…neuroscience,” Booth said in a university press release. LSA senior Camille Phaneuf, co-president of the Neuroscience Student Association, chose her major because much about the brain is yet to be uncovered, and is excited about the new program. “I decided to study neuroscience because the brain is a gelatinous blob that semi- floats between our ears, yet it somehow manages to control our every thought, action...…
…Hello! In a staggering demonstration of self-flagellation, I wanted to go over my college essay I used to apply to the University of Michigan. Maybe this could be a nice send off for myself. Before we start — who was 17-year-old Nisa Khan? She was an insecure thing — not much different from the soon-to-be college graduate (Inshallah!!) she is now — but she was a little sad. I will not dive so deeply as to why — I am not ...…
…W hat began as a debate over the dinner table at the Mosher-Jordan Dining Hall festered into the ominous realization that we are all unsuspecting advocates for a consumerist society. Well, not necessarily all, but most of us. As we ate dinner with each other on a busy, work- filled Sunday, my friends and I found ourselves engaged in an intense discussion over a rather odd controversy: green grass. A friend of mine had ...…
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…There were two stages set up at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Dec. 5 for Travis Scott’s “Wish You Were Here” Tour — one main stage in the front and one side stage, unimposing even with the yawning “O” of the carousel roller coaster that had been built on top of it, in the back. The fellow Daily Arts Writer who was also attending the show knew that Travis was going to perform the first few songs of the show on the back stag...…
…Alec Cohen / Daily SPORTSMONDAY Beilein gives back John Beilein helped one of his former players get back to health and gain confidence, as the player eventually won an NBA Championship as an executive with the Cavaliers. » Page 4B Tired narratives Jim Harbaugh once again faced rumors that he was leaving for the NFL, and once again, he disspelled those rumors vehemently. » Page 2B Design by Jack Silberman The Michigan Daily ...…
…2B — December 10, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Another round of Harbaugh rumors M y grandfather called me last week. I’ll preface this by saying that my grandpa is not your typi- cal hot-take sports fan. I respect his opinions on sports as much as anybody I know. So in this case, I think he was probably just checking in and had a topic in mind he thought would make me laugh or at least give us som...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday December 10, 2018 — 3B ‘M’ falls to Minnesota, 4-3, on late heartbeaker If the No. 15 Michigan hockey team thought it would get a breather after a fourth consecutive overtime game at Yost Ice Arena, it took less than ten minutes for it to realize that was a pipe dream, and 58 minutes for a win to become a pipe dream, too. As the Gophers opened up a 2-0 lead, the Wolverines foun...…
…4B — Monday, December 10, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com How John Beilein helped Mike Gansey realize his NBA dreams Thanksgiving, 2006. Basketball buzzed in the background, but for the first time in his life, Mike Gansey wasn’t interested. He was at his parents’ house in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. A perfectly pleasant place, but Gansey was supposed to be on the other side of that television set — playing ...…
…The Yemeni Student Association at the University of Michigan opened its inaugural cultural night with a simple invitation to attendees: “We want you to experience the beauty of Yemeni culture,” LSA junior Ryan Shami told the more than 150 students gathered Thursday night in the West Quad Multipurpose Room. Shami then danced his way through the middle of the room with other board members, all clad in traditional thawbs, multi- c...…
…Sitting in front of a group of about 20 students, activists and community members Thursday evening in Mason Hall, Kate Stenvig, organizer of By Any Means Necessary, led a public “tribunal” to encourage conversation and organize action against rape and sexual assault. BAMN and Stop Trump Ann Arbor jointly hosted the event, which addressed current issues impacting the University of Michigan community, such as the sexual...…
…way that’s going to protect me,” Held said. “The truth is going to protect me and I have to have faith in that.” An LSA freshman who requested to remain anonymous said the tendency for universities to ignore or diminish sexual assault claims is especially painful for those who have experienced abuse in the past. “I was a victim of sexual abuse, I was groomed for two years, and it has very deeply impacted my mental health,” ...…
