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University President Mark Schlissel speaks at his monthly fireside chat for the semester in the Pond Room in the Michigan Union on Monday.
Schlissel addresses safety, athletics in fireside chat President to hold office hours for students at start of new semester By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
University President Mark Schlissel joined 30 students in the Michigan Union on Thursday for his fourth and final fireside chat of the semester.
Covering topics including athletics culture, mental health and public safety, Schlissel opened by noting his first semester as president is drawing to a close. He said the fireside chats — during which a few dozen randomly selected students are given the chance to participate in a conversation with their president — provided a great forum for getting to know the University’s student body. However, Schlissel said he plans to add office hours in January and begin teaching as a guest lecturer to further devel-
op these connections. “All of this is really an effort for me to get to know and understand you and your fellow students, upholding the values here and how we’re doing delivering that and how I can do my job as well as possible,” he said. In one of the first questions, LSA senior Wes Vear, captain of the men’s club rowing team, said the team’s coach is one of just a few openly gay staff members in college athletics. He noted that particularly in men’s football, coaching staff and leadership
positions are predominantly held by white males. Vear asked if Schlissel had any plans to work with interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett to increase diversity in the ranks of the University’s athletics staff. Last week, Hackett hosted a press conference announcing that he had decided to fire former Michigan football coach Brady Hoke. The firing followed a tumultuous season for Michigan football that also included the resignation of former Athletic See FIRESIDE, Page 3
After Morris controversy, lecture addresses common misconceptions By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily News Editor
When sophomore quarterback Shane Morris was pulled out of the Wolverines’ Sept. 27 game against Minnesota, media attention was immediately drawn to his “probable, mild” concussion and the people responsible for the care of players on the sidelines. Monday evening, Associate Neurology Prof. Jeffrey Kutcher delivered a presentation refuting commonly held misconceptions about concussions and head injuries that he feels have been widely circulated by the media in recent years. The presentation, titled “Myths and Realities of Youth Sport Head Injuries,” was held in the Hatcher Library before an audience of about 30 students,
faculty and members of the general public. Public outcry regarding concussion policies in college athletics has swelled in recent years following reports of suspected long-term physical dangers and mental detriments caused by concussions. However, scientific research and media reports have often told two different stories in this debate. Over the course of the hourlong presentation, Kutcher touched on many of the greatest fallacies he has observed in media discussions regarding concussions sustained by both collegiate and professional athletes. Kutcher drew on his personal experiences working as a team physician for the Michigan football team, as well as director of the Michigan NeuroSport Program, a laboratory unit located in the Central Campus Recreation Building that specializes in concussion research and treatment. Earlier this year, Kutcher served as the head neurologist for Team See INJURIES, Page 6
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Legislation heads to State House after Senate passed proposal last week By BEN ATLAS Daily Staff Reporter
Patrons at Michigan bars may have to stick around a little longer to make last call. The Michigan Senate passed a bill last week that would allow bars to sell liquor until 4 a.m. on weekend nights. Under the proposed law, bars located in “central business districts” would still need approval from a local legislative authority by obtaining an extended hours permit for an annual fee of $10,000. Michigan law currently says liquor sales must end at 2 a.m. State Sen. Virgil Smith (D– Detroit), who is sponsoring the bill, testified earlier this year that expanded hours would make bars more competitive and would help regulate bars that currently illegally operate past 2 a.m. The Senate-approved measure will now move to the Michigan House of Representatives, which will consider the bill some time in the next two weeks before breaking for the holiday. Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor) said he would support the bill, since it would empower local communities to make their own decisions about extending hours for drinking establishments. “If there’s an interest from customers to buy at those hours, then if properly regulated, there’s no
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reason not to allow it,” Irwin said. Given the authority local governments would have under this new law, the implications the potential legislation might have for Ann Arbor bars will depend on City Council. The Council’s Liquor License Review Committee would be in charge of awarding the extended hours permits. Technically, the bill could pass in Lansing, but Ann Arbor could deny all requests from bars to have later hours. “(The committee) will carefully look at the implication of this legislation for the City and, if appropriate, make a recommendation to the City Council,” Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–Ward 2), committee chair, wrote in an e-mail. Lumm also said the committee will consult with legal and financial experts, as well as the city’s police and fire departments, to better understand the bill’s potential implications. The extent of the proposal’s impact on Ann Arbor residents and University students could largely be determined by what parts of the city are considered to be within the “central business district.” If that label only applies to the Main Street area, there might not be as widespread an impact on students as if it were also applied to the South University Avenue area, which is home to bars frequented more often by students. The Brown Jug, one bar in the South University area, might not be so welcoming to the potential change. David Root, Brown Jug’s general manager, said he hopes See LEGISLATION, Page 6
Students gather at UGLi to de-stress during finals week By PARISHA NOVA Daily Staff Reporter
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Nigel Tapela speaks in the Rackham Assembly Hall on Monday, where UMAPS Program scholars presented their research accomplished at the University.
African Scholars program hosts annual symposium University group invites young faculty members to develop research By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter
The U-M African Presidential Scholars Program held its Research Symposium for the fall semester in the Rackham Assembly Hall Monday. The program was established in 2008 following former University President Mary Sue Coleman’s visit to Ghana. Each semester, UMAPS invites selected early-career faculty members from institutions in Ghana, Liberia, South Africa and Uganda to the University to conduct post-doctoral research for up to six months. During
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their visits, scholars study topics ranging from breast cancer detection to literary depictions of poverty, all under the mentorship of University faculty members. The scholars are placed in the African Studies Center and various departments depending on their discipline and research topic. “We started this research symposium as a way for the University community to learn more about the research that was being done by these excellent scholars,” said Devon Keen, program manager at the African Studies Center. She said the program aims to foster a better understanding of global issues through the African perspective. “There’s someone from the Law School who did tax law and we had a visiting faculty person who worked on international tax
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from the South African perspective,” Keen said. “And as a result of their collaboration, in his next publication the University faculty member included a chapter in his publication about South African tax law. He had been writing about international tax law for a while but never thought of it from an African perspective.” Keen said the collaboration between the University and various African universities fosters cultural exchange. “In this way the program benefits the visiting faculty and benefits our faculty and students who get a chance to learn from, meet, and expand their networks in research agendas,” she said. “It’s a big way to internationalize the University. One of the big goals of the University is internationalization.” UMAPS scholar Nicole DeWet, an associate lecturer See AFRICA, Page 3
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A number of dogs were on hand at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library on Monday to provide some extra love to students stressed by impending final exams. The dogs were provided by Therapaws of Michigan, an Ann Arbor-based organization that brings teams of dogs and their owners to visit schools, health care facilities and libraries. The organization first started by bringing dogs to see patients at the University of Michigan Health System. “Therapaws hosts therapy dogs, not service dogs,” said Jan Collins, a Therapaws volunteer who brought her dog Cooper to the event. “This means that they love to be pet and love to give love back.” Therapaws dogs, along with their owners, must pass extensive tests administered through the national organization Therapy Dogs Inc. to qualify for the volunteer opportunity. They then complete trial runs at local nursing homes, where their reactions to strangers are evaluated for their ease in interacting with new people. “It is important to have a dog who is really calm, likes people and can enjoy being around all See PUPPIES, Page 3
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in Guinea between 1989 and 1991. I was a math teacher there, and I really didn’t know anything about the place when I went. It’s a francophone country in West Africa, and I spoke some French and had done calculus in college. I grew to love the country and ended up going back several years later to do my Ph.D. research. What project are you currently working on? I’m currently working on a book called “A Socialist Peace.” It’s about why wars don’t break out in some places. Because the Ebola epidemic began about 20 miles from where I have lived
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Mike McGovern is a professor of political anthropology at the University, with a focus on West Africa. Before coming to the University in 2011, McGovern taught anthropology at Yale University for six years. For the past 25 years he has been living back and forth between the United States and Guinea. He has also served as the West Africa project director of the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based organization that specializes in analyzing the causes of armed conflict. He received a Ph.D. from Emory University in 2004.
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on and off for the past 25 years, I’ve been doing a lot of stuff on Ebola for the past four months. I’m putting what I already know from years of research on the history and the culture of that area. What project are you most proud of? I really very much enjoyed doing my last book, which is called “Unmasking the State.” It’s about an attempt to eradicate masks and other kinds of wooden figurines from a part of Guinea where I work and what that was all about.
