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StatusOwl brings the party Student-launched application posts real-time ratings for local bars By HILLARY CRAWFORD Daily Staff Reporter
StatusOwl, a new iOS application launched by two University graduates last week, is working to change the way people party. Students can use the app to both post and follow real-time
updates on private and public venues in the area. In addition to posting statuses, users can rate drinking establishments on entry line length and occupancy level. Currently, 40 local bars are searchable on the app. To gauge each post’s accuracy, “up” and “down” buttons appear so that others can agree or disagree with the current status assigned to a particular establishment. The app also syncs with Facebook, making it easier to share private events like house parties only with friends. Users also have the option to send
friend requests through the app. StatusOwl’s founders include University alums Aakash Jobanputra and Samir Thanedar, and Engineering senior Asif Aziz, who was also responsible for developing and producing the social media platform from scratch. “We’re a real time guide for night life,” Jobanputra said. “Everyone can go on StatusOwl and see what’s going on and honestly make better decisions about where they’re trying to go.” The idea for StatusOwl was
born on a wintry night, shortly after local authorities shut down a fraternity party. Not wanting to risk a walk in the cold to get to another party that wasn’t a sure bet, Jobanputra and Thanedar said they wished they had live updates of the campus’ goings-on, apart from Facebook event pages that remained relatively static. As graduates, Jobanputra and Thanedar are working on their project full time. Aziz has also pushed StatusOwl to the forefront of his priorities and is taking a semester off to help See STATUSOWL, Page 3
Fewer than two months have passed since University President Mark Schlissel moved into the president’s office in the Fleming Administration Building, and his plate is already full. Last year was one to remember, with big issues springing up across the Diag. In the fall, students from the University’s Black Student Union launched the #BBUM Twitter campaign that trended nationally and challenged the University to improve campus climate and address minority enrollment. In the spring, the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the University’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct and the administration was prompted to respond to the concerns of faculty and staff after the University opted to consolidate
more than a hundred departmentlevel staff to a shared services center. But while Schlissel is still getting his bearings, University units pushed ahead through these challenges over the summer. The Trotter Multicultural Center, which was a focus of BSU’s protests, smells of fresh paint and sawdust from recent renovations — an achievement of the BSU’s dialogue with the administration. The $300,000 renovations are just a temporary fix, and plans to move Trotter to a more central location, which the BSU originally demanded, are also in motion. Jackie Simpson, the new director of the Trotter Multicultural Center, said that while she hasn’t met with Schlissel personally, he did make the cross-campus walk from the Fleming Administration Building to Trotter a few weeks ago for a tour. Schlissel said it was a “nice place, old building,” according to Simpson, who said a new Trotter is still three to five years away. The process though, has already begun: an architecture firm has been hired and monthly focus groups to gather student feedback on the type of See ISSUES, Page 3
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After appointment, VP plans for successful term After unforseen circumstances, Lustig outlines new initiatives, goals By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter
When University students filled out their online ballots for Central Student Government officers last spring, LSA senior Emily Lustig wasn’t on the presidential ticket.
However, Lustig assumed office as CSG’s vice president Tuesday. LSA junior Meagan Shokar, who was elected along with Public Policy senior Bobby Dishell in April, resigned Friday due to a medical condition. Within days, Dishell and Shokar tapped Lustig to fill the vacant slot and their choice was approved Tuesday by the CSG Executives Nominations Committee. Though the leadership transition was abrupt, Lustig said CSG has been an integral piece of her college experience.
“I started off my freshman year as a rep on the assembly and that was phenomenal,” she said. “I really got a feel for how resolutions work, how to gauge student interest and how to really represent the student constituents as you’re supposed to as an assembly rep.” Although 30 of 40 CSG representatives voted in favor of Lustig’s appointment, some CSG members felt the nomination and selection process failed to consider input from the entire student body. See VP, Page 3
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Myo armband allows users to control technology with muscle power By NEALA BERKOWSKI Daily Staff Reporter
Although it may seem like the technology of the Iron Man suit is generations away, students got
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a hands-on look at new wearable technology Thursday night. Shift, a non-profit and living space centered on entrepreneurship, hosted this opportunity Thursday night at their house on Oxford Road. About 40 students tried on the Myo armband, which allows users to control their surroundings through hand gestures. Business senior Alex Lee, Shift’s general manager, said the See TECH, Page 3
Friendsy users must have college ID to sign up By JULIA LISS Daily Staff Reporter
Tuesday evening, a new social app called Friendsy launched on campus with a mission: to foster friendships and romance. The app has features similar to Tinder and Yik Yak, but is limited to members of the University community by requiring all users to register with their University of Michigan e-mail addresses. Friendsy users are shown each other’s profiles with a few
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pictures and some basic information, including class standing, gender and major. They are anonymously allowed to express interest in another user without the other user finding out, unless the match is mutual. Unlike Tinder, there is not a hot-or-not dynamic. Users can choose to indicate that they would like to become friends, hookup or date the other user. The app was developed by two students at Princeton, Mike Pinsky and Vaidhy Murti, who started brainstorming ways for students to meet new people outside of their social circles. They launched the first version of Friendsy on the Princeton campus in 2013. The University is one of the campuses that is
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included in a push for Friendsy to reach 50 colleges. There are currently 10,000 users and 150,000 mutual matches. Though Pinsky and Murti’s friendship developed organically when they met while watching a Yankees game in the Princeton student union, they recognized that most students don’t simply approach new people. At other universities with Friendsy, more than 60 percent of mutual matches have been requests for friendship. The other chunk includes requests for hook-ups and dates. Overall, Pinsky said one of their goals is to avoid situations where people are set up for rejection.
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“It removes the social risk of going up to someone and putting your neck on the line,” Pinsky said. Once someone requests to connect with you, either as a friend, hookup or to date, you receive a notification and can request a “hint” about that person. The app will then show you a list of people who fit the criteria of the hint — for instance, if a sophomore requests to “friend” you, you will see a list of all University sophomores on Friendsy. If you don’t connect with the person who selected you, you will never learn their identity. Engineering junior Greg Stearns, a campus rep for Friendsy, said one main differSee FRIENDSY, Page 3
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WHAT: Free food, the possibility of friendship and University information awaits transfer students who attend this event. WHO: Office of New Student Programs WHEN: Tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Michigan
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WHAT: Breakdancers from Michigan State and the University of Michigan will dance off in a tournamentstyle series of breakdance battles. Anticipate a live funk band and $100 cash prize for the best boogier. WHO: Element One student organization WHEN: Tomorrow at 3 p.m. WHERE: The Diag
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WHAT: The event focuses on the transformation of India in recent decades, with a particular emphasis on the 20th century. WHO: Center for South Asian Studies WHEN: Today from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: The Diag
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The chance of at least one case of Ebola ocurring in the U.S. is at most 18 percent, NPR reported. A new study in the journal PLOS Currents says other nations outside of Africa are also at risk, including the United Kingdom.
