Daily Digest

10-6-2016

In the 15 years since Fisch’s first NFL job as an assistant with the Houston Texans, he has built up an extensive knowledge base.

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Dear subscribers,

Today, we're taking a look into how the University's tobacco policy remains murky still. Michigan football's Jedd Fisch's innovative style is helping the quarterbacks thrive, and Xavier Simpson is proving his worth to Michigan basketball. Finally, don't miss this week's b-side, where we bring you stories of student performance art on campus and the 24 hour theatre of Basement Arts.

Stay with us for coverage of Bernie Sander's visit to campus today at 1 p.m. to campaign in support of Hillary Clinton.

All the best,

The Michigan Daily


Simpson more than an understudy at point guard

As Michigan moves on from relying on the basketball minds of Caris LeVert and Spike Albrecht, a perfectionist with great vision like Simpson will bring fresh ideas to a Wolverine backcourt looking for a change in identity.

After five years, University policy on tobacco remains unclear

LSA sophomore Caitlin Walrath was casually smoking a cigarette near the fountain behind the Michigan Union Tuesday night — an area the University of Michigan designates as “smoke-free.”

Walrath was fully aware of the smoke-free policy when she lit her cigarette — after all, smoke-free campus stickers are pasted on trash cans around campus, literature on smoking cessation sits at the front of University Health Service and student ambassadors frequently hand out kits with tools and information about quitting to those they see violating the policy.

Sleepless in Ann Arbor: Inside Basement Arts’ and their annual 24 Hour Theatre

24 Hour Theatre is a project in which several plays are written, rehearsed and performed all within the span of a single planetary rotation, one evening to the next.

Two students share their stories of assault with on-campus performance art

Both of these performance pieces deal with sexual assault, and more broadly, disclosure of trauma, female sexuality and the histories of violence that people bring with them when they arrive on campus.

TBT

On this day, 15 years ago, over 70,000 spectators watched the Michigan and Michigan State hockey game that ultimately resulted in a 3-3 tie. It is still known as one of the largest crowds to ever watch a hockey game.