Each month, The Michigan Daily’s Administration Beat sits down with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel to discuss important questions about University policy, commitments and challenges. Topics discussed at this month’s interview included the President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality, The Detroit Center for Innovation, the discrimination lawsuit filed against the University and more. At the […]
Posted inWomen's Basketball
How Michigan’s full court press released an offensive monster
So far this season, the Michigan women’s basketball team’s greatest advantages over its mid-major opposition have been its size, speed and strength.
Posted inAdministration
President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality releases interim report detailing ongoing work towards emissions recommendations
The University of Michigan President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality released its first interim progress report in an email to students Monday morning. The report details the commission’s progress on its goal to develop recommendations for reducing carbon emissions on campus by 2025. In an interview with The Daily Monday, Jennifer Haverkamp, co-chair of the President’s […]
Posted inAdministration
Trial for discrimination lawsuit against ‘U’ begins
Current faculty member Emily Lawsin and former faculty member Scott Kurashige filed a discrimination lawsuit in 2016 against the University of Michigan under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. The trial began today at 9 a.m. at the Washtenaw County Court and it is scheduled to continue until December 23. Kurashige and Lawsin are seeking more […]
Posted inMen's Basketball
Daniel Dash: Howard’s marriage of culture and fundamentals shines through
Just seven games into his tenure, the first-year coach has already scored a pair of top-10 wins. In doing so, he slayed two coaching juggernauts in North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Gonzaga’s Mark Few — both of whom rank top-10 in all-time winning percentage — en route to claiming last week’s Battle 4 Atlantis.
Posted inMIC, Michigan in Color
UAAO 2019-2020 board photo series: Can you recognize Angell with all our colors?
With the closing of A/PIA Immigration Awareness Week, we present this year’s UAAO Executive Board annual board photoshoot as an opportunity to raise awareness regarding former University of Michigan president James B. Angell’s role in the creation of the Chinese Exclusion Act, how this established precedence for longstanding anti-Asian rhetoric in the United States, and […]
Posted inHockey, Ice Hockey
Michigan starting to learn how to bend but not break
But the Michigan hockey team has largely struggled to fulfill what its assistant coach has been asking. In three of the Wolverines’ seven Big Ten games before Sunday’s game in Madison, Michigan held a two-goal lead in the second period — four times if you count both the 2-0 and 3-1 leads over Michigan State on Nov. 14.
Posted inFootball
For Michigan seniors, ending brings a familiar refrain
Now, that streak is at eight, with Patterson’s two shots at the Buckeyes ending in blowout losses. Michigan’s traditional seniors at least had victory within their grasp as freshmen and sophomores, but they too leave winless. Only a meaningless bowl game now separates them from the end of their college careers.
Posted inArts, Music
BROCKHAMPTON, slowthai, 100 gecs @ The Masonic Temple
The band pulled several fans onstage during “QUEER,” which was cool to see, but their youth cemented that I was too old to be there (and I’m literally only 20 years old).
Posted inCampus Life
Students start University’s first LGBTQ+ publication
Last month, students at the University of Michigan published the first issue of The Michigan Gayly: LGBTQ+ Issues, a newspaper dedicated to publishing articles related to the LGBTQ+ community. Established this October, the organization is currently made up of about 20 undergraduate and graduate students and publishes an issue every month. Students can pick up […]