…Content warning: mentions of gun violence. O n the morning of April 17, 1981 — Good Friday — I awoke in my dorm room to the clanging of the fire alarm at the un-student-like hour of 6 a.m. Like most college students, I scoffed at the interruption. I wasn’t prepared to pull myself from a morning’s sleep, so I listened for footsteps or slamming doors out in the hallway, as if my fellow students’ behavior was ever any sort of barome...…
…T he combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, academic pressure and socio-political stresses have created an environment wherein college students are often left feeling anxious, sad and hopeless. There is a greater need than ever for well- equipped therapy services for students, but, unfortunately, services at the University of Michigan are behind the curve. Counseling and Psychological Services, the campus agency that...…
…T he opener introduced himself at our University of Michigan stand-up club, Amateur Hour, and told his first joke. The audience was rowdy. The venue didn’t have enough seats for everyone. People were standing, drinking from pitchers and talking among themselves. I ran through my set in my head, nervous but prepared. I stepped up to the microphone when my time came and started with crowd work. I hoped for a few answers from t...…
… 14 — Wednesday, March 15, 2023 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Joshua Brown: Give Tracy Smith time, patience to build program amid early- season struggles The start of Michigan base- ball coach Tracy Smith’s tenure has not gone as anticipated by some, opening to a 6-9 record. And he would be the first to admit it, calling its home-opener loss on March 8 to a 2-8 Oakland team “embar- rassing.” But this isn’t real...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 15, 2023 — 15 Sung sisters find their place in Michigan team dynamic MACKENZIE MIELKE Daily Sports Writer Golf is an individual sport, but it’s played in pairs with the Sung sisters. Lauren and Sydney Sung are freshman twins, only the sec- ond set of twins ever to play on the Michigan women’s golf team. However, playing the sport together started long before their collegiate...…
…F or the first time since 2015, the Michigan men’s basketball team will miss the Big Dance. After a disappointing season filled with potential but a lack of follow through, the Wolverines missed the NCAA Tournament. Instead, they will participate in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT). Michigan earned a No. 3 seed in the Clemson region. It will kick off its postseason against Toledo on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Crisler Cen...…
…The University of Michigan recently increased its police presence following the Feb. 13 shooting at Michigan State University “out of an abundance of caution,” as noted by the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security in a Feb. 14 press release. The announcement has been met with mixed responses from U-M students and faculty, making it clear that not everyone feels safer with more police on campus. In a Feb. 14 statement,...…
…Each month, The Michigan Daily publishes a compilation of bills in the Michigan legislature for students at the University of Michigan to be aware of. The following article explains five bills that have been introduced, passed or signed into law by the Michigan legislature or Gov. Gretchen Whitmer throughout the month of February. 1. Ban on discrimination of hair styles typically associated with race Status: Introduce...…
…When I think of how I’d describe the Ross School of Business, a few thoughts come to mind: classroom building, study spot, home of one of the busiest Starbucks on campus (indeed, it’s rumored that the Business School’s Starbucks has the highest revenue per square foot ratio of all Starbucks in America). An art museum is not one of them. And yet, step inside the Business School and you’ll find art displays of all kinds, from paint...…
…Calling all corporate higher-ups: Trust falls are no longer the best way for your employees to practice team building. Try freefalls from the top of a mountain, with a child strapped to each of their chests. This technique worked for the characters of writer-director João Gonzalez’s (“Nestor”) animated short “Ice Merchants,” so it should work for you. The premise of “Ice Merchants” is inherently ridiculous. A father- son duo lives ...…
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…Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, March 8, 2023 BHM Music Retrospects 2: Tracy Chapman, class consciousness For Black History Month 2023, I will be publishing a mini-series of short music reviews under the title “Protest Music Retro- spects.” The aim of this series is to both revisit some of the most pivotal moments in Black protest music history and to shed light on overlooked Black figures and musics, specifically those of Black w...…