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WHAT: Hot chocolate, tea and coffee will be served to help students relax before exams. WHO: Center for Campus Involvement, Maize Pages Student Organizations WHEN: Today from noon to 2 p.m. WHERE: The Diag
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U.S. has reduced carbon emissions, University planetarium aims but pollution still rising globally to bring stars in full focus Gasoline and diesel exports contribute to overall global warming trend GARDI SUGDUP, Panama (AP) — Heat-trapping pollution released into the atmosphere from rising exports of U.S. gasoline and diesel dwarfs the cuts made from fuel efficiency standards and other efforts to reduce global warming in the United States, according to a new Associated Press investigation. Under President Barack Obama, the U.S. has reduced more carbon pollution from energy than any other nation, about 475 million tons between 2008 and 2013, according to U.S. Energy Department data. Less than one-fifth of that amount came from burning less gasoline and diesel fuel. Yet the U.S. is sending more
fuel than ever to other parts of the world, where efforts to address resulting pollution are just getting underway, if advancing at all. U.S. exports of gasoline and diesel released roughly 1 billion tons of carbon pollution into the atmosphere elsewhere during the same period, according to AP’s analysis. This fossil fuel trade has helped President Barack Obama meet political goals to curb carbon dioxide at home, by taking it off America’s pollution balance sheet. But that does not necessarily help the planet. Despite efforts by the U.S. and others, pollution linked to global warming is still rising worldwide. In Panama, imports of diesel and gasoline from the U.S. have nearly quadrupled since 2008. Panama is the largest recipient of diesel fuel dirtier and more carbon-laden than would be allowed in the U.S., in part because the fuel is used in cars
and trucks that do not have the same efficiency standards and are not regularly inspected and maintained, the AP’s investigation found. Panama’s requirement that drivers test emissions, including for carbon dioxide, are almost completely ignored. “It’s a false image,” said Onel Masardule of the Indigenous People’s Biocultural Climate Change Assessment Initiative, a Peru-based environmental group. “In reality, the U.S is still contaminating.” Obama has overseen a domestic boom in oil and natural gas production and ordered the biggest increases in fuel economy in history. That’s helped the U.S. reduce oil imports, create jobs, boost exports and shrink the trade deficit. But for global warming, fuel exports mean that, at the very least, the administration is making a smaller dent than it claims. “This is their hidden success story that they would like to keep hidden,” said Kevin Book, a Washington-based energy analyst and a member of the National Petroleum Council, a federal advisory group in the U.S. “It has done a lot to improve our balance of trade standing, but it is not the most climatefriendly way to do it. There is no way to avoid that there is a bigger emissions impact when you have more to combust,” Book said. There is no clear accounting of what America’s growth as a fossil-fuel powerhouse is doing to the global-warming picture. U.S. projects that increase energy exports could be considered, such as huge terminals planned for the West Coast to send more coal abroad for power plants. Trade agreements could factor in the implications of energy trade on global warming. But no trade pacts negotiated by the White House mention it.
Natural History museum offers talks every Saturday, Sunday all year By KRISTEN ANDERSON For the Daily
Every weekend, dozens of people head inside to observe the night sky. The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History offers the program “Star Talk: The Sky Tonight” year-round on Saturdays and Sundays. Small groups attend each program, which runs about 45 minutes long and takes place in the museum’s 36-seat planetarium. Though each presenter’s content is different, audience members can expect to see constellations visible from Earth, view other planets in our solar system and leave the Milky Way to observe celestial bodies far outside our galaxy, even those on the edge of the universe. The planetarium enables simulated observation of the night sky based on actual astronomical data, without the impacts of light pollution or adverse weather conditions. Audience members usually include the general public, K-12 students on field trips,
as well as University students who may find themselves in the planetarium as part of an astronomy course. Planetarium manager Matt Linke said many people come to a star talk during the summer to become familiarized with constellations and to be able to identify them on camping trips. “We focus on those objects, those patterns, that are most dominant over the season,” Linke said. “What we decide to do with content really is based on what do we think people want to see when they go outside.” Each star talk is delivered unscripted, and each presenter interacts with the audience in a different way. All presenters are University students, most of whom study astronomy, physics or a closely related science. “There is no one star talk,” Linke said. “I give them the opportunity to design the star talk the way it makes sense for them to present it. If you go to three different shows, you’ll get three different star talks.” For example, LSA senior Alyssa Keimach, one of the planetarium’s operators, included close-up observation of the International Space Station and the Mars rover in her presentation, as well as further observation of several galaxy
clusters. She outlined the criteria for classifying planets and discussed the discovery of cosmic background radiation, mentioning that the Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in four billion years. “I believe in probability,” Keimach said. There is probably some other form of life out there. It doesn’t have to be intelligent.” Keimach also explained to audience members that light from distant stars can take billions of light years to reach Earth. Certain stars in distant galaxies could have imploded millions of years ago and ceased to exist, but scientists may never know. “When we view deep space stuff, we’re also actually looking back in time,” she said. During her star talks, Keimach sometimes encourages audience members to sign up for a NASA program that alerts participants whenever the International Space Station is observable from their city. Star talks are offered Saturdays at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Additional seasonal programs include “Season of Light” and “Extrasolar Planets — Discovering New Worlds.” Admission to the museum is free, and planetarium programs charge $5 per person.
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PUPPIES From Page 1 sorts of sights and sounds,” said Sue Zieske, who brought her dog Darla to the UGLi on Monday. Zieske also mentioned the importance of a good fit between the owner and the dog. “You have to have the right dog,” she said. “You wait for the right dog to come along, a dog that is cut out for this.” Collins and Zieske noted the importance of a source of stress relief during finals week. “They are supposed to distract the students, give them a change of pace, get them away from exams for a little bit,” Collins said. “A lot of students miss their pets at home so they really appreciate seeing an animal
FIRESIDE From Page 1 Director Dave Brandon. Though Schlissel said hiring a new head coach is ultimately up to Hackett, he thanked students for encouraging more female representation in the athletic staff and said he will discuss ways to improve gender diversity within the program. “I think that’s a great question for me to ask and how we think of issues of gender and other issues of equity on staff of the Athletic Department,” Schlissel said. Students also discussed the ways in which campus geography has led to both safety con-
here.” Event organizer Jerry Nordblom, a member of the Therapaws board of directors, said the dogs are not trained but rather extensively tested. He said the dogs love assignments like campus visits, as visiting hospitals can be more stressful for the canines. However, he said the dogs visibly appreciate visiting a vibrant college campus and being pet by students. Therapaws also has other assignments in nursing homes, hospitals, children’s hospitals and elementary schools. Children who have difficulty reading also sit down with therapy dogs and read to them as part of a program hosted b y Therapaws. The dogs will be back on the first f loor of the UGLi on Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
cerns and a disconnect between students on North Campus and Central Campus. LSA senior Alex Abdun-Nabi spoke about Ann Arbor’s current moratorium on erecting new streetlights on campus due to cost concerns. He said this poses problems for off-campus students living in areas such as Kerrytown and South Campus. Schlissel said with the recent election of Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor, the Ann Arbor City Council has looked into lifting the moratorium and increasing lighting throughout the city. Schlissel also commented on the amicable relationship he shares with Taylor, noting that both are open to meeting regu-
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larly to address the concerns of student residents. Students also raised issues related to the seemingly separate nature of North Campus. One student with dual enrollment in the Ross School of Business and the School of Art & Design noted the distinct cultures that exist in each school due to their geographical separation. Others said North Campus tends to get overlooked in discussions of overall University improvement, raising concerns associated with the Bursley Dining Hall and the deteriorating infrastructure of the Northwood Apartments. Schlissel said the discussion to improve North Campus is a relatively new one and students
might not see changes in the near future. However, he said improvements are in the works. “It’ll take a couple of years, but the discussion to improve the campus is happening now,” he said. Schlissel asked students for suggestions to help bridge the gap between schools and colleges on North Campus and Central Campus. One student suggested creating interdisciplinary programs to facilitate collaborations between students in both schools. Another topic of discussion was the improvement of mental health services on campus. Because of the stressful nature of final exam period, more students seek psychological help and
therapy during the final weeks of school than during the rest of the semester. E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, who also participated in the montly chat, said the additional number of students attempting to seek treatment often results in longer wait times at Counseling and Psychological Services. Both Harper and Schlissel noted that in the past the University has attempted to hire additional staff during these periods, yet has underestimated the number of students seeking help this season. Both said the University is currently considering increasing the total number of counselors and expanding CAPS as a whole.
at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, presented her research on “The Determinants of Youth Health Outcomes in South Africa” and focused specifically on the relationship between secondary education and the prevalence of AIDS among youth. DeWet said she hopes her research helps further the existing treatment for AIDS in South Africa. “In the long run, I want it to just build on existing knowledge about AIDS,” she said. “The time that we’ve been given here to build on this existing knowledge is so important. In terms of the long-term impact, I guess it will be a collection of what (I’ll) do to promote research in Africa, about research in our countries.” DeWet worked at the Population Studies Center with her faculty mentor, Barbara A. Anderson, to expand her doctoral thesis on adolescent mortality, and will continue to conduct research at the University for another four months. Kofi Gyan, program manager at the International Family Planning Fellowship Program, has been a part of the program since its early years. “The best part was getting a different perspective on health, humanities, social sciences from an African point of view,” Gyan said. “There’s not a lot that is known about Africa than there is about this city.”
