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Before budget presentation, lawmakers talk higher ed. Appropriations subcommittee considers funding history, financial aid By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
LANSING — The Appropriations subcommittee on Higher Education met Thursday to discuss how the higher education budget will be laid out for the
upcoming year. Higher education advocates have expressed several areas of concern over the potential for a cut in funding in the upcoming budget, following both a projected deficit and a proposed change in where the University’s state funding comes from. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to announce his budget Wednesday. The deficit stems from an unexpectedly high number of businesses cashing in on previously allocated tax credits in the state’s general budget. Initial
estimates from the House Fiscal Agency put the deficit at $454.4 million, but more recent reports from Michigan Budget Director John Robert estimate about $325 million. Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor), a member of the committee, said in an interview after the meeting that the deficit could have a significant impact on higher education institutions in the state. “The budget deficit certainly puts pressure on higher education funding, and that’s going to make
it more difficult for us to continue to make progress on funding our institutions of higher learning in a way that makes sense,” he said. In May, the state’s electorate will vote on a series of proposed bills that are intended to provide funding to fix Michigan’s roads. As part of the plan, the School Aid Fund will only be eligible for use by community colleges and K-12 programs. Public universities in the state currently receive close to 13 percent of their state funding from See BUDGET, Page 3
New state policy requires parents to receive education before opting out By IRENE PARK Daily Staff Reporter
Health officials declared measles eliminated from the United States in 2000, but the recent outbreak in December, originating in Disneyland, has resulted in 102 measles cases during January alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Common vaccines protect against serious diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, polio, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and chickenpox. In an interview with CBS on Sunday, CDC Director Thomas Frieden said the CDC has seen a growing number of people who are not vaccinated in recent years, which makes communities more vulnerable to such outbreaks. “That number is building up among young adults and adults in society,” Frieden said. “And that makes us vulnerable. We have to
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Race relations shape Detroit’s narrative City’s unique makeup prompted tension, clashes between residents By WILL GREENBERG and ALLANA AKHTAR Daily News Editor and Daily Staff Reporter
Even in a country shaped by race relations, Detroit stands out. The story of race in the city has its own complexity beyond that of many others. However, so often the story gets reduced down to one topic: the racial clashes in 1943 and 1967. Those events are notable moments in Detroit history, but the long-term circumstances and story surrounding them are often lost to oversimplification. Melba Joyce Boyd is a distinguished professor and chair of the Wayne State University Africana Studies Department, with a long list of literary accolades. Boyd grew up in Detroit. Her family started out in the southwest side of the city but eventually moved to Conant Gardens, where Boyd’s mother still lives. While discussing the racial history of Detroit overall, Boyd is quick to point out that the topic is nuanced. “It’s more complicated than outsiders understand,” she said.
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make sure that measles doesn’t get a foothold in the U.S.” Richard Besser, ABC News’ chief health and medical editor, said on ABC News last month that unvaccinated children are at risk of falling sick with various diseases, and also put vaccinated people around them at risk because vaccines are not 100-percent protective. In an e-mail interview, Mary Tocco, director of vaccine research at Michigan Opposing Mandatory Vaccines, said unvaccinated children are not the problem. She said measles vaccines are ineffective and unvaccinated children are blamed to hide this reality. Tocco added that the media is overhyping how dangerous the outbreak really is. “This witch-hunt for unvaccinated children is a smokescreen for vaccine failure!” Tocco wrote. “(Measles) is not an epidemic! As of Jan. 23, 2015, there are only 101 people in 11 states that have measles!” Suzanne Waltman, president of Michigan Opposing Mandatory Vaccines, said the risks of vaccination outweigh the benefits, mentioning severe side effects, the See VACCINES, Page 3
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“Race relations in Detroit have sort of been dynamic depending what period of history you’re looking at.” From the outset of Detroit’s founding, race helped develop of the city, starting with the indigenous population who had already formed a society before the French arrived and created what is known as Detroit today. Boyd noted the unique racial dynamic of Detroit’s early years, pointing to both the role of free Black explorers accompanying the French in founding the city, as well as the fact that a large portion of the slaves held were Native Americans. Moving forward in the city’s history, Detroit played a significant role for Blacks during the Civil War because of its proximity to Canada. The city’s Underground Railroad network out of the country offered freedom from both slavery and oppression for free Blacks. Boyd said at the outset of the Industrial Revolution, the beginnings of the auto industry in the city and the subsequent appeal of plentiful work attracted both southern Blacks and whites to Detroit. That demographic trend meant that at the same time the city was seen as a source of prosperity for many Black families, a public sympathizer with the Ku Klux Klan was also elected mayor briefly in 1930. See DETROIT, Page 3
City Council to partner with DTE to increase city sustainability By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter
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History Prof. Juan Cole speaks at the International Institute Round Table on Free Speech on the Front Lines at the Michigan League on Thursday.
‘U’ round table examines challenges to free speech Professors explore implications of ‘The Interview,’ rights restrictions By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter
While buzz surrounding the release of “The Interview” may not have resulted from the movie’s merit, the cyber hack in response to its approaching release sparked a national conversation on freedom of speech in the face of a possible terrorist
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threat. Recent international challenges to free speech in pop culture and in print were the topic of the International Institute’s Round Table on Thursday evening at the Michigan League. The round table included Prof. Juan Cole, director for the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Daniel Herbert, associate professor of screen arts and culture; and Law Profs. Herzog and Steven Ratner. Prof. Karla Mallette, director of the Center for European Studies and Islamic Studies Program, served as the modera-
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tor for the discussion and said the panel was held to consider recent challenges to freedom of speech, which she characterized as the “conceptual cornerstone of liberal society.” To open, Mallette cited the recent controversy over “The Interview” and how its plot, which revolved around the assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, resulted in a cyber attack on Sony Pictures. “The movie essentially blew up in Sony’s hands, making Sony Pictures a target in one of the most successful cyber-terrorism See ROUND TABLE, Page 3
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Here comes the sun. At the Ann Arbor City Council meeting Monday night, councilmembers approved a contract between the city of Ann Arbor and DTE Energy to build a solar panel farm at the Ann Arbor Municipal Airport. Nearly 14 acres of city-owned land, located just south of Ann Arbor, will be used to create the solar farm. Councilmember Sabra Briere (D–Ward 1), Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor (D) and Councilmember Mike Anglin (D–Ward 5) co-sponsored the initiative. Briere wrote in an e-mail interview that the 20-year contract is renewable and all revenue produced will go directly toward funding airport improvement projects like replacing aging hangars. According to the contract, DTE Energy will be responsible for building and maintaining the project. “DTE will build the array, and will pay the City based on solar energy produced — between $41K See SOLAR, Page 2
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The University of Michigan Health System recieved a donation of an undisclosed amount from the Joyce and Don Massey Family Foundation to fund a new center for the treatment of traumatic brain injuries.
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WHAT: Lisa King of the University of Tennessee will lead a lecture on how recent museum exhibitions on Native and Indigenous populations have had to adjust their approach to stay relevant. WHO: Department of American Culture WHEN: Today from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall
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Dean and Sam face a new case about mysterious disappearances accompanied by flashes of bright light in a episode which also features one brother reverting back to his teenage self.
WHAT: This event will feature a screening of the documentary “Saving 10,000: Winning a War on Suicide in Japan,” followed by a discussion on suicide prevention in Japan. WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons – Forum Hall
WHAT: The University Symphony Band will premiere Michael Daugherty’s “Reflections on the Mississippi” with U-M alum Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium
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House Speaker John Boehner announced that Pope Francis will address the U.S. Congress in a joint meeting Sept. 24. He will be the first pope to speak to Congress directly in U.S. history, USA Today reported.
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LSA student government hosts New data science major set to discussion on entrepreneurship be launched next fall semester Six alumni speak on their experiences building and sustaining startups
between students and alumni. “It’s a great way for students with specific interests to meet with the right people rather than just having a general group of alumni so that students can really feel that they’re having a meaningful experience,” Gips said. Josh Buoy, co-creator of brand consultancy firm Snowday, and Lisa Bee, owner of Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, attended the event. Jason Harper, director of online strategy for FordDirect, and Fiona Ruddy, director of Eastern Market’s food access programs, were also in attendance. Jeff Sorenson, co-founder of optiMize, and Rich Yoo, the vice president of innovation at Mattson & Co., spoke as well. “Our speakers are from a diverse range of backgrounds,” Rickles said. “They have diverse entrepreneurial experiences
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The LSA Student Government hosted an alumni connections event on entrepreneurship and the liberal arts Thursday night in the Michigan Union Pond Room. The event, called “Innovate Your Future,” featured six alumni guests. Members of the Student Assembly’s academic affairs committee, LSA sophomore Julia Gips and LSA senior Rachel Rickles created the event in light of the new LSA Sudoku Syndication entrepreneurship minor as well as to facilitate relationships
and that’s something that we wanted to highlight given the relevance of the new minor.” The event was organized in a round robin style, where the alumni rotated around small groups of students and spent approximately 10 minutes talking with each group. Students were encouraged to approach individual alumni after the round robin discussions finished. The speakers told students about their reasons for becoming entrepreneurs and how they got to where they are today. “I was frustrated with the fact that so many students would come up with awesome ideas in classes I was in and then classes would end and no one would do anything,” Sorenson said while discussing why he created optiMize. Many of the alumni explained the importance of finding a niche and meeting a need not currently being met when considering creating a startup. They also spoke about entrepreneurship as a tool for EASY social improvement. “No matter what you do or who you work with, it’s about trying to solve problems and make lives better,” Buoy said. The passion needed to become an entrepreneur was discussed as well. “If there’s not enough drive, you can take a 100 business classes and it’s not going to help,” Bee said. One attendee, LSA freshman Josh Carn-Saferstein, noted his passion for entrepreneurship and the opportunities the event offered. “I just love everything about entrepreneurship,” Carn-Saferstein said. “I know possibilities are endless but you don’t realize what you can do until you actually go out and do something.”