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Japan’s first lady says Study shows Millennials less husband helps with chores trusting than predecessors Prime Minister calls for cultural shift in the workplace TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first lady says she has such a busy schedule that sometimes it’s up to the prime minister to do the dishes or take out the garbage. It’s the kind of flexibility that Akie Abe says is needed for the advancement of women in Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing companies and the government to hire and promote more women to allow Japan’s economy to grow and create a society where “women can shine.” He appointed five women to his 18-member Cabinet on Wednesday. Even though Akie Abe, 52, openly refers to herself as a member of the “opposition in the household” on some issues her husband favors, such as nuclear energy, she told The Associated Press on Thursday that she is a
big supporter of his “womenomics” policy of promoting women’s advancement. In Japan, women are underrepresented in senior-level positions in companies, government or universities. They have long been discriminated against in salary and promotion in corporate Japan, and often face obstacles to pursuing their careers due to a lack of help from spouses. Abe, the daughter of the former president of a leading Japanese confectioner, Morinaga & Co., said it’s important that society allows women enough flexibility to work again after child-rearing or other life events that interrupt their professional careers. Her husband’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has conservative views on gender equality, but the first lady is a businesswoman, owns a bar in downtown Tokyo, and supports local artists and craftsmen. She is active in organic farming and grows
rice herself in Yamaguchi, her husband’s hometown in western Japan, and campaigns against AIDS and discrimination against minorities. Next week, she will speak at “The World Assembly for Women in Tokyo,” an international symposium at which she wants to show that Japanese women are also serious about making a society that is friendlier to them. Such activities, along with her differences with some of her husband’s views, have contributed to her image as a new breed of first lady. “My husband’s conservative supporters think the wife of a prime minister should keep quiet and support him, so for them my speaking up is unthinkable, but those on the other side of the spectrum say I should speak up even more,” she said in an interview at the prime minister’s official residence. The first lady said people tend to categorize others, like right and left, west versus east, “or men should be this way and women that way,” creating walls and differences. “I want to tear them down,” she said. Abe is often out all day, leaving herself little time for housecleaning. The couple has chosen to live mostly in their own home in Tokyo, rather than the official residence, so they don’t have the benefit of government household staff. She said she sometimes hears her husband mumbling about the house, but that he is never a bossy husband telling her to do things for him. She said he does chores when he can, including sometimes washing the clothes. “Sometimes he tries to move things out of the way, but I end up scolding him for putting things in the wrong place. Poor thing,” she said. Abe said women tend to work harder than men in many parts of the world but are not represented fairly.
Young people are distrustful of Wall Street, police and government CHICAGO (AP) — They’re often pegged as the civic-minded, do-gooding generation. But while they’re still optimistic about their own personal prospects, a new study finds that today’s youth are often more skeptical of the country’s institutions than the young generations that preceded them. The Millennials also are as mistrusting of other people as the gloomy “slackers” of Generation X were 20 years ago — or even more so. Jean Twenge, lead author of the study that will be published early this month in the online edition of the journal Psychological Science, says the current atmosphere — fed by the Great Recession, mass shootings, and everything from church sex abuse scandals and racial strife to the endless parade of publicly shamed politicians, athletes and celebrities — may help explain why this young generation’s trust levels hit an all-time low in 2012, the most recent data available. In the mid-1970s, when baby boomers were coming of age, about a third of high school seniors agreed that “most people can be trusted.” That dropped to 18 percent in the early 1990s for Gen Xers — and then, in 2012, to just 16 percent of Millennials. The researchers also found that Millennials’ approval of major institutions — from Congress and corporations to the news media and educational and religious institutions — dropped more sharply than other generations in the decade that followed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “Young people today feel disconnected and alienated,” says Twenge, a psychologist and professor at San Diego State University, who wrote a book on
Millennials called “Generation Me.” She finds these outcomes “especially distressing” for a generation that had been expected to be more trusting of government. Young people, even those from differing backgrounds, say the findings ring true. “I do not trust the government as far I can throw a car, which is not very far at all,” says Steve McGlinchey, a 21-year-old who lives in Burton, Michigan, outside Flint, and works for a company that installs industrial furnaces for auto companies and other businesses. Like a lot of young people, he says he’s been disappointed by people in positions of power who’ve abused that power or seem to have forgotten about the little guy. That includes Wall Street. “All they think about is making their own wallets bigger,” he says, noting that he doesn’t trust other people to handle his money, “especially people who don’t know my name.” Erin Nwachukwu, a 16-year-old high school student who lives on Chicago’s South Side, says she’s felt mistrustful of authority figures, too, including the police. She also has doubts about her city’s leaders, having watched them close dozens of public schools in low-income neighborhoods, even as they pour millions of dollars into flashy downtown parks and other projects. “They don’t seem like they have our best interest at heart,” Nwachukwu says. “It seems like it’s about the money.” Twenge and her co-authors at the University of Georgia based their study’s findings on data from two major long-standing surveys of Americans — the General Social Survey and the University of Michigan’s annual “Monitoring the Future” survey of 12th graders, with nearly 140,000 participants in total. While Americans of all ages had growing trust issues in recent years, the researchers found that young people’s trust dropped more steeply in several categories. For instance, in 2000-2002, 49 percent of 12th graders who were
surveyed said Congress was doing a “good” or “very good” job, compared with just 22 percent who said the same in 2010-12. Thirty percent of young boomers were approving in the mid-1970s, and 33 percent of Gen Xers in early 1990s. The researchers used these figures in three-year blocks to assure they were comparing consistent trends. The margin of error is plus or minus 1 percentage point. In 2000-2002, 54 percent of 12th graders approved of the job large corporations were doing. That fell to 33 percent by 2010-12. Forty percent of boomers approved in the mid-1970s, and 48 percent of Gen Xers in the early 1990s. During that decade, Millennials also had notable drops in approval of colleges and universities, the news media, public schools and religious institutions. Because the study found that people of all age groups have trust and confidence issues, Twenge notes that the results are more likely tied to current events than the generation itself. Last year, an AP-GfK poll also found that only a third of all Americans said they trusted most people, compared with about half who said the same the early 1970s, according to the General Social Survey. But the survey also showed that each generation has started off adulthood less trusting than the previous one, a trend that would likely have to be reversed for the nation’s overall mistrust to change. Katherine Vining, a 25-yearold graduate student in San Francisco, says that may be difficult to do in an age when news and information are readily accessible at any hour. “The more information you have, the more opportunity there is to be disappointed and disillusioned by the people and institutions in the world that are repeatedly acting unethically and taking advantage of individuals and communities,” says Vining, who’s studying sustainable management at the Presidio Graduate School.
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Michigan launches new flu vaccine challenge The Michigan Department of Community Health has announced it will partner with colleges, universities and several organizations to encourage young adults to get flu vaccinations through friendly competition. The department is launching a new challenge among school heath centers to see which college or university can get the highest percentage of students vaccinated against the flu this season. Thirteen schools throughout the state are currently enrolled in the 2014-15 Flu Vaccination Challenge.
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Court rules against gay marriage bans in two states A U.S. appeals court issued a scathing, unequivocal ruling Thursday declaring that gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana were unconstitutional, on the same day that 32 states asked the Supreme Court to settle the issue once and for all. The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago was the fourth to hear arguments on the issue. The decision from a normally slow and deliberative court was released a little more than a week after oral arguments. The unanimous, 40-page decision from a three-judge panel blasted the states’ justifications for their bans, several times singling out the argument that only marriage between a man and a woman should be allowed because it’s — simply — tradition.
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Justice Department to investigate Ferguson police The Justice Department launched a broad investigation Thursday into the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting last month of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer. The investigation, which is separate from an existing federal probe into the Aug. 9 shooting of Michel Brown, will look for patterns of discrimination within the predominantly white department and focus on how officers use force, search and arrest suspects, and treat inmates at the city jail. The police department said it welcomed the investigation.
