…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 13, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Michigan men’s basketball team embarks on its 100th season » INSIDE tip-off Institutional racism must be acknowledged By THE MICHIGAN DAILY Editorial Board The University community is no stranger to protests in recent years with several student groups calling for the administration to improve race relations ...…
…2-News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Under-recruited and often overlooked, senior guard Spike Albrecht enters his final year with the Michigan men’s basketball team with his sights set high. >>SEE TIP-OFF, PAGE 1B 2 Webster reading series WHAT: Hannah Louise Poston and Helena Smith will present their work. WHO: Helen Zell Writers’ Program WHEN: Today from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditoriu...…
…unnamed dystopian society with its main character, Katurian, as a short-story writer. After detectives discover an eerie similarity between the gruesome violence of Katurian’s stories and several recent child murders, he is brought in for questioning. When Katurian hears that his brother Michael has confessed to the murders, including sharing details on their twisted upbringing, Katurian suffocates him as a kind of mercy kil...…
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…TV REVIEW ‘MasterChef Junior’ fun despite its issues By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer If there is one show that makes me feel like I’m underachieving in life, it’s “MasterChef Junior.” Entering its fourth season, the pint-sized spin-off of the hit FOX show “Mas- terChef” continues to present chil- dren of such culinary excellence that it puts most of its viewing audience to shame. I may be able to cook a burger, ...…
…FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily NOW. Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Set into motion 8 Golf alternative, briefly 15 Red bowlful 16 __ Itzá: Mayan ruins 17 Classic leading man who moonlighted at a pharmacy? 19 Second of 24 20 L.A. Kings’ org. 21 Management 22 Fiji’s region 25 Pulitzer-winning writer who moonlighted in a nightly news studio? 32 Saying that often goes without saying 33 Breaks down 34...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts & Sports Friday, November 13, 2015 — 7A TV REVIEW Aimless ‘Donny!’ has yet to find its footing Uninspired comedy relies on tasteless jokes By SAMUEL ROSENBERG Daily Arts Writer One of the most common tropes in television comedies also seems to be one of the most entertaining: famous people playing fiction- alized versions of themselves. Watching celebrities poke fun at their ...…
…8A — Friday, November 13, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com RITA MORRIS/Daily Fifth-year senior Jake Rudock is coming off his best game of the season. FOOTBALL Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Indiana By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor For most of its season, the Indiana football team has had to settle for “close.” Already this season, the Hoosiers (0-5 Big Ten, 4-5 overall) have lost to then-No. 1 Ohio State by seven ...…
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…PREVIEW MICHIGAN BASKETBALL TIP OFF 2015-16 Friday, November 13, 2015 // Tip Off 2B 23-8 Maryland Michigan Michigan State Michigan Melo Trimble, Maryland Mark Turgeon, Maryland Northwestern LeVert Wiltjer Simmons Elite Eight Valparaiso North Carolina Kentucky Kansas Virginia Simon Kaufman Lev Facher Kelly Hall Jacob Gase 23-8 Maryland Michigan Michigan State Maryland Trimble Turgeon Illinois LeVert Tyler Ulis,...…
…LEV FACHER Michigan’s blessing in disguise C aris LeVert is clutching his left foot in agony, a buzzer sounds, and the sellout crowd at Crisler Center is stand- ing and cheering. It’s January 17, 2015, and everybody in the build- ing is celebrat- ing Michigan’s 56-54 win over Northwestern. Everybody, that is, except for LeVert. The prognosis for the Wolverines’ leader in every meaningful statistical category and a near- ce...…
…Dame. Spike made the varsity team at Crown Point High School his sophomore year and shined. In his sophomore season, they played Chesterton, which at the time had future Michigan teammate Mitch McGary. Purdue coach Matt Painter was in the stands to watch McGary, but Albrecht stole the show. Late in the game, after McGary was blocked, Spike took the ball the other way and finished with an and-1 play to help Crown Point win by fou...…
…of Michigan?’ I was in complete shock and I honestly thought — I thought he was messing with me.” * * * Back home, Brumm had been pounding the phones on Spike’s behalf, reaching out to college coaches. Brumm and Michigan assistant coach Jeff Meyer are longtime friends, and when Meyer mentioned Michigan needed a point guard because then- freshman guard Trey Burke might take off for the NBA, Brumm didn’t hesitate to recommend S...…
…of Michigan?’ I was in complete shock and I honestly thought — I thought he was messing with me.” * * * Back home, Brumm had been pounding the phones on Spike’s behalf, reaching out to college coaches. Brumm and Michigan assistant coach Jeff Meyer are longtime friends, and when Meyer mentioned Michigan needed a point guard because then- freshman guard Trey Burke might take off for the NBA, Brumm didn’t hesitate to recommend S...…
…Friday, November 13, 2015 // Tip Off 7B “I don’t want the coaches to be pissed at me or people to think that I don’t care that we just lost the national championship,” Spike remembered thinking. “Because obviously I would have traded all that in to have not played and won the national championship, that’s what mattered to me.” He checked with Bartelstein, and the captain gave him the OK. He pressed send and within minutes his ph...…
…Friday, November 13, 2015 // Tip Off 8B Wolverines deep at every position By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein has a lot of options at guard. Well, he has a lot of forwards, too. This team has no shortage of depth. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, though, it’s going to be difficult to figure out who goes where. “It’s like, one day somebody looks like a million bucks and the other ...…