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been discussing launching this program for about two years. He said they expect it to start small, but added that it will likely grow due to employer demand for candidates with data science training. By KATIE PENROD “There’s a lot of demand for Daily Staff Reporter people who are training as data scientists,” he said. “The field The University will offer a covers a number of different new program in data science, areas that no single department beginning in the fall semester of right now in LSA offers.” 2015. The program will start with According to an e-mail sent to a major only, but Nair said he informatics students last month, expects a minor will follow soon the new Data Science program afterwards. will ultimately take over the Data LSA junior Annemarie EllMining and Information Analy- man, who is currently on the sis track within the informatics informatics Data Mining and major. All students already pur- Information Analysis track, said suing the latter track can still she thinks data science is a huge finish it, or choose to switch over field, especially for careers in to a major in data science. Com- information systems. pared to the previous program, According to the Michigan http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ Data Science will be more inter- Institute for Data Science webdisciplinary in nature, including site, data science is now widely courses in electrical engineering accepted as a fourth mode of and computer science. scientific discovery, along with Vijay Nair, a professor of sta- theory, physical experimentation tistics and industrial and opera- and computational analysis. A tions engineering, as well as one 2011 McKinsey Global Institute of several faculty leaders of this report estimated that the United new program, said faculty have States will face a job shortage by
2018 of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical skills. Additionally, Ellman said the program will open doors for College of Engineering students. She said while informatics is mainly an LSA program, many of the additional classes required for Data Science are electrical engineering and computer science classes, which Engineering students have to take within their program already. “Since data is a huge topic, especially big data, I think it will attract more College of Engineering students interested in pursuing something that focuses more on data science,” she said. LSA senior Reid Mechanick, who is also on the data mining track, said in his experience, employers have found itimportant that he knows how to understand and analyze data. Though he is a senior and already finished with most of his requirements, he said many younger students he has talked with are considering switching over to the Data Science program, and there’s lots of student interest in the program.
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DTE has similar solar panel contracts including one with Monroe County Community College, Blue Cross Blue Shield in Detroit, Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, two with General Motors plants and two with the University. Simons cited Ann Arbor’s interest in increasing the city’s use of renewable energy as a motivation for the councilmembers to approve the contract. Taylor said the solar panel initiative is part of a larger plan to improve the city’s sustainability efforts. “We have a sustainability framework which provides the direction for some of these city actions,” Taylor said. “We have a climate action plan to increase See SOLAR, Page 3
and $81K per year,” Briere wrote. “The City will make no investment other than the land.” During Monday’s meeting, Briere said the Ann Arbor airport is the best place for the solar panel to be installed because it is far enough from residences, a concern among some opposed to the contract. Scott Simons, a spokesman for DTE Energy, said the contract between the energy company and Ann Arbor is part of a larger company goal to derive 10 percent of the company’s produced energy © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com from renewable sources. Under Michigan’s 2008 Clean, Renewable and Efficient Energy Act, Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com!
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Michigan electricity suppliers are required to include at least this amount of renewable energy by 2015. Ninety percent of DTE’s renewable energy will come from wind energy, with the remaining 5 percent derived from solar energy and biofuels, Simons said. DTE’s initiative to use more renewable energy sources includes customer-owned and utility-owned programs. The utility-owned programs require that the company partner with a host organization. In this case, the host organization is the city of Ann Arbor. Simons said 20 utility-owned sites like the one planned in Ann Arbor have already been built and another six will be finished by the end of 2015.
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VACCINES From Page 1 chemical makeup of vaccines and potential contribution to the recent increase in autism. “We have to consider that vaccination is a toxin,” Waltman said. “You are injecting yourself with a virus, mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde.” Waltman added that she believes the best way to fight diseases is by maintaining a healthy immune system through natural methods such as proper nutrition and exercise. Gary Freed, professor of pediatrics and community health, holds a different viewpoint. He said vaccines are beneficial because they prevent life-threatening illnesses. He also said research shows vaccines are safe, and that studies emphasizing the danger of vaccination are incorrect and have been discredited. Freed denied the link between vaccinations and autism. “There have been many scares about the side effects of vaccines,” Freed said. “From research that has been proven incorrect, has been fraudulent, has been discredited, yet still lives on the Internet and is still spoken about by people.” Michigan is one of 20 states that exempt people from vaccination for non-medical reasons, including religious and personal beliefs. Forty-eight states allow exemptions for religious reasons, but not for personal beliefs. Robert Ernst, medical director at the University Health System medical director, said this law prevents UHS from building a vaccination registry that would keep track of the students’ vaccination records. Ernst said as a result, UHS does not know the exact rate of unvaccinated students. “We don’t really know,” he said. “There is no such statute for individuals entering college in Michigan, so we have not had a very robust registry of individual stu-
BUDGET From Page 1 the School Aid Fund, as part of the $1.2 billion they receive from the General Fund. The Snyder administration has said the funding will now come entirely from the General Fund, as was the practice several years ago. In addition to the monies from the General Fund, 13.5 percent of higher education funding comes from state-restricted funds, and 6.4 percent from federal funds. These in total comprise the over $1.5 billion that is distributed to colleges and universities across the state. During the meeting, representatives highlighted that higher education funding has seen significant cuts in the past few decades, which has resulted in a rise in tuition. Over the past few years, state funding has fluctuated — in 2011, Snyder cut funding for higher education by 15 percent, but has raised it incrementally since. 2002 was the first year that the amount that the state appropriates was less than the amount paid by students, according to a report presented at the meeting by Marilyn Peterson, committee clerk and senior fiscal analyst. Since then the gap between student tuition and state appropriations has only grown, according to the report. Students contributed 71.4 percent of the total $5.9 billion that comprised the Public University General Fund Revenue for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. State appropriation only made up 21.3 percent of it, and 7.3 percent came from other sources. “With the increasing reliance on tuition and fees, and decreasing on appropriations, the numbers simply work out that it becomes more difficult to make a large impact with state appropriation dollars,” Peterson said. Irwin said the issue of rising tuition isn’t new, but rather had accumulated over a long period of time. “You can draw a straight line between declining state support for higher education and increasing tuition,” Irwin said, “That’s what’s driving the outrage in student debt loads, and that’s the problem that the last couple decades of budgeting has caused.” The majority of the committee also asked questions regarding how Michigan’s state funding to student funding ratio compared to other states’, which Peterson said she wasn’t certain.
dents’ vaccination record to know the percentage of students who are unvaccinated.” Since Jan. 1, a new Michigan Department of Community Health policy requires parents in Michigan to receive education from a health worker before opting their children out of vaccination for nonmedical reasons. Freed said parents not vaccinating their children for non-medical reasons does not have a benefit, but rather leaves children at risk for potential consequences of the diseases, such as paralysis from polio or brain damage from whooping cough. In the end, the parents make the ultimate choice to vaccinate their children or not, not the clinicians. According to Freed, parents refusing to vaccinate their children can lead to doctors refusing to treat the children in the future. “(Some doctors) don’t want those children to put the other children at the practice at risk of preventable diseases,” Freed said. “Some also believe that if parents don’t trust the physician’s judgment for advice for regarding something basic like immunizations, then they are unlikely to develop a shared vision for the care for their children for other preventive care, or care when the child becomes ill.” Sarah Clark, associate research scientist at the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, said college students are not traditionally considered “vulnerable,” but they are at risk since they live in close proximity to one other and suffer from unhealthy conditions such as sleep deprivation. As a result, it is easy for a disease to spread through dorms and houses. Clark added that students still could get vaccinated if they did not as children, and they should do it as soon as possible to minimize the chances of exposing themselves to the preventable diseases. “The time to (get vaccinated) is now,” she said.
The largest percent of the $1.5 billion that state institutions receive in appropriations — 88.4 percent — goes directly to universities through University Operational Support. The University of Michigan receives more funding for operational support than any other in the state: $295.2 million. The amount that each university receives is calculated based on the institution’s number of full-time students. Seven percent of the remaining higher education appropriation goes to financial aid, 3.9 percent goes to MSU AgBioResearch/ Extension, 0.4 percent goes to other university funding, and the remaining 0.3 percent is appropriated to other higher education programs. During the meeting, members of the subcommittee asked whether the $500,000 provided for the North American Indian Tuition waivers is enough. The North American Indian Tuition waiver gives free tuition to Michigan public higher education students of at least one-quarter Native American descent. State Rep. Michael McCready (R–Birmingham), the committee chair, asked what happens if there are more students of Native American descent enrolled in public institutions than the amount of money allocated to the fund. “What’s presumed to be rolled up into the University Operations Grants does fall short of the actual cost of the tuition waiver programs,” Peterson said. She added that universities typically make up the shortfall through their general funds. The subcommittee also questioned whether language about the portion of financial aid funding currently allocated to the Michigan Competitive scholarship, which provides aid to students who attain a qualifying ACT score and demonstrate financial need, will be rewritten to reflect the fact that public schools in Michigan will now take the SAT instead of the ACT. Besides the budget, the committee also discussed a concern for the future — the decrease in student enrollment in higher education in Michigan. There has been a growing trend of students not completing high school and in turn not going on to college, Peterson told the committee. At least in the immediate time frame, that trend is not expected to change, she added. However, unlike other schools in the country, the University did not experience a significant decrease in enrollment for the fall 2014 term.