space desired are set for September, October and November. After that, blueprints will be sketched and the search will begin for a proper and available plot of land. Simpson said students are looking for a place where they can easily stop by to study, organize and meet new people. This summer, headquarters of the Sexual Assault Prevention & Awareness Center, or SAPAC, moved locations due to renovations underway at West Quad, which relocated their offices to North Quad. SAPAC director Holly RiderMilkovich appeared eager to push the small but influential organization ahead into its busiest time of year and solve a pressing problem: a sexual assault reporting rate that has improved, but has the potential to improve. According to a Washington Post analysis, in 2012, the University had the second-highest number of reports of sexual offense on campus — 32. Rider-Milkovich said 1 in 33 men and 1 in 5 women are assaulted in college. “Our numbers do not yet reflect that rate of victimization,” she said. Though Schlissel may be aware of the statistics, he has yet to meet Rider-Milkovich or visit SAPAC. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said he has “no doubt”
STATUSOWL From Page 1 launch the product. “Ever since we’ve switched to being graduates, we’ve been working full time and I think our mindset really shifted after we graduated,” Thanedar said. “We have one shot at this kind of thing.” Creating partnerships with public venues is the backbone of the app’s revenue model. So far, StatusOwl has partnered with seventeen bars in Ann Arbor’s downtown nightlife circuit. The app acts as a marketing platform for these bars, but could also help students save money on drinks and win perks. Last Wednesday, Good Time Charley’s offered double the prize money to app users who won trivia rounds. StatusOwl also shares drink specials that are created by bars to attract students earlier in the night. “If a certain bar usually gets packed by 10 p.m., we want to help them get packed by 9 p.m. by adding a live advertisement to people,” Thanedar said. The founders were particularly proud of the fact that the app crowdsources its information. “All the students together have ownership and can make it work together,” Jobanputra said. “It’s
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Sunni militants kidnap dozens of men in Iraq Militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group abducted dozens of men from a Sunni village north of Baghdad on Thursday, residents said, as two separate car bombings killed 23 people in the capital. The militants took some 50 men from Tal Ali village, around 240 kilometers (170 miles) north of Baghdad, according to residents. The men were loaded onto trucks and driven away, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution. The militants had retreated from the village the day before, fearing an attack by the Iraqi army. When they left, residents set fire to an Islamic State flag. The Islamic State group spearheaded an offensive in June, seizing vast swaths of northern Iraq, including the country’s second largest city Mosul. The group has published grisly photos of the mass killing of captives in areas under its control in Iraq and neighboring Syria. —Compiled from Daily wire reports
“It’s really unfortunate that Meagan had to step down and I know that for her to be able to do that was a really big thing,” Lustig said. “It’s a position she has achieved and she won vice president, which is fantastic. I’m just going to try to make the best of a bad situation.” Despite the circumstances, Lustig said she is prepared to manage a smooth transition. “I’m very excited,” she said. “I talked to the assembly at the meeting about how I think it’s going to be really important for me to sit down with each of them as well as the University Council members and reach out and really get to know them.” Lustig has served as the chair of the Student Safety and Security CSG commission for the past
Schlissel was aware of the campus happenings, but the community should be realistic about the experience of a transitioning president. “The number of issues that he can personally be involved in is limited,” Fitzgerald said. “Everybody wants some of his time. Particularly this early in his presidency, he is naturally relying on the administration around him.” At the beginning of August, the Shared Services Center received its first wave of staff. Plans for the center were delayed last year after the University received negative feedback from many faculty and staff about the University’s plan to save money by consolidating staff from different departments in a central location off campus. Many critics condemned the University for failing to be transparent and equitable when carrying out the plans. Pam Gabel, the director of the center, also hasn’t spoken directly to Schlissel, but said she has kept the center on track to transition the next 150 staff members this winter. “Certainly people weren’t happy they were selected (to relocate), but we have a pretty hefty engagement plan to help them make that transition,” she said. Fitzgerald said there is a morethan-capable team around Schlissel, adding that his restraint from laying out detailed action plans for many issues is for good reason. “As (Schlissel) said very early in that initial media briefing, he is going to take time to listen and understand the University deeply before he creates priorities,” Fitzgerald said.
not me that’s going to make this app successful, it’s everyone on campus.” As part of this collaborative outlook, Jobanputra and Thanedar plan to organize community events in order to give back to various charities. A few hundred students have downloaded the app on their smartphones, but the founders said they are working with Greek Life members to drive more users to the product. The founders made an agreement with the social chairs of various fraternities where StatusOwl will provide a free rush banner and promotional events in exchange for the fraternities using the app to advertise their parties. Delta Tau Delta, whose senior house displays a StatusOwl banner, is one fraternity that is working closely with the startup. Engineering senior Peter Lind, a DTD brother, said he has seen many of his friends using the app. “The app is really functional and it has a lot of potential for Ann Arbor or any campus,” Lind said. “I use it all the time.” Jobanputra and Thanedar hope StatusOwl will spread to other Big Ten college campuses and also catch on with young professionals who have moved on past their college days, but still enjoy hitting the town.
two years and as an assistant with the Beyond the Diag program. She said she intends to continue her efforts to improve security for students in her new role. This includes a focus on improving campus lighting and starting “It’s On Us,” a sexual assault awareness program. Additionally, she will remain involved in launching the Wolverine Support Network, a University-wide peer support network, next semester and will ensure the U-Go’s in the basement of the Union has fresh produce available to students everyday. “I really would like to improve the campus image of Central Student Government,” Lustig said. “I think it’s something that we can really take on, especially by making these connections with the assembly so that the rest of the constituency can really see that we’re working together and trying to achieve the same things to make their Michigan experiences
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TECH From Page 1 event was a way for students to preview the Myo armband before it is presented at this weekend’s MHacks IV. “By having the event in a closed setting, it’s a lot more intimate,” Lee said. “It allows for better communication, and better understanding of what’s going on. If you were one in four hundred kids, you can’t really ask questions.” Students first listened to Chris Goodine, the so-called “developer evangelist” at Thalmic Labs — the creator of Myo armband —, explain how the Myo armband works and watched him use the band to fly a small drone around the room. Later, students were able to
FRIENDSY From Page 1 ence between Friendsy and other apps is the requirement of a University e-mail address. Apps like Tinder, on the other hand, show potential matches based on geolocation. Another component of Friendsy is a feature similar
The aid agency has already donated $20 million to afflicted Liberia MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The American aid agency announced Thursday it would donate $75 million to fund 1,000 more beds in Ebola treatment centers in Liberia and buy 130,000 more protective suits for health care workers. West Africa’s struggling health systems have buckled under the pressure of an Ebola outbreak that has already killed about 1,900 people. Nurses in Liberia are wearing rags over their heads to protect themselves from the dreaded disease, amid concerns that shortages of protective gear throughout the region are responsible for the high Ebola death toll among health workers. The U.S. Agency for International Development also urged American health care workers to respond to the outbreak. Rajiv Shah, the agency’s administrator, told The Associated Press that several hundred more international experts are needed and the agency will help send Americans health care workers there. “This will get worse before it gets better,” he said. “We have a coherent and clear strategy ... but it will take weeks to months to get operational at that scale.” The $75 million comes in addition to about $20 million the agency has already donated to fight the outbreak that was first identified in March in Guinea, and has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The killer virus is spread through bodily fluids such as blood, sweat, urine or
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activity with electrodes, among other applications. “Gesture control allows you to enjoy digital technologies with your hands,” Goodine said. “It’s a more natural way of interacting with everyday objects, so the idea there is just having the ability to do that in the digital world as well.” The Myo armband picks up small electrical signals that are produced by muscles when they contract. Over time the Myo armband can adapt to the motion of the users arm, giving them gesture control. Engineering freshman Steven Schmatz said he attended the event to get a better understanding of gesture technology. “The Myo band seems like a device with so much potential that you can use for hackathons, for example,” Schmatz said. “I think wearable technology is definitely going to revolution-
to the popular app Yik Yak, called Murmurs. Users can post comments anonymously or non-anonymously to the constantly updating Murmur feed, which other users can read and upvote. On Friendsy, users can also direct anonymous comments at a specific user, similar to mentioning someone in a tweet. Pinsky said the entire feature began as a way for users to compli-
ment each other. Pinsky added that Friendsy emphasizes moderating content to ensure users have a positive experience. “On Friendsy, all content is moderated, so you’re never, ever going to have a negative experience,” Pinsky said, “The worst case scenario is you like someone who doesn’t like you back, but that’s sort of life sometimes.”
