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U-M Flint Chancellor Ruth Person attends the Board of Regents meeting in Flint, Mich., Friday.

In Flint, a different campus UM-Flint has unique challenges compared to A 2 By SAM GRINGLAS Daily Staff Reporter

FLINT, Mich. — Just a 55-mile drive up US-23 from Ann Arbor, the University’s Flint campus is by no means geographically distant. On the satellite campus, streetlight banners display the same Block ‘M,’ and in a conference room at the Harding Mott University Center, the same regents and execu-

tive officers crowded a long table at the annual meeting at the Flint campus on Friday to discuss an array of University proposals. But in many ways, UMFlint faces very different challenges than the University’s flagship campus in Ann Arbor. In an interview Friday, UM-Flint Chancellor Ruth Person said recruiting and enrolling students presents the campus’s greatest challenge. “For institutions like this, continuing to have a robust enrollment in the future is always going to be a chal-

lenge,” Person said. Person partly blamed Michigan’s decline on demographic shifts, as the population ages and fewer families with children move to the state. “You can see that curve of high-school students going down,” Person said. “They’re gone, and they’re not going to come back immediately.” But UM-Flint has coped — and excelled — in creative ways, as Jon Davidson, director of admissions for U-M Flint, explained in a presentation to the regents. Undergraduate enrollment has increased by 22.6

percent since 2007, according to U-M Flint data. Current undergraduate enrollment is 8,555 — a record high despite a challenging recruitment climate. Davidson said enrollment growth is a strategic necessity. UM-Flint, like the rest of the University, has been forced to contend with shrinking state funding. With the capacity for more students, Davidson said increased enrollment provides further financial resources via tuition dollars. “Clearly Ann Arbor doesn’t have enrollment challenges,” See CAMPUS, Page 5

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Members vote in favor of removing fossil fuels from stock portfolio By WILL GREENBERG Daily Staff Reporter

Monday’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting continued the discussion on approving the addition of Ypsilanti Township as a member of the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority and finally reached a vote on divestment from fossil fuel industries. A resolution asking the pension board to was passed Monday evening following an amendment from Councilmember Christopher Taylor (D–Ward 3) that softened the resolution language to “request” action from the pension board rather than “urge” the board. Arguments for and against the resolution echoed those voiced at previous meetings: Those in favor are looking to support the mostly symbolic resolution, whereas those opposed raised concerns of the implications of actually divesting. LSA sophomore Laura Hobbs, an organizer of the Divest and Invest Campaign

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on campus, said in an interview Monday evening that the passed resolution was a success for the group — even with the lighter wording. “Ann Arbor really made the decision tonight to join a handful of other cities nationally that have committed to divestment,” Hobbs said. “However it’s worded, I think taking that step is great.” COUNCIL VOTES ON ADDING YPSLIANTI TOWNSHIP TO AAATA The decision to add Ypsilanti Township as a member of the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority was postponed by an 8-3 vote following a long discussion between members of City Council and Michael Ford, the chief executive officer for The Ride. Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje spoke in favor of adding membership, saying the seat is long overdue and won’t affect specific budgetary issues. Ford repeatedly stressed to council members that Ypsilanti Township has met all the requirements laid out in the past and the proposal asked for including the township only as an AAATA member. In an interview after the meeting, Ford, having spoSee COUNCIL, Page 5

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The Senate Assembly convened at Palmer Commons for a conversation with faculty and administrators about proposed changes to retirement benefit packages after data at discussed the mostly private meeting in early October was made public. These changes are one part of a University initiative to cut spending by $120 million that will be re-invested with the stated goal of making tuition more affordable. Laurita Thomas, executive vice president of human resources and the guest speaker at the meeting, said the administration will be “as transparent as possible” with the faculty and staff about the changes being considered and implemented. Thomas explained that the University has guidelines in place to ensure that any policy changes made will continue to meet the standards

to which faculty and staff are accustomed. A main concern of the Senate Assembly is that the University remains competitive as an employer, as benefits packages are often important to potential employees. Thomas also encouraged faculty to subscribe to long-term disability insurance coverage, which only a third of faculty and staff at the meeting said they currently have. She noted that this would also help keep the University competitive with other top institutions. Several faculty members used the open discussion to express concern about the effects policy changes will have on them, including the lack of a dependent tuition policy, which allows faculty and their dependents discounts on tuition after a period of employment, which most comparable institutions offer. Though many seemed in favor of the policy, Thomas was firm that the policy isn’t affordable and was never on the table. Others expressed concern that making cuts to the health and retirement programs would lessen the University’s credibility among See BENEFITS, Page 5

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Ohanian answers questions from students at event By SHOHAM GEVA Daily Staff Reporter

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, didn’t give a typical speech. But then again, Ohanian, who has the self-professed aim of “making the world suck less,” isn’t your typical speaker. Ohanian, co-founded what is now one of the Web’s most visited sites with friend Steve Huffman after the two graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005. He spoke here Monday night to promote his new book, “Without Their Permission: How The 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed.” The book discusses the power of Internet entrepreneurship and how it can be used to achieve philanthropic goals. The event, co-sponsored by the School of Information and the University’s chapter of the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity. The talk drew a crowd of about 500 University students, faculty members and the public. Ohanian started off the event with a 40-minute presentation discussing why he wrote the book and finished with a catalogue of pictures, as he jokingly compared images of the Wolverine action figSee REDDIT, Page 5

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Art & Design junior Katie Parks weaves on a loom in the Fibers studio in the School of Art & Design Monday. The weaving, made from yarn and raw wool, can take upwards of 75 hours to complete.

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Symposium showcases research partnerships with Israeli scientists Leaders from top Israel instituitons join colleagues in Ann Arbor By SARA YUFA For The Daily

This weekend, scientists from two of Israel’s premier universities, Technion Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science, joined University Medical School faculty for the annual UM-Israel Partnership for Research Symposium. The conference ran from Oct. 18 until Oct. 21, concluding Monday after more than 35 presentations and discussion sessions.

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The partnership conducts and funds joint scientific investigations, student and faculty exchanges, institutional collaborative ventures and technology commercialization. Cardiology prof. David Pinsky, the symposium’s coordinator and the director of the University’s cardiovascular center, said the goal was to bring people of different backgrounds together to make breakthrough discoveries in human health. He added that the symposium works to promote academic freedom, regardless of global politics. “There’s no politics behind this; there’s not religion behind this,” Pinsky said. “It’s just saying that science is an area of inquiry and discovery and the benefits are for all mankind”

Eliezer Shalev, dean of medicine at Technion in Haifa, Israel, said collaboration is the key to success in research. “Collaboration is the right means to get to a good fruitful research because there are very few scientists that they can do by themselves all of the work that you need,” Shalev said. “The life science and medical science has had a huge change in the last 30 years on the verge with engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science.” The first symposium, which focused on cardiovascular disease, was held in Ann Arbor in 2011 after philanthropist D. Dan Kahn funded the effort to bring the University and Technion together in research. In 2012, Pinsky led a group See RESEARCH, Page 5

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The girl behind the .gif The Michigan offense wasn’t the only star at Saturday’s game. LSA junior Janine Huelsman made headlines of her own after a gif of her in the stands found its way onto multiple popular blogs and websites, Deadspin and Bleacher Report, over the weekend. Huelsman wrote in an e-mail that she wasn’t initially keen on the gif. She said it appeared she was drunk, which she was not. “I was really annoyed about it being all over the internet because so many people refer to me as the ‘drunk student’ and stuff like that,” Huelsman wrote. “It was just bad timing.”

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pus yet, but expects that may change tomorrow, when she returns to class. The strangest part for Huelsman has been seeing her face being used as a “reaction gif” across the web, including by many students at Michigan State University and other rival universities. “It’s kind of funny, and I’m working on just owning the fact that I looked ridiculous because there’s nothing I can do about it,” she said.

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WHAT: In the first of three semi-finals, students will show off their comedic talents. Winners are selected by votes from the audience. WHO: Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: Today from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League Uncerground

WHAT: Rebecca Welzenbach of Michigan Publishing, will lecture on how to plan and mange the creation and continuation of a successful journal. WHO: Institute for the Humanities WHEN: Today at 12:30 p.m. WHERE: 202 S. Thayer, room 1022

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WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Sunday at about 3:40 p.m. WHAT: University Police reported an argument between a patient and her husband, who left before Hospital Security or police could arrive.

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WHERE: Hill Carport WHEN: Friday at about 6:45 p.m. WHAT: A bike mounted on the roof of a car struck the clearance height bar, University Police reported. There was damage to a sign, the bike, and the vehicle.

WHAT: Lecturer Ryan Goodman will discuss how theories of network analysis can and should play a role in international law. WHO: International Institute WHEN: Today at 4:00 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building, room 1636

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Violence in Egpyt continues, Syrian president says int’l Islamic militants suspected peace conference unlikely Children among those killed in wedding day celebration

CAIRO (AP) — The elderly, silver-haired Christian could hardly speak Monday, sitting stunned in a church where the evening before, suspected Islamic militants on a motorcycle sprayed his family’s wedding party with automatic weapons fire, killing his son, his wife’s sister and two granddaughters aged 8 and 12. “It’s God’s will. They are always beating us down. Every other day now, they do this,” the 75-year-old Fahmy Azer Abboud said as he waited for their funeral to start. He spoke haltingly of his Sudoku Syndication dead granddaughters, both named Mariam.

“They were pure angels. They had the world’s kindness inside them. They helped me and shared with me everything they had,” Abboud said. The girls were waiting to enter the Church of the Virgin Mary in Cairo’s Warraq district for the wedding of another of Abboud’s granddaughters when the gunmen struck about 9 p.m. Sunday. The wounded included seven relatives, with his other son, Nabil, among them, he said. The shooting deepened panic among Egypt’s minority Coptic Christians, already the target of centuries of discrimination by the Muslim majority. It also raised fears that an insurgency by Islamic extremists in the strategic Sinai Peninsula and an increase in attacks in rural areas may be shifting to the capital, a city of 18 million people already beset by crime and poverty.