DERTOIT From Page 1 On top of that, Detroit also experienced the conflict between Blacks and whites seen in most all U.S. cities, such as housing discrimination, police brutality and segregated schools and businesses. These issues would persist throughout the 20th century and shape much of the city’s racial history. What made Detroit stand out from the broader national narrative, Boyd said, was that despite clear discrimination towards the Black community — similar to many other areas — the city also had uniquely prosperous AfricanAmerican neighborhoods. “By the time you get to 1967, Black people are probably enjoying a better economic existence than any other place in the country,” Boyd said. “In Detroit, Black people lived in houses; they didn’t live in tenement buildings. That’s a huge difference on quality of life.” Racial clashes in Detroit “It had this feel of being a city under siege, of being attacked.” Marian Krzyzowski, director of the University Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy, recounted his experience living through the 1967 Detroit “race riot” as being surreal, movie-like. At 19 years old during the events, Krzyzowski recalled seeing stores in his neighborhood burned and tanks and U.S. soldiers scattered throughout the city. He remembers sleeping with his family downstairs and away from any windows to the sound of distant gunfire. “Essentially, it was a war zone,” he said. In Detroit’s history, two major — and at least partly racially motivated — clashes prompted federal Army intervention, caught nationwide media attention and led to brutality, extensive property damage and murder. The first incident took place in June 1943. History Prof. Charlie Bright and Assistant History Prof. Stephen Ward said leading up to the 1943 riot, Detroit had been experiencing an influx of new residents from the South, both white and Black, in the wake of the new jobs created through the booming auto industry. Though jobs for the migrants were plentiful, housing was not. No new housing had been constructed since the Great Depression, and Black residents were excluded from almost all public housing projects, forcing them to cram into 60 square blocks on the city’s east side, an area that ironically came to be known as “Paradise Valley.” In response to the overcrowding and shortage of living spaces for both Blacks and whites, in 1941, the Detroit Housing Commission approved two sites for housing projects, one for Blacks and one for whites, in a predominantly white area. Many whites protested the project and upon its completion, when Black citizens had already signed leases, over 1,000 white residents picketed, vowing to keep out any Black residents. The tension over housing, overcrowded public facilities and the brutal heat of the summer all led to several small-scale scuffles between Black and white citizens
ROUND TABLE From Page 1 campaigns on record,” Mallette said. Herbert said he believed it was unlikely that “The Interview” would cause a domino effect in Hollywood and would not result in qualms among producers and filmmakers toward releasing similar movies. He said, however, the effect of the hack on Sony has been chilling. “It’s not this chilling effect that concerns me most, but rather, the chilling effect that the Sony hackers could and likely will hack on the freedom of discretion of private individuals who work in a large institution,” Herbert said. Ratner specializes in counterterrorism, human rights and
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during the summer of 1943. “The city was physically crammed,” Bright said. On June 20, a brawl broke out on Belle Isle between Blacks and whites. After the brawl, rumors circulated as to what took place — many Black Detroiters claimed whites had thrown a Black woman and her baby off the Belle Isle Bridge, while white Detroiters said a Black man raped and killed a white woman. In response to the rumors, over 500 Black residents rioted and looted throughout the night, while white men beat Black men leaving the Roxy Theatre on Woodward Avenue. Over the next 36 hours, Detroit faced constant looting, rioting and conflict between Blacks and whites. It was not until Detroit Mayor Edward Jeffries Jr. asked President Franklin D. Roosevelt to send in federal troops that the mobs began to dissipate. “It’s a crowded city full of hostility, and a rumor or an altercation can set it off,” Bright said. The riot claimed 34 lives: 9 whites and 25 Blacks. Out of those 25, 16 Black men died at the hands of police officers. In response to the riot and months of increasing strain between whites and Blacks in the city, both the local and federal government attempted to alleviate tension through measures like increasing federally financed public housing and working to advance Black prospects within the labor movement. “These are responses indirectly, consequences really, of a collision between the races and crowded conditions that lead to federal policies that try to alleviate those conditions,” Bright said. “(Those policies) produce new conditions of ghetto concentrations of African Americans inside the city and suburban sprawl of whites outside the city, both products in part of federal interventions.” However, with increasing private housing available outside the city, many white citizens departed for the suburbs in the ‘40s and ‘50s, a phenomenon referred to as “white flight.” Ward and Bright said Black residents initially welcomed the shift, as it opened up affordable housing space in the city near the still-booming auto industries. Both stressed that the riot in 1943 did not directly lead to factors like white flight and police brutality — factors that contributed to the ‘67 uprising — but were instead an expression of the ongoing circumstances for Black and white residents of the city. In essence, Bright said racial tension was not caused simply through the riots, but was a long term presence in the city. “The riots are symbolic events, but they capture and express the eruption of forces that are not resolved, and the continued inability to resolve these problems continues now,” Bright said. “We’re pushing against the notion that there are living consequences of ‘43 and ‘67 and rather seeing ‘43 and ‘67 as living consequences of unresolved race relations in the city.” The second major conflict occurred between the police and Black residents in the city. Before the uprising of 1967, and unlike the context of the ‘43 race riot, Black citizens held relatively
more recognition and political cachet, as the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement ramped up during the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. According to Ward and Bright, both federal and state governments were starting to recognize the rights and challenges facing Black communities. For example, Black citizens held seats in the Detroit school board. Feeling threatened, some white residents sought to keep their privilege over Black residents primarily through the police. “There was a population of whites in the city that resented concessions to the civil rights movement, or the movement for Blacks to be able to buy houses in neighborhoods where they wanted to live, and so on,” Bright said. “There was a resentment in the power centers of the city for going over to the other side, and they looked at the police as the last line of defense of white power.” Bright added that though Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh attempted to reform the notably racist police force, the endeavor failed. “Clearly a police department that’s almost all white, in a city that’s had a significant African American population, is a formula for disaster,” Krzyzowski said. The ‘67 uprising was triggered by a police raid of a “blind pig,” or unlicensed bar, on the corner of 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city, during which 82 arrested patrons were arrested. Following reports that police were using excessive force on the arrested patrons, a crowd grew around the bar and began to throw objects at police cars and loot nearby stores. After an ensuing day of violence between police officers and residents, along with vandalism and buildings set aflame, Cavanaugh requested Army troops and the National Guard be brought in to quell the violence. They arrived one day after the police raid and stayed for four more days. According to The New York Times, at the end of the five-day uprising, local police killed 20 residents and the Army troops and National Guardsmen killed 10, leaving 43 dead in total. Among the dead, 10 were white and 33 were Black. “It wasn’t a race riot in the sense of white against Black,” Krzyzowski said. “This wasn’t a race riot; this was a rebellion of years and years of frustration exploding and when it exploded everything just went to hell.” At one of the Detroiters Speak Series hosted by the University’s Semester in Detroit Program, Detroit Reverend Dan Aldridge and David Goldberg, assistant professor at Wayne State, echoed many of the same points. “It’s so similar to what we see transpiring with ‘Black Lives Matter’ today,” Goldberg said, specifically discussing the police decision to hold the arrested on Belle Isle and the poor treatment they received from the police. “You have in social movements events that prove to be a spark and the event that is a spark sometimes isn’t necessarily something that’s distinctive.” Goldenberg added there were several smaller incidents during that summer that set the stage for an eruption, creating a general
racial frustration in the city. “I mention this because Mike Brown being killed by police, that happens, according to studies, basically every 28, 24 hours right? He’s not the only one this happens to but there’s certain moments,” he said. “The blind pig being raided in the summer of 1967 wasn’t distinctive, that happened all the time.” Aldridge also said the situation for Black Detroiters went beyond just issues with the police. The Black community had been largely deteriorating, he said, noting in particular poor economic opportunity as jobs started moving out of the city. He added that much of the city’s new development at that time only served white workers in the suburbs, saying projects like the freeways uprooted Black neighborhoods and destroyed the Black middle class. “The Detroit conflagration didn’t just happen one night. This was some decades in the beginning and it was an explosion,” he said. While these first and secondhand accounts tell a complicated story, according to Krzyzowski, the media portrayal of the uprising suggested a racial clash, as it tended to present Black looters when it was proven that many looters and rioters were white. In his own experience after the riot, Krzyzowski said he found most white people tended to make assumptions that Black people had a significantly negative role to play, even though the Black citizens experienced the majority of fatalities and injuries. “It was a confirmation or validation of their racist stereotypes of African Americans,” he said. “I wouldn’t say everyone did, but it was there significantly.” The fraction of white residents in the city fell from 70.8 percent in 1960 to 55.5 percent in 1970 and to 34.4 percent in 1980. In 2010, white residents only made up 10.6 percent of the city’s population. Ward said the change in the demographics of the city was not directly caused by the riot, as many whites were already exiting the city due to the changing stereotypes of Blacks at the time. In beginning of the 20th century, Blight and Ward described the “biggest threat” to a white family as a Black family moving in. With the emergence of the civil rights movement and growing racial acceptance, this stereotype quelled. However, through the growing number of Black citizens in cities across the nation and similar uprisings, many white citizens began to fear the “lone Black mugger in the shadows,” Bright said. “Black people and crime and cities all came to be associated in this period, largely because of these riots or uprising,” Ward said. Because of these growing stereotypes and increasing affordability for suburban homes, rather than specifically the riots, white people left the city en masse. “An acceleration of so called ‘white flight’ is an impact of ‘67, but it’s often said, but it’s too sophisticated to say ‘67 caused or continued white flight. All those dynamics a part of ‘67 intensifies and those contribute to why people are leaving the city,” Ward said. “ ‘67 accelerates a process that was already happening: of whites leaving the city, of racial dynamics.”
