…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 12, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Higher education, K-12 programs slated to receive funding increases By SHOHAM GEVA and JACK TURMAN Daily News Editor and Daily Staff Reporter Despite a projected short- fall in Michigan both this fiscal year and next, higher education received a funding increase in Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News & Sports Thursday, February 12, 2015 — 3A Goofy, competitive mix for Michigan Wolverines mix sharp focus, fun antics on game days By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer It’s a common misconception that the recipe for winning only includes competitiveness. You also need a pinch of humor. The ingredients seem like they wouldn’t work, but for the Michigan softball team, they do. They coex...…
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…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Weekend Roundup Thursday, February 12, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com Have you purchased the Football Book yet? Do the crossword, then order one. store.michigandaily.com ACROSS 1 Popular 6 Scale syllables 9 Drives away 14 Simple-living sect 15 Guitar attachment? 16 Pope John Paul II’s given name 17 Warm-water ray 18 Ziegfeld with follies 19 Donald Jr.’...…
…Sports 6A — Thursday, February 12, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com PAUL SHERMAN/Daily Michigan coach Red Berenson has been impressed with the quality of Big Ten hockey, despite the conference’s struggles. Wolverines maintain hope for conference By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor For the old diehards of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, this year might be as good as any to wish for its return, even if only ...…
…B The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, February 12, 2015 the b-side University improv group refuses to write scripts Washed-up novelist tries to recapture old glory Rome barely good enough for Daily Food Snob see pg 3B see pg 3B see pg 4B Unable to reach wider audience, Every Three Weekly featured in The Michigan Daily As students walk through the Diag in the middle of the day, they may come across a familiar ...…
…2B — Thursday, February 12, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com “You can’t just write some- thing that’s funny,” said Engineering freshman Peter Flanagan, a recently hired E3W writer. “You have to write something that’s funny and fits the guidelines of a standardized paper, so we’re actually parody- ing something. It’s difficult in that regard, getting used to it, but all the editors are really tal- ented, so the...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Thursday, February 12, 2015 — 3B VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily Midnight Book Club prepares for a long-form improv performance. Midnight Book Club stays off the script By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer As the members of the Mid- night Book Club arrived at Mason Hall for one of their biweekly rehearsals, they were talking to one another about their weekends and the day’s snowy weather. As one membe...…
…4B — Thursday, February 12, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By CAROLYN DARR Daily Arts Writer Someone who describes lines as gorgeous and certain writing as a miracle can only be a poet. Surprisingly, Linda Gregerson didn’t start writing poetry until her early twenties, after she had finished her undergraduate education. “Of course I loved reading poetry and especially my scholarly period of 16th and 17th-cen...…
