Sam Walters built to operate in Dusty May’s system
Picking up a Michigan men’s basketball program that was in need of a fresh start, Wolverines coach Dusty May had no choice but to attack the transfer portal hard upon his hiring. While the rush to fill out a roster is intense by all means, May found some calm in the storm by narrowing his search. He targeted...
Explore The Impact Of Horses On Human History With “Hark! Follow My Hoofbeats”
METAMORA – Meet Mary Chris Foxworthy. She loves horses and is dedicated to preserving their history. Her passion for horses started when her grandfather owned one of the last horse-drawn milk wagon creameries in the United States. After college, she fulfilled her dream of owning a Morgan horse.Throughout her journey, she has been involved in various equine associations,...
Guilty pleas in mass fentanyl poisoning that killed 6 in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI – Federal prosecutors said two men from Michigan pleaded guilty to criminal charges connected to a mass poisoning in Kalamazoo County that led to at least six deaths.U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten on Oct. 7 announced the guilty pleas of James “Yola” Smith and Patrick Martin of Kalamazoo County for federal...
A poem about Palestinian Identity
My parents gave me the weight of our Palestinian heritagethe echoes of the athan,the warmth of olive trees carried on the desert’s breath,and the chants of generations before me. This is my inheritance, and it resonates in me like a drumbeat too loud for America to bear.But my skin—pale, mistaken for whiteness— conceals my origins, a...
‘Sing Sing’ emphasizes humanity in a prison setting
Deep in the walls of the maximum-security Sing Sing Correctional Facility for males, past hundreds of cold, isolated cells, lays the heart of a beating theatre program. Based on a true story, Greg Kwedar’s “Sing Sing” recounts the experiences of the prisoners participating in the Rehabilitation Through the Arts theatre program at Sing Sing. Kwedar’s use of documentary-style...
UMich community member detained, students pepper sprayed during pro-Palestine protest
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. The TAHRIR Coalition, a group of more than 90 pro-Palestine organizations, organized a walkout outside Rackham Auditorium Monday afternoon to recognize the one-year mark of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack last year. At approximately 5:08 p.m., an altercation broke out...
Jonathan Van Ness podcasts live from Ann Arbor
In a live broadcast of the podcast Getting Curious, host Jonathan Van Ness was joined by Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan public policy and political science professor, Public Policy Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and two student leaders at the Michigan Theater Friday evening. They discussed voting access, voter turnout and political tensions on college campuses. The event was hosted...
Fatherland
A tattered cloth hangs from the lowest branchOf the mango tree: a newfound flag, lost and billowing,Rising and falling like the sleeping baby’s coconut stomach,And I am reminded of why we rise–Lifting ourselves, like bread on the back patio,Catching and releasing the punishing mountain heat.Don’t forget how we raised our fists in defiance yesterday;Kicked up the yellow dirt-dust...
Rubeki Games’s Lorn’s Lure is a memorable, bleak experience.
I’m not exactly sure what the original inspiration for the sparse but memorable collection of “games where you navigate an unimaginably large concrete structure” is, but I’m very happy they’re here. Drawing on “BLAME!” and early entries like NaisanceE, Rubeki Games’s Lorn’s Lure offers a sturdy new entry to this genre. The game follows your ice-pick-assisted pursuit of a...
Amazon Prime Day: July vs. October 2024
Birmingham, MI – October 7, 2024 – Melih Oztalay, CEO of SmartFinds Marketing, joins us in today’s MITechTV show to discuss Amazon Prime Day 2024. Amazon Prime Day has become a major retail event, with consumers and businesses alike looking forward to the incredible deals that surface each year. In 2024, Amazon added a second Prime Day...
