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This year’s Winter Commencement speaker is a man who names both fictional astronaut Buck Rogers and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as inspirations. NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. will be the commencement’s honorary guest speaker, the University announced early Monday. The commencement ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on Sun., Dec. 14 at the Crisler Center. Under Bolden’s leadership, NASA has launched a spacecraft to Jupiter, landed a Mars rover and enhanced Earthobserving satellites. NASA aims to create U.S. vehicles to travel
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to the International Space Station by 2017 and launch the James Webb Space Telescope, which has been created to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope, by 2018. President Barack Obama’s tenure has seen a fundamental reorientation of NASA. Bolden increased public-private partnerships during a time of major budget cuts to NASA. Bolden is the first Black administrator of NASA. Bolden is a veteran of four spaceflights, two of which he commanded. In 1990, he commanded Space Shuttle Discovery and its deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, and in 1994 he commanded the first joint U.S. and Russian Space Shuttle mission. Born in Columbia, S.C., Bolden was captivated by the adventures of fiction hero Buck Rogers as a child. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical science. After graduSee NASA, Page 3A
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Kineseology Prof. Rodney Fort speaks at The Values of College Sport Conference Saturday in Hatcher.
Conference looks at role of ‘U’ athletics Theme Semester event highlights issues needing to be addressed By MARGO LEVY Daily Staff Reporter
Students and faculty gathered on the main floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library on Friday and Saturday to discuss a topic that has stirred debate across campus this week: intercollegiate sports. The two-day conference — co-hosted by the LSA Theme
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Semester, the School of Kineseology, the University’s Office of Research, Rackham Graduate School and several departments within LSA — featured keynote addresses alongside specialized panels covering a variety of disciplines, including economics, well-being, education and ethics. The conference came as the University faces key decisions about the future of its athletics programs and closely follows University President Mark Schlissel’s candid statements regarding the state of athletics with the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs last Monday
“We admit students who aren’t as qualified, and it’s probably the kids that we admit that can’t honestly, even with lots of help, do the amount of work and the quality of work it takes to make progression from year to year,” Schlissel said Monday. He later qualified his remarks in an interview with The Michigan Daily, clarifying that students are admitted to the University based on their expected ability to succeed in its academic environment. Event organizers said the opportune scheduling was coincidental, as planning for the conSee CONFERENCE, Page 3A
Defensive end arrested on domestic violence, assault charges By MAX COHEN Daily Sports Editor
New details were reported Sunday night regarding the weekend arrest of Frank Clark, a senior defensive end on the Michigan football team. Clark was booked into the Erie County (Ohio) jail early Sunday morning after being charged with a domestic violence offense. An additional charge of assault was added later Sunday, according to the Sandusky Register, which obtained the police report detailing the circumstances of Clark’s arrest. Clark is slated to appear in Sandusky Municipal Court on Monday at 9 a.m. According to the report, the incident took place while he and his live-in girlfriend were staying at Maui Sands Hotel See CLARK, Page 3A
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After 14 years, Hieftje leaves lasting legacy on city policies Incoming mayor Taylor aims to continue Hieftje’s approach to A 2 By EMMA KERR Daily Staff Reporter ROBERT DUNNE/Daily
Engineering junior Richard Nakkula and freshman Pascal Strumfels juggle at Miscellania’s Crash Course Convention, a workshop for students interested in new skills, Sunday at Palmer Commons.
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Data Dive gives students real-life experience in interpreting data Event encourages skill-sharing among participants By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
Students and Ann Arbor residents banded together with local nonprofit organizations this weekend to discover ways to
better interpret and use institutional data in A2 Data Dive, an annual community event. Four nonprofits — SafeHouse Center, Summer in the City, Ozone House and 826michigan — contributed institutional data for the programmers to analyze. The data provided was anonymous on an individual level. Data Dive featured 102 volunteer programmers, consisting mostly of graduate students in the School
of Information. Jackie Cohen, A2 Data Dive coordinator, said the emphasis for the event this year — the third time it has been held in Ann Arbor— was to encourage skill-sharing between participants. The event was founded by Nikki Roda and Claire Barco, both 2013 graduates of the master’s program in the School of Information. They were See DATA, Page 3A
Today will mark the first Ann Arbor City Council meeting in 14 years to be presided over by someone other than John Hieftje. As the final term of Ann Arbor’s longeststanding mayor came to an end last week, a new chapter begins for the city with the succession of Mayor Christopher Taylor. Taylor, who ran on a platform of continuing in the direction Hieftje established during his time as mayor, garnered 84 percent of the vote in the general election earlier this month. His ties to Hieftje have been strong over the years, and during the past three years, Hieftje and Taylor were in agreement on approximately 84 percent of votes taken since 2012. It is likely Taylor’s stances on key issues such as Universitycity relations, development and infrastructure will echo those of Hieftje. Some of the more controversial
topics from 2014 include Hieftje and Taylor’s support of SPARK, a city-funded organization that aims to increase economic development in Ann Arbor; their decision to support the building plan of 413 E. Huron, a controversial development decision made this year; and their decision to vote against amending the city’s crosswalk ordinance, another key issue that will return to the Council under the sponsorship of Councilmember Steve Kunselman (D– Ward 3). Despite the shift in leadership and the addition of three new faces to the Council, Hieftje said he believes Taylor’s transition to the mayoral office will be a smooth one, adding that he is very optimistic about the direction the city is headed in. “I think the city is in very good shape,” Hieftje said. “I wouldn’t want to trade budgets with any other city.” “Our pension funds and our retirement funds have both gotten high grades from our auditors, and the city has very good job growth, which we found out during the recession,” he added. “We had the lowest unemployment in the state so the city appears to me to be in pretty good shape.” Hieftje said though the Uni-
versity and city have had their disagreements, their relationship has continued to improve over the years and city officials have been able to communicate and work well with University officials about issues as they arise. “We don’t like it when the University takes property off of the tax rolls, we don’t like it when they put up a giant electronic billboard outside of the stadium, the city doesn’t allow those to be built in the city limits but the University, of course, is above that,” Hieftje said. “But what people don’t understand is that there are many, many more areas where the city and the University really do cooperate.” When Hieftje ran for mayor in 2000, he was serving in his first term as a councilmember. Relatively new to Council, Hieftje held his seat as mayor for seven terms — longer than any mayor has served in Ann Arbor’s history. He said his decision to continue running for re-election stemmed from his desire to see the initiatives he began through to completion, particularly in light of the 2008 recession. “I turned out to be the longest-serving mayor and I hadn’t planned on that at all, but I think See MAYOR, Page 3A
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The University’s Board of Regents voted against creating a non-voting student seat on the board and against endorsing student involvement in other parts of the University’s policymaking process. In a short statement, Regent David Laro (R), characterized the idea of a non-voting student member as “inappropriate.” Regent Robert Nederlander (D) also read a resolution from the board that said they were unwilling to order other University entities to include students. The two proposals originated from recommendations of the Commission to Study Stu-
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The Board of Regents criticized the administration for their seven-year licensing deal with Nike and ordered University Secretary Harold Johnson to provide them with a summary of all the policies involved in the contract. “It struck me that it has profound implications on how we project ourselves to the world,” said Regent Laurence Deitch (D). “I submit that there are some things that are important such as whether or not we let a shoe company piggyback on 170 years of tradition to peddle some shoes.”
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In an effort to expose students to the sounds of Detroit, the student organization Crowd 313 hosted its annual SoundFest this weekend. The event, held at Luther Co-op, featured music from Detroit-based DJs and bands.
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Monday’s meeting of the Ann Arbor City Council will be the first led by Mayor Christopher Taylor. It will feature a resolution that would empower City Administrator Steve Powers to allocate money for this winter’s emergency shelter and warming center, a resolution to approve a lease with the University regarding the Fuller Park parking lot and a resolution for Powers and City Attorney Stephen K. Postema to negotiate a lease with Fifth Fourth, LLC. Resolution for Powers to allocate money to emergency shelters At the last Council meeting,
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Resolution to approve Fuller Park parking lot land lease with the University The Council will discuss and vote on the Fuller Park parking lot lease agreement with the University. If approved, this resolution, which has been on the Council’s agenda three times — postponed twice — and requires eight votes for approval, will allow the University to use three parking lots at Fuller Park. The current lease expired Aug. 31. The new lease term will be two years, but the University can renew the lease for an additional two-year period. The lease is slated to generate of $78,665 for the city and will be recognized in the Parks & Recreation General Fund budget. The University and city have been in agreement regarding Fuller Park’s Lot A since Sept. 29, 1993. Two more parking lots, Lot B and Lot C, were added to the lease in 2009. Resolution for Postema and Powers to negotiate a lease with Fifth Fourth, LLC Councilmembers Mike Anglin (D–Ward 5), Jack Eaton, (D–Ward 4), Sumi Kailasapathy (D–Ward 1) and Jane Lumm (I– Ward 2) will sponsor a resolution to direct Postema, the city attorney, and Powers to negotiate with Fifth Fourth, LLC, for a short-term parking area lease to be added to the municipal parking system. Fifth Fourth, LLC expressed interest in a partnership with the city for a two-year public parking lot on 350 S. Fifth Ave., a vacant property the company currently owns. Fifth Fourth has also requested that the city be responsible for management and operations. However, Fifth Fourth is willing to donate one half of the revenues from the operations of the lot to the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
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Circle K hosts annual 24-hour service event ‘Service Day’ inspires student outreach around campus, Ann Arbor By THERESE BREUCH For the Daily
The football team had a bye week this weekend, but students found a pretty good substitute for their time in the student section. In a span of 24 hours, students completed 118 community service projects in a span of 24 hours Saturday for the 10th annual Circle K Service Day. Circle K International is a co-ed service organization sponsored by the nonprofit Kiwanis International. Their mission is to cultivate college students into responsible citizens with a commitment to service.
The University’s chapter’s Circle K Service Day is its largest event of the year. This year’s event was carnival-themed, and the Ginsberg Center, which served as a headquarters for the event, was decorated with red and white streamers, handmade posters, colored flags and a popcorn machine. Circle K President Ashley Austin, a Business senior, said people come for as many or as few projects as they want to participate in throughout the day. “The idea of it is just to expose all of U of M students to community service and show how much of an impact can be made in one day,” Austin said. LSA junior Taylor Sullivan, Circle K charity awareness chair, said the organization is hoping to fundraise over $2,000 this year for The Eliminate Project, which aims to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus, a potentially fatal condition that results from
soil spores coming into contact with exposed cuts or abrasions during childbirth. The main fundraiser of the event consisted of throwing a whipped cream pie at five members of the leadership team at midnight. Anyone who came through the Ginsberg Center during the event could donate money designated to a member of the leadership team. The five members who received the most donations were pied in the face. In addition to Circle K Service Day, the organization completes three to four community service projects each day throughout the year and focuses on leadership development and friendship. “It’s really amazing how you can get together with a community of people who are interested in the same thing as you are,” Sullivan said. “We have a little token phrase, but it’s really true. People come for the service and stay for the friendship.”
