…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, February 4, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM How do students interact with our local government? » INSIDE the statement Proposed legislation would enable high schoolers to take college courses By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter In accordance with Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s alternative edu- cation initiative, several bills were introdu...…
…in huge ballrooms like the Gray- stone. Elliot said he searches through record stores to listen to new “old” musicians all the time. As a Detroit jazz artist, under- standing his predecessors is crucial, he said, because it helps contextualize his creative devel- opment. “This music’s been passed down and passed down and passed down, and it would be foolish for me to think what I’m doing is new,” Elliot said. Detroit’s greates...…
…es,” but rock bands were finding less and less space in bars and clubs. At this point Ryder moved to Ann Arbor, finished his degree at the University and opened up PJ’s Records—an experience he described as a “graduate degree in music.” In the early ‘90s, he decided to move back to Detroit, where the scene was on its way back to health, churning out acts like the White Stripes, Eminem and Kid Rock. Ryder bought the then-dilapi- ...…
…The embarrassingly minute coverage on Boko Haram’s recent escalation in Nigeria in both the media and on social media needs to be discussed. It seems our national fixation on the Middle East and Euro-centric ter- ror attacks is blinding us from other pressing humanitarian issues. In a country where the epicenter of our inter- national obsessions lies in the heart of the Mid- dle East, we are ceaselessly bombarded with coverage of ISIS...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Life & Arts Wednesday, February 4, 2015 — 5A MUSIC NOTEBOOK Learn to love Dolly By CARLY SNIDER Daily Arts Writer I have been listening to a lot of Dolly Parton lately and I don’t really know how to handle it. As someone who cringes at the first twang of anything resembling country music, this feeling is particularly surprising. Strange things are happening, and I’ve decided to go with it. ...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com Roses are red, violets are blue, We love the Daily and we hope you do too. ACROSS 1 Beginning on 5 No ordinary party 9 Keister 13 Big Island coffee region 14 Sap-sucking insect 16 Put on board 17 Learning ctr. 18 “Being John Malkovich” director 20 Bit of dust 21 Readies for another voyage 22 “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-star 26 Portions out 29 One making waves 30 Sean Lennon’s mom 31 ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, February 4, 2015 — 7A VICE No glitter for this vampire. Intense indie film transcends genre ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone’ artfully blends cultures By VANESSA WONG Daily Arts Writer Budding screenwriters have it hard. There are more people writing great scripts than can be produced, let alone recognized enough for their auteur to break into the elite cir- cles of cin- ema...…
…Sports 8A — Wednesday, February 4, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Former players give advice for National Signing Day By ALEJANDRO ZÚÑIGA Daily Sports Writer Jim Harbaugh hasn’t spent much time in Ann Arbor since he became Michigan’s football coach, and neither have his assistants. The new staff has been busy visiting and calling top high school recruits in the hope that several will sign a binding National Letter o...…
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…2B Magazine Editor: Ian Dillingham Deputy Editor: Natalie Gadbois Design Editor: Jake Wellins Photo Editor: Luna Anna Archey Illustrators: Megan Mulholland Maggie Miller Managing Editor: Lev Facher Editor in Chief: Jennifer Calfas Copy Editors: Hannah Bates Laura Schinagle Emma Sutherland THE statement COVER BY JAKE WELLINS VIDEO: WHAT IS HAPPINESS? Wednesday, February 4, 2015 // The Statement A nn Arbor is a city bu...…
…Wednesday, February 4, 2015 // The Statement 3B My Cultural Currency: Life’s just a soap opera M y mother and I disagree on everything. That’s how, she says, she’s able to get me fantastic, on-point birth- day and Christmas presents. “I just walk into a store and, if I love something, then I buy you the exact opposite of it. Here, I bought you this shirt. I absolutely hate it though, so I’ll walk two feet in front of you whe...…
…Wednesday, February 4, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, February 4, 2015 // The Statement 5B L et’s lay out a hypothetical scenario: it’s the 2014 guberna- torial election and the statewide results are based solely off the vote tallies in Washtenaw County. The results? To say the least, we’d find a very different state government. A Democratic governor. A Democratic attorney general. A Democratic secretary of state. And, in the onl...…
…Wednesday, February 4, 2015 // The Statement 6B W hen West Quad Residence Hall reopens next semes- ter, residents will have to walk into another Ann Arbor city ward just to eat breakfast. Despite being across the street, South Quad Residence Hall and West Quad are in different wards — meaning they have separate represen- tatives for Ann Arbor City Council. Situations like these arise across the University as all five of Ann Arbor’s ward...…
…T he digital clock flashed 1:23, its red austerity shouting at me. “Mom, hurry up!” It was competition day. I spent my morn- ing gluing on fake eyelashes and my after- noon rushing my mother. My dance team was set to be backstage at 1:30, the venue a 15-minute drive away. I did the math. “One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one-two-three-four,” I heard her chant from behind the shower curtain. “MOM.” “Onetwothreefour, on...…
…Wednesday, February 4, 2015 // The Statement 8B Alex Koi doesn’t just perform music, she embodies it. She has a quiet confidence offstage and the kind of commanding presence onstage that can hold the rapt atten- tion of an audience, whether she’s singing jazz or indie electronic. She says her mind is bursting with melodies that seem effortlessly articulated, as if they always existed. Koi is a senior studying history and jazz vocal perfor...…
