…8 — Thursday, September 6, 2018 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Harbaugh “not on the hot seat,” says Schlissel Four years ago it would have been unfathomable to question Jim Harbaugh’s job security. Even now, the prospect seems far-fetched, but after the Michigan football team’s loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, some Wolverines fans took to comment sections and social media to call for Harbaugh’s job. It’s not like ...…
…While you were away, you may have missed some big stories out of Ann Arbor. This week The Daily will be publishing recaps of the summer’s breaking news. Over the summer, Ann Arbor City Council voted to change zoning codes related to Greek life houses in Ann Arbor. The zoning codes, approved during the July 16 council session, would require new fraternities and sororities to maintain affiliation with the University of Michi...…
…LSA junior, explained recent updates intended to improve accommodations for students with dietary restrictions in the University dining halls. From listing ingredients listed for each food item to EpiPen training administered to all dining staff, these changes aim to make all students comfortable eating in the dining halls regardless of diet. It was also announced that hydration stations will be available again th...…
…expansion within the city. If the fraternity or sorority loses its University affiliation in the future, it can apply for a two-year special exception to prevent loss of its house. Some residents thought new zoning codes would help facilitate better relations between Greek life and neighboring residents. Others saw it as unfair to the owners of the houses and unclear as to who would be affected under the new guideli...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Emma Chang Ben Charlson Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by...…
…VISIT JIMMYJOHNS.COM TO FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU From the producers of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY Saturday, September 29th -- 8pm Rackham Auditorium Featuring pianist Benyamin Nuss and the New World Players, conducted by Eric Roth VIP Meet & Greet after the show! Tickets on sale now at ffnewworld.com! Comedy catharsis COMEDY COLUMN In the past couple of years, TV shows have started to portray mental health — sp...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, September 5, 2018 — 7A Hawkins settled in as replacement for Metellus Sophomore safety Brad Hawkins saw the ball go up. He turned his hips, his eyes fixated on the opportunity that he’d long awaited. “(I) thought it was mine,” Hawkins said Tuesday. Of course, it wasn’t. Instead, Notre Dame receiver Chris Finke leapt over Hawkins’ back, snatching a 43-yard touchdown that ...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 …
…T here are times when you just can’t get it right, and then there are times when you learn you haven’t been getting it right your entire life. This summer I learned the difference between accuracy and precision. The lesson came in the form of a centuries- old folk song. It’s estimated “House of the Rising Sun” has been covered well over a hundred times, and I made it my mission these past few months to find the very best version....…
…3B Managing Editor: Dayton Hare Copy Editors: Elise Laarman Finntan Storer Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement Tea Leaves: I am happy to chat with you, just not at Starbucks T here are certain places I tend to avoid when I return to my hometown after a year away at college. The notorious town watering holes: June graduation parties, the grocery store on Sunday evenings, Starbucks. These three places can al...…
…Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 5B How a local service dog became the University’s unofficial mascot by Avi Sholkoff, Daily Sports Writer A lexandra Ngo, who graduat- ed in 2018, sat with Michael Sola in the Michigan Union Billiards Room, where Ngo worked, watching Vine compilations one night in Spring 2017. Sola, a local retiree and Pembroke Welsh corgi owner, found t...…
…Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 6B Conditional love from tiger parents “T hank you for applying to the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. We regret to inform you that you have not been admitted to the Class of 2020. We encourage you to apply again next Winter...” Rather than a boozy, relaxed year of skipping classes and taking blow- off courses, autumn of 2015 would launch my toughest year yet. After running a thre...…
…D ec. 30, 2016: I’m watching the Michigan football team play in the Orange Bowl when Head Coach Jim Harbaugh starts wildly clapping, clipboard in hand. I turn to my dad and shout, “Jim Harbaugh claps like a seal!” Then I take to Twitter and retweet everyone saying the same thing. I had been accepted into the University of Michigan about a week before, but this was the first real bond I felt with my future school. See, Harbaugh ...…
…Wednesday, September 5, 2018 // The Statement 8B Utah - Ryan McLoughlin V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : W h e r e i n t h e wo r l d wa s p h o to s ta f f ? Italy - Alexis Rankin Indiana State House - Katelyn Mulcahy Smithsonian Building Museum in D.C. - Prashanth Panicker Ann Arbor - Max Kuang New York City - Alec Cohen …
…The University of Michigan’s chapter of College Democrats, along with the Michigan State University chapter and the Michigan Federation of College Democrats, is suing the state over two of its voter ID and registration laws. The suit claims the laws unconstitutionally restrict a citizen’s 26th Amendment right to vote, particularly for young voters and students. The suit concerns two laws, Michigan Public Act 118 a...…
…2A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com FRIDAY: Behind the Story News TUESDAY: By Design DARBY STIPE/Daily WEDNESDAY: This Week in History 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.c...…