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Body cameras are a good first step towards improving law enforcement
he recent decisions to not indict police officers involved in the deaths of Black men such as Michael Brown and Eric Garner have inspired passionate conversations about our justice system. Across the nation, several police departments are seeking to rebuild trust in their respective communities by implementing policies to increase transparency. On Dec. 2, the Ypsilanti City Council approved a resolution for the purchase of 15 body cameras for its police staff after nearly a year of discussions. While the Garner case has proven body cameras alone can’t be expected to solve deeply rooted and systemic issues of police brutality, requiring officers to wear them has been statistically shown to create more accountability on all sides. Therefore, the Ann Arbor Police Department, the University of Michigan Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across the nation should adopt the use of body cameras as the first step in a multi-pronged approach to police reformation. Ypsilanti Police Chief Tony DeGiusti submitted a request to the Ypsilanti City Council for nearly $55,000 worth of equipment purchases and upgrades. While Ypsilanti police cars currently have dashboard cameras that can record police interactions in front of the vehicles, DeGiusti noted that the outdated equipment has become a problem for the department. In addition, a bargain offered by law enforcement technology company L-3 Mobile-Vision, motivated the police force to purchase the cameras. Similarly, Eastern Michigan University has announced plans to invest $17,000 in body camera equipment for officers, and Ann Arbor officials discussed the implementation of body cameras Monday, Dec. 8. Body cameras would not only hold police more accountable for their actions, but also the civilians with whom they interact. The cameras could also potentially help with conflicting witness testimonies that so often result from encounters with police officers. Furthermore, a study of the use of body cameras by police in Rialto, California, shows that the use of force by police fell by 60 percent and citizen complaints decreased by 88 percent after their distribution. Though it is commendable that the Ypsilanti Police Department and other law enforcement agencies are taking these preventative measures, the use of these body cameras must be accompanied by legislative guidelines to ensure that the cameras are an effective measure. The department has mandated that officers turn their cameras on upon coming into contact with a citizen. While there are both pros and cons to this policy, legislators must create a specific, uniform policy providing strict guidelines regarding when cameras
should be on and how they should be utilized. According to The Atlantic, there is very little conclusive and consistent evidence, research or testing regarding the use of body cameras. With President Barack Obama asking for $263 million in federal funding for the purchase and training of body camera use, it’s imperative that these devices’ role in the justice system be closely monitored. It’s important to note that body cameras will not completely solve the problems that exist between citizens and law enforcement. As Obama stated after the Ferguson decision, “This is a problem that is national.” The road to a solution must include providing police personnel with better and more extensive training. Police departments across the nation should reevaluate their practices and hold their officers to a higher standard. Nonviolent measures should always be encouraged whenever possible and officers should be better trained to handle civilians of all identities, including those with mental disabilities and other cognitive impairments. Being aware of differing cultural identities will lead police officers to become more sensitive to the different issues facing groups within our diverse society. It’s becoming increasingly evident that there is a deep and extremely problematic divide between some police forces in the United States and the communities they police. In helping to close this divide, body cameras are a piece of the puzzle, but only that. To attempt to move toward remedying this divide, improved legislation and training must be put into place in order to aid police forces in their understanding and policing of their respective communities.
MARIS HARMON | THE PODIUM
Are you satisfied with your undergraduate education?
As I am coming up on completing my four years at the University this spring I am starting to wonder — could I have done something to feel more satisfied with my liberal arts education? Why is it that an outcome of my choice to receive a liberal arts education is that I can’t quite articulate what I’ve learned in my classes? Is it a result of my class choices or my major selection? Or is my lack of satisfaction a product of a system that doesn’t really know quite how to teach? Paulo Freire, in “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” categorizes teaching into two main methods — the banking method and the problemposing method. In the banking approach, “Narration (with the teacher as narrator) leads the students to memorize mechanically the narrated account. Worse yet, it turns them into ‘containers,’ into ‘receptacles’ to be ‘filled’ by the teachers. The more completely she fills the receptacles, the better a teacher she is. The more meekly the receptacles permit themselves to be filled, the better students they are.” From required statistics courses to history classes where I was mandated to memorize lists of terms and capitals, I often felt like a receptacle. I frequently felt trapped within an uncreative paradigm of memorize and regurgitate within classrooms and especially with GSIs. I did not feel this way about all of my classes at all, but the majority of survey courses, history seminars and obligatory requirements fell incredibly short of worthwhile experiences. Each year we pay thousands of dollars to attend each course — why should only a select few upper-level courses really challenge our intellect and force us to truly think? “The banking approach to adult education, for example, will never propose to students that they critically consider reality. It will deal instead with such vital questions as whether Roger gave green grass to the goat, and insist upon the importance of learning that, on the contrary, Roger gave green grass to the rabbit. The ‘humanism’ of the banking
approach masks the effort to turn women and men into automatons — the very negation of their ontological vocation to be more fully human.” There have been countless instances when I felt I was learning something so inapplicable to the real world that it almost wasn’t worth challenging my brain to perform the task at hand. Hundreds of pages of reading a week didn’t help me critically think or analyze — it made me into a robot that skimmed some pages of academic garble every night. In problem-posing education, Freire’s counter to the banking approach is, “people develop their power to perceive critically the way they exist in the world with which and in which they find themselves; they come to see the world not as a static reality, but as a reality in process, in transformation. Although the dialectical relations of women and men with the world exist independently of how these relations are perceived (or whether or not they are perceived at all), it is also true that the form of action they adopt is to a large extent a function of how they perceive themselves in the world. Hence, the teacher-student and the studentsteachers reflect simultaneously on themselves and the world without dichotomizing this reflection from action, and thus establish an authentic form of thought and action.” Students need to learn how to think as individuals, not as robotic cogs in the academic machine. That’s boring and uninspiring. University education has so much potential to create passion and inspire fascination in the minds of students; all of my friends love learning. However, most of my friends do not love school. There is a very big contradiction here that we need to fix. The problem is not that my friends and I are lazy or under-stimulated by the world around us. The problem is that we are at the mercy of teachers who treat us like receptacles into whom they dump their knowledge.
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In the problem-posing method, “The teacher is no longer merely the-onewho-teaches, but one who is himself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also teach. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow.” This philosophy considers the student a human entity with intellectual value, able to contribute
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to his or her own journey of education. Simply put, dialogue is stimulating. Lectures are not. As I come to a close on my four years as an undergrad, I reflect on the classes I’ve taken — those that have inspired and those that have fallen short. Unfortunately for me, the ratio seems a bit off. Some of that has to do with distribution requirements
forcing me to take courses I’m not interested in. Much of it has to do with my professors’ seeming disinterest in taking a true role in the dialectical relationship of education. Spare me your lectures and textbooks and multiple-choice exams. Provide me with the tools and freedom to think. Maris Harmon is an LSA senior.
