…In the five years since the 2014 police shooting death of Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser, the city’s law enforcement has worked to undertake reform and increase transparency. While certain city leaders and activists have since left town or moved to new positions, work to increase accountability for law enforcement continues, both in Ann Arbor and elsewhere. Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor was sworn in less than 24 hours a...…
…community and experts. According to Ann Arbor Police Department Chief Michael Cox, AAPD officers receive training in de-escalation, as well as implicit bias training. A new addition to training, however, is incorporating an awareness of mental health. Cox said AAPD and Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department officers are working with community mental health departments to recognize and de-escalate situations with citizens who ...…
…Multicultural Fraternities Multicultural fraternities at the University of Michigan have also reported incidents of over-policing at their tailgates and parties. Before the 2017 Michigan v. Michigan State game, Lambda Theta Phi, a Latin fraternity, and Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically Black fraternity, were issued six minor citations. The citations were for disturbing public peace, creating a nuisance, obstructing police a...…
…Opinion The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 4A — Friday, November 8, 2019 Alanna Berger Zack Blumberg Emily Considine Emma Chang Joel Danilewitz Emily Huhman Krystal Hur Ethan Kessler Magdalena Mihaylova Michael Russo Timothy Spurlin Miles Stephenson 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...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, November 8, 2019 — 5A It was the second distinct time I was lobbied to watch “BoJack Horseman.” This was a few days before I, more willingly, saw Bong Joon-ho’s (“Snowpiercer”) “Parasite.” I had given “BoJack” a chance once before, at another trusted friend’s lobbying, only to be turned off by how on-the-nose the show seemed to be. At the time, I preferred my social commentary to take m...…
…By Jeffrey Wechsler (c)2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/08/19 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 11/08/19 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Release Date: Friday, November 8, 2019 ACROSS 1 Long-nosed fish 4 Took to the cleaners 11 With 29-Down, anticipates potential trouble 14 Burns wrote one on a louse 15 “After this, no more questions” 16 Tahiti, to Gauguin 17 Total confusion at the ...…
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…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 2B Western Michigan Bradley Kent State (N) at Akron Notre Dame at Eastern Michigan Morgan State Syracuse Oakland Appalachian State Florida State (N) at Maryland Penn State Michigan State at Ohio State Nov. 8 Nov. 10 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Dec. 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 14 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 31 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 16 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 ...…
…Bigs leading the way to positionless basketball Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 3B F or decades, basketball has been a mostly specialized sport, with specific, stan- dardized roles drawn up for the different positions on the court. The smaller, more athletic guards captain the offense, take the ball up the floor, call plays, find open team- mates on passes and hit medium to long-range shots. The taller, stronger forw...…
…Fifteen seconds remained in the fourth quarter of the gold-medal match in the Under-19 Women’s World Cup. The United States and Naz Hillmon were staring down the barrel of a defeat to Australia as, back to the basket, Hillmon posted up against an Australian defender on the top of the key. She watched as two of her teammates crossed in front of her, waiting for the inbound and a chance to tie the game at 66. *** Two years earlier, Hill...…
…“I turned to (guard Rhyne Howard’s) mom and I’m like, ‘We did not come to Thailand to get a silver medal.’ “‘What is he going to pull out? What is he possibly going to do?’” It was going to be a long fifteen seconds. Howard went for the first foul, reaching around Australia’s Isobel Anstey. Trying to waste time by avoiding the foul as long as possible, Antsey twisted her upper body back in Howard’s direction. Her elbow went straight int...…
…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 6B Roster breakdown The Michigan women’s basketball team is coming off its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, and for the second consecutive season, the Wolverines have undergone a significant amount of roster turnover. With Hallie Thome and Nicole Munger graduating and Deja Church transferring, Michigan has three starting spots to fill and 30.6 points per game to repla...…
…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 7B Jack Kingsley, Brendan Roose and Kent Schwartz contributed to this story. Michigan finished last season fourth in the Big Ten and with a good chunk of teams competing for real estate at the top of the conference standings, life won’t be getting any easier. Here’s everything you need to know about the Big Ten’s top teams this year. No. 4 Maryland After winning the Big Ten regular season t...…
…Friday, November 8, 2019 // TIPOFF 2019 8B Rutgers The Scarlet Knights enter the 2019-20 season missing four out of five starters from last year’s team that finished third in the Big Ten. They can hope to fill some of that gap with five-star center Maori Davenport, and redshirt junior guard Arella Guirantes also seems poised for a big season — scoring 27 points in Rutgers’ season opener against South Alabama on Tuesday. Still, re...…
