…W hen I was 16 years old, I read an article about Modern Family star Ariel Winter’s breast reduction surgery, which took her from a size 32F to a 34D. “It’s amazing to finally feel right,” she said in an interview with Glamour. “This is how I was supposed to be.” Two years later, I sat on my boyfriend’s bed, my arms defensively crossed over my own 30F chest, realizing that I didn’t feel right at all. “Are you still planning on get...…
…BY ALEC COHEN VISUAL STATEMENT NORTHERN MICHIGAN “ I A M LU CK Y T O C A L L M I CHIG AN M Y H O M E ” I WAS AMAZED BY THE BEAUTY AND SIMPLICITY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE STATE THAN THE UPBEAT CITY LIFE OF ANN ARBOR. Wednesday, September 18, 2019 // The Statement 8B …
…As University of Michigan students began school two weeks ago, approximately 30 international students were unable to matriculate because of delays in their United States visa applications, according to University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen. The three students interviewed in this article all requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation from the United States Department of State. Other identifying information, such as the stu...…
…Several state lawmakers introduced a new expungement reform plan package on Sept. 9. The package includes six separate bills aimed at changing various aspects of the state’s expungement system. Expungement refers to the legal process of sealing a past criminal offence to make them unavailable. If passed, the bills would allow for a shortened eligibility period, expungement for crimes that are currently permissible un...…
…used for the next five years, provided by Axon Enterprise, Inc. City Councilmember Kathy Griswold, D-Ward 2, pointed to the benefits of equipping the city’s police force with more state-of-the-art accountability technology. “I am absolutely thrilled we are moving forward with this purchase,” Griswold said. “My one question is, this is a five- year contract — will this see enough money and does the contract stipulate that we are ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, September 17, 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...…
…Grudges are a funny thing — they can last for years, or be over within the span of a week. There is little to no correlation between the pettiness of the original offense and the length of the grudge. They’re a habit that make zero sense, and yet they remain a source of unnecessary strife in many of our lives. Ann Patchett’s newest release, “The Dutch House,” revolves around the familial grudges that can often drive the development of l...…
…JPEGMAFIA’s All My Heroes Are Cornballs rides on the success of his 2018 effort Veteran. The same motifs, tools and ad-libs set the scene again as MAFIA traces back his anguish, trauma and anxiety in his characteristically murky, comical lo-fi rap. His signature “you think you know me” line tags nearly every track, circling back to an ever-persistent theme of there being more pain and truth beneath one’s surface persona. Much like his ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, September 17, 2019 — 7 Ambry Thomas details recovery process before season-opener Fans have known about Ambry Thomas’s offseason plight. They saw his triumphant return, featuring an interception in the season-opener against Middle Tennessee State. They even briefly heard from Thomas himself about what it meant to see the field once again after recovering from illness. But ...…
…On May 25, two girls dressed in matching white tops and navy skirts took their posi- tions to play doubles in a tennis match in Or- lando, Fla. But these were no ordi- nary girls, no ordinary outfits and, certainly, no ordinary match. It was the final evening of the NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Tennis Tournament. The two girls that stepped onto that court each had already made history in their own ways and were hungry for one ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 16, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM An audience of 150 gathered Friday afternoon in the Annenberg Auditorium of the Ford School of Public Policy for a talk titled “Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era.” The event featured a conversation between former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley; former Assistant Secretary of State for European and ...…
…2A — Monday, September 16, 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 ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color Monday, September 16, 2019— 3A This summer, I studied abroad for 3 months in Prague, Czech Republic. I knew I wanted to do this program before I even started my freshman year at the University of Michigan, so this was really exciting for me. Aside from Prague, I also had the opportunity to visit other small cities in the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, German...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Monday, September 16, 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...…
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…C O M M E M O R AT I N G MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 University of Michigan Law School, 1225 Jeffries Hall 4:10–5:30 p.m. Sponsored by U-M Office of the Provost A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH 46000 Summit Parkway Canton, MI 48188 734-394-5460 www.summitonthepark.org · · · · One Edith Wharton’s second novel, “The House Of Mirth,” depicts a world that I knew almost nothing about before picking it up — t...…
…Nick Eubanks felt chills when he heard the play-call. He knew it was one designed to free him over the middle, a play Michigan had practiced repeatedly in the lead-up to its Nov. 17, 2018 bout with Indiana. He lined up on the right side of the line, put his hand on the ground, heard the cadence and started flying as if carried by the wings of an angel. He released up the field, darting up the seam through the Hoosiers’ defense. A...…