Ross and the rest
he Ross School of Business is located on Tappan Avenue, in a building so large, orange and modern that it almost looks as though it was intentionally designed to differentiate itself from the rest of campus. The inside — filled VICTORIA with hanging NOBLE artwork, glass windows that flood the space with natural light and small study rooms each equipped with audiovisual equipment — looks nothing like Lorch Hall down the street, or Mason Hall a few blocks away. When I visited the University as a prospective student, this was intensely obvious to me. Last winter semester, I was one of a handful of people in my Economics 101 class who had no intention of applying to the Business School. One day in discussion section, as my class and I waited for class to begin, I listened as students detailed their concerns that, if they didn’t get into Ross, they wouldn’t have anything else to study at the University. Trying to be helpful, I offered economics, statistics and communications studies as possible alternatives. “No,” one student told me. They had no intention of staying in LSA. If they didn’t get into Ross, they would be applying to the Ford School of Public Policy, another exclusive “special program.” Happy to have found someone who I thought might’ve shared my interested in politics, I excitedly asked what kind of policy they were interested in. Oops, I had again misread my classmate. As it turned out, they weren’t really interested in policy at all. And that kind of made me wonder — out of the probably hundreds of people in my class who were applying to the Business School, how many were interested in business? Not business as a high-powered career and a perceived path to a high starting salary. Not business as a major that might provide added benefits like an intense recruiting process, a
shiny, high-tech class building or a closer community of students also in their major. But rather, how many of these students were interested in the major for the skills and lessons it might provide? How many of them even knew, beyond what they had been told in mass meetings and read on the Ross website, what those skills were? There’s no doubt that the Business School, ranked fourth in the country in 2014, is an excellent program. Likewise, there’s no doubt that Business School graduates are highly desired by employers — 92 percent of 2014 graduates were offered a job by graduation. But, if a student finds themself in the program for the wrong reasons, the overall strength of the program won’t make up for the missed opportunity to study something about which they were truly passionate. So to freshmen considering applying to Ross, do your best to ensure that you’re doing so for the right reasons. You’ll do the best at the thing you’re most passionate about. The ability to demonstrate that passion and commitment — not to mention show off the higher grades that often follow true engagement with coursework — will likely get you a whole lot further in the job market than a BBA degree and Ross-sponsored networking opportunities. I can personally tell you that I’ve found a lot of incredible internships and opportunities as an LSA student. If you don’t know what you’re passionate about, this is the time to find out — but don’t settle for a major just because it’s highly ranked, likely to get you a job or housed in a pumpkin-colored architectural masterpiece. While it’s important that students do some serious introspection before choosing a major, it would be unwise to ignore the many ways in which University action has nudged students toward programs that they may not truly be academically interested in. The Business School also offers so many resources to its students that students from other majors usually don’t have access to. For example, Ross-affiliated student organizations can get access to special funding, and can use Ross facilities for
meetings and events. Meanwhile, non-affiliated groups have to pay to use University facilities. The Business School also holds a professional recruiting process that is generally restricted to Ross students — though other students can pay a fee to participate. Many Ross students also participate in student organizations explicitly restricted to or mostly filled with other Ross students, providing an added sense of community. Due to the exclusivity of the school, it’s completely understandable that many students might apply to the Business School, even if they’re unsure whether the program is right for them. In some cases, similar resources are available to general LSA students. It’s certainly possible for them to get career guidance and ad-hoc funding for student organizations. However, while smaller special programs can offer a more centralized and structured approach to connect students with resources, LSA students are often on their own. For example, while professional planning and recruitment is heavily emphasized for Ross students, 36.8 percent of unemployed recent LSA graduates didn’t begin their job search until after graduation. The Career Center can provide resources to help students find a job, but they have to seek that guidance out on their own. The University has a responsibility to ensure that the perceived (or actual) inequality of experiences or resources between LSA and special programs like the Business School is not contributing to students’ decisions to pursue any given major. When students decide to attend the University of Michigan, most do so with the expectation that they will receive a world-class education in whatever they choose to study. Once they arrive on campus, they deserve the freedom to decide what that subject is without feeling constrained by a disparity in available opportunities. By striving to provide a uniform quality of experience and opportunity to all students, the University can surely make progress toward that end. — Victoria Noble can be reached at vjnoble@umich.edu.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS 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
LINDSEY LAIRD | THE PODIUM
How can we achieve friendly diplomacy?
A few weeks ago, the famous author and activist Alice Walker presented a lecture for hundreds of people at Hill Auditorium. Her lecture, which was incredibly moving and thought-provoking, was filled with many feminist/womanist, environmentalist and anti-war sentiments. The main theme of her lecture was friendship, which Walker expanded to address friendships amongst nations or, as it’s most commonly understood, diplomacy. Later in her lecture, Walker asserted the need to unlearn what we have been taught to hold as truth. Many audience members cheered in agreement with this idea. In my opinion, Walker was suggesting that our formal schooling has presented us with a very biased and simplistic view of how things are. While I agree and believe it is necessary to revise exactly what we learn in order to include a greater diversity of experiences and viewpoints, I feel an additional degree as to how we learn and how we feel about learning should be addressed in order to achieve Walker’s vision of friendly diplomacy. Quite obviously, diplomacy revolves around the need to understand cultures and ways of life of people from around the world. I feel that, all too often, our society has a superficial as well as blindly biased idea of the way things are in other parts of the world. This is harmful because, without a deeper and more complex understanding of other cultures, our society has the potential to make decisions that can cause unintended harm to many people. So, I ask the question: why, as a society, have we come to be more comfortable with static, fixed and one-dimensional views of issues,
ideas and unfamiliar cultures? My hypothesis is the way in which children are (generally) educated within the public school system. By means of class exams, statemandated tests and AP/SAT/ACT tests, one cannot argue that the public school system has come to be primarily concerned with exactly what students know. These types of tests and ways of advancing in the public school system are sending the message to children that their knowledge and opinions can boil down to being either right or wrong. This is a gross misrepresentation of real life — the very thing education should be preparing students for. Additionally, I feel that kids are being taught from a very young age that learning is a one-time deal. Once students take an exam on a particular topic, they often feel they have learned all there is to know, or, even worse, all they need to know on that topic. How many times have you heard asked, or perhaps even asked yourself, “Will we need to know that for the exam?” Tests and exams have trained us not to be comfortable unless we have straightforward and immediate solutions to a problem or question. To tie this back to Walker’s idea of friendly diplomacy, our discomfort with complexity becomes problematic on a larger scale when society tries to put major ideas and decisions into tiny boxes labeled “A, B, C and D.” (When in doubt, always guess C.) Society should be comfortable with complex and nuanced understandings of issues. Additionally, we need to teach kids from a young age that they will never completely understand everything and, as a result, they should have a commitment to continual
learning. It is my belief that exams do not foster this attitude toward learning — it merely fosters an attitude centered around passing tests that are often devoid of any level of complexity. In addition to a commitment to continual learning, I feel that kids should be taught that they can and should learn from anyone and everyone. All too often our society has underlying assumptions as to who can learn from whom: teacherstudent, parent-child, developed nation-developing nation, etc. We need a generation of young people who are humble enough to break this mold of learning. In my opinion, humility is a crucial component to Walker’s vision of friendly diplomacy. In conclusion, we need to restructure our public education system to provide students a space in which they can be comfortable with not knowing the correct answer to every question asked of them. Kids should be made aware of the complexity of issues, cultures and societies. They should be taught to thrive in this complexity and to continually strive for a more nuanced understanding of the world, while always understanding their own personal limits and biases. It’s my belief that all of these solutions should be practiced on a larger scale when our society interacts with other parts of the world. If we combine humility and a commitment to continual learning, Alice Walker’s ideal of friendly diplomacy could be achieved. Lindsey Laird is an Music, Theater & Dance junior.
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ALBUM REVIEW
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Bald, bold and “beautiful.”
A progressive ‘Elegy’ Billy Corgan and crew release inventive new album By MELINA GLUSAC Daily Arts Writer
“The world is a vampire.” The statement that begins The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 hit “Bullet with A Butterfly Wings” fully Monuments encapsulates their gothic to an Elegy flair. Since 1988, The Smashing grunge prince Pumpkins and lead singer BMG Billy Corgan has led his ever-changing band of talented instrumentalists, all a little afraid of the world and its blood-sucking tendencies. The band reached mainstream success in the early and mid-90s with the likes of “Cherub Rock” and “1979.” In its heyday, the band achieved that godly duo: critical and mainstream success. Since then, Corgan has been laying pretty low. But he’s never really stopped; he writes, he growls, he sings — and on his newest, brilliant record, Monuments to an Elegy, he and his latest lineup of gourds absolutely kill.
