’...…
…6 — Friday, September 20, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com FACULTY COUPLE SEEKING Jr., sr., or grad student as study helper for 19‑year‑old dyslexic daughter. 2‑3 days/week, max 10 hours, $15/hour, flexi bleschedule. Email tareid458@gmail.com NEW HEALTH DISEASE‑related ChemicalbeingtestedbyOregon, UBC Argentina & Mexico. Chemical has 4 re lated USA...…
…P O L I C Y T A L K S @ T H E F O R D S C H O O L SAMANTHA POWER Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Author of The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir September 2019 Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Info: fspp-events@umich.edu fordschool.umich.edu @fordschool #policytalks T H I R D A N N U A L VA N D E N B E R G L E CT U R E W E I S E R D I P LO M ACY C E N T E R L A U N C H S E R I E S The Education ...…
…8 — Friday,September 20, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Once dreaming of Wisconsin, the Bredeson brothers found a home Jack Bredeson remembers the routine perfectly. Every Saturday morning in the fall, his high school football team would wake up sore from the previous night’s game and go straight into a two-hour lifting session at 8 a.m. Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wis. was 30 minutes west of Milwaukee. ...…
…Two bills that could affect free speech on campus passed in the Michigan House of Representatives’ House Oversight Committee on Sept. 5. The bills aim to regulate the extent to which a college or university can implement policies relating to the free speech of students and staff. The two pieces of legislation were sponsored by state Rep. John Reilly, R-Oakland, and come almost a year after white nationalist Richard Spencer ca...…
…U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., withdrew her support from a bill promoting human rights for Palestinian children last week. The bill, titled “Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act,” would require that funds from the U.S. “do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children.” In an email statement to The Daily, Dinge...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Thursday, September 19, 2019 — 3A “I don’t know that it will be such a significant impact just raising taxes a little bit more to apply towards higher education.” “The campus climate on free speech reflects our school’s diversity — racially, ethnically, socioeconomically, etc. — though it often struggles to incorporate diversity of thought,” Burnstein said. “Ann Arbor is a liberal, p...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Thursday, September 19, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer 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 Sports Thursday, September 19, 2019 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com Faculty couple seeking jr., sr., or grad student as study helper for 19-year- old dyslexic daughter. 2-3 days/week, max 10 hours, $15/hour, flexible schedule. Email tareid458@gmail.com By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/19/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edi...…
…6A — Thursday, September 19, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com …
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…2B — Thursday, September 19, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There isn’t much to remember about 2006. It was a year of Razor scooters and Dum Dums and multiplication tables. I was in second grade, where our hottest topics were who was seen holding hands on the playground, or what treats we were bringing in for our birthdays. We certainly weren’t talking about scientific discoveries, intergalactic development...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, September 19, 2019 — 3B June 19, 2016 June 1, 2017 Space. The final frontier. The place where Star Wars are fought, odysseys are traveled, and extra terrestrials must inevitably return. Space has fascinated filmmakers and audiences alike for generations. More than 50 years after the moon landing, it is still as much of an unknown to us now as it was to us then. Is there life ...…
…Most children go through the phase of obsession with space. Whether they want to be an astronaut, build a rocket ship or study the stars in their backyard, we all have this innate desire to examine the unknown. Alexander Cucos was no exception. Cucos’s interest in space started when he was a child, as many of us can relate to. In an interview with The Daily, Cucos shared that “I’ve always been interested in planes and rockets...…
…If you’ve been on the internet anytime within the past five years, then there’s no way you’ve avoided hearing someone say “Mercury’s in retrograde” or “I went on a date with this guy but our signs aren’t compatible.” Horoscopes and astrology have violently infiltrated modern-day culture from out of thin air, and like the flu at the beginning of the school year, it just won’t go away. I don’t remember when I first saw the explosion of astro...…
