…125 YEARS NEWS • ARTS • OPINION SPORTS • ARCHIVES A SPECIAL ISSUE COMMEMORATING 125 YEARS OF EDITORIAL FRREEDOM A conversation with former Daily editor in chief Ann Marie Lipinski • Page 3A Campus fashion through the decades • Page 4A The rich history of sports at the ‘U’ • Page 6A Why the Opinion pages matter • Page 8A Hill Auditorium’s star-studded history • Page 11A …
…R ebecca Blumenstein was edi- tor in chief of The Michigan Daily during her last year on staff while at the University. Today, she is deputy editor in chief at The Wall Street Journal. She started her time at the Journal in Detroit in 1995 before becoming the Jour- nal’s China bureau chief from 2005 to 2009. There, she led the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 2007. Q: What was your experience like w...…
…By JENNIFER CALFAS Editor in Chief Ann Marie Lipinski’s name doesn’t just grace the wall — it illuminates it. Her name, sitting alongside seven others, hangs on the wall at the entrance of the Daily’s news- room — noting her Pulitzer Prize from 1987 that she received for her work as editor of the Chicago Tribune — where she was the first female editor. But her legacy goes beyond just that. As a co-editor of The Michi- gan Daily...…
…8-TMD 125 ARTS Tuesday, September 29, 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com 4A Tree Town’s stylish history A look back at Ann Arbor’s 20th-century fashion By CAROLINE FILIPS Daily Arts Writer With locals defined by their trademark insouciance and a student population primarily invested in its studies, fashion has never been on the average Ann Arborite’s radar. By simply surveying the streets of Ann Arbor, the correc...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 5A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary An illustrious literary history at the ‘U’ Ann Arbor writing community continues to grow By HAILEY MIDDLEBROOK Daily Arts Writer Last January, on one of those frozen nights where the coffee shop windows fog up too much to see in from the outside, I journeyed across campus to a cozy bookshop called Literati. The store, sti...…
…SPORTS Tuesday, September 29, 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com 6A 1865 The University introduces baseball as the first competitive varsity sport. 1901 The football team wins its first national championship. 1879 game, beginning a rich tradition. 1902 Michigan football Bowl. 1908 The men’s basketball team is formed. Inside 125 years of Michigan sports history By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The his...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 7A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary 1977 Diver Christina Seufert earns the individual national championship. Former Michigan player Jim Harbaugh returns as the head coach of the football team. 1948 Men’s ice hockey wins its championship. 1973 hockey begins as the first female sport. 1989 The men’s basketball team wins its championship. 1972...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Committing to objectivity T he relationship between Americans, newspapers and editorial freedom is a tangled mess of a story, with blood and ink dripping slowly down its winding pages. Evidence suggests this story began in 1690 when Benjamin Harris published the first and only edition of...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 9A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary transformational digital opportu- nities and stay financially viable? I would love to listen in on the conversations you all have about this and know how you balance Daily values worth preserving with the need to train success- ful leaders and assure a relevant future for the newsroom. CALFAS: The issue of simul- taneously adap...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10A — Tuesday, September 29, 2015 One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary 1817 At Fort Meigs, Ohio: A treaty is reached between Michigan’s Territorial Governor, Lewis Cass, and Native American Tribes (Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomy). Cass persuades Native Americans to give 3,840 acres of land in exchange for Native Americans becoming eligible to enroll at the University. Native Americans a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 11A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Hill performances through the years Sports writers recall their favorite road trips Traveling to cover games across the country is a sacred Daily tradition By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer There’s only one thing that could connect the dots between an impounded car in Chicago, a week in Hawaii, a 1,000- mile drive to O...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 12A — Tuesday, September 29, 2015 One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary TODD NEEDLE/Daily Point guard Trey Burke is congratulated by his teammates after sinking a game-tying 3-pointer in the Sweet 16 game against Kansas on March 29, 2013. KRISTOFFER GILETTE/Daily Sophomore forward Chris Webber, upset over his last-minute timeout error, is con- soled by a teammate as he exits the NCAA championship gam...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 29, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 135 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2B OPINION.....................4B ARTS........................... 5B SPORTS ......................7B SUDOKU..................... 2B CL ASSIFIEDS...............6B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM TMD celebrates ...…
…comparative literature, said the plan was formed without sufficient faculty input. “It has not been debated at SACUA and it has not been debated at Senate Assembly, and so we feel like there hasn’t been enough broad consultation because this is something that affects everyone, faculty and students,” Weineck said. Comments written on the evaluations will not be released, nor will the data collected from course evaluations of c...…
…known, the level of competition lower and the revenue far small- er. As a symbolic measure of com- parison, Michigan Stadium’s list- ed capacity is 107,601 spectators. Brown Stadium’s is 20,000. Schlissel stepped into a world that was, at least in this respect, much different than the one he left. While he doesn’t have to run this world, he does have to over- see it, and his first year forced him to be more involved than a number o...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…New York for 24 hours to see “Hamilton” off-Broadway. Sitting in the second row and being spat on by Jonathan Groff dressed in full monarchial garb is still one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton’s rap battle is one that awill live on in my heart forever. “Hamilton” keeps the audience’s attention through its subtle humor and quickly executed lyrics and presenting a figure of Ameri...…
…ACROSS 1 Diagram with axes and coordinates 6 Very top 10 Shift neighbor, on PC keyboards 14 St. __ Girl beer 15 Guard site 16 Nabisco cookie 17 Like stickers that smell when rubbed 20 Buckwheat dish 21 Court order to all 22 Fruit seed 23 Drop-down __ 25 Like some microbrews 27 Little girl’s makeup, so they say 33 Crisp covering 34 Welfare 35 Firebird roof option 38 What cake candles may indicate 39 On the rocks 42 Bart Simpson’s grandpa 43 See...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 7B Kalis realizing potential, appreciating every minute By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor This past summer, during the conditioning program before his redshirt junior season, Michigan offensive guard Kyle Kalis thought to himself. He had shown potential as a five-star recruit out of Lakewood, Ohio. But in the two seasons he had spent on Michiga...…
…8B — Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Henry Poggi, switch to offense was a family affair By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor In the minutes before the Michigan football team began its rout of Brigham Young this weekend, an unfamiliar face flashed across the Michigan Stadium video boards as an offensive starter. He had been a defensive lineman as recently as last season, but now he woul...…