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test out the Myo armband by putting it on their forearm and following a number of prompts on a computer screen. These included waving the hand left or right, touching the pinky to the thumb or putting the hand in a fist. The computer screen then showed the user what hand motions controlled things such as music volume and room temperature. “Hardware is shifting towards getting input from the physical sense so it’s really interesting to see what startups are coming with right now,” LSA junior Robin Mehta said. “And we get a hands on experience.” Goodine said the Myo armband’s name comes from the gesture recognition technology, known as electromyography. This technology is currently used in the medical setting for measuring a patient’s heart
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diarrhea. Health workers account for about 10 percent of the deaths so far. Much of the protective gear they use must be destroyed after use, so Ebola wards need a constant flow of clean equipment. One nurse at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, said she and her colleagues have resorted to cutting up their old uniforms and trying them over their faces to protect themselves, looking out through holes in the fabric. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to talk to the media. “It is really pathetic,” she said. “We are not equipped to face the situation.” With no goggles to protect them, their eyes burn from the fumes of chlorine used to disinfect the ward, the nurse said. David and Nancy Writebol, American missionaries who worked at another hospital in Liberia, echoed those concerns, speaking to the AP in North Carolina. They said doctors and nurses are overwhelmed by a surge of patients and there aren’t enough hazard suits to keep them safe. Health care workers can go through thousands of the suits a week, David Writebol said, and the suspension of flights to the region by many airlines is making it harder to get gear in. Three American health care workers have been sickened with Ebola while working in Liberia. Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly were flown back to the U.S. to be treated and have since recovered, while the third only recently tested positive for the disease. Another doctor who was infected with Ebola while working in Liberia is being flown to a Nebraska hospital
for treatment, doctors there said Thursday. Officials at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha said Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, is expected to arrive sometime Friday. Sacra will begin treatment in the hospital’s 10-bed special isolation unit, the largest of four such units in the U.S. Liberia has been hardest hit by the current outbreak, with the largest number of cases and deaths. Doctors Without Borders, which is running several Ebola treatment centers, said last week that its clinic in Monrovia is overrun with patients and doctors are no longer able to provide intravenous treatments. The Liberian nurse, meanwhile, said she and her colleagues live every day with the fear that they’ll become infected. “When you go through this and return home, you lie in bed asking yourself: I am still safe? Or I have contracted the disease?” she said. Meanwhile, health officials were monitoring more than 200 people who may have been exposed to Ebola in southern Nigeria. Authorities had been cautiously optimistic that they would be able to keep Nigeria’s outbreak relatively small since the one sick Liberian-American who brought the disease to Nigeria by plane was quickly isolated. But then last month a person he had come into contact with escaped surveillance and fled to the southern oil hub of Port Harcourt. The contact infected a doctor, who, in turn, exposed dozens of people to the disease, the World Health Organization said. Of the 200 people identified as exposed to the ill doctor, WHO said about 60 are considered at high risk of getting Ebola.
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hoever believes that the “American Dream” is alive and well for everyone is simply incorrect. Though every adult strives for success and happiness, many childhoods come with unchangeable factors that hinder or strip future success. These inhibitors are systems of oppression. In my experiences at the University (and in life MICHAEL in general) I’ve noticed SCHRAMM that lower socioeconomic status is consistently and blatantly swept under the rug. It’s an oppressor that its victims hate talking about, but its consequences are cripplingly harsh. Over the next few columns, I’ll be tackling some ways that socioeconomic status affects children. First, I’d like to discuss the effect of poverty on education. I choose education because it’s connected to a variety of benefits, including income, diversity in career choice and general happiness. The education gap between wealthy and impoverished children is significant. Students with parents in the bottom 50 percent of income ranges constitute only 14 percent of undergraduate students. That’s an enormous number, and it has already had a huge effect on every student’s daily life. Think about how this affects your own life. How many incredible people are missing from your college experience solely because they didn’t have financial advantages to help them gain admittance? Discrimination based on class fundamentally affects children right from the start. When wealthier parents settle down, they’re able to choose cities and districts with thriving public education systems or send their children to private schools. LowerSES parents are financially limited in terms of housing, often forced to settle in districts that can’t compete with the larger tax base and renowned public schools in more privileged towns. Next we reach the college prep phases of high school: junior and senior year. Standardized tests like the ACT and SAT are strongly correlated with parents’ income level. Studies have found that each $20,000 increase in parental income is associated with 42.33 extra points on the SAT. That’s an estimated 378-point difference between parents with incomes less than $20,000 and more than $200,000. A few factors seem to cause this gap. The previously discussed educational differences in public schools have now been present at least since kindergarten, translating into discrepancies in different schools’ standardized testing scores. Additionally, SAT and ACT preparation programs are grossly expensive. Online study materials and courses can cost up to $600 and private tutoring ranges from $95 to $250
an hour. With lower-SES students unable to afford such programs, their ability to achieve high scores to gain admission into reputable colleges is hindered. Plus, let’s not forget that affluent high schools offer more college preparatory AP classes that prove crucial for students to gain an upper hand for acceptance at elite colleges. Even if lower-SES students have equivalent grades and scores, they’re still less likely to attend elite colleges. Only 50 percent of low-income valedictorians applied to one of the top 61 colleges — all private schools — as opposed to 80 percent of middle- and upper-class valedictorians. This difference comes from schools with lower-SES families being underfunded and consequentially decreasing one-on-one assistance from guidance counselors. These counselors are more likely to provide college information in a generalized format. Furthermore, these counselors rarely possess the knowledge to provide information on elite, distant schools. What’s worse is that lower-SES valedictorians would likely go to these better schools if they applied. Once these students were accepted to these schools, they received funding comparable or greater than local universities and were as likely to accept admission as the wealthier applicants. Therefore, a lack of resources is one reason why poor, yet academically successful students don’t apply to elite schools. Let’s not forget that college tuition fees in America are substantially higher than the majority of the world. So if you’re a mediocre student getting accepted to colleges, you may have to turn them down unlike your intellectually-equal-yet-wealthier peers that also gain acceptance. It’s a compilation of these factors and many more that help to explain the very drastic achievement gap, and what’s worse is that the oppression continues to cycle. It is well documented that college educated parents tend to make more money than uneducated parents. This means that children from low income environments tend to grow into impoverished adults that then raise poor children in an endless cycle. And I’m throwing all of these statistics and dismaying realities so something is pounded in your head: we live in a country with serious problems, and we need to fix these problems. We must evaluate whether programs and policies like No Child Left Behind, Teach for America, Common Core and Race to the Top narrow the achievement gap for impoverished students, and if they don’t, we must continue to inquire and seek solutions until this gap is fixed. Because those oppressed by this system don’t have the power to fix this on their own. — Michael Schramm can be reached at mschramm@umich.edu.
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Those who compromise If I were to tell you last week that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor would lose to Tea Party challenger and RandolphMacon College professor David Brat, you probably would have thought that I was crazy. For Brat, his primary upset win over Cantor was a “miracle.” If you look at the campaign finance numbers and Cantor’s election history, it would seem that way. Cantor spent almost $5 million while Brat spent a meager $207,000. Additionally, in terms of polling data, Cantor’s internal pollsters projected that he was going to win by about 34 percent. In fact, according to the graphic, Cantor was never really challenged in a primary or general elections. The smallest margin he had in an election was 17 percent. So, for Cantor at least, there was no reason for concern, right? In this case, there was. Cantor’s loss is one of the most surprising upsets in quite some time. In explaining Cantor’s loss, the issue that I have heard more often than not from analysts is that the decider was immigration. That makes sense since America’s immigration system is in need of repair. What surprised me the most in this was the fact that people thought that Cantor was a “liberal” and that he was being too soft on immigration. First of all, Cantor is not a liberal
by any stretch of the imagination. After all, he did support all of anti-Obamacare legislation. I would define him more as a fairly conservative Republican based on his track record. However, just because someone supports immigration reform doesn’t mean that they support “amnesty” (not to mention that the bill was a conservative version of the DREAM Act!). The message that I’m getting from all of this is absolutely amazing and concerning at the same time. To me, when a Republican or any congressmen in general tries to reach across the aisle and come to a compromise with Democrats, it becomes a crime that must be punished. It seems that Americans would rather have members of Congress that are sticking to their guns and voting along party lines rather than creating solutions for real change. People wonder why the legislature has turned into a “Do-Nothing Congress.” The lack of compromise is one of the reasons. I know this has been going on for some time, but it needs to be stopped now. Right now, we need our leaders back. The ones that are willing to compromise that is. Whether or not you think it actually was a “miracle”, you should be concerned about the changes that this election may be pointing towards in the future. — Paul Sherman can be reached at pausherm@umich.edu.