international law. He focused his discussion on the regulation of speech in international communities on the basis of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In his argument, Ratner said globally, court cases concerning free speech often result in restrictions on the speaker’s rights, unlike in the United States. “The fact is that international human rights law and European human rights law gives the state a significant degree of discretion to prohibit certain forms of hate speech,” Ratner said. “It’s very different from what we’re used to in the United States, but it’s one that comes out of a tradition where the rest of the world sees it as retaliation to awful crimes.” However, Ratner said the robust regulation and policing of
free speech in some international communities is not always feasible and rationally warranted from the state. “The state can’t just completely cut off free speech just because they’re advancing a legitimate goal,” Ratner said. “They have to do it in a method that’s proportional.” LSA juniors Erica Dickinson and Fatima Chowdhury said they thought the event was important to be held at the University and realized that unregulated freedom of speech was difficult to come by in any modern state. “There is no absolute freedom of speech anywhere in the world, but the U.S. comes closest,” Dickinson said. Chowdhury said inclusion of the power of the Internet as a forum for free speech is a neces-
sary segment in discussions of free speech both nationally and across countries. “I think the Internet changes things. The Internet definitely changes things,” she said. “A lot of governments can track citizens and what they say and persecute them based on (the Internet), which they couldn’t do in the past.” This makes international law more important, Dickinson said, when news stories or blog posts targeting international cultural groups become more accessible to those groups. “If someone hears (appropriation) in America and someone hears (appropriation) in Germany, you’ve already involved two countries and that changes the game,” she said.
sions. The siting of Michigan’s largest solar field on the city of Ann Arbor property is an important step to realize the goals of both those plans.” Briere echoed Taylor’s comments when discussing her own
motivations for co-sponsoring the contract. “I believe that the City should continue to reduce its dependence on petroleum products,” Briere wrote. “As the City continues to address our sustainability frame-
work and climate action plans … this project addresses several important aspects, including … our community’s desire to have access to more renewable energy sources.”
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of Sikh children report physical and verbal bullying in American schools due to being misidentified as terrorists. Last year, I had the honor of meeting Professor Prabhjot Singh of Columbia University, who was violently gang beaten in 2013 by several men in New York City after being mistaken for a terrorist. In August 2012, a white supremacist entered a gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and killed six Sikh Americans, having mistaken them as terrorists.
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GABRIEL LUPU| VIEWPOINT
The New Abolitionists Juan Méndez, former first adviser to Kofi Annan on the prevention of genocide, peered over his glasses at a packed auditorium at the University of Michigan. He had been tortured long ago under Argentinean totalitarianism. In a voice hardened by time, he slowed his speech when saying one word: abolish. We were here to discuss the abolition of torture, much like the abolition of slavery. It is inevitable. It is humane. It is, above all else, moral. I couldn’t disagree. Torture. I played with the word a while. As it bounced around my mind, I was more worried about definitional semantics than the reality within and outside our borders. I won’t lie. I spaced out from the talk. I had deaf ears. Then, Professor Mendez hit me hard with: “Our culture is soft on the prohibition of torture, we have impunity towards torture.” Uh-oh. That was just me, and that is the problem. Zing words: pre-9/11, post-9/11 society, the Patriot Act, advanced interrogation techniques. “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Taken,” “24,” “Homeland,” etcetera, etcetera. The list of entertainment torture goes on. The take-home message from these works is simple: torture gets stuff done to keep America safe or is a cruel means to heroic ends. At least that’s how we rationalize it. But, ultimately, those who support torture are motivated by bottom-line, vengeful thinking. We all still have that bitter taste in our mouths from Sept. 11, 2001. We all know exactly where we were and what we were doing, and we want those terrorists to know what they put us through. Still, even if passion causes us to abandon principle, we are forced to concede that the effectiveness of torture treads a fine line. The ends do not justify the means if we might not reach our ends at all. To stop the pain, “breaking points” become too often lies, false incriminations and cold leads. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was waterboarded time and again until he was broken. And yet the “information” he gave us led us on false trails, on goose hunts for made-up names. He had known nothing. We must also be humble and recognize that torture is not within our common experience. Why not listen to those who have actually been tortured — are they not most worthy of an opinion? Maybe that’s why John McCain, who is otherwise an unapologetic war hawk
and once promised to occupy Iraq for 100 years, has been so outspoken against the atrocities committed in Guantanamo. John McCain has been tortured. Professor Mendez has been tortured. I, on the other hand, have only seen Liam Neeson electrocute human traffickers to find his daughter. I have seen Jack Bauer pump excruciating serum through his victims’ veins to stop a nuclear bomb from exploding in L.A. I have seen Navy SEALs waterboard to get impossibly important information in the hunt for Bin Laden. Anti-terror torture entertainment is on the rise, says Emily Clews, a student with E-International Relations, and it is far from the truth in portraying the practice’s successes. According to Clews, anti-terror entertainment torture is fictionalized, glorified and has had an important effect on American attitudes. It numbs us. This winter, The New York Times commented on the Senate Intelligence Committee report done on the C.I.A. They found that in the name of democracy and national security, there was minimal disclosure of true C.I.A. torture practices and zero accountability for clear violations of international law on torture as of 2014. I am not talking about censoring Liam Neeson. That’s un-American. My call to action is to act upon what Cesare Beccaria realized so long ago in the 18th century. There is no glory or heroism in torture. We can go back and forth for days on its effectiveness, whether or not it protects us and how necessary it is. Torture is wrong. That is where the conversation should begin and end. It is a matter of principle, and we should hold ourselves to the ideals of our founders and the ideals of Beccaria. And no matter how much Jack Bauer’s C.T.U. might numb us to those ideals, they are eternal. While I was furiously taking notes during Professor Mendez’s lecture, he lamented a sad but important truth: “All the facts about torture are forgotten in one episode of ‘Homeland’ or ‘24.’ ” But the vision of him, there, speaking to us, an auditorium full of smart, motivated young minds, reminded me that we are the New Abolitionists. Our mission starts with being well informed. Gabriel Lupu is an LSA senior.
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G.S. SURI | VIEWPOINT
In defense of ‘common sense’ The Michigan Daily recently published a piece by Jamie Bircoll called “In defense of ‘American Sniper’ ” that has apparently become “blinded by its own ideological trappings.” This take on the film not only highlights critical inherent biases (read: blind spots) of Mr. Bircoll, but also a form of white privilege in greater media that few Americans recognize. Where Mr. Bircoll is able to find the beauty while blissfully ignoring the real world implications of such a movie, people of color, like myself, have to live with those real world implications of the film. Mr. Bircoll can see the art in the film while people like me (read: brown people) deal with harmful repercussions of fear-mongering media. Let me make myself clear: I have no position on this actor, and to a great extent Chris Kyle either, but I do have a strong take on the American film industry’s complex of developing highly profitable films based off of fear mongering via the depiction of geopolitical events. This fear mongering for the “other” as well stems off a highly common archetype in film where our country glorifies a white male character for killing people of color, or, in this film, “the outsiders.” Whether or not we see the film as propaganda is irrelevant; the fact of the matter is that media does influence people in a variety of ways. How we choose to think about media and allow it to consume our consciousness is entirely up to us. However, we cannot choose how such films can influence others around us and the real ramifications that has. When I leave the theatre after watching the film and hear people giddy with joy about wanting to “kill the sand ni**ers” or going to sign up for the armed forces in order to “get those god damn towelheads,” it is
hard for me to see the ‘good art’ when I am worrying about the safety of my community. As a turban-wearing Sikh American, I constantly find myself navigating ignorance in the United States. You would be astounded walking behind me for a day and hearing misconceptions about those that look like me or even about those that share a similar skin color to mine. I have never had this experience living in London, studying abroad in Costa Rica or conducting research in Peru. Only in America. Why you might ask? The truth is that other countries have more educated populations and have more important things to worry about. If you go on Twitter and type in the #ChrisKyle and #America, you will read the most hate-filled and ignorant excuses for a false sense of nationalism that you have ever read in your entire life. You will be bombarded with posts from thousands of Americans talking about how much they hate Muslims, or brown people, or people with turbans or literally people with foreign accents. At this point you may ask yourself why this matters. So people are stupid from time to time and make uninformed opinions. Who really gets affected by some annoying words? Well, people that look like me get affected. Most acts of violence that have been committed against Sikh American communities have been rooted in ignorance and from misunderstanding who Sikhs are as a people. To date, there has never been a terrorist attack committed by someone identifying with the Sikh faith in the United States. Yet by allowing cycles of fear mongering to perpetuate, people’s fears foster into hate and, in turn, into violence. According to a report conducted by the non-profit Sikh Coalition organization, half
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Members of my religious family, the Sikh American community, have been killed. Today, there are still people who are scared to go to my local Gurdwara in Grand Rapids, Michigan because of the events that occurred on that day. If we glorify the death of “outsiders” and do not acknowledge the political and real world ramifications of film, then it would be as if actions do not have consequences. If we create environment through media where
disturbed people can think they are doing a service to society by killing people like me, then I think we would be fools not to understand the political and cultural ramifications that media can have. So bless your heart, but I do not give a fuck about the art in “American Sniper”. I am more concerned with the implications of media, most prominently, it making it easier for people to justify hate and violence. G.S. Suri is a Business and LSA junior.
