Daily Digest

3/31/16

Partially in response to a trend in recent years of writing in Jim Harbaugh as a candidate for various Central Student Government positions, proposed litigation would amend the CSG election code so that write-in candidates can be screened for their prospective positions before receiving votes. It would also emphasize that disqualified or ineligible candidates cannot be elected.

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Dear subscribers,

This year, the Atlanta based hip hop trio Migos will be headlining Springfest, MUSIC Matters' annual charity concert. Central Student Government is considering eliminating the ability for joke write-ins for elections. We take a look at the game-winning moments from Michigan women's basketball's epic comeback victory over Temple to advance to the WNIT semifinals as well as Michigan football's Wilton Speight, whose hard work and patience has put him in the mix for the starting quarterback position. And finally, in this week's edition of The Statement, a look at Mcity and the future of automated transportation.

We hope you enjoy all of this and more as you reach the halfway point of your week.

All the best,

The Michigan Daily

Migos to perform at University of Michigan SpringFest

Campus saw them hit the dab with University of Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh on National Signing Day, and now they’re coming back to the University to give an even bigger show.

The City That Runs Itself: Mcity and the Future of Automated Transportation

On the University’s North Campus there’s a 32-acre urban environment with freeways, dirt roads, road signs and highway tunnels — known as “Mcity.” The field grabbed national and international attention when it opened in July 2015, becoming the world’s first site designed for the purpose of testing driverless cars.

Finally in conversation at quarterback, Speight working to stay there

Speight may not be overlooked anymore, but he is still unheralded compared to redshirt juniors John O’Korn and Shane Morris.

‘Survive and advance:’ Inside Michigan’s game-winning play

Michigan needed a pinch of luck, along with the execution of every intangible element of the game that Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico has hammered into the players’ minds all season.

Did you know?

“The Hudson’s department store (formerly on the streets of Woodward and Gratiot)... for the entirety of its existence it was the second-largest department store in the United States by square footage — only bested by Macy’s Herald Square in New York City.”