…The college experience widely varies, especially amid a pandemic that makes having a large social circle and in-person classes dangerous. But according to data obtained by The Michigan Daily, 1 in 10 members of the University of Michigan Fall 2019 freshman class came from just 10 high schools, meaning it’s very likely some students in every class come into college with already- established friend groups. Though students from ov...…
…Following weeks of contention over the lack of in-person education in Ann Arbor Public Schools, the AAPS Board of Education voted Feb. 24 to begin phasing in a hybrid plan for in-person instruction starting March 25. The district, which has been fully remote since March 2020, will continue to offer an online learning option for families who wish to remain online. Around 750 community members listened in to Feb 24’s vote. “The ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 3, 2021 — 3 Whitmer to ease restrictions on indoor dining, residential care Relaxed regulations come after six straight weeks of declining cases in the state The state of Michigan will ease restrictions on indoor dining capacity, outdoor activities and residential care facilities beginning Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced at a news conference Tuesday. Starti...…
…Students are more likely to matriculate if they go to a lower- income school Admittees from schools with higher percentages of students receiving free or reduced lunch, a signifier of the family income of students within the school, correlated to higher matriculation, meaning more students who were admitted to the University from lower-income schools decided to attend. Of the 239 schools on the list with data on their free/red...…
…This weekend, the South Asian Awareness Network hosted their 19th annual conference “Rising Tides: Pulling Together to Push Boundaries.” While this year’s virtual setting looked different from previous round-table dialogues at the Michigan League, the social justice awareness organization delivered a rather engaging program with discussions of activism, identity and breaking boundaries. Over the course of three days, the conference ...…
…Perhaps the most dreaded facet of online learning is the Zoom Breakout Room, a wasteland of black screens and muted microphones and often silent, unrequited group work in a shared Google Document. And like Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” the Zoom Breakout Room has come to define itself as a somber event of cultural permanence. It’s s the ultimate battleground of the virtual college experience and more deeply, one of the darkest unde...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, March 3, 2021 — 7 Indigo Sparke has a way of gathering the stars and keeping them in her pocket, handing them out on her guitar strings as she sees fit. The Australian singer-songwriter’s debut album, Echo, surrounds you, yet never leaves you feeling claustrophobic. It is as wide open as the deserts she drew inspiration from in the making of this album. This openness is reflect...…
… Editor’s Note: This transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity. Remember sitting next to a friend in the library and sharing earbuds to introduce them to a new song? Or hearing something unfamiliar at a party and immediately looking up the lyrics to save it to your phone? Since the days of easily experiencing music with others are gone (for now), the music beat decided to make up for some lost opportunities by holding a vir...…
…I n December 2020, the COVID-19 vaccine was first administered in the United States and people finally began to feel a sense of hope. Now that it is being provided more widely, people are beginning to wonder if a national COVID- 19 vaccine mandate is in store. If this were to become a reality, though, the majority of states may allow for religious exemptions from the vaccine, potentially threatening the widespread immunization neces...…
…7-Opinion A s a freshman attending my second semester of classes, I came across one phrase in all of my courses: office hours. From what I gathered, it was a valuable resource for students looking to interact with professors and other teaching staff. It provided a smaller and more intimate setting for students to clear doubts and build professional relationships. Best of all, attendance was optional! Little did I know that few cou...…
…T hough there is some debate about the origins of the word “religion,” I am par- tial to the sense derived from the Latin religare (“to bind” or “to fasten”). The image suggests that religion involves connection and commitment — connection to something out- side of yourself and, through the act of connec- tion, sincere commitment to certain practices and beliefs. Religion, of course, encompasses more than this single definition can ...…
…T his morning I woke up with big plans: Go for a long walk, catch up on “The Daily” podcast episodes from The New York Times, fold my sweatshirt pile, call my dad, finish a finance problem set, write an essay, draft this piece. At the crack of dawn (10 a.m.), I stepped into my Ugg slippers, stumbled down two flights of stairs in an oversized grey T- shirt and Monsters Inc. fluffy pants and landed in the kitchen. I was compelled ...…
…“Nothing to me feels as good as laugh- ing incredibly hard.” - Steve Carrell I n my Notes App, I have a list titled “Laughing.” I created the page my senior year of high school as running documenta- tion of the things that make me dou- ble over, gasp for breath and cry el- ephant tears of laughter. My list is a gift that keeps on giving: a reminder of all the times I’ve experienced the purest form of joy, felt that glori- ous pain ...…
…14 — Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After outscoring No. 4 Maryland 6-5 in the fourth quarter of its 20-9 loss last week, the Michigan men’s lacrosse team picked up right where it left off when it faced Johns Hopkins on Saturday afternoon. In the opening quarter, the Wolverines’ defense clamped down on the Blue Jays, forcing five turnovers and limiting their offensive unit to only one goa...…