Double-binded beauty
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while back, I stumbled upon a flyer-sized note being handed out by the Markley Community Center. It read, “Warning: objects in mirror may be distorted by socially constructed norms of ‘beauty.’ ” I found this note so amusing that JENNY I ran straight WANG back to my apartment and taped my own copy in the upper corner of my bathroom mirror. I then snapped a photo and sent it to my roommates who “lol”ed and said it was “cute.” In the end, it wasn’t as helpful a note as I’d thought it would be. (I blame the positioning of the note. It’s too high up in the corner to see). During my usual morning routines, I would barely glance at it, and instead see the bags under my eyes, the frazzled hair being uncooperative, the unsightly flabs developing around the waist. Last weekend, when I went back home, I initiated an awkward conversation with my mother that began with, “I’ve always thought you were prettier than me.” I proceeded to tell her, to my own confusion, how I used to find photos of models and think she was better looking, and that I thought I was the luckiest daughter in the world to have her as my mother. I also shared that when I was younger, part of the reason behind our arguments was due to my envy towards her. It was embarrassing for the both of us. For me, because I had not anticipated such a confession to ever leave my thoughts. For her, because it was clear I put her in a
dilemma in which she, as a mother, was both horrified that her daughter would think so lowly of her own appearances and also flattered that her daughter would suddenly compliment her that highly. My mother had a hard time quelling that highpitched, girly giddiness in her voice as she hugged me and made the attempt to tell me how everything I just said couldn’t possibly be true. The point I’m trying to raise is that, like my mother, a lot of us feel this strange double bind when it comes to beauty. We know “beauty is only skin-deep” and yet we still like hearing that maybe our skin isn’t completely hideous. Personally, I’ve forced myself not to judge people based on their appearances. The closest I’ve ever gotten to admitting that I think my friends are beautiful was when one of them candidly shared her insecurities with her attractiveness and I responded poorly with, “Nah, you’re fine.” My natural reaction to beauty campaign ads by companies like Dove is the eye-roll. I’ve tried really hard to embrace the idea of, “Let’s not tell everybody they’re beautiful and instead work to discredit the role that beauty plays in most women’s lives.” And yet, in those rare moments when someone I admire or respect pays me a compliment regarding my appearance, it’s hard not to get a little flustered (sometimes for the whole day). Usually in those moments, while I’m reverting my clearly startled expression back to its resting aloof position, I’m inter-
nally indicting myself for being so shallow and hypocritical. I think there’s a part of me that fears I’ll start defining myself primarily on how I look, that I’ll spiral into some sort of shame-dependency relationship with what people think of my face and body. And so I overcompensate on to the other side by altogether rejecting beauty as a useful and meaningful trait. I think it’s strange that we get these mixed messages, and it’s potentially harmful to be stuck between them. I’ve considered tweaking my original idea that beauty shouldn’t matter. It may be idealistically sound, but it falls short in terms of practicality. Yes, beauty is in many ways a social construction, but it still means something. It’s very natural for us to be emotionally affected by the values that surround us. For those of us who regularly demean and objectify our own bodies when we see them in the mirror, a neutral “Nah, you’re fine” or “Beauty is only skin-deep, anyway” doesn’t really fix the toxicity that’s going on inside. I think voicing a genuine (let me emphasize genuine) appreciation for how you put yourself together might do the more beneficial work of shifting our society’s skewed values. The most ideal world we can have is one where we’re able to appreciate our diverse appearances while also understanding its limitations and inability to capture the entirety of a human being. But that’s still a long ways away.
Beauty is in many many ways a social construction, but it still means something.
— Jenny Wang can be reached at wjenny@umich.edu.
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Coping with contradictions
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o I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.” -Walt Whitman My obsession with Walt Whitman began in the winter of my sophomore year of high school, when ELIANA we learned about HERMAN Transcendentalism: a 20th century movement involving Walt Whitman and other famous nature-and-independenceloving writers such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Margaret Fuller. The above quote specifically stuck out to me (and frequently comes into my head today) because I endlessly find myself in contradicting situations. One oddly perfect example of this was when I got my first car and named it “Walt” after the aforementioned transcendentalist. I am not entirely sure how much Mr. Whitman would have appreciated having his name repurposed by a gas-guzzling car, but I like to think he would have forgiven me because of the vast contradicting nature of humankind. Another contradiction that has been bothering me is my relationship with paper. I have always been the sort of person who loves to read
from books. I have stayed strong in my opposition to Nooks and Kindles and other electronic reading systems because there is just something about holding a book in your hands, looking at real printed letters on smooth paper that cannot be replicated by just staring at an illuminated screen. The electronic “paperless” type of reading takes away from the bond between reader and author. Yet my connection to print books contradicts fiercely with my other connection to the environment — my desire to save trees. I have felt this contradiction sharply this year, when as an LSA student it seems that I am always printing articles and stories and chapters and plays to read or struggling to decide whether or not it is really worth it to print. There is something soul sucking about spending hours reading off the glowing LED screen of my MacBook. But also when I stand by the printer and watch 20-30 pages print of an article I will probably only read once, I feel like I am personally responsible for the destruction of forests everywhere. How do I reconcile these strong
opposing feelings? Honestly, I’m not sure. Maybe the feeling that reading from a Nook is sacrilege and the feeling that printing 100 pages a week is murder cannot go together. When I feel particularly perplexed, I just think of Uncle Walt’s quote. Being full of contradictions is what makes us human. Everyone has conflicting values and desires and needs. That is why life is so confusing, and also why life is so vibrant. It is possible to be obsessed with shopping and oppose big business. It is possible to know that eating locally grown organic food is better for the environment but still physically need BurgerFi. I think the best way to deal with these contradictions is to humor each side, but in moderation. Personally, the way I cope with my need for printed paper is by promising myself I will recycle it later. Modern society is not just going to disappear, and honestly, it shouldn’t. The point is, in terms of the environment, it actually is possible to “have your cake and eat it too.” Just don’t eat too much of it. And maybe buy the ingredients from a farmers market?
It actually is possible to “have your cake and eat it too.”
— Eliana Herman can be reached at erherman@umich.edu.
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TV REVIEW
‘Off the Boat’ and into our hearts
TV NOTEBOOK
New ABC comedy explores AsianAmerican experience By KAREN HUA Daily TV/New Media Editor
Just yesterday, ABC released a new comedy series that we may truly call ground-breaking television. It’s the first sitcom in B over 20 years to feature Asian- ‘Fresh Off Americans in primary roles. the Boat’ This year, ABC Tuesdays sought to diver- at 8 p.m. sify its audience, with new ABC sitcoms such as “Cristela” and “Black-ish” drawing huge ratings and critical acclaim. “Fresh Off the Boat” is based on Chef Eddie Huang’s best-selling memoir, which details his experience growing up as a first-generation American with Chinese immigrant parents. The show’s premise revolves around Huang as an adolescent, whose eponymous character is played with charismatic candor by Hudson Yang (“The Sisterhood of Night”). The series aims to provide a humorous lens from which to view immigrant families, but it simultaneously tackles many the complexities of being American-born-Chinese (abbreviated ABC). “Fresh Off the Boat” is the story of every “FOB” family’s pursuit of the American Dream. For Eddie’s father, Louis (Randall Park, “The Interview”), this means moving to Orlando to open a western cowboy restaurant, and for Eddie, this is simply the wish to fit into with suburban American normalcy. In the pilot episode, we jump into the life of Eddie, who is happily assimilated to American culture, and also a devout hip-hop aficionado more “white” than he is Asian. However, though well-acclimated to the U.S., he has trouble adapting to his new school where he is called out for his lack of “white people food” – and finally called out as a “chink.” The pilot perfectly paints the conflict between the devotion to the American Dream
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and the Chinese ideal of “family first,” especially when Eddie’s parents defend their honor and their children first. Though the writing too explicitly relays exposition at points, it certainly has a humorous flair, which is even funnier if you understand the occasional Chinese inserts. If developed in future episodes, the grandmother character could become more than an outlet for one-liners – and more as a platform to discuss the junction between generational cultures. Refreshingly, Eddie’s mom, Jessica (Constance Wu, “Stephanie Daley”), does not fall prey to the hackneyed “tiger mother” persona stereotypical of a Chinese parent on television. Rather, she embodies a candidly portrayed mother who is tough on her children, but only to bring out the best in them. Wu relays an admirable vulnerability that allows us to reflect on how our parents’ tough love is purely out of care. Meanwhile, Eddie’s narrative voice depicts him as an endearing (albeit ignorant) character, with resemblance to the insightful but naïve Scout Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird.” However, unlike the youthful nuances Scout offers, Eddie’s voice is audacious in speech but semantically meek. Just because the narration is from a child’s point of view does not mean the show cannot dig deeper into racial issues. Nevertheless, Eddie’s shallowness demonstrates the difficulty of liminality between cultures – he’s not
comfortably Chinese, but also not quite accepted as purely American either. In this manner, the series is able to expound upon the cumbersome navigations around discrimination. Ultimately, the series has commendable intentions to display a different side of race, but these lofty goals inevitably carry the burden of representation for the entire Asian community in America. Unfortunately, in their attempts to debunk Asian stereotypes, they place other pejorative generalizations onto Caucasians. In the show, the rest of white society is portrayed with a quasi-acceptance of diversity, a xenophobic undertone that oversimplifies Caucasians as myopic. The white women are stereotypically shallow housewives with pretty-face facades, while other white individuals are played with scripted crudeness. While it is crucial to highlight the struggles Asian-Americans face, the show does not need to equate Caucasian ignorance to idiocy. The series should aim to enlighten instead of to place pointed blame. When buying perfectly packaged Lunchables to help her son fit in, Eddie’s mother asks him, “So you want to fit inside a box?” Likewise, the show tries to break outside the walls of sitcom tropes that are running dry. Just as Eddie’s father epitomizes the importance of constantly improving and taking risks, “Fresh off the Boat” has a premise with potential to be grow deeper and develop.