…The Sunday morning of Sept. 15, 1963 was Youth Day at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Sarah Col- lins Rudolph described it as a joyous morning buzzing with excitement and children’s laugh- ter as she and four other little girls went to the basement of the church to freshen up. These four little girls were her sister, Addie Mae Collins, and best friends Denise McNair, Carole Robert- son and Cynthia Wesley. While...…
…“I call it my ‘off-the-grid’ time,” she tells me as she proudly holds up the device. It is not an iPhone, but rather, a flip phone. LSA sophomore Olivia Spaulding explained that she purchased the TCL flip phone in an effort to block out the distractions and anxiety provoked by her regular smartphone. “I can scroll for hours without even realizing it,” she admitted in an interview with The Daily. “This eliminates that temptation.” ...…
…I have a confession. I’m currently writing this article at 10:32 a.m., roughly an hour and a half before it is due. I and other serial procrastinators are aware that this vice is preventable, but it’s largely out of our hands. Popular “to-do” list platforms such as Google Calendar, Notion and Monday.com try to outcompete each other for the best innovations in organizational features and gadgets. Ultimately, these...…
… 10 — Wednesday, March 8, 2023 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Zach Edwards: Tholl sets goals high in first year, but they might be too high Michigan coach Bon- nie Tholl is no stranger to the Michigan soft- ball team. And with that famil- iarity, Tholl understands the legacy and prowess of the program — along with the disappointment of early playoff exits in recent years. Before the season began, Tholl procl...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 8, 2023 — 11 Michigan falls to Ohio State, 81-79, in dramatic offensive showdown JACK CONLIN Daily Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — It’s not easy to beat a team three times in one season. Adjustments, changing circum- stances and added motivation cre- ate different outcomes in repeat matchups, often making back-to- back-to-back victories a daunting task. But on Friday, the No. 17 Mi...…
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…Most days I don’t have time to, but when I can manage it, I like to go home for lunch. It’s a good break, not only from the competi- tive atmosphere of our campus, but also from all the responsibilities that hang over my head. Since I live near the Athletic Campus, I usu- ally feel awkward walking back to my afternoon classes while lacking the athletic backpack. A stream of athletes rush against me, outfitted in their dark-blue parka...…
…Maile’ana Kanewa-Herme- lyn, the team’s assistant coach who specializes in the balance beam, attempted to teach me how to turn on the beam. Unsurpris- ingly, I couldn’t balance, and in- stead took steps off — costing my- self a half point deduction. This seemingly-slight metric is more than enough to lose a meet, where the results often come down to hundredths of points — for exam- ple, Michigan’s 2021 national title was only won by ....…
…I’m a heavy sleeper. I wake up everyday feeling like I’ve been bulldozed over, rolling around and fermenting in my conscious- ness, like a grain malt steeping in the darkness. Sometimes, espe- cially recently, I’ve been carrying a sapped, dragged energy through- out my days, wishing that I’d get my life more together but never really having the spirit to do so, rolling around and wishing I’d do some- thing. My other Immersion Edition ...…
…that summarizes books for you. I filled out their introduction ques- tionnaire, and I’m told that by using their service, I can save 56 hours a month from reading books! It makes me sick. The part of my brain responsible for artistic integrity is trying to unionize, but I placate it: try it. It couldn’t hurt. On Blinkist, I “read” the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” in 15 minutes. It’s a blur, but more pressingly, this meth...…
…According to history, legend, or something of the sort, the first mara- thon was run by the ancient messen- ger Pheidippides who ran 26.2 miles from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to proclaim victory over the Persians. Immediately following his pronouncement, Pheidippides col- lapsed to the ground and died from exhaustion, his mission complete. I like to imagine that if he had run half that distance, he would’ve done exactly wha...…
