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TOP LEFT: University of Virginia sophomores Marisa Readdy (left) and Rolph Recto (right) participate at the hackathon at Michigan Stadium Friday. BOTTOM LEFT: Illinois Institute of Technology senior Abed Arnaout and junior Tameem Imamdad (second and third from left) plan with teammates at the Hackathon at Michigan Stadium Friday. RIGHT: Engineering junior Michael Christen looks out over the field at Michigan Stadium Friday.
At Big House, innovations abound MHacks moves to Michigan Stadium for largest student hackathon in U.S. By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
It wasn’t game day, but the Big House was bustling. The MHacks hackathon, a
competitive weekend of non-stop programming, is a collaboration of Michigan Hackers and MPowered, an entrepreneurship group, where “hackers” from universities worldwide filled the stadium — a location chosen after the 2012 hackathon outgrew Palmer Commons. At MHacks, students collaborated to churn out innovations between Friday night and Sunday morning. The rules are simple: The hackers are be given exactly 36
hours to create an application programming interface — which specifies how some software components should interact with each other — and present it at an expo for the chance to win a series of prizes. With nearly three times the number of participants as the 2012 hackathon, the 2013 event surpassed world records for hackathon attendance, as 1,700 tickets for the event sold out in less than 24 hours. The previous
record was set early September at PennApps, the annual hackathon hosted at the University of Pennsylvania that boasted a record 1,000 attendees. Though much of the participants’ time was spent developing apps, they were provided with ample food and drink, and were even able to watch the University’s football game against the University of Connecticut on the stadium screens. As it neared closer to 11 p.m.
Saturday, a class of student participants turned to sleep and social media after failing to effectively debug failed applications. Others, however, inched closer to finishing and implementing lastminute functionalities — Binghamton University senior David Lui included. “You are competing against the others here, but I don’t think of it that way until the end,” Lui said. “Right now it’s more of a social collaborative event.”
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Wallenberg fellow works to sustain Earth, human rights With $25K grant, student studying how conservation affects Kenyans By MICHAEL SUGERMAN For the Daily
Even after University alum Zachary Petroni explains in native Kiswahili that he is a student researcher, locals from the small Kenyan town of Gede question his intentions. To them, Petroni is like any other mzungu, or white person, passing through — there as a tourist rather than as a student. Petroni said withstanding this reaction has been his biggest adjustment – other than the “tropical heat” and “de-industrialization” of his diet – while working as a Wallenberg fellow on the northern edge of Kenya’s Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, where he has been researching “the relationship between conservation governance and human
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rights” for a month. Over the summer of 2013, he worked as a research assistant for the School of Natural Resources and Environment. Petroni, formerly a student in the Ford School of Public Policy, is the inaugural winner of the fellowship, which grants $25,000 to a graduating senior each year to pursue an independent learnings or exploration project anywhere in the world. He wrote in an e-mail interview that his overall objective is “interrogating the linkages between how conservation spaces are constructed and governed … and the consequences of this decision-making on the socio-economic, cultural and political well-being of people living in close proximity to such efforts.” Each school on campus can select up to two nominees, whose applications are then forwarded to the Wallenberg Fellowship Selection Committee. The committee comprises representatives from various University units and colleges. See WALLENBERG, Page 5A
Lui created an application that would determine a user’s inherent biases through a personalized series of questions. He said being able to participate in a hackathon hosted in the Big House was a perk. At the expo following the hackathon, application developers had the opportunity to compete for a total of $23,000 in cash prizes. While the overall best applicaSee BIG HOUSE, Page 5A
City council reconsiders crosswalk regulations Council members concerned about ambiguous law By WILL GREENBERG Daily Staff Reporter PAUL SHERMAN/Daily
Students transform a parking space on State Street into a temporary park Friday for International PARK(ing) Day.
Rolling out the green carpet to spark urban-space debate Students make mini-park out of parking spaces By MICHAEL SUGERMAN For the Daily
From a rolled-out strip of bright green AstroTurf spanning a couple of parking spaces on South State and East Liberty streets, Rackham and Public Health student Arielle Fleisher invited a passerby into her makeshift “park.”
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On Friday, Fleisher and Rackham student Jenny Cooper created a “parklet” as a part of PARK(ing) Day 2013, an annual program that creates temporary green spaces in an attempt to spark discussion about how to use urban space. The duo received permission from the Downtown Development Authority and the South State Street Corridor Authority to use the spaces for free, setting up at 11 a.m. Local businesses even contributed to the parklet’s
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creation: Downtown Home and Garden donated furniture and potted plants, the Produce Station donated one park bench and the Lunch Room provided lunch for the group. Other expenses were covered by a $315 grant from the Student Sustainability Initiative, a University program. “We’re not just passively sitting here today, but we’re also making a statement,” Fleisher said. “We want to ask the question, ‘How do we value urban space, and what if See URBAN, Page 5A
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In light of the death of a student early August at a Plymouth Road crosswalk, Ann Arbor’s current crosswalk ordinance has raised questions among the public and City Council as many legislators are working to revise or repeal the ordinance. When the current law was passed in 2012, it was considered an improvement over the previous ordinance, which required drivers to stop for pedestrians “approaching” the crosswalk. Some considered the wording too ambiguous to follow or enforce. Today, Ann Arbor has an ordinance that is distinct from the Michigan Uniform Traffic Code. A memorandum to councilmembers from Nick Hutchinson, manager of the city’s Project Management Unit, illustrated the differences in the wording of the two laws. The MUTC See CROSSWALK, Page 5A
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NCAA basketball ban lifted The NCAA’s postseason ban on Michigan’s basketball program was lifted. The ban, along with four years of probation and the loss of one scholarship per year, was put into place after the NCAA learned four players accepted more than $600,000 from Ed Martin during the 1990s. The organization also demanded those four players be dissociated from the University for 10 years. Thomas Yeager, former chair of the NCAA Committee on Infractions, said the infraction was “one of the three or
four most egregious violations of the NCAA bylaws in the history of the association.” However, the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee decided the postseason ban was excessive.
ing to Dean Bodley, former vice president of the Ann Arbor Education Association.
Thirty years ago this week (Sept. 23, 1983):
The University’s Board of Regents approved a $2.7-million expenditure to provide additional student housing over two years. The approval allowed the University to file preliminary applications with a federal agency for loans to cover the cost of construction. The other $1 million went toward the construction of 100 married-student housing units.
Ann Arbor Public Schools teachers ended a 16-day strike and returned to classrooms, reluctantly accepting a 2.5-percent wage increase. Ann Arbor teachers’ salaries ranked 75th among the 500 Michigan school districts, though most felt the 2.5-percent pay raise was “grossly inadequate,” accord-
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WHERE: 100 Block State Street WHEN: Thursday at about 1:00 p.m. WHAT: A bike that was stolen from North Quad earlier last week was recovered when police arrested two suspects on Thursday, University Police reported. The case remains open.
WHERE: Alice Lloyd Hall WHEN: Thursday at about 1:15 p.m. WHAT: Sometime on Thursday multiple interior facility signs were reported missing to University Police. There is no time frame and there are no suspects, University Police reported.
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WHAT: “The War of Graffiti”: Contested Spaces in Beirut. Melanie Schulze Tanielian discusses graffiti in Beirut and its social and political influences. WHO: Center for Middle Eastern and Northern African Studies WHEN: Today at 12:10 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building
WHERE: 500 Jefferson WHEN: Thursday at about 10:00 p.m. WHAT: On September 11 between 6 and 9:30 p.m. a wallet was reportedly stolen from an unlocked car along Jefferson, University Police reported.
WHERE: Krause Natural Science Building WHEN: Thursday at about 4:50 p.m. WHAT: A bicycle was stolen from outside the Natural Science Building between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, University Police reported. There are currently no suspects in the alleged theft.
Religion in U.S. history WHAT: This class explores the influence of religion on the nation and its role in everything from the Declaration of Independece to the Bill of Rights. The class starts today and costs $40. WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute WHEN: Today at 1:00 p.m. WHERE: First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw Ave.
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Obama calls for gun reform in UMPD chief promoted wake of Navy Yard shooting to security and safety job President says fight for gun laws ‘ought to obsess us’
Piersante will take role as DPSS COO and director of Security Services
to mourn at the Marine Barracks. about innocent men and women “Our words and our prayers are being gunned down where they not enough. If we really want to work.” honor these 12 men and women, He said no other advanced if we really want to be a country nation endures the kind of gun where we can go to work and go to violence seen in the United States, WASHINGTON (AP) — school and walk our streets free and blamed mass shootings in President Barack Obama on from senseless violence without America on laws that fail “to keep Sunday memorialized the victims so many lives being stolen by a guns out of the hands of criminals By JENNIFER CALFAS of the Washington Navy Yard bullet from a gun, then we’re and dangerous people.” Daily Staff Reporter shooting by urging Americans going to have to change.” “What’s different in America not to give up on a transformation Obama said when such is it’s easy to get your hands on a In another step in the conin gun laws that he argued are to senseless deaths strike in America, gun,” he said. He acknowledged tinuing reorganization of the blame for an epidemic of violence. “it ought to be a shock to all of us, it “the politics are difficult,” a University’s security agencies, “There is nothing inevitable ought to obsess us. It ought to lead lesson he learned after failing to University Police Chief Joe about it — it comes about because to some sort of transformation.” get expanded background checks Piersante has been named chief of decisions we make or fail to But, Obama said, “nothing for gun buyers through the operations officer of the Divimake,” Obama said. happens. Alongside the anguish Democratic-controlled Senate sion of Public Safety and SecuReprising his role of the nation’s of these American families, this spring. Obama had proposed rity and director of University consoler in chief after yet another alongside the accumulated the measure after the shooting Security Services. mass shooting, Obama issued a call outrage so many of us feel, at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Piersante will continue in to action on gun control measures sometimes I fear there is a Elementary School killed 20 firsthis position until a new chief that failed to pass earlier this year creeping resignation that these graders and six staff. has been selected. The Speland show no new momentum in tragedies are just somehow the “And that’s sometimes where man and Johnson Group, a the wake of last week’s rampage at way it is, that this is somehow the the resignation comes from: the search firm that specializes a military installation just blocks new normal. We cannot accept sense that our politics are frozen in higher education, has been from the Capitol. this. As Americans bound in grief and that nothing will change. hired to assist in the search for Sudoku Syndication http://www.sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ “Our tears are not enough,” and love, we must insist here Well, I cannot accept that,” a replacement. Obama told thousands gathered today there is nothing normal Obama said. “By now, though, it When Piersante first took should be clear that the change the top post, the University’s we need will not come from Police force was known as the Washington, even when tragedy Department of Public Safety. strikes Washington. Change He first served as interim execwill come the only way it ever utive director of public safety HARD has come, and that’s from the in February 2011, when former American people.” director Ken Magee went on Obama joined military leaders sick leave. in eulogizing the dozen victims Later that year, he again killed in last Monday’s shooting, assumed the role of executive speaking from the parade director on an interim basis grounds at the Marine Barracks, after former chief Greg O’Dell a site personally selected by returned to his previous job as Thomas Jefferson because of director of public safety and its close marching distance to chief of police at Eastern Michithe Navy Yard. The memorial gan University. O’Dell commitservice came on the first day ted suicide just a month later. of fall, which shone brightly in For most of the last two Washington, with sun sparkling years, Piersante has prevailed off the instruments being played over a law enforcement orgaby the Navy Band and the gold nization that has been partly dress uniform buttons worn by so blamed for serious communimany in the crowd. cation issues, and as a result, The invitation-only crowd the agency has gone through included around 4,000 mourners, immense change, including the with the victims’ tearful, blackformation of the Division of clad family members directly in Public Safety and Security to front of the speakers’ stage. The president and first lady Michelle For personal use only. sudokusyndication.com LIKE NAILING JELLO TO A TREE. puzzle©bysudokusolver.com. Obama met privately with the families before the service, White House officials said.
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unite Housing Security, Hospital Security, and Police under one umbrella organization. As DPSS COO and USS director, Piersante will oversee several different major security initiatives, including infrastructure management, museums security, coordination of safety and security efforts for major events, contract security and administration of the University’s 911 Communications Center. In a statement released Friday, DPSS executive director Eddie Washington, Jr. praised Piersante’s work both as chief and as interim director of DPSS. “I’m very appreciative of the many years of successful service that Joe has made to the university and to the police department,” Washington said. “When the new division was formed last fall, Joe willingly took on the additional role to lead the transition. I’m grateful that his leadership will continue to benefit our community through our campus security efforts.” Washington said DPSS has now chosen to appoint a new chief because Piersante’s expertise is needed at a strategic level. “As the new Division has continued to evolve, we recognized a greater need at the Division level for Joe’s expertise,” Washington said. “To meet the strategic plans and goals of the Division and the Police Department, we needed to expand Joe’s role.” The job posting notes that a successful candidate for UMPD chief must have a bachelor’s degree, leadership experience in law enforcement and, among other things, an understanding of student life. The posting does not detail exactly how much experience a qualified candidate should have. Spelman and Johnson Group
will be compensated onethird of the first year salary of the new UMPD chief, which could range from $150,000 to $160,000, according to officials. Andy Burchfield, the University’s director of emergency management, will serve as chair of the search committee. In addition, the following people will serve on the committee: • AAPD Deputy Chief Greg Bazick • DPSS executive assistant Lori Blough • Jeffery Frumkin, associate vice provost in academic affairs • Sabrina Garrett-Owens, associate director of labor relations in U-M Human Resources • Bob Heighes, Eastern Michigan University chief of police • UMPD Lt.Crystal James • Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones • LSA junior Emily Lustig, U-M student, chair of the Central Student Government’s Commission of Campus Safety and Security and a neighborhood ambassador in the Beyond the Diag program • Tim Lynch, vice president and general counsel • Jeff McDole, IT planning manager for DPSS • Jeff Moelich, executive director of University Audits • David Moran, clinical law professor and member of the University Police Oversight Committee • Teresa Oesterle, chief administrative officer of DPSS • Tom Peterson, associate director for operations and support services in U-M Hospitals and Health Centers • Kate Rychlinski, assistant director of risk management Applications for the position of University Police Chief will be reviewed beginning Oct. 16, 2013.