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CLARK From Page 1A in Sandusky, Ohio. Clark allegedly punched his girlfriend in the face, and she fell into and broke a hotel lamp. The victim said Clark pinned her to the bed, according to the Register’s report. The victim’s brother was allegedly in the vicinity of the incident and told police he saw Clark grab her by the neck and slam her to the ground. A person staying in a neighboring hotel room called hotel employees to inform them of the incident, describing it as “sound(ing) like a head was being bounced off the wall.” The police were called at about 10:30 p.m. to respond to an incident involving a woman passed out inside a hotel room. According to the report, Clark had left the hotel room and was approached by an officer when he arrived at the scene.
CONFERENCE From Page 1A ference had been underway for many months. English Prof. Anne Curzan, the University’s faculty athletics representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Big Ten conference, played a major part in bringing such a conference to the University. Curzan also works as one of the leaders of LSA’s Theme Semester “Sport and the University.” Her role as faculty liaison to the University Athletic Department was a major topic of conversation at last Monday’s SACUA meeting, in which Schlissel stated that the department “often tries to keep her at arm’s length.” In his interview with the Daily, Schlissel said his comments were an overstatement and clarified that Curzan has full access to student-athletes. Curzan approached Comparative Literature Prof. Yago Colás last year to discuss the possible production of a conference to assess the values of sport to national universities. Based on his experience studying and writing about the culture of sports, Colás was a logical candidate to organize the conference. He has traditionally taught a seminar-style class at the University each winter titled The Cultures of Basketball, which is popular among athletes and non-athletes alike. Colás said he supported Schlissel’s statements regarding University athletics, adding that he feels the negative reactions to the statement detracted from Schlissel’s larger goal of improving the department’s connection to the University. “I appreciate that he is thinking critically about sports at Michigan and seems to have a will to try to make sure that we have our sports programs serve the educational mission of the University — I share that goal with him,” Colás said. “I think — probably out of inexperience, perhaps, or a lack of familiarity with the culture here — he kind of painted too broad a brush, and was overly general. “Unfortunately I think that has created a kind of backlash of criticism which has caused the impulse behind his remarks to be overlooked,” he added. Colás said he envisioned the conference as an interdisciplinary discussion. For that reason, he saw it as only logical to ask two professors from two very different disciplines to help co-host the event with him. “What is particularly of interest to me was to bring together humanists and social scientists,” said Comparative Literature Prof. Silke-Maria Weineck, a conference co-organizer. “So just the fact that this is co-sponsored by
Clark allegedly told the officer, “I didn’t do s--- to her. I didn’t touch that woman. She is a woman.” He added, “I don’t know what they do, what they go through, I don’t know what she’s going through. I know she is going through some crazy fits, and she may be pregnant.” According to the Register, Clark had a bloody nose and remained silent throughout followup questions. The victim did not want to pursue charges against Clark. Prior to the Register’s report, Michigan football coach Brady Hoke released the following statement: “We are aware of the report involving Frank Clark. I have not spoken with Frank but will at the appropriate time. We will respect the legal process and make any decisions once we have the facts.” The Athletic Department did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.
the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and the School of Kinesiology, I think is a huge success right in itself.” Throughout the conference, there were no direct suggestions that intercollegiate sports should be eliminated, but within each panel, concerns were raised as to whether sports are being incorporated in the most efficient way. However, the conference was not designed to think of solutions, but rather to foster thoughtful discussions. A Saturday panel focusing on education featured Colás along with former Michigan basketball player Jimmy King, a member of the “Fab Five,” and Psychology Prof. Robert Sellers. A question and answer segment followed the panel. While Colás discussed his experience teaching about the topic of sports, King reflected on his time at the University as a student-athlete. Colás noted that at the beginning of his course it is impossible to ignore the divide between athletes and non-athletes. “The students who are not basketball players, including many who are athletes in other sports, appear starstruck to varying degrees,” Colás said. “Unlike those athletes from other sports, the basketball players seem shy and almost suspicious, or at least cautious … Perhaps they are aware of their status in the eyes of other students; aware, I mean, that they are, on our campus anyway, public figures who must weigh their words and actions carefully.” “Perhaps they have internalized, or at least sensitized, to the common public view that they are somehow not ‘real’ students,” Colás added. “All in all, that first day feels tense to me, fraught with division and a kind of defensive mutual wariness, that strikes me as emblematic, if not symptomatic of the strain that our model of intercollegiate athletics, and the social values it expresses, can place on education.” As the course progressed, Colás said he was thrilled with the apparent decline in divisions between students based on their status at the University. King is no stranger to this disconnect that Colás described. Reflecting on his time on campus, he believes that it is the University’s responsibility to break away from the barriers that have been passed down for generations. “There is no one person in the classroom that is superior to the other when it comes to recognition of being a basketball player or football player or any kind of athlete,” King said. “When we recognize that, and we acknowledge that, and we truly operate from that mindset, we will be better off as a community as a whole.”
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DATA From Page 1A inspired to create the event after Roda attended an event in New York hosted by DataKind, a New York-based nonprofit that has inspired similar events at colleges across the country. “We’ve really shifted the focus a lot towards education and students teaching one another and sharing data manipulation skills, instead of focusing mostly on what DataKind does, which is bringing data analysis service to organizations that need it,” Cohen said. “We do that too, but we’re focused on education.” At the event, participants were separated into four rooms, each
MAYOR From Page 1A my time as mayor was lengthened by the recession,” Hieftje said. “I wanted to make sure the city got through the recession, and I also wanted to be there to make sure our new city administrator Steve Powers got off to a good solid start.” Hieftje said though he ran for mayor with significant environmental goals, he was met with
NASA From Page 1A ating, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, where he flew more than 100 combat missions in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Bolden returned to the United States and earned his master’s degree in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1977. He joined NASA in 1980 where his many roles have included technical assistant to the director of Flight Crew Operations, lead astronaut for vehicle test and checkout, chief of the Safety Division at Johnson Space Center and assistant deputy administrator. In 1994, Bolden returned to active duty with the Marine Corps. He served as deputy commandant of midshipmen at the Naval Academy and then as deputy commander of the United States Forces Japan, among other leadership positions. In their communication to the regents recommending Bolden, the Committee on Honorary Degrees highlighted his passion for ameliorating disparities in education, heath, employment and income. In 2003, Bolden filed amicus curiae briefs supporting the University’s affirmative action policy during the contentious lawsuits Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger. Bolden worked with University President Emeritus James Duderstadt and the late MIT President Emeritus Chuck Vest on diversity initiatives throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Bolden also helped in engaging University engineering and science initiatives to attract more minority students to careers in these fields. “You have been an exemplar of
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of which corresponded to one of the participating nonprofits. Maintaining a focus on education, one room was also specifically designated for participants with little to no experience with formatting data. They were guided by more experienced participants. Information graduate student Hannah Brookhart, who participated in the education session, said she appreciated the career experience the event provided. “I’m really interested in archiving data,” she said. “I’m at the School of Information to become an archivist so I thought that this would be a great place to learn how to manipulate data and also analyze it. It was really great actually; I did things that I didn’t
think that I could do.” Students with previous programming experience also said they felt they gained experience from the event. Information graduate student Madeleine Filloux, who worked with 826michigan during the event, said she saw A2 Data Dive as a good opportunity to work with real data from organizations. “In class we do projects, but it’s a whole other thing to deal with data that companies have actually been collecting because it might be less well formatted or more messy,” she said. “It’s kind of the real side of data that you don’t always see in class.” Meanwhile, representatives from the nonprofits involved in the event said they appreciated
that they were able to help students gain experience while also having their data analyzed. This was Ozone House’s second year at A2 Data Dive, and Allie Schachter, the organization’s grants and evaluation director, said they will participate again. “[Data Dive] helps us sort of be able to better show our impact by building these visualizations for us that we don’t have the familiarity with, the software in-house to do,” Schachter said. “It’s great data, which we love to share with the community to show, you know, representing issues of young people we see in the community and who’s calling us, and the ongoing needs of the youth.”
unexpected realities during his time serving as mayor. And although his hopes for the city’s future are high, he cautions councilmembers and Taylor to make adequate preparations for the worst. “I learned that you’ve got to follow through with the environmental stuff, and I have and the city has, but you also need to be prepared for hard times economically, and I think that was the lesson of the 2000s,” Hieftje said. “The city has to remain prepared
for hard times economically.” Early in his time as mayor, Hieftje focused on reducing the size of the city’s bureaucracy — a decision he said he has been grateful for in recent years. Hieftje said following the recession, Ann Arbor lost its largest single taxpayer when the University took over what was once the Pfizer property near North Campus. He added that with the rising costs of health care, looking for ways to save money and have a balanced budget is key for the
success of the city Hieftje said he will be seeking environmental projects in the coming year, doing consulting work and teaching a course on local governments at the Ford School of Public Policy. “Students who are interested in getting into politics at any level should recognize the fact that a lot of people who are in politics got their start in local government,” Hieftje said. “I believe people can influence the government much more at the local level.”
leadership and courage throughout your illustrious career as a public servant,” the committee wrote. “You also are admired and respected for your unwavering support of diversity, social justice and programs that encourage students to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.” At the Winter Commencement, Bolden and three others will receive honorary degrees from the University. Bolden will earn a Doctor of Science honorary degree, joined by atmospheric scientist Ralph J. Cicerone and geneticist Hamilton O. Smith. Susanne Baer, a judge in Germany’s highest court, will earn the Doctor of Laws honorary degree.
under the German Constitution. The German Parliament elected Judge Baer to a 12-year term in 2011. She is one of five women on the 16-member court and the first openly gay member. She has created opportunities for University of Michigan Law School graduates to clerk at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
Hamilton O. Smith Smith, a Nobel laureate, will be the third recipient of the University’s Doctor of Science award. Smith and his colleagues received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for discovering restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics. Currently, he researches genomics at the J. Craig Venter Institute and is an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Smith was born in New York City, received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He served two years in the Navy and completed his medical residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. In 1962, Smith began research as a postdoctoral fellow at the University’s Department of Human Genetics. Apart from his Nobel-winning research, Smith has made many important discoveries in the field of genetics. He found one of the first types of restriction enzymes, worked on gene arrangement and sequence and was part of the team that sequenced the first genome of a self-replicating, freeliving organism — the Haemophilus influenzae bacterium. In 2002, Smith became the Venter Institute’s scientific director of synthetic biology and bioenergy. In 2010, the institute created the first bacterial cell running entirely from a chemically synthesized genome. Smith was inducted into University’s Medical Center Alumni Society Hall of Honor in 2006.
