…As University of Michigan students began school two weeks ago, approximately 30 international students were unable to matriculate because of delays in their United States visa applications, according to University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen. The three students interviewed in this article all requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation from the United States Department of State. Other identifying information, such as the stu...…
…Several state lawmakers introduced a new expungement reform plan package on Sept. 9. The package includes six separate bills aimed at changing various aspects of the state’s expungement system. Expungement refers to the legal process of sealing a past criminal offence to make them unavailable. If passed, the bills would allow for a shortened eligibility period, expungement for crimes that are currently permissible un...…
…used for the next five years, provided by Axon Enterprise, Inc. City Councilmember Kathy Griswold, D-Ward 2, pointed to the benefits of equipping the city’s police force with more state-of-the-art accountability technology. “I am absolutely thrilled we are moving forward with this purchase,” Griswold said. “My one question is, this is a five- year contract — will this see enough money and does the contract stipulate that we are ...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4 — Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Max Mittleman Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson Finn Storer Nicholas Tomaino Joel Weiner Erin White FINNTAN STORER Managing Editor Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Ed...…
…Grudges are a funny thing — they can last for years, or be over within the span of a week. There is little to no correlation between the pettiness of the original offense and the length of the grudge. They’re a habit that make zero sense, and yet they remain a source of unnecessary strife in many of our lives. Ann Patchett’s newest release, “The Dutch House,” revolves around the familial grudges that can often drive the development of l...…
…JPEGMAFIA’s All My Heroes Are Cornballs rides on the success of his 2018 effort Veteran. The same motifs, tools and ad-libs set the scene again as MAFIA traces back his anguish, trauma and anxiety in his characteristically murky, comical lo-fi rap. His signature “you think you know me” line tags nearly every track, circling back to an ever-persistent theme of there being more pain and truth beneath one’s surface persona. Much like his ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Tuesday, September 17, 2019 — 7 Ambry Thomas details recovery process before season-opener Fans have known about Ambry Thomas’s offseason plight. They saw his triumphant return, featuring an interception in the season-opener against Middle Tennessee State. They even briefly heard from Thomas himself about what it meant to see the field once again after recovering from illness. But ...…
…On May 25, two girls dressed in matching white tops and navy skirts took their posi- tions to play doubles in a tennis match in Or- lando, Fla. But these were no ordi- nary girls, no ordinary outfits and, certainly, no ordinary match. It was the final evening of the NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Tennis Tournament. The two girls that stepped onto that court each had already made history in their own ways and were hungry for one ...…