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The violence by Islamic radicals has risen since the military deposed President Mohammed Morsi in July and cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood and its allies. The attacks have targeted mainly security forces and Christians, whom the Islamists blame because of BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s presitheir strong support of Morsi’s dent cast doubt Monday on ouster. In Sinai, suspected the chances of holding a longjihadist fighters have stepped delayed international peace up violence against soldiers and conference to end the country’s police since the coup. civil war, saying the factors that Sunday’s shooting also would help such talks succeed recalled an Islamic militant do not currently exist. insurgency in the 1980s and The United States and Russia 1990s, when extremists waged have been trying for months to a campaign against police, convene a conference in Geneva Christians and foreign tourists, to negotiate a political solution trying to topple the governto a conflict that has killed more ment of now-ousted autocrat than 100,000 people and forced Hosni Mubarak. Many fear a some 2 million more to flee the revival of that wave of violence. country. The U.N. chief has set High-profile attacks blamed mid-November as a target for on militants have already the proposed gathering, but http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ begun to creep into Cairo. In both Damascus and the opposiSeptember, the interior ministion are skeptical and no final ter, who heads the police, surdate has been announced. vived an assassination attempt President Bashar Assad by a suicide car bombing. Earbrushed aside the renewed lier this month, militants fired efforts to coax the government rocket-propelled grenades on and its opponents to the negotithe nation’s largest satellite ating table, telling Lebanon’s Alground station, also in the capiMayadeen TV in an interview tal. that “the factors that would help Witnesses said a car blocked in holding it (the conference) are traffic outside the Coptic not in place if we want it to succhurch minutes before the ceed.” shooting, allowing the gunmen He said it’s not clear who on the motorcycle the space would represent the opposition, they needed and giving them a or what credibility the opposirelatively easy getaway. tion’s representatives would The funeral of the four have inside Syria. victims was attended by sev“Who are the groups that will eral thousand Christians who participate? What is their relaspelled into the street. Their tion with the Syrian people? Do grief was mixed with anger and they represent the Syrian people disbelief or they represent the country “With our blood and souls, that made them?” Assad asked, we will redeem the cross,” they alluding to his government’s chanted as the four coffins claim that the rebels are agents were about to be brought into of Western and Arab powers. the church. “There are many questions Addressing the mourners, about the conference.” a young member of the choir For its part, Syria’s fractured said: “Even in these circumopposition has yet to decide stances, we can only talk of the whether to attend the proposed heavens above and ask for the Geneva conference. help of Christ.” The main Western-backed

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opposition umbrella group, the Syrian National Coalition, is scheduled to meet Nov. 1-2 in Istanbul to decide whether to take part in the talks. One prominent faction within the Coalition, the Syrian National Council, has said it has no faith in negotiations with Assad’s regime and won’t participate in any Geneva negotiations. The ability of the Turkeybased Coalition to speak for the broader rebellion has long been in dispute, and fighters inside Syria — many of whom reject negotiations with the regime — have accused the opposition leaders in exile of being out of touch with reality on the ground. The Coalition’s already strained credibility took a major hit last month when nearly a dozen prominent rebel groups publicly broke with the opposition umbrella group. More rebel brigades have since followed suit. Assad, meanwhile, has managed in the past six months to restore a sense of stability to his government’s hold on power, shaken by losing large chunks of the country to the rebels in 2012. Dressed in a blue suit and exuding confidence, Assad used much of the interview to denounce Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey for supporting the rebellion against him. But he also addressed the issue of his future in the country and presidential elections planned for 2014. “I don’t see any reason that prevents me from running for the next elections,” he said. “It is still early to talk about it. We can only discuss it at the time when the presidential elections date is announced.” Much of the opposition says no peaceful transition is possible unless Assad leaves power. The president also said that he is willing to take part in peace talks, but reiterated his previously stated position that he will not negotiate with the armed opposition unless they give up their arms first.

International diplomatic efforts to broker a political resolution to Syria’s civil war have stumbled repeatedly, while the violence inside the country has raged on, exacting a terrible toll on the civilian population. Residents of one besieged rebel-held suburb of Damascus issued an urgent plea Monday for the international community to save them from starvation and constant bombardment after efforts to evacuate civilians from the area collapsed this week. For months, government troops have blocked food and supplies from entering the suburb of Moadamiyeh west of the capital, activists say. Around 3,000 residents of the suburb were able to flee the area late last month during a rare, temporary cease-fire. Aid agencies say Syrians across the country face difficulties getting food, but hunger in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus, largely surrounded by government territory, is particularly acute. In an open letter circulated by the opposition’s Coalition, Moadamiyeh residents pleaded with the international community for help. “Save us from death. Save us from the hell of Assad’s killing machine,” the letter said. The Coalition called on international organizations to establish a humanitarian corridor to allow food into the area. On Saturday, the United Nation’s humanitarian chief Valerie Amos called for an “immediate pause” in clashes to allow civilians to leave. A spokesman for the Moadamiyeh council, Qusai Zakarya, confirmed that local residents had sent the letter to the Coalition asking for help. “We are heading toward a definite destiny: starvation,” he said via Skype, with the clap of shelling and the thumping of a helicopter audible in the background.

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Senators ask Kerry to prevent nuclear waste storage under Lake Huron U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin of Michigan are asking Secretary of State John Kerry to intervene in a Canadian plan to store nuclear waste underground near Lake Huron. Ontario Power Generation proposes a radioactive waste disposal facility at the Bruce nuclear power site in the city of Kincardine. If approved, it would house more than 200,000 cubic feet of waste about a mile from the lake. In a letter Monday to Kerry, the Democratic senators say they’re concerned how storing so much radioactive material that close to the lake would affect the environment and industries such as fishing and tourism.

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Gov. Christie drops appeal to stop gay marriage law Gov. Chris Christie dropped his fight against gay marriage in New Jersey on Monday, framing the decision in a pragmatic way: No point in fighting a losing battle. Just hours after gay couples began exchanging vows with the blessing of New Jersey’s Supreme Court, Christie announced he was withdrawing his appeal to the high court. New Jersey is the 14th state to legalize gay marriage. As the Republican governor seeks re-election two weeks from now and ponders a run for president in 2016, Christie’s decision holds both risks and benefits for him.

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Nevada middle school student kills teacher, wounds students Police say a Nevada middle school boy used a semi-automatic handgun to wound two students and kill a math teacher before turning the weapon on himself. The shooting occurred about 15 minutes before the opening bell at Sparks Middle School on Monday. The student’s name wasn’t released, and his motive for the shooting wasn’t known. Teacher Michael Landsberry was being hailed as a hero for trying to protect children from their gun-wielding classmate outside the school. Twenty to 30 horrified students witnessed the shooting as they returned to classes from a weeklong fall break.

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Local Australian parliament allows gay marriage A provincial parliament on Tuesday passed the first law allowing same-sex marriage in Australia, but it could be shortlived with the federal government threatening a court challenge. The Australian Capital Territory parliament passed the law with the support of lawmakers from the province’s governing Labor and Greens parties. All eight opposition Liberal Party lawmakers in the 17-seat Legislative Assembly voted against the bill. The first marriages could take place in the national capital Canberra in December, but federal Attorney General George Brandis, a member of the Liberal Party, said his government has legal advice that the legislation is invalid. Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Katy Gallagher refused a request from Brandis to wait on allowing any same-sex marriages until the High Court ruled on the law’s constitutional validity. —Compiled from Daily wire reports

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Firefighters control flames along the roadside at Bilpin, 47 miles west of Sydney, Australia. Authorities have warned that hotter weather and increased winds are expected and are preparing for the conditions to worsen.

Bus bombing sparks fear about Sochi Olympics Suicide attack in Russia adds to security fears MOSCOW (AP) — A female suicide bomber blew herself up on a city bus in southern Russia on Monday, killing six people and injuring about 30, officials said. The attack in Volgograd added to security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The suspected bomber was from the North Caucasus, a region in southern Russia where an Islamic insurgency has been simmering for more than a decade following two separatist wars in Chechnya. A local official said the suspected attacker was married to an Islamic militant. Volgograd lies 650 kilometers (400 miles) to the northeast of the North Caucasus, while Sochi sits to the west along the Black Sea. No one immediately claimed responsibility for Monday’s suicide bombing, but it was the first outside the North Caucasus since Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov three months ago called for a resumption of attacks on civilians and urged militants to target the Sochi Games, which are to be held in February. Russia in past years has seen a series of terror attacks on buses, airplanes and other forms of transportation, some

of them carried out by suicide bombers. The last suicide attack on a bus was in 2008. Twin bombings on the Moscow subway in March 2010 carried out by female suicide bombers killed 40 people and wounded more than 120. In January 2011, a male suicide bomber struck Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, killing 37 people and injuring more than 180. Umarov, who had claimed responsibility for the 2010 and 2011 bombings, ordered a halt to attacks on civilian targets because of the mass street protests against President Vladimir Putin in the winter of 2011-12. He reversed that order in July. The suspected bomber was from Dagestan, one of the predominantly Muslim republics in the North Caucasus, said Vladimir Markin, the spokesman for the Investigative Committee, Russia’s main investigative agency. In a statement, he identified the suspect as 30-year-old Naida Asiyalova. Russian state television showed pictures of Asiyalova’s passport. In Dagestan, the center of the insurgency, bombings and shootings occur almost daily. Most of them target law enforcement officers, not civilians. The Tsarnaev brothers, accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings, have roots in Dagestan and Chechnya.

Rasul Temirbekov, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee’s branch in Dagestan, said the suspected bomber was married to an ethnic Russian, Dmitry Sokolov, whom she had met while both were university students in Moscow. She encouraged him to become a rebel, and he quickly gained a reputation as an expert in explosives, Temirbekov said. Sokolov, whose nom de guerre is Abdul Jabbar, has been on the run Temirbekov said that the suspected suicide bomber had a fatal bone illness. Video broadcast on state Rossiya television showed that Monday’s explosion occurred as the bus was moving in the far right lane of a divided six-lane road. The video, taken from a vehicle traveling behind the bus, showed a burst of flame and gray smoke. Fragments of what appeared to be window frames and other parts of the bus were left scattered across the road. When the bus came to a stop, the video showed many passengers jumping out. Markin said seven people died, including the suicide bomber, and 33 asked for medical assistance, 28 of whom were hospitalized. Emergency officials said about 40 people were on the bus. The local government on Monday placed security forces in the Volgograd region on high alert for 15 days.