Susanne Baer The recipient of the Doctor of Laws honorary degree is a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and a professor of public law and gender studies at Humboldt University of Berlin. Baer earned her Master of Laws degree at the University. At Humboldt, Baer directs the Law and Society Institute Berlin and co-founded its Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies. She served as the law faculty’s dean of academic affairs and vice president for academic and international affairs. She also codirects the Law in Context project at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin. Baer works to advance feminist legal theory through her teaching and writing. Publishing in both English and German, she proposed allowing women’s groups to file suit against pornography that depicts degrading subordination of women and men. The Federal Constitutional Court hears all cases brought to it by individuals who believe their rights have been violated
Ralph J. Cicerone The Committee on Honorary Degrees will award a Doctor of Science to Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences and one of the world’s foremost atmospheric scientists. Cicerone often testifies before Congress and advises the White House on issues such as greenhouse gases and ozone depletion. He served as a researcher in electrical engineering at the University from 1970 to 1978. In 2007, the University established the Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professorship of Atmospheric Science in his honor. He spent much of his career at the University of California, Irvine. There, he founded the Department of Earth System Science and served as dean of UC Irvine’s School of Physical Sciences from 1994 to 1998 and as chancellor from 1998 to 2005. In 2001, Cicerone led a climate study at the National Academy of Sciences confirming the role of human activities in global warming. He was elected NAS president and chair of the National Research Council in 2005. Cicerone is a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and was president of the American Geophysical Union.
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STUDENT ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE | VIEWPOINT
Student-athletes want to be heard To Whom It May Concern: We are Michigan student-athletes. Among the recent controversy regarding Michigan Athletics, our voices have been left out. It’s time for us to be heard. We believe that recent coverage of Michigan Athletics has been largely one-sided. Understand that media coverage and decisions made about Michigan Athletics intimately affect our lives. We have been insulted and discredited not only as student-athletes, but as people. Out of respect to our university, we have stayed silent for weeks; now, we feel the need to speak up. We appreciate the discourse among stakeholders in Michigan Athletics: alumni, students, administrators and the community we serve. We have no problem with people expressing opinions of the administration that, in large part, governs our experience as student-athletes. What we do have a problem with is those outside of our 900-plus-strong community attempting to speak for us. The balance that student-athletes maintain between academics and athletics is under intense scrutiny. One example of many appeared last week in University President Mark Schlissel’s comments regarding studentathlete academic eligibility and performance. “We admit students who aren’t as qualified, and it’s probably the kids that we admit that can’t honestly, even with lots of help, do the amount of work and the quality of work it takes to make progression from year to year.” Let us be clear: this is just one example of a misunderstanding that has left us feeling disappointed and frustrated. We have acknowledged President Schlissel’s apology, but maintain that his comments are not only hurtful, but indicative of a larger problem on campus. Public perception of student-athletes is too easily swayed by the media and deafening public opinion. Our objective in the near future is to take back the autonomy of our image. We
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are here for an education; there is nothing less that is expected of us simply because we are student-athletes, and we hold ourselves to the same standard as every other student on campus. The discourse of prior weeks, as shortsighted as it is, comes from a history much deeper than the events of this fall. A history where it is OK to dismiss student-athletes as dumb, unmotivated and one-dimensional simply because of the time they spend outside of school. Stereotyping diminishes not only its perpetrators and its victims, but the entire campus community that should value diversity and compassion over judgment and spite. We consider it the ultimate honor to wear the block ‘M’ , and this is a unifying value throughout campus. The block ‘M’ unites us all — students and musicians and engineers and actors and activists and researchers and student-athletes. It’s a privilege to share this tradition, one that we believe is the best in the world. We appreciate all contributions to make Michigan the Leaders and Best and hope our contributions are valued as well. In President Schlissel’s inaugural address, he implored us to agree on three central tenets, the third of which stated that “as members of this community, we will always seek out, encourage, and value all voices.” In these times of turbulence, we turn to you, no matter how you wear the block ‘M’ . We are asking for our unique voice to be received with curiosity instead of judgment; and we promise that to yours, we will do the same. Cooper Charlton is an LSA junior and SAAC President, Kevin Bain is a Ross senior and SAAC Vice President, Becca Garfinkel is an LSA senior and SAAC Vice President of NCAA Reform, Gina McNamara is an LSA junior and SAAC Community Engagement Chair, and Leslie Smith is an LSA senior and SAAC Marketing and Communications Chair.
and it is individual efforts that are quantified, measured and used to determine our future. Collegiate society is based entirely upon competition and individual performance. From day one of freshman year, good grades, internships and respectable careers are all being vied for by millions of students obsessed with trying to outshine each other. To stay relevant in the dogged competition takes perseverance, blind luck and harnessing of any controllable variables. Getting sick is up to luck. Getting sick and then still going to class is the only thing a student can do that wouldn’t only make the situation worse. Discouraging the spread of illness is a laudable social position, but it doesn’t stand up to logic. It’s true that there would be less suffering for everyone if nobody with a tripledigit temperature ever tried to limp through a full day of classes, but if you never expected to meet suffering in college, prepare for surprise. College is a breeding ground for suffering. In the end, you either get that degree or you don’t. Students trying to integrate a perpetually runny nose into their normal routine have it as bad as anybody, and are still just trying to do what they came here to do. Nature and all her harshness shows no mercy on us, making it worse when we don’t show empathy toward each other. The only way to try and make it seem like we aren’t the playthings of chance is to combat adversity with mutual understanding and community. Going to class sick is much more an act of survival than of selfishness. Comfort is the cost of progress and it has to be paid.
Going to class sick is much more of an act of survival than of selfishness.
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The battle over blood
fter reading a previous column of mine in which I questioned the legitimacy of the FDA’s continued ban on men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood, the University’s Blood Drives United, a studentrun organization AUSTIN sponsored by the DAVIS Alpha Phi Omega co-ed national service fraternity, contacted me about it. The group’s members urged me to meet with them so that they could receive some feedback from a queer student on the different projects they’ve begun in an attempt to bring student awareness to the policy. The FDA’s 1983 implementation of the ban barring MSM from donating blood was, at the time, a step made in response to a real and palpable fear: due to technological constraints that limited the extent to which HIV antibodies could be detected in donated blood, healthy patients of blood transfusions stood a chance of inadvertently contracting HIV from infected blood without physicians ever knowing. Banning the population with the highest occurrence of HIV seemed — and admittedly was — an acceptable and logical action in an attempt to halt further dissemination of the virus. Thirty years later, however, a ban that was made to protect the public could be one that potentially kills it. The Red Cross reports that it continues to be about 40,000 units of blood behind daily quotas, a hefty number that could be significantly diminished if MSM were allowed to donate along with the rest of the population. Because of this, simply not having access to blood seems much more potentially harmful than the one in 6.5 million chance that a healthy donor could receive infected blood; current medical technology can detect the HIV antibodies as early as nine days after infection, and blood from every donor is readily screened before being deemed viable for use. Before meeting with LSA senior Samantha Rea and others
on BDU’s executive board, I held bureaucratic constraints as reasons negative views on the initiatives for remaining detached from any the organization had put in place political action in which BDU hopes in order to educate others about to become involved. the ban. BDU had begun a series According to the University’s of awareness meetings, had Edward Ginsberg Center for Comconceptualized and implemented munity Service and Learning, the creation of a visual arts project because of reforms to Michigan’s to display the number of potential campaign finance laws, the Univerlives that could be saved from MSM sity as a public entity is subject to blood, and had even attempted to remain within certain boundaries pass a White House petition to when becoming affiliated with politieffectively end the ban. This, in my cal causes; aside from conducting and mind, wasn’t enough; although these compiling research, providing facprojects were all well-intended tual material or holding educational gestures made in support of the conferences about a particular politigay and bisexual male community, cal issue, the University is bound by they failed to cause any sort of far- law to withhold funds in support or reaching splash that would initiate dissent of a particular candidate or political action. If they’re taking on political proposal. this issue, I’d thought, they should This means that it would be illebe critically examining the ban by gal for the University to affiliate attempting to forge some catalyst itself with any sort of action callfor change, instead of merely ing for political change, including implementing peacekeeping efforts a student petition. However, this meant to pacify the critical gay and does not mean that the University bisexual male student body. could not expand its role in the My accusations of inaction, issue by initiating more educational however, were made unjustly; as programs and research opportuniit turns out, they have been work- ties surrounding the ban — if not to ing tirelessly to try to find ways to heighten public contempt, then to combat the ban at least combat against MSM. ignorance. At The projects an institution already in place The focus of my anger as liberal as the are a result of University of over the political countless negoMichigan that tiations regardinaction surrounding supposedly ing what they works toward the ban became the are and are not improving allowed to do minority rights University itself. while remaining and participain good standtion within the ing with their realm of higher political backers and University education, this shouldn’t be somedonors. Because of this, the focus of thing that needs to be demanded. my anger over the political inaction Gay and bisexual men, too, should on campus surrounding the ban expect respect from our university. became the University itself. BDU is an organization led by Since choosing to actively socially conscious individuals workfight ignorance surrounding the ing hard with their given resources MSM ban, BDU and their affiliate to attempt to implement significant organization Beyond Blood — an change for a minority population arm of BDU whose work deals on this campus. The University of exclusively with the MSM ban — Michigan, however, is an institution have attempted to contact about that is effectively stifling any poten25 different organizations — both tial for change BDU could have on privately and University-affiliated the MSM policy by remaining inac— to aid in their cause of fighting tive and unsupportive. Bureaucratic MSM discrimination. Though many legalities are no excuse for inaction. private organizations have given support to BDU, others, namely — Austin Davis can be reached University affiliates, have claimed at austchan@umich.edu.
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Getting sick
taying home sick is mindful of the common good, but syllabi don’t account for days off. Living as a student on a college campus is like volunteering to live in a quarantine zone postoutbreak. Getting sick at some point throughout the year is basically a guarantee. As of Nov. 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is already reporting “sporadic” influenza activ- TYLER ity in the state of Michigan. SCOTT “Winter” and “flu season” are interchangeable, but if it isn’t the flu that turns lecture halls into a cacophony of sniffles, coughs and sneezes, then it’s going to be something else. Students will fall to influenza and seasonal bugs, and an ideal world would have each student stay home nestled safely in their beds — far away from the uninfected. The mass e-mail sent out by the Newnan Advising Center urges students to report illnesses, notify instructors when missing class is necessary, and to “Get Better, Stay Better” in order to keep campus a healthier place. However, studying at the University doesn’t leave room for unplanned absences. The misery of legitimate illness is only made worse by the compounded anxiety of missing class and being too sick to work. Ultimately, suffering through one day of lecture does less harm than missing one because there is no incentive to preserve the collective health of the student body. Meanwhile, the burden falls on individuals who are already sick,
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I can safely say that the scope of the 20-year UNC fraud scandal easily takes the prize for the largest and most nefarious scandal in the history of NCAA enforcement.” — Drake Group President Gerald Gurney said in reference to the independent report that discovered that the University of North Carolina had been offering fake“paper classes” to its student-athletes.