…That’s when Nick turned to football, which doubled as both a coping mechanism and a tribute. It was always Cassandra’s dream for Nick to make it big in football, even while, at the time, his focus largely centered around basketball. Nick dove into football head-on. There were no guarantees, but his large frame and athletic gift made the transition a smooth one. He was a late-bloomer in recruiting, but as is often the case, word ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday September 16, 2019 — 3B Wolverines draw Nebraska-Omaha Eight minutes in, disaster struck for the Wolverines. They’d fight. They’d keep their composure. But they’d never recover. In that pivotal eighth minute of the Michigan men’s soccer team’s match at University of Nebraska-Omaha Friday, Maverick forward Aaron Uribe hit a header over senior goalkeeper Andrew Verdi. The...…
…4B — September 16, 2019 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After losing two of its last three games, the No. 24 Michigan volleyball team (6-2) looked to right the ship on Friday against Navy (4-4), a feat it would accomplish after battling through three close sets. From the outset, things didn’t look good for the Wolverines. Michigan was down 11-8 early against the Midshipmen in the first set. Looking to get his ...…
…Vice President of Student Life E. Royster Harper, is retiring from the University of Michigan after 20 years in her current position. In an email to the University community Thursday morning, Harper announced her retirement, which will be effective at the beginning of the Winter 2020 semester. She cited wanting to spend more time with her family and enjoying other life pursuits as the reason for her retirement. “I read a sta...…
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…“Dr. Harper has done this through an innovative student-centered approach that has been modeled at other higher education institutions throughout the nation.” Panhellenic Association president Taylor Fegan, LSA senior, said working with Harper on FSL matters was a privilege. “Working with VP Royster Harper has been one of the best aspects of my term as president,” Fegan said. “She is dedicated, kind and one of the bigges...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Friday, September 13, 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 Edi...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, September 13, 2019 — 5 For as long as music streaming services have existed, I have resisted the call to join them. I’ve argued with friends, family and in this column that streaming music is bad for artists, bad for the consumer and bad for listening. In many a long car ride I’ve ranted against what I call “media socialism”: the idea that no individual should purchase songs or mov...…
…6 — Friday, September 13, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Steve Faiella ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/13/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 09/13/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, September 13, 2019 ACROSS 1 Pretend to be 4 Center 9 Foot, in zoology 12 “Isn’t __ Lovely”: Stevie Wonder hit 13 Toyota until 2006 14 Posted 15 Time for an O...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, September 13, 2019 — 7 Twenty hours before the plane containing delegates representing 11 different Big Ten volleyball teams touched down on foreign soil, all the players met up for a brief practice in Chicago. There, they spent 45 minutes familiarizing themselves with one another before flying to Japan on June 14 for two weeks for the 2019 Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour...…
…8 — Friday, September 13, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C O M M E M O R AT I N G MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 University of Michigan Law School, 1225 Jeffries Hall 4:10–5:30 p.m. Sponsored by U-M Office of the Provost A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH Glasgow making impact at WILL Don Brown knows you’ll think he’s crazy, but he doesn’t much care. After all, he’s been around the block a time o...…
…University of Michigan Rackham student Andrea Belgrade hosted the opening event for the Strength of Refugees and their Community in the Hatcher Graduate Library Wednesday night. A group of about 50 students and Ann Arbor residents attended the event. Belgrade does research with psychology professor Fiona Lee focused on Muslim-Americans, self-identified multicultural people, immigrants and refugees. The gallery at the eve...…
…A petition circulating around campus and the greater Ann Arbor community is calling on the University of Michigan to release the papers of Dr. John Tanton, a U-M alum and pioneer of the anti-immigration movement in the United States. The petition, entitled “Tell the University of Michigan: Stop Hiding White Nationalist’s Papers From The Public,” had more than 3,600 signatures as of Wednesday evening. The petition was created by...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 12, 2019 — 3A Among the ethnicity designations available is the Middle Eastern/North African identity option. In 2017, ME/NA-identifying students formed the #WeExist campaign, asking the University to add the ME/NA identity category to University documents. At the time, the University followed the U.S. Census, which does not have a ME/NA identity catego...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Thursday, September 12, 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 E...…
…5 — Thursday, September 12, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Homecoming: sharing our love for Lady Ann and U-M Since my freshman year, I have been working in a biochemistry lab on the Medical Campus. It was a job I procured out of peer, advisor and personal pressure to do research in any way possible after a significant academic pivot from pre-law to pre-med during my first semester. After doing away with math and scie...…
…6 — Thursday, September 12, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Danny Brown’s last album, Atrocity Exhibition, was widely acclaimed and viewed by many to be one of the best projects of 2016. To follow up such a successful project can be a challenge, but, luckily for us, Danny Brown seems more than ready for the daunting task at hand. “Dirty Laundry,” the first single off of his recently-announced project, uknowhatimsay...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 12, 2019 — 7 Jess Speight earns scholarship Just before the start of fall camp, Jess Speight was at dinner with his dad when he missed a call from Jim Harbaugh. He spent the next hour nervous, mind scrambling, wondering what the news could possibly be. Then, Harbaugh called back. He wanted the junior to switch to defensive line. After losing so many linemen in the offs...…