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Ann Arbor city council considers divestment The Ann Arbor City Council is considering a proposal to sell off fossil fuel-linked investments in its $429 million municipal pension plan. The University of Michigan campus community already aims to make a 90 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions in the city of 115,000 by 2050. The city’s Energy Commission is urging the council to pass a resolution directing the pension board to sell holdings in the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel companies. The Ann Arbor News says pension fund chief Nancy Walker warns the move could hurt the city financially. The proposal has failed before but now in on the City Council’s Oct. 21 agenda.
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Campaign provides two-million meals to Michigan kids Organizers say the annual Hunger Free Summer campaign provided more than 2 million meals to hungry children in southeastern Michigan. The effort was coordinated by Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan and the Charter One Foundation. They say the 2013 Hunger Free Summer campaign raised more money and distributed more meals than the previous campaigns. According to officials with the campaign, nearly 320,000 children in southeastern Michigan rely on free or reduced-fee meals during the school year. When the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs are unavailable, those kids and their families risk missing meals.
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Computer glitch causes delay of cargo launch to ISS A brand new commercial cargo ship making its orbital debut experienced navigation system trouble Sunday, and its arrival at the International Space Station was delayed at least two days. The rendezvous was aborted less than six hours before the scheduled arrival of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Cygnus capsule, packed with 1,300 pounds of food and clothes for the space station crew. The Virginia-based company said it already has developed a software repair. The new software will be tested on the ground before it is transmitted to the Cygnus and tested again. If all goes well, the capsule will make another docking attempt Tuesday morning.
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Pope discusses financial crisis Pope Francis denounced what he called big business’s idolatry of money as he traveled Sunday to one of Italy’s poorest regions to offer hope to the unemployed and entrepreneurs struggling to hang on. “Where there is no work, there is no dignity,” he said. Francis left aside his prepared remarks and spoke off the cuff to thousands of people in Sardinia’s capital, telling them he knew well what it was like to suffer from financial crisis. He recalled that his Italian parents, who immigrated to Argentina before he was born, spoke about it often at home. “My young father went to Argentina full of illusions of making it in America,” a somber Francis told the crowd at the start of a daylong visit to the island. “And he suffered the terrible crisis of the 1930s. They lost everything. There was no work.” —Compiled from Daily wire reports
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Ben Curtis/AP Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall. Kenyan authorities said Islamic extremist attackers remain inside the upscale Kenyan shopping mall, holding an unknown number of hostages, after killing and injuring scores of people in the attack.
Kenyan government takes back mall in ‘major’ military assault Attacks with links to al-Qaida kills 68, injures 175 RIO NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Helicopters circling overhead, Kenya’s military launched a major operation Sunday at an upscale Nairobi mall and said it had rescued “most” of the hostages being held captive by alQaida-linked militants during a two-day standoff that killed at least 68 people and injured 175. The military assault began shortly before sundown, with one helicopter skimming very close to the roof of the shopping complex as a loud explosion rang out, far larger than any previous grenade blast or gunfire volley. Kenyan police said on Twitter that security forces had launched a “MAJOR” assault to end the bloody siege. “This will end tonight. Our forces will prevail. Kenyans are standing firm against aggression, and we will win,” Kenya’s National Disaster Operation Centre said on Twitter. The Kenya Defense Forces later said it had rescued “most” hostages and had taken control of most of the mall, though it did not provide details. Many of the rescued hostages — mostly adults — were suffering from dehydration, Col. Cyrus Oguna, a military spokesman, told The Associated Press. He refused to say how many hostages were rescued or how many were still being held. He said some of the attackers had “most probably” been killed in the operation. The assault came about 30 hours after 10 to 15 al-Shabab extremists stormed the mall Saturday from two sides, throwing
grenades and firing on civilians. Loud exchanges of gunfire rang out from inside the fourstory mall throughout Sunday. Kenyan troops were seen carrying in at least two rocket-propelled grenades. Al-Shabab militants reacted angrily to the helicopters on Twitter and warned that the Kenyan military action was endangering hostages. Kenyan authorities said they would do their utmost to save hostages’ lives, but no officials could say precisely how many people were being held captive. Kenya’s Red Cross said in a statement, citing police, that 49 people had been reported missing. Officials did not make an explicit link but that number could give an indication of the number of people held captive. Kenya’s Red Cross said the death toll rose to 68 after nine bodies were recovered Sunday. More than 175 people were injured, including many children, Kenyan officials said. Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack that specifically targeted non-Muslims, saying it was in retribution for Kenyan forces’ 2011 push into neighboring Somalia. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned what he called “an enormous offense against everybody’s sense of right and wrong,” and called the attackers “ruthless and completely reckless terrorists.” Kerry, who was in New York, for meetings at the United Nations, spoke Sunday with Somalia’s foreign minister and U.N. ambassador. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said U.S. law enforcement, military and civilian personnel in Nairobi were providing advice and assistance to the Kenyan authorities. She
said five Americans were among the scores of people injured in the attack, but the U.S. had no reports of any American deaths. Earlier in the day, al-Shabab said on its new Twitter feed — after its previous one was shut down Saturday — that Kenyan officials were asking the hostage-takers to negotiate and offering incentives. “We’ll not negotiate with the Kenyan govt as long as its forces are invading our country, so reap the bitter fruits of your harvest,” al-Shabab said in a tweet. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who lost a nephew and the nephew’s fiancee in the attack, reiterated his government’s determination to continue fighting al-Shabab. “We went as a nation into Somalia to help stabilize the country and most importantly to fight terror that had been unleashed on Kenya and the world,” said Kenyatta. “We shall not relent on the war on terror.” Although this violent attack had succeeded, the Kenyan leader said, the country’s security forces had “neutralized” many others. Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told reporters that “quite a number” of people were being held hostage in two areas of the sprawling complex, which includes stores for such retail giants as Nike, Adidas and Bose. Many hostages were believed to be in a grocery and general department store called Nakumatt. Kenyan security officials sought to reassure the families of hostages but implied that some of those being held could be killed. “The priority is to save as many lives as possible,” said Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Lenku, adding that more than 1,000 people escaped the attack inside the mall on Saturday.
Suicide bombers kill 78 people in attack on church in Pakistan Pair of bombers linked with Pakistani Taliban PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up amid hundreds of worshippers at a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack against the country’s Christian minority. A wing of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, raising new questions about the government’s push to strike a peace deal with the militants to end a decadelong insurgency that has killed thousands of people. The Jundullah arm of the Taliban said they would continue to target non-Muslims until the United States stopped drone attacks in Pakistan’s remote tribal region. The latest drone strike came Sunday, when missiles hit a pair of compounds in the North Waziristan tribal area, killing six suspected militants. The attack on the All Saints Church, which wounded 141 people, occurred as worshippers were leaving after services to get a free meal of rice offered on the
front lawn, said a top government administrator, Sahibzada Anees. “There were blasts and there was hell for all of us,” said Nazir John, who was at the church in the city’s Kohati Gate district along with at least 400 other worshippers. “When I got my senses back, I found nothing but smoke, dust, blood and screaming people. I saw severed body parts and blood all around.” Survivors wailed and hugged one another in the wake of the blasts. The white walls of the church, which first opened in the late 1800s, were pockmarked with holes caused by ball bearings contained in the bombs to cause maximum damage. Blood stained the floor and the walls. Plates filled with rice were scattered across the ground. The attack was carried out by two suicide bombers who detonated their explosives almost simultaneously, said police officer Shafqat Malik. The 78 dead included 34 women and seven children, said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. Another 37 children were among the 141 wounded, he said. The number of casualties from the blasts was so high that
the hospital ran short of caskets for the dead and beds for the wounded, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, a former information minister of surrounding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who was on the scene. “This is the deadliest attack against Christians in our country,” said Irfan Jamil, the bishop of the eastern city of Lahore. Pope Francis led several thousand people in a prayer for the victims while on a visit to Sardinia. Those who carried out the attack, he said, “took the wrong choice, one of hatred and war.” One of the wounded, John Tariq, who lost his father in the attack, demanded of those behind the bombing: “What have we done wrong to these people? Why are we being killed?” Ahmad Marwat, who identified himself as the spokesman for the Jundullah wing of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack. “All non-Muslims in Pakistan are our target, and they will remain our target as long as America fails to stop drone strikes in our country,” Marwat told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location.
After months of fielding more than 100 e-mails per day, the four directors of the Society of Women Engineers and Tau Beta Pi Career Fair are stepping back to let recruiters and students connect. The annual SWE/TBP career fair runs Monday through Tuesday. The event typically attracts about 1,500 students and 300 companies each year, but directors said even more were looking for space. “We basically take over every single building on North Campus,” said Engineering senior Emily Carroll, a member of the University’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and one of the fair’s directors. That makes the SWE/TBP fair the second-largest studentrun career fair in the country for 2013, right behind Purdue’s Industrial Roundtable Career Fair, which is also held for engineers and attracted roughly 300 companies last year. It’s also one of the biggest fairs on campus — the Career Center’s biggest fair is the Fall Expo, which brings in about 140 companies. “When you think about the size of the events they’re doing and being able to do all the logistics that are involved while you are also a full-time student is pretty amazing,” said Sally Schuenemann, the Career Center’s career events manager. Schuenemann said locations often have to be reserved almost two years in advance of an event, making logistics the most challenging part of putting together a career fair. Engineering senior Natalie
Eyke, one of the fair’s directors and a member of the Tau Beta Pi, the University’s engineering honors society, said there are a lot of things to stay on top of, from making sure the caterer is University-approved to organizing times for recruiters to unload their gear. But she said an adviser from the Engineering Career Center helps the student organizers jump that hurdle. “They are aware of resources that we aren’t necessarily aware of,” said Eyke. Eyke said the fact that the directors are students gives them a beneficial perspective that the University officials might not have. “We’re more in touch with other students,” she said. “We not only know what we want but we can reach out to our friends and say ‘What are you looking for?’ more easily than maybe the University could.” That perspective resulted in spreading out similar companies across the space, so students aren’t professing their desire to work for one company only to do the same within earshot of the another recruiter. That student perspective also plays heavily in the preparation for the University’s other student-run fair, MPowered’s Startup Career Fair. MPowered is a student-run group that encourages student entrepreneurship. “We spend a lot of time with our team thinking ‘How can we make this a really great experience for the students?’ ” said Engineering junior Natasja Nielsen, a co-director of MPowered’s start-up fair. Engineering senior Michael Boyd, one of the SWE/TBP career fair’s directors, said a strong reputation both within and outside the University makes it possible for students to run a career fair.
Builders, soldiers hustle to reconnect Colorado towns impacted by flood Natural disaster damages over 2,000 square miles LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — State highway crews and National Guard troops worked furiously Sunday to repair highways to Colorado mountain towns cut off by unprecedented flooding. Other teams were assessing how much damage needed to be repaired on Colorado’s eastern plains before trucks begin hauling in the fall harvest. “They’re really humming,” said Jerre Stead, the corporate executive chosen by Gov. John Hickenlooper to oversee the state’s recovery from the catastrophic floods, which killed seven and wreaked havoc across 17 counties and 2,000 square miles. Stead and Don Hunt, executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, said they were optimistic they can meet a Dec. 1 target to complete temporary fixes to at least some roads, if more bad weather doesn’t interfere. Quick repairs are critical because winter weather will make highway work more difficult and force the closure of the high-elevation Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park, one of only two routes still open into Estes Park, a small town at the park’s east entrance. Also looming are the harvests from Colorado’s $8.5 billion-ayear agriculture industry, which relies on trucks to get cattle and crops to markets. Officials said it’s too early to know how much time and money it will take to make permanent repairs, but they say it will cost more than $100 million. Some 200 miles of state highways and 50 bridges were destroyed. On Sunday, Stead and Hunt
drove up flood-battered U.S. 36 northwest of Denver until they reached a point where floodwaters had obliterated the roadway. Then they got out and hiked. Holding his hands about shoulder-width apart, Stead said, “You’re on paths this narrow where the roads used to be.” Residents who chose not to evacuate aboard National Guard helicopters gave them a lift at one point, Hunt said. Those isolated residents can drive along unscathed sections of highway but can’t reach either Estes Park on the north or Lyons on the south. Hunt said residents of Pinewood Springs had built makeshift trails along highway washouts and planned to escort some children along those paths to waiting vehicles on Monday. He didn’t know how many children were making the trek or how far they would have to walk. Stead said the devastation was worse than he expected, but Hunt was more optimistic. “It’s maybe not as bad as I thought,” he said. “The damage is severe, but it’s highly concentrated” in a few areas, mostly where roads share a narrow canyon with a river. Hunt said the biggest difficulties will be getting construction materials into damaged areas and protecting workers and travelers from falling rocks loosened by days of heavy rain. Colorado will award several contracts for emergency repairs to construction companies on Monday. State employees and National Guard soldiers are already on the job and making quick progress, Stead said. The federal government will reimburse the state up to $100 million for road repairs, CDOT spokeswoman Amy Ford said, but Colorado officials are pushing to raise that to $500 million, which she said was the cap for mid-Atlantic states rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
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fter a rocky introduction to new football seating policies, Michigan’s student fans have another change coming. On Tuesday, Hunter Lochmann, the University Athletic Department’s chief marketing officer, announced a major change to the men’s basketball season ticket policy in which students now have to claim tickets to individual games. This change is effective immediately, yet it comes months after students purchased season ticket packages. Nearly 4,500 students purchased ticket packages, but 3,000 seats are available to students each game. While this policy does makes sense, and may be the best option given the situation, it comes at an odd time since students already purchased tickets. Lochmann argues that the main problem at basketball games is student attendance, saying that an average of 46.1 percent of student tickets were used per game in 20122013. In comments to The Michigan Daily Tuesday, Lochmann said, “We don’t want to play a guessing game of who’s coming.” While student turnout is obviously important, the problem lies in the fact that potentially 1,500 students will not have seats at basketball games for tickets they thought were guaranteed as part of their ticket package. The Athletic Department should admit fault here; they oversold tickets and therefore it’s not possible for every student who bought a ticket to attend every game. If student morale was the real issue, then they should have considered a policy change after this season ended. Most importantly, students should have been more involved in the decision-making process. The president and vice president of
the Central Student Government, Michael Proppe and Bobby Dishell respectively, were informed prior to the decision’s announcement, and the president of Maize Rage, Sasha Shaffer, met with Lochmann and two other department officials during the decisionmaking process. Though Shaffer and CSG leaders do represent the student body, there were other outlets available for the Athletic Department to gauge reaction better through forums or surveys. The change to basketball season tickets is not inherently problematic. A similar ticket scheme has been implemented at schools like Indiana University, and given the short amount of time before the season begins, it may be the most effective. What is a problem, however, is that it’s part of a trend by the Athletic Department to make policy changes that affect a substantial percentage of the student body without consulting more than a handful of students.