Edvinas Berzanskis, Devin Eggert, David Harris, Rachel John, Jordyn Kay, Aarica Marsh, Megan McDonald, Victoria Noble, Michael Paul, Allison Raeck, Melissa Scholke, Michael Schramm, Matthew Seligman, Mary Kate Winn, Jenny Wang, Daniel Wang, Derek Wolfe BENJAMIN KELLER | VIEWPOINT
A return to governing Gridlock. That is probably the first word that comes to many voters’ minds when they think of the current U.S. Congress. With a Republican-controlled House, and Democrats in control of both the Senate and the White House, it has been extremely difficult to pass any type of legislation. In fact, according to a Washington Post article, this current Congress is on track to pass the fewest laws ever. Why is this? Some might say it is House Republican obstruction of President Barack Obama’s agenda. Others may say it is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s deceptive use of parliamentary procedure to stymie legislation. However, neither of these is very true at all. Rather, it has been Harry Reid and President Obama’s fault for the gridlock in Washington because of their constant aversion to come to the bargaining table and the refusal by Mr. Reid to bring House bills to the Senate floor. However, as a result of the midterm election and a massive GOP victory, Congressional leadership in Washington is about to change and the hope for real governing will finally return to our nation’s capital. Under Harry Reid’s leadership there has been a dwindling number of bills brought to the Senate floor, and virtually no chance at all for debate or amendments. The Senate is widely considered to be one of the greatest deliberative bodies in the entire world. As the bastion of honorable debate, it is saddening that Mr. Reid has been so reluctant to allow bills to be deliberated. He has done this for a variety of reasons, which range from a refusal to consider Republican policies to protecting Democratic senators from having to vote on tough
legislation that may anger their voting populations. Unfortunately for him, that strategy backfired. Our country is now furious over Congress’s unwillingness to govern and many see Mr. Reid as a symbol of the gridlock. Furthermore those Senators that the majority leader was trying to protect weren’t able to make the tough votes they needed to distance themselves from an unpopular President. As a result, many of those vulnerable Democrats lost the midterm election because their Republican opponents were successfully able to tie them as rubber stamps to the President’s failed policies. While the GOP-led House has passed a litany of legislation, including many bills with bipartisan support, those bills have been hampered in the Senate. The President and Mr. Reid have also been extremely reluctant to come to the table with Republicans in an effort not to show Democratic weakness. In response to complaints over Washington’s inability to work together, the President has resorted to attacking Republicans for “extremism” and not supporting his agenda. With a Republican majority in the Senate about to be sworn in, coupled with the majority in the House that is about to be at its highest level in decades, the President will be all alone in our government’s leadership. Obviously, Republicans will not be able to necessarily pass legislation without the President’s approval, but it will be tough for Mr. Obama to veto bipartisan legislation that has already passed the House — a repeal of the Medical Device Tax, lowering of the Corporate Tax rate, reforms to the Affordable Care Act, stronger sanctions against Iran, approval of
the Keystone XL Pipeline and many more acts that have been killed by the current Senate. With a functional Congress, we will see numerous bills reaching the President’s desk for the first time since the Democrats controlled Congress in the first half of Obama’s first term. Moreover, when Mr. McConnell takes control of the Senate in January, there will be actual deliberation taking part in the chamber. Unlike Mr. Reid, McConnell has pledged a longer work day and week for senators, open debate on all bills, chances for amendments to be heard and an overall shift in procedure from the constant stalling that characterized the Senate under Democratic leadership to the free flowing of bills through our government’s Upper House. I want to state that I do not affiliate with a party. Rather, I affiliate with a particular ideology that airs more toward libertarianism. My opinions in this article aren’t based on a belief in Republican Party leadership, but a belief that our government should, first and foremost, conduct its constitutionally delegated powers — that means actually enacting legislation. Just like most people in this nation, I am fed up with our elected representatives’ refusal to perform the jobs we sent them to Washington for. So whether you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent or don’t affiliate with a party like myself, all Americans should be happy in an imminent return to governmental normalcy, and an end to that most hated word that has so often characterized our government: gridlock. Benjamin Keller is an LSA freshman.
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‘Life and Death’ a gourmet exhibition Jan Longone to give lecture alongside exhibit at Hatcher By KATHLEEN DAVIS Daily Arts Writer
You can break down human nature any which way, and no matter how you slice it, one thing remains true: everyone must eat, and food has always been an important cultural measure November 18, through 4 to 6 p.m. time. The Hatcher Graduate circulation of cookbooks Library Gallery and culinary (Room 100) publications have helped to introduce new culinary practices to many corners of the world, with one valuable example being Gourmet Magazine, established in 1941. Tuesday Jan Longone, the University’s Curator of Culinary History, will give a lecture “The Life and Death of Gourmet,” intended to be viewed alongside her exhibit of the same name, in Hatcher library. The lecture will highlight the influence Gourmet had on the culinary world during its publication history, as well as the factors leading to its downfall in 2009. The exhibit, which has been open since Sept. 2 and will continue until Dec. 1, highlights every issue of Gourmet published in its sexagenarian lifespan. The exhibit also features cookbooks written by writers and contributors to the magazine — many of which are rare editions she’s collected over the years.
The Life and Death of Gourmet Magazine
Longone, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of culinary literature, has done fifteen other major culinary exhibits in the past, “Gourmet” being the latest. She made a living as a rare book dealer until her post at the University, focusing substantially on cookbooks and books centered around the culinary arts. Over time, she’s accumulated a vast catalogue that includes rare copies and a few invaluable publications. One of these showpieces is possibly the only intact copy of a study on French wine and olives written by 17th century English philosopher John Locke, who’s more well known for his contributions to Enlightenment thinking than wine culture. The issues and cookbooks in the “Gourmet” exhibit are all from Longone’s personal collection, collected over 60 years of marriage with her husband, who is a fellow culinary fanatic. In the exhibit, Longone wanted to showcase the contrast between the first issue of the magazine in 1941 and the last issue in 2009, and thought the process of putting the exhibit together would be simple. However, she was once again sucked into the magic of the magazine and reevaluated her approach to the exhibit. “Every time I turned a page, I realized, ‘My God, Gourmet taught me how to become a culinary historian’,” Longone said. “I realized how much influence the magazine played in my life all along, I really couldn’t believe it.” Gourmet was a deviation from other culinary publications because, according to Longone, the amount of intellectual content alongside recipes, lifestyle advice, puzzles and long-form reporting. This mix of appealing content
garnered many loyal readers during its time, including some who went on to become famous chefs, restaurateurs and writers. Longone, who has close ties with many famous chefs from all over the world, highlighted how Gourmet not only affected her life as a young culinary historian, but changed the lives of other individuals in various sects of the culinary world. She mentioned Jeremiah Tower, Ruth Reichl (the last Editor-in-Chief of the publication) and Alice Walker as prolific names in the culinary world who had purchased lifelong subscriptions to the magazine, as Longone had, many years ago. While Longone believes there were many factors that led to the downfall of the magazine, which is a central topic of her lecture, she believes a substantial one was the loss of its original charm and change in structure after being purchased by the massive publishing house Condé Nast. “When they started writing articles about playing golf in Scotland and staying in $7000 hotel rooms, I realized this isn’t written for me anymore,” Longone said. “I think a lot of people became discouraged at that point.” The lasting impact of Gourmet became the influence the magazine has played in culinary culture, and Longone credits the publication with helping change the way the world looks at food. “Gourmet changed the way we think about food, and food is part of culture,” Longone said. “When I was younger, people would pat me on the head and say ‘Oh look how cute, she collects cookbooks,’ and it used to drive me crazy! I would say, ‘These are valuable social documents.’ You can’t really know anything about anyone before knowing about their food.”
BOOK REVIEW
‘Bolaño’ captures late writer’s significance By COSMO PAPPAS Daily Arts Writer
As the person to have last interviewed Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño before his death from liver failure in 2003, it’s fitting that Mónica Maristain Mónica Maristain should Melville House write his Publishing biography. In “Bolaño: A Biography in Conversations,” Maristain artfully assembles interviews with the writer’s family members, friends, enemies and artistic colleagues of the late novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer and l’enfant terrible of the Spanish-language literary world. The unique and sometimes menacing power of the biographer is determining how and what is presented from a person’s life. Particularly with literary biography, this license includes writing a narrative of the interaction between the person’s life and the author’s work. They define, as T.S. Eliot put it in his 1919 essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” the distance between “the man who suffers and the mind which creates.” Sometimes the former is sacrificed to the latter, diminishing an understanding of the work to be so much enriched by the life it was a part of and effacing that life for a fiction of textual purity. Maristain’s skill lies in precisely illustrating this relationship with measure and meaning. To do otherwise, as Maristain’s portrait of Bolaño the social animal demonstrates, would be to lose the
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episodes from Bolaño’s life that he adapted into situations and characters in works such as “The Savage Detectives” and “2666.” From his parents’ friends to his literary compatriots, Bolaño constructed a fictional world out of the relationships he made during his life. Maristain’s method of oral collage, if perhaps presenting an overly literal and mosaic picture of the life of this writer, succeeds brilliantly in staying faithful to Bolaño’s tendency to make art of his life and life of his art. Maristain lavishes attention on Bolaño’s involvement with a movement called Infrarealism during his days in Mexico, where he and others terrorized the “Pazist” literary establishment (called so for the hegemonic devotion to Mexican poet and 1990 Nobel laureate Octavio Paz). Interrupting poetry readings, often heckling the readers and generally practicing a sort of wine-soaked bohemianism, they theorized forms of literature such as “anti-poetry” that consciously divorced itself from established traditions in a way that reflects (though not to suggest a causal relationship) the oppositional lifestyle. Bolaño’s personal involvement with the group ended when he moved to Spain
in 1977, more or less precipitating the end of the movement. However, Bolaño would then re-live and reanimate his time as an Infrarealist through his writing even as he moved beyond it in his personal life. Maristain’s biography is a welcome and enjoyable salve to any inclination to write out the life of an author, as if writers in writing forgot to live or only did so by accident. Hers is a story informed by personal correspondence (she notes Bolaño’s e-mail address, “robertoba”) with the writer. Her biography delights in presenting Bolaño’s life from the ground level, both from the perspective of her personal connection and the connections of those who played a significant part of the life of this massively significant author of the twentieth and twenty-first century.