Thick smog persists in China, highways and schools shut down Pollution in China reaches an all time high, cause for concern BEIJING (AP) — Visibility shrank to less than half a football field and small-particle pollution soared to a record 40 times higher than an international safety standard in one northern Chinese city as the region entered its high-smog season. The manager for U.S. jazz singer Patti Austin, meanwhile, said the singer had canceled a concert in Beijing because of an asthma attack likely linked to pollution. Winter typically brings the worst air pollution to northern China because of a combination of weather conditions and an increase in the burning of coal for homes and municipal heating systems, which usually starts on a specific date. For the large northern city of Harbin, the city’s heating systems kicked in on Sunday, and on Monday visibility there was less than 50 meters (yards), according to state media. “I couldn’t see anything outside the window of my apartment, and I thought it was snowing,” Wu Kai, 33, a housewife and mother of a baby boy, said in a telephone interview from Harbin. “Then I realized it wasn’t snow. I have not seen the sun for a long time.”

She said her husband went to work in a mask, that he could barely see a few meters (yards) ahead of him and that his usual bus had stopped running. “It’s scary, too dangerous. How could people drive or walk on such a day?” The density of fine particulate matter, PM2.5, used as an indicator of air quality was well above 600 micrograms per cubic meter — including several readings of exactly 1,000 — for several monitoring stations in Harbin, according to figures posted on the website of China’s environmental protection agency. They were the first known readings of 1,000 since China began releasing figures on PM2.5 in January 2012, and it was not immediately clear if the devices used for monitoring could give readings higher than that. A safe level under WHO guidelines is 25 micrograms per cubic meter. Primary and middle schools and some highways were closed, said authorities in the city, which is in China’s northernmost province bordering Russia. At least 40 flights to destinations in southern China and Beijing among others were canceled or postponed at Harbin’s Taiping International Airport on Monday morning. Austin’s management team said the 63-year-old singer had been treated in a hospital Friday morning for an asthma attack in combination with a respiratory infection.

She returned to her hotel later Friday to rest, but was unable to perform at her Beijing concert scheduled for Friday evening. Her Saturday night concert in Shanghai went ahead. Her manager, Barry Orms, said Monday that Austin, as an asthma sufferer, would have been “affected by the amount of pollution.” He said that it wasn’t their goal to place blame, and that “Patti has expressed our belief that the Chinese government can be a leader in this very important issue.” On the morning ahead of her concert Friday, Beijing’s air was visibly polluted, with the city’s environmental monitoring center warning children, the elderly and those with respiratory illnesses to reduce outdoor activity. China’s major cities have some of the world’s worst smog. The government was long indifferent to the environment as it pursued economic development, but has begun launching some anti-pollution initiatives after mounting public frustration. Last month, China’s Cabinet released an action plan that aims to make a small reduction in the country’s heavy reliance on coal to below 65 percent of total energ y usage by 2017. According to Chinese government statistics, coal consumption accounted for 68.4 percent of total energy use in 2011.

DETROIT (AP) — A picture of Jim Leyland’s face stared out from the video board at an empty Comerica Park, next to that familiar Olde English “D’’ and a message that said simply: “Thank You Jim.” After eight seasons managing the Tigers, including three division titles and two American League pennants, Leyland stepped down Monday. His voice cracking at times, his hands wiping away tears at others, he announced his departure two days after Detroit was eliminated by Boston in the AL championship series. “It’s been a thrill,” the 68-yearold Leyland said during a news conference at the ballpark. “I came here to change talent to team, and I think with the help of this entire organization, I think we’ve done that. We’ve won quite a bit. I’m very grateful to have been a small part of that.” Leyland made his managerial debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986, and from Barry Bonds to Miguel Cabrera, he’s managed some of the sport’s biggest stars and been involved in some of baseball’s most memorable games over the past quarter-century. In 1992, his Pirates lost Game 7 of the NLCS when Atlanta rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning. Five years later, Leyland won his only World Series title as manager when his Florida Marlins beat Cleveland in an 11-inning thriller in Game 7. He’s experienced some of the highest highs the game has to offer, but also endured difficult rebuilding periods in both Pittsburgh and Florida. After one season with the Colorado Rockies, Leyland didn’t manage at all from 2000-05 before Detroit hired him. Leyland led the Tigers to the World Series immediately after taking over in 2006, losing to St. Louis in five games. The Tigers went to the World Series again in 2012 but were swept by San Francisco. Leyland worked under oneyear contracts the last couple of years, saying he was content to wait until after the season to address his status. He was reflective late this season, mentioning to reporters that he had already managed the Tigers longer than he had expected they would keep him, but he also said in September that he still loved the atmosphere, the competition and his team. In fact, he’d actually told gen-

eral manager Dave Dombrowski in early September that he didn’t want to return as manager. He expects to remain with the organization in some capacity after going 700-597 as Tigers manager. “I’m not totally retiring today, I’m just not going to be in the dugout anymore,” Leyland said. “I hope and pray that you give the next manager the same respect and the same chance that you gave me.” Leyland says his health is fine, but it’s time to stop managing. He said he started weighing his decision around June. “I started thinking this was getting a little rough. I thought that the fuel was getting a little low,” Leyland said. “I knew that I’d get through it because I knew we’d be playing for something.” The Tigers figure to contend again next year, which may lead Dombrowski to look for a proven commodity who can come in and manage. Kirk Gibson, who led Detroit to the 1984 World Series title as a player, is now managing in Arizona, but Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall tried to quash any speculation that Gibson would return to the Tigers. “We would not grant permission (to the Tigers to talk to Gibson) if asked because we want him here, and he told me this morning he has no interest in leaving,” Hall said. Detroit’s players found out about Leyland’s departure after Saturday night’s game in Boston, where the Red Sox won Game 6 to take the series. “You’ve got your head down, you lost and the season’s over, and then Jim dropped that bomb on us,” outfielder Torii Hunter said. “I just had a feeling that it could have been his last year. All year, he was kind of emotional, and I just felt it.” Leyland said there was no announcement Saturday because he wanted the focus to be on the victorious Red Sox. However, he was honest about how much this defeat hurt. “With all due respect to the Boston Red Sox — who earned it, they won it, they deserve to be where they are — I truly believe the Detroit Tigers should be playing here tomorrow,” Leyland said. “This is one that’s going to stick with me, this is one that really hurts, because I really felt like we let it get away.” When Leyland arrived at the Tigers’ spring training camp this year, it marked 50 seasons since he first showed up there as an 18-year-old prospect. His playing career never amounted to much, but his accomplishments as a manager over more than two decades have been impressive.

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Don’t get testy A bill to tie unemployment to drug testing goes too far

he Michigan state Senate approved a bill Thursday that would revoke unemployment benefits for a person who fails a drug test (as a part of the application process for public-sector jobs in Michigan). While the bill wouldn’t mandate that employers report applicants who either refuse or fail a drug test during an application process, it proposes revoking benefits for those reported as failing or refusing testing. This practice is further burdening Michigan’s unemployed residents and violates the privacy of those who receive unemployment benefits. The lawmakers in Lansing who support the bill do so on the basis that those who consume illegal drugs are not suitable for work and therefore don’t deserve benefits from the government. State Sen. Mark Jansen, a Republican, bluntly equated failing a drug test to turning down suitable employment. In a state House Commerce Committee testimonial, Rep. Ken Goike, the bill’s sponsor, argued “the law currently states that in order to receive unemployment benefits an individual must be actively looking for and able to take suitable work … if you are not able to pass a drug test, you are not suitable for work.” Other states have implemented similar legislation with poor results. The Michigan bill is similar to a 2011 Indiana law dealing with drug testing and benefits. The Indiana law allows for secondary testing should the applicant fail the initial drug test; the Michigan bill replaced this option with an appeals process. Those who fail the drug test could potentially be forced to release medical records during an appeals process to defend a positive drug test, which would further violate their privacy rights. A total of 29 states have proposed or enacted drug-testing legislation, including Utah, Arizona and Florida. These states’ policies were

enacted to save the state money by revoking benefits from those rule-breakers. Utah implemented its law in 2012, and, in the first year, spent $30,000 enforcing it only to find that 2.6 percent tested positive — well below the 8.9 percent estimated to use illicit drugs. In 2009, Arizona enacted its drug-testing bill, claiming it would save $1.7 million per year, but only one person tested positive for drug abuse and the state saved a mere $560. Florida’s testing policy was short lived and had similarly poor results — only 2.6 percent of those tested failed, and the tests actually cost the state $45,780. Despite the presumption that the unemployed are likely drug users, these results show that residents receiving benefits from the government are not necessarily more prone to illegal drug use. Additionally, precedent shows that Michigan is not poised to save any money by implementing the bill. Applicants who fail drug tests because of a false positive could be kicked off of unemployment benefits before obtaining a job. This not a constructive or admirable way of conserving state and federal benefits, nor is it helping vulnerable populations. The state House of Representatives should table this legislation and focus on promoting recovery by uplifting residents, not penalizing them.