The album marks a slight departure for the band, which, in this case, works. Songs like “Anaise!” are distinctly Pumpkins but decidedly new, with interesting yet subtle techno inflections. “Dorian” follows suit — it’s a catchy, barely electronic number whose slamming guitars and characteristically rock vocals create an awesome juxtaposition for the ears. Monuments to an Elegy is laced with dark melodies and grungy touches but with cool, modern beats and conservative synths. It’s not shocking nor flabbergasting; this is the good kind of “departure.” Another asset that makes their modern metamorphosis seamless is the “throwback” effect. “AntiHero” is the epitome of all that was great about grunge: angsty lyrics, clanging guitars, charging drums and yelling about being the underdog — Corgan’s specialties. It’s salvation for the listener to hear this nostalgia, as it’s what made the Pumpkins smash in the first place. “One and All (We Are)” is also a more traditional one, showcasing beautifully grimy guitars. A few synths find their way in but at the appropriate moment and, most importantly, tactfully. A perfect balance is struck. Speaking of perfection, Corgan’s voice hasn’t lost one bit of
it over the years. This is especially evident on “Being Beige,” the first single off the album, where Corgan hits falsetto in the chorus for a sweet second and reminds us of the innate sex appeal in his nasally nuance. It comes through on “Run2Me,” as well — Corgan’s voice gives the song’s electro nods the edge they need. And he can bend a vowel like no other singer in the business, clinging to every “a” and “o” with a despondent, moody wail. Never in history has a nasal infection sounded so good, Britney Spears aside. Hot whiny vocals are the new black. “Monuments” is an interesting track, with nice, pounding drums and forceful vocals. But the best song by far is “Tiberius,” the opening jam. Its lovely piano intro falls into a solid rock groove by the 50-second mark, guitars mimicking the dark melody brought forth first. It’s classic Smashing Pumpkins: uniquely melodic rock. Monuments to an Elegy is an inventive, progressive step forward for the band. In a world void of raw rock, this album is a macabre breath of fresh air. On the song “Drum + Fife,” Corgan sings, “I will bang this drum till my dying days.” For the sake of music and all things rock, we’re begging you, Billy. Please do.
MUSIC COLUMN
Catchy, creepy Christmas carols
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very Christmas, there’s something I love more than anything, beyond the Mariah Careys, Michael Bublés and Motown classics that populate every holiday playlist. While driving across icy roads and struggling to maintain control over my car, while ADAM trying to walk through THEISEN eight inches of snowfall in shoes that should only be worn in the summer, to listen to the Christmas sounds of a convicted murderer. Let me explain. Phil Spector is, unfortunately, a huge influence on the development of pop music. If you somehow don’t know him for his work on The Beatles’ Let It Be and John and George’s solo work, you know him for his production on ’60s girl-group classics like “Then He Kissed Me” and “Be My Baby.” Spector’s technique is perhaps best exemplified by George Harrison’s “Wah-Wah,” from All Things Must Pass. By layering instrument upon instrument — many of which played the exact same notes — Spector produced his trademark “Wall of Sound,” a powerful aesthetic that carried songs by sheer force. On “Wah-Wah,” Harrison’s defiant, angry voice is surrounded on all sides by guitars, percussion and horns, creating a crashing wave of music that pummels and energizes the listeners. Similarly, over 20 musicians reportedly took part in the recording of “Be My Baby,” resulting in the simple, catchy melody turning into an all-time classic by a lush, complex orchestra whose percussion
snaps along to the beat and whose strings glide underneath Ronnie Spector’s beautiful vocals. Spector also helped record my favorite Christmas album of all time, A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector. It’s a compilation of classic Christmas songs performed by Spector-affiliated groups like The Ronettes and The Crystals, backed by the Wall of Sound. A Christmas Gift For You is everything that holiday music should be — upbeat, fun and easy to sing along to. But , thanks mostly to Spector, it’s also extremely musically advanced. His arrangements combine classic girl-group tropes (the “ring-a-ling-a-ling-ading-dong-ding” backing vocals in “Sleigh Ride”) with intricate string and percussion parts, giving the songs layers of greatness. A Christmas Gift For You also features one of the best Christmas songs ever cut. Darlene Love, the record’s best vocal asset, sings “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” the album’s only original song. Theatrical and impassioned, Love’s incredible powerful voice soars above the bells and strings and backing vocals. It’s a shout of despair that somehow sounds triumphant, as Love through sheer force of will impresses and energizes listeners. Although Spector influenced The Beach Boys and The Beatles (and, by extension, practically everyone involved in pop music from the ’60s on), he was also batshit crazy. He locked Leonard Cohen out of the studio while the two were working on Death of a Ladies’ Man and reportedly threatened the singer-songwriter with a crossbow. Rumor has it he held The Ramones hostage at gunpoint while he and the group worked
on End of the Century. But the worst of Spector’s actions, obviously, is his 2003 murder of singer Lana Clarkson, a crime that he was convicted of in 2009 and for which he is still serving a sentence of 19 years to life. And that’s why you should never listen to the A Christmas Gift For You’s last track, “Silent Night.” Spector talks over sugary, sappy strings playing the old Christmastime standard, thanking the listener and the groups on the record with really wordy, awkwardly phrased sentences, speaking in his delicate voice that just sounds slightly off, probably because you know this is the voice of insanity. It’s slow and quiet enough to put you to sleep, but I’d recommend keeping one eye open. The track will make your skin crawl every time. When I’m listening to the joyous sounds of A Christmas Gift For You, I sometimes snap out of it. I realize how awful the person who created this great music is. I want to think about the context and eschew the R. Kellys and the Ariel Pinks and all the horrible people who make music. But somehow, the spirit of Christmas overwhelms everything else. The crazy thing about pop music is how it can simplify our lives, fill our minds with a rush of pleasure and allow us to forget everything else. I usually take issue with the phrase, “Turn off your brain,” but in the case of Phil Spector, maybe that’s not the worst thing. Maybe, in this case, it’s OK to sit around the fire and turn on classic holiday music, focusing on just the music and what it means to us personally. Theisen is still wearing his summer shoes. To ridicule him, e-mail ajtheis@umich.edu.
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“Who’s gonna catch the bouquet?”
‘Walking Dead’ subverts norms in midseason finale Tragic storylines come together in ‘Coda’ episode By MATTHEW BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts Writer
Spoiler Alert: this review contains major spoilers for season five of “The Walking Dead.” “The AWalking Dead” has The Walking usually been known for Dead its explosive Season Five midseason finales that Mid-Season serve to Finale punctuate Returns Feb. 8 the vicious AMC reality of the series. This year’s midseason finale, “Coda,” saw a subversion of the norm for “The Walking Dead,” though, while still dealing a relatively strong emotional blow. Rather than constant escalation, the episode saw most characters intentionally avoid killing, only to see their efforts tragically fail. “Coda” wasn’t the strongest episode of this half-season, but it was an intrig uing change of pace that put previous episodes into perspective. Even the opening seemed to foreshadow an incredibly violent ending for the Grady Memorial Hospital storyline, as Rick (Andrew Lincoln, “Strike Back”) callously executed the escaping Officer Bob Lamson (Maximiliano Hernández, “The Last Ship”). Lincoln has been a standout this season, bringing a cold intensity to Rick, a man who
will protect his group — his family — at any cost. Rick eerily echoed Terminus villain Gareth (Andrew J. West, “Suburgatory”) saying, “Can’t go back, Bob.” Also, it has not been a good season for g uys named Bob. Terminus’ effect has resonated differently throughout the group and inf luenced their actions accordingly. Rick’s cold resolve to leave nothing to chance was contrasted by the rest of the group’s insistence that they could rescue fellow members Beth (Emily Kinney, “It’s Complicated”) and Carol (Melissa McBride, “The Mist”) without killing every cop in the hospital. While Rick has seen the events as a warning about taking a half measure, other members have seen it as a reminder that they have to maintain their humanity. The Terminus arc was one of the strongest storylines for the series and unfortunately showed some of the weaknesses of the Grady Memorial Hospital story. The group of former cops, who wielded their oldworld authority tyrannically while destroying themselves from the inside, was a unique opposition. Members of Grady described the hospital as “hanging by a thread,” and this became apparent as the season moved forward. The leader of Grady, Dawn (Christine Woods, “Hello Ladies”), was treading water, desperate to maintain her authority. As she told Beth, “you have to have their respect,” and Dawn’s was dwindling. However, a lack of definition for most of Grady’s
cops made it tough to get a firm grasp of the hospital. Who was with Dawn? Who wasn’t? If addressed better, these questions could have made Grady a more defined location. A major theme this season has been the dynamics between strength and weakness, and its effects on how people survive. Dawn was a weakening character who was trying to maintain her illusion of strength and power — these attempts led to the tragic ending of the episode. The final exchange in the hospital was a well-executed climax with tilted camera angles creating a surreal tension that painted the scene as a doomed venture. When Dawn went back on the deal (two cops in exchange for Beth and Carol) and demanded hospital escapee, Noah (Tyler James Williams, “Everybody Hates Chris”) as well, she was making a desperate grab to maintain her leadership. While Beth’s growing confidence in opposition to Dawn was stretched too far. This over-extension of streng th led to both characters’ deaths. However, while previous finales might have ended this standout with g uns blazing, the sudden death of innocent Beth seemed to emotionally crush the group, while Dawn’s was a weight off Grady. The group attempted to do the right thing and still saw its efforts fail. There was just no fight left on either side. The final shot framed the mourning survivors against the looming world, with new wounds, harsh lessons and no end in sight.