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The return of Katherine Heigl
wouldn’t say I’m a Katherine Heigl fan. To be honest, I don’t really care either way about Katherine Heigl. But tonight, the actress is making her (welcomed?) return to television, and whether you love her or hate her, it’s a fascinating comeback. Less than five ALEC STERN years after an unceremonious departure from “Grey’s Anatomy” — amid rumors of conflict between Heigl and basically anybody and everybody behind-the-scenes — Heigl is starring in and producing NBC’s “State of Affairs,” a White Houseset political drama costarring Alfre Woodard (“12 Years a Slave”) as the President of the United States. Heigl rose to prominence playing Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC’s hit medical drama. In 2007, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress — beating out two “Sopranos” stars and two of her own “Grey’s” costars. That same year, the actress starred in “Knocked Up,” ushering in one of the swiftest movie star riseand-falls in recent memory. (It doesn’t help that Heigl’s ascension corresponded with the exact time of death of the entire romantic comedy genre.) After peaking in 2009 with “The Ugly Truth” ’s $205 million haul, Heigl’s next five releases — from “Killers” to “The Big Wedding” — were both critically and commercially savaged. What’s strange is just how quickly Heigl has decided to return to television. After clashing with the writers on “Grey’s Anatomy,” publicly withdrawing her name from Emmy consideration in 2008 because she didn’t feel she was given material worthy of any awards, Heigl wisely chose to pursue her burgeoning film career. But after the big screen chewed her up and
spit her out so fast, Heigl was at a crossroads; her decision to return to the small screen is so soon that the series she abandoned is still one of television’s highest-rated dramas. In early 2012, Taylor Kitsch, like Heigl, was poised to become one of Hollywood’s fastest-rising stars. Kitsch made a name for himself playing fullback Tim Riggins on NBC/DirecTV’s “Friday Night Lights.” One of the only members of the original Panthers team who remained a significant presence throughout all five seasons, Riggins was beleaguered, tortured and often drunk. But it was Kitsch’s portrayal that eased the character’s harsh exterior, making Riggins one of the series’ most sympathetic mainstays. In turn, for Kitsch to parlay his breakout role onto the big screen seemed to be the natural next step. Unfortunately, Kitsch’s up-and-coming career suffered back-to-back-to-back blows with “John Carter,” “Battleship” and “Savages.” And with each coming just two months after the last, his silver screen aspirations were over before you could say “Texas forever.” And just as Heigl retreated back to the small screen, Kitsch has also chosen to cling to the medium that gave him his start. After nabbing a supporting role in HBO’s original movie “The Normal Heart,” the actor finally confirmed his involvement in the network’s hotly anticipated second season of “True Detective” last month. Whereas the transition from “Grey’s Anatomy” to “State of Affairs” is more of a lateral move, Kitsch will benefit from the added prestige a premium cable network brings. But nonetheless, the next phase of Kitsch’s career still mirrors that of Heigl’s. Yes, the line between film and television is becoming increasingly blurred with more and more stars flocking to the small screen. But while the transition from movies to TV might be more fluid, moving from television to movies is one of the most difficult things for an
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Peretti is really ‘Dumb and Dumber’ ‘One of the Greats’ sequel disappoints Carrey and Daniels return with the same schtick
Chelsea Peretti presents nuanced set in Netflix special
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Once upon a time, on a warm summer afternoon, at some point after 12 p.m. but before 12:30, a plate-glass door collided A with my face. I could have cursed. I could have stinkeyed the door, glared Availabe for through my now- streaming on Netflix watery left pupil, shaken my fist at it like a disgruntled old man cheated out of Bingo winnings. But I didn’t. I had to keep moving. After taking off work early, I had to burn out a seven-hour drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco and pick up my friend Brian (“GET THE FUCK IN THE CAR, BRIAN”) in the distant hopes of making a live taping of Chelsea Peretti’s first hour-long standup special. The cool glass pressed up against my cheek wasn’t getting in the way. It was a wakeup call, an adrenaline-pinching throttle. The first bit of verbal dialogue in “Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats,” which debuted on Netflix last Friday, is the phrase “so many trials and tribulations brought me to this point.” She whispers them with fauxgravitas, like someone convinced the words are complete bullshit … but only partly so. Anthony Jeselnik often uses the same effect masterfully throughout his act. And it’s the same puffedup shtick visible in Peretti’s turn as Gina Linetti on Fox’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” where the writing necessitates her character perpetually tread those lines between laughing at her coworkers and becoming a spectacle herself: the arrogant, deadpanning weirdo with an even weirder (beautiful) penchant for hip-hop dance and Oprah’s tea parties. The final result is in parts scene-stealing, in parts erratic, but always, always interesting to watch — a magnetic presence in a show ruled by idiosyncrasy. Achieving a similar bearing in 75 minutes of standup can be difficult, only because the very act of getting on a stage and just talking to a crowd of strangers demands some measure of honesty. You can’t contrive
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reactions in live comedy. The format is too formulaic: a comic says funny things, people laugh at said funny things. And without a very specific environment — one as weird as Peretti’s responses to it — it’s hard to maintain the selfreference that brands her humor. That is, until this standup special. This time, we’re given the typical slate of joke-telling we’d expect at a comedy show. There are hilarious stories about texting your dog, richer ones about getting relationship advice from attractive women, but what sets this special apart is how openly Peretti seems willing to play with form. Instead of just following the medium’s natural trajectory, the method we’ve seen greats like Louis CK or George Carlin settle for, she experiments. Carlin and Louie have both started specials with some variants of a lead-up to the theater. Carlin has a conversation with his cab driver; Louie walks through the streets of New York City toward the venue. Either case suggests the same centerpiece: the actual standup, the spoken word, and nothing dare break up the careful pacing of that spoken word, carefully strung together after nights beating it into place at comedy clubs. All building toward this crowd of thousands. Peretti tinkers. Rather than Carlin or Louie, she invokes Richard Pryor, her jokes mercury-like in the way they veer in temperature and tone. Like Pryor, she interjects running gags into her show, one featuring her dressed as a weepy clown and another where she toys with audience reaction shots (to offer any more info would be a disservice to how naturally she utilizes the joke). Which isn’t to say all this hoopla serves as a crutch for the more traditional aspects of just standing behind a mic and talking. Near the beginning of the special, the gags feel a lot more like breaths of fresh air, but Peretti has mishandled the momentum a bit by the end,
burying it underneath dense standup rather than really sticking with the opportunities it could have created. I walked away thinking she didn’t fully believe she could pull it off. Partially, this has to do with how wide-ranging the jokes are. Though the transitions are seamless, Peretti jumps across a seemingly endless rolodex of topics. We could start with an extended tirade about “pissing off really hot girls” and end, a minute later, with another tirade about armpit liposuction. (The highlight, though, has to be her impression of “slipping in pools of booty sweat.”) The effect is you really do feel like you’ve sat through an hour-plus of material, but there’s never any denying that the material itself is jammed with great, quotable punchlines from cover to cover (“do you guys think it’s worse to wear a fedora or kill 15 people”). But Peretti is at her best when she’s talking about the differences in confidence and self-esteem — a motif used frequently before setting up the topics broached — and simply so because it reasserts that balancing act between laughing at the spectacle and becoming the spectacle. It stands apart from Jeselnik, propped by its much more open, nuanced willingness to question self. One of the reasons I wanted to be there for the live rendition of these jokes, which, together, will undoubtedly go down in both the fedora and standup comedy halls of fame, was hubris. I wanted to be visible in the special, the overexcited face cheering on Chels from the third row. And I made it. I was there. Brian was there. We were screaming, following along with all of Chels’s cues. But there were two shows. And we didn’t make her final edit. I spent a large portion of this weekend straining at every single audience shot, hoping to spot my sweaty face. I wasn’t there. But One of the Greats was.
Sometimes stories demand a follow-up. Other times fans clamor for more material from familiar characters. And in these D instances, sequels are destined to At least it’s not a Sorkin script. be. “Dumb notable jokes. The puppy car Quality 16 and Dumber and Rave 20 makes a brief appearance, the To” is not audience re-acquaints with Universal one of those Harry and Lloyd’s blind disabled instances. neighbor and Lloyd introduces Twenty years after the original the second-most annoying noise moronic adventure, Harry (Jeff in the world. Daniels, “Looper”) and Lloyd Despite the warmed over (Jim Carrey, “The Mask”) have jokes, practically every punchline returned. In this follow-up effort, boils down to Harry and Lloyd Harry and Lloyd find themselves being dumb. While this doesn’t on another cross-country voyage automatically derail the film, in search of Harry’s long-lost it does place a challenge on the daughter (Lloyd’s true motivation writers and performers to use being sexual attraction to his this simple gag in creative ways — friend’s daughter), who the a challenge they do not live up to. pair hope can provide a kidney Instead, “Dumb and Dumber for Harry, who’s in need of a To” relies too heavily on fart/ transplant. Along the way the duo poop jokes and unnecessarily of dunces come into possession sexualizes women at every of an invention that could save turn. Of the three notable humanity, placing them on the female characters, one is a selfhit-list of a trio of murderous proclaimed “titanic whore,” villains. another has a foot fetish and If the setup sounds familiar, it the third is the object of Lloyd’s might be because you just watched creepy affection. At another the first “Dumb and Dumber.” point, Lloyd yells at a female on Beyond that, “To” relies on a stage to “show us your tits,” and constant stream of callbacks to its while the ignorance is clearly predecessor, referencing or just meant to be the butt of the joke, repeating most of the original’s offensive material as the entirety
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of a joke has long been played out. Especially interesting is to see Jeff Daniels regress into the role of Harry, considering his recognition for “The Newsroom,” an HBO program in which Daniels regularly delivers piercingly intelligent monologues. For an actor that prides himself on a wide range of genres, the timing of the release of “Dumb and Dumber To” couldn’t be more appropriate, sandwiched between the first two episodes of the highbrow drama’s final season. Jim Carrey on the other hand, while having proven himself a capable dramatic actor, seems much more at home delivering another of his signature slapstick, exaggerated performances. The truth is that you already know if you’d like this movie; it’s exactly what you expect it to be. If the Farrelly brothers’ humor is up your alley, then enjoy. For all the film’s shortcomings, it does seem to connect with its audience, filling the theater with laughter throughout. Why exactly people find it so funny remains a mystery.
