TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 12, 2014
The Statement magazine explores start-up culture in Detroit
(c) The Michigan Daily
Magazine Editor: Carlina Duan
Features
As startup scene grows, Detroit faces new challenges
Photo by Ruby wallau
Following decades of racial tensions, a notoriously high crime rate and setbacks in the auto industry, Detroit is looking for a new economic driver. And it might just come in the expanding startup scene, where millions have been invested from the public and private sector this decade.
Redefining a space: Trotter hopes to expand its community
In a darkened basement on Washtenaw Avenue, half a dozen students gathered Nov. 7 to watch old episodes of “Scandal” over Coldstone ice cream and waffle cones.
Columns
by Max Radwin
The Writer’s Notebook: The writing process’ process
Illustration by megan mulholland
I read about the writing process a lot, or talk to people about it. There’s apparently some process that you’re supposed to develop so that your writing becomes as good as it can be, some way of going about writing things that’s the right way.
by Mariam sheik
Famous by Association: Why I want to be an Olsen Twin
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are the real fashion icons of today’s generation. Forget about the other celebrities whose job it is to be photographed in certain brands and at specific events.
Personal Statements
This week:
Personal Statement: I didn’t go to my grandmother’s funeral
My grandmother was my fashion icon. As a single mother raising six children in Queens, her hats always matched her gloves, which matched her shoes.
Illustration by megan mulholland
the archives:
Personal Statement: My favorite word
I love the word “creative.” I love the crisp sound of the first syllable and how it seems to mellow down, almost wandering away into ambiguity by the time you finish saying it. It’s a small word, which is good because I’m not particularly fond of long, overly intelligent sounding words. Using them usually indicates an overzealousness to appease.
Personal Statement: Sympathy as Surgeon
I’ve seen more than two-dozen head wounds so far, several burns, countless broken bones, sprains and cuts. I’m not afraid of the blood. I’m not even afraid of dislocated joints. But I am afraid of neurosurgery, which is where I’ve been put for the day.
Daily Digest
Pie (Two Ways)
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Pie can be two things: from the can or a labor of love. Video by Paula Friedrich
by Mariam sheikh
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“I would say that we have a responsibility to the changing society … and racism and sexism do not have to define the future. I want to see a world where people feel free to think and love and socialize as equals, and people feel safe to be themselves. I think that definitely we’ve seen the society and the campus get closer to that every time we have fought for human rights and civil rights and immigrant rights.”
— Leroy Lewis, By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) member