JANINI KUMAR | VIEWPOINT
Get unplugged What’s the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do before going to bed? For most people, it’s checking their phone — e-mail, messages and other notifications — to either get caught up right before falling asleep or to see what they missed overnight. Whether you’re waiting in line at the grocery store, riding the bus, studying at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library or sitting in lecture, take a look around you. A good number of people are on their phone — updating a Facebook status, tweeting, posting on Instagram. I had no idea how much time we spend on our phones until I was overseas over the summer and didn’t have a cell phone. I felt like I had so much free time with a phone not constantly buzzing every few minutes. Sometimes on public transportation, I’d look around and everyone around me would have headphones on and be on their phone or tablet in their own world. Never before did I feel more alone in a room full of people. But if I had my phone, I would’ve been doing the same thing and would have been just as guilty of not interacting with those around me. As we grow closer to those farther away from us, we are growing increasingly disconnected from those physically close to us. Is it possible to be over-connected? Especially with the ever-increasing forms of social media, there’s a need to establish and maintain a social presence. Let’s be honest, everyone loves a notification — it makes us feel important. Heard. It lets us know that someone cares about what we have to say or what we are doing — something that we
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innately crave as human beings. Humans are social creatures, and, in a globalized world, this is how we stay connected. But when was the last time you talked to the person sitting next to you in a large lecture hall? We’re so connected with what we already know that we never really have to step out of our comfort zone and meet new people. In the era of Internet and smartphones, we are truly hooked to our gadgets. Of course, one can argue that social media and technology bring light to issues that you might not know about otherwise, but what do most people do with that information? We either tweet about it, post a status or share that article. That’s where it ends for most people. But what if we actually did something about it? Everything should be enjoyed in moderation, and that includes smartphones and social media. A few weeks ago I deleted a lot of apps from my phone, and honestly, life was perfectly fine. I had more time to spend with my family, my friends and really do something memorable with my time. So spend a little less time on your phone scrolling through your newsfeed for the hundredth time. Talk to the people around you, do something outdoors or spend your Saturday afternoon volunteering. Or maybe actually work on one of those DIY projects you’re always re-pinning. Take some time away from a screen. You’ll be surprised with how much there is around you. Janini Kumar is an LSA sophomore.
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estled between a tattoo parlor and a transmission repair shop in Dearborn Heights, Mich., is Moo Cluck Moo, a small fast-food joint. As I settle in with my sea salt fries and black cherry milkshake, the LISSA line ebbs and KRYSKA flows, and the guy working the counter alternately takes phone and in-store orders. He’s one of nine employees who work under head chef and cofounder Allen Fisher. Moo Cluck Moo is different from competitors like McDonald’s. The restaurant currently has only one location, which opened in April. They only use natural, high-quality, corn-syrup-free ingredients. The buns are baked fresh in the kitchen each day, and those that they don’t use are donated to a local shelter at the end of the night. Oh, and they pay their workers $15 per hour. Speaking with Fisher and with Brian Parker, another co-founder, they gave a few different reasons for why they pay more than double the federal minimum wage. Ultimately, it’s all about the people. “I want these people to look at this place as a career,” Parker said, explaining that they pay employees more because they believe it’s the right thing to do. The people they hire are skilled and experienced with food and, well, they work hard. “It’s not an easy job by any stretch of the imagination,” said Fisher. I was curious to hear Fisher’s and Parker’s responses to some
arguments on why it isn’t pos- to set up a schedule that allows her sible to pay fast food workers their to work four full days and then take unusually high rate. Moo Cluck a three-day weekend to spend more Moo’s prices are competitive, with time with her one-and-a-half-yeara Moo Burger costing $3, and Park- old daughter. If she hadn’t found this er said he didn’t feel any pressure to job, she said she would probably be raise prices based on the wage deci- working two jobs. sions. Some involved in the debate “I would never see my baby,” over wages also argue that higher McCray said. wages cost jobs, but Parker said McCray and the other employee, Moo Cluck Moo probably wouldn’t Dan Chavez, both spoke about the have hired more people than they restaurant as more than just a workdid, even if the wages were lower. place — something closer to a family, When I asked why they didn’t pay or at least a tight-knit community. their employees less and pocket the This seemed to extend to the cusextra profits themselves, Parker tomer base as well, many of whom laughed and said he would rather were greeted by name when they get recognition for doing the right walked in. thing than for driving down the Involvement in the local commustreet in a six-figure sports car. nity is important for the company. It comes down to prioritizing Parker pointed out that they paryour spending, and for the own- ticipate in a lot of local events, and ers of Moo Cluck Moo, that’s two Fisher framed the high wages as things: the food and the people. being an investment not just in the While Parker employees, but expressed hope also the comthat at some munity. Moo Cluck Moo point all fast Moo Cluck prioritizes their food workers Moo is the type will make higher of business that spending on food wages, he also should become and employees. acknowledged more prevalent that Moo Cluck in every indusMoo doesn’t try, but espehave the corporate overhead costs of cially the fast-food industry. I love larger companies, or face the same that they’ve taken corn syrup out pressures executives at those com- of the equation. I love that there’s a panies do when making decisions portabella burger on the menu. But that affect thousands of people. most importantly, I love that they That night, there were two see their employees as people rather employees working with Fisher, and than commodities, and making sure I got a chance to speak with them. those people are able to support “I prayed for this,” employee themselves is a priority. Because, as Cidney McCray said. As a single moth- McCray pointed out when reflecting er who has worked as a manager at on her past jobs, “It’s impossible on both McDonald’s and Wendy’s, she $9 an hour.” was able to bring some perspective on how Moo Cluck Moo compares. — Lissa Kryska can be reached At Moo Cluck Moo, she’s been able at lkkryska@umich.edu.
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have two brothers, one eight and one 10 years older than I am. Having all been born between 1980 and 1995, by definition we’re all millennials. Yet undeniably, we were raised in very different times. My brothers grew up watching movies SARA MOROSI from a VCR, listening to music from a Walkman and using a landline, dial-up Internet and AOL instant messenger. But during my childhood, those were replaced with DVDs, an iPod, cell phones, Wi-Fi, texting, MySpace and Facebook. Advancements in technology have created a void in digital communication between the early and late millennials — a distinction that’s unquestionably present but ignored by commentators. My brothers — Millennials 1.0 — have one foot in both worlds, and are a bridge between the millennial generation and its precursor, Generation X. The media routinely criticizes millennials on our performance in the workforce and our purchasing behavior, not to mention our selfcentered nature and resistance to authority. This is unjustified for two reasons. First, there are two populations of our generation, and commentators are slamming us for things we haven’t yet had a chance to respond to. And second, they’re criticizing our generation’s response to problems that their generation created. A popular critique of millennials is that they’re noncommittal, particularly in the workforce. According to Forbes, millennials change jobs at an
average rate of once every 4.4 years. to work out. While this may be true of the early These sweeping generalizations segment of the generation, the criti- that originated from the early part cism is misplaced given the economic of the generation are being projected upheaval of the past few years. No onto a cohort that deserves distincone knows how the latter half of the tion. While time may show that pregeneration is going to respond to the viously established notions hold true, job market, so to criticize the millen- giving the latter portion of the gennials that are now graduating from eration time to forge its own identity college is blatantly unfair. is the only way to know. Another critique is that in spite The same trend can be seen across of their engagement with consumer generations. Take the Baby Boomer culture, millennials are reluctant generation. The experiences of those to make conventional purchases — in the latter half of the generation namely houses and cars. But that hes- — greatly influenced by the hippie itance is understandable given the culture — differ greatly from the coneconomic experience of the last few servative atmosphere of the 1950s years. In fact, the reluctance on the and early 60s. part of many to buy a house, in retroThe attempt to pigeonhole a genspect, was extremely fortunate given eration is a flawed concept from the that many people who purchased start. Changes in society occur so homes recently are now seriously rapidly that unless you atomize a underwater in generation to their mortgages. cover several As witnesses years, sweeping to the implosion generalities are The attempt to of the housing either inaccumarket, the latter pigeonhole a generation rate or applied part of the genersoon. is flawed from the start. tooThe ation — Millenjury is nials 2.0 — will still out on the likely hold off on millennial genbuying a house. eration. ParOur reluctance to buy homes isn’t a ticularly on the second half, which character flaw, especially at a point at this point applies to those still in in our lives in which such purchases their early to mid-twenties To label aren’t even necessary. It makes a lot all millennials as narcissistic trophy of sense. Still, partial blame for the kids who job-hop, don’t contribute to fall of the real estate market and auto the economy and are too plugged into industry falls into the hands of the technology to appreciate the finer millennial generation as a whole. things in life is unjustified based on Millennials 2.0 aren’t yet a major the lack of track record to base that force in the workplace. We’re not assessment. I’m not happy about a force financially, and are barely a it. And yeah, I’m probably going to force socially. The older millennials tweet about it — but not before postare now beginning to insert them- ing a selfie to my Instagram. selves into the larger society economically, socially and politically, — Sara Morosi can be reached and it’s too soon to say how it’s going at smorosi@umich.edu.
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BIG HOUSE From Page 1A tions across usefulness, originality, design and technical difficulty had the chance of winning first, second and third place for the grand prize, the 19 other prizes were more specific, including ones for application that best used Facebook in its design, the best health-care application, and the “best hack that helps people recover from the unexpected.”
WALLENBERG From Page 1A The fellowship was established in 2012 on the centennial of University alum Raoul Wallenberg’s birth. Wallenberg has been recognized for his role in World War II, where he helped coordinate the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews in Budapest. “Having had some time to reflect and learn more about who and what Raoul Wallenberg was — a man who reveled in experiencing and understanding the
URBAN From Page 1A we designed our streets not just for cars, but for people?’ ” Urban Planning prof. Scott Campbell said the temporary transformation helped start
CROSSWALK From Page 1A wording requires drivers to stop or slow for any pedestrian on a crosswalk, while Ann Arbor’s ordinance requires yielding to any pedestrian at the edge of a crosswalk or on a curb. However, both citizens and elected officials have taken issue with the poor wording of the current ordinance and its variance from the state standard. The current ordinance even contradicts many instructions on street signs throughout the city. Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2) said oftentimes when a city has a varying ordinance from the state-standard code, it’s just “asking for trouble.” She added that the current wording gives too much power to pedestrians and often requires abrupt stops by drivers trying to comply with the code. Councilmember Sumi Kailasapathy (D–Ward 1) echoed
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GreenCan, a trashcan that sorts recyclables and non-recyclables based on the sound the item makes when entering the receptacle, won first place, for a prize of $6,000 and two vacation packages. “There was a lot more free stuff; like, I got 15 t-shirts at PennApps,” Lui said. MHacks, as is the tradition in student hackathons, was free for all students to attend and was funded by sponsors including Facebook and Twitter, along with startups and venture capi-
talists. While last year’s MHacks was held in February, organizers felt that greater demand for a hackathon existed in the fall. Business junior Anuj Abrol, director of fundraising for MHacks, said conducting it earlier in the school year coordinated better with students’ academic schedules and allowed “more talent” to be discovered. Three employees from electronic-money startup Venmo, one of the event’s many sponsors, burnt the midnight oil along
with the hackers to mentor and answer questions. While certain sponsors supported MHacks in monetary capacity, smaller companies such as Venmo served to encourage a culture of software development among students and recruit for internships and jobs. “(The hackathon) is a great way to give back to the community,” Peter Zakin, a product engineer at Venmo, said. “We just graduated, too, and we want people to know that Venmo’s a great place to work.”
‘other,’ and demonstrated that the capacity for great good lies within compassion, tenacity, and a willingness to engage in outside-of-the-box though and action – I have come to see the award as a challenge to live my life in the service of others, and an opportunity to pursue experiences that will aid in this effort, whether now or in the future,” Petroni said. Whether he is searching for illicit logging and hunting activities in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, interacting with members of local communities to learn more about their histories or listen-
ing to local activists tell stories in public forums, Petroni keeps busy, often working from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Recently, the University’s Board of Regents discussed sending more students to Africa in various programs. However, Rackham assistant dean John Godfrey said the fellowship has no intentions to focus on the specifically on Africa. Godfrey said the fellowship is unique in that it offers students unprecedented freedom in using the large grant. “This isn’t necessarily a research experience,” Godfrey
said. “The intention here is to inspire and motivate students to think creatively about where they would really like to go with this extraordinary opportunity.” He said the University is interested in expanding the fellowship to more than one student in the future, pending additional funds. Early October, information about applying for the fellowship will be distributed to individual colleges throughout the University, and the next winner will be announced at the Honors Convocation in mid-March.
discussion about how to best optimize limited urban space. He characterized development of the temporary parklet as a “peaceful, quietly subversive and visual activity without being in-your-face aggressive.” “If some motorists passing by, searching for a parking space, get frustrated that an
otherwise good parking space has somehow been taken out of circulation for a seemingly frivolous, ‘non-essential use,’ then hopefully that triggers a discussion about what is an essential use of urban space,” Campbell said. Cooper said the park attracted at least 30 people by lunch-
time, and others continued to trickle in throughout the day for a total turnout of at least 70. Joseph Cohoon, an employee nearby Amer’s Deli, said he was happy to see State Street turn green. “I think it’s cool that they’re relcaiming and bringing nature back into the town.”