FILM NOTEBOOK
Where did Fraser go? By BRIAN BURLAGE Daily Arts Writer
You saw him as a large, gorilla-like caveman. You saw him as a volcanologist hurtling toward the center of the earth. You definitely saw him as a quippy adventurer warding off accursed mummies in the heart of Egypt. But perhaps you saw him in the Oscar-winning film “Crash” or the movie adaptation of the beloved children’s novel “Inkheart.” Maybe it was in “G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra” or in 2003’s live action “Looney Tunes: Back in Action.” If you’ve seen a movie in the last 20 years or so, chances are you’ve seen Brendan Fraser. He looks like a typical Hollywood actor: tall, blue-eyed, strongjawed, long brown hair. While he’s not particularly striking or imposing, the subtle air of awkwardness and silliness that he produces in his performances makes him, somehow, memorable, endearing, even. In the span of 23 years, Brendan Fraser has performed in 48 feature films. Of them, 18 were fantasy-adventures. The rest were some variation of comedy, and a few dramas here and there. He’s been once nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor, twice nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor, twice nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Association award for Most Promising Actor and, as part of the ensemble cast for the movie “Crash,” won the Screen Actors Guild Award. His films
have garnered over $2.5 billion in the box office. Brendan Fraser undoubtedly fulfills each of the major archetypes that would (in any other case) distinguish him as a highly successful movie star. He’s got looks, he’s prolific, award-winning, he’s carried several mega-franchises and his films consistently make a ton of money. And yet, for all his charm and proven track record, Fraser seems to have disappeared from cinema in recent years. He rarely appears on talk shows and his cameos are fewer and fewer. Oddly enough, the few successful movies he has made in the last few years – “Escape from Planet Earth” and “The Nut Job” (both generic kiddie flicks) – did almost nothing to restore his leading man status. Even more oddly, Fraser hasn’t done anything that would normally jeopardize a famous actor’s reputation. He’s avoided controversy, politics and bad relationships all together. He speaks fluent French, serves on the Board of Directors for a non-profit humanitarian organization called FilmAid International and he’s even a well-respected amateur photographer. In other words, he’s the same talented, funloving actor now as he was in his blockbuster days. So where is Brendan Fraser? What happened to George of the Jungle? The slayer of pharaohs? The actor who didn’t – couldn’t – make a huge flop or stir any kind of anger in Hollywood or self-
destruct? Most would say, “Well, the truth of it is he just got old. Age and movie star status don’t correlate. He must’ve aged out of the spotlight.” To them I would answer: he’s the exact same age as James Bond star Daniel Craig. He’s only two years older than twotime Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner and he’s only got Bradley Cooper beat by six years. Meanwhile, Fraser’s three years younger than Robert Downey Jr., five years younger than Brad Pitt and seven years younger than George Clooney. Age has little to do with it. But others would say, “Oh, he’s done too little in the past few years.” He made six films in 2013. Still others would say, “Oh, he’s done too much in the past few years.” He made one movie in 2012 and one in 2014. The Brendan Fraser Puzzle (as it should be called from now on) is troubling. The numbers and the context don’t add up: he should be as popular today as he ever was. In light of the relative success of his most recent films, in light of the fact that he was, and still is, a fantasy-adventure Hollywood staple and in light of the fact that he practically lives and breathes the same spirit of enthusiasm that he portrays in his movies, Brendan Fraser’s gradual slip from the spotlight just doesn’t make sense. And so, sadly, the question remains: Where in the world is Brendan Fraser?
It’s Shonda’s world, we’re just living in it By JORDYN KAY Daily Arts Writer
I would like to consider myself a resident of Shondaland. I know I’m not on one of her three shows that air every Thursday, but I’ve been there from the start for all of them. Ask any of my friends what I’m doing on a Thursday, and if they know me at all, they’ll tell you I’m sitting in front of my television watching three hours of Shonda-made television. Shonda Rhimes has become a phenomenon. I started watching “Grey’s Anatomy” when it first came out in 2005. I was only 12 years old. Some may argue this show was inappropriate for a 12-yearold, but it’s was what led me to my Rhimes obsession. But what is it really that had myself and so many others counting down the weeks until the return of #TGIT Thursdays? Why is it that I’m so enthralled with these shows that I forget I’m able to fast forward through commercials on my DVR? For me, it’s the realness of the emotions and characters that lures me to come back week after week. Many shows have simple characters. Simplicity often mean heroes and villains, good and bad – but not in the shows Rhimes creates. Her characters have depth, and even more than that, they struggle to find what is right. These characters are believable, and the shows’
return last week made that even clearer than ever. In “Grey’s Anatomy,” Derek and Meredith don’t simply end their marriage because Derek has decided to go to Washington, D.C. – they decide to fight for their relationship. However, at the same time, the audience is forced to recognize that both of these characters are flawed. Derek and Meredith have made mistakes, and Shonda holds no reservations in pointing this out. She has no problem making her characters real, even if that reality looks ugly. In early episodes of “Scandal,” Olivia Pope seemed to be fearless. Though it appeared like nothing could bring her down, she slowly unraveled throughout the next few seasons. In the most recent episode, while she’s held captive, we see a side to Olivia that is not just Gladiator Olivia, but a weakened Olivia. This Olivia is one with a myriad of emotions, not just Olivia Pope wearing her white hat. She’s evolving as a character, and the show is even stronger for it. That is truly the beauty of the shows created by Shonda. Her ability to force viewers to not solely care about the characters on her shows, but to become emotionally invested, is what makes us become addicted to her shows. “How To Get Away with Murder,” “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” have me returning every week because
Shonda Rhimes has managed to evoke emotions I didn’t know I was capable of feeling, even though the characters are fictional. “How to Get Away with Murder” features a similarly complicated and fascinating female lead. As Annalise Keating turns on her own husband, helping to cover up his murder, I see a desperate woman who I know is breaking the law. Regardless, I feel for her. I am able to empathize and sympathize with a fictional woman who I have never met. That is why these shows bring back viewers each week. It is because of the emotional connections that we are forced to bond with these characters, and we count down days and weeks until the next episodes. I’ve always been emotionally invested in the characters in book and television shows, following along with their stories and feeling what they feel. That’s because they provide me with an escape. For three hours each week, Meredith Grey, Olivia Pope and Annalise Keating are real, emotional people. I am able to forget my troubles and focus on their lives. After all, it has always been the purpose of television and books to allow an escape into a world that isn’t your own. Shonda Rhimes allows us to escape into worlds with characters that have multiple layers, and she does it better than most.
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Tough games start ‘M’ season As season closes, MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer
Defeating No. 1 Florida, the 2014 NCAA national champion, will be no easy task for the Michigan softball team. But you wouldn’t be able to guess that from the Wolverines’ attitude. “They’re wearing Florida across their Michigan at chest,” said USF Classic sophomore When: Satright-handed urday and pitcher Megan Sunday Betsa. “But we’re wear- Where: ing Michigan Tampa, Florida across ours. Teams: That’s what Florida, USF, we have to Illinois State, Hampton remember.” Added senior righthanded pitcher Sara Driesenga: “They are the national champions, but that was 2014. Now it’s 2015.” The Wolverines will also face Illinois State, Hampton and South Florida at the USF Softball Classic this weekend in Tampa. Florida got the better of Michigan in the 2014 season opener, defeating the Wolverines, 9-4, in extra innings. Though the Gators have had the more recent success, Michigan boasts an 8-4 all-time record against its SEC opponent. All of those wins came under Michigan coach Carol Hutchins, who is beginning her 31st season at the Wolverines’ helm. Florida returns 14 players of its 20-player roster, and Michigan will likely face the talents of right-handed pitcher and first baseman Lauren Haeger, as well as second baseman Kelsey Stewart. Haeger is coming off of an impressive season, posting a 1.79 earned-run average and hitting 20 home runs, the sixth most in the country. Meanwhile, Stewart garnered first team All-American honors in 2014, leading the SEC with 102 hits and recording a .438 batting average. Haeger and Stewart were
both named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List. Then again, Michigan has a few names of its own on that list: senior left-handed pitcher Haylie Wagner, junior shortstop Sierra Romero and junior outfielder Sierra Lawrence. Coming off a second straight remarkable season, Romero is posed to be a significant part of the 2015 campaign, and the junior captain is ready to make an impact. “I wouldn’t say I’m trying to replicate anything,” Romero said. “I’m coming into this season, I don’t have a batting average as of right now, I have no home runs. I have nothing. So I’m coming in with a clean slate. I’m just trying to keep it simple and let everything else just happen.” If Michigan could take down softball’s current goliath, it would certainly give it momentum to begin the year. Following their matchup with Florida, the Wolverines will complete the doubleheader with a nightcap against USF on Saturday. The Bulls have been picked to finish third in the American Athletic Conference and are
coming off their third consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. And there is one thing that Michigan and USF have in common: They were eliminated from the 2014 postseason at the hands of Florida State. USF suffered two losses to the Seminoles last May by scores of 2-1 and 2-0. Like Michigan, USF returns one of its biggest dual threats on the diamond: the 2014 AAC Rookie of the Year, outfielder Juli Weber. The young talent was the Bulls’ primary leadoff hitter, notched a .363 batting average and recorded a .950 fielding percentage in her debut season. Given its admirable performance against the Seminoles in 2014, USF can serve as a valuable measuring stick for the Wolverines. The Sunday doubleheader will feature games against Hampton and Illinois State. Right-handed pitcher Jailynn Jackson will be the main attraction in the circle for Hampton, as she was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year. The Lady Pirates were selected to win the MEAC Northern
‘M’ meets rival Michigan hopes to find continued success over MSU in East Lansing By BEN KIM Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men’s swimming and diving team started out this season’s Michigan rivalry competition at Michigan the way it wanted to. State In their last Matchup: meet, the Michigan 9-0; Michigan fifth-ranked State 5-8 Wolverines rolled over No. When: Satur12 Ohio State day 4 P.M. (2-1 Big Ten, Where: 9-1 overall), McCaffree Pool 183-117. With the Big Ten season coming to a close, Michigan (5-0, 9-0) has a chance at an undefeated season. It would mark the Wolverines’ fourth unbeaten record in a row, the fifth in seven years under Michigan coach Mike Bottom and the program’s 27th overall. The only thing standing in the way is in-state rival Michigan State (0-3, 4-5). The Spartans are coming off a loss to Oakland and haven’t recorded a win since Nov. 23 against Northwestern. By the numbers — including its 84-5 all-time record against Michigan State — Michigan shouldn’t have a problem winning this weekend’s meet and finishing the season undefeated. But despite having such an impressive accolade
within reach, it isn’t the main focus for Bottom and his squad. “I think each meet is an opportunity for the guys and gals to get better,” Bottom said. “Being undefeated is very good, but I don’t believe that these guys look at it as an undefeated season. “With MSU, it’s about going in and swimming fast in their pool, a pool that has had a lot of history. These guys are going to be looking at that record board. Being able to go in and put your name on the board, it’s nice. We’re gonna make sure that some of those records fall.” Bottom is specifically hoping for his underclassmen to step up against the Spartans, because they have never competed in McCaffree Pool before. With the regular season coming to a close, the Big Ten Championships aren’t too far off. It comes as no suprise that the Wolverines are going to approach this week’s meet a little differently in preparation. “At the Big Ten meet, each swimmer is allowed to swim three individual events,” Bottom said. “A lot of times, that third event doesn’t get a lot of practice, because in big dual meets, someone has to swim in his top two events. (This week) we might put him on a different event, maybe an event that he doesn’t swim normally, but one he could score in the Big Tens. If we’re gonna win the Big Tens, we have to score in as many events as possible.” With Michigan State, the Big Ten Championships and even the NCAA Championships in mind, Michigan will be looking to close out rivalry competition and the regular season with a win.