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What’s a survivor to do? Currently in the United States, there is a charged discussion surrounding sexual assault. However, much of this discussion has focused on the perpetrators and does not consider the view of survivors or what they desire. Highly publicized cases such as the Steubenville, Ohio trial have highlighted the issues of victim blaming in American society, and the recent “permanent separation” of former Michigan football kicker Brendan Gibbons from our own University of Michigan has highlighted institutional biases against survivors of sexual assault. Yet, the focus of these cases has been on the perpetrators, rather than the victim. According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network 1 in 6 American women will be survivors of a completed or attempted rape, and 3 percent of men will as well. Rates are higher on college campuses, with 1 in 4 American women surviving an attempted or completed rape. A recent study on the University of Michigan campus by University research fellow Michelle Munro found that 80 to 90 percent of rapes were perpetrated by someone known to the survivor, which is consistent with national data. RAINN also reports that 60 percent of sexual assault cases go unreported. It is essential that we begin to focus on the experiences, needs and desires of survivors. Millions of survivors have endured the effects of sexual assault, such as physical injury, unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Yet, a 2012 study with a nationwide sample found that only 21 percent of survivors actually sought post-assault medical services. Low conviction and reporting rates for cases and the small percentage of survivors seeking medical care clearly indicate the need for programs that comprehensively address a survivor’s health needs, while providing evidence and information to navigate the challenge of pursuing prosecution. Currently Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programs are the gold standard approach to providing this type of holistic care. Before the advent of SANE programs by now-director Linda Ledray in the late 1970s, survivors seeking medical attention generally went to the emergency room. Here they could experience long wait times and treatment by doctors and nurses who were not familiar with post-assault care. These lengthy stints in the waiting room and inexperienced care could lead to “retraumatization” for the survivor. Not only were forensic exams done inadequately, but should a case be pursued by law enforcement, the healthcare professionals who had treated the survivor were often unable to testify. The implementation of SANE programs has served to remedy these problems. SANEs are nurses who have received special training in postassault care and forensic evidence collection. During their training, SANEs are instructed in compassionate care for survivors, which can include administration of treatment for injuries and of prophylactics (medicine for the prevention of pregnancy or STIs), and the collection and documentation of forensic evidence. SANEs are also available to testify. There are more than 700 SANE programs operating in the United States, Canada and Australia. SANE programs are housed in hospitals, advocacy centers and community organizations, oper-
ate 24 hours a day, and collaborate with relevant community service workers, such as sexual assault advocates and law enforcement personnel, all in order to improve post-assault care and increase efficacious prosecution of a case. In order to find a SANE program near you, use the search engine provided by the International Association of Forensic Nurses. The process of SANE care begins with an introductory visit, obtaining consent for a medical examination, and then addressing immediate health needs. Some facilities have specific rooms for SANE exams, and the exam should always be conducted in an area that guarantees privacy for the survivor. The SANE will then ask for and record a history of the survivor and the assault. A head-to-toe examination of the survivor is next, checking for injury and evidence. These parts of the exam can involve physical evidence collection, such as hair, blood, semen or vaginal fluid and photography to document injury. Survivors can say no at any point in the exam, and they do not have to consent to the exam kit being shown to law enforcement. After the exam, the SANE nurse will discuss and prescribe any necessary prophylactics. It is possible that a survivor may ask for an advocate to be present for part or all of the examination. Data from a 2012 study by Rebecca Campbell, a psychology professor at Michigan State University, suggests that participation in a SANE exam can lead to sexual assault cases progressing farther in the justice system and can increase conviction rates for perpetrators. The study underlined the utility of DNA evidence: cases with DNA evidence were almost twice as likely to progress further in the criminal justice system. This highlights the importance of SANEs as forensic evidence collectors. In a separate study, Campbell indicated that SANEs might also encourage participation in the criminal justice system by attending to survivors’ feelings of guilt or blame and by acting as an advocate during the prosecution of a case. SANEs can also dispel fears or myths like that sexual assault always leaves injuries (a large majority of sexual assault survivors do not exhibit evidence of physical injury). An important note is that the collection of forensic evidence does not yield definitive results immediately and can take months or years to be fully analyzed. Additionally, it is ultimately up to the prosecutor to determine the timeframe for the evidence to be analyzed. These circumstances often leave survivors feeling frustrated and disempowered. It is also important for survivors to understand their rights in the post-assault period, in order to fully access the care that they desire. In the past, in some states, in order to receive a SANE exam, survivors were obligated to agree to cooperate with law enforcement and report the assault. Changes made in 2005 to the Violence Against Women Act, a fundamental piece of legislation in the protection of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, stopped this requirement, making even those not wishing to report the assault eligible for an exam. This means that all survivors now have the option to have forensic evidence collected and stored, and have a longer time to decide on pursuing legal action. However, while states cannot require that survivors report an assault, it is possible for
states to require hospitals to do so. In Michigan, law enforcement is automatically contacted when a SANE exam is given. If law enforcement is contacted, survivors are under no obligation to cooperate with the investigation, and may choose not to speak with officers. Some states, including Michigan, also have mandatory reporting laws for injuries that appear to have been caused by another crime, such as wounds from knives or firearms, which may have been perpetrated during a sexual assault, or the require healthcare personnel to report when the survivor is a minor or person with disabilities. Another provision of VAWA 1994 created STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grants, in order to better victim services and the criminal justice system’s response to violence against women. In states receiving these grants (all states and the District of Columbia), healthcare institutions must provide forensic evidence exams to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault without charge. Survivors or survivors’ insurance cannot be asked to cover the exam. This does not apply to the medical examination, injury treatment or any prescriptions that are received in the course of a SANE exam. However, states do have crime victim compensation programs that can defray medical costs from an assault. Though the title of VAWA seems to indicate that its programs are specifically for women, the law actually applies to all sexes and genders, including trans* individuals, and everyone is entitled to a SANE exam. Some survivors may choose not to have a SANE exam or one might not be available to them. In these circumstances it is important that survivors are aware of their other options for care. Survivors can still go to the emergency room for injuries and prophylaxis, or schedule an appointment with a general practitioner, though by the time a general practitioner is available, it may be too late to collect forensic evidence. Additionally, survivors can pursue over-the-counter emergency contraception, in order to prevent pregnancy. Plan B®, a form of emergency contraception, is available over-thecounter regardless of age, sex, or gender, and is usually about $50 in a local pharmacy and $40 at the University Health Services (a $10 coupon can be found at www.planbonestep.com on the Plan B® homepage). Survivors can also seek services at rape crisis or advocacy centers, such as SAPAC, and with mental health professionals. They also have the choice of just reporting to law enforcement. College-age survivors can also choose to report to their Office of Student Conduct. And finally, survivors can also make the choice not to pursue any form of care. It is critical to understand that pursuing post-assault care is ultimately the survivor’s choice, and they should not be pressured into obtaining services that are out of their comfort level. However, survivors should be given information about all of the post-assault care options that are available to them, so that they can make autonomous decisions about what care is best for them in the post-assault period. Alexandra Dulin is an LSA junior. Her UROP mentor Michelle Munro is a Research Fellow at the School of Nursing. This article is published in its entirety with additional resources on The Michigan Daily website.