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‘Mindy’ better shape up By KAREN HUA Daily Arts Writer
Firstly, do not call me a “Mindy Project” hater. The show, Kaling, Lahiri — I truly love them all. As a female of ethnic minority myself, I aspire to reach her level of career success in the future; I am inspired by her unapologetic ability to be herself and I can only dream of finding my own Danny Castellano (Chris Messina, “The Newsroom”) one day. “Mindy” is incredibly cathartic after bad date nights and in a more general sense, she helps me feel more self-confident as a young woman. In many ways, Mindy has become a sort of onscreen best friend. That being said, I feel entitled to do what good friends should do — point out her flaws. First off, Mindy, good for you for turning two seasons of friendship into solid commitment with Danny. The pilot and sophomore seasons teased our hearts, keeping us squirming with sexual tension that was all too palpable. However, now that the “happily ever after” has been reached, the story’s natural conclusion should entail. The rest will only be a static plotline of banal contentment. Now that the chase is over, where else can this relationship go that we haven’t seen before? In the past, the couple already toyed with a “break-up, get back together” situation, so there is no room to relay that again. No one wants a sitcom where the entire season revolves around an on-and-off relationship. Nevertheless, Mindy, I praise you immensely for showing the beauty, exhaustion and sacrifice behind an exclusive committed relationship — a truth that can be incredibly empowering for young women everywhere. Unfortunately, though you solidly tackle misogyny, you need to realize that television audiences are bored by monogamy. Mindy, you’re too quickly becoming “that girl” who finally has a boyfriend and won’t stop talking about him. Even though “Dandy” is (ugh) so adorable together, the only plotline conflicts that exist are between them as a couple and
it can’t carry the weight of the entire show. What once drove the series — Mindy’s character development and the unpredictable nature of her spontaneity — now begins to wane. Her progression as a character now refers more to her growth as a girlfriend. Especially if she is trying to inspire young girls, she must exemplify how she can stand as an individual, even with a boyfriend. Whereas Mindy had her best friend Gwen (Anna Camp, “Pitch Perfect”) in the first two seasons, it seems like she doesn’t have a life beyond Danny now. Mindy, dear, what happened to sisters before misters? This is where the show becomes difficult, because for all us “starry-eyed, but imperfect” girls who look up to Mindy, she is no longer an equally “flawed” character herself. She has the dream job that she makes bank off of. She has the impeccable wardrobe that greens our eyes with envy. And now, she has the guy of her fantasies, too. So, Mindy, you have the job, the money, and the guy — everything you said you ever wanted. What else are you striving for? Mindy no longer possesses any grander goals beyond the pursuit of love that she has already attained. Now that she has a boyfriend, either she no longer cares about other matters (of social justice, of career growth, of friends or family), or the series is coming to a dead-end. No good show strives off of harmony or peace. They are driven by conflict, turmoil and dilemma. Sure, Mindy, you give us hope that we may one day end up like you with everything we’ve ever dreamed of — but for now, you’re becoming increasingly difficult to relate to. The primary problem with Mindy now is in her morally flawed character — but that plays out in micro-conflicts between her and Danny that don’t flow along a consistent plotline. Instead, the show would benefit by widening its scope to explore multiple relationships within the community of doctors. There are so many charismatic secondary characters, but Mindy simply has continued to give them
inadequate screen-time to delve into their personas. If the series divested focus onto some subplots, we could look to Danny and Mindy’s (often petty) relationship issues with a refreshed patience. Mindy, you have to understand it can’t always be all about you! Jeremy (Ed Weeks, “Documental”) and Peter (Adam Pally, “Happy Endings”) are individually hilarious in their own right, and we want to see more dimensions of their character besides their fight over Lauren. Morgan (Ike Barinholtz, “Muscleman”) and Tamara’s (Xosha Roquemore, “Precious”) relationship has also barely been explored. Each of these characters have only been given one episode to “showcase” their problems: for Jeremy and Peter, bonding over the beer pong tournament; for Morgan and Tamara, her allergy to his dogs. Their issues are played out in choppy sequences instead of in consistent subplots that run throughout the season. Even six episodes into the season, there also are so few character additions. Thus far, only two new (slightly prominent) characters are introduced — Danny’s mother and Lauren, both of whom are barely referred to in most episodes. The show has historically ignored secondary characters so much that we barely notice Betsy’s departure. Sadly, she is so irrelevant to begin with that the writers think they can continue with no explanation. Similarly, Bev could also completely disappear from the show and we probably would not realize either. Ultimately, “The Mindy Project” is running out of topics that haven’t already been covered by other rom-com sitcoms. Believe me, I do love you, Mindy, but season three simply feels like an unnecessary sequel to your movie that has already ended. Outside of the series, Mindy Kaling as a writer, director and actor is so immensely talented that I (and probably many others) would appreciate seeing her work in other scopes. She has a charming on-screen presence, but that can be shown elsewhere in contexts besides on “Mindy.” Girl, it’s time to invest your energy in other projects.
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By LEV FACHER Daily Sports Editor
After posting two blowout wins over Division II opponents, the Michigan men’s basketball team hosts Bucknell on Monday night in the season’s first taste of Division I play. The Bison — fresh off a seasonopening win over Marist — went 16-14 last season, including wins over Penn State and Columbia, and a four-point road loss to Stanford. The Daily breaks down what the matchup could mean for the Wolverines as they continue their development in
After allowing 68 points to Hillsdale, Michigan coach John Beilein readily admitted that there was work to be done on the defensive side of the ball. “We have to learn,” Beilein said Saturday. “We’re still trying to find out who we are defensively.” Beilein complimented the Chargers’ ability to exploit shortcomings in the Wolverines’ defensive switching patterns. Besides, he said, there are some things that simply can’t be achieved defensively. “Frankly, there are some things you can’t stop,” Beilein said. “You’ve just got to hope they miss, because the action
is so good.” Among the things Michigan couldn’t stop Saturday was Hillsdale forward Kyle Cooper, who racked up 28 points and 10 rebounds. Bucknell’s Chris Hass — a Michigan native — profiles somewhat similarly to Cooper, standing two inches shorter at 6-foot-5. Hass averaged 11.1 points per game last year, and will likely be the Bison’s most prolific scoring presence.
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Michigan overcomes slow start, earns comfortable win By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women’s basketball team played two games this weekend, and though the halftime scores may not reflect it, the Wolverines started Sunday’s game like a completely different team. Friday, the Wolverines (2-0) trailed Detroit 37-26 at halftime after shooting 11 of 34. The Wolverines didn’t score any points in the final six minutes of the half, and, on top of their shooting woes, Michigan also registered 10 turnovers. Freshman forward Jillian Dunston was the lone bright spot of the first half. She reignited the offense when she was subbed into Friday’s game seven minutes in, shot 3-for-4 from the field and
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sank two free throws within a seven-minute stretch. “(Dunston) made baskets, rebounded the ball and did all of the little things,” said senior guard Shannon Smith. “She definitely gave us a spark off of the bench, and that’s what we needed.” The Wolverines made adjustments during halftime to turn things around and ultimately ended up winning, 76-57. On Saturday, the Wolverines scouted Bucknell’s defense and focused on the mental aspects of the game rather than the physical. That practice seemed to have made the difference in the early minutes of Sunday’s contest. Michigan completed more field-goal attempts in the first half against Bucknell, shooting 14-of28. The Wolverines had a 14-1 run in the first 10 minutes and came out with a lot more confidence than they had Friday. “We realized after the other night how important it is to set the tone early,” Barnes Arico said. “It took us until the second half to figure that out the other night. Today, we figured out we have to See WOMEN’S HOOPS, Page 2B
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hey almost never stop moving at the Crisler Center. Not this Wednesday afternoon, and certainly not any time in the future. The Wolverines move up and down the court, stopping only when they GREGORY have to wait GARNO their turn to return to the drill. Today, one group runs down to simulate a transition while the defense sprints back to stop. Three members of the Michigan women’s basketball team’s practice squad, which consists of at least five males along with other females, enter as substitution on offense. The three men run down the court on offense — because there is no stopping in practice — but miss a shot attempt. Senior guard Shannon Smith gets the ball after a rebound and beats one of the men down the court to score. So the practice squad member touches the baseline and begins running back down, just as any other player would. This is the hallmark of Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico’s team: No matter who you are, you must be willing to work. Her team is 2-0 as a result of it, and it could be poised for a big year. In a day and age in Michigan athletics when coaching is hot a topic, Barnes Arico is quietly putting on a clinic, providing a handful of lessons on how to lead a successful team. 1) In order to build a strong program, you must first temper expectations: When Barnes Arico came from St. John’s two years ago, she inherited a group of five seniors, all of whom had developed their roles. There were shooters, defenders, ball handlers and role players who worked well together, making it to the NCAA Tournament’s
WOMEN’S HOOPS From Page 1B do it right away. Now, our next goal is to learn how to sustain that.” For a fleeting moment, it appeared that Friday’s troubles were due more to normal firstgame jitters, and not something fundamental. But after the first half wound down Sunday, it was apparent that it was more than just jitters. The Bison went on a 19-6 run to end the first stanza to lead to a score that reflected the troubles that were so prominent Friday. The Wolverines headed to the locker room with just a one-point lead and another 10 turnovers. Barnes Arico pointed to the returning players’ conditioning and the adjustment of the freshmen when assessing
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second round. But Barnes Arico knows opportunities like that are rare. They can make you look good, but they aren’t necessarily replicable. That’s why she’s honest and open about her team. Last year, she said she “didn’t know what to expect” before the Wolverines surprised teams on their way to the quarterfinals of the WNIT. And this year, she’s looking for players to “be who they are,” and “not try to do too much,” because it’s incredibly tough to live up to expectations. She’s set forth goals, part of “the process,” as she calls it, because the best coaches know success isn’t immediate. “We want them to really embrace the process instead of the outcome,” Barnes Arico said. “Sometimes, you get too caught up with the outcome, and you lose focus and you stop working on what it takes to be better.” So don’t worry if the Wolverines miss out on
the NCAA Tournament or if they don’t win a Big Ten Championship. Look at each player as she progresses in February or March, and then you’ll see Barnes Arico’s success. 2) If you want your players to do something, you must first do it yourself: On Barnes Arico’s team, players “had better be in shape” if they want to succeed. But no one wants to have to move all the time — even though you have to on this team. So Barnes Arico encouraged not only all of her players but also her staff to join her in on a plan to work out every day. Now, she has made the effort to run or lift daily, even going so far as to run a marathon last year. She knows coaches are role models as much as they are experts in the game, and if she wants to win as much as her players, she has to do the work herself. But Barnes Arico won’t get out on the court to run with her own players,
though, because she’s “too competitive.” “I think it’s really important, when you’re the leader of any program, to kind of set an example,” she said. “If I have great expectations of them, and I’m expecting them to do things on a day-to-day basis, I want to try to demand the same of myself.” Since May 2013, Barnes Arico has worked out at least once every day. That’s 18 months, through recruiting trips, holidays and family gatherings that she has never taken a day off. 3) For the team to play its best, you must make time for the individual: Before senior forwards Nicole Elmblad and Cyesha Goree began their last seasons, Barnes Arico called each of them into her office individually. Two of her best players, the duo is no longer unknown to opponents. Now, scouting reports make sure to include
them, when two years ago opposing teams might have never even thought about mentioning them. It’s tough to live up to that pressure, so Barnes Arico brought them in and reminded them, no matter how they performed, she “believed in them.” In Barnes Arico’s program, everyone gets this treatment. They sit down one-on-one with their coach to talk about everything from how they performed in the last game, to the semester’s class schedule or to discuss a relationship in their family or a friend. “A lot of coaching is about relationships, building relationships and keeping the kids confident,” Barnes Arico said. “If they know that you care about them as people, they will do anything you ask of them. “I think it’s really about getting to know them as people.” In college athletics, it’s easy to forget that players are finding out something new every day.
Michigan’s problems. Four starters were on the court for 30-plus minutes on Sunday, and that has led to a very fatigued core. Sophomore guard Siera Thompson was on for the longest time, playing 36 minutes. On top of playing long minutes, the starters also had to deal with playing two games in three days, an exhausting experience for any athlete. Barnes Arico is confident that the team will learn to adjust to the long minutes as the season wears on. Though the Wolverines came out with wins in both games, Michigan is going to need to learn how to sustain its defense for the entire contest. “I think the biggest thing for us at this point is to continue to work on putting 40 minutes together,” Barnes Arico said. “We played in spurts, as we did the other night, and that’s something we need to get better at.”
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BACKUP IN THE POST Saturday’s 92-68 barnburner against the Chargers, three Michigan players scored at least 20 points for the first time since a December 10, 2011 victory over Oakland. But the Wolverines knew coming into the season that they could count on production from a its emerging “Big Three” — sophomore forward Zak Irvin, sophomore guard Derrick Walton, Jr. and junior guard Caris LeVert. Walton, Irvin and LeVert scored 22, 21 and 20 points, respectively, on Saturday afternoon, accounting for 64 percent of Michigan’s scoring. That said, younger offensive presences like freshman forwards D.J. Wilson, Aubrey Dawkins and Kameron Chatman will have plenty of opportunity to shoulder more of the scoring load against Bucknell and in other relatively weak non-conference fixtures. Beilein knows the installation of his offense could be moving more quickly with his talented freshman crop, but with matchups against talented squads like No. 15 Virginia Commonwealth, No. 23 Syracuse and No. 22 Southern
Redshirt freshman forward Mark Donnal has clearly established himself as Michigan’s starter in the low post, but he can’t be expected to contribute 30-plus minutes of productivity just yet. The question is who can help him, and right now, the answers aren’t quite there. Freshman forward Ricky Doyle played just nine minutes against Hillsdale, scoring seven points in the short span. He’s still in the process of recovering from an ankle tweak and other undisclosed health issues that had kept him periodically sidelined throughout preseason practice. Wilson, meanwhile, is capable of playing the low post at 6-foot-9, though his lean 220pound frame and remarkable athleticism mean he fits better at power forward. Who the Wolverines use at the No. 5 spot when Donnal is on the bench will be a key question moving forward. They might try to answer it in the week’s upcoming games against Bucknell and DetroitMercy, one of Michigan’s last remaining stretches of lowpressure opposition.
