Picture the mad rush of a newsroom. Think of the charged gravity in the moments leading up to the release of the Pentagon Papers, or the entrepreneurial “Newsies” hawking morning papers to make rent. Historically, journalism in fiction has been portrayed as a high stakes, kill-or-be-killed industry…
If you’ve scrolled through the University of Michigan school story on Instagram lately, you may have noticed something: In between people desperately trying to sell their football tickets and jimba spamming the timeline with his bizarre blend of revolutionary communism and social conservatism…
I flew home mid-May with a mission: to read David Foster Wallace’s infamous “Infinite Jest.” Wallace’s 1,079-page novel has gained a reputation for both its length and the snobbishness of its fans since its publication three decades ago. A certain level of self-importance is assumed to be a…
Salt is overturning the earth, and it is the end times: It is Sodom and Gomorrah and it is Yawm al-Qiyamah. It is a miracle. It is a puzzlingly peculiar scientific phenomenon. It is all of these things at once — depending on what you believe in. In Natasha Pulley’s “The Salt King,” the small […]…
This midterm season, eyes all across the country are watching the U.S. Senate race in Michigan between Republican candidate Mike Rogers and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. As a prominent progressive candidate, El-Sayed is gearing up for the race on Nov. 4 and visited the University of Michigan…
Each month, The Michigan Daily publishes a compilation of bills in the Michigan Legislature for students at the University of Michigan to know about. The following article explains five bills that have been introduced, passed or signed into law by the Michigan Legislature or Gov. Gretchen Whitmer…
Oct. 7 to Oct. 10: 30th Annual Edgefest: Freedom at the Edge The Kerrytown Concert House is hosting their 30th annual Edgefest, an award-winning jazz and creative music festival. Edgefest 2026 focuses on the centrality of jazz in American identity, with this year’s theme, “Freedom at the Edge,”…
A $12 million price tag comes with a lot of big expectations: a bountiful trophy cabinet, title dreams and most definitely a consistent stream of Saturday wins. And when those expectations fail to come to fruition, at first it seems logical to blame it on poor investing. It’s doubtful that…
Junior goalkeeper Alen Bean watched as Portland forward Joe Highfield carefully placed the ball on the penalty spot and stepped back to take the penalty kick. Highfield stuttered before powering a low shot toward the center of the goal — while Bean dove to the right and the ball rattled the back of…
It was a tale of two halves for the Michigan men’s soccer team in its matchup against Portland, and the Wolverines couldn’t find any answers until the last possible moment. Michigan (3-4-2) fell to the Pilots (5-3-2), 2-1, in a game characterized by the lopsided performances in both halves. In the…