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In many respects, the 2014 Emmy awards could’ve just as easily aired any other year. There’s a certain timelessness to Supporting Actress in a Comedy winner Allison Janney calling writer/producer Chuck Lorre a “genius” or Jim Parsons taking home a Lead Actor in a Comedy trophy. Any recap of the night’s events might as well be a reprint of the previous year’s highlights — a charming late-night host made jokes about actors’ salaries, Ricky Gervais did something ridiculous, “Modern Family” won every award. Tradition and expectation are usually the lifeblood of the Emmys, and that was mostly the case with this year’s awards. Except for one enormous difference. As Julianna Margulies so eloquently put it in her Lead Actress in a Drama speech, it’s “a wonderful time for women on television.” Margulies isn’t just speaking about her own series, “The Good Wife,” which finished one of the strongest seasons on television this year. We’re in the middle of a glorious second-wave Golden Age of Television, but just a look at the Actress in a Drama Series category proves how different this round is from years past. The actresses nominated alongside Margulies, including Robin Wright on “House of Cards” and Kerry Washington on “Scandal” play driven and independent women who hold their own alongside their shows’ male stars. Three of the nominated drama actresses had storylines involving the death of a male co-star (I won’t say which ones, because this is a spoiler-free
zone), and those men died to elevate character development for the women. Where so many series feature the opposite (“The Walking Dead,” “Sons of Anarchy”), you don’t see those series being nominated. It’s the shows that are brave enough to feature female leads in charge of their careers and sexuality, and know that viewers (and Emmy voters) of every gender are likely to reward smart writing, that take the gold. Actresses aren’t the only ones reaping the benefits of a feminist Emmys. Most years, a woman could only be guaranteed a trophy in acting categories. In 2014, Gail Mancuso won Directing in a Comedy Series and Moira Walley Beckett was honored for Writing in a Drama Series and Sarah Silverman took Writing in a Variety Special. With only six percent of top-grossing films directed by a woman and only one woman ever winning an Academy Award (Kathryn Bigelow in 2009), Mancuso’s award is also an enormous win for would-be female directors everywhere. Even if it’s just a trophy awarded during the middle hour of a Monday-night awards show, a woman can work on one of the most successful comedies of this decade and receive recognition over her male counterparts. Stephen Colbert apologized in his speech for only employing one female writer, but the Emmys unapologetically rewarded other female writers for their excellent work. Moira Walley-Beckett perfectly crafted the emotional devastation of “Breaking Bad” ’s “Ozymandias” episode, and Sarah Silverman received a trophy for writing her own stand-up special. Women also received recognition for being showrunners in charge of their own series. “Orange Is the New Black” ’s Jenji Kohan and “Masters of Sex” ’s Michelle Ashford and
“Girls” ’s Lena Dunham didn’t see their shows win series awards, but their work is inspiring for women who hope to create and write for their own show someday (especially the woman writing this article). That’s not to say that the Emmy Awards were all about female empowerment. The show featured an offensive, botched attempt at poking fun at objectifying women. While a chairman of the Television Academy spoke, Emmy-awardwinning actress Sofia Vergara was put on top of a spinning platform, her body showcased like a human trophy, silenced while the man spoke. Vergara’s heels tottered uncomfortably, and her protests and confusion were ignored while the chairman delivered his speech. The audience laughed, but something about using Vergara’s body, not her excellent comedic timing or charm, as the butt of a joke is especially unsettling. Familiar favorites may have taken home many of the trophies, but beneath all that “Breaking Bad” fervor, an undercurrent of female empowerment ran through the 2014 Emmys. Actresses, writers and directors were all recognized for their achievements, their facility in taking home awards nearly equal to their male peers. It’s an amazing feeling to watch an awards show and see other creative women rewarded for their achievements, even as that boy in your class might hover over you and your camera, not trusting you with the lenses you know like your ABCs. It’s a long road to equal representation film and TV industry, but seeing someone in a dress, tearful and clutching the trophy she deserves, is a step in the right direction.
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Shopping in CVS a day before moving back to Ann Arbor, I knew there was one thing I didn’t have that I absolutely could not return to campus without: a pair of earbuds. I go through them like students go through tissues in winter, always getting the cheapest possible brand and then hoping that for at least a few months they can deal with the wear and tear of being stuffed into my pocket. I’m wary of getting an expensive pair because I don’t trust that they can deal with the abuse any more than the cheap ones. So last week, I got a simple white pair of earbuds with blue accents around the tiny speakers made by a company I didn’t recognize. I arrived home and plugged them into my iPod, and immediately I was crestfallen. The sound was awful, sounds-like-it’s-coming-through-drywall awful, like Paul-McCartney-is-standing-atthe-other-end-of-a-tunnel-yellingat-me-while-cars-are-going-by awful. Naturally, I was disappointed, and mostly I just can’t wait until they break so I can justify suddenly buying another pair, but at the same time, while dealing with the horrendous audio quality, I noticed something pretty cool: a lot of the music I was hearing — if it was from the right era or genre — sounded different, but in a way that actually seemed to fit. All songs have a home. Not in the recording studio, where they’re just separate instrumental and vocal tracks expertly put together by a producer. And not in an arena or at a festival where everyone, including the artist present, has certain expectations for how a song’s going to be structured and how it sounds. No, there are certain locations and situations — the kind of place where an artist could’ve never consciously intended his or her songs to be heard — where a song just feels right. The setting where you hear a song becomes another instrument in the mix, one that can make or break your feelings towards it. It’s
impossible to predict, but when you hear a song in the right place, you absolutely, without-a-doubt know it. Like when I first heard the deep-voice hook of “Mercy” at full volume blasted out of a passing car. It all clicked. When I was walking around Ann Arbor and listening to older artists who generally have a mysterious haze surrounding their music — cult acts like Big Star and Nick Drake or poets like Bob Dylan or Patti Smith — the terrible sound wasn’t really a bad thing. I’ve never owned a cassette tape Walkman, but the vibe I got was something like that. It felt intimately personal and it added to the aura that the artists had already cultivated. The point being, if you’re an artist, or really if you’re just creating anything at all, you’re never going to be able to control how your work is consumed and heard.
All songs have a home. A horror movie feels different in your basement versus a drive-in theater, and your understanding of Virginia Woolf will likely vary depending on whether you read her in a quiet room, on a bus, or on the toilet. Even if you have a certain foolproof album that you think would be accepted well everywhere (Astral Weeks, anyone?), everyone else probably disagrees with you (what about Good Kid, M.A.A.D City?). So if you’re an artist, how do you address this? Obviously, you can’t conceive of all the different situations in which your music might be heard, but the idea of making an album that fits all scenarios is a pretty appealing one. And even if you want to target a specific niche, you don’t necessarily need to alienate everything else. Brian Eno’s <em>Music for Airports</em>, for example, still sounds all right if you’re not actually holding suitcases while standing on a moving sidewalk.
Stephen King has talked about having an “ideal reader” to imagine when one is writing. In King’s case, that ideal reader is his wife, whom he strives to impress and whose feedback he values most. Since when an artist is creating things he or she has no idea if that person on the receiving end of his or her creation is going to be half-paying-attention in a mall, hearing it on full blast at a party or listening intently on headphones, I think it’s best to have an “ideal listener.” Even if this person is hypothetical, or will never read or listen to or watch your art, the best an artist can do is aim high and try to invite consumers and patrons to experience it in the most ideal setting. However, is it a fan’s responsibility to try to only listen to music in the way that the artists intends? Of course not. My crappy earbuds are certainly not, in the opinion of most, the best way to experience music, but hey, it lets me hear the music in a way I’m not used to and it leads to me thinking about it differently. I feel like the artists are more mysterious and wise. Their records sound like unearthed secrets instead of commercial releases. How art surprises you in unexpected situations is an amazing thing. One night this summer Hall and Oates’s “Rich Girl” was playing while I was riding shotgun in a crowded car. Even though all of us had been born at least 17 years after the song was released, and it’s by no means some staggering work of brilliance, we were all singing along. While Daryl Hall and John Oates might’ve found this odd, or at least anachronistic, I think they’d also be proud and happy. For two and a half minutes, their little song came out of nowhere and brought a real connection — joy, even — to a group of kids, and in accomplishing this, it transcended both time and space. Theisen is buying new headphones. To pitch in, e-mail ajtheisen@umich.edu.