…‘M’ softball shows two sides in opening weekend Deadly. Lucky. Cold. All three words described the No. 17 Michigan softball team at different times in its opening weekend. Pitching carried the Wolverines to sweeps against Purdue and Iowa, but Illinois capitalized on Michigan’s inability to bring home runners to get a sweep of its own. Ultimately, inconsistent run support proved to be the Wolverines’ downfall as the weekend p...…
…D espite a rough start in the Big Five meet Saturday afternoon, the Michigan women’s gymnastics team proved its resiliency with a strong comeback on Senior Day after a poor first event on floor. The Wolverines (6-1 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) placed second in Saturday’s meet with an all-around score of 195.925. “It’s senior night and we also had Abby Brenner go down (in the floor), which was super unfortunate, so (Michigan...…
…BIG HOUSE TO BIG LEAGUES After the Wolverines' disappointing season, Tim Jamison, Terrance Taylor and Morgan Trent had a lot to prove at the NFL Combine. See how they fared. U See Sports, Page 8. jie ffiidigan haiy Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 3, 2009 michigandaily.com MAIZE AND BLUE IN WHITES UNIE TY HELT SYST Pescovitz tohead UMHS First female to serve as CEO of $1.5 billion unit will take over in May, if approved by regents By KY...…
…2 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters Explained THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Photos of the Week Serving hungry students with a smile Quickie Burger owner Kerope Arman has seen his fair share of intoxicated stu- dents with the munchies for fast food. Conveniently locat...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS TAMPA, Fla. No SOS response from two missing NFL players The Coast Guard says it has nar- rowed the search area for two NFL players and another man whose overturned boat was found off the Florida Gulf Coast. Coast Guard Capt. Timothy Close says the search area is "sub- stantially smaller," based on w...…
…4 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com gan i[y Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu GARY GRACA ROBERT SOAVE COURTNEY RATKOWIAK EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 3, 2009 -- 5 Raining on my own parade Josh Bayer wishes he could be this sad. H Veay Award-nominated French melodrama is as engaging as it is confusing By BLAKE GOBLE Daily Arts Writer Last year's French melodrama "I've Love You So Long" is difficult to understand with out being a parent. The film's plot revolves around the death of a young child and its resolution is so contentious it's...…
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…The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 7 SAID ALSALAH/Daily Senior Billy Sauer saved all 14 shots he faced in Saturday's 4-0 win against Ferris State, conipleting the sweep of the Bulldogs. Sauer has strong Senior Night By CHRIS MESZAROS Daily Sports Writer BIG RAPIDS - For a player who will finish his career third among Michigan goaltenders in total w...…
…8 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Former Wolverines shine in NFL audition Despite initially low expectations, Trent, Jamison and Taylor strong at Combine By TIM ROHAN Daily Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS - The Michigan football team and San Jose State had an equal number of invitees at this year's NFL Combine. In years past, Wolverines could impress NFL scouts by school and name recognition alone. But this year, ...…
…V,0000 ie ffidigan Bail ON E-lI . NDF ElI)GH FlIT EEN YEARS OF EITC L FREEDOM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 3,2008 michigandaily.com FINANCING FINANCIAL AID 'U' defends endowment spending Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been campaigning hard in Ohio and Texas ahead of tomorrow's primaries and caucuses in those states. The real Super Tuesday? Groups develop sense of Ohio's woes mirror urgency before big day Mihible Mch igan s...…
… 2A - Monday, March 3, 2008 N.C. college ends birth control coverage policy STUDENTS RETURN Eight faculty members have I complaints against a North Caro college that recently stopped coverage of birth control througl faculty health insurance policy, Gaston Gazette reported. Belmont Abbey College's pc included coverage of contracept abortion and sterilization bel it was brought to the attentior administrators, who removed coverage because it...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 3,2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS MOSCOW, Russia Russia elects new president Vladimir Putin congratulated his hand-picked successor on a presidential election victory yester- day after preliminary results and exit polls confirmed the expected landslide win, and said the results would guarantee the continuity of the course Putin set for Russia. With half the ballots counted, the tally showed Dmitry M...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 3, 2008 - 5A COURTESY OF PARTIAL MUSIC Newcomb will play tonight at 8 p.m. at the Kerrytown Concert House. PERFORMANCE PREVIEW After dropping out, guitarist back in A By KATIE CAREY or the waves or the screaming Daily Arts Writer in the kitchen and deconstruct the math of it." After his first semester at This "deconstruction of the University, Robert Spalding sound" has led Newcomb to Newc...…
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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 3, 2008 - 7A ENDOWMENT From Page 1A on student financial aid and reduce the share of the burden being place on the government. "Tuition has gone up, college presidents' salaries have gone up, and endowments continue to go up and up," Grassley told The New York Times in January. "We need to start seeing tuition relief for families go up just as fast." The University's letter said $1.4 bill...…