STYLE NOTEBOOK
The enigma that is ‘the lob’ By MARIAM SHEIKH For the Daily
Today, a girl in my class asked me if I liked having a lob — a long bob. That’s a great question, extremely relevant to life and all, but my hair falls past my chest. Now, is this the byproduct of pure ignorance or one of pure confusion from society’s constant need to give every new trend a short and catchy name? You be the judge. Don’t get me wrong, I love the lob — the concept of it, anyway. It’s so very nonchalant. Not to mention low-key casually chic. It serves the purpose of being sophisticated, but at the same time it also embodies the characteristics of its not-sodistant cousin twice removed — the mullet, with just that right mix of business and party. Your hairstyle defines you, I get that more than anyone. I’m that girl at the hair salon who brings a new picture of Kate Middleton to show
my hairdresser every time I go (somehow I never end up looking like her) as I sit there cringing in my chair while less than an inch of my hair is cut. For girls especially, hair is a kind of security blanket.
What’s next? Resurrecting ‘the Rachel?’ The trending lob represents more than that awkward in-between haircuts phase, however. It is a symbol of just how much the world is changing, and I am being totally serious. As hairstyles for girls start to get shorter again, and guys’ are getting longer (never change, Jared Leto) — the lob is just the cornerstone of the new and different ideas for what it means to be sexy, feminine, masculine ... you get the idea.
The lob is not just the haircut of 99 percent of fashion bloggers on Instagram right now; the lob is empowering. While I encourage everyone to stay up to date and educate themselves on what a lob is, remember, it is more than a haircut, but still nothing more than a trend. And for those of you just getting into the lob, sorry, but apparently, the wob is the new thing. Think about it: the wavy bob. Beyoncé had it for a week before she had those (hideous? life-changing?) bangs, J-Law is currently at that awkward wob stage since growing out her pixie cut. Emma Stone rocks it, even Taylor Swift is all up on the wob game (hoping it gets her another breakup perhaps?). What’s next? What about resurrecting “the Rachel?” That has personality. The blob? The cob (crimped bob)? I want the royalties if that last one takes off. I love the concept of the lob; it’s great, it’s change. But, either it’s a bob or it’s not, people.
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American and NATO troops end command in Afghanistan Flag lowering ceremony marks mission’s formal end KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American and NATO troops closed their operational command in Afghanistan on Monday, lowering flags in a ceremony to mark the formal end of their combat mission in a country still mired in war 13 years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban regime for harboring those responsible for 9/11. The closing of the command, which oversaw the day-to-day operations of coalition combat forces, is one of the final steps in a transition to a support and training role that begins Jan. 1. But with President Barack Obama’s recent move authorizing U.S. forces in Afghanistan to carry out military operations against Taliban and al-Qaida targets, America’s longest war will in fact continue for at least another two years. Obama’s decision to give American forces a more active role than previously envisioned suggests the U.S. is still concerned about the Afghan government’s ability to fight. And agreements signed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to allow U.S. and NATO troops to remain in the country are seen as a red line by the Taliban, further narrowing any hope of peace talks. Not only are the Taliban a resilient insurgency, a new generation of extremists inspired by Osama bin Laden threatens the entire region. American forces are now also involved in a burgeoning military campaign against Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq, where Obama had hoped to end combat operations three years ago. As NATO’s International Security Assistance Force’s Joint Command lowered its flag in the capital, the Taliban carried out yet another bloody attack, this time killing a police officer and four civilians at a police station in southern Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that the group would con-
tinue to fight “until all foreign troops have left Afghanistan.” “The Americans want to extend their mission in Afghanistan, the motive being to keep the war going for as long as possible,” Mujahid said. “And for as long as they do, the Taliban will continue their fight against the foreign and (Afghan) government forces.” From Jan. 1, the coalition will maintain a force of 13,000 troops in Afghanistan, down from a peak of about 140,000 in 2011. As of Dec. 1, there were some 13,300 NATO troops in the country. Up to 10,800 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan for the first three months of next year, 1,000 more than previously planned, said a NATO official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss troop deployments. By the end of 2015, however, American officials say the U.S. troop total will shrink to 5,500, and to near zero by the end of 2016. Obama’s recent decision broadened what had long been billed as an “advise and assist” mission set to begin next year, allowing American forces to launch operations against the militants as well as to provide combat and air support. Afghan officials have also said that Ghani is considering a resumption of night raids that could involve Americans. Nevertheless, U.S. Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of NATO and U.S. forces, said foreign troops will now focus on training and supporting Afghan soldiers and police, who have led the fight against the Taliban insurgents since mid-2013. “The Afghan security forces are capable,” Campbell said. “They have to make some changes in the leadership, which they’re doing, and they have to hold people accountable.” Ghani, who replaced President Hamid Karzai, is overhauling Afghanistan’s military and the security apparatus. He has begun replacing provincial governors in volatile areas and his office said military leaders will also be replaced. His National Security Council is working on a
manual that will establish rules of engagement and battlefield practices for Afghan security forces. As Afghan troops have stepped up, they have been killed in record numbers. Afghan security casualties spiked 6.5 percent this year, with 4,634 killed in action. By comparison, some 3,500 foreign forces, including at least 2,210 American soldiers, have been killed since the war began in 2001. Afghan officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss their intelligence analysis, say they believe Taliban attacks will only increase in December and January as the militants react to Ghani’s embrace of a continued foreign military presence. They also blamed Pakistan’s intelligence agencies — which they have long accused of quietly supporting the militants — for the surge in violence, even though relations between the two countries have thawed in recent months since Ghani’s election. “I don’t think the war will slow or stop during the winter, as attacks on cities are not contingent on the weather,” Afghan political analyst Wahid Muzhdah said. “I believe attacks in the cities will increase.” In recent weeks, the Taliban have hit foreign targets, including military, diplomatic and civilian installations. Four foreigners, including a British Embassy security guard and a South African charity worker and his two teenage children, have been killed in Kabul. Five attackers died in Monday’s attack on the police station, including one who blew himself up, said Samim Akhplwak, the spokesman for the Kandahar provincial governor. The attack also wounded seven people. In the restive eastern province of Nangahar, three headless bodies were found, according to the governor’s spokesman, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai. He said four people had been kidnapped “a couple of days ago.” One intact body was found on Sunday but it was unclear if the bodies were those of the kidnapped.
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Authorities believe that the 22-year-old, who had been reported missing since earlier that week, took his own life with a single gunshot wound to the head. The Wednesday before his body was found, he sent a text message to his mother that read, “Sorry if I am an embarrassment, but these concussions have my head all fucked up.” In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Franklin County coroner Anahi Ortiz said Karageorge’s autopsy will include brain examinations “because of his history being involved in high-impact sports, because of his history of concussions.” In contrast, Kutcher said reported instances of depression, dementia and suicide among athletes are tied to the “chronic effects of playing sports on the brain,” and should not be viewed as an outcome of a single concussion. “(These chronic effects) have nothing to do with concussions really at all, it’s a separate entity altogether,” he said. Kutcher blamed media coverage for a slew of high-profile player suicides at the professional, collegiate and high school level, citing guidelines published by the Centers for Disease Control in 2008 that called on such organizations to realize the potential for improper or inappropriate reporting of one suicide to trigger other suicides in the same community — a phenomenon he believes may be occurring among football players. Kutcher discussed the misguided understanding of the effects of concussions on longterm brain damage, another major issue currently facing professional athletics. A recent study of 5,000 retired NFL players reported higher rates of severe brain damage in retired players than in the general population, The New York Times reported in September. Additionally, the report found that symptoms of brain damage generally manifested at younger ages among this group. In response to the study, the NFL, which has faced criticism for previously denying such claims, agreed to pay out almost $1 billion to former players suffering from Alzheimers, dementia, Parkinson’s disease and a variety of other neurodegenerative disorders. “That’s clearly not founded in any kind of science at all,” Kutcher said. “It’s really an economically driven, actuarial-driven
LEGISLATION From Page 1 the city will choose not to allow extended hours if the bill passes, due to safety concerns. “If bars let out at 4 a.m. there would be issues until 5 a.m. at least, and police would have to be out in larger numbers for two more hours as well,” Root wrote in an e-mail. The bill stipulates that 85 percent of the funds from the extended hours permit fee would go to local police departments, which could potentially alleviate some safety concerns. Safety issues aside, Root also said he doesn’t think that the two extra hours of service would necessarily be good business. He wrote that he feels sales would just be stretched out across those two hours and not lead to increased revenue, but the extended hours would certainly increase operating costs. While Root was skeptical about the bill’s potential benefits for Ann Arbor businesses, others feel it could be beneficial in other parts of the state, especially downtown
(public relations) move and not a scientific one.” The NFL has also faced criticism based on reports of an increased prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in retired professional football players, among other conditions. CTE, which is presumed to be the result of repeated impacts to the head, results in higher observed levels of the naturally occurring protein Tau in the brain. While studies have shown higher levels of Tau in the brains of former NFL players, Kutcher said the clinical symptoms are so different between patients that it calls into question the role of the protein in the brain. Event attendee Philip Veliz, an assistant professor at the University’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender, was interested in learning about the proper age to get children involved in contact sports such as wrestling. He said he realizes that many sports require children to start learning at a young age, but worries that doing so could put them at risk developmentally. Additionally, Veliz said he appreciated Kutcher’s expertise in concussion research, but disagreed with his assessment of violence in sport. While Kutcher said contact sports are valuable in providing violence-prone individuals a physical outlet to vent their anger, Veliz said he feels this puts such individuals at risk of not being able to cope with violence after they leave the sport. Similarly to Veliz, Ann Arbor resident Bethany Williston was interested in gathering information about head injuries in youth sports. She said she sometimes worries about her three children, who all play soccer. “Each season there’s eight games, and each season in at least one of the games I see something where I ask, ‘Is that kid OK?’ ” Williston said. She said the talk allowed her to gain a better understanding of how to spot a suspected concussion and ensure that players remain safe. Monday’s presentation was the final installment in a series hosted through the University’s Theme Semester, “Sport and the University.” Prior to Kutcher’s address, English Prof. Anne Curzan, a co-organizer of the Theme Semester, discussed the importance of sport to the University and the many ways in which it interacts with the school’s various departments and disciplines.