They’re working through something off the court as much as they are on. Sometimes, it’s best to stop moving — but just for a little bit, because this team is always moving — and reflect. 4) No matter how great a tactician or recruiter you are, you must be willing to outwork the opponent: Barnes Arico is brilliant in her defensive schemes or making the best offense out of players that aren’t necessarily tall enough, like this year’s squad. She has turned Goree from a bench player who had to increase her fitness into an All-Big Ten second-team selection. And Elmblad from the fifth option on the starting offense to a captain for the past two years. And she’s an excellent recruiter, stealing some of the nation’s best prospects away from other top teams. Just this year, three recruiting publications rated her incoming class in the top 20 of the nation. But her teams succeed because they work harder than the team across the court. Take a charge in practice, like sophomore guard Siera Thompson did Wednesday, and everyone will rush to that person to cheer and support her decision. Fail to shut down the shooter in time as Elmblad did Wednesday, and Barnes Arico will make sure everyone knows that won’t be accepted. “We pride ourselves on being in really good shape, and being hard workers and blue collar,” Barnes Arico said. Even when they trailed twice in both games this weekend, Michigan stormed back to win because it worked to rebound and worked to get open to shoot. They never stopped moving in the Crisler Center. And if there’s one thing you can come to expect, it’s that they won’t stop anytime soon. Their coach won’t let them, anyway. Garno can be reached at ggarno@umich.edu and on Twitter: @G_Garno.
In brief: Frank Clark arrested for assault By ALEJANDRO ZÚÑIGA Managing Sports Editor
According to online records for the Erie County (Ohio) jail, Frank Clark, a senior defensive end on the Michigan football team, appears to have been arrested for domestic violence. Per the records, Clark was apparently jailed for class M1 Domestic Violence on Nov. 16. In addition to visual identification via the Erie jail’s included mugshot, Clark’s date of birth in the jail records matches the information given by the University’s official athletic site, MGoBlue.com. “We are aware of the report and are gathering more information,” a Michigan spokesperson said in an e-mail to the Daily. Sunday evening, Michigan coach Brady Hoke released the following statement: “We are aware of the report involving Frank Clark. I have not spoken with Frank but will at the appropriate time. We will respect the legal process and make any
decisions once we have the facts.” A class M1 Domestic Violence charge in the state of Ohio carries a maximum sentence of 180 days and a maximum fine of $1,000. In September 2012, Clark pleaded guilty to a felony count of second-degree home invasion for entering a University dorm and taking a laptop, both without permission. He was sentenced to one year probation and fined $1,741. In response to that incident, Michigan coach Brady Hoke suspended Clark for a week of fall practices and the season opener of the Wolverines’ 2012 campaign. He was reinstated for the second game of that year. This season, Clark has been Michigan’s biggest defensive force with 13.5 tackles for loss. He has recorded 42 total tackles (29 solo, 13 assisted) and 4.5 sacks. According to the Sandusky Register, Clark is scheduled for a 9 a.m. court hearing Monday in Sandusky Municipal Court.
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‘M’ breaks out of scoring slump Edinboro pulls
WRESTLING
away in duals By ALEX PODGES For the Daily
YPSILANTI — The No. 8 Michigan wrestling team knew it needed a spark to get the team going from the beginning of the EMU dual meet. And though the Wolverines topped No. 24 Ohio in the morning by a considerable margin of 28-3, the momentum fizzled and died in the afternoon, ending with a disappointing 23-16 loss to No. 14 Edinboro. “I thought we dug down deep and won some tough matches (in the morning),” said Michigan coach Joe McFarland. “We beat some good individuals in that duel, so I’m happy about that. It was a good start to the day.” Nine Wolverines emerged victorious in 10 bouts with Bobcat wrestlers. In the first matchup of the day, junior redshirt Conor Youtsey set the tone for Michigan in a 9-1 major decision over KeVon Powell. In another matchup, freshman Davonte Mahomes topped ninth-ranked Cody Walters — an All American and two-time MAC champion — in a close 5-3 decision despite frequent stall calls directed at both sides. Co-captain Max Huntley made his bread and butter through counter-takedowns. After four counters, the senior came out on top, 8-1, over eighth-ranked Phil Wellington. Huntley’s success continued into the afternoon, earning a major decision over the Fighting Scots’ Vince Pickett, 19-5, after completing six takedowns. Most of Michigan’s other performances weren’t nearly as strong. The first three
Wolverines lost 6-3, 15-0 and 5-3, respectively. In addition, freshman Alec Pantaleo lost on a pin, bringing the loss tally up to four. “I felt we were capable of winning,” McFarland said. “But (Edinboro) got momentum.” Sophomore Brian Murphy came close to seizing the Wolverines’ first win of the afternoon, but wasn’t awarded a takedown. Despite trailing 13th-ranked Austin Matthews by five points late in the match, Murphy was able to execute two takedowns to come within two points. With seconds left, Matthews went down on his back while Murphy remained standing, pinning the Edinboro wrestler to the ground with his leg while holding his opponent’s feet well above his head. As the seconds ran out, Matthews remained on his back, but Murphy didn’t receive the call and the needed two points to tie before the whistle, and lost, 8-6. Then 165-pound redshirt sophomore Taylor Massa stepped into the ring. Fifty-eight seconds after Edinboro wrestler Casey Miller shook hands with the Wolverine, he was pinned. The Michigan bench and spectators alike erupted into cheers. Massa said he believed the win is what the Wolverines needed to get going again. “I really wanted to go out there and get the momentum back on our side,” Massa said. “So when I saw the opportunity to end the match real quick, I knew I had to do it.” And it worked, as Michigan won three of the remaining four matches, but it was too little, too late.
By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor
With its back against the wall after a 2-5 start to the season, the Michigan hockey team needed a stellar weekend against American International. After struggling to put the puck in the net all year, the Wolverines (4-5) scored 11 goals in two games and added a pair of tallies to the win column. With the wins, questions surrounding offensive-zone potency were answered, including when Copp and sophomore forward JT Compher would start rolling like they had last season. The duo — Michigan’s two leading scorers from a year ago — combined for seven points this weekend. However, even Copp admitted the defensive issues that have victimized the Wolverines in their five losses are still lingering. What happened Friday: Sophomore defenseman Kevin Lohan netted the first goal of his career and added an assist en route to a 5-2 win in the Wolverines’ first home contest in nearly a month. “You dream of your first goal and playing for Michigan as a little kid,” Lohan said. “To be honest, I didn’t really do much. … I just had to make sure I get the puck in the net when I get the opportunity.” The Wolverines’ newest top line, one featuring sophomore forward Tyler Motte, junior forward Andrew Copp and senior forward Andrew Sinelli combined for five points. “I thought they were the line that seemed to lead the way offensively whenever we needed them,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson. “It just seemed when our team started to go into a little bit of a hump, Copp’s line seemed to generate energy.” Copp, who, along with his teammates, struggled to produce
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The Michigan hockey team recorded a pair of blowout victories over American International at Yost Ice Arena.
in October, tallied three points in the game. In the third period, a shot that was originally called as sophomore defenseman Nolan De Jong’s first career goal was later credited to Copp, his third goal in three games. The Wolverines came out slowly in the second period and were burned just three minutes later. On a breakaway, American International forward David Norris put a shot from the blue line past sophomore goaltender Zach Nagelvoort to tie the score at one. Nagelvoort made several strong saves to preserve the tie before Motte tallied his third goal of the season. Minutes later, Compher, who had struggled in five games on the wing, found sophomore Max Shuart for his second goal in two games. What happened Saturday: After lighting up American International’s first-string goalie Alex Murray for 41 shots and five goals Friday, Michigan did even worse to substitute Hunter Leisner on Saturday, tallying 46 shots as five different Wolverines combined for six goals en route to
a 6-3 win. “I think our responses to their shifts in momentum were very good,” Copp said. “Every time they scored, we scored within two or three minutes. Even tonight, when our back was against the wall, we responded the right way and played the right way.” Despite Michigan’s scoring barrage, it was the Yellow Jackets who struck first when forward Carson Grolla snuck a long-range shot past Nagelvoort for a powerplay goal. The Wolverines found their groove shortly afterward, though, when senior forward Zach Hyman finally put Michigan on the board 9:05 into the game. Over the next 3:30, senior forward Travis Lynch and sophomore forward Alex Kile added tip-in goals of their own, giving the Wolverines a lead they would never relinquish. The second period began equally dominant for Michigan, as it continued to pepper Leisner with quick, mostly short-range shots. Things looked just about wrapped up when junior forward
Boo Nieves notched his first goal since March 8, 2013 on a one-timer feed from Compher, extending the lead to three. Yet defensive miscues by the suddenly offensively charged Wolverines allowed the Yellow Jackets to notch two transition goals, narrowing the gap to one goal by the second intermission. “The second period was a bad period for us,” Berenson said. “You can’t just blame the defense — it was a team thing. “Nagelvoort has to stop a couple of those shots, but our defense has to do more to get those guys at a bad angle.” Playing back-and-forth hockey for much of the third period, the game looked as if it may have had a chance to go down to the wire. That all changed with 8:20 remaining, when Lynch tallied his second goal of the night from the left faceoff circle, re-extending the lead. The rout became official less than a minute later when Copp scored a power-play goal — his third goal of the weekend and team-high fourth of the season — giving Michigan its 6-3 final.
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Wolverines rally to top Bucknell Transition spurns MEN’S BASKETBALL
‘M’ over Hillsdale
By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Writer
For the second straight game, the Michigan women’s basketball team found itself battling more adversity than expected against a low-tier, non-conference opponent. A 61 BUCKNELL MICHIGAN 68 number of players found themselves in foul trouble all game, the tired defense allowed a 26-13 run to close the first half, and the offense struggled with the turnover bug. But yet again, the Wolverines bailed themselves out with timely shooting. Hitting 53.8 percent of its shots from behind the arc and riding strong performances from two starting guards, Michigan (2-0) eked out a 68-61 victory over Bucknell on Sunday. Senior guard and leading scorer Shannon Smith exited the game with two fouls in the first four minutes, forcing other Wolverines to shoulder the offensive load. Sophomore guard Siera Thompson keyed a 15-1 run in the first half, knocking down three 3-pointers and forcing the Bison into a 22-8 hole early on. After a defensive lapse allowed Bucknell to take the lead early in the second half, it was freshman guard Katelynn Flaherty’s turn to step up. After the Wolverines fought back to claim a 50-47 lead, Flaherty hit a layup in heavy traffic, and the lead never slipped within one possession again. Flaherty finished with a teamhigh 15 points, shooting 6 of 9 from the floor. “When (Smith) came out, we distributed the ball as best we could without her,” Flaherty said. “We did a good job holding up her end of the points today.” Smith never quite looked herself after the early fouls, throwing up a few errant shots and managing just seven points. Her saving grace was a 3-pointer early in the second half that put
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Siera Thompson helped the Michigan women’s basketball team go on an early run, scoring 13 points total Sunday.