Lumm’s remarks, saying the loosely worded city ordinance sends the wrong message to pedestrians, especially children. “Telling kids, ‘You guys rule on the road,’ is really treachery,” Kailasapathy said. Both Lumm and Kailasapathy added that limited police resources and insufficient clarity in the ordinance have made enforcement difficult. Some roads, including Plymouth, are equipped with pedestrian-activated warning lights at crosswalks to remind drivers to stop for pedestrians. However, Lumm said these lights are an unfamiliar street signal for many drivers and have caused numerous minor incidents as drivers make sudden stops on a busy road. Lumm and Kailasapathy both noted that having a unique crosswalk law is particularly difficult in a city like Ann Arbor where the population has a high turnover rate. Rather than citing the wording of the law as the overarching
issue, Eli Cooper, Ann Arbor’s transportation program manager, said the problem lies with the responsibility of motorists and pedestrians to be more conscious of each other. Cooper said campus pedestrians are often “plugged in and tuned out” — distracted by phones and other devices — but doubts many pedestrians actually step out directly in front of oncoming traffic since over the past decade crash numbers haven’t increased significantly. He’d be surprised if changing the wording of the law will be as helpful as increasing education and awareness. “The crux of the issue is not the words on the page, it’s the behavior in the street,” Cooper said. “I’m going to respectfully agree to disagree that merely reverting to some earlier formulation in an ordinance is going to automatically make everything better.” Kathy Griswold, a former Ann Arbor school board member,
spoke last week at the City Council meeting in favor of eliminating Ann Arbor’s ordinance and simply complying with MUTC code. Griswold said in an interview that the current law is not based on engineering analysis but simply prioritizing pedestrians’ rights. “Unfortunately, I think that in Ann Arbor we’re an intellectual community and that this is just a symptom of how Ann Arbor frequently operates,” Griswold said. “We try to intellectualize a problem that really is a concrete physical problem.” Councilmember Kailasapathy said she is a firm supporter of dropping the Ann Arbor ordinance in favor of the MUTC code and Lumm said she, along with many others on the council, is likely leaning that way as well. Council members will meet with city administrators on Sept. 27 to discuss options. Lumm said the earliest date to expect a vote on the issue would be about a month from now.
Mining heiress reaches court settlement Deal on copper magnate’s estate reached during jury selection NEW YORK (AP) — A tentative deal has been reached in a New York court fight over the will of a reclusive Montana copper mining heiress that would give more than $30 million of her $300 million estate to her distant relatives, a person familiar with the case said Saturday. The breakthrough in the fight over Huguette Clark’s estate comes after jury selection started in a trial pitting nearly two dozen of her half-siblings’ descendants against a goddaughter, a hospital where she spent her last 20 years, a nurse, doctors, a lawyer and others. An April 2005 will cut out her distant relatives. Another will, six weeks earlier, left them most of her money. The tentative settlement will give the relatives about $34.5 million after taxes under the deal, while her nurse would have to turn over $5 million and a doll collection valued at about $1.6 million, the person told The
Associated Press. Her lawyer would get nothing. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to discuss the settlement because it hasn’t yet been made public. News of the tentative settlement was first reported by The New York Times and NBCNews.com. Several of the many lawyers involved with the case declined to comment or didn’t immediately return calls. Clark owned lavish properties from New York’s Fifth Avenue to the California coast but opted to spend her final two decades ensconced in a Manhattan hospital. The childless Clark died in 2011, at age 104. Her father, U.S. Sen. William A. Clark, was one of the richest Americans of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served as a senator from Montana, where he initially made his fortune from copper mines. His business empire later grew to include building a Western rail line and establishing a Nevada railroad town called Las Vegas. The surrounding Clark County is named for him. Jury selection started Thursday in the trial over the validity of the April 2005 will. “The persons and institution named herein as beneficiaries of
my estate are the true objects of my bounty,” that will said, noting that she’d had only “minimal contacts” with her relatives over the years. Under terms of the deal, Clark’s chief nurse, Hadassah Peri, would get nothing and would have to return $5 million and the doll collection. Clark’s lawyer Wallace Bock also would get nothing. Clark’s mansion in California, Bellosguardo, would become a foundation, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington would get $10 million. Clark was briefly married in her 20s. Her assistant has said she didn’t leave her apartment for decades before she was taken, emaciated and beset by advanced skin cancer, to Beth Israel Medical Center in 1991. Doctors said she was medically ready to leave months later. But she chose to stay, at a cost of about $400,000 a year. And during her years there, she rewarded the hospital, and her caregivers, with significant gifts on top of their fees. Gifts to Peri included multiple Manhattan apartments and a $1.2 million Stradivarius violin, and the nurse stood to get $30 million in the disputed will. Clark’s primary doctor received
cash Christmas presents totaling $500,000, among other gifts, plus a $100,000 bequest that he was preparing to relinquish before testifying at the trial, according to court documents. The hospital got hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, a $3.5 million painting by French pre-Impressionist Edouard Manet and a $1 million bequest. Clark’s accountant and her lawyer also received sizable cash gifts, and they stood to reap substantial fees as executors of her estate under the challenged will. Clark’s relatives had said hospital executives, medical professionals and Clark’s lawyer and accountant took advantage of their access to the heiress to manipulate their way into her millions of dollars. The beneficiaries have said Clark was simply a generous woman who wanted to help those who helped her. The case drew in institutions and officials from Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider, who pressed for Bellosguardo to become a museum, to New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, whose office was involved in the court fight to protect charities’ interests.
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Texas county to identify perished border-crossers After struggling to afford autopsies, officials collaborate FALFURRIAS, Texas (AP) — By the time the woman perished, she had probably slogged 25 miles through dry ranch lands in her quest to enter the United States. She was found just feet from a highway where she might have been picked up and taken to Houston with other migrants making the same journey. Not long ago, her body would have been taken to a funeral home for a cursory attempt at identification, then buried in this town an hour north of the Mexico border under a sign reading “unknown female.” Her death, probably from hyperthermia, is part of a mounting body count that has overwhelmed sparsely populated Brooks County, providing further evidence that immigrants are shifting their migration routes away from the well-worn paths into Arizona and instead crossing into deep southern Texas. The changing patterns have put an extra burden on local governments with limited experience in such matters and even fewer financial resources. “There are some counties that have the economic wherewithal to take on these issues, and there are other counties that just don’t have any money, so that puts them into a real bad bind,” said Raquel Rubio Goldsmith, coordinator of the Binational Migration Institute at the University of Arizona, which researches immigration issues. But Brooks County is trying to step up to the challenge. Now, all newly recovered bodies and skeletal remains of suspected immigrants will travel 90 miles to nearby Webb County for autopsies, DNA sampling and more intense efforts at identification. It’s a monumental step for Brooks County, population just over 7,100, where on a recent morning the chief deputy mopped the floors of the sheriff’s office himself. He will also be making the weekly trips to deliver corpses to the medical examiner in Laredo. The county handled 129 bodies last year, which Judge Raul
Ramirez, the county’s top administrator, says blew a hole in the budget. And even though he and most other local officials see illegal immigration as a federal problem, federal money has not followed. Last year, Brooks County trailed only Pima County, Ariz., in the number of immigrant bodies recovered and they already have 76 this year. Nearly a million people live in Pima County, and the 171 bodies found in 2012 were consistent with annual totals dating back to 2004, according to a report by the migration institute. Brooks County, on the other hand, averaged 50 to 60 dead before last year, but Border Patrol apprehensions in the area have soared. The number of immigrants detained in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley border sector outpaced the historic leader, the Tucson sector, by more than 30,000. Those numbers are an imperfect measure of the overall flow of migrants, but most of the growth has involved Central American immigrants, who often take the more direct route to the U.S. through Texas. Immigrants typically die in Brooks County trying to circumvent a Border Patrol checkpoint. They’re usually dropped off with guides south of the checkpoint and forced to hike for two or three days to a pickup spot north of the checkpoint. In the past, unidentified immigrants were crammed into the local cemetery without DNA samples being taken. The cemetery did not even have accurate records for the dead. In May, Lori Baker, a Baylor University anthropologist, led a team to Falfurrias to exhume unidentified immigrants’ graves. Baker identified 54 marked graves but found 63 burials. In some cases, the team opened a body bag expecting to find one person and found four other bags of remains. Some of the remains carried tags indicating they came from a neighboring county. She plans to return for more exhumations next year, and she’s encouraged by the county’s progress, noting that the short-staffed sheriff’s office is going to start taking DNA samples from family members who come looking for missing loved ones.
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6A — Monday, September 23, 2013
FINE ARTS NOTEBOOK
Van Gogh painting shows human side Recent discovery in the art world raises questions By MAX RADWIN Daily Fine Arts Editor
On Sept. 16, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam unveiled a painting recently confirmed to be an authentic Vincent van Gogh. The piece — a landscape titled Sunset at Montmajour, (1888) — had been purchased in 1908 by Christian Nicolai Mustad, a Norwegian collector who, after being told that it was not an original, kept the work in his attic for several years. After Mustad died in 1970, the piece fell into the hands of an anonymous collector, where it was rejected from museums on numerous occasions. Monday, to the delight of this anonymous owner, it was confirmed as a real and authentic van Gogh painting. Of course, art historical research required time to confirm such things. But that much time? Why did it take so long for the art world to confirm this work’s authenticity? Sure, there are (very specific) references to the painting in van
Gogh’s letters to his brother, Theo. Sure, the painting had “180” written on it — its number in Theo van Gogh’s collection. And sure, a truly expert art historian should have been able to distinguish between the phony and the genuine with relative ease. But such evidence doesn’t suffice for the art world when the work in question doesn’t live up to its perceptions of the artist allegedly responsible. That is, not until scientists matched the paints in Montmajour — a cobalt blue specifically, which van Gogh started using after 1887 — with the paint from his 1881 palette. Now all the other evidence makes sense. Then again, all evidence makes sense when it’s examined retroactively. The art world seemingly stalled in its acceptance of Montmajour’s authenticity, quite possibly because, as many art critics have concluded, it just isn’t that good. Montmajour was painted in 1888, the same year that van Gogh painted Bedroom in Arles, The Night Café and Sunflowers. It was also the year he sent some of his best self-portraits to Paul Gauguin. This painting simply doesn’t hold a severed ear to those works. Van Gogh’s production in
1888 was perhaps more sporadic in quality than one would have previously suspected. Jonathan Jones of the Guardian put it best in his harsh, albeit fair, analysis of Montmajour: “… The clogged colours and clumsy composition show his originality struggling to overcome influence, tradition and nerves … Are they really, really sure it’s not a fake? The science is unquestionable, I suppose.” It’s interesting to think that van Gogh, even when mastering his own masters — Delacroix, Daumier, Hiroshige (here, apparently, Millet) — he still struggled to tame his influences and produce something born out of Western art traditions, yet equally combative to those styles. Considering that van Gogh completed over 900 paintings, it was bound to happen with a few of his projects. But still, this work makes one of the most human painters that much more human, and that much more mortal. Even if Sunset at Montmajour is a dud, which is still very much up for debate, art lovers and collectors alike can be happy knowing that the piece still expands the oeuvre of one of history’s greatest and most fascinating painters, and will sell like one too.
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his summer, I spent my nights in Los Angeles at the NerdMelt Showroom, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, Largo, the Comedy Store. I saw Tig Notaro do an hour-anda-half-long set, Zach Galifianakis break on the same joke three nights KAYLA in a row, UPADHYAYA Aziz Ansari work on fresh material, Sarah Silverman talk about her active dream world, Bob Odenkirk emphasize the importance of honesty in comedy and Natasha Leggero smoke an electronic cigarette on stage. I was living in the epicenter of live comedy and loving every second of it. New York and Chicago still have their comedy strongholds, but L.A. became the real place to be for up-and-coming and established comics alike when Johnny Carson moved the “The Tonight Show” from New York out West in the mid-1970s. It was the golden era of standup, and the iconic late-night talk show had become a crucial career stepping stone for comics. While some acts remained in New York, most comedians followed Carson, establishing a tight-knit comedy community that included Jay Leno, David Letterman, Robin Williams and, later, Jerry Seinfeld. Take a look at those guys and you’ll notice something that unites them: They’re guys. Despite all the changes going on in the comedy world, it’s still a boy’s club. But that’s starting to change, albeit slowly. Leno and Letterman are still kicking, but the old guard is on its way out, and they know it. Earlier this month, on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” Leno told comedian Cameron Esposito she was the future. It was Esposito’s network television
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debut, and a few jokes into her set, she was called over to the couch to sit with Ferguson and Leno. Comedians don’t always get called to the couch after their sets, but there she was, wedged between two late-night host behemoths, rocking her signature jean jacket and stylish haircut she affectionately calls a side mullet. And there was a first golden-ager himself, saying “you’re the future,” passing along the torch. I agree with Leno. In fact, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen for the past few months that I’m certain Esposito is the Next Big Thing. A decade back — even just a few years ago — I don’t think this would be nearly as possible as it is now. But we’re living in a new golden age of stand-up comedy, one in which Esposito truly can be the not-too-distant future. Leno didn’t just call Esposito the future on the “Late Late Show.” He also declared, “White men are on their way out!” Joke or not, there’s a hint of truth in his words. Audiences in the new golden age crave more than just your typical dude-centric comedy. Esposito’s brand of standup doesn’t conform to typical conventions. She doesn’t downplay her identity as a woman, lesbian and feminist: She openly acknowledges it in her work, and her sexuality and gender inform her comedy in provocative and honest ways. There’s a tendency for people to put gay comics in a box of “queer comedy” that can have a niche appeal, but that old-guard mindset is changing, too, especially as Esposito continues to climb the comedy ladder and doesn’t hesitate to call out sexism and dudes who heckle her.