Detroit. “I think in some places in Detroit (the bill) would probably help their business big time,”said David Starzyk, general manager of Arbor Brewing Company, who has had extensive past experience working in Detroit bars. Starzyk did, however, share Root’s concerns about safety issues. Despite Root’s concerns, Irwin said staying open later would still be of interest for some South University establishments, but cautioned that the Council “will have to weigh that with the relationship the city has had with those operators (and) with the public safety concerns that City Council has.” Irwin also added that the University would likely want input regarding how to treat the South University area under the potential new law. “I know the city is always clamoring for more input into decisions that the University makes, so maybe it could be an opportunity for the city and University to work together on something and hopefully that will be a place where the two entities can compromise,” he said.
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Ann Arbor’s ‘other’ football program By LEV FACHER Daily Sports Editor
Ann Arbor is known for college football, but not this kind. The brand of pigskin they play at Michigan is one of full scholarships and bowl games, of 109,000-seat stadiums and their $226-million renovations. Ann Arbor’s hidden college football program — the one that calls Concordia University home — is an infant, in relative terms. The school just completed its fourth year of varsity football competition, and the campus it belongs to boasts a very different vibe. Perched on the western shore of the Huron River, Concordia students are treated to sweeping views of a slowmoving waterway, Midwestern foliage and no hint of urbanism whatsoever every time they walk to class. The football field sits on a former patch of farmland across the street — games are played in the shadows of a redand-white barn and a pair of accompanying grain silos. The students haven’t, however, been treated to success on the football field. The Cardinals went 0-11 in their inaugural season, 0-9 the year after, 1-9 in 2013 and 3-8 in 2014. Unlike Michigan, football players here might work overnight shifts selling croissants and coffee in Ypsilanti to pay the bills. They might find themselves caring for Alzheimer’s patients in the last stages of life in the middle of the night, just hours before they have class and practice and film. This is Concordia, and things are different in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, an athletic association of 255 member schools precluded from NCAA competition by enrollment, budget or simple lack of interest. At Concordia, along Ann Arbor’s eastern edge, you wouldn’t know that a 40,000-student University is a 10-minute drive away. You wouldn’t even know there’s a highway exit within a mile. The campus’ centerpiece isn’t a plaza or a football stadium, or even an academic building. It’s a chapel of soaring angled ceilings extending from an ornate band of stained glass, blues and reds fading into a distractingly beautiful backdrop for worship, a choir performance or a nativity scene reenactment at Christmas time. The school’s tiny size changes things, too. Football players are interwoven into every aspect of campus life. Some coaches teach classes. Head coach Lonnie Pries moonlights as the University’s director of athletics. But when it comes to moonlighting, Pries’ second job doesn’t hold a candle to those of his players. *** Three times a week, give or take, Mario Hinojosa works an overnight shift at Tim Horton’s along Interstate 94 in Ypsilanti, beginning at 10 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. It isn’t the craziest routine in the world, really. Plenty of people work night shifts. It’s just that most of them don’t have class at 8 a.m. the next morning. If they do, they’re probably not taking 18 credits of upper-level college coursework, well over the recommended 15 or 16. Even fewer have football practice in the afternoon, following class, and they probably don’t have film to watch after practice, either. Hinojosa also has a student organization to run. A senior criminal justice major, the linebacker and son of a former Detroit police officer is the president of the University’s criminal justice club, which he helped found early this semester. He’s interested in attending the
Detroit Police Academy before pursuing a career with the Drug Enforcement Administration or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. But the routine is normal for Hinojosa, whose career at Concordia ended Nov. 15 with a 17-6 loss to Robert Morris College. Hinojosa was credited with three tackles in the game, one solo and two assisted, plus 1.5 sacks for a total loss of eight yards. Now Hinojosa’s attention has shifted from life as a football player to life as a non-athlete. Of course, he needed surgery on his torn anterior cruciate ligament first, and it came just in time. After playing on the torn ACL for a full season, the meniscus in the same knee was wearing thin. Hinojosa sustained the injury during a pickup basketball game in the spring, an incident that didn’t do much in the way of pleasing his coaches. “Oh, they were pretty ticked,” Hinojosa said. “I was supposed to get surgery, but my surgeon said, ‘You know what? You can play if you really want to.’ ” The postseason surgery was successful, but the healing process is far from over. It’ll be at least eight months before Hinojosa is back at full health. And before jumpstarting his career outside of football, he’ll have the pleasure of taking 21 credits in his final semester. For Hinojosa, sleep is apparently overrated; pain thresholds are overemphasized. Football, though, is what makes it all worth it. “Football is the only time I actually feel awake,” Hinojosa said of his nonexistent sleep cycle. And the leg? “I suck it up.”
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The Concordia football team has won just four games in as many years, but the program is special in the way its athletes become members of the community.