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Work left undone This month we celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Coalition for Tuition Equality and reflect upon all that we have accomplished. Two years ago, student leaders recognized an injustice at the University of Michigan in its policies toward undocumented students. Consequently, student organizations from across campus came together to fight for a more accessible and representative University, demanding changes in University policy and campus culture. At the heart of this goal was achieving tuition equality — reforming University tuition policy to allow undocumented Michigan students to pay in-state tuition. And, finally, in July, we made history when the Board of Regents, responding to the voices of the University community, voted to extend in-state tuition to undocumented students who attend three years of and graduate from high school after two years of middle school in Michigan. With the passage of tuition equality, the University of Michigan has spearheaded a statewide movement. One week after the University, Washtenaw Community College passed its own version of tuition equality. Less than a month ago, the Wayne State University Board of Governors made the incredible step of passing tuition equality as well. These bold actions have opened doors to a college education for undocumented students across the state. With our successes and the successes of other campuses, it may seem to many that our work is finally done. However, while it’s true that the University has made considerable progress since our founding, such an assumption speaks to the lack of understanding and acceptance that undocumented students still face. This leads us to our continued mission for the year: to work with the administration and the community to raise awareness of the University’s new policies, secure financial aid for undocumented students and create a more welcoming campus environment. While the passage of tuition equality has become common knowledge on campus, the community to which this issue is most important remains less informed. We look forward to working with undocumented communities throughout Southeast Michigan to raise awareness of the new guidelines and encourage undocumented students to apply to the University of Michigan. Furthermore, our

support will not end with awareness: We’re committed to helping undocumented students navigate the application process, recognizing the complications that a lack of documentation can present. However, undocumented students’ challenges don’t end with the application process. Tuition remains unequal, as undocumented students still must pay more than their peers. Unable to qualify for federal loans, undocumented students must pay out-of-pocket or rely on the scarce private aid that is available to them. With an average household income of $36,000 per year, the in-state cost of attendance of $26,240 remains out of reach for most undocumented students who lack financial assistance. It’s an obligation of the University to meet the demonstrated financial need of undocumented students. With an upcoming capital campaign and recent record-breaking donations, we’ll work to urge the University to direct funds towards the students who need it most. Undocumented immigrants face constant discrimination and marginalization throughout the country. With a history of such treatment at the University of Michigan, to many, our campus represents yet another oppressive environment. We’re dedicated to changing this climate, and that process begins with the administration. The University has a responsibility to ensure that undocumented students are treated no differently than their peers. This requires employee training, safe spaces on campus, the provision of student legal services and psychological services, and access to University Health Services. It’s our responsibility to raise the consciousness of undocumented students’ unique needs on campus and ensure that the administration recognizes them. We’re proud to have accomplished so much in our two-year history. That we have come so far is a testament to the power of student voices and the compelling nature of this cause. However, our work is far from over. The new guidelines for qualifying for in-state tuition take effect in January. Thus, it’s with great urgency that we call on the University to work with us in removing these additional barriers to undocumented students. John D’Amo and Meg Scribner are LSA juniors. Daniel Morales is a Public Policy junior.

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Danger for the Great Lakes

he wind had begun to pick up as my cousin and I made our way across the fivemile expanse of the Mackinaw Bridge this past July. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky as we headed north, the deep blue waters of Lake KATE Michigan and LARAMIE Huron churning below us as we drove. The Great Lakes, carved and shaped by the glacial retreat of the last ice age, are the second-largest — polar ice caps are the first — source of freshwater in the world. They contain roughly 84 percent of North America’s fresh water and 21 percent of the freshwater for the entire planet. The Great Lakes Basin is an ecological system like none other on this earth, one characterized not only by a unique environmental legacy, but also by the human culture that has formed around them for thousands of years. Yet, as I drove across the bridge that day in July, I wasn’t thinking only about the complex history, beauty and legacy of the Great Lakes: I was also thinking of the lurking danger that lies beneath them — an environmental disaster in waiting, one often associated with the catastrophic destruction of aquatic ecosystems from the Gulf of Mexico to the beaches of Alaska. You probably already guessed it: Oil — hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil. For instance, did you know there’s an oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinaw? I didn’t, and the more digging I did, the more fearful I became of the

dangers that this particular pipeline poses to the Great Lakes. The question is not if it will ever rapture and spill heavy crude into the lakes. It’s when. Before you call me a pessimist you should understand a few things that I didn’t know until recently. The pipeline under the straits is owned and operated by a company called Enbridge. Heard of them? On July 26, 2010, one of Enbridge’s pipelines, known as 6B, ruptured in Marshall, Mich., spilling — on Enbridge’s estimate — 843,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo river. It was the largest inland oil spill in the history of the United States. It is estimated that Enbridge has yet to clean 180,000 gallons of oil that still remain in the Kalamazoo River. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that even after such a cleanup, somewhere between 162,000 to 168,000 gallons of oil will remain in the river, polluting the water and surrounding land. Enbridge’s line under the Straits is old, too, hidden beneath the waves since 1952, five years before the Mackinaw Bridge opened to traffic in 1957. Now, I’m not sure if you’ve ever been to the Great Lakes or seen them in action, but they’re massive bodies of water that operate under intense force and pressure from storm patterns, currents, and freezing and thawing in the winter and spring. All of these factors help weaken and degrade such pipelines over such a long amount of time. Yet, despite the concern over Enbridge as a company or the age and integrity of the line, there’s a

more urgent and pressing need to call attention to the Straits Pipeline now: Enbridge plans to expand the pipeline’s capacity, transporting a great amount of crude beneath the lakes in the form of tar sands oil — some of the heaviest, dirtiest, densest crude there is. While tar sands has, until recently, been treated like any other type of oil that we transport through pipelines across the United States, the EPA has begun arguing that standards for tar sands oil transportation should be changed. Why? Because it was tar sands oil that spilled into the Kalamazoo River in 2010, and the EPA has come to realize following the disaster that cleaning up tar sands is, well, almost impossible. So on July 14, as my cousin and I crossed the Mackinaw Bridge into the Upper Peninsula, we headed toward St. Ignace. We met up with protestors led by Bill McKibbon and 350. org, an environmental coalition working to build bridges between grassroots environmental campaigns all over the world. We sat on the grass with more than a hundred others, listening to stories about Enbridge and oil spills, ecology and community. We went because Michigan is our home, and Michigan has been shaped, defined and identified by the water that surrounds us. The Great Lakes are ours to protect and defend. They are precious, and we have the power — and the need — to fight for them.

The question is not if the oil pipeline will rapture, but rather when.

— Kate Laramie can be reached at laramiek@umich.edu.

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Discriminatory blood policy

Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s current policies that govern blood donation, any male who has had sexual contact with another male — also referred to as MSM — since 1977 is permanently banned from donating blood. While the intention of this categorization is to identify risky behavior, the reality is that the policy is discriminatory and inadequate. While the MSM population has been linked to higher prevalence of diseases such as HIV, the current health questionnaire singles out this issue while failing to address other riskier behaviors among individuals of all sexual orientations, such as unprotected sex and having multiple sexual partners. Discrimination against the MSM population is a social injustice that can be addressed in safe, effective ways. Current policies target and discriminate against a number of donors in the gay and bisexual community, while still allowing a number of high-risk individuals to donate. The Chinese Ministry of Health has lifted a ban on lesbian blood donation that also allows celibate gay men to donate. Canada has adopted a five-year deferral following any sexual contact between two men, and the United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan and Australia have adopted one-year deferrals following homosexual intercourse to align with deferrals for other risky behaviors. Although these are moves in the right direction, these changes still address the donor’s sexual orientation. The American Association of Blood Banks and America’s Blood Centers have concluded that the

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lifetime deferral of MSM is “medically and scientifically unwarranted.” They support a change to the current policy that would reduce the deferral period to one year, harmonizing with the deferral period for other high-risk sexual behaviors. The American Medical Association additionally opposes the lifetime ban on blood donation, concluding that existing data and models support change to a reduced deferral policy. Blood Drives United, the University of Michigan student organization that runs the annual Blood Battle competition against Ohio State University, is launching an initiative to petition the Food and Drug Administration to reevaluate and improve this outdated policy. The proposed policy change seeks to include newly eligible, safedonor populations while reinforcing the safety of the blood supply via the alteration of the question addressing MSM to, “Have you had unprotected sexual contact with a new sexual partner in the past 12 weeks?” An affirmative answer would result in a scientifically reasoned 12-week deferral, based on the HIV-window period where an HIV-afflicted individual can transmit HIV without testing positive for the virus. However, this deferral could be extended to a maximum of one year for consistency with other behaviorally based deferral periods. This proposed question eliminates reference to and discrimination against sexual orientation and strengthens restrictions on risky behaviors of all populations that are presently overlooked. With the advent of existing,

improved biological testing alongside the implementation of rationally based questions, policy change can help save lives, secure the safety of the blood supply and create greater equality amongst donors. Regardless of sexual orientation, an individual should be allowed to donate blood if they otherwise pass all of the FDA’s eligibility requirements, including, but not limited to, a disease-free status. Join us during Blood Battle for the initiative “Bleeding for Equality,” whether to donate blood to beat Ohio State University or to help address this policy. Helping out with our sponsor drives, which, at both the University and OSU, will provide the opportunity for presently ineligible individuals to recruit others to donate on their behalf, visually demonstrating that we could potentially have two times as many donors. We will collect information on how many people affected by this policy could be potential donors and present the information, along with our petition, to the FDA following the competition. Sign our petition, which will be available at all blood drives, various campus events and online via the White House’s “We the People” forum from Nov. 3 to Dec. 3. We must collect 100,000 signatures within those 30 days, so please inform others of this discriminatory policy and how to get involved to change to this social injustice. Visit www.bloodbattle.org to find out more. Betsy Gast is an Engineering senior. Chelsea Fournier and Kevin Weiss are LSA seniors. Sara Fritz is a Kinesiology junior. Samantha Rea is an LSA junior.

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I’m working on just owning the fact that I looked ridiculous because there’s nothing I can do about it.” — LSA junior Janine Huelsman said in an e-mail regarding to the gif of her reacting to the Michigan v. Indiana game went viral over the weekend.