White men are on the way out. I first encountered Esposito this summer at the NerdMelt Showroom, the day after the DOMA ruling. When she was called to the stage, she read an essay she posted on her tumblr before the show. The essay captures her initial reactions to the news, as an American, as a lesbian, as a human woman in a loving relationship with another human woman. Most NerdMelt shows follow a more traditional stand-up format, but this was a storytelling show, a still-new subgenre of comedy that has comedians ditch their sets in favor of a more narrative-based performance — one which allows for both humor and emotion. In that respect, Esposito nailed it. She had people laughing, crying, sometimes both at the same time. This alternative approach to live comedy is a staple of the new golden age. Alt comedy arose as a rejection of the observational comedy and punchline-driven jokes that dominated mainstream, club comedy, but now it’s practically the new mainstream (though big-club standup still has a place in the new golden age, thanks mostly to comedy giant Louis C.K. and his self-directed-produced-written-and-starring show “Louie”). After falling for her at the storytelling show, my friends and I went to the Esposito-hosted “Put Your Hands Together” — UCB’s only weekly stand-up show — almost every Tuesday this summer. The lineup was always incredible, but Esposito stands out among just about every comic I saw. Just like at the storytelling show, her sets at the top of PYHT took relevant topics pulled from current events and pop culture and infused them with smart, honest comedy. As Esposito said herself, “... as a comic, you have to be able to speak for yourself, to eloquently and honestly convey your opinions, viewpoint — your whole self, really, to the audience during your time onstage.” That’s the new direction standup is going, and Esposito executes it masterfully. We’re starting to see more diverse viewpoints like Esposito’s
in standup, because comedy is becoming more democratized every day. Standup is more accessible than ever before. Comedy albums and late-night programs used to be the only way you could consume standup without going to an actual live show. Now, we have tools like YouTube, where comedians often release parts of their material for free to gauge interest. I can hop on Netflix to watch “Moshe Kasher: Live in Oakland,” “Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious” and “Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore.” These days, comedians get their starts as “Twitter sensations” and vloggers and bloggers. Comics can use Twitter to workshop material and self-promote. This summer, Spotify launched a new app called “Official Comedy” that curates stand-up performances and jokes from a whole range of both mainstream and more alt comics. Not only is the Internet helping comedians reach wider audiences and get their material out there, but comics themselves are becoming more accessible as people, thanks to the rise in popularity of podcasts. Chris Hardwick and his Nerdist empire revolutionized the comedy podcast movement, and now almost every comedian in the biz has their own little personal platform, where they can connect with their audience, tell stories and invite their friends to join in on meta-conversations about the comedy world. It adds a personal, emotional edge to their work and allows comedy nerds like myself to glimpse behind the curtain of personas and process. On podcasts, comedians can express their opinions and viewpoints with more freedom than is often allowed in a five-minute set. These Internet-sparked changes to the industry make it even more possible for Esposito to be the Next Big Thing in standup comedy. Because of this new golden age she’s coming up in, you don’t have to be in L.A. or go to UCB every week to know what I’m talking about. Social media? She’s all over it: Her tumblr is home to hilarious, thoughtful mini-essays that often go on to be featured in publications like Vice, Advocate and Laughspin. Podcast? Double check: She hosts “Wham Bam Pow,” a podcast about action and sci-fi flicks, and “Put Your Hands Together” also airs as a podcast. It’s thanks to social media that I had a chance to meet Esposito myself this summer. After a quick tweet-convo with her about Laura Prepon, she read my “Orange is the New Black” review and invited me to say “hey” the next time I came to see her at UCB. After PYHT that week, I met her, we talked about “Orange” and “The L Word” and she introduced me to her fiancé, another comedian and the producer of PYHT, Rhea Butcher. We hugged and went our separate ways. It was a brief encounter, but it made me realize that the simultaneous charming and perceptive intensity Esposito has onstage isn’t just persona: It’s who she is. While podcasts and social media have helped to democratize standup, a glass ceiling undoubtedly remains. We’re seeing more women on “Comedy Central Presents” and late-night lineups, but Forbes’s 2013 list of top-earning comedians features no female comics. Standup isn’t yet free from the sexism that pervades the entire entertainment industry. But when you have an iconic white, heterosexual, male comic sit in front of 1.3 million viewers and say white males are on their way out and “Lesbians rule!” (the last words declared in the segment), it’s kind of fucking awesome and definitely indicative of changing times. So let’s make Leno’s prophecy come true. Here’s to the future, Cameron. Upadhyaya is missing Los Angeles. To console her, e-mail kaylau@umich.edu.
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FILM REVIEW
Monday, September 23, 2013 — 7A
FILM REVIEW
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“Dude, you owe me 20 bucks.”
Dark ‘Prisoners’ demands attention Enrapturing film explores human mortality By JAMIE BIRCOLL Daily Arts Writer
A deer traverses the snow-covered woods and pauses momentarily, unaware it’s caught between the crosshairs of a teenage son B+ and his father. The father Prisoners recites the Lord’s Prayer, a At Quality 16 practice he has and Rave undoubtedly Alcon done a hundred times, urges his son to pull the trigger, and blood soaks the white ground — innocence, the first casualty of war. This opening sequence of Denis Villeneuve’s “Prisoners” oozes with the dread of war, albeit a different kind of war, one about to befall two families celebrating Thanksgiving together. The two young daughters of the families disappear post dinner without a trace. Their respective parents — Hugh Jackman (“Les Misérables”) and Maria Bello (“Abduction”), and Terrence Howard (“Iron Man”) and Viola Davis (“The Help”) — begin a frantic search across their small Pennsylvania town.
The cops, led by Jake Gyllenhaal’s (“End of Watch”) Detective Loki, find a suspect: Alex Jones (Paul Dano, “Ruby Sparks”), the driver of a creepy RV that was parked on the curb of the families’ street and subsequently disappeared. Loki informs the families, however, that Alex has the IQ of a 10-year-old and simply could not have carried out this crime — this evidence doesn’t satisfy Jackman’s Keller Dover. Dover issues his own brand of justice, opting to kidnap Jones and beat the truth out of him. He recruits the other family patriarch, Terrence Howard’s Franklin Birch, at first opposed but eventually convinced all the same. The rest of the film explores the limits of human morality, the ability to weather the storm that seems to only get worse as the days pass. Where Keller turns to violence and torture, Birch’s wife Nancy instead begs for answers from the suspected kidnapper — Davis’s only real purpose in the film is this five-minute display of desperation, but what an emotionally gripping five minutes it is. The film features a cast with exceptional talent; unfortunately, it chooses to focus essentially all of its effort on its two leads, Gyllenhaal and Jackman. Nonetheless, the two actors carry the entire film and all of its emotional
undertakings. Gyllenhaal brings nuance and grit to a role that in lesser hands would be a throwaway. But it’s Jackman, shedding the adamantium claws, that is the true star here, masterfully depicting a typical American man (he loves Bruce Springsteen and The Star-Spangled Banner) pushed to the edge, desperate for answers, blinded by his rage. Villeneuve, who directed the Oscar-nominated foreign film “Incendies,” demonstrates a talent for creating truly suspenseful scenes. His issue rests in his (or perhaps the script’s) decision to have the film wear its heart (and metaphors) on its sleeve, resulting in roughly 30 minutes of too much film out of its listed 153. The film’s title refers not only to the kidnapped girls, but also to all of these men and women who are, in one way or another, confined by their society. When does the law, religion, even our families become a prison, and how far are we willing to go to break out? The closing minutes of the film features the song “Codex” by Radiohead, with Thom Yorke crooning “Sleight of hand, jump off the end;” it’s a fitting, beautifully tragic summation of all that’s been lost. “Prisoners” is a dreary, disturbing film and not for the faint of heart; it demands your attention and patience, but if you stick with it, your faith will be much rewarded.
FROM THE FILTER
The week of Britney Spears By GIBSON JOHNS Online Arts Editor
When we look back at the week of Sept. 15, 2013, we will forever think of it as The Week of Britney. Following the leak of “Work Bitch,” the lead single off of her upcoming eighth studio album, last Sunday, Britney’s team rushed a worldwide premiere just hours later of the HQ version. Love it or hate it, the song, which some see as a combination of subject matter from the acclaimed Blackout and the EDM-style music from Femme Fatale, is definitely different from anything we’ve ever heard from Britney. But is it too different? That’s up for debate. Five days after its release, “Work Bitch” still doesn’t feel like an obvious choice for a lead single — let alone a single at all — with its lack of a real chorus or pop melody. That being said, its snappy lyrics, hot beat and middle eight make it more than memorable. It’s a party-starting record perfect for the clubs but not necessarily perfect for Top40 radio, which is arguably the most important quality for a Britney song. “Work Bitch” is a solid track and will probably end up being another big hit for Britney. Maybe not another “I Wanna Go,” but a hit nonetheless. On Sept. 17, Britney kept the momentum rolling with a highly publicized appearance on “Good Morning America” where she
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announced both the release date of her eighth album and her twoyear residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. After flying into the desert outside of Las Vegas on a helicopter, Brit popped on her diva shades and talked to a “GMA” correspondent about her upcoming album. It’s scheduled release date is Dec. 3 and her favorite track that she’s recorded so far for it is the ballad “Perfume.” Britney’s upcoming Las Vegas residency, called “Britney Spears: Piece Of Me,” has been rumored for quite some time now but the details have been inconsistent at best. She’ll spend two years at Planet Hollywood playing 50 shows a year, performing her classics and some new material. Following the likes of Celine Dion and Barbara Streisand, Britney’s decision to take up residency in Vegas is somewhat groundbreaking — never before has an artist
as currently popular as Britney committed to a stint like this. Unusual in that Britney, like most pop stars, tends to tour following the release of her albums; “Britney Spears: Piece Of Me” will presumably keep her from doing so. Obviously fans have 100 chances to make it out to Vegas if they want to see her live, but it’s unfortunate that Britney’s team didn’t block out a chunk of time for her to tour the rest of the country. Regardless, if it follows in the footsteps of her previous tours, “Piece Of Me” is sure to provide fans with the ultimate Britney experience. After all, Las Vegas was the crazy Brit of ’05 and ’06’s stomping grounds and every true fan has to experience the City of Sin, don’t they? — The original version of this article was published on The Filter, the Daily Arts blog, on Sept. 19.
RELATIVITY
“A toast to our beauty.”
For a good time, just call rom-com ‘Don Jon’ By MAYANK MATHUR Daily Arts Writer
Once in a while a movie comes along that’s a breath of fresh air, beautiful in its simplicity and originality. It causes you to A take notice of the simpler, Don Jon finer aspects of At Quality 16 filmmaking and leaves you with and Rave an ineffable Relativity feeling of satisfaction. Joseph Gordon Levitt’s (“The Dark Knight Rises”) directorial debut, “Don Jon,” starring himself, Scarlett Johansson (“The Avengers”) and Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are All Right”) is exactly that kind of movie — packed with an extra punch of immense confidence and talent, making it the consummate cinematic experience. This is the story of Jon Martello, a modern-day Don Juan, known for his ability to effortlessly pick up gorgeous women every weekend and his extreme devotion to his “body, pad, ride, family, church, boys, girls … and porn.” Yet, Jon, who lives the life every man wants, isn’t satisfied. Not content with the hottest girls in town, Jon finds solace in online pornography, “losing himself” in all its wonder. Often comparing it to real life sex, Jon views porn as a way of life, something as usual as going to the gym or hanging out with his friends. Things take a turn for the worse when his girlfriend, played by Johansson, literally catches him in the act and leaves him. What follows is the
cliché soul-searching that Jon needs to do, but he cannot do it without Esther, his weird classmate, played by Moore. At first glance, the movie seems destined to follow the typical formula of a romantic comedy, albeit with the slightly atypical injection of porno. Rather than settle in as a story of a pretty man and a pretty woman who eventually ride off into the sunset, “Don Jon” separates itself from the rom-com crowd on the strength of its director’s vision and execution. Given the focus on online pornography and sex, it’s fair to say that the humor has the potential to come off as crass, but instead it results in wonderfully timed, smart comedy. Gordon-Levitt’s script is audacious in its humor and humble in its tribute to selfless love, making it a balanced platform for the performances to build on — and they don’t disappoint.
Joseph Gordon Levitt makes bold directorial debut. Levitt is convincing as the title character, who changes from a man blinded by superficiality to one who searches for what really matters. Johansson is absolutely perfect as Jon’s bombshell of a girlfriend, balancing her character’s affable personality with a domineering streak. Julianne Moore is tasked
with perhaps the toughest role in the movie, playing the alltoo-familiar, weird-at-first but surprisingly wonderfully amazing friend who helps Jon get back on his feet, but does justice to her role and proves to be the emotional anchor that the movie needs. ‘Don Jon’ deals with how different forms of media affect the mindset of people and the impact that it can have on society. Jon’s expectations of his love life are linked to his fascination with porn and Barbara expects her life to play out as perfectly as a romantic story would on celluloid. Despite the heavy nature of such a theme, the movie never slips into a preachiness, and delivers the comedic goods while focusing on character development. The characters are written and performed so well that when the movie ultimately succumbs to romantic platidues, it doesn’t seem like it has, simply because of the natural story progression and its characters. The most beautiful thing about this movie is that it excels in the simplest areas of art. It pays careful attention to the conception, performance and execution, and that does the film wonders. There is no brilliant camerawork, no unexpected twist and no epic story to tell. “Don Jon” is a simple story about real people, and about the things we think are important in our lives. This movie does not preach or attempt to alter your perspective, but it promises to show you good time, and it undoubtedly does.
