Amid NCAA scandal, Beilein remains unblemished
While coaches around the country plan calculated responses with public relations staff to fend off reportersâ inquiries, Beilein doesnât have to sweat.
Daily Digest
Thursday, October 5, 2017
âI can say âIâm gayâ so easily now, but for the majority of my life those words held me hostage,â one performer said.
Public Policy junior Lena Dreves recently started approaching student groups and organizations for support to create a LGBTQ Monologues event happen, which was ultimately co-sponsored by the Spectrum Center and LGBT+ Michigan. Dreves wanted to bring to light the experiences of members of this community, and saw this come to fruition at the first annual event Wednesday night.
Dear subscribers,
Today, we have coverage of the release of University President Mark Schlissel's personal emails from his University account during and following the 2016 election. Additionally, we take a look at recent FBI investigations into violations at college basketball programs. Wednesday, the first LGBTQ Monologues event drew students to the Michigan Union, while in downtown Ann Arbor, hundreds protested at the Blake Transit Center following the AAPD's violent arrest of Ciaeem Slaton, a Black 16-year-old, last week. Finally, we have a reflection on being Asian American.
All the best,
The Michigan Daily
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University settles FOIA lawsuit, releases Schlissel's emails during 2016 presidential election
Wednesday afternoon, the University of Michigan settled its FOIA lawsuit with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy to release University President Mark Schlisselâs personal emails from his University email account during and following the 2016 presidential election.
Hundreds protest AAPD violent arrest of teen
Hundreds of Ann Arbor residents marched Wednesday night from the Blake Transit Center to City Hall to protest last week's violent arrest of Ciaeem Slaton, a Black 16-year-old who was waiting at the BTC for a bus home.
Schrödingerâs Asian
Anyone who has ever met me knows that asking about my racial and ethnic identity is the quickest way to confuse me. But there is one particular question that perpetually haunts me: Am I Asian? The answer: maybe? I find myself selectively identifying as Asian American. Sometimes it just depends on the day. Other times, itâs based on whom Iâm with. Most often, Iâm not just Asian American but Iâm South Asian American; the South is key.