…More than 50 University of Michigan students and community members gathered Tuesday night in the Diag as part of a vigil commemorating the deaths of civilians due to a U.S-led coalition of airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq. On March 16, an explosion in a Syrian mosque left 46 civilians dead, and between March 17 and March 23, more than 200 civilians were killed in Mosul, as the United States fought to clear membe...…
…HI HUSSEIN. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES MLift Presents Janae Marie Kroc WHAT: Listen to Janae Marie Kroc, a world-champion powerlifter and transgender woman, discuss her motivation and training regimen. WHO: MLift WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Mason Hall, Room 3411 Robo-Sexism Colloquim WHAT: Anthropology Prof. Jenni...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 3A will go unnoticed.” Surrounded by the glow of candles, speakers mourned those lost in the airstrikes, while also emphasizing the importance of remembering the humanity of those killed, rather than statistics portraying the immense number of lives lost. Speeches touched on highly personal topics, such as an Iraqi speaker’s mother loving purple but always wea...…
…A t this point in the Trump presidency — and especially on this campus — criticizing President Donald Trump has become so common and routine that doing so feels unproductive. According to Gallup, Trump’s approval rating is 36 percent — a record low. And on a campus where only 12 percent of students polled before the election said they would vote for Trump, I suspect that approval rating is much, much lower. It doesn’t hel...…
…Every single morning, I wake up to the buzz of my phone alarm. Immediately, I check to see a myriad of notifications popped up on my screen and spend at least ten minutes looking through each one before I wash up and get ready for class. Throughout the day, I find myself constantly clicking and thumbing through Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. Occasionally, I’ll stop to look at a striking image or funny meme, but mor...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Anemic 5 Dukes not among royalty 10 Huge production 14 Rod in a hot rod 15 Kate’s sitcom pal 16 Pilaf base 17 *Rain-X auto product 19 Like port, usually 20 Lacking a key 21 *Manhattan theater district locale 23 Proofer’s mark 25 Feathery layer 26 Oomph 29 Set apart from the group 33 Org. with the staff of Aesculapius in its logo 36 Big name in gas 38 Slam-dance 39 Compres...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 7A ‘M’ defeats UMBC, continues hot start Coming off a bye week following a run of three wins in a row, the No. 20 Michigan men’s lacrosse team defeated Maryland-Baltimore County by a final score of 10-7 on Saturday afternoon. In its first game since the biggest win in the program’s history — a 13-12 victory against No. 10 Penn — Michigan (8-1) was able to...…
…8A — Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MEN’S BASKETBALL Walton selected for 3-point competition It may not be for the reason that he hoped, but Derrick Walton Jr. is going to Phoenix, Ariz. after all. The field for the 29th State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships was announced Tuesday afternoon, and Michigan’s senior point guard found his name among the eight-player group tha...…
…statement THE MICHIGAN DAILY | MARCH 29, 2017 the business of branding the University BEHIND THE BLOCK ‘M’ …
…F raming a personal struggle around a song is tacky. I hate when writers do that. But Lorde’s latest release, a stirring piano ballad called “Liability,” puts into words a form of uncertainty I could never articulate. The 20-year- old songstress has peeled back her angsty exterior to reveal an underlying paradox I know all too well: genuine confidence coupled with a perpetual feeling of loneliness. Her words spill unevenly ...…
…3B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement BY JACKIE CHARNIGA, DAILY STAFF WRITER I t’s a Friday night and my best friend is in town, so you know what that means, my sympathetic critics: This girl walks into a bar. It was VulfPunk Night at the Blind Pig, and the menu featured cover songs of Vulfpeck and Daft Punk by four bands, two of which we actually sampled. My first trip to the Blind Pig may also be my last: This little pi...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 5B Behind the Block ‘M’ the buisness of branding the University b y T i m C o h n, Daily News Editor For more than a century, the University of Michi- gan’s logo — the block ‘M’ — has been an Ann Arbor staple, emblazoned on everything from the Big House scoreboard to the graduation-party cakes of high-school seniors. Despite slight modificatio...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: The Politics of Art-Making Editor’s note: Amy Chavasse is a professor in dance in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Her teaching inter- ests include contemporary dance technique, improvisation, composition and social issues on dance. She is also the artistic director of ChavasseDance&Performance. R estlessness and curiosity have always been...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: A Meditation on Polar Bears E very summer growing up, my entire extended family went to a tiny sum- mer camp on a tiny lake in south- western Michigan for one week. Normally, swaths of children from grade school to high school occupied the campgrounds, but we went for what’s called “Family Furlough,” the period when only families were allowed. Each summer I’d antici...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : T H E F L A M I N G L I P S P H O T O S B Y Z O E Y H O L M S T R O M On March 14, I photographed The Flaming Lips at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Their performance was an incredible experience of sound and color. Music filled the theatre for over two hours, opening with the energetic “Race for the Prize” and ending with the heartfelt “Do You Realize??” ...…