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8A — Monday, September 23, 2013
FILM REVIEW
‘Salinger’ sputters Documentary gets too close with meandering pace By MAYANK MATHUR Daily Arts Writer
History is filled with people and events that have forced society to look at itself in a mirror and question the reflection that stares C+ back, thereby setting the Salinger precedent for At the a cultural and social awaken- Michigan ing. Things sim- Weinstein ply change, and the bigger the event, the longer its repercussions will echo in our memory. It’s truly a testament to “The Catcher in the Rye” and its author, J.D. Salinger in that both book and author continue to be a topic for major discussion even today, 62 years after its release. Writer-director Shane Salerno’s (“Savages”) latest offering, “Salinger” is a documentary that stirs the pot and provides yet another platform for the discussion of the celebrated book and its controversial creator. Clocking in at a running time of 120 minutes, the documentary can be divided into three parts. The first focuses on Salinger’s early adulthood, the second on the events leading up to the release of “The Catcher in the Rye” and
third on the aftermath of the book’s release. The structure is such that it allows the viewer to track Salinger’s personal and professional journey, giving the audience insight into what shaped him into the person he became during and after the release of “Catcher.” However, the effectiveness of this simple technique is wasted due to poor editing and a shoddy screenplay. The beginning of the film is particularly drawn out, and while one can appreciate the need for the filmmakers to build a solid foundation for the rest of the film — and more importantly, Salinger’s character — the poor pacing removes any sense of appreciation whatsoever. Certain events are needlessly emphasized and often repeated. For example, the fact that writing for The New Yorker was an important thing for Salinger is mentioned endlessly. The film cuts from scene to scene without really going anywhere, and the audience is left with too many perspectives of Salinger’s childhood and early career. The interview excerpts act as unwelcome speed breakers, and while they might be important, there are too many. Things do get better as the content finally moves on and pace picks up, and viewers will come out with a balanced idea of what Salinger was like. The crucial aspect of a documentary about a controversial cultural icon is that it should leave viewers with a perfectly realistic interpretation of the person being discussed. This
documentary depicts Salinger as a flawed genius, without unfairly tipping the scales in favor of his flaws or genius. It doesn’t shy away from pointing out that like everyone else, Salinger had his oddities and personal problems and the glare the media and public fascination can have on “celebrities.” The final act is the most explosive of the three. However, not enough time is left for the coupe de grâce, and if it wasn’t for the overdrawn first section and clumsy transition into the third, this documentary could have been more complete. The interviews are a continuing problem throughout, simply because by the end of it, you begin to feel like you know a little too much about J.D. Salinger. It becomes all the more disconcerting when you think about the effort that this man undertook in creating a wall between himself and the world. It’s a confusing feeling because, while the documentary spends so much time treating Salinger like the Loch Ness Monster, it treats the most personal details of his life as public property. The film closes on a particularly poor note with extreme close up paparazzi shots of a 90-year-old Salinger walking towards his car. It leaves the viewer wondering that had Salinger seen this documentary himself, would he have considered it a fitting representation of his life? Or would he have considered it another unnecessary intrusion into his life?
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Mindy brings charm to new season of ‘Project’ By BRIANNE JOHNSON Senior Arts Editor
For once in his career, James Franco doesn’t steal the show. He steals the patients. But as hard as Franco’s Paul Leotard might B+ try — and as wide as he The Mindy might smile — Project there is room for only one Season two flaky and eccen- premiere tric yet lovable Dr. L in this Tuesdays at 7 p.m. gynecological office. It’s not FOX you, handsome. Season two of “The Mindy Project” wakes Dr. Mindy Lahiri (creator Mindy Kaling, “The Office”) from her tropical, Haitian dream to a New York hospital bed after returning from a humanitarian mission with holy, hot minister and fiancé Casey (Anders Holm, “Workaholics”) for emergency gallbladder surgery. But a lot has changed since Mindy traded in her scrubs for a summer of shanty towns and bad pixie-cuts in the seasonone finale: Between co-worker Jeremy’s (Ed Weeks, “Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny”) weight-gain, Dr. Danny Castellano’s (Chris Messina, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”) nightly struggle to save his ex-marriage and the introduction of Franco as Mindy’s friendly, doctor-ly competition, it’s clear that the practice has moved on without Mindy swooning, crying and squealing through the office halls. But what fun is that? Franco, as OB/GYN and sex therapist Dr. Leotard, couldn’t replace the erratic Dr. Mindy Lahiri if he tried — not even if he produced his own CD of instructional sex tips called, Come With Me<(which he does). Inserting some Franco into your televi-
sion show, your soap opera, your book or your college lecture just doesn’t exude the “hey-that’s-socool-and-quirky” that it once did. Franco as a gorgeous sex doctor, growling and bopping his head to the beat of his own thrust-tastic jams? You don’t say. “The Mindy Project” doesn’t need the frills and thrills of a Franco cameo to be the kind of weeknight comedy that one wants to relive the next morning. Kaling’s mini-masterpiece bounces with the ditzy effervescence of its creator, yet keeps grounded with a self-awareness and selfdeprecation that lets its pop culture-heavy humor shine like the rhinestones bedazzling Mindy’s pre-Haiti wardrobe.
James Franco adds unneeded zest to season premiere. Her team of doctors and assistants is just as amusing, a circle of characters whose one-liners, both those allowed to hang in the moment (“I’ve never seen photos of anyone on your phone that weren’t you.”) and those that squirt through classic Castellano rants (“I mean, who’s going to explain Colbert to me? Is he a real guy?”) are just as abrasive, ridiculous and charming as the cast itself. If only the romantic tension between Mindy and Danny was as well-executed. Mindy’s closest, platonic companion shrivels up into a two-dimensional wet blanket of a character, too anxious, bitter and bloated to revive his sex life or earn viewers’ sym-
pathies. But “The Mindy Project,” like its well-intentioned protagonist, demands to play matchmaker anyway. Throughout the last season, the show’s writers have, more and more, sprinkled the script with moments of tenderness and friendship, but the characters’ changing dynamic is no longer subtle. Messina has mastered the look of the Worried Husband or, more appropriately yet worrisome, the Concerned Parent, and viewers must watch as the predictable will-theywon’t-they plot line exhausts itself. But Danny does have something going for him: He’s not Casey. When Mindy rushes to Haiti with her do-gooder boyfriend, the show loses its most crucial (and bubbly) component: Mindy. It’s that materialistic, bumbling romantic idealist of a protagonist, she who refers to the setting of her proposal as a landscape that resembles a “douche ad,” that makes “The Mindy Project,” well, the Mindy project. Whether that “project” is reconciling her near-constant urge to align her life with Hollywood’s scripted fantasies or whether it’s the viewer’s process of learning to love our flighty Dr. L. doesn’t matter. Because, just like the viewers, Danny recognizes and quite conspicuously cares about Mindy. The real Mindy. And when she says that she’s “chill and easy,” Danny, and the viewer, knows the truth: She’s not happy. Which makes the contrast between Casey and Danny that much more pronounced. Mindy can curl up on her fire escape with Danny and acknowledge her fears, yet she can’t be honest with her soon-to-be husband. Mindy, why begrudgingly play the role of the no-frills humanitarian when Danny Castellano thinks you look best in your scrubs?
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UCONNOT MAKE THIS UP
Michigan 24, UConn 21
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TOP: Michigan coach Brady Hoke said that he’s surprised that Michigan is 4-0 considering how many turnovers the team has had so far this season. BOTTOM LEFT: Junior cornerback Raymon Taylor was one of several Wolverine defensive backs to get beat deep against Connecticut on Saturday. The Huskies averaged almost 10 yards a completion. BOTTOM RIGHT: Athletic Director Dave Brandon had to sweat out another close victory to a subpar team on the sidelines in East Hartford.
By ZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Editor
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — For a long 23 minutes and 17 seconds of game time, the Michigan sideline had fallen surprisingly tense for the second week in a row. By the end of the first half, Michigan coach Brady Hoke crossed his arms and looked agitated. Devin Gardner lifted his helmet atop his head, his chinstrap obscuring a grimace as he trotted to the sideline after another turnover. Michigan would trail at the half to winless Connecticut, which had lost earlier this season to FCS Towson. The Wolverines had come within yards of being upset by lowly Akron the week before, and players and coaches said they had practiced with extra
intensity this week. But by the third quarter, Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon puffed his cheeks on the sideline and looked upward, his face showing concern. UConn took the lead into the fourth quarter. For 23 minutes and 17 seconds, the Huskies outplayed Michigan and held the lead, which at one point extended to 14 points. Late heroics by junior linebacker Desmond Morgan, who made a one-handed interception in the fourth quarter, allowed Michigan to tie. A field goal by fifthyear senior Brendan Gibbons with 4:36 remaining won the game, 24-21. But for the second week in a row, Michigan just barely escaped from a team at the bottom of the FBS food chain. “We’d rather not let it come to that,” said Gardner, the redshirt
junior quarterback. “But if that what it takes on this day, we’re happy with the win.” The close win over Akron was a reality check. But Saturday’s performance may have been closer to reality. UConn exposed major holes in this team as it heads into a bye week and Big Ten play: an offensive line that has hemorrhaged rushers and can’t control the line of scrimmage; a quarterback that leads the nation in turnovers by a significant margin; and a defense that can be beaten over the top. “We all are trying to figure out where we’re at as a team,” Hoke said. Michigan’s offense looked lost against the Huskies, and UConn wasn’t just winless entering the game. The Huskies lost by double See MICHIGAN, Page 3B
Bye week right on time
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — ere’s a frightening proposition for Mich-
igan fans that isn’t so farfetched: Akron manages to punch it in on one of four tries from near MATT the goal line SLOVIN last weekend in the game’s final minute. Then linebacker Desmond
Morgan can’t quite cradle a Connecticut pass into triple coverage Saturday night. The 15th-ranked Wolverines don’t get a short field to work with, allowing them to tie the game and eventually win it with a field goal, 24-21. Suddenly, 4-0 is 2-2, with losses to 37- and 18-point underdogs. Two improbable defensive highlights — a fourth-down, all-out blitz that ended with junior linebacker Brennen Beyer hitting Akron quarterback Kyle Pohl and Morgan’s Charles Woodson-esque inter-
ception — were needed to keep Michigan from the ranks of mediocrity. The perfect record is still intact. Coach Brady Hoke has repeatedly said that goal No. 1 each week is, obviously, to win, and as long as his team does that, not all is lost. But style points do matter, especially for a team that is struggling to find its confidence against opponents that it should be handling easily. If the Wolverines had delivered the blowout that nearly everybody expected against Akron, they would have had no reason See BYE WEEK, Page 3B
MEN’S SOCCER
McAtee provides OT heroics By MAX COHEN Daily Sports Writer
In the 96th minute of the Michigan men’s soccer game at West Virginia Saturday, Colin McAtee had possession of the ball, saw the open field in front of him and decided to go for the victory. The redshirt sophomore midfielder 2 MICHIGAN launched a 1 WEST VA. shot from 20 feet out that lasered its way into the back of the net, giving the Wolverines a 2-1 overtime win after Michigan took an early lead and then lost it in the waning seconds of regulation. McAtee’s goal turned what easily could have been a disap-
pointing result for the Wolverines into a much-needed win. “It was the greatest feeling ever,” McAtee said. McAtee’s first goal of the season provided the timely offense Michigan (2-2-2) needed to earn its first victory in five games. In the win, the Wolverines scored as many goals as they had in their previous four games. Against the Mountaineers (3-3-1), the Michigan offense went to work right away. Senior defender Ezekiel Harris scored for the Wolverines in the fourth minute off a rebound after a corner kick. Michigan continued to apply the offensive pressure for the remainder of the first half, controlling the tempo on its way
EXPECTATIONS RESET
n In a stadium built on an old airport, the Michigan football team never took off against UConn. SportsMonday Column: Page 2B
to outshooting West Virginia, 11-3. But the Wolverines failed to capitalize on any of their first-half opportunities after Harris’s goal, allowing the Mountaineers to stay within striking distance. West Virginia increased its offensive intensity to start the second half after its primarily defensive first half. Michigan managed to stave off the increased attack for the vast majority of the half, until Mountaineer forward Majed Osman capitalized on a rebound opportunity with 18 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score. “The first few seconds (after the goal), it was pretty rough,” McAtee said. “But almost five, 10 seconds in we were all on each
other saying, ‘No, we’re not gonna lose, we’re not gonna let this happen, we’re going to find a way to win this in overtime.’ ” It was the second last-minute goal the Wolverines allowed in eight days after Marquette defeated Michigan, 1-0, after scoring in the 89th minute last weekend. Though the Wolverines witnessed their game-long lead evaporate, they backed up their words and showed little sign of deflation as the game headed into overtime. “We’ve harped on it from the beginning,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “Don’t get too high by the highs or too low by the lows throughout the course of the See SOCCER, Page 3B
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Redshirt sophomore midfielder Colin McAtee scored the game-winner Saturday.
CROSS WINS MVP
n The Michigan volleyball team swept the Michigan Invitational this weekend, and Jennifer Cross was the spark. Page 4B
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — n order to enter or exit Rentschler Stadium, you have to drive on wide, repurposed roads that used to hold airplanes. The stadium was built on an old airport — the parking lots flank the old runways. This is where the Michigan football team was grounded in a 24-21 win over Connecticut. EVERETT At this COOK point, maybe Notre Dame was the fluke. Maybe we Icarus’d, got too close to the lights, where we got blinded by the spectacle of the Notre Dame game and flew over the increasingly apparent problems of this football team. Half of Michigan’s games this season have been utter disappointments. It’s time for the expectations of this season to be tapered, at least for now and at least until this team improves on what it’s needed to improve on since Week 1. Last week against Akron could have been an aberration, an escape against a bad team. Those games happen to even the best programs. Saturday, though was not an aberration. Saturday was a bad game against a bad team, the second game in a row where the Wolverines had to claw back against a team they should have beaten by three touchdowns. Saturday was a week after fifth-year senior offensive tackle Taylor Lewan said, “It was truly embarrassing for Michigan that we came out like that. We will not come out here like this again.” And yet, they did. The Huskies led by two touchdowns late in the game, and the Wolverines needed a stunningly athletic interception from junior linebacker Desmond Morgan to
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Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner and the rest of the Michigan football team dazzled under the lights against Notre Dame. But since, they have shown major issues on both sides of the ball.