…A s a buzz of tweets about Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s possible 2020 election run have surfaced in the past few days, a particular meeting has resurfaced in the minds of many progressives. In 2017, O’Rourke met with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a prominent pro- Israel political action committee, and affirmed his support for Israel in a tweet expressing that he learned “how the United States can contin...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, December 7, 2018 — 5 As we grow up and toss out the old tools that crafted our talents, we forget the elegance and potential that built our skills. We look at the amateur as no different from a child on training wheels, someone incapable of mastery without the more efficient gadgets built specifically for the job. It’s almost as though our accomplishments are just as much our tool...…
…By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/07/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 12/07/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, December 7, 2018 ACROSS 1 City in which much of “Moonlight” is set 6 Lively display of stamps? 14 Long range 15 Valuable collectible 16 Art class model, say? 18 Singer Jones 19 Ashes not caused by fire 20 Notable times 22 Genes...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Friday, December 7, 2018 — 7 Poole credits improvement to work with student manager Jordan Poole once said he never missed three times in a row. But five minutes into the Michigan men’s basketball game against North Carolina on Nov. 28, he fired from beyond the arc, and the shot clanged out. It was the sophomore guard’s third consecutive misfire. Two minutes later, Poole subbed out of th...…
…8 — Friday, December 7, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines roll against LIU Brooklyn in 83-38 win There’s no place like home. In front of its fans at Crisler Center for the first time since Nov. 19, the Michigan women’s basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak, steamrolling LIU Brooklyn (0-8) in an 83-38 victory. From the opening tip, the Wolverines (6-3) suffocated the Blackbirds, scoring...…
…LSA sophomore Catherine Garton was motivated to found the University of Mich- igan’s chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby this semester, because of a core belief that students’ voices are impera- tive for creating policy to combat climate change. For two years, Garton was a mem- ber of CCL’s Ann Arbor chap- ter, one of 489 active chapters the organization maintains. Its main goal is to lobby for national policies that address c...…
…Brothers of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, according to texts and a Freedom of Information Act report acquired by The Ann Arbor News, ran a “40-yard dash” atop new members’ backs, an incident resulting in the fraternity’s eventual removal from campus after a University of Michigan Interfraternity Council vote earlier this month. The vote came about after Hazing Response Team’s investigation of Alpha Sigma Phi regardi...…
…marks an important opportuni- ty to begin to seriously address the immediate threat of climate change,” Deutch stated in a press release. “The status quo is unsustainable; the time to act is right now.” According to Garton, the University’s CCL chapter has been working all semester to have the bill introduced, facili- tating informational workshops for students to call on represen- tatives and senators to endorse the environmental po...…
…N ow that the midterm elections are over with and Democrats won the popular vote in the House by the largest margins since Watergate, it is safe to turn our attention to 2020, albeit a bit early. Despite some rumblings from Ohio Gov. John Kasich, the Republican presidential nominee for president will most likely be Donald Trump. On the left, though, a competitive race seems to be shaping up, giving Democratic voters as many c...…
…By Ed Sessa ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/06/18 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 12/06/18 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Thursday, December 6, 2018 ACROSS 1 Free-speech inhibitor 7 Rep.’s opponent 10 Southwest art colony 14 From the beginning 15 Blood type letters 16 Palindromic French pronoun 17 Heist that really puts a burglar on the map? 20 Seeded 21 Corrida...…
…Lerg, Rosens lead ‘M’ to Sweet 16 As the Michigan volleyball team’s bench rushed onto the court to join the dogpile, head coach Mark Rosen jolted out of his seat. His wife, associate head coach Leisa Rosen, threw her right fist into the air. Their slew of reactions came in the moment the Wolverines (24-9 overall, 11-9 Big Ten) clinched their berth in the Sweet Sixteen with an upset win over No. 12 Pittsburgh (30-2 overall, 17-1 AC...…
