…Wednesday, September 4, 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 Editor Silas Lee Photo Editor Danyel Tharakan Editor in Chief Maya Goldman Managing Editor Finntan Storer statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 The scores DAY ONE The ever-present Arctic wind bearing down...…
…3B Wednesday, September 4, 2019 // The Statement 3B majority of the evening. Before that night, you’d never con- sidered yourself anything other than straight. Sure, you could recognize when other guys were objectively attractive, but your main preoccupation was girls. Spe- cifically, you dwelled on your inability to hook up with them, but the focus was girls, nonetheless. As you got drunk that night on cheap Scotch from a flask tuc...…
…I ’ve always been told I’m an extrovert. Funny how you can be told something but not believe it yourself. Typically, we think extroverts to be energized by social interactions to the point where they crave it constantly. And I do think this of myself. I love the feeling of being surrounded by friends, the room buzzing. Because of this expectation to fulfill the role of the extrovert, to be “on” 24/7, my perception of being isolated has ...…
…Wednesday, September 4, 2019// The Statement 6B I fall in love three times a day. Perhaps it’s because I’m a cancer sun and a cancer moon; perhaps it’s because I’m a writer. Perhaps it’s because I exclusively seek out experiences that make my heart race (in a good way). But with everything I’ve fallen blindly head over heels for in 21 years –– boys in glasses, coffee shops that sell newspapers, banana muffins, redheaded best friends...…
…Wednesday,September 4, 2019 // The Statement 7B E very year in early August, our mother would haul my siblings and me into our car in the stifling heat. The four of us would wait for hours in long lines at the international bridge, waiting to cross the border from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua into El Paso. We lived on the Mexican side of our sprawling binational metropolitan area and crossed often for groceries and shopping, so this wa...…
…VISUAL STATEMENT NATURE & SOLITUDE THE JOY OF A GOOD BOOK, SUNLIGHT & YOURSELF AS COMPANY. PHOTOS BY DANYEL THARAKAN/ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 // The Statement 8B …
…University of Michigan student tuition will no longer cover testing for sexually transmitted infections at University Health Services. This update is part of UHS and Michigan Medicine’s new policy of billing students’ personal insurance for “laboratory testing, radiology x-rays and ultrasounds and allergy injections,” as announced in a policy memo on July 15. Previously, these services were covered by the Health...…
…Perch, an online research platform created by a team of mostly University of Michigan students, launched Monday. The startup aims to connect more students and graduates across the country with research positions. Engineering and LSA senior Akira Nishii came up with the idea for Perch after having trouble finding research opportunities when he entered the University. He found that outside of the Undergraduate ...…
…There were also complaints regarding lengthy and inefficient OIE reporting processes. One of OIE’s main goals is handling complaints as equitably as possible, Seney said in a sit-down interview with The Daily in April. “I would say the overarching mission really is to make sure that the University is responding fairly and appropriately to concerns that exist,” Seney said. “Then, of course, we also have a role in preven...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Tuesday, September 3, 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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…6A — Tuesday, Septemberw 3, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MAKE THE GRADE THE RUNWELL BACKPACK BROCKHAMPTON has been in turmoil since former vocalist Ameer Vann’s departure from the group in May 2018. Kevin Abstract has been the most public in wrangling his emotions: From melancholic voicemails cryptically released on his website to running on a treadmill for 10 hours on livestream in front of his childhood ho...…
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…8A — Tuesday, September 3, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Get an extra $50 Welcome to Michigan bundles include a Computer Showcase gift card up to $50 to use toward any future purchase. Offer valid through September 26. Great for last-minute school supplies! Shapiro Library Pierpont Commons University owned and operated since 1988 TM and © 2019 Apple Inc. All rights reserv WHY SHOP SHOWCASE? We’re gla...…
…OFF & SPORTSTUESDAY First look at Gattis’ offense offers mixed bag Two Michigan offensive staffers paced briskly back and forth from the sideline to the edge of the field. There were hand motions and wild gesticulations, some yelling and al- ternative forms of communication. Behind him, another dutiful staffer held signs — a Nike swoosh coating one side. From the press box, Josh Gattis looked on, stoic, conducting his orchestra fro...…
…SportsTuesday SportsTuesday Column: At QB, quantity isn’t quality T here’s an old football plati- tude that if you have two quarterbacks, you actually have none. It’s one of those folksy cliches you hear when the Miami Dolphins are sifting through the pile of rub- ble to decide whether Gus Frerotte or Sage Rosenfels should be the one to lead them to a 4-12 season. As it pertains to this Michigan football team and its quarterb...…
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…Thursday, August 15, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 122 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR ‘Mother of the sea’ Ana Maria Sanchez-Castillo shares a poem on her multi- cultural identities connecting with the religion of...…
…2 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS 7 8 3 1 8 6 2 9 3 6 9 7 2 5 7 3 4 8 1 2 3 1 7 6 1 7 6 2 © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com! Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 3/17/09 1:03 PM ENDINGS puzzle by sudokusyndication.com Admissions staff talks revie...…