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BENEFITS From Page 1 competition, with one faculty member questioning what he

CAMPUS From Page 1 Person said. “They have more applicants than they can possibly deal with, but lots of other institutions more like UM-Flint and UM-Dearborn probably have similar kinds of challenges.” As a commuter campus traditionally relying on Genesee County residents, UM-Flint is working to expand its enrollment of international students, first-time students and military veterans. To recruit those students, UM-Flint has been reshaping its identity over the past five years to capture a larger demographic. In 2008, UM-Flint opened its first residence hall after five decades as a commuter campus. Donna Fry, an associate dean in the UM-Flint School of Health Professions and Studies, said the campus is still grappling with its character. “We’re still trying to define ourselves more clearly, and becoming a residential in addition to a commuter campus is part of that definition,” Fry said. “I think we need to define how far we’re going to go in terms of the residential part of our campus.” UM-Flint’s growth has also been spurred by recent glimmers of renewal in the economically distressed city. The city of Flint has operated under a series of four emergency financial managers since December 2011, all appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. “This growth has been a result of the transformation of both the campus and the downtown area,” Davidson, the admissions director, said. “Flint has received quite a lot of revitalization in the last few years, and that has contributed to a much more inviting environment.” UM-Flint’s role in the future

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believed to be the University’s marginalization in this aspect. Many echoed concerns about maintaining stature and that these proposed changes would make the school “average” in

this regard. The Senate Assembly Committee for University Affairs is expected to reach a decision by the end of the semester, though SACUA chair Karen Staller

expressed concern about having the necessary deliberation and feedback needed to reach a consensus. The next Senate Assembly meeting is scheduled for Nov. 18.

of the city seems equally as decisive. When the University opened a satellite institution in Flint in 1956, the city’s assembly lines were still humming. Business for General Motors — the automobile company founded in Flint in 1904 — was booming. Brand new Buicks rolled out of plants in Northeast Flint bound for destinations across the United States. But as companies shuttered their factories in the second half of the 20th century, urban decay, unemployment and crime packed a heavy punch. At its peak, General Motors employed more than 80,000 blue- and white-collar workers in the city during the 1970s. Today, the company has fewer than 8,000 employees across all of its Flint operations. The population has also fallen from 196,940 citizens in 1960 to 100,515 today. In 2012, Forbes rated Flint as the most dangerous city in the United States. Despite initially bleak prospects, downtown is beginning to find its footing. Spurred in part by UM-Flint’s recent growth, the city is mounting a comeback. “If you came into town and you drove around, you could see we are an anchor tenant in the city of Flint,” Person said. “This campus has a huge footprint in the middle of the city. We are an economic driver.” Mark Hoffman, owner of Hoffman’s Deco Deli on Garland Street, said Flint’s downtown has changed dramatically over the past few years. He correlates Flint’s revitalization with the UM-Flint’s move towards a residential campus. Hoffman, who has been in business for five years, has noticed big impacts on the local economy since UM-Flint introduced student housing in 2008. Students and faculty are frequent customers at the deli, located a few blocks from campus. “UM-Flint has been a big part

of helping Flint regain its popularity,” Hoffman said. “Everybody around here welcomes the University with open arms because they know it will impact their business and stimulate others.” Hoffman, one of UM-Flint’s approved caterers, said the University strives to work with local businesses as well. “As long as they keep doing what they’re doing, in five years, Flint could be another Ann Arbor,” he said. Fry, the associate health dean, said the school also works with the city to collaborate on strategic planning for Flint’s future development. She added that the next chancellor will play a large role in determining the extent of UM-Flint’s future connections to the city. Person will step down from her role as chancellor in August 2014 — one month after University President Mary Sue Coleman finishes her term as the leader of the University system. A search for a new chancellor is already underway. “Over the years we’ve had more or less of that,” Fry said. “And right now, we really need more.” At Friday’s meeting of the Board of Regents, UM-Flint students also asked for more support from the University administrators in Ann Arbor. During the public comments segment, three students read speeches berating regents and administrators for their failure to address student concerns on the Flint campus. “You have denied us a voice by failing to provide students with adequate representation in the decision making process on campus,” UM-Flint student Shaquille Greene, the campus’s Black Student Union president, said in a speech. A group of about a dozen students stood up and read parts of the speech in unison.

The students expressed discontent with the board’s decision not to meet in Flint next year. Instead, the regents will hold their October 2014 meeting in Grand Rapids, Mich. “If you feel you can best do those jobs from Ann Arbor, so be it,” Greene said. “But the tradeoff has to be that you institute and support sustainable systems to address problems on our campus in your absence.” Flint student government president Amir Baz echoed similar sentiments during his report to the regents. At presidential search forums in Dearborn and Flint, attendees also emphasized the need for the next president to improve connections between Ann Arbor and the University’s satellite campuses. Fry pointed out that neither UM-Flint nor UM-Dearborn is represented on the Presidential Search Advisory Committee. “Sometimes UM-Flint and UM-Dearborn are kind of dropped off the radar, and so it’s a matter of keeping on the radar,” Fry said. However, Fry pointed out the satellite campuses benefit from many symbiotic relationships such as internship opportunities and graduate school recruitment. Fry and Person, who graduated from the University in Ann Arbor, said forging relationships with Ann Arbor administrators and faculty is also crucial. “It’s just a constant need for us to try to keep a voice presence with the regents and the Ann Arbor campus,” Fry said. And as UM-Flint pushes into its sixth decade, it will likely continue to mold its identity within the University of Michigan system and the city of Flint. “When we say challenges, I look at those as opportunities,” Fry said. “Because there are a lot of good things happening on campus.”

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COUNCIL From Page 1 ken with several council members before Monday night, said he was surprised by the postponement and had the impression the proposal was generally supported. “I think there was a lot of good information provided ahead of time,” Ford said. “We’ve been here before: We went through a county-wide process, we shift directions, they asked us to move us this process forward, we bring it back and it get delays a little bit more.” Several council members, including Marcia Higgins (D–

REDDIT From Page 1 ure and wolverines, using Internet memes to illustrate his points. Ohanian also responded to the most up-voted questions — questions voted the most popular by users from the University Reddit page and took several live questions. University alum Jeff Kirschner was also interviewed by Ohanian during the event. Kirschner founded Litterati, a crowd-sourced organization that uses Instagram and geo-tagging to identify and remove litter in communities worldwide. During the onstage interview, Kirschner and Ohanian advised listeners to embrace their mistakes.

RESEARCH From Page 1 of University faculty to visit Technion, where the symposium broadened the topic area to include cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The 2013, the symposium continued to expand by adding the Weizman Institute of Science and including cancer and neurobiology as additional topics.

Ward 4), Sumi Kailasapathy (D–Ward 1) and Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2), among others, said while they would likely support the proposal, many of their questions have yet to be answered because Ann Arbor residents haven’t yet had the opportunity to be involved. “I want to be able to hear them fully support it, and knowing that my constituents have had every opportunity to have their questions answered,” said Sally Petersen (D–Ward 2).

Teanaz Ahmed, Neala Berkowski and William Lane contributed reporting.

“It’s really hard to not to be afraid to fail because we are all taught not to fail,” Kirschner said. “But making mistakes is OK; it’s more than okay because in order to get somewhere, you have to make mistakes.” Afterward, there was a meet-and-greet book signing and networking event with Ohanian, hosted exclusively for University students. “It was really inspiring, especially for a younger crowd, to hear a message from someone who’s established that entrepreneurship is a viable option.” said Business sophomore Jiaxin Zheng. “I want to go into entrepreneurship but am often discouraged by statistics about how many small startups fail, so I found him very inspiring.”

Two breakout sessions followed Monday’s presentations. The first focused on the latest cutting-edge advances in personalized medicine. The second session discussed biomedical device entrepreneurship, following a recent meeting between Gov. Rick Snyder and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The meeting was part of Netanyahu’s investment mission to build business ties between Israel and Michigan, the Oakland Press reported.

Attorneys for Ex-Carnegie trustee on trial in Texas gunman say he was coerced Texas prosecutor accuses man of laundering $500M

Aurora shooter’s lawyers say police misled him into talking about bombs CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Attorneys for Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes argued Monday that police coerced and misled him into talking to them about bombs that were found in his apartment after the shootings, and they said his statements shouldn’t be used against him. Prosecutors scoffed at the claim and said police had to ask Holmes about the bombs because they were a threat to human life. Prosecutors and the defense are debating what evidence can be used against Holmes when he goes on trial next year on charges of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in the July 2012 attack. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and during pretrial hearings this month, the two sides are grappling over evidence that could be used to undermine the insanity claim. That includes statements Holmes made to police when they questioned him about the explosives in his apartment. Law enforcement officers have testified they found intricately planned bombs meant to divert police from the theater while the shootings were going on. None of the bombs exploded. Prosecutors could use that alleged diversionary tactic to argue Holmes knew the theater attack was a crime — a blow to the insanity defense, which requires a defendant be unable to distinguish between right and wrong. Holmes was questioned about

the bombs before he was allowed to speak with an attorney, even though police have acknowledged he had asked approximately 13 hours earlier to see a lawyer. Defense attorney Kristen Nelson said Thursday that Holmes felt pressured to talk to police because he was held “in a room where he was cut off from the rest of the world,” and because the officers implied they wanted to know about the bombs to protect people’s lives, not to build a case against him. Nelson also said Holmes was displaying signs of mental illness, playing with evidence bags, fidgeting or suddenly sitting stonestill. Police should have allowed a lawyer to be present “to protect this mentally ill man from being the instrument of his own conviction and execution,” she said. Prosecutor Rich Orman said court precedents allowed police to question Holmes without an attorney present because of the threat the bombs posed. “It is the functional equivalent of a gun to their heads. A bomb that is going to go off in the city of Aurora,” Orman said. Attorneys are also arguing over evidence from Holmes’ apartment, car, phone and computers, as well as telephone and banking records. The judge hasn’t said when he will rule. Even if much of the evidence is thrown out, prosecutors still have a strong case, because defense attorneys have acknowledged Holmes was the shooter. However, losing the evidence would make it harder for prosecutors to persuade jurors that Holmes was sane. If jurors find he was insane, Holmes could not be executed but would be committed indefinitely to the state mental hospital.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An ex-Carnegie Mellon University trustee was accused Monday by a Texas federal prosecutor of conspiring with a romantic interest to launder half a billion dollars for a Mexican drug cartel. Marco Antonio Delgado is being tried in El Paso on money laundering charges. Prosecutor Debra Kanof said in her opening statement that Delgado discussed a deal with Lilian De La Concha, an ex-wife of former Mexican President Vicente Fox, at a meeting in Mexico City. “They talked about $600 million and agreed he would get 5 percent of whatever he could launder,” Kanof said. Delgado’s attorney, Ray Velarde, says the meetings with De La Concha were about his expertise in energy and international law, not drug money. “At no time the subject of drug money was mentioned,” Velarde said. Delgado is a lawyer and former Carnegie Mellon trustee who gave a $250,000 endow-