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…Sometimes, when we step away from our conventional wisdoms about the way something must work, we are able to realize true beauty lies not in the intricate but the familiar. Start by going back to your roots and exploring the implausible ways the simple can be rendered magnificent. At Spencer, the small but fierce 32-seat restaurant on Ann Arbor’s East Liberty Street, the philosophy is a unique one, and one that we typically...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com b-side Thursday, December 6, 2018 — 3B The sweet tooth: society’s colloquial term to describe our sudden craving for sweets. Yet, the term almost comes with a hint of shame, as the sweet tooth tends to hit us hardest when we’re feeling a little stressed, a little down or maybe even just a little bored. Especially as students, we all relate to the sudden cravings that come with long study per...…
…2-BSide 4B —Thursday, December 6, 2018 b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Veganism in Ann Arbor I dove head first into veganism when I came to the University my freshman year. There were no vegetarian training wheels to ease me into a major lifestyle transition of no animal products whatsoever. For those who aren’t familiar with the “eat food not friends” mantra, vegans don’t eat any animal-made products, including milk...…
…I don’t have many talents. I was never the star of the spring musical, I never scored the winning goal. What I have done is bake — a lot. Baking has inserted itself into every holiday, every major celebration in my life. Friend accepted to college? Bake a cookie cake for them. Got a cool internship? Cupcakes! Looking for a way to procrastinate on a Wednesday night? I’ve got a muffin recipe for you. Every part of baking is persona...…
…I write this having just signed my lease for the next school year, petrified at the prospect of having to cook for myself EVERY DAY. Call it lazy, characteristic of the weird millennial-Gen Z hybrid I am — I don’t care, I am the leftover queen! When you’re raised by someone with a knack for cooking sans the recipes, you can’t help but feel like a fool every time you enter the kitchen (thanks Mom!). It’s more funny than it is t...…
…Three students have been awarded the prestigious Marshall and Schwarzman scholarships to pursue graduate studies at universities in the United Kingdom and China during the upcoming academic year. LSA seniors Amanda Burcroff and Noah McNeal won the Marshall Scholarship, which provides up to 50 students from across the United States full funding to study at any U.K. institution in any field of choice. Business an...…
…add value in terms of providing an alternative and in-demand transportation option for Ann Arbor,” Wondrash said. With the passage of the resolution, scooters are to be parked responsibly on sidewalks when not in use, not directly in the walking path or in any way impeding a pedestrian’s access. Though the resolution with Bird could potentially limit students’ abilities to ride more frequently, some students, like LS...…
…is an attempt to connect students with the DEI program. Diversity peer educators, such as Lyons, work towards diversity and inclusion that is tailored to students’ experiences on campus. The NET plan was developed in response to multiple student organization requests, wanting to enhance their diversity and inclusion. Implementation of the NET plan would mean conducting demographic and climate surveys for stu...…
…I n 2013, an undergraduate research project suggesting Oreos activated more of the brain’s pleasure centers than either cocaine or morphine set off a storm of media attention. However, the study was done in rats and never directly compared Oreos to either drug. Another blitz of media coverage, this time claiming cheese was as addictive as crack cocaine, was predicated on a study by associate professor Ashley Gearhardt, in the De...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, December 5, 2018 — 5A The best way I can describe my style is by using the words of rapper and feminist icon Princess Nokia. In an interview with The Guardian she said, “(I’m) not a typical clean-cut young lady, always a bit rough around the edges, always a bit messy … I didn’t wear the cute things girls wore at the time, I was on some baggy clothes, Harriet The Spy tomboy shit...…
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…Doing it the hard way EVANSTON — Maybe it was just a slip of the tongue. A minute into his press conference, trying to sum up a game in which his team played above its level yet still came up short, Northwestern coach Chris Collins offered the kind of statement you couldn’t have imagined anyone saying about Michigan a month ago. “We still fight back,” Collins said. “We take the lead, get it to the last two minutes again...…