…for the first time,” the complaint read. “Indeed, in many cases, these laws have resulted in a chilling effect that has kept eligible young voters in Michigan from voting and registering to vote entirely due to widespread confusion about the laws’ requirements and legal effects.” Marc Elias, a partner at Perkins Coie, is one of the plaintiff’s lawyers. Elias, who served as general counsel to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential ca...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 expressed her optimism for the conversations with MESA and the University moving forward. “We are moving in a positive direction,” Rivas said. “We understand that there’s a lot of demands that can’t be solved in a certain timeframe. They require time, so I think we’ve been understanding on that end because (the administration) have been addressing the ones tha...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 5A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Samantha Goldstein Elena Hubbell Emily Huhman Tara Jayaram Jeremy Kaplan Sarah Khan Lucas Maiman Magdalena Mihaylova Ellery Rosenzweig Jason Rowland Anu Roy-Chaudhury Alex Satola Ali Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by...…
…Welcome “bAAck,” welcome home, welcome freshmen, welcome all … Welcome Week. Nothing screams the start of the school year quite like kiddie pools filled with sweat and beer, freshmen running around campus without chaperones for the first time in their lives and eating and drinking as though your body is a garbage disposal. Oftentimes I commit myself to portraying the world of food and wine on this campus as sophisticated, grace...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 4, 2018— 7A “Slender Man” is a horror movie released in 2018 based on the popular “creepypasta” that debuted in 2009. It is approximately 93 minutes long. It costars Joey King (“The Kissing Booth”). I can tell you all of this because the information is available on the Internet, yet despite having just seen the movie earlier today, I’m having trouble remembering a single...…
…8A — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The most impressive music careers are those that convey an evolution in a creative sense: The Beatles and their growth from Please, Please Me to Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Kanye West and his growth from The College Dropout to Yeezus. Ideally, a musician’s respective genre should follow their creative advances, making for a fascinating display of...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 9A The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color The existence of a woman of color is in and of itself an act of resistance. These are my words. Sound nice don’t they? Sound... empowering? Or maybe it sounds like the faux deep mantra of a girl who’s trying to convince herself that she’s a good social justice activist. It may sound like beautiful words that give an accurate reflection of what it ...…
…Like another road loss to a ranked team, the sight of a Michigan quarterback running for dear life is nothing new. Last year, it led to injuries for Wilton Speight and Brandon Peters. It nearly did the same to Shea Patterson on Saturday, as the junior quarterback missed parts of the fourth quarter with cramps after being pressured all night. Officially, Patterson was sacked three times and hurried on another six occasions. In reali...…
…2B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday SportsTuesday: Saying or doing? T he fourth season of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure in Ann Arbor is off to a rocky start after a loss to Notre Dame. Since, some unflattering stats have been advertised, like how the Wolverines are 9-9 in their last 18 games and how they haven’t won a road game against a ranked opponent since 2006. But fear not, Michi...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 3B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Collins inspires confidence from his teammates in No. 2 receiving role Amid fans airing grievances after the Michigan football team’s 24-17 loss at Notre Dame, it was difficult to focus on anything but the negatives of the Wolverines’ performance. But with 48 hours to digest Saturday night’s game, a big picture outlook of Michigan football is in ...…
…4B — Tuesday, September 4, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday A different kind of pain S OUTH BEND, Ind. — The gift- wrapping was pretty on the Michigan football team. Through talk of renewed confidence, heightened athleticism and, finally, a serviceable quarterback, the 14th-ranked Wolverines were supposed to have a fighting chance against No. 12 Notre Dame in South Bend. But right at kickoff of Sat...…
…Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — 5B The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsTuesday Field hockey splits against UMass and UConn Maggie Bettez had Friday’s game circled on her calendar for two years. The senior midfielder is originally from Acton, Mass., but the Michigan field hockey team hadn’t played in her home state during her college career until this past weekend. Her friends and family came out to cheer her on, a moment sh...…
…LEO occupies administration building as contract expires ALEC COHEN / DAILY Lecturers and LEO supporters march from the Michigan League to the Fleming Administration Building in support of the Lecturers Union April 6, 2018. On Friday afternoon, about 30 members of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization occupied a floor of the Fleming Administration Building. Lecturers camped outside of University of Michigan Provost Martin Philbert’...…