ment for a scholarship named after him to assist Hispanic students. Prosecutors say Delgado conspired to launder drug profits from July 2007 through December 2008. They say he’s since participated in financial transactions they believe are connected to organized crime. The investigation into Delgado started in September 2007 after authorities seized $1 million in Atlanta. Victor Pimentel, the man carrying the money, told investigators that he, Delgado and other men had met in Mexico and agreed to transport money for the Milenio Cartel, a drug-trafficking organization based in the Mexican state of Colima and associated with the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexican government information states the cartel was mostly disbanded in 2010. Pimentel, now a key witness for the prosecution, testified Monday and produced several email conversations spanning over several months between him and Delgado. Some of those conversations contained emails that he claims were from De La Concha to Delgado and that were later forwarded to him by Delgado. Pimentel walked Kanof through the coded language

that he, Delgado and De La Concha prosecutors say they used to talk about the money laundering operation they were allegedly negotiating with the drug cartel. In one email written in Spanish, De La Concha tells Delgado “Dear, in relation to the Girls Scout cookies that you are going to try to place, God willing you can help them place five more boxes per school each week. Right now, instead of 300 they have in the warehouse 500 boxes and with the donations that are coming in the amount is going to increase.” Pimentel told Kanof that each box of cookies meant $1 million, “schools” were bank accounts or other geographic locations and the “donations” referred to drug proceeds. In other emails, they talked about constructors, iron works and other words to refer to the deal. “We are not idiots, we never dealt with cookies or iron works. We only had one business with these people,” Pimentel told the prosecutor. In another email, Pimentel explained, Delgado forwarded a letter that De La Concha would send to Francisco Ramirez Acuna, then interior secretary,

asking him to hire Delgado as a lobbyist or representative in Washington in order to better the official’s image in the U.S. capital. Pimentel also said that she requested that Pimentel’s cousin be named head of the border crossing in Palomas, just across the border from Columbus, New Mexico. He added that the plan was to have an inside man so they could “cross anything from the U.S. to Mexico.” U.S. District Judge David Briones adjourned the hearing and said Pimentel’s testimony and the defense’s turn to question him would continue Tuesday. According to U.S. authorities, Delgado admitted to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that he had been contacted by people in Mexico about slowing down extradition processes of alleged cartel members and about moving up to $600 million from the U.S. to Mexico. He told the agents the million dollars seized was “a trial run” to see if it was possible, according to the U.S. government. If the deal was successful, Pimentel explained, both he, Delgado and De La Concha would receive a percentage of the money laundered.

Writer promises more U.S. spying secrets Greenwald says Snowden reveal was just the start DENVER (AP) — The journalist behind stories about the National Security Agency’s global spy program promised Monday that there are many more to come, including details about the United States spying on its own citizens. Glenn Greenwald, an American reporter based in Brazil, spoke by video to a group

of reporters from around the Americas gathered in Denver for a meeting of the Inter American Press Association. He said the upcoming reports will be as significant as the report he cowrote in the French newspaper Le Monde about the NSA sweeping up millions of phone records in France in a month. Greenwald said he’s committed to reporting on every document of public interest given to him by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. He said he does consider the potential harm that could be

caused by his disclosures and consults with experienced editors and reporters in deciding what to publish. He also said they present their reporting to the government at issue to listen to officials’ view about publishing the information, but he acknowledged they usually disregard it. “I don’t think anyone could say we have not been thoughtful enough,” he said. Snowden told Greenwald earlier this year about the vast communications-monitoring programs carried out by the

agency and its international counterparts. The revelations have sparked a raucous debate about the scale of surveillance and the erosion of privacy in the digital age. Snowden received asylum in Russia in August. Greenwald said there’s a “sustained attack” on press freedom in the United States, and he criticized the British government for asking the Guardian newspaper to destroy data leaked by Snowden. He called on journalists everywhere to work together to defend their rights.

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‘Prism’ just another product of the pop machine By GREGORY HICKS Daily Arts Writer

In 2010, Katy Perry let loose an album that would shatter many a record with its single releases yet had a massive Cinitial underselling in its Prism first week. Katy Perry Three years later, Prism Capitol began taking form, and listeners weren’t about to repeat the mistake of overlooking another Perry record upon its debut. This begged the question, however, of how the Teenage Dream singer was going to satisfy a crowd that had come to see her as an artist capable of spitting out No. 1 after No. 1. After toying with the rumor that this fourth studio album would be a darker changeover from the happy-go-lucky dreams of Perry’s third record, the California girl settled for a less contrastable spiritual ambience as Prism’s overall flavor. The album’s divinity is readily apparent in the track titling (“Unconditionally,” “By the Grace of God,” “Spiritual”), but Perry’s revered lyricism tends to come in over-concentrated doses. Prism’s straightforwardness carries major ramifications with respect to predictability. Take the record’s second promotional single, “Dark Horse.” Prism’s only dark track not only contains “dark” in the title, but also features every melodic sequence and sound featured at your local haunted house. Likewise, this spiritually characterized album actually has a track titled “Spiritual.” Perry’s motifs

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couldn’t be less subtle. The “Firework” singer plays to her strengths on Prism’s purely jubilant songs — songs that (combined with the album’s ethereal tracks) constitute the record’s primary nuts and bolts. “Birthday” is Perry’s sequel to “Last Friday Night,” with a near-identical guitar strum, interrupted by sporadic bottle popping and an explosive finale. The lead power-pop single, “Roar,” is the album’s obligatory K.P. empowerment track, sporting an unorthodox bassline that proves to be surprisingly catchy. The religious infusion gives a somewhat original take to this pop collection, but not enough to label Perry as anything other than easy listening. Time and time again, the former pop-rock singer brandishes a one-track

mind with an appetite for No.1 songs at all costs. After One of the Boys, Perry henceforth became a hit-making machine, nearly incapable of working with anybody other than Dr. Luke and Max Martin. Just because Prism aims to advertise itself as a religious pop album (by way of pointed track titles and excessive reverb) doesn’t mean Perry deserves thunderous applause for having a meager stylistic twist. The record is still just another Max Martin-Dr. Luke production, magnetized to the radio in hopes of the top spot for each single-worthy track. And if that top spot isn’t reached, expect a few hundred remixes until it is. For music that’s allegedly so supernal, Prism shouldn’t feel so uninspired.

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Nothing is understated on this reality show parody. The episode is loosely tied together by Kevin Hart’s crush on a tall and recognizably Hollywood-esque socialite, and guest star Wanda Sykes’s command that she be able to use Hart’s home for a social event. Sykes, playing herself in a predictably sassy fashion, is the first of many in Hart’s never-ending arguments with those surrounding him.

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FILM REVIEW

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Nostalgic, bruising ‘Escape Plan’ Stallone and Schwarzenegger are an action dream team By SEAN CZARNECKI Daily Film Editor

The pretentious moviegoer would say the most pain Arnold Schwarzenegger (“The Terminator”) and Sylvester Stallone B (“Rocky”) ever bruise up in Escape Plan “Escape Plan” is inflicted on At Quality 16 the audience. and Rave Yeah, they put Summit the hurt on your wallet. A word of advice: Leave your brain behind watching this troglodyte drivel. Those moviegoers miss what a joy it is to watch this tag team for the ages slug it out. For “Escape Plan” is a movie about heroes. It’s nostalgic. It’s thrilling and funny. It brings the enormous weight of two historic careers to the screen with the gusto of 1980s popcorn cinema. Stallone is Ray Breslin, a prison-break expert, who is assigned a new job in an undisclosed location, who is double-crossed, who befriends another head-knocker named Emil Rottmayer (Arnie) and together they try to escape. Some may stigmatize “Escape Plan” by calling it simpleton-mind-

ed. I call it purity. These are not Nolan-esque tortured souls (however compelling those can be). These are giants hewn from gunmetal steel that operate on a single speed. They walk big, they talk big, they smash. Explosions and fistfights only carry an actioner so far before it starts to look like you’re compensating. For me, the watchability of hyper-machismo fades fast each year. Pin it on the political climate. Pin it on progress. But what bad actioners lack are leading actors possessing the charisma of a Schwarzenegger or Stallone. When Schwarzenegger picks up a machine gun, the audience flashes back through “Terminator,” through “Predator” and so many other classics, and the theater erupts in applause and laughter. Who else but the Ah-nold could make something so macho-mugging and prepubescent this hilarious and fun? Schwarzenegger stole this movie. It’s just unfortunate all the intellectual heavy-lifting of “Escape Plan” ’s overly complicated plot should be done by these two linguists. Together, they’ve practically redefined what qualifies as speaking English. But the real problem are the contrivances of the screenplay, written by relative-newcomer Miles Chapman and Jason Keller (“Machine Gun Preacher”). Many characters’ motives are unclear, their

involvement tenuous at best, and other characters superfluous. Take 50 Cent’s character (“Get Rich or Die Tryin’ ”), Hush. Almost all his lines, however few, involve some sort of mumbled four-letter word that sounds surprisingly fake, considering the rapper’s career. The film would’ve literally turned out the way it did with or without him. Even Stallone’s love interest (Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”) could’ve been crossed off. It’s a bad sign the story and characters distract you from the movie. But Chapman and Keller managed to craft a convincing villain in Willard Hobbs, played by Jim Caviezel, whom you know best as Jesus (“The Passion of the Christ”). He’s a clean, suited psychopath with the sole life goal of control and cruelty. At times, Caviezel’s performance borders self-parody, but overall his contribution to the film is a fine asset. As for his minions, I’m still turning over why the hell Blackwater dropouts are dressed like Jabbawockeez. When Stallone and Schwarzenegger turn these trick-ortreaters into pudding, “Escape Plan” barely misses a step. It dazzles us with violence when it’s supposed to. It makes us laugh when it tries to be funny. It’s solid moviemaking if you have the good nature to be entertained by old-fashioned brawling and wry humor.