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Wolverines ready for second season By MITCH BECKMAN Daily Sports Writer
Standing at the center of a brightly lit Oosterbaan Field House, Michigan women’s lacrosse coach Jennifer Ulehla watches her players confer with one another during a break from their end-of-practice scrimmage. The defense is walking through how it just gave up a goal, the offense detailing what led to it. At every opportunity of last year’s inaugural season, Ulehla urged the young team to learn from its experience. Whether it was a win, a loss or a goal in practice, she wanted the team — which consisted entirely of freshmen — to grow both as players and individuals to become the foundation for a championship program. With every starter returning from last year’s team, the Wolverines are poised to do just that. They opened last season 0-8 with some losses by significant margins. Michigan finished its last nine games with a 4-5 record, playing noticeably better down the stretch. This season, the quest to build a national contender continues. “Last year we were trying to work on building a championship foundation,” Ulehla said. “And that’s what we’re going to continue doing this year. We’re still trying to get better each and every day and develop leadership throughout the squad.” On the offensive side of the ball, Tess Korten, Anna Schueler and Jess Angerman all return as sophomores to lead the assault. The trio led the team in scoring and controlled the offensive rhythm of “Team One,” particularly in the second half of the season. Sophomore midfielders Kim Coughlan and Madeline Dion also made significant contributions last
season and should repeat that this year. Couple that with several freshmen who are expected to contribute, and the Wolverines will pack a formidable punch on offense. “We can only worry about ourselves,” Schueler said. “There’s a lot of new roles we’re all adapting to and starting to click a lot better. We’re a new team. We’re a better team.” Defensively, Michigan is coming off an up-anddown year. The goals-against decreased toward the end of the year, but the defense was still marred by several rough performances. Sophomore goalie Alison Silber played all 17 games last season and will be back in the cage this year, looking to perform at a higher level. After an entire year of playing together, the defense in front of Silber should be more disciplined and consistent as well. One of the major motifs of last season was challenging the team, and Ulehla did that through a rigorous schedule that included five top-15 teams, including two games against then-No. 10 Ohio State. This season, the team will be seeing plenty of top opponents again, squaring off with traditional power Florida in its first game, while seeing four more top-20 teams in conference play in Penn State, Ohio State, Northwestern and defending NCAA champion Maryland. “The expectation is to get out there and get better every day,” Ulehla said. “We want to be as competitive as possible. It’s one of the best conferences in the country, and we’re going to try and surprise some people.“ The inaugural season of Big Ten lacrosse will undoubtedly be a challenge for “Team Two,” but Wolverines wouldn’t want it any other way.
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Size mismatch causes Michigan set for outdoor problems for Michigan game vs. Michigan State ICE HOCKEY
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A win was already out of reach with less than three minutes to play in the Michigan men’s basketball team’s 72-54 loss to Iowa on Thursday. But senior forward Max Bielfeldt was still working, putting up a hand to swat 7-foot-1 Hawkeyes center Adam Woodbury’s shot a few feet from the basket. The problem was, as it had been all game, that Woodbury was simply too tall. He regained possession of the ball and put it in for an easy layup, stretching the Iowa lead to 68-47 and reinforcing the message the Hawkeyes sent the Wolverines all game long: “You must be this tall to win this game.” Behind a rotation that featured two 6-foot-9 players in forwards Aaron White and Jarrod Uthoff to go with Woodbury and 6-foot10 center Gabriel Olaseni, the Hawkeyes used their size advantage on both ends to suffocate Michigan at Crisler Center on Tuesday. And for an undersized Wolverine squad whose tallest player is 6-foot-9, Iowa’s size mismatch created all sorts of frustration. “With a tall team like that, it’s tougher to simulate in practice, and when you go against it, you can’t quite find the same things,” Bielfeldt said. “Secondchance points was one that hurt us today. They have a lot of guys going in for those second-chance rebounds, and we’ve gotta box out better, get our men out and gang rebound a little better.” The Hawkeyes outrebounded Michigan 33-17, including nine offensive boards that they turned into 13 points. But that’s just a mild representation of Iowa’s dominance inside. While the Wolverines have used tip rebounding to overcome
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Ricky Doyle was held scoreless Thursday against Iowa’s massive front line.
their lack of size in other games this season, that wasn’t an option Thursday. When Bielfeldt or freshman forward Ricky Doyle would try to tip a ball out or to themselves, there was at least one Hawkeye there, if not two or three, to quickly snatch back the possession. “Tapping it around is tough when you have three 6-foot-9plus guys in there,” Bielfeldt said. “Odds are, their hands are gonna be right there too.” The size mismatch carried over on both sides of the floor, as Iowa’s length generated problems when it went to zone looks. Early on, junior guard Spike Albrecht was able to use the middle of the floor artfully, using fakes and jukes in the middle of the Hawkeyes’ defense to create shot opportunities all over the court. But once Iowa went to the zone, its height clogged the middle to put a stop to Albrecht’s creativity and the Wolverines’ offense. Michigan coach John Beilein compared the length of the Hawkeyes’ zone to that of Syracuse, regarded as one of the toughest zone defenses year in and year out. With so much height in the middle and length to stretch the zone farther, the
Wolverines struggled to get to the rim. But while Michigan was able to use sly passing to work around the length of the Orange’s zone en route to a 68-65 win Dec. 2, the absence of junior guard Caris LeVert made it harder to counter against Iowa. “They played off Spike just enough, and he’s gotta move in closer and look like he’s gonna shoot it.” Beilein said. “I think a big difference is guys that really see. Caris LeVert was a guy we really got in a lot (against) that Syracuse zone. He’s a good passer in the zone, or finding people cutting in the zone, and we missed that today — his vision.” Iowa scored 42 points in the paint to the Wolverines’ 16, leaving no doubt as to who owned the middle of the floor Tuesday. The Hawkeyes’ emphatic performance inside left Bielfeldt and the Wolverines visibly discouraged after the game. But for an exceptionally young Michigan team, the upshot is that Michigan likely won’t face a rotation as tall throughout as Iowa’s the rest of the way. “We just gotta keep understanding that those little deficiencies we show, we have to understand how to improve with that and move on,” Bielfeldt said.
On January 11, 1922, the Michigan hockey team defeated Michigan State — then known as Michigan Agricultural College — in Michigan vs. the Spartans’ Michigan St. first-ever Matchup: intercollegiate Michigan 15-8; contest. MSU 10-11-2 In the When: more than 90 Saturday years since, 8 P.M. Michigan Where: and Michigan Soldier Field State have met indoors and TV/Radio: BTN out, in East Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit. They have created a rivalry on ice as good as the one on the gridiron, all the while building two powerhouse hockey programs. Saturday, two of the nation’s oldest and most storied hockey programs will meet outdoors at the oldest NFL stadium in the country — Soldier Field. Located in Chicago’s South Side, just feet from the shores of Lake Michigan, Soldier Field celebrated 90 years of operation last year. Now the home of the Chicago Bears, the facility is the third-smallest in the league, seating 61,500 fans. The Wolverines and the Spartans have played in bigger. In front of an announced 113,411 fans at Michigan Stadium in 2010, the rivals set a record for hockey attendance. Michigan won the “Big Chill” handily, 5-0, thanks to a pair of goals each from current NHL players Carl Hagelin and Jon Merrill. Thus far this season, the Wolverines and Spartans have met twice on neutral ice, with
the season series tied at 1-1 after Michigan’s 2-1 loss last weekend at Joe Louis Arena. “We definitely owe State one now, so we’re looking forward to the game this weekend,” said sophomore forward Max Shuart. “It’s always cool to play outdoor games.” The Hockey City Classic — which also features Miami (Ohio) against Western Michigan — comprises several pre-game events, including a celebrity hockey game between NHL and AHL alumni and open skates to benefit St. Jude’s Hospital. Saturday will mark the fourth time Michigan and Michigan State have met outdoors, and each boasts a 1-1-1 record in three contests prior. The teams’ most recent open-air battle came last season, when the Wolverines fell to the Spartans in the Great Lakes Invitational consolation game at Comerica Park in Detroit. From the players’ perspective, the excitement of Saturday’s game has been building since its announcement over the summer. “It’s a change in pace,” said sophomore forward Tyler Motte. “Guys get excited about it this time of year, so it brings a little energy. … Come game time, it can be hit or miss. If it’s bad ice conditions, bad weather, how cold it is — sometimes those things can come into play.” The 13th-ranked Wolverines began preparing for brisk conditions on Monday — during the University’s second snow day in as many years — when they held practice outdoors at Buhr Park, the idea being to simulate the weather conditions the squad will face in Chicago. “The ice isn’t always perfect,” said Michigan coach Red
Berenson. “The wind could be a factor, who knows. We just have to be acclimated a little bit so there’s no surprises.” In the “Duel at the ‘D’ ” last Friday, the Spartans were able to shut down the nation’s No. 1 offense with a system that forced the Wolverines out of the middle, where they were trapped along the boards. Michigan will look to put more bodies in front of Michigan State goaltender Jake Hildebrand, who was lights-out. “Part of scoring goals is going to the net,” Berenson said. “If you’re not going to the net, if you’re not really battling to get there, you’re not going to score goals on anybody. “We have a long laundry list of things we need to do.” To do that, the coaching staff will change up the forward lines once again, moving sophomore forward JT Compher over to the wing for the first time since October, pairing him with Motte and junior forward Andrew Copp on the first line. Last year’s points leader, Compher — a native of Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago — has just four goals and nine assists this season. “One thing he won’t have to do is think,” Berenson said. “Right now he’ll fit in better with his linemates. JT’s playing really well in recent games, and I think he’s going to take that game to the first line.” Saturday’s contest will also be the fourth of a five-week stretch away from Yost Ice Arena. The Wolverines have played just five road games since sweeping Minnesota at home on Jan. 10. “Sometimes in the back of your mind, you kinda wish you were just back here at Yost playing a game,” Motte said.