…8 — Thursday, September 12, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C O M M E M O R AT I N G MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 University of Michigan Law School, 1225 Jeffries Hall 4:10–5:30 p.m. Sponsored by U-M Office of the Provost A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH On Friday night, a similar roar of applause to the one that filled Temple’s McGonigle Hall in April 1970 bounced off the walls in Ann Arbor’s ...…
…Dr. Robert Ernst, University Health Services executive director and associate vice president for Health and Wellness, addressed student concerns about the University’s recent policy change to UHS coverage for sexually transmitted infection testing at Tuesday’s Central Student Government meeting. Ernst explained the reasoning behind removing STI testing from the Health and Wellness fee was to allocate funding toward ...…
…In the midst of an ongoing discussion over immigration policy, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of supporting a Michigan House of Representatives bill extending immigrants’ civil rights protection Wednesday. As one of the largest counties in the state of Michigan, state Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, emphasized how significant it is that the county advocates in favor of the legislation in orde...…
…Ernst said UHS continues to work toward a long term solution to satisfy student needs. “Going forward, carving out the billing for STI testing is going to have us rethink the budget in the near term, and that’s okay — we can still do that with prioritization,” Ernst said. “The plan moving forward would be to work to actually bring the analyzers into our UHS lab. That’s going to take some time, but once we’re able to do that, then...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, September 11, 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 Arts Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — 5A More than 25 years after the release of their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, the Staten Island hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan still occupies a prominent place in the genre’s (and popular culture’s) collective memory. Backed by RZA’s diverse, lo-fi production, the original members of the Wu-Tang Clan helped create the dark, gritty sound...…
…6A — Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By Ed Sessa ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/11/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 09/11/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 ACROSS 1 Braying beast 4 “Diamonds & Rust” folk singer Joan 8 Hop, skip and jump 14 Where lowers lie 15 Ready and willing partner 16 “B...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — 7A With injuries in the past, Black hopes to key offensive progression As soon as Tarik Black heard the question, a contagious smile took over his face. He had just been asked about his week one touchdown — his first since a nearly-identical one in his Michigan debut two years earlier. That was back when Black was the future of the Wolverines’ wide rece...…
…8A — Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com C O M M E M O R AT I N G MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 University of Michigan Law School, 1225 Jeffries Hall 4:10–5:30 p.m. Sponsored by U-M Office of the Provost A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN AMASH The cavernous arena in Minneapolis was nearly empty. Few were there to witness Michigan, a team that began the season with so many expectat...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 PHOTO BY DANYEL THARAKAN The sisterhood of carnage century …
…T he mattress section of Art Van Furniture looks like an upscale prison — long rows of stripped beds, designated strips of plas- tic to place your feet, employees mean- dering through the aisles as guards. I visited the store in Canton for the first time while mattress shopping with my mother a week before moving into my new college apartment. That’s when I met Jeffrey, Mattress Salesman Extraor- dinaire. Jeffrey was a little too exci...…
…I woke up Sunday morning with faint images of a happy dream lingering in my brain. I couldn’t remember exactly what it was about, but I knew it had involved flying motorcycles. And being at peace. “Good morning, love,” Finn said. “Good morning!” I responded, grinning and stretching out my arms to hug him. “You ready for work today?” “I guess so. Gotta love the Sunday to Thursday schedule,” he said. I was not ready for work. The day...…
…Wednesday, September 11, 2019 // The Statement 4B 5B Wednesday, September 11, 2019 // The Statement T he century is young, but not naive. Ask any person you know, who inherited its turn, about its carnage. They might recall for you mass shootings and gun violence, or catalogues of assaulted women around the world who are forced to hide, or mounting xenophobia worldwide. They might tell you about genocides and civil wars, naming Syria...…
…Wednesday, September 11, 2019 // The Statement 6B From Page 5B Stopped railways, canceled flights, pollutants lurking in deep street water and innumerable car crashes dotted the city. Before I was to travel farther, Vishi called to warn me of the floods and wish me safety. My dance turned to a tiptoe. I’m still learning how to understand my experience in a world bent into paradoxes. Am I allowed to love it? Am I allowed to mourn it? C...…
…F or me, reading someone else’s words, or formulating thoughts in my own mind, was never enough; I always had to write it down on paper. Writing my own stories made the simple descriptions come alive, placing me in a different world of my own choosing. Microsoft Word became my escape hatch from the doldrums of my humdrum life in suburban New Jersey. Finding my own life to be too boring, I put myself in the place of people I wanted...…
