…When Rackham student Surojit Sural, Ph.D. candidate in molecular and integrative physiology, was deciding on leaving his home country of India for Japanese or American doctorate programs, he chose the University of Michigan for what he said was its prestige, location and financial support. His peers were accepted to high-ranking European universities, but also chose American schools due to their financial...…
…While football fans streamed into Michigan Stadium on Saturday morning, Brian Ellison, a Libertarian running for U.S. Senate, held up a sign that read “say no to oral,” written in permanent marker. Along with a half dozen others at the corner of South Main Street and East Stadium Boulevard, Ellison, a resident of Royal Oak, protested the Preliminary Oral Fluid Analysis pilot program recently launched by the Michigan Sta...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, November 27, 2017 — 3A speakers around the world. After Spanish, it’s the most spoken romance language and it has more speakers than all the others, French, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, all of them, except Spanish, combined. So that’s how big it is. It’s huge and yet … (Portuguese has) struggled to get (a program) because people don’t see the relevance of it. Even though the nu...…
…I n four years here, I have never really played the role of outspoken critic as it pertains to University administration. That is, though I may have strongly disagreed with any number of decisions made by University President Mark Schlissel and the Board of Regents, I never truly questioned the fact that they were responsible, thoughtful public servants who had the best interests of the University communit...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, November 27, 2017 — 5A NETFLIX The 1986 film hits the small screen of Netflix. Lee revamps for TV his hit ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ The director’s 1986 debut recieves a refreshing makeover Love yourself, even if society doesn’t want you to. That seems to be one of the many underlying messages of “She’s Gotta Have It,” the refreshing television adaptation of Spike Lee’s (“Oldboy”) ...…
…6A —Monday, November 27, 2017 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com BIG MACHINE What happened, Tay?? Who is to blame for Swift’s latest album ‘reputation’? The new album is a digression from the Taylor we knew & loved When I turned 16, my friend gave me a copy of Taylor Swift’s then newest album, Red, to accompany me in my newfound freedom behind the wheel. Much of the record soundtracked my late night drives spe...…
…Dealt a bad hand In Saturday’s loss, Ohio State did what Michigan has tried to do all year: win with its backup quarterback. » SportsMonday Column, Page 2B New chapter Wilton Speight announced Sunday afternoon, through Instagram, that he will be transfering from Michigan for the 2018 season. » Page 4B It was all there for the taking. With 2:47 left in the fourth quarter, Michigan needed 77 yards. 77 yards to beat a tea...…
…2B — Monday, November 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN A stacked deck T he play was routine. With just over six minutes remaining in the third quarter, J.T. Barrett scrambled for 10 yards on 2nd-and-11. Fifth-year senior linebacker Mike McCray brought Barrett down by his legs. Barrett stood up, then grabbed at his right knee and went back to the turf. The trainers came ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Monday, November 27, 2017 — 3B Reality check T he sobering reality was clear well before Ohio State scored just prior to the final horn to cap off a brutal weekend for the Michigan hockey team. This reality was especially sobering because it was a new one. For two straight nights, the Wolverines had been dominated in every facet of the game and run off their home ice. Th...…
…4B — Monday, November 27, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Chase Winovich reached out at the air, grabbing at something that wasn’t quite concrete and had already passed him by. He spoke in platitudes of just how close the Wolverines were to finally beating Ohio State. Except this time, they weren’t really platitudes at all. Michigan really could touch victory, and actually could taste it. But in the end, ...…
