Daily Digest

12-6-2016

 

Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1) officially resigned from Ann Arbor City Council at Monday evening’s council meeting. The vacancy was immediately filled by Jason Frenzel, who will now serve the remaining year of Briere’s two-year term.

 

Frenzel worked for the city of Ann Arbor from 2001 to 2011 as the Volunteer Outreach coordinator for the city’s Natural Area preservation program. He ran for City Council this year as a Democrat, but lost in the primary to incumbent Councilmember Sumi Kailasapathy (D-Ward 1).

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Dear subscribers,

Sabra Briere has officially resigned from Ann Arbor City Council, and her vacancy was immediately filled by Jason Frenzel, who will now serve the remaining year of Briere’s two-year term. Officials are observing gameday crime trends related to the time and the weather. In sports, we have a review of Michigan football quarterbacks, and Michigan women's basketball narrowly lost to Xavier, 61-58. And from the Arts desk, Sophia Kaufman's take on the new movie "Loving."

All the best,

The Michigan Daily

Offensive woes plague Michigan in 61-58 loss to Xavier

Unlike last year’s offensive blitzkrieg against the Musketeers, the Wolverines uncharacteristically struggled to sink their shots.

2016 Season Review: Quarterbacks

In his first year as a starter, Wilton Speight finished the regular season with 2,375 passing yards and 17 touchdowns against six interceptions.

Officials observe gameday crime trends based on weather, game times

Though crime statistics from the University of Michigan home football game days follow no clear trajectory, police and students have observed trends such as game time and weather that may have influenced arrests, hospitalizations and ejections.

Michigan’s Sept. 17 game against Colorado set the season’s peak for medical emergencies on a football Saturday at 83 treated students, and the Oct. 1 game against Wisconsin set the season peak for ejections from the stadium at 64 people ejected.   

Sophia Kaufman: Love may triumph, but ‘Loving’ doesn't

I walked into “Loving” confident I was about to see a film that would blow me away. The trailer may or may not have made me cry, and I knew that it would add to discussions about the inequalities still faced by people of color, women, and especially the LGBTQ community, in terms of civil rights surrounding the right to love whoever one does.

About thirty minutes in, I was sitting very still in my seat, restraining myself from craning around to see if anyone else was wearing a bewildered expression on their face.

Did You Know?

The Detroit Observatory was built as a research facility for the University of Michigan in 1854. The oldest observatory of its type in the nation, it also housed the third largest telescope in the world.