Michigan on top for good. “It changes each individual player’s mindset when they pick up an early foul,” said Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico. “I think that kind of happened with Shannon (Smith) tonight, she was kind of out of it a little bit. We have to be smart. We’ll try to keep our hands off and try to set the tone without fouling.” Smith and Flaherty each finished with four fouls, and though Barnes Arico didn’t agree with some of them — she was in the referee’s ear after an early blocking foul on Smith — the violations were indicative of the
“It changes each ... player’s mindset when they pick up an early foul.”
VOLLEYBALL
Wolverines take care of Ohio St. By OLIVER HENRY For the Daily
After losing to No. 17 Ohio State in Columbus earlier in the season, the Michigan volleyball team got revenge Saturday, winning a four-set thriller, 25-22, 25-14, 21-25, 25-23. Unlike the previous meeting, the Wolverines controlled the tempo of the match and garnered much-needed momentum to win two of the first three sets. Despite Michigan’s fast start, the Buckeyes refused to go down easily. Just as the Wolverines began tasting a victory at 24-17 in the fourth set, Ohio State rallied to make the score 24-23. However, freshman defensive specialist Caroline Knop ended the late threat with a kill to give Michigan (7-9 Big Ten, 12-14 overall) the much-needed win. Despite the score, the Wolverines encountered their share of struggles during the match. The first set was off to a shaky start with three Michigan errors, but after an Ohio State timeout, the Wolverines’ quality of play improved. Throughout the set, Knop, freshman outside hitter Adeja Lambert, freshman middle blocker Claire Kieffer-Wright and sophomore middle blocker Abby Cole paced the Wolverine attack with 15 combined kills. Even while struggling serving, Michigan was able to capitalize on Buckeye errors and gain a 17-12 lead midway through the first frame. Ohio State (9-7, 18-10) fought to close the margin to 19-18, but the Wolverines persevered through great play from junior defensive specialist/libero Tiffany Morales and senior setter Lexi Dannemiller. Morales had three key digs while Dannemiller posted an impressive 14 assists to lead Michigan to a 25-22 first-set victory. The second set exemplified
physical defense Michigan was forced to play. The Wolverines’ front court had its hands full as well. Senior forward Cyesha Goree spent most of the game matched up against Bison center Audrey Dotson, who put up 17 points and 11 rebounds. Another senior forward, Nicole Elmblad, found herself at a height disadvantage against 6-foot-1 forward Claire DeBoer, which forced her to play with a very aggressive, high-octane style. Elmblad fouled out with just under two minutes to go,
the growth of this young Wolverine team and its ability to rally and triumph. After trailing 7-3, Michigan rallied to take a 15-11 lead. Following an Ohio State timeout, the rest of the second set belonged solely to the Wolverines. Michigan went on a 10-3 run, highlighted by a succession of kills by Knop and three straight thundering kills by Lambert to secure a 25-14 victory for the Wolverines. Despite losing the second set, the Buckeyes were able to battle back and win the third. Both sides traded points early in the set, leading to a 9-9 tie. However, Ohio State received help from an assortment of players who contributed kills to attain a 19-16 margin late in the frame. The lead held, despite Lambert and Cole posting five and four kills, respectively. Michigan came out with a distinct ferocity in the fourth set and displayed increased effort to attack and frustrate its rivals. “If you play with energy, effort and enthusiasm,” Knop said. “That’s all you need, and you will win 95 percent of the time.” Michigan jumped out to an early 8-4 lead, and then extended that to 14-7 when Ohio State called a timeout. Knop and Lambert paced the attack with four and three kills, respectively, and Knop made the final kill to seal the victory. With four games left in the season, Michigan coach Mark Rosen believes the team can go at least 3-1 to reach the needed overall record of .500 in order to earn an NCAA tournament bid. But for that to happen, Rosen knows improvement is still needed. “We have really tried to adopt this mindset of growth mindset,” Rosen said. “We need to continue to get better. … We want to walk in the gym and make sure we walk out at a different level, and that’s a daily process.”
forcing freshman forward Jillian Dunston into action. “(Elmblad) did a great job defensively tonight,” Barnes Arico said. “She got some tough calls that I wasn’t sure were hers, but she just plays so hard. When she’s not on the court — her experience gives us a calming presence — it’s tough for us. I was a little concerned with her fouling out and Jillian having to be out there, but Jillian did a good job.” Both Goree and Elmblad reached double figures in scoring and had 18 combined rebounds. As the defense scrapped and clawed to keep the game close, Michigan’s balanced scoring attack put it over the hump. Five players finished in double digits, which proved to be enough to hold off a surging Bucknell offense.
It wasn’t pretty at the start, but by the end of the Michigan men’s basketball team’s 92-68 win over Hillsdale, the familiar sights of raining 3-pointers and twohanded, breakaway dunks ruled the day again. Trailing early, the Wolverines used their speed on defense and in transition to grab a lead on the Chargers they did not relinquish. At the game’s outset, the Wolverines appeared to be forcing shots from beyond the arc early in the shot clock. That, combined with Hillsdale’s Stedman Lowry opening the game with 11 points in the first 4:37, prompted the Wolverines to amp up their intensity on defense. And once they did, they found their rhythm. Creating fast breaks led to easy dunks and often resulted in open space on the offensive end, leading to uncontested 3-pointers. Michigan made 9 of 11 triples to close the first half after starting 0-for-3 from deep. “I think they were a little more comfortable with us sitting back and trying to negotiate screens and make sure we weren’t getting back cut and stuff like that,” said sophomore guard Derrick Walton Jr. “Once the guys kind of put more heat on the ball, we generated more steals and leakouts, and we’re really good in transition, so (we) got some easy baskets.” Walton, sophomore forward Zak Irvin and junior guard Caris LeVert hit consecutive 3-pointers in a one-minute span to pull Michigan back into the game. The Chargers operate out of the swing offense, which emphasizes ball motion around the perimeter to create open cuts to the basket. But while
Michigan worried about those cuts, Hillsdale was hitting shots from outside. Lowry sank two triples in the first three minutes before the Wolverines went to a more aggressive defensive set. Michigan went on a 28-9 run over a 10-minute span in the middle of the first half and went into the break up 50-33. Of those 50 points, 16 were off turnovers. The Chargers cut the Michigan lead to 10 early in the second frame, but the Wolverines clamped down again, allowing just eight points in the last eight minutes. “We just put more pressure on the ball,” said Michigan coach John Beilein. “Get the guy so he’s got to pivot a little bit more and then get in some passing lanes. That was the difference to let us get away, or that could have been an 8-10 point game.” One of the most active defenders was freshman forward Kameron Chatman, who had three steals in the first half and finished the game with four. Chatman used his length to break up telegraphed passes and hit outlets to push the ball up court. And when the run was on, LeVert was usually in the thick of it. The junior finished with 21 points and nine assists, dishing if he was pressed and taking lanes when he saw them. Michigan’s superior speed and athleticism showed in the open court, while Hillsdale struggled to get back on defense. “We were just talking more, talking and communicating, which led to getting in transition,” Irvin said. “When our defense turns into our offense, we’re pretty good.”
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Trio forming imposing line By JASON RUBINSTEIN Daily Sports Writer
And just like that, Red Berenson has seemingly struck gold again, using his wizardry to form another formidable line that can create countless chances for the Michigan hockey team. This past week, the Wolverines’ coach moved sophomore forward JT Compher back to center — his normal position — after he struggled on the wing. He shifted junior forward Boo Nieves from center to right wing and completed the line with sophomore forward Max Shuart. Berenson said prior to the weekend that this line could be the team’s best. And he may be right after the trio tallied a combined seven points — two goals and five assists — in Michigan’s weekend sweep over American International College. From the opening draw Friday, Compher, Nieves and Shuart found chemistry in Compher’s playmaking ability, Nieves’ speed and length, and Shuart’s skating ability and toughness. At the 10:54 mark in the second period Friday, sophomore defenseman Michael Downing dumped the puck into the Yellow Jackets’ zone, and Nieves raced down the ice to beat out an icing. Once he did, he found Compher at the right circle, and the center immediately slid a puck across the zone to Shuart who then found twine to finish a tic-tactoe goal. “I can’t say enough about those guys — they’re both really good players,” Shuart said. “Obviously, I was just in the right spot at the right time. Anyone probably could have put that in, so it was just a really good play from the start. Boo beating out the icing, using his speed to get on there off a great pass by JT.
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Sophomore forward Max Shuart was part of a retooled line that tallied seven points in Michigan’s weekend sweep.
“I’m really enjoying playing with these guys, trying to take as much advantage of the opportunity as I can.” Shuart’s tally was just one of many scoring opportunities the line created this weekend. With 12:41 remaining in the second period Saturday, Compher corralled a puck deep in the zone. With seemingly no open passing lanes, he managed to find one — to AIC netminder Hunter Leisner’s surprise — connecting with Nieves for the score. “It was kind of a broken play,” Nieves said. “JT was going toward the net, it was kind of a backdoor thing, and I just yelled. A guy like that can put the puck through a few guys’ skates and he did. It was pretty easy for me to put it in the back of the net after that.”
Simple or not, Berenson knows Nieves’ tally could be the spark the talented junior has been searching for all season. Nieves had looked lost playing center through Michigan’s first seven games but, this weekend, he looked like a new player on the wing — fighting for loose pucks, creating space for his linemates, finding the open line and peppering shots at the net. Part of that, Nieves said, is because of Compher and Shuart, who have made playing “easy.” Moving forward, Berenson said he believes Nieves’ newfound confidence will help the Wolverines’ right their shaky start to the season. “I think that is going to give him confidence,” Berenson said of Nieves’ goal. “I think this weekend, as much as we think we have to play better down
“I’m really enjoying playing with these guys.”
the stretch, I think it gave a lot of our players confidence. They hadn’t scored much, or they were a little bit stuck. I think they got some confidence, and Boo was one of those guys.” More so, Nieves, Compher and Shuart have impressed despite the line’s most potent scoring threat, Compher, not finding the back of the net through nine games. This isn’t new to Compher, though, as he also failed to find twine through nine games last season. And even though he may not be scoring as much as he’d like, the Wolverines know it’s not for a lack of effort. Berenson said Compher is “starting to be the JT we saw last year.” And his teammates agree. “He usually does find the back of the net,” Nieves said. “But he seems to be struggling here, but it’s nothing to worry about, because he’s a goalscorer and he’ll find a way. Once he scores one, I’m sure he’ll score 100 more.” For now, it appears Berenson has found the right linemates to get Compher going.