…Wednesday, March 8, 2023 // The Statement — 7 I’ve always been not so great at beginnings. Whether it’s adapting to a new place, writing a script or start- ing a new relationship — or as I’ve recently discovered — writing a joke, I struggle to get settled as quickly as I’d like, or immerse my audience into what I describe. But maybe this strug- gle with setup is a good thing. As I’ve also recently discovered, if one doesn’t know what ...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Art & Afrofuturism panel explores the work of late author Octavia Butler PHOTO ADMINISTRATION GENEVIEVE GRUENLER Daily Staff Reporter ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily An Ann Arbor resident wheels his display of two different worlds through campus during the Climate Strike Friday afternoon. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Wi...…
…Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Design by Kate Shen Graduate students at the Univer- sity of Michigan School of Social Work walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered on the Diag to rally for Payments for Placements (P4P). This is a student campaign demanding that the Uni- versity begin compensating Master of Social Work (MSW) stude...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 IN THIS WORLD of expectations, schedules, meticulously crafted five-year plans and a deep underlying pressure to have everything figured out, a surprise can be refreshing, terrifying, the absolute worst or the one thing you needed all along. Surprises have been the key to my life, simul- taneously adding the sprinkles of delight I need to get through the ceaseles...…
…Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Surprise! Your favorite movie is a little bit fascist Surprises from the man who taught me how to love a good movie Musings about pop-out cakes WALT DISNEY, I think, is probably more influential than Jesus. So why do I feel like crit- ics shy away from critical analy- ses of Disney films, especially the classics? Just because they are cute and enormously popular...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 6 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Over the past two years, my vibrant paintings have engulfed my once unem- bellished bedroom wall. Each comes with a unique color scheme: from a pale orange canvas of Lisa Simpson to soulful butter- flies flying across a lilac sky. To me, paint- ing is a therapeutic release that I don’t find in other spaces I use for comfort. While I often use journali...…
…Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 7 Michigan in Color The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “I want the tall Mexican kid!” Nobody moved from the pickup bas- ketball line. Every player’s eyes were suddenly searching for this elusive, presumably Hispanic guy so the game could start. “You, dude, YOU” an impatient fin- ger points directly at me, the exaspera- tion clear in my temporary teammate’s voice. “Uh… I’m not Mexican,” I awkwardly ...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Opinion 8 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 PAIGE HODDER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. JASMIN LEE Editor in Chief JULIAN BARNARD AND SHUBHUM GIROTI Editorial Page Editors ficial position of The Daily’s Editorial Board. All ot...…
…“ Sexuality is a spectrum.” I’m sure you’ve heard this sentiment many times before, as it’s become the poster slogan for a progressive view on what it means to be queer. As younger populations continue to explore queerness, our pre- established binary definitions of attraction begin to blend into a continuum of different levels of sexual, romantic and gendered attraction. As Generation Z (Gen Z) becomes more accepting and op...…
…Taylor Daniels: Shattering the grass ceiling: the first women’s collegiate club baseball championship JEREMY WEINE/Daily Alana Richardson scored Michigan’s first goal in its loss to Penn State. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Sports Growing up as the only girl on my youth baseball team, of course one of my favorite movies was A League of Their Own. The 1992 classic and highest- grossing ba...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 11 “What’s next?”: Maggie MacNeil’s journey to Olympic gold and beyond KATELYN TURNER For The Daily JULIANNE YOON/Daily Maggie MacNeil won a gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. SportsMonday: Don’t judge Michigan at its highs, judge it by its lows Out of COVID’s shadow, Michigan lacrosse has found its identity LINDSAY BUDIN Daily Sports Writer KATE HUA/Daily ...…
…WICHITA, Kan. — With the clock ticking down in the Michigan women’s basketball team’s first ever Elite Eight, junior guard Maddie Nolan, standing on the block, looked across the lane to senior forward Naz Hillmon. The two shared a look, Hillmon told Nolan to take a deep breath and they both steeled themselves for the next play. Down by nine and struggling to overcome a late onslaught from Louisville, both players knew the situati...…