escape against a team that lost to an FCS opponent earlier in the season. Before the season, Michigan had three main problems to address: the inexperienced offensive line, the decision making of redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner and the play of the secondary against deep balls. And after Saturday, what’s changed? UConn beat every member of the Wolverines’ secondary deep except for redshirt sophomore Blake Countess and averaged almost 10 yards a completion. The offensive line couldn’t get anything resembling a push in
the first half while Gardner was sacked three times. A shakeup on the interior line was needed after Notre Dame, and with a bye week coming, it will almost certainly happen now. And most of all, Gardner looked like the same old Gardner — too athletic for his own good with a mind-numbing disregard for keeping care of the ball. Smart reads were finished by carelessness. On a fourth-down play late in the game, Gardner muscled his way for a first down but left the ball open. He recovered his own fumble, but it was behind the first-down marker. He finished the game with two interceptions, his fourth and
fifth in the last two games. Gardner leads the country in turnovers by a wide margin, despite the fact that Michigan has been favored to win by more than two touchdowns in three of the four games it’s played this season. This isn’t Ohio State, Nebraska or Penn State — these are teams that were supposed to help Gardner get his footing in his first full year as the starting quarterback. “There’s a lot of learning going on, to be honest with you,” Michigan coach Brady Hoke said. “There’s a lot we put on his shoulders. I think he keeps learning every time he goes out.” Instead, Michigan goes limping into the bye week, unde-
‘M’ sweeps Michigan Invitational By LEV FACHER Daily Sports Writer
With upcoming games against two top-15 Big Ten opponents, it would have been easy for the Michigan volleyball team to look past the Michigan Invitational. But before the Wolverines could face Penn State and Ohio State, they had to go through No. 24 Ohio, with the tournament championship on the line. In the end, Michigan maintained its focus, defeating Ohio in five sets Saturday night to clinch first place in its home tournament. The win improves the Wolverines’ record to 10-1 and gives them their second win of the year against a Top 25 opponent. Senior middle blocker Jennifer Cross was dominant for Michigan, recording 18 kills and a .457 hitting percentage. Her second kill of the match marked her 1,000th in a Michigan uniform, and her efforts earned her the tournament’s most valuable player award. “We expect her to do that,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “And I think she expects that of herself.” Senior outside hitters Lexi Erwin and Molly Toon were significant contributors as well. Erwin posted a double-double, coming up with 13 kills and 17 digs, while Toon had 15 kills and eight digs. Sophomore middle blocker Krystalyn Goode took control of the fifth set en route to a careerhigh 13 kills, four of which came
in the final set and allowed Michigan to pull away from the Bobcats, closing out the nonconference schedule on a positive note. “The great thing with our offense is that we’re very balanced,” Rosen said. “Somebody’s going to be open. Right now, we have five attackers that can all get kills.” The Wolverines led by as many as five points early in the first set before Ohio cut their lead to two. Michigan pulled out the win, thanks in part to an emphatic block from Cross that pushed the score to 24-18. Erwin got the second set started with a bang for Michigan on a booming cross-court spike to the far right corner. But the Bobcats bounced back immediately, grabbing a narrow lead that would hold throughout most of the set. Michigan eventually tied the score at 22 on an Ohio net violation but failed to score again, giving the Bobcats a 25-22 win and tying the match at one set each. The Wolverines recovered to take the third set and a 2-1 lead in the match, riding Cross’s five kills to a 25-15 victory. Michigan failed to take the fourth set, but it wasn’t for a lack of opportunities to take the lead. All the momentum seemed to be with the Wolverines after an emphatic late-set block from Cross that evened the score at 22. Ohio’s Liis Kullerkann gave Michigan the lead on a service error, but for the second time in three sets, the Bobcats scored the final three points, forcing a
feated in principle but with more problems than ever before. After the game, Hoke said that he wouldn’t have expected Michigan to be 4-0 with as many turnovers as they’ve had. He didn’t use Gardner’s name, but the message was pretty clear anyway. “The first interception was tipped, and any time that happens I have a hard time putting that right on the guy who threw the football,” Hoke said. “We just have to keep working and be conscious of how we are handling situations at times. Throwing the ball out of bounds is pretty good, the offense gets the ball back or gets to punt. We’ve
just got to keep running home that message.” Substitute the word “we” out with the word “Gardner.” Make more sense? It’s not Michigan that has to be conscious of how they are handling the ball — it’s Gardner. Expectations might have been too high, but they aren’t now. They are resting comfortably on the runway, underneath Gardner’s giveaways and Lewan’s empty promises, 30,000 feet below where we were blinded by the lights. Cook can be reached at evcook@umich.edu and on Twitter @everettcook
VOLLEYBALL
Cross earns MVP award By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Writer
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Senior middle blocker Jennifer Cross totaled 41 kills over the weekend.
fifth set. “That’s why we play five sets, not one,” Rosen said of the game’s back-and-forth nature. “That’s just good volleyball. We’re going to get a lot of that.” Freshman middle blocker Abby Cole, an early season standout, recorded three kills in the fifth set to make up for a slow start to the game. “That’s a kid who has been in college volleyball for three or four weeks,” Rosen said. “I thought she did a really good job
tonight.” Having blown two late set opportunities to end the match early, Michigan started the fifth set ferociously, led by the efforts of Cole and Goode, whose quickthinking flip over the net and into open space gave the Wolverines a 6-5 lead that they never relinquished. Eventually, kills from senior setter Dannemiller and Cross sealed the victory and sent the enthusiastic Cliff Keen Arena crowd of 1,027 home happy.
With the Michigan volleyball team trailing Ohio, 10-9, in the third set Saturday, senior middle blocker Jennifer Cross leaped, cocked back her arm and sent the ball to the ground to spring the Wolverines to an 11-2 run. They went on to win the set and match. Michigan held on to win in five sets, giving it the tournament title from this weekend’s Michigan Invitational that also featured games against Marshall and Maryland. But it was No. 24 Ohio that gave No. 10 Michigan its biggest scare, even after Cross ensured it was nothing more than that. She dominated all weekend, tallying 41 total kills, 18 of which came against the Bobcats. Cross also put up a .457 hitting percentage in the tournament’s final contest — stats earned her weekend’s most valuable player award. “She had a big-time weekend,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “She was phenomenal and you expect that from your seniors — a senior who has been here for four years, who has played at a high level like Jennifer has.” Cross played defense, too. She had seven blocks Saturday, giving her 18 total blocks on the weekend. In the first set, the senior kept the serve on the Wolverines’ side with a block assist before securing the set win with a kill that found the open court. Cross said there was an emphasis on blocking in practice last week, and that Rosen stressed paying attention to the little things, such as position-
ing, which paid off in the match. Michigan (10-1) dropped the second set, but Cross came out fierce in the third. She had five kills, dominating the net area and making blocks at key moments. Cross also had a solo block to give the Wolverines an 8-7 lead and a block assist to close out the game. In the fourth set, Cross came up big again with a kill to put Michigan within one, trailing 20-19, and then had a huge block to tie the game at 22. But Ohio (10-2) won the next three points to steal the set, sending the match to a fifth set. In the final set, Ohio’s defense caught on and blocked Cross on the outside on her first two kill attempts, but Cross adjusted, softening her touch on her next chance to drop the ball into open space over two Bobcats at the net who were anticipating a kill. “You always have to make changes as a hitter to make sure the defense doesn’t get a good read on you,” Cross said. “So that’s just something I always try to do to throw off the defender, make them come up and then hit deep — kind of a cat -and-mouse game.” The ploy worked and kept Ohio off balance, allowing Cross to get another kill to put the Wolverines up 12-9 before Cross clinched the match win five points later with a powerful kill. “She was ridiculous this weekend,” Rosen said. “Her offense was absolutely ridiculous, but so was her blocking. She really had one of the best weekends I’ve ever seen her have, and I’m excited about the rest of the season with her playing like that.”
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GAME STATISTICS Team Stats First Downs Rush/Yards Passing Yards Offensive Plays Total Offense Kick returns/yds Punt returns/yds Comp/Att/Int Punts/Avg Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Possession
Michigan 19 49/192 97 72 289 2/45 4/22 11/23/2 5/42.4 4-2 5-45 35:47
UCONN 12 25/47 159 57 206 0/0 5/20 16/32/1 8/38.1 2-0 6-70 24:13
M I C H I G A N PASSING Player
C-A
Yds
TD
Int
Gardner
11-23
97
0
2
Totals
11-23
97
0
2
RUSHING Player
Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Toussaint
24
120
5.0
35
2
Gardner
19
64
3.4
19
1
Norfleet
2
14
7.0
13
0
Chesson
1
2
2.0
2
0
TEAM
3
-5
-1.7
0
0
Totals
49
192
3.9
35
3
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Senior forward Nkem Ezurike scored the 35th goal of her Michigan career with a strike in the 22nd minute Sunday against Iowa. Ezurike is now four short of the Michigan all-time scoring record.
RECEIVING Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Gallon
4
31
7.75
12
0
Chesson
2
23
11.5
17
0
Toussaint
2
7
3.5
7
0
Funchess
1
14
14.0
14
0
Dileo
1
13
13.0
13
0
Butt
1
9
9.0
9
0
Totals
11
97
8.82
17
0
Ezurike leads ‘M’ to first Big Ten win By FREDDY KASTEN
For The Daily
PUNTING Player
No. Yds Avg
Lg
Wile
5
212
42.4
47
Totals
5
212
42.4
47
KICKOFF RETURNS Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Norfleet
2
45
22.5
29
0
Totals
2
45
22.5
29
0
PUNT RETURNS Player
No.
Yds
Dileo
3
22
Jones
1
0
Total
4
22
Avg
Lg
TD
24
0
0
0
0
5.50
24
0
7 .33
TACKLES Player
Solo Asst
Tot
Bolden
2 4
6
Taylor
2 4
6
Black
1 5
6
Clark
3 2
5
Countess
3 1
4
Wilson
2 2
4
Gordon
1 3
4
Ross
0 4
4
Morgan
0 4
4
Beyer
2 1
3
Henry
0 2
2
Pipkins
0 2
2
Avery
0 2
2
Ojemudia
0 2
2
Kerridge
1 0
1
Chesson
1 0
1
Gardner
1 0
1
Glanda
0 1
1
Houma
0 1
1
Wormley
0 1
1
Washington
0 1
Totals
19 42
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1 61
PASSING Player
C-A
Yds
TD
Int
Whitmer
16-32
159
2
1
Totals
16-32
159
2
1
RUSHING Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
McCombs
8
38
4.8
16
0
DeLorenzo
6
23
3.8
12
0
Foxx
2
16
8.0
10
0
Hyppolite
1
7
7.0
7
0
TD
Team
1
-2
-2.0
0
0
Whitmer
7
-35
-5.0
1
0
1.9
1
0
25
47
RECEIVING Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Foxx
5
60
12.0
26
0
Davis
4
52
13.0
18
0
McCombs
3
3
1.0
7
1
McQuillan
2
27
13.5
19
0
Parker
2
Totals
16
17
8.5
159
9.94
11
1
26
2
PUNTING Player
No. Yds Avg
Lg
Wagner
8 305 38.1
50
Totals
8 305 38.1
50
KICKOFF RETURNS Player Totals
No. Yds Avg Lg 0 0
0 0
TACKLES Player
Solo Asst
Tot
Smallwood
7 6
13
Ashiru
5 3
8
Brown
5 3
8
Melifonwu
3 4
7
Pruitt
2 4
6
Jones
4 1
5
Williams
3 1
4
Stephen
1
3
4
Joseph
1 3
4
Frank
2 1
3
Hyppolite
2
Clark
1 1
2
Bennett
1 0
1
Wagner
1 0
1
Myers
1 0
1
Vann
1 0
1
Steg.
0 1
1
Willman
0 1
1
Donohue
0 1
1
Mack
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Taylor Bucklin misplayed from the left side of the box. However, the Wolverines didn’t let themselves get down again after that rare defensive mishap. A mere two minutes after the Hawkeye goal, senior midfielder Kayla Mannino scored her first goal of the season on a beautiful chip from the left side of the goal off a creative header from Ezurike. “At that point we were tied, so the whole team’s mentality was to score,” Mannino said. “Nkem had a great flick on it, and I just happened to be there and finished it.” Before Mannino’s goal, Ryan switched from playing a 4-2-3-1 formation to a more offensive 3-52. This alteration instantly proved
to be an effective one as Mannino scored in the 70th minute. The team then switched again to a more defensive formation, a 5-3-2, which kept Iowa in check for the rest of the game. For the final 20 minutes the Hawkeyes fought back hard, but Michigan’s back line once again showed its experience, forcing Iowa to settle for unsuccessful corner kicks. Bucklin bounced back nicely after her mistake that almost cost the Wolverines their win, recording one of her two saves soon after in the 59th minute. Michigan’s next contest is at home against Wisconsin on Friday as the team looks to improve on its already impressive start to Big Ten play.
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she’s so good on the dribble,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. In the 56th minute, senior midfielder Meghan Toohey used her speed to make a nice play to get the ball into the box to senior forward Shelby Chambers-Garcia who hit the post. Ezurike followed up the play and looked poised to put the Wolverines ahead but was pushed down from behind by an Iowa defender and unable to get a shot off. Michigan (1-0 Big Ten, 7-1 overall) let itself get a little down after that no-call, and it proved costly. Just two minutes later, Iowa (0-1, 6-1) evened up the score with a weak goal from Bri Toelle in the 58th minute. It was the second goal of her freshman campaign on a cross that freshman goalkeeper
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In what was a defensive, backand-forth battle, the Michigan women’s soccer team opened up Big Ten play with a stout 2-1 win over 2 MICHIGAN previously 1 IOWA undefeated Iowa. Senior forward Nkem Ezurike opened up the scoring for the Wolverines on their first shot of the game in the 22nd minute. After creating her own space, Ezurike was able to strike home her sixth goal of the season into the right corner of the net. The goal – Ezurike’s 35th of her career – leaves her just four short of becoming Michigan’s all-time
scoring leader. While noteworthy, Ezurike isn’t letting it get to her head. “I don’t think about it that much at all,” Ezurike said. “If I get goals, I get goals. We just kind of play, and no one really mentions it to me.” The story of the game was the Wolverines’ aggressive and active defense, often stacking up players in the box and containing the Hawkeye offense to the outside. One of the keys for Michigan coming in was to contain Iowa’s leading goal scorer, midfielder Chloe Lacosse. “We basically tried to keep one player putting pressure on her, and then another player on each side of that player to pick her up if she were to get beaten because
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Rain, rain, go away. There’s a new head coach, and she’s here to stay. Over the weekend, the Michigan women’s golf team kicked off its fall season by returning to the Mercedes-Benz Amateur Championship in Knoxville, Tenn., for the first time in seven years. The tournament — which was scheduled for three days and 54 holes — was soon reduced to a 36-hole event after heavy rains canceled Saturday play. The tournament marked not only the debut of the women’s golf team for the 20132014 season, but also for new Michigan head coach, Jan Dowl-
MICHIGAN From Page 1B digits to Towson and Maryland. They ranked worse than 100th in the nation in scoring offense, rushing offense and total offense. Same for rushing defense and total defense. They ranked 95th in scoring defense. Under Hoke, Michigan has struggled on the road. At his Wednesday press conference earlier this week, Hoke said the reason was simple. “Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers,” he said. “That’s what’s plagued our team.” Michigan committed four
BYE WEEK From Page 1B to doubt themselves when they played their first road game of the season against the Huskies. Even the narrow escape the week before, though, wasn’t enough to keep Michigan from looking like a shell of the team that beat Notre Dame on Sept. 7 under the lights. “Every opponent, we expect to play a tough game. We’re Michigan, though,” said junior defensive end Frank Clark. “We don’t settle for less. We don’t play to anyone’s level. And for the last two weeks, we have.” The schedule doesn’t get dis-
ing. The 17-team tournament called for five starting golfers from each program. In Dowling’s first event, she selected two experienced seniors in Yugene Lee and Alyssa Shimel, as well as junior Lauren Grogan, sophomore Catherine Peters and freshman Grace Choi. The tournament marked Choi’s collegiate debut. “It was a pretty special event for the whole team because it was my first event and our assistant coach’s first event with the group,” Dowling said. “But we implemented a lot of tactics as far as the practice round goes, pre-shot routine, and the team implemented the changes the best I could have imagined.”