… 8A - Monday, March 3, 2008 Why choose P(WE RSCORE for the Our students increase their LSAT score by an average of over 10 points. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Feds search Utah home in poison case EASTMAN From page 1A me," Eastman said. "I'm moving on. It's over, it's done." Had he been found guilty, Eastman could have faced three years of probation, a $1,000 fine and been forced to submit a DNA sample. Eastman denied the charges l...…
…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I March 3,2008 FRIDAY: MICHIGAN 5, FERRIS STATE 3 SATURDAY: FERRIS STATE 4, MICHIGAN 3 (OT) TRIUPH Michigan shines at Big Tens Fourth-ranked Wolverines end five-year Big Ten title drought, aim for national championship By RYAN A. PODGES Daily Sports Writer After the last race at Saturday night's Big Ten men's swimming and diving championship at Canham Nata- torium, Michigan coach Bob Bowman sat down and...…
… 2B - Monday, March 3, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Hot bats fall short against Sun Devils College athletes deserve better 0 SUN DEVILS, From page 1B innings is the result of early-season rust. When pitchers finally get into a regular rhythm, Maloney said, the Wolverines will be difficult to beat. For now, Michigan's offense must continue its pace to keep the team competitive. The Wolverines are averaging nearly seven runs ...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 3, 2008 - 3B Senior Day ruined by Gophers in 15-point blowout Michigan will head to Big Ten Tournament on two-game skid By ANTHONY OLIVEIRA Daily Sports Writer Sunday was an emotional day for the Michigan women's basketball team. For the seniors, ,MINNESOTA 63 it was the LMICHIGAN 481 final time they would compete in front of the Crisler Arena crowd. For Michigan coach Kevin Bors- eth, it...…
… 4B - Monday, March 3, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Defensive letdowns continue to plague Wolverines 6 STATE COLLEGE - hen John Beilein came to Michigan from West Virginia, Wol-' verine fans had visions of players routinely draining clutch shots from downtown. Catch-and-shoot, pro-range, he-shouldn't- shoot-from- that-far distance. They've seen those shots fall, all right. The prob- IAN lem is, those ROBINSON buckets have bee...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, March 3, 2008 - 5B SPORTS BRIEFS FOR THE FULLm STORY ON THESESPORTS, SEE WWW.' MICHIGANDAILY.COM. MEWS GYMnAST. s Michigan tests No.1 Stanford In a one-week span, the Michi- gan men's gymnastics team trans- formed from an also-ran into a major contender. The sixth-ranked Wolverines gave top-ranked Stanford all it could handle yesterday but lost in a nail-biter, 361.30-36i.1S. Michi- gan's team t...…
… 6B - Monday, March 3, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Perfection continues at Cat Classic Blue disappointed with sixth-place finish Wolverines battle flu epidemic, stumble at Big Ten showdown By MACKENZIE MELVIN Daily Sports Writer Winning the Big Ten indoor title has been a goal for the Michi- gan men's track and field team all season. Heading into the Big Ten Championship meet at Wisconsin's Camp Randall Memorial Sports Cent...…
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…Wednesday, March 3, 2004 News 3 Opinion 4 Sports 8 MSA gears up for elections The Daily opposes two proposed consti- tutional amendments Men's hoops to face Indiana Cleaning up the mess of TV's February sweeps ... Arts, Page 5 t4lk au Weather HI: 48 LOW: 37 TOMO1OW: 50141 One-hundred-thirteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 104 ©2004 The Michigan Daily E-mail virus fills students' inbox...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 3, 2004 NATION/WORLD Rover finds proof of past Mars water NEWS IN BRIEF WASHINGTON (AP) - Water per- colating through the soil once created a friendly environment that would have been ideal for life to flourish on Mars, NASA scientists say. It is not known how long this envi- ronment lasted or if any organism actually developed. But scientists directing robot rovers prowling the Martian surface sai...…
…news@michigandaily.com NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 3, 2004 - 3 GoVERNMENT Bush, pope among nominees for 2004 Nobel Peace Prize President Bush, along with Pope John Paul II and two U.N. officials involved in the search for Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruc- tion, are two of 144 individuals and 50 organizations nominated for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Yesterday was the final deadline for nominations. British Prime Minis...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 3, 2003 OPINION ! 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 opinion. michigandaily.com tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 JORDAN SCHRADER Editor in Chief JASON Z. PESICK Editorial Page Editor Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters a...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 3, 2004 - 7 NASA Continued from Page 1 for the use of "Vomet Comet" airplane. The experiment must utilize the airplane, so there- fore it must require a weightless environment. Also, it must be an experiment that has never been made before. The students said they are both proud of their accom- plishment and thankful for this rare opportunity. "The University of Michigan is wonderful because it provides so...…
… Wednesday March 3, 2004 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com (Te irciigrn o&till SPORTS 8 Indiana's resume hurt by latest losing streak Berenson pushes hard so Gajic will reach potential By Dan Rosen Daily Sports Editor It looked like the Indiana basketball team had its season turned around. After a slow, 6-6 start to the year, the Hoosiers came into Crisler Arena in early January and outlasted the Wolver- ines 59-57. They ...…