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‘Birthday’ presents a comedy gift By JOE REINHARD For the Daily

Sketch-comedy shows can sometimes disappoint if too many sketches fall flat, even when there are moments of comedy gold Bmixed in. IFC’s “The Birthday The Boys” barely Birthday manages to avoid this com- Boys mon undoing, Pilot and while some sketches were Fridays at much better 10:30 p.m. than others, the premiere IFC remains consistent enough to deliver 30 minutes of solid comedy. Part of this consistency comes from the show’s ingenuity: Each sketch features a major twist on expectations, so that even if one doesn’t appreciate the humor, there’s still plenty to appreciate in the creativity and wit. One sketch presents itself as a documentary about a bunch of tech geeks who work on the first computer in their garage, but in reality the men are much more proud of their garage renovations (such as their invention of the keyboard, a board where they could hang their keys) than their technological breakthroughs. In general, the premise behind each sketch proves enjoyable, and even when a sketch lacks in execution, some comedic genius does manage to show through. Indeed, the show boasts considerable talent with executive producers Bob Odenkirk (“Breaking Bad”) and Ben Stiller (“The Ben Stiller Show”) on board. Odenkirk lends his talent more directly and actually plays major roles in many of the sketches, but whether or not

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he’ll continue to contribute to this extent remains to be seen. Meanwhile, The Birthday Boys, a comedy sketch group made up of Jefferson Dutton, Dave Ferguson, Tim Kalpakis, Michael Hanford, Chris VanArtsdalen, Matt Kowalick and Mike Mitchell, never really stand out from one another. Seeing how they aren’t named individually in the opening title sequence and are simply credited as “The Birthday Boys,” this is probably purposeful, and if anything, the show benefits from their interchangeability, making it more of a group effort than a bunch of funny individuals trying to outdo one another.

Just don’t let it drag on too long. Taking apparent inspiration from “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” the show sets up a rather fluid structure, in that one never really knows when the sketches could end or start up again, or when a sketch might connect with another. This creates some pacing issues, but overall the premiere

would have lost a lot of momentum if it had instead adopted a “Saturday Night Live” style of contained, finite sketches. The unpredictability keeps the show engaging even when the humor faltered. Some sketches suffer from this structure, however, preventing real gems from rising to greatness. Whereas a few bits never amount to much in the first place, others start off funny but continue on needlessly. The aforementioned garage sketch grows tiresome once the clever premise stretches too far. Weaving the sketch in and out of the premiere kept up the lively pace, but it still can’t hide the gradual decline in quality. If the show wants to use a sketch throughout the show for the sake of its structure, first it needs to be sure that the material warrants repeated use. Nonetheless, “The Birthday Boys” still delivers a satisfying premiere. The sketches hit more than they miss, though pure comedy gold proves to be a rarity. For now, the show still needs more discipline to deliver truly noteworthy material. That doesn’t mean it isn’t worth watching though, and if the premiere’s any indication, one can be safely optimistic that the show will only get better from here.

st-ce que je peux prendre deux chocolat-au-pains et …” I clamp up. I can see the name handwritten on the golden card. I can read that. I know how to pronounce it. I know how to do this. Four years of classes, two in AP and six weeks ANNA in the actual SADOVSKAYA country, and I still clamp up when speaking French. “Um … qu’est-ce que c’est ca?” The girl behind the counter sighs and points to the sweet raisin bread. I nod. “It’s sweet raisin bread,” she says in crisp English, no panic attack in sight. “Ah. Oui, merci. Je veut deux, s’il vous plait.” Even though I’ve been caught red handed as a foreigner, I keep up the charade. Maybe it’s dedication to learning, maybe just embarrassment, but I leave the boulangerie with an “a demain, merci,” as if I was a born Parisian. The store girl’s “goodbye” stings. Foreign languages had always “come easily to me” in high school, in that it would only take a quick glance-over of the material for most of my exams and quizzes. I would expect an A in both Spanish and French, and considered the two my easiest subjects. In my little 18-year-old bubble, my pronunciation was magnificent. Grammar? Acceptable.

Writing? Did anyone else use “coup-de-grace” in their paper? Fast-forward three years, and there I was, standing in the middle of a bakery, in Paris, two minutes away from the Eiffel Tower, speaking as if I had learned French from a cassette tape on the flight over. Learning a new language is easy: Sitting down with a foreign book and dictionary in hand is easy. Memorizing conjugations and tenses is time consuming, but ultimately, easy. You already have a basic concept of language — you know words, you know how to formulate thoughts and feelings with them and doing this in another language is strange, sometimes complicated, but manageable.

Learning French in classroom vs. learning in life. Speaking a new language, however, is difficult. It’s an increasingly frustrating relationship between your mind, your tongue and your memory. Too afraid to make a mistake and say something stupid, most (myself included) opt out of saying anything. But there’s no point to learning a new language without actually speaking it — and there’s no better

way to learn to speak than to have a conversation with a native. I knew all this first hand. My Russian would improve markedly anytime I visited St. Petersburg, just by being around others who spoke it — being constantly immersed in it. So when I arrived in France, I was prepared to take on the baguette-loving land with my magnificent pronunciation in tow. Less than two hours later, I was silently eating a delicious meal, smiling and nodding and whispering questions in English to my poor, bilingual host. Eventually, I warmed up to the idea of whipping out my (not surprisingly) poor French. Words that I had thought I was saying correctly, I wasn’t. What I thought I was reading correctly, I wasn’t. But getting those mistakes out of the way made room for improvement. Not as noticeable as my Russian — I’m bilingual, and in Russia, I forget the English word for something — but enough to count. I even had a two-hour long conversation on topics ranging from coincidences to fate to cooking. I was powering through my infinite ineptitude to come across the point of learning any new language: to connect with others. To speak to people whom I wouldn’t otherwise be able to speak with. Sadovskaya is practicing her French. To talk to her, e-mail asado@umich.edu.

FILM REVIEW

Documentary ‘Cutie and the Boxer’ paints a fresh take on love By AKSHAY SETH Daily B-Side Editor

Ushio Shinohara prods his 81-year-old hands into a new pair of boxing gloves. He pauses, and with the air of someone who’s A been doing this for close Cutie and to five decades, the Boxer examines the bulky sponges At the strapped on top Michigan of the gloves. After motion- RADiUS-TWC ing for his wife Noriko to make a few adjustments, he plunges his hands into two large vats of paint. His eyelids droop behind a pair of safety goggles and loud, rhythmic smacks of sound fill the cramped New York studio. Ushio punches an empty canvas, blobs of paint exploding through the whiteness in front of him. His art represents a tumultuous release of emotion — a tumultuousness that has come to embody the years he has spent honing his craft as a well-known yet struggling artist in the United States. Noriko watches quietly from the side, her eyes hidden behind a coat of sadness. Documentary “Cutie and the Boxer,” newcomer Zachary Heinzerling’s stirring directorial debut, is her story. It’s a story framed by her love for Ushio, but defined by the sacrifices she made to keep their marriage together. A 19-year-old art student from Japan, she met her then-41-year-old husband, already a recognized avant-garde sculptor, at an art showing in his studio. “I’d never seen art like it before,” she recalls in the film. Ushio took her under his wing and intrigued, she began spending more time with her new mentor. Six months after their first encounter, they had already married and soon, she was expecting. Heinzerling’s film is powerful because it treats their marriage with honesty, filming the couple’s interaction without any speculative fluff to dilute the significance of what we’re watching. He lets the fights play out and doesn’t avert our eyes when the ugly consequences of Ushio’s former alcoholism take center

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stage. There’s a relaxed, tolerant approach to the storytelling that isn’t often seen in documentary filmmaking these days, making the melancholy nature of Noriko’s predicament all the more poignant. As his unpaid assistant and chef for close to 40 years, she’s forced to sideline her own art career and look after their son, Alex, now himself an alcoholic, alone. The scenes in which he shows up to his parents’ cluttered apartment in the middle of the night, sloshing from side to side and begging for more alcohol, are the film’s most heart wrenching. Heinzerling gives them to us through Noriko’s eyes. She teeters between breaking down and looking away, but the unmistakable sense of denial in Ushio’s demeanor is what hits the hardest.

Romance without the fluff. In archival footage, we see a drunken, sobbing Ushio exclaim

“The New York Times called me amazing, but I have nothing. You throw your life away to be an artist. It’s like a monster that drags you along.” It’s the art that guides us through the story. As Noriko finally begins revisiting her roots as a painter, she creates a comic-book-like character called Cutie, an obvious extension of herself. Cutie, naked to represent financial and emotive deficiency, struggles to deal with a blatantly detached husband named Bully. She raises a child on her own and eventually, by giving life to a repressed anger, is able to tame Bully, “bending him to her will.” An animated version of Cutie’s story is used sporadically throughout the narrative to describe the earlier stages of Noriko’s marriage. Toward the end of the film, she says she always had a choice to leave behind her husband and regrets not being able to give their son a better environment to grow up in. But she still loves Ushio. This film is a moving portrait of the trials of that love. Noriko wears that coat of sadness as she watches her husband pummel away at an empty canvas. It’s what has made her the person she is today, the artist she always wanted to be.

Sports

8 — Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

ICE HOCKEY

5 Things We Learned: New Hampshire By ERIN LENNON Daily Sports Writer

1. Zach Nagelvoort provides a solid backup in net.

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Sophomore cornerback Raymon Taylor and the Michigan secondary have looked uncharacteristically vulnerable.

In this bye week, a reversal of roles By ZACH HELFAND Daily Sports Editor

When Michigan coach Brady Hoke was asked how this bye week differed from the one earlier this year, he addressed it literally. This week, he said during his Monday press conference, the players have Tuesday’s practice off. So mark that down as one difference. What he didn’t address was the complete 180-degree turn his team has taken since NOTEBOOK the bye week a month ago. In these schizophrenic, lurching first seven games of the season, the offense and defense have switched places. Now, the defense appears vulnerable, while the offense has carried the team. Previously, after two miserable games against Akron and Connecticut, the offense was reeling and the defense had provided the heroics. The Michigan football team now enters its toughest stretch of the year — with games, in consecutive weeks, against Michigan State on the road; Nebraska; Northwestern and Iowa away; and Ohio State — with a much different set of issues than even one week ago. Most pressing is the defense’s sudden propensity to allow big plays. Defensive coordinator Greg Mattison has played his secondary loose to prevent passes over the top. Against Indiana on Saturday, though, the defense allowed five plays of 20 yards or more. Now, Michigan’s once-reliable, bend-but-don’t-break approach has yielded 25 plays of 20 yards or more, good for 89th in the nation. The Wolverines also rank 82nd out of 125 FBS teams with six 40-plus-yard plays and 112th with 75 plays of 10 yards or more. “I know that from a schematic standpoint, I don’t think there’s anything we would want to do differently. From an execution

standpoint, yeah,” Hoke said. “You’ve got to make those plays when you have opportunities there.” Hoke mentioned that on four different occasions, a Michigan defender put a hand on the ball but failed to make a play. On a 67-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, for instance, freshman cornerback Channing Stribling was in position to defend the pass, but the receiver muscled the ball away. Meanwhile, safety help over the top has been inconsistent, which has allowed big gains to turn into six points. After Stribling couldn’t defend the pass, fifth-year senior safety Thomas Gordon took a poor angle and missed the tackle. On a 59-yard score, sophomore safety Raymon Taylor appeared to expect safety help from Gordon that never came. “That’s something that you think you don’t have to coach a whole lot, but you do and you’ve got to put them in situations so they’ll have that confidence,” Hoke said, referring to misplaying the ball and the safety play. “You do it during the week, but we have to emphasize it a little more, and we have to tackle a little more.” O-LINE OK?: The situation at offensive line remains murky, though Saturday provided some encouraging progress. Against the Hoosiers, redshirt freshman Erik Magnuson and redshirt junior Joey Burzynski got the start at guard, though Burzynski missed much of the game with an injury. After Burzynski was knocked out, an array of players got a chance at guard. Redshirt sophomore Chris Bryant and redshirt freshman Kyle Kalis, who have each started games, saw time. But mostly, it was true freshman Kyle Bosch seeing action. “I think the guards that played did a nice job,” Hoke said. “Was it perfect? No. But I think all three of them did a nice job.”