The Wolverines found themselves sitting in 11th place after the first 18 holes on Friday, right in the middle of the pack with 296 strokes, 12 over par, but still 17 strokes behind first-place South Carolina. The scoring for the championship counts the four best golfers from each team. The second day was canceled because thunderstorms hit the Knoxville area earlier that morning, and the grass was too wet for action. “I think the team could’ve used the experience and the competition but, you know, you can’t control the weather,” Dowling said. “(The team) handled the day off well. We just tried to relax.” The scoring over the 36 holes
was dominated by Arkansas and South Carolina, who led the field, shooting a 5-under-par 563 and a 3-over-par 571, respectively. The next best team, Tulane, finished 10 strokes behind the leaders with an 11-over-par 579. Michigan shot 21 over par for a total of 593 strokes to finish tied for ninth with Mississippi State. Grogan led the Wolverines in scoring with a low of a 4-over-par 147, a score including five birdies. Next was Peters at six over par, followed by Shimel at seven over, Choi at eight over, and finally Lee with a team high of 11 over par. The ninth-place finish represents a jump of two places from Friday. Emily Tubert of Arkansas finished in first place on the indi-
vidual player leader board, with a final score of 137 at one under par. Grogan finished the highest individually for the Wolverines, placing in a tie for 25th. For Michigan — a team that finished in 10th-place in the Big Ten Tournament last year — a top 10 finish in the Mercedes-Benz Championship can be seen as a promising success. “Obviously, the aspirations are higher than that,” Dowling said. “But I have to say that there are quite a few very strong teams, historically strong SEC teams, in the field that we beat. I learned a lot from watching this team compete for two days, and I can’t tell you how excited I am for the future of this program.”
turnovers against UConn. Three came from Gardner. On Michigan’s first drive of the second half, he fumbled on a quarterback sneak. UConn’s Ty-Meer Brown scooped it and scored to put the Huskies ahead 21-7. He also threw two interceptions. Gardner has now had a turnover returned for a touchdown in three straight games. Gardner finished 11-of-23 for 97 yards and zero touchdowns passing. He also rushed for 64 yards on the ground (he lost 24 yards on sacks) with one touchdown. “There’s a lot of learning going on,” Hoke said, referring to Gardner. “And there’s a lot
that we put on his shoulders, and I think that he keeps learning every time he goes out.” Earlier in the second quarter, UConn took a 14-7 lead after a punt hit freshman wide receiver Da’Mario Jones deep in Michigan’s own territory. UConn needed just two plays to convert the touchdown. Michigan’s defense and the play of fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint kept the Wolverines in the game. With about 10 minutes remaining in the game and Michigan trailing by a touchdown, Morgan made his leaping one-handed interception and returned it to UConn’s 12-yard line.
Toussaint scored on the next play to tie the game. Toussaint had his best game of the season, rushing for 120 yards in 24 attempts with two touchdowns, both while Michigan trailed in the second half. But Michigan’s offense again failed to establish the line of scrimmage. Hoke said the line improved late but still didn’t generate enough push. Most inside runs were doomed before Toussaint hit the hole. And again, Michigan’s offense had to rely on Gardner’s legs. Michigan turned to the quarterback run multiple times on third and fourth downs. With 11:30 remaining in the fourth quarter,
Michigan opted for a Gardner run once more on fourth-and-2, instead of a field goal. Michigan trailed by seven points, and had the ball on UConn’s 23-yard line. The Huskies made the stop. It was another embarrassing moment for Michigan in a night full of them. And without the momentum-changing interception from Morgan, it could’ve been fatal. “We’re Michigan, though,” said junior defensive end Frank Clark. “We don’t settle for less. We don’t play to anyone else’s level. And for the last two weeks we have. But we’re going to step it up.”
cernibly harder for a few weeks now, which might actually be a bad thing if the Wolverines continue playing down to their opponents. Two of the next three games, Minnesota on Oct. 5 and Indiana on Oct. 19, are against teams that were picked to finish in the bottom half of the Big Ten standings before the season. The other game before the schedule becomes increasingly difficult, Penn State on Oct. 12, will give the Wolverines a chance to show they can win an important conference road game — last season, they beat only Purdue and Minnesota away from home. First up, though, is the bye
week, and it couldn’t possibly come at a better time. Unlike last week, there will be no surprise Sunday full-pads practice to try and get the latest debacle out of the heads of the players. Also unlike last week, the chance for redemption won’t come for two weeks. Redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner said midway through the week of preparations for Connecticut that when you play poorly, the following Saturday takes forever to arrive. Gardner topped his abysmal Akron performance, which he called possibly his worst game ever at any level, with three more turnovers against the Huskies. It’s safe to say the
next two weeks will crawl for him. And it’s certainly best that they do. The reason why Michigan so desperately needs this early season bye week isn’t to recover physically and get healthy, though that is a happy side effect. The bye is most crucial now because this team has a bruised psyche. Two weeks from now, fewer teams will be among the unbeaten, but Michigan will still be one. Perhaps a week without a game is exactly what the Wolverines need to begin playing like it. Slovin can be reached at mjslovin@umich.edu or on Twitter @MattSlovin.
MEN’S SOCCER From Page 1B season and the course of games.” After the first few minutes of back-and-forth overtime play, the Wolverines finally struck again, 92 minutes after their opening goal. McAtee received the ball along the line after being set up by senior forward Malcolm Miller. McAtee evaded his defender and found open space to launch the shot that gave Michigan the victory. Minutes after giving up a crushing goal, the Wolverines dramatically captured a road win. “A lot of teams, if they conceded so late, probably would have folded,” Daley said. “But our guys refused to let that happen to them tonight.”
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Morgan, defense bail out stagnant offense By LIZ VUKELICH Daily Sports Editor
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Fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint had his best game of the year against Connecticut. He rushed for 120 yards on 24 carries with two touchdowns.
At the end, Fitz carries offense By EVERETT COOK Daily Sports Editor
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — The breakout performance of the man once sidelined by a broken leg came in a game where everything on offense seemed to be broken except the way he carried the ball. For the second week in a row, redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner had his worst game as a college quarterback, and for the second week in a row, the Michigan football team needed fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint more than ever. Against Akron last week, more than 50 rushing yards were called back due to penalties. The game ended on an incomplete pass in the end zone that was about 6 inches away from being caught. On Saturday, the game ended
with a victory formation. This time, there was nothing to bring Toussaint back. He scampered for 120 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Wolverines to a 24-21 win over Connecticut in his best game of the season. It was the first time a Michigan running back had 100 yards in a game since he had 120 against Ohio State in 2011. Toussaint hasn’t necessarily struggled this season, but until Saturday, he hadn’t exactly carried the offense, either. Part of that was due to a young, inexperienced offensive line. It’s hard to run through holes that aren’t there. And those problems didn’t go away on Saturday — the line continued to struggle, especially at the point of attack in the interior. Still, Toussaint made it work, particularly toward the end of the game. With Michigan down two touchdowns, he got a pitch
on UConn’s 40-yard line from Gardner, who was pummeled as he released the ball. It was an option pitch, the same one that Gardner fumbled last week. Gashing through the line of scrimmage, Toussaint cut toward the Husky sideline and ran laterally for seven yards before juking his way to the end zone for a 35-yard touchdown run. That got Michigan back in the game. “Before the play started, I know it would have to be a quick pitch just like last week,” Gardner said. “This week I responded early and pitched it and the result was a touchdown. It was a great run from Fitz.” Then, in the fourth quarter, junior linebacker Desmond Morgan made the play of the game on a one-handed interception. His long return set up Toussaint, who took a handoff on the next play and slashed diagonally toward the end zone to tie the
game. The offensive play-calling had to get conservative after another onslaught of turnovers from Gardner, which meant that Toussaint had a bigger role than in past weeks. Through the first three weeks of the season, he was averaging 3.4 yards a carry and hadn’t crossed the 200-yard threshold yet. Now, he’s leading the team in rushing for the first time this season. Gardner is undoubtedly the team leader on offense, but if his awful turnover pace continues, Toussaint is going to have to be the one to pick up the slack. The Wolverines go into the bye week with more questions than answers on offense. Michigan coach Brady Hoke said his offense had a “major league problem” with turnovers. And yet, in a broken offense, the guy who recovered from a broken leg might be the key.
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — There’s one thing that Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison never wants to leave for a road trip without. At times, it seemed like the Michigan foot- NOTEBOOK ball team left it in Ann Arbor, but luckily for them, junior linebacker Desmond Morgan remembered to bring it to Connecticut. “(Mattison) tells us every time we go on the road you’ve got to pack your defense, you’ve got to pack your championship effort,” Morgan said. “He always preaches to us we always have to step up and hold opponents to as little yards as we can and keep the points off the boards.” Morgan remembering to bring that effort can certainly be called the turning point in the game for Michigan. His fourth-quarter, one-armed interception that he returned for 29 yards compensated for the Wolverines’ stagnant offense and led them to a 24-21 win over the Huskies. Morgan said all he had to do was read the quarterback’s eyes and he knew where the ball was going to be. As soon as he caught it, his high school running back days kicked in and he set up an easy touchdown for the Wolverines. Michigan coach Brady Hoke acknowledged that, even though the defense didn’t truly pick up until the end of the game, it still played “awfully hard” during the lackluster first half. Though Morgan’s interception was the highlight of the Wolverines’ performance, Hoke also made sure to mention the pass rush — an area of concern that Mattison took upon himself to fix in the week of practice leading up to UConn. According to junior defensive
end Frank Clark, the Wolverines live for those fourth-quarter big defensive plays. Clark, who boldly predicted double digit sacks for himself this season, finally notched his first two on Saturday. “When you get the game and you’re able to have the game put on the defense’s back that’s what we come here for,” Clark said. “We come here for those situations like this.” SPECIAL TEAM’S SPECIALTIES: Between Morgan’s big moment and the absence of any huge offensive plays, it would be easy to overlook one of the most consistent aspects of Michigan’s game all night: its special teams performance. The Wolverines reverted back to senior wide receiver Drew Dileo handling punt returns, partly due to his veteran status, and partly due to the breezy conditions on the field. “I think tonight, the (UConn punter) in the two previous games sprayed the ball around a little bit,” Hoke said. “To have a guy who has that experience is always good.” Michigan also saw more production from junior kicker Matt Wile. Wile struggled in the previous week, with either too many kicks out of bounds or ones he just shanked. On Saturday, though, Wile averaged 42.4 yards on five punts, prompting praise from Hoke. RESTING GARDNER: Hoke said that Michigan had no serious injuries, but that redshirt junior quarterback Devin Gardner would use the upcoming bye week to recover from a few big hits he took. In the preseason, Gardner said it was going to be a goal of his to run out of bounds more frequently to try and avoid unnecessary hits. “I’m sure he’s banged up,” Hoke said. “He took some licks and sometimes he puts himself in that position because he’s competitive and tries to get that extra yard.”
THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL Each week, Daily sports staffers fill out ballots, with first place votes receiving 10 points, second-place votes receiving nine, and so on. 1. ALABAMA (18): Alabama played its first home game this week. Huh.
2. OREGON: With the week off, the Ducks were forced to wear normal street clothes, thus restoring the vision of half of America.
3. CLEMSON : By playing on Thursday, the Tigers enjoyed a second-straight quiet weekend with allnight study sessions and unlimited ice cream.
6. TEXAS A&M: Johnny Football was left shaking his head after only playing two-plus quarters against SMU. SMH, SMU.
7. LOUISVILLE: FIU had three rushing yards. Three.
8. GEORGIA: Woof.
4. OHIO STATE: The Buckeyes scored 76 points. FAMU had 80 yards of offense.
5. STANFORD: The nerds beat the partygoers and the engineers got the girl. All is wrong.
9. LSU: In the battle of the Tigers at Tiger Stadium, the Tigers won.
10. SOUTH CAROLINA: The Cocks were spent after pounding Vanderbilt and hung loose during the bye week.
STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers do their best to predict, against the spread, what happens in the 2013 football season.
Zach Helfand
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Everett Cook
No. 15 Michigan (-18) at Connecticut
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No. 1 Alabama (-39.5) vs Colorado State
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No. 3 Clemson (-14.5) at North Carolina State
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No. 4 Ohio State (No line) vs Florida A&M
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No. 5 Stanford (-7.5) vs Arizona State
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No. 6 LSU (-17.5) vs Auburn
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No. 8 Florida State (NL) vs Bethune Cookman
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No. 9 Georgia (-33) vs North Texas
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No. 10 Texas A&M (-29) vs SMU
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No. 13 UCLA (-42) vs New Mexico State
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No. 18 Northwestern (NL) vs Maine
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No. 19 Florida (-16.5) vs Tennessee
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No. 20 Baylor (-19.5) vs Louisiana Monroe
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No. 22 Notre Dame (-7) vs Michigan State
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No. 24 Wisconsin (-24) vs Purdue
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No. 25 Texas Tech (27.5) vs Texas State
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Minnesota (NL) vs San Jose State
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Iowa (-16.5) vs Western Michigan
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Nebraska (NL) vs SDSU
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Penn State (-21) vs Kent State
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Indiana (+2) vs Missouri
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This Week
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59-41
66-34
57-43
13-10