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Lessons from my dad
I spent most of my time last winter break catching up on “The Good Wife” with my parents. I was pretty much as content as you could ever hope to be — indifferently braless, eating Christmas cookies from a Tupperware container, watching, mesmerized, NATALIE as Alicia GADBOIS Florrick (Julianna Margulies, in a role that garnered her her third Emmy) deftly navigated the terrifying limbo of starting her own firm and going up against a former boss and lover. She was becoming the boss-lady, and I was eating it up. Halfway through our marathon, my dad — my kind, wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly, wears floral shirts, cries during “The Phantom of the Opera” dad — rolled his eyes and said, “I don’t like Alicia anymore. She’s so cold and hard.” He went on to say that she had gotten mean when she broke off from the firm – meaning that her behavior now mirrored Will and Diane’s, rather than acting as their moral compass. This was a nuanced and human character, growing into a new, powerful role and shedding her submissive past. She was the ultimate female role model and it dumbfounded me that anyone could think otherwise. Sitting there, cookie falling out of my mouth and pajamas askew, all I wanted to do was be Alicia; intelligent and successful, willing to strike out on her own and be a little selfish to follow her dreams,
but still remain caring mother and conscientious boss. I, of course, launched into a tirade about the biases against strong women, against anyone perpetuating limiting or archaic narratives about women at my naïve father, who didn’t understand feminism because he didn’t realize he had to. (Sorry Dad, this is what you get with a daughter in the #media.) The incident tumbled around in my head for months after, resurfacing when I watched Olivia Pope crumble into a Fitzinduced mess on “Scandal.” Or when I watched a James Bond marathon with my cousins and realized no one could remember a single Bond girl’s name. Or when I fell in love with “Drunk in Love” and guiltily ignored the domestic violence-tinged rap lyrics.
A little bit of dissent. As my anger about the situation began to ebb and the rational, let’s-plan-and-boxeverything-into-categories part of my mind took over (eagerly termed my “Leslie Knope”), I stopped blaming my father and focused on the larger issues at play. My dad’s reaction to “The Good Wife” ’s progressive take on the working woman wasn’t necessarily his fault. I love that show, and Alicia Florrick specifically, because it does challenge so many norms. “The Good Wife” is adrift in a sea of TV shows, movies, and songs that just don’t understand women – led by people who don’t believe we need
to try to. How was my Dad supposed to understand the nuances of Alicia’s shifting lifestyle when nearly everything else he saw told him the opposite – women are mean when they are strong, best when they are motherly, even better when they are only used as histrionic or sexy props. My dad can’t know any better until our culture knows a little bit better too. That’s why I am starting this column. No, I don’t have some misguided hope to impact all of pop culture with my 600 words every few weeks, but I do believe that every voice of dissent against a system that consistently devalues and misinterprets women and their needs matters. This column will try and shed some light on misinformed narratives present in the entertainment industry. It also will praise people who are doing it right – those who are creating meaningful female characters or challenging everyday misogyny through their art, just as “The Good Wife” does. I’m not an expert – I quit my women’s studies minor out of laziness and have a profound love of Disney Princess movies. But that’s why I want to write; I don’t want to disavow everything that may perpetuate a limiting narrative of women – that would make watching, reading, or listening to nearly anything popular impossible. But by calling out problems within even great or progressive works of art, hopefully good, well-intentioned people like my dad can better understand the complex ways women are represented. That’s my hope at least. Natalie is still watching ‘The Good Wife.’ To help, e-mail gadbnat@umich.edu.
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Once again, ‘M’ and ND bid farewell (or not) By ALEJANDRO ZÚÑIGA This is the future
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Depending on which side you’re approaching it from, Notre Dame’s decision to suspend its football rivalry with Michigan is either an unfortunate necessity of conference realignment, or, as coach Brady Hoke has suggested, a deliberate move by the Irish to make their schedule a little easier. “They’re still going to play Michigan State, they’ll play Purdue, they don’t want to play Michigan,” Hoke told attendees of the West Michigan Sports Commission in Grand Rapids last May. No matter how you feel about the drama, remember two things: Michigan and Notre Dame have almost always been at odds, and this isn’t the first time the rivalry has been put on hold. Though on the other occasions, it was Michigan’s fault. Leaders and Learners In 1887, per Notre Dame’s request, Michigan traveled to South Bend for a joint training session to teach the Irish football. Not surprising given the circumstances, Michigan won the next day’s game, 8-0, an amicable beginning to what would become a bitter rivalry. “The Michigan boys, the champions of the West, came more to instruct them in the points of the Rugby game than to win fresh laurels,” wrote Scholastic, Notre Dame’s student newspaper. “This occasion has started an enthusiastic football boom, and it is hoped that coming years will witness a series of these contests.” As the Wolverines departed South Bend, Scholastic continued, Rev. President Matthew Walsh thanked them and assured future teams of a “cordial reception” on their campus. This weekend, you might have a hard time finding that. The Wolverines won the first eight games of the series, conceding just 10 points total in that span, and the programs met sporadically until the Irish claimed their first victory over Michigan in 1909.
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Michigan and Notre Dame have intertwined stories, beginning with the Wolverines teaching the Irish football in 1887. The Daily dives into the history books.
Then, they didn’t play again until 1942. What happened? An untimely cancellation The day of Michigan’s game at Notre Dame in 2012, Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbick delivered a note to Dave Brandon. Not thinking much of it, Brandon waited until after the contest to read it. Because the envelope had been received before kickoff, that night’s Irish win counted as one of the required three games notice, meaning the series could end in 2014 rather than 2015. But last-minute cancellations are nothing new. In fact, Michigan did it first, and with much less warning. The Wolverines were scheduled to host Notre Dame in 1910, but Michigan coach Fielding H. Yost argued that two Irish players had exceeded their eligibility. The team from South Bend, though, said otherwise and planned to dress the athletes in question. So the day before the game, Michigan called it off.
“It is understood here that this ends all athletic relations between Michigan and Notre Dame,” The New York Times reported on Nov. 5, 1910. Some of the animosity stemmed from Yost’s disdain for Catholics. By the mid-1920s, he spearheaded a campaign to bar Notre Dame from joining the Big Ten or playing conference opponents. The Wolverines didn’t meet their nearby rivals again until 1942, after Yost had left his position as Athletic Director. Blip in the radar: Two meetings during World War II In 1942 and 1943, Michigan and Notre Dame met in a homeand-home series, with each team winning on the road. But relations between coaches Fritz Crisler and the Irish’s Frank Leahy were strained. When Notre Dame invited Crisler to its postseason banquet in 1942, the Michigan coach replied expressing his “deep disappointment” in having to decline, according to John Kryk’s
book, Natural Enemies. Later, Crisler told an alumnus that, “I have my tongue in my cheek when I say that.” After the 1943 meeting, Notre Dame sought to schedule more meetings with the Wolverines. Crisler revealed Michigan’s position in December, telling the Associated Press that “we’d better wait until we know more about what football will be like in the next few years.” As Kryk’s book details, Crisler also believed that the Wolverines’ affiliation with the Big Ten complicated efforts to schedule Notre Dame, and the coach regularly dismissed Leahy’s requests for future meetings. In 1946, Michigan even went as far as creating an official policy mandating that their three non-conference games be against a team from the East, one from the West and Michigan State — which at the time was independent — effectively eliminating the Irish from schedule consideration. The series went on hiatus again until 1978.
A man, a plan, Canham: The modern era Hired in 1968, at a time when Michigan Stadium averaged fewer than 70,000 fans, former Athletic Director Don Canham is the reason Michigan has had at least 100,000 people crammed into the Big House in every game since Nov. 8, 1975. He’s known for slapping the block ‘M’ on anything that would sell in order to promote Michigan’s brand, but he also recognized the value of big-name opponents and rivalries. Notre Dame Athletic Director Moose Krause approached Canham at a banquet before the 1969 season and suggested their football teams play again. Canham quickly agreed with a handshake, and the series resumed in 1978. The following year, Michigan hosted the Irish for the first time in more than three decades. And on that afternoon, 105,111 fans packed the Big House. The teams have played regularly since.