…6B — Thursday, September 19, 2019 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PLUS MORE EVENTS THROUGHOUT OCTOBER, INCLUDING: Plus remarks by President Mark S. Schlissel and senior leaders 10–11:30 AM | HILL AUDITORIUM 2019 DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION SUMMIT VAN JONES OCTOBER 1 — 6–8 PM | TROTTER MULTICULTURAL CENTER Ignite & Implement: Student Engagement with DEI Initiatives OCTOBER 16 — 1–2:30 PM | MICHIGAN LEAGUE BALLROOM ...…
…For many students affiliated with Fraternity and Sorority Life across the U.S, a defining part of their experience is living in their chapter’s house. Many sororities even require members to live in their house for one year. However, with the University of Michigan’s decision to transition to winter recruitment this school year, many freshmen intending to join — and current members with obligations to fill their ch...…
…The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and University Housing hosted a grand reopening of the Cesar Chavez, Vicky Barner and Cousins Active Multi Ethnic Organization (CAMEO) multicultural lounges on Tuesday. Each lounge featured three speakers, and the Chavez event in Mosher-Jordan Hall drew in a crowd of around 50 students. Diversity and Inclusion Director Amanda McLittle said the remodeling is part of a DEI...…
…“The movement is greater than those two men, and, at the same time, the movement needed those two men,” Suleiman said. “And we often do ourselves a disservice by trying to create the perfect hero … that rises victorious above the rest and had the perfect diagnosis and the perfect role to play. And so, this is the picture that we come to … This is the picture that deeply haunts America.” LSA freshman Salik Aslam attended Su...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer 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 ...…
…I’ve spent a very small portion — albeit, the more blunderous part — of my life living in Ohio. (Please don’t punish me for that, the economy is hard.) When I was 16, I was with my father on the drive to school, listening to the early-morning talk radio program. They announced the “Thanksgiving Misery Index” in the news segment. The major news was that Ohio had been deemed the absolute worst state in which to spend Thanksgiving. This...…
…6A — Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Peter A. Collins ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/18/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 09/18/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 ACROSS 1 Starbucks orders, casually 6 Carnival staples 11 Chance 15 Perform better than 16 Scandal-plagued energy company 17 Wit...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 18, 2019 — 7A In the 11th minute of the Michigan men’s soccer team’s match against Oakland, spectators saw graduate transfer forward Nebojsa Popovic fire a shot at Golden Grizzlies goalkeeper Sullivan Lauderdale. They saw senior forward Jack Hallahan bury the rebound in the back of the net, and they saw him run off celebrating. But the most important part of the ...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Patterson looks to make a statement When Jim Harbaugh strode to the podium on Monday, he carried the demeanor of a man focused only on what was ahead of him, unwilling to admit distraction. Harbaugh was asked about the offensive struggles, about where his team had improved over the bye week and where it needed to improve further. He was asked about ball...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 PHOTO BY DANYEL THARAKAN The Michigan difference... in career paths …
…D ad, I’m sorry I never told you I was quitting soccer. The goals that we built together never fully manifested, and it was too hard for me to tell you in person. Our lifelong father-son puzzle has fallen short here, at the University of Michigan. I did not know it then, but looking back now I understand how proud you must have been to see that goal posted above my bed: “play professional soccer.” Without your sacri- fices, I would ...…
…J ournalist Micheal Herr once wrote, “It took the war to teach it, that you were as responsible for everything you saw as you were for every- thing you did.” This quote first appeared in Herr’s book “Dispatches” published in 1977, where he described his experiences in Vietnam as a correspondent for Esquire Magazine. I am not writing about the Vietnam war, not even about a book about the war. I am writing about this quote and how ...…
…Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement 4B 5B Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement T he subway screeched to a stop at Sixth Avenue and I stepped onto the muggy platform. Walking up the stairs, the skyscraper sentinels of New York City loomed over me. The sidewalk of the “Avenue of the Americas” was crowded with urbanites — talented, successful individuals who were “making it” in the Big Apple. Surrounded by these vete...…
…Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement 6B Trotter feels that liberal arts is truly an education, not training. “If someone is looking for a broader education that is not going to prepare them just for one particular job, but prepare them for a lifetime of multiple careers, then an LSA degree really can be a way for someone to go,” she said. During our interview, Trotter was careful not to downplay the other colleges on campu...…