…3 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS After 14 weeks of work- ing on various projects, students in the 2019 Information and Technol- ogy Services Internship Cohort lined the Michigan League with posters at the ITS Internship Showcase on Friday. The showcase featured a poster session, a student panel and closing remarks from Ravi Pendse, vice president for informa- tion technology and chief info...…
…4 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Emily Considine Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spu...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION ZACK BLUMBERG | COLUMN I n August 1947, Britain announced the partition of the British India Colony, creating two separate, indepen- dent nations: the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. To say the Partition was controversial would be an understatement; it has, nearly single-handedly, defined the geopolitics of the region si...…
…There are two stereotypes that routinely plague the modern writ- er. One is the recluse, the innocent bookworm, who recedes into the woods like Thoreau and writes about butterflies and the mean- ing of life for days on end. No one knows how they subsist on tea and biscuits alone. The other is, essen- tially, the newspaper editor from “Spider-Man.” These writers are the human equivalent of a pack of Marlboro Reds. In between yelling a...…
…“You can never publish my love,” Rogue Wave chants, in the song that the title of this series riffs on. Maybe that’s true, and we can never quite account for our love on paper or in print, but we sure can try. That’s what this series is devoted to: pub- lishing our love. Us, the Arts section of The Michigan Daily, talking about artists, some of the people we love the most. Perhaps these are futile approximations of love for the poet ...…
…8 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS By Gary Larson (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 08/15/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 08/15/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, August 15, 2019 ACROSS 1 “Cheers” cheer 5 Lyft or Uber 8 Makes fun of 13 Melville’s “Typee” sequel 14 Seafood delicacy 15 “Oh, darn!” 17 E-cig user’s package ...…
…9 Thursday, June 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Poem: Mother of the sea, of all living and nonliving things ANA MARIA SANCHEZ-CASTILLO MiC Senior Editor I imagine her waves, before I enter like hands softly caressing the sand of the shore They ease their way towards my feet And we meet each other halfway Halfway between serenity and death The balance of Delicious paradise and ominosis danger Of w...…
…10 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Harbaugh calls Fickell’s claims “erroneous” amid Hudson transfer saga Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh fired back at Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell on Tuesday evening, after Fickell scolded Harbaugh for his role in the handling of tackle James Hudson’s transfer and immediate eligibility waiver. Hudson, who transferred from Michigan to Cincinnati last ...…
…SPORTS 11 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fans at the Big House share thoughts on state of U.S. soccer The pregame festivities ahead of Saturday’s friendly between FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli was vastly different than most tailgates at Michigan Stadium. International music echoed throughout the parking lots as people from all over the country prepared to see some of the world’s most talented socce...…
…12 Thursday, August 15, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS F.C. Barcelona cruises to a 4-0 victory against S.S.C Napoli It took 47 minutes for the floodgates to open Saturday evening. Over the course of 15 minutes early in the second half, F.C. Barcelona rattled off four straight goals to power its way to a 4-0 victory over S.S.C. Napoli. The two European clubs squared off in front of a heavily pro-Barcelona cr...…
…Thursday, August 8, 2019 INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 121 © 2019 The Michigan Daily NEWS .................................... OPINION ............................... ARTS...................................... MiC......................................... SPORTS................................ MICHIGAN IN COLOR ‘On Punjab’ Harnoor Singh shares his pride on being Punjabi and the lasting effects of coloniza- tion and Indian nationalism ...…
…Local attorney examines biases in criminal justice system, legal rulings On Monday night, a crowd of 20 people, mostly women, gathered in the Ypsilanti District Library to partake in a panel put on by Mothering Justice, a non-profit organization that advocates for women to become active in policy- making. The panel discussed how Black women are viewed in the legal system. The focal point of the evening was the caricature of “Sapph...…
…3 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS LSA junior Morgan McCaul has been selected by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, pending state senate approv- al, to serve on the Michigan Board of Athletic Trainers as a representative of the gen- eral public. McCaul, a sister survivor and sexual assault prevention advocate, said her personal experiences with athletic trainers give her a different view to bring to the b...…
…4 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Emily Considine Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spur...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION AKAASH TUMULURI | COLUMN D isney just broke (its own) record for annu- al box office earnings with five months still to go in 2019. The number? $7.67 billion. That’s on track for $13.15 billion by the end of the year, which would almost double the $7.61 billion record they set in 2016. Disney’s direct production stu- dio, Buena Vista, has captured 38...…