There’s a reason the Wolverines and Notre Dame have met just 41 times since the rivalry’s humble roots in 1887. The majority of the blame falls on Michigan, which — for legitimate reasons or not — has found excuses to avoid scheduling the program from South Bend. Last September, Irish coach Brian Kelly stirred up controversy by arguing that the series isn’t a “historic, traditional” rivalry. At least in some ways, he’s right. Unlike Michigan-Ohio State or Notre Dame-USC, this one has almost always been expendable. Because of Notre Dame’s new obligation to play five ACC programs every year, the Irish had to make some cuts. The rivalries with Big Ten adversaries Michigan State (77 total meetings) and Purdue (85) survived. The one with Michigan did not. But in other ways, Kelly’s comments downplayed the importance of the series. Michigan and Notre Dame are just three hours apart by car. They possess storied, intertwined histories (the birth of the Irish football program, its status as an FBS independent, the fierce debate surrounding the 1947 championship). The game has served as a barometer, an early test to determine which program deserves the most respect in the Midwest. After all, Notre Dame and Michigan boast 1,786 combined wins and are No. 1 and No. 2 in all-time winning percentage. That margin is so close the Wolverines can surpass the Irish with a victory Saturday, a fitting bookend to the series as it once again enters a hiatus. For a rivalry with so much history, it has been mired by controversy, and abandoned time and again for petty and political reasons. But Saturday, just like that day 127 years ago, the Wolverines will travel to South Bend and there will be football.
The series’ three best games Who gets the last laugh? By GREG GARNO
Hoke called Irish “chicken;” Kelly dismissed rivalry
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The Daily has been covering the rivalry since 1920, and we broke down the three best games in the storied history.
By MAX COHEN No. 3: Notre Dame 29 — Michigan 27 (1980) The Daily dubbed it a “seesaw battle” in which the Fighting Irish’s Harry Oliver nailed a 51-yard field goal as time expired. Oliver, who called the kick “by far the greatest moment of my life,” finished a drive that began with just 41 seconds to go in the game. Michigan, though, had mounted a comeback after it fell down 14-0 early in the first half. It fought back to score 21 unanswered points thanks to two touchdown passes from John Wangler. He threw his third late in the fourth quarter to Craig Dunaway to give the Wolverines the lead for a fleeting moment. Former coach Bo Schembechler said then: “It was a great Michigan effort. We have nothing to be ashamed of.” The Daily’s Stan Bradbury called it, “Heartache, plain and simple.” Notre Dame and Michigan both lost two games that season, but the Wolverines won the Rose Bowl that year over Washington. No. 2: Michigan 26 — Notre Dame 24 (1994) The Wolverines exacted revenge after the 1980 heartbreaking loss by delivering one of their own. Michigan quarterback Todd Collins mounted a drive with 46 seconds to go on the 17-yard line, marching down the field, escaping what seemed to be an imminent sack to set up Remy Hamilton’s 42-yard field goal with seven seconds to go.
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Michigan and Notre Dame have regularly been among the country’s best.
Hamilton kicked three field goals before that, connecting on his longest for the game winner. Until then, Hamilton had made one field goal in his entire career. Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz called a timeout as the play clock wound down in an attempt to ice Hamilton, but the added time gave him a chance to set up. “(Notre Dame) did us a favor,” Hamilton said after the game. “Thanks, Lou.” Wolverine fans swarmed the field and stormed down South University in celebration. “I’m sure I won’t appreciate this until I’m older,” Hamilton said. Collins, meanwhile, passed for 224 yards while tailback Tshimanga Biakabutuka (an all-time great name) rushed for 100 yards. Collins shined in a game overshadowed by star quarterback Ron Pawlus. Michael Rosenburg, now with Sports Illustrated, wrote then: “I’m telling you it’s perfect. Another chapter in the folklore.” No. 1: Michigan 35 — Notre Dame 31 (2011) Games like this are tough to
script. The kind that are hyped up so much and live up to it. In the program’s first-ever night game, Michigan completed one of its best finishes. Trailing 24-7, the Wolverines scored 21 unanswered points behind quarterback Denard Robinson. Even the Fighting Irish’s touchdown with 30 seconds left to retake the lead wasn’t enough. Robinson erased three quarters of ugly football when he found Jeremy Gallon alone on the sideline before connecting with Roy Roundtree in the end zone with two seconds remaining. The Daily’s Tim Rohan, now with the New York Times, said of the game in his column: “The crowd was roaring, woken up from its slumber by a team that needed waking itself. Every maize pom-pom beat the air in unison. The event — the first night game ever, the largest crowd ever, the anticipation building because it seemed everyone who had ever called Ann Arbor home was back in town this weekend — felt larger than life. Under the lights. “And the game was outshining the event.”
It has been two years since Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon was handed the letter that said Notre Dame Michigan at was opting out of its series Notre Dame with the Matchup: Michigan Wolverines. Now, the 1-0; Notre final meeting Dame 1-0 is here. When: Saturday Saturday’s game in 7:30 P.M. South Bend Where: Notre will be the Dame Stadium last meeting TV: NBC between the programs for the foreseeable future, ending a historic rivalry. There has been no shortage of controversy and bold statements since Brandon received the letter. Michigan coach Brady Hoke called the Fighting Irish “chickens” for opting out and Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly deemed the rivalry “regional” before the game was played in 2013, a sentiment with which Hoke and many fans disagreed. Just last week, Michigan senior defensive end Frank Clark said the conclusion of the rivalry felt like “a slap in the face.” Another perceived slap in the face to the Wolverines came with Thursday’s announcement
of a home-and-home series between Notre Dame and Ohio State in 2022 and 2023. The Fighting Irish said they didn’t have room for the series with Michigan, and the announcement indicates that they may view the Wolverines’ chief rival as a better program despite Michigan winning four of the last five games against Notre Dame. But this week, both coaches have noticeably avoided creating more drama. Kelly was careful with his words at his weekly press conference Monday to prevent adding any additional fuel to the fire. He was asked if the end of the rivalry would be a good thing for college football because of the opportunities both teams will be able to pursue in its place. The coach jumped around the question but still wanted reassurance that he did well in his response. “How did I do with that? Pretty good?” Kelly asked. Hoke has been more coy than usual this week, particularly in regard to his own team. He hasn’t commented on injuries since Monday and refused to reveal which offensive linemen will play. The status of freshman cornerback Jabrill Peppers and senior linebacker Desmond Morgan, both potential difference-makers, is uncertain. The offensive line also comes into the game with numerous questions. Hoke has maintained that he has a plan for the unit all week, but he hasn’t divulged what exactly it is.
“They pipe in their own music. ... It’s right in back of us.”
At center, redshirt junior Graham Glasgow has fulfilled his one-game suspension, meaning he could possibly replace redshirt junior Jack Miller at the position. Fifthyear senior Joey Burzynski started at right guard against Appalachian State but was replaced by redshirt sophomore Kyle Kalis in the first half. Hoke has given no indication about which players have been earning the reps in practice or who will play Saturday. Hoke has acknowledged that crowd noise will be a factor on the road. He has taken to playing the Notre Dame fight song in front of his players all week so it won’t faze them. He predicted Wednesday that the preparation of his players will help them overcome the road environment despite the difficulties it presents. “The intensity in the stress that we can continue to put on our players so that when you do go to a great venue and play a game, a place where it’s going to be loud — they pipe in their own music, as we all know,” Hoke said. “It’s right in back of us.” On the field, Notre Dame presents its own problems. Quarterback Everett Golson looked sharp in his return last week after missing the 2013 season because of academic dishonesty. He threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns in addition to rushing for three more in Notre Dame’s 48-17 drubbing of Rice. Michigan’s pass defense shut down Appalachian State, but Golson presents a far greater challenge, as does the entire Fighting Irish team. Michigan lost the last time it played in South Bend, when Brandon was handed the letter that ended the rivalry. Saturday is the Wolverines’ chance to get the last word.
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