…What will Michigan make of its season? There’s really no other way to spin it: picking up only one point last weekend against a reeling Michigan State team is embarrass- ing. From top to bottom, there needs to be a sense of urgency from the No. 15 Michi- gan hockey team. There is no questioning the fight the team displayed over the weekend — but even though the individual effort was there, the results were not. In order to ...…
…ILLUSTRATION BY CASEY TIN The Sex Issue statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | DECEMBER 5, 2018 …
…I ’ve never written about sex before. It’s always felt like a breach of some invisible social contract, like a taboo topic tip- toed around euphe- mistically because we can’t talk about the details: It’s too personal, too vulnerable, too awkward for your grandmother to hear you wrote an article about hook- ing up. I’ve always thrown sex into the category of things beyond my scope of personal, opin- ionated expertise,...…
…Wednesday, December 5, 2018 // The Statement 3B I n this issue of The State- ment Magazine, we’re talking about sex. But to get a comprehensive view of the campus sexual landscape, we can’t simply rely on anecdotes and personal experiences. In an effort to get some quantita- tive information about student sexual activity, The Daily anon- ymously surveyed 11,000 ran- domly-selected students abouwt their experiences and percep- ti...…
…None 1 or 2 per month 1 or 2 per week 3 to 4 per week 5 to 6 per week 7+ per week Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior 0 20 40 60 80 100 % How often do students have sex? 55% of students have used dating apps THE SEX SURVEY FRESHMAN 1 FRESHMAN 51% SENIOR 3 Design by Willa Hua and Casey Tin | Analysis by Robert Lesser, Parth Dhyani, Alice Liu This year, 1449 undergraduate students took The Statement’s annual sex survey. 41...…
…F or LSA seniors Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca, it was best friendship at first sight. Sarah and Kayla were roommates freshman year, randomly placed together in Alice Lloyd Residence Hall. They’ve lived together ever since, save for summers and a semester Sarah spent in Germany. “We just happened to get each other,” Sarah explained. “Week one, we were like, ‘We’re in love!’” Kayla joked. “By day two we were like, ‘O...…
…Wednesday, December 5, 2018 // The Statement 7B A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEX ISSUE COVERS The first Statement Sex Issue ran in December 2012, with a cover piece about gay cruising in Ann Arbor. This would turn into an annual feature that has now run into its seventh year. 2013 2015 …
…At 11:30 PM last night, after making the paper, The Michigan Daily senior class traveled an hour North to Davisburg, Michigan. Every year, the seniors get a tour of the Michigan Web Press where our papers are printed. We got to see the process from start to finish, from the first proof to the bounded stacks of newspaper. V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : M i c h i g a n We b P r e s s photos: Amelia Cacchione and Evan Aaro...…
…Two groups staged protests Monday night outside Ann Arbor City Hall, calling on City Council to take action on disparate issues: the reopening of a piercing shop with a racist owner and the annual deer cull in Ann Arbor. Protesters from BAMN and Stop Trump Ann Arbor demanded City Council take action against the reopening of Pangea Piercing, which closed in August after its owner, J.C. Potts, was accused white sup...…
…they worked there, or they work with populations –– women specifically –– that were incarcerated, and we just thought it was a really important conversation to bring to campus and something that a lot of people don’t have a lot of understanding about.” The goal of MPDI is to “provide comprehensive childbirth education and professional doula services to women in Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility.” It collabor...…
…and they’re disgusted.” Public outcry forced Potts to close Pangea Piercing after a tweet accused him of espousing white supremacist ideology while giving a customer a piercing. Twitter user @ LauraStroudd tweeted that Potts “began to talk to me about white supremacy, and why ‘whites must stick together.’ He repeated many times that when it came down to ‘us vs them’ I would have to embrace my ‘white heritage’ t...…
…J ames Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers, “Pure democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” He and the other Founding Fathers extensively studied historical governments, specifically of ancient Rome and Greece. They le...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 4, 2018 — 5 MGM FILM SERIES I’m not quite sure how one could possibly put a sour spin on the illustrious and stunning masterpiece that is “A Star is Born.” Truly, though, it would be a flat-out lie to pretend that “Shallow” and its hauntingly-beautiful lyrics are not permanently playing on a loop in our heads ever since the big screen went dark. With breathtaking p...…
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