…2C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Game over for Michigan Time LSA sophomore Lexi Michaels wasn’t expecting to be late to her Psychology 280 exam. In fact, she thought she was early. But when she walked into the testing accommodations room a few minutes after 2:30 — she’d run there right from her last class — she realized the exam was not being administered on Michigan time, and everyone else had already started...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 3C After three days of electronic balloting and five membership events spread out across the three campuses outlining the new contract, the Lecturers’ Employee Organization voted to ratify a new labor agreement with the University on July 13. Ninety eight percent of LEO members voted in favor of the new contract which will raise wages, improve healthcare and boost job security f...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4C — Fall 2018 When Justice Isn’t Served NARMEEN REHMAN MiC Contributor I pin my scarf around my hair until it feels secure. The night is still as the call for prayer (athan) sings through my phone — I close my eyes and take a deep breath of the warm June air. I exhale to the cadence of the athan, renewing a sense of calm and strength in my body after a long day of fasting. As I...…
…Fall 2018 — 5C The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Combating the monolith: Part one Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month celebrations have begun, and while I am actively taking part in celebrating A/PIA history, I have also taken time to reflect on my engagement with the A/ PIA community on campus. A/PIAs are often subject to narratives that paint us as a monolith — a homogeneous group of people from an arbitra...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6C— Fall 2018 Mental illness is something hardly talked about in our country. Though mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are extremely common and are extremely pressing issues, for some reason, discussion of them always seems to get swept under the rug. Mental illness plays a role in as high as 90 percent of suicides amongst some professionals, though this ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 7C An homage to freshman year Coming to college, everyone echoed a similar mantra: “Cherish every moment, you only have one freshman year.” In the weeks before I finally left for Ann Arbor, I was wrought with anxiety and apprehension by the thought of going to college and leaving everything I knew behind. After unpacking my dorm room and hugging my parents goodbye, I knew, v...…
…8C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Female athletics in sports media Just as ticket prices appear to impact the public’s opinion of women’s sports, so does the sports media. There is little to no coverage of women’s athletics and that leads to a lack of investment, interest and education on the part of the public. It becomes extremely difficult to generate support when the big influencers in sports media disrega...…
…10C — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com We have a glitter shortage You know that episode of “Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse” where Malibu has a glitter shortage and all hell breaks loose because Barbie is supposed to attend a Hollywood premiere that night and she doesn’t want her fans to see her without any glitter? I feel like that’s a pretty accurate depiction of how my summer’s gone so far. My “dreamhouse” is a ...…
…The University of Michigan has an Adderall problem. Some would even call it an epidemic. Despite the University’s increased campaign to recognize mental health on campus, it has failed to address how campus culture fosters the use of Adderall throughout the school. As students become more entrenched in the popular “work hard, play hard” mentality that grips much of the student body, they turn to Adderall to achieve the academic an...…
…A conversation with Bo Burnham on his film debut A24 I lingered in the Michigan Theater’s main auditorium last Thursday after the screening of Bo Burnham’s directorial debut, “Eighth Grade.” A crowd of teenagers, young adults and retirees had just finished giving Burnham a standing ovation after his short Q&A and were now streaming out the back of the theater while I fought to make my way to the front. Not a seat in the theate...…
…King Krule sinks deeper and deeper on his third full-length, ‘The OOZ’ London is a melting pot, sure, but Peckham is something else. There are Nigerian fashion retailers mixed with Jamaican chicken shacks; down the road there are cult-like gatherings where British youth reminisce about the days before CCTV monitored the top deck of buses. It’s a bizarre place, and a fitting home for Archy Marshall — a scraggly white kid with red ha...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 3D ‘Silicon Valley’ finds itself again in its fifth season, after a rough patch As someone who grew up in Silicon Valley, the HBO show of the same name always felt uncannily more like a documentary than a comedy. From the get- go, “Silicon Valley” has been an astute satire of the Valley, a place where obscene amounts of money and a somewhat overzealous sense of self-importance p...…
…4D — Fall 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Virgin Suicides’ and the loneliness of girlhood At the tender age of 28, Sofia Coppola (“The Beguiled”) wrote and directed the 1999 drama, “The Virgin Suicides,” based off of the 1993 Jeffrey Eugenides novel of the same name. The film set Coppola apart from her legendary father — Francis Ford Coppola of “Godfather” fame — and highlighted her dreamy, unique a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Fall 2018 — 5D Disclaimer: Yes, it’s a little embarrassing how thoroughly I researched this article and how many pages of lyrics I obviously had to go through to come up with this list. It’s ridiculous to care this much about Taylor Swift when everybody knows cool people with Good Music Opinions don’t do that. But consider this: My apathy toward having a Good and Cool Music Opinion is equal a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6D — Fall 2018 Ever since “‘03 Bonnie & Clyde,” Jay-Z and Beyoncé have wanted you to know two things about their relationship: they’re in love and they’re rich. For years that’s the most they’ve cared to divulge. They kept their 2008 wedding as hush- hush as possible and would almost never be caught publicly without sunglasses — Jay often opted to cover his eyes while they sat courtside at in...…