‘M’ earns first win in East Lansing since 2001 By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Writer
EAST LANSING — Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico sat down in her seat on the Wolverine bench with about a 59 MICH. ST. minute left MICHIGAN 72 in the game and looked out onto the court. Her team had just held off its in-state rival, Michigan State, and won in East Lansing for the first time since 2001. And 30 minutes after the game, Barnes Arico was still riding the excitement of the historic win. “I’m still holding my breath,” Barnes Arico said. In early January, Michigan (6-5 Big Ten, 14-8 overall) utilized a suffocating full-court press to force 24 Michigan State turnovers en route to a 74-65 win at Crisler Center. One month and a short trip up I-96 later, the two teams were at it again Thursday night in East Lansing at the Breslin Center. This time, the script was a little bit different, but the result stayed the same as the Wolverines triumphed, 72-59, over the Spartans. The win marked the Wolverines’ first season sweep of the Spartans since the 1999-2000 season. Michigan scrapped the fullcourt press just six minutes into the game, but it didn’t matter, as Michigan State (3-9, 11-12) shot just 33.3 percent — 26.1 percent in the first half — and scored just 21 points, its second-lowest scoring output in a half this season. But even with their poor shooting, the Spartans almost completed the comeback. Once down 22 points, Michigan State found life with about 11 minutes remaining. Behind the improved secondhalf shooting of forward Aerial Powers and guard Tori Jankoska, the Spartans were able to cut the deficit to as little as six points. But that was as close as they got, as Michigan did just enough at the end of the game to hold them off. “We knew it was only a matter
of time before they got good looks,” Barnes Arico said. “Our kids did a great job of sticking together, holding together and making plays down the stretch when we needed to.” The first half, though, was a completely different story. An almost six-minute Michigan State scoring drought, coupled with a Michigan 20-2 scoring run, gave the Wolverines all they needed in the game. Early on, senior forward Cyesha Goree had her hands full inside with forward Becca Mills. Mills held Goree to just three points and three rebounds before two fouls forced Spartan coach Suzy Merchant to sub her out. Without Mills on the floor, Goree thrived inside, scoring four points and three rebounds, taking almost half the time it took her to post the statistics with Mills in the game. “(Mills) was being really physical and pushing me out a lot,” Goree said. “I just had to make sure I was balanced and drew fouls and drew a little bit more contact.” The first half also saw Michigan effectively shut down Powers and Jankoska, the Spartans’ two leading scorers. Powers was held to six points, while Jankoska was held scoreless entirely. “We just denied Jankoska and Powers the ball,” Barnes Arico said. “We face guarded them the entire time, and we said we were going to make the other (players) have to make shots.” After combining for 43 points the last time the two teams met, the Spartan duo was held to just 21 points. The poor Spartan shooting carried into the start of the second half, as Michigan State didn’t record a bucket until 15:46 into the period. The Wolverine 3-point shooting was especially potent
in the game, as Michigan shot 50 percent from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard Siera Thompson finished the game 4-for-8, while freshman guard Katelynn Flaherty finished the game shooting 3-for-4. The duo finished with 16 and 17 points, respectively. Goree finished the game with 17 points and 11 rebounds. “(Flaherty)’s just getting better and better as the season progresses at figuring out how to get her shot off and how to read a defense and get open,” Barnes Arico said. “Tonight, she shot the ball exceptionally well, and she didn’t turn the basketball over, which was tremendous.” With the win, the Wolverines move back over .500 in the Big Ten. But more importantly, Michigan gained a win on the road, where it has won just twice this season, and pulled
“Our kids did a great job of sticking together.”
out a historic victory over a team that has gotten the best of the Wolverines in recent years. “When I first got to (Michigan), Michigan State was always the team in our state,” Barnes Arico said. “For our kids to come here and, for the first time since 2001, sweep them, it’s a great accomplishment for our seniors and the players in our program.”
BY THE NUMBERS Women’s Basketball
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Times Michigan has swept Michigan State in program history
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Double-doubles for senior forward Cyesha Goree this season
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Halftime lead for Michigan on Thursday, at 37-21
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Consecutive home wins for MSU in the series heading into Thursday
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Cyesha Goree totaled 17 points and 11 rebounds in Michigan’s win.
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Wolverines beaten and bruised in loss By DANIEL FELDMAN Daily Sports Editor
Michigan coach John Beilein was upset. Senior forward Max Bielfeldt had just been called for an offensive foul, and the referees 72 IOWA gave an MICHIGAN 54 Iowa player a timeout as he was falling out of bounds. Little did Beilein know, that would be the least of his concerns on Thursday night. The Wolverines went the last 6:58 of the first half without a basket while Iowa scored 12 straight points to hold a 31-19 lead. Freshman guard Aubrey Dawkins finally broke that spurt with two free throws, but Michigan’s cold shooting and inability to solve Iowa’s 2-3 zone proved too much in a 72-54 loss. “They were very, very good and we weren’t nearly as efficient or even close to being good,” Beilein said. “It’s for a lot of reasons, most of it just having a bad day. But (we) were just overwhelmed with their timing, their talent, their length, their size. It was a close game until they went zone.” With the Hawkeyes using a 2-3 zone in the first half, Michigan (6-5 Big Ten, 13-10 overall) constantly had issues getting the ball into the paint, instead settling for contested long-range jumpers. Meanwhile, Iowa (5-4, 13-9) had no problem getting the ball down low, scoring 20 points in the paint in the first half and 42 for the game, in addition to outrebounding Michigan, 33-17. Michigan had faced lengthy zone defenses before, but without junior guard Caris LeVert playing, it was more difficult for the Wolverines to face the zone without a passer like LeVert who can see the open man cutting toward the basket. “I don’t think it’s as much about them than us,” Beilein said. “This is a good zone, we
have areas we just have to get better at, and some of it might be schematic, others just seeing the spots that are open, driving where you can shoot it. We just weren’t efficient. It’s an area we need to work at.” Beilein tried to halt the 12-0 run before it really ballooned. After Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff drove through a wideopen lane for a dunk with 4:33 left, he called timeout, but it didn’t help much. Michigan’s next two possessions resulted in airballs from junior guard Spike Abrecht and sophomore forward Zak Irvin. The trend of ugly, offbalance shots held true until the Wolverines’ final possession of the half. Iowa forward Aaron White was assessed two technical fouls in the second half, with the second coming after he hung on the rim after a dunk. The latter didn’t get White ejected, however, because it was assessed as a Class B technical foul. Though Michigan managed a 7-0 run with White subbed out and at one point cut the deficit down to nine, Iowa answered with five straight points. “We had a little run in the second half, and then they got one or two offensive rebounds, brought it back out, starting (to run) their offense, and it’s so tough,” Bielfeldt said. “You know, it’s like the old Wisconsin teams, where we put on a 36-second shot clock and they get that second rebound and run their action for 36 seconds. It’s not easy to guard.” Even with Michigan shooting better in the second half — 40.4 percent, compared to 34.8 in the first — Iowa proved to be too hot for Michigan to handle. The Hawkeyes shot 62.7
percent for the game and 72 percent in the second half to close out the Wolverines. Five Iowa players scored in double digits, while Dawkins (16) and Albrecht (10) were Michigan’s lone double-digit scorers. Beilein and the Wolverines threw a mix of defensive schemes at Iowa in an attempt to stop its offensive dominance, but unlike in past games, there wasn’t an in-game fix that could solve the problem and win the game. Michigan was too “average” trying to find temporary solutions to the Hawkeyes’ offensive juggernaut, according to Beilein. While Michigan suffered its worst home defeat since December 2010, a 23-point loss to Purdue, it didn’t make a difference where the Wolverines played the game — they weren’t going to win. “They’re a really good team,” Beilein said. “They were better than us tonight, without question. Home court, away court, didn’t make a difference. They were better than us.”
“They were better than us tonight.”
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Max Bielfeldt scored all four of the points between the three big men as Michigan faced a severe size disadvantage.