The line has been a constantly shifting unit for much of the year. Against Indiana, the running game looked much improved — the Wolverines picked up 248 yards on the ground. It’s difficult to gauge how much of that was a credit to improved blocking and how much was a shift into the spread for much of the game. Plus, Indiana’s defensive line has had its own struggles. Still, any production from the running game is an improvement over week’s past. “Obviously the big test in two weeks, you’re playing one of the top five defenses in the country and in our conference in all the categories,” Hoke said of Michigan State. “We’ve got a lot of work to do before then.” Hoke indicated the line could remain in flux. Against Indiana, Michigan found the best five players for that game. But could those five players change in five weeks in East Lansing? “It could,” Hoke said. BURZYNSKI OUT: Burzynski will likely miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament sustained against Indiana, Hoke said Monday. Burzynski began as a walk on but soon worked his way into the offensive line discussion. He had played in 21 games before Saturday, but the game against Indiana was the first start of his career. He was injured in the first quarter and didn’t reenter the game. “You feel bad for Joey because he’s worked so hard to get to this point,” Hoke said. NOTE: Hoke noted that Burzynski is the only player out for an extended period of time. That means senior wide receiver Drew Dileo, who was injured on Saturday, should be available against Michigan State.

Less than two minutes into the third period Friday against No. 13 New Hampshire, sophomore goaltender Steve Racine was laying on his front side in noticeable pain and unable to continue play in a tie game on the road. He was assisted off the ice by sophomore forward Boo Nieves and freshman defenseman Nolan de Jong, and did not return for the remainder of the game. His early exit prompted the regular-season debut of Nagelvoort, the freshman, who hadn’t seen ice time since coming in halfway through an exhibition game against Waterloo (Ont.). He made 15 saves in 15 minutes without allowing a goal en route to a 1-1 tie for No. 4 Michigan (3-0-1). Nagelvoort made his first career start the following night with Racine — who recorded a career-high 42 saves against Rochester Institute of Technology last weekend — sidelined again by what was described as a lower body injury. After a solid first period, Nagelvoort surrendered a pair of scores on just 12 shots in the second. The second goal bounced in off his own skate. Still, in his impromptu debut weekend, Nagelvoort recorded his first career win and kept Michigan out of the loss column two nights in a row. “For his first college hockey experience to have to come in and then face a penalty shot, it’s pretty good,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “And plus killing a penalty, I thought he did really well.” 2. Michigan can survive the OT. After a 7-4 victory over RIT last Saturday in which the Tigers erased a 4-0 deficit in a single period, Bennett said that he was unsure if last year’s team would’ve secured the victory. But twice this weekend, the Wolverines were forced to play in front of a reputably hostile sellout crowd at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, N.H. Twice, they came away unscathed.

Without their starting goalie in the net, Michigan and Nagelvoort held off New Hampshire through five minutes of overtime hockey on Friday, tying the Wildcats 1-1. And the Wolverines came away with a 3-2 overtime victory on Saturday when freshman forward Tyler Motte netted a goal 1:37 into the extra frame. “Those were two good games,” Berenson said. “We felt (Friday) night we didn’t put our best foot forward, and the home team was better. But we survived the tie. In every category, we were outplayed or outworked or outfaceoffed or out-chanced.” For a young team looking to build its identity from the get-go, this weekend’s resilient performance could be a defining moment. If nothing else, the Wolverines proved they are conditioned enough to survive extra hockey when necessary. 3. Guptill provides both power and flexibility. On Friday, junior forward Alex Guptill moved up to the first line alongside sophomore Andrew Copp and senior Derek DeBlois. The trio contributed to the Wolverines’ lone goal, but afterward Berenson decided Guptill would be better suited on a bigger line with Nieves and junior Phil Di Giuseppe, who had trouble connecting in the first game. It took just 10 minutes on Saturday for the new line to connect. Guptill took a pass off the sideboards from Nieves and fired a shot off the inside of the post and in — his first goal of the season. Di Giuseppe picked up an assist on the play. Later in the period, Guptill took a feed from Nieves near the right circle and slid through the New Hampshire defense before netting his second goal of the game over the shoulder of goaltender Casey DeSmith. 4. The freshmen are ready. On a larger ice surface — one that stretches 15 feet wider than regulation — and an even bigger stage this weekend, Michigan’s nine contributing freshmen were as unfazed as they had been in the season opener against Boston College. Freshman forward Tyler

Motte played the hero on Saturday when, less than two minutes into overtime, freshman forward JT Compher found DeBlois who fed Motte for the game-winning goal. Freshman forward Evan Allen — on an all-freshman line with Compher and Motte — nearly gave the Wolverines a lead before regulation expired, but his rebound chance flew high over the net. Nagelvoort, a late commit from the United States Hockey League, saved 22 shots in 24 attempts, allowing just one goal. But Nagelvoort’s first win might not have been possible without the efforts of freshman defenseman Michael Downing, who threw his body and stick to block a shot in the first period. Freshmen have scored the game-winning goals in two of Michigan’s three wins this season. “They’re doing a good job,” Berenson said. “We knew they would. Tonight’s the first game we put three freshmen on a line. We put Allen on a line with Compher and Motte, and I thought they played well.” 5. Racine listed as week-to-week. Racine watched practice from stands of Yost Ice Arena on Monday. According to Berenson, Racine suffered a groin injury from an odd save on Saturday. Racine is unlikely to practice in pads at all this week, and will miss this weekend’s games against Boston University and MassachusettsLowell. The injury, though, isn’t one that worries Berenson for the long run. “It’s not that serious,” Berenson said. “But for a goalie who has to go down all the time, it’s more serious than a regular skater.” As it did this weekend, the offense will likely have to compensate for the setback. “(Racine’s injury) is not a worry, that’s for sure,” said senior forward Mac Bennett on Friday. “We have four talented goaltenders, and any one of them can play. Obviously, it’s bad to see Steve go down, but Nagelvoort came in, stepped up, made a huge breakaway save right away, and that definitely has to help his confidence.”

Sophomores blossom By NATE SELL Daily Sports Writer

Last year, the Michigan field hockey team had only one senior — one lone member of the class of 2013. This would spell disaster for many teams, but Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz saw a great opportunity to develop the young talent she had recruited. She took the team’s 11 freshmen and threw them into the fire, and they responded by showing that they belong at Michigan. “Last year, it was almost like they didn’t even know they were supposed to be nervous,” Pankratz said. “They held their own and really solidified some question marks we had.” These freshmen were thrown into starting roles from the first game of the season, with many expected to be key contributors on a team that lacked upperclassmen. At any time during the year, it was possible that freshmen made up more than half of the team on the field. This was made possible by the confidence that Pankratz had in the class. “I wasn’t nervous,” Pankratz said. “That’s why we recruited them. They’re Michigan women, and they can handle anything outside their comfort zone and adversity.” Handling the pressure was not a problem for Lauren Thomas, who is now a sophomore. Thomas is from Aylesbury, England, where she already had a lot of experience playing against topnotch competition in a country

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Back Lauren Thomas is one of a bevy of sophomores leading Michigan.

where field hockey is much more popular. She admitted she felt comfortable in a Michigan uniform from day one and has used that sense of belonging to help herself and her team this year. “It’s just really nice to take that experience from freshman year and give that to the freshmen that have been thrown into the fire this year,” Thomas said. Sophomore Shannon Scavelli was also expected to be a major contributor early last year but took longer to get comfortable. “Every day was just such a new experience,” Scavelli said. “It was a privilege to wear the block ‘M’ and towards the end of the season, I started to relax a little more and just go out there and play.” Now, as sophomores, Thomas, Scavelli, Caroline Chromik, Jaime Dean and Taryn Mark have a season of experience that most players their age don’t. They’ve started every game for the Wolverines this year, which has proven to be a distinct advan-

tage, adding depth to the team. With an experienced sophomore class, Pankratz is often able to use around 20 players per game and rotate often. This allows them to stay fresh and gives them an advantage over teams with fewer players to rotate in. “They play like upperclassmen already,” Pankratz said. “So it bodes well.” Added Scavelli: “It was great to have that experience last year, but now it’s time to really get on the field and your teammates and coaches and myself expect a lot out of one another because we have been through it already.” This group of sophomores isn’t just making things happen on the field — they have also grown to be a very tight group. After being in the same situation together last year, they grew closer through the adversity of being freshmen playing key roles on the team. “If we were homesick at the same time, we were able to talk to each other, or on the field if we had any problems, you were able to talk it out,” Scavelli said. “You didn’t feel alone and always had people to lean on.” This bond has become stronger this year and has started to spill over to the rest of the team. With a young core that already knows what it means to play field hockey in a Michigan uniform and great team chemistry, there is no telling how much this team can accomplish. They have their sights set on a Big Ten Championship, and that isn’t too far out of reach.