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…An Ethnography of Adderall and Wolverines ILLUSTRATION BY TAMRA TURNER PAGE LAYOUT BY SARAH CHUNG 2 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement Content warning: Mentions of substance abuse Becoming a university student means experi- encing many ‘firsts,’ one of which being the first time you might try stimulants — caffeine, nico- tine, cocaine, the list goes on. For me, Adderall arrived months too late, but it changed my life non...…
…BY ELIZABETH WOLFE, OPINION ADVICE COLUMNIST Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement — 3 Read more at MichiganDaily.com A crash course on alpha males Content warning: Messages pertaining to violence against women and gun shootings. Oct. 2, 2021 I’m sure you remember it was the beginning of October. Though it really doesn’t matter what kind of day it was — which day of the week, whether it was sunny or rainy — it really was...…
…4 — Wednesday, March 30, 2022 // The Statement What’s Grindr got to do with it? BY DRAKE GEORGE, STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT Content Warning: Mentions of sexual abuse, abuse of minors, graphic nudity Opening up Grindr is like reading a magazine with no articles or captions. Just photos of the sexiest male celebrities, faceless creatures we like to flip through like products in a catalog. Grindr is designed to allow Queer men to find ...…
…Starting March 14, the University of Michigan will no longer require masks in most indoor spaces on campus including offices, residence halls and at athletic events, Robert Ernst, associate vice president of student life, and Preeti Malani, U-M Chief Health Officer, announced in an email to the U-M community on March 9. Masks are still required in all classrooms, patient care areas, campus buses and COVID-19 testing si...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 PHOTO Moving beyond Gold-Level: Ann Arbor cyclists want better biking infrastructure Bike-lane advocates talk safety, accessibility concerns ALI CHAMI/Daily Kelly Hoppenjans performs at Michigan’s Got Talent on Wednesday evening. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2022 semester by students at the University of M...…
… The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily Wednesday, March 16, 2022 — 3 Cheesy Kimchi Noodles By Lara Lee Normalize a second dinner at midnight. University of Michigan students now have access to New York Times Cooking — which means your normal food routine just became anything but. Activate your free Cooking subscription. G I V I N G SUPPORT WHAT YOU ABOUT U-M. Join over 120 student organizations and teams...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts 4 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 “FEELINGS” ARE AMONG the hard- est concepts to grasp, and even harder to reflect on enough to write about them. I once heard that the more specific art gets, the more universally relatable it becomes. I am proud of how these writers, compiling their hearts for “The Empathy B-Side,” have parsed all the tiny details of their feelings, opening their minds and lives...…
…Wednesday, March 16, 2022 — 5 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com This was supposed to be a piece about ‘Life is Strange: True Colors’ Empathy for the emotionless: Understanding OMORI ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ is shelter from the storm Sitting with words: poetry to inspire empathy Content Warning: This piece includes allusions to anti- LGBTQ+ legislation, suicide and the invasion of Ukraine. Also, spoile...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 6 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Design by Priya Ganji Page Design by Sarah Chung S T A T E M E N T What The first anime that I had ever seen was “Naruto,” probably the most popular and entry-level anime that you could watch. At the time, 8-year-old me obviously did not know this, and was completely enraptured by what I was seeing. Characters were flying across the screen, hurling knives and ...…
…S T A T E M E N T The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, March 16, 2022 — 7 Winter coats, rent payments and other thoughts from a First Gen student Read more at MichiganDaily.com MACKENZIE HUBBARD Statement Columnist In my adult life, the only time I ever asked my parents for money was when I needed to buy a winter coat. I was a freshman in college at the time, attending Emerson College, a private school in Boston....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan in Color 8 — Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Content Warning: mentions of racially motivated crimes against Asian people, sexual violence Bright Sheng, a University of Michi- gan School of Music, Theatre & Dance professor, temporarily stepped down from teaching after he played the 1965 version of “Othello,” in which the actor Laurence Olivier wore Blackface, with- out an advance content war...…