…ARTS 6 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com There’s a saying that no one has your back like family. Through the good, the bad and the ugly, the peo- ple who have been by our side from the start are (hopefully) the ones we can turn to when the going gets tough. With endless ways to define what makes a “family,” it would seem nearly impossible to capture the essence of the word in just one film. That said, b...…
…“You can never publish my love,” Rogue Wave chants, in the song that the title of this series riffs on. Maybe that’s true, and we can never quite account for our love on paper or in print, but we sure can try. That’s what this series is devoted to: publishing our love. Us, the Arts section of The Michi- gan Daily, talking about artists, some of the people we love the most. Perhaps these are futile approximations of love for the poet ...…
…8 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS By Roland Huget ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 08/08/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 08/08/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019 ACROSS 1 Shelves for cooking 6 Image problem, briefly 11 Navy letters 14 Muscat native 15 Catherine of “Best in Show” 16 Water source 17 Annual ...…
…9 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MICHIGAN IN COLOR Punjab. Literally the land of five rivers. . . or, well, it used to be. You see, even the name of our homeland brings pain these days. How can I tell you the pain of Punjab? Quite honestly, it is a pain that I can hardly even understand. My experience as a member of the Punjabi dias- pora has been filled with tragic realizations, one after the other....…
…10 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Michigan hockey roster preview: An overview of returning players The Michigan hockey team’s season ended earlier than expected in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis. After an inconsistent regular season, the Wolverines were unable to collect themselves and make a deep postseason run. Players and coaches alike assert that it was not a s...…
…SPORTS 11 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Four position battles to watch as Michigan starts fall camp It must be August already, because fall camp is just starting to ramp up under the distinct whiff of optimism. The possibilities for the Michigan football team are endless and the hope, as it always does about this time, springs eternal. This summer, that enthusiasm is catalyzed by the promise of...…
…12 Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTS Notebook: Josh Gattis talks offense at the start of fall camp At Big Ten Media Days last month, Maryland coach Mike Locksley made headlines in characterizing the workload distribution between himself and Josh Gattis. The two were co-offensive coordinators at Alabama last year, though Gattis’ responsibilities also included the receivers. When Locksley got ...…
…Thursday, August 1, 2019 On Tuesday night, 10 candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination gathered in downtown Detroit’s Fox Theatre for a live debate organized by CNN. Approximately 3,500 students, government leaders, city residents and guests were in attendance. Author Marianne Williamson, Rep. Tim Ryan, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Former ...…
…2 Thursday, August 1, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS DOG DAYS puzzle by sudokusyndication.com ‘Die-in’ calls for climate action Event at UMMA intends to raise awareness of climate change The bodies of about 50 students, faculty and Ann Arbor residents lay still on the floor of the Taubman Gallery at the University of Michigan Museum of Art for 11 minutes on July 27 as part of a “die-in.” The event, hosted by th...…
…3 Thursday, August 1, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS Americans packed down- town Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to engage in activities regarding the Democratic presidential debates being held at the Fox Theater. Beyond the 3,500 present in the audience, a pre- dicted 10 million more people followed along through the TV broadcast. In Washtenaw County, residents gathered at watch parties to eat, view and ...…
…4 Thursday, August 1, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ERIN WHITE Editorial Page Editor Zack Blumberg Emma Chang Emily Considine Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Timothy Spur...…
…5 OPINION Thursday, August 1, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com OPINION ZACK BLUMBERG | COLUMN F or the past several years, European political cover- age has focused almost sole- ly on the rise of the far right — and not without reason. Far-right par- ties have gained voters in “progres- sive” countries like Germany and France, and have even managed to win outright majorities in Poland and Hungary. However, while the far-ri...…
…ARTS 6 Thursday, August 1, 2019 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “You can never publish my love,” Rogue Wave chants, in the song that the title of this series riffs on. Maybe that’s true, and we can never quite account for our love on paper or in print, but we sure can try. That’s what this series is devoted to: publishing our love. Us, the Arts section of The Michigan Daily, talking about artists, some of the people we love ...…
…Mo Pop returned to West Riv- erfront Park for its seventh year this July, this time bringing two of music’s most acclaimed acts to headline: Vampire Weekend and Tame Impala. This year’s edition also brought some of the indus- try’s fastest-rising stars to Detroit, with singers and bands like Yel- low Days, Goth Babe, Roy Blair and Tiny Moving Parts taking the stage. Vampire Weekend headlined Saturday night, putting on a mind- blowing,...…
…The most heavily discussed topics on Wednesday night were health care, immigration and criminal justice, while climate change and foreign policy, while discussed, were among topics receiving less airtime. Many of the candidates now support Medicare-for-all, insofar as it means creating a public option for health insurance into which any citizen can buy. One of the main divides that has opened within the healthcare debate, howeve...…
