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The Michigan Theater lit up with the sounds of surfy rock music as Southern California-based indie rock band Sun Room headlined Sunday night’s MUSIC Matters SpringFest Night Show. Local band VUP opened the show, warming up the crowd with their high-energy, jazzy style. The band spent their set connecting with the audience, bringing instant warmth…

Several University of Michigan-affiliated labor unions held a discussion panel Thursday afternoon as part of the National Day of Action for Higher Education, a national day of protest against attacks on educational institutions by the federal government. Union leaders discussed the threat posed to higher education by President Donald Trump’s administration, their dissatisfaction with the…

The University of Michigan Faculty Senate held a special meeting Thursday in the Alexander G. Ruthven Building to discuss joining the Big Ten mutual defense compact against President Donald Trump’s administration, urging the reinstatement of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and advocating for more protections for international students. The Faculty Senate currently consists of more…

Turn Up Turnout, a student organization focused on nonpartisan civic engagement, hosted its first event the Maize and Blue Civics series at the Ford School of Public Policy Wednesday evening. The event, titled “The State of Voting Rights,” brought together panelists from All Voting is Local and Campus Vote Project, along with Public Policy students…

More than 200 protesters with the Graduate Employees’ Organization gathered outside Rackham Auditorium Thursday afternoon for an Immigration Rights Solidarity Rally. The protest was a response to 12 recent University of Michigan student visa terminations by the Department of Homeland Security, amongst fears of further visa revocations for international graduate workers.  The protest included a…

Far too many poor souls have been confronted with this modern conundrum: the boyfriend who won’t wear anything but track pants, basketball shorts, weirdly tight sweatpants and random T-shirts.  If you open his closet, you will be greeted with a small collection of gray, black, blue and occasionally neon-colored shirts and hoodies of unknown age…

In postseason play, the Michigan baseball team and Iowa have squared off against one another in each of the past three Big Ten Tournaments.  Trading tragedies and triumphs in 2022, the Wolverines avenged a semifinals loss to the Hawkeyes by defeating them the next day en route to a Big Ten Tournament victory. In 2023,…

After defaulting to second place for the last two years, the No. 2 Michigan men’s gymnastics team will have to put its nerves to good use in the fight for first at the NCAA Championship.  “Nerves usually tend to bring out the best in people,” junior Landen Blixt told The Michigan Daily. “It’s kind of…

Entering the year, the No. 2 Michigan men’s gymnastics team was expected to have three all-around competitors: graduate Paul Juda and junior Fred Richard, who each competed for the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and junior Landen Blixt, who finished 10th at the 2023 NCAA Championships. Blixt joined the Wolverines in the same…

In an effort to improve parking for students, faculty and staff, the University of Michigan is changing its current system for permit holders. In late March, the University’s Logistics, Transportation & Parking announced the new system will utilize license plate recognition, which will require visible license plates on the front and backs of vehicles when…