up in time for 2 p.m. rehab sessions, likely the only thing stopping Hinojosa from going for the full 24. And as if there isn’t enough to distract Hinojosa from the other responsibilities of his day-to-day life, the pain is incredible, and the concern of further injury is everpresent. “Ibuprofen gets me through it,” Hinojosa said, describing how the torn ACL stressed the meniscus and weakened his entire leg. “The risk for (every other leg injury) is about 100 percent higher.” But it was senior year, and he wasn’t missing it for anything short of two broken legs, a concussion and a court order to stay away from the football field. Hinojosa’s *** coaching staff and teammates are Three times accommodating, a week, give or at least — there are take, Takari times when he’ll Johnson works be excused from an overnight shift a team meeting at the Brookdale to get his “couple Place of Ann hours” of sleep, Arbor — a live-in and times when community for he’s allowed to elderly patients catch up on film suffering from when it’s more dementia or convenient for Alzheimer’s him. disease — The beginning at 10 management at p.m. and ending Tim Horton’s is at 6 a.m. understanding, ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Johnson’s too. Instead of a colossus of a football stadium, Concordia University’s centerpiece is its brilliant, stained-glass chapel. routine, like “It’s football Hinojosa’s, isn’t first,” Hinojosa inherently ridiculous. It’s just to play — the NAIA Senior Bowl in landscape in Concordia’s said. “If I call work, they know that most people working with Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on backyard. In the end, they built a my situation.” elderly Alzheimer’s patients at 4 Dec. 20, in which the NAIA squad college football program. For Hinojosa, Johnson and a.m. don’t have class in five hours, will face off against the standout every other Concordia player and they don’t plan to attend NFL seniors from the NCAA’s Division *** balancing the challenges of work, Regional Combines in the coming II. school and football, “football months. “They say NFL scouts come,” Despite everything, Hinojosa first” is a mantra. Flexibility from The juxtaposition between Johnson said. “Hopefully, that’ll manages to get up in the morning those around them, hard as it may Johnson’s work and play is be a good chance.” and haul his 235-pound linebacker be on teammates, classmates or striking. Spending so much Johnson isn’t counting out a body to class. But getting up isn’t coworkers, is a given. time in an environment where career north of the border, either. the same as waking up — waking patients’ deaths are a matter of “Some (Canadian Football up would imply he went to sleep *** when, not if, can take a toll. League) teams, I guess, have been at some point. “I have about 15 residents, and contacting our coaches,” Johnson “I wouldn’t wake up,” Hinojosa Though Johnson has his sights I feel like they’re all a part of my said. “So hopefully I’ll try out for a said. “I mean, I’d take a couple set firmly on football, he also family,” Johnson said. “It’s hard couple of them.” energy drinks and then I have has a few ideas in mind should a to see someone go, especially class at 8 a.m.” professional career in the sport when you’ve been working with *** Though Hinojosa is clearly a not pan out. them for such a long time. They champion at managing his time, An education major, Johnson become part of Of Johnson and Hinojosa’s he’s remarkably casual about the will spend time in the coming your family.” original class, the one that will fact that he’s a full-time college semester as a student teacher. One such graduate in 2014 after four or athlete, a full-time college student His other career interest — death took more years with the program, less and close to firefighting place in the than a quarter remains. being a full— is a bit more middle of Johnson said “eight to 12” time employee. outside the the football players stuck around from an He’s all of these box for an season and initial class of close to 40. Some things, and athlete with hit Johnson weren’t content to sit through he’s somebody his academic particularly years of losing, some weren’t who goes three background. hard. willing to play for a team without nights a week “My uncle “I had a lady who passed a home field, and others couldn’t without sleep. was a fire chief away not too long ago,” Johnson hack it in terms of athletics, “I catch up in Lansing,” said. “She would always give academics or both. on Sundays,” Johnson said, me relationship advice, football Those who stuck around Hinojosa said. adding that advice … a little lady, too. She helped earn Concordia three “I’m just wired the stories he passed away recently, and that wins in 2014. Those wins aren’t all week. That day, I just crash.” heard at family gatherings made was probably one of the hardest much to brag about, but 2014’s Of course, it’s never that him dream of life as a firefighter I’ve had since I’ve been working senior class achieved milestones simple. from an early age. there.” that are forever theirs. It was the “On Sundays, we do our injury “If I’m not able to find a job Emotional or not, Johnson was Cardinals’ first multi-win season. rehab. That’s pretty much it.” right away, I’m going to go into forced to turn his attention back The first road win in program Hinojosa claims to sleep EMT training,” Johnson said. to football within days. He was history came in September. between 13 and 15 hours on his He has three careers cooking the star of Concordia’s defensive Johnson nearly wasn’t a part of lone day off, a figure would be — as an athlete, as a teacher and unit in 2014, and he recorded 10 that class — he began his career higher if it wasn’t for the ACL as a first responder. tackles in his final game, a 17-6 at Saginaw Valley State, but was tear. Johnson, too, was often faced loss to Robert Morris on Nov. 15. cut after spring ball his freshman The injury requires waking with the burden of a full night’s
“I came here for a visit, and I loved it.”
Johnson led the entire NAIA in total tackles, sacks and tackles for loss. His efforts didn’t go unnoticed — the Mid-States Football Association named him its Defensive Player of the Year following the regular season. Johnson was also named NAIA All-American First Team and is a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award, given to the nation’s best small-college defensive player. The Lansing native hopes that his standout status as an upperclassman means his football playing days aren’t over. He has at least one more game
year and didn’t use up any of his collegiate eligibility. Things quickly took a turn for the better. “I came here for a visit, and I loved it,” Johnson said. “Now I’m a Concordia Cardinal.” For four years — five, in many cases — Hinojosa, Johnson and dozens of teammates, coaches and trainers didn’t sleep. They began with a program based on an empty field next to a barn, sandwiched between two Division I programs that would always dominate recruiting, and more generally, the football
“It’s a great recruiting piece to tell recruits you’re 10 minutes away.”
work followed by a full days work. His methods differed, but the end results were largely the same. “I don’t do Red Bulls,” Johnson said. “I usually take a quick nap and go to class.” Like Hinojosa, Johnson plans on spending the coming semester on campus, working out in preparation for various combines and tryouts. He has the blessing of being at least relatively healthy. If all goes well, Johnson could represent a major step in elevating Concordia to some semblance of a regional reach. Former Cardinals punter Tom Greenwood almost did it following the 2013 season — he made several NFL draft boards after placing 47 kicks inside the 20-yard line his senior season, but his career stalled post-college. Johnson would be the first Concordia player to advance past the collegiate level. He isn’t holding his breath. *** Whether you’re Takari Johnson, sights set on a career in football, or Mario Hinojosa, sights set on a career fighting crime, the here and now is a constant uphill battle: representing a small Lutheran school playing NAIA football in a town whose college football fans have come to expect Rose Bowls and Heisman Trophies. It’s something Concordia has had to deal with from day one, and has gradually adapted to. “It’s a great recruiting piece to tell recruits you’re 10 minutes away in either direction from EMU and U of M,” Pries said. Tough as it is playing smallschool football in a big-school town, it’s even tougher when you don’t have a field to play on. For four years, Concordia practiced and played wherever it could, often turning to nearby Huron High School to host its home games. “We knew what we were getting into as a coaching staff,” Pries said. “We have a very honest recruiting philosophy. You have to be blunt and honest about the current situation you’re in. “We told recruits what the plans were (for a new stadium),” Pries continued. “We didn’t know exactly when all of it was going to happen, but we knew it was coming.” Things are different now — prior to the 2014 season, the school finished building Cardinal Stadium, complete with a brandnew artificial playing surface and three sets of modest bleachers, all in the shadow of a red-andwhite farmhouse that simply doesn’t seem to belong in Ann Arbor, and certainly doesn’t belong anywhere near Michigan’s campus. The lack of a venue was the tip of the iceberg in the early going. “Those first classes — what’s special about them — is that they’ve been told the honest truth,” Pries said. “They came here when we were pretty much on a farm field.” As for legitimacy? “Whether you’re playing in front of 110,000 or 1,000 or 2,000, it’s college football,” Pries said.
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By GREG GARNO Managing Sports Editor
LIVONIA, Mich. — Former Michigan football coach Brady Hoke walked behind his seniors on the stage at the team’s annual banquet. He chatted for half a minute with players before moving on to the others as if it were any other day in Ann Arbor. He received a standing ovation in a room full of hundreds of players, family members, coaches, alumni and fans before he could speak. And though it was his first chance to address the public since he was fired Tuesday, the 12 seniors who spoke on his impact overshadowed Hoke’s words. “Brady Hoke, Greg Hardin and Michigan football saved my life,” said near teary-eyed fifthyear senior punter Will Hagerup. “Coach Hoke risked everything for me. He took bullets for me and my team the entire season. When it comes to caring and believing in his players, Brady Hoke does, more than any head coach in this country. “This team has had an incredible honor and privilege to follow him and learn from him for four years.” Added fifth-year senior linebacker Jake Ryan: “I want to thank Coach Hoke for being one of the best human beings I have ever been around in my entire life. I want to thank you for everything you’ve taught me these past four years, taking me under your wing when things got tough. You have taught me so much more than football and have had a huge impact on my life.” And even fifth-year senior Anthony Capatina: “Coach did not have to be here tonight. But he is here, for us. He’s a man of honesty and integrity.” The remaining nine seniors all thanked Hoke for his time and help in four years, and the coach presented each senior with their
By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Writer
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Former Michigan football coach Brady Hoke received a standing ovation from players at the team’s postseason banquet.
rings, as he had done before. Hoke didn’t comment more than two minutes in front of the crowd, thanking his players, coaches and families for the “privilege” to work with and mentor them. “This football team showed great resiliency throughout the season that saw many external distractions,” Hoke said. “But we united together. As a team, they played every Saturday, and I’m very proud of that for them.” Hoke spoke about every senior before naming fifth-year senior quarterback Devin Gardner and Ryan the team’s two captains for the 2014 season. The award
was determined at the end of the season and voted upon by teammates. Ryan also was named the team’s MVP, as voted by teammates. He finished the season with 112 total tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception on the year. Added Hoke on the award, “I think this team got it right.” Defensive coordinator Greg Mattison and offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier, along with the rest of the coaching staff, were also in attendance Tuesday night. Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett and University
“(Hoke) is a man of honesty and integrity.”
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President Mark Schlissel spoke and thanked Hoke for his time and service. “To the rest of Team 135, please know that the future is bright, and the destiny of this place,” Hackett said. “Your participation suggests those who stay will be champions. “I need to say this, to me, all of you (players) owe Coach Hoke a deep debt of gratitude for having the kind of program that will help you for the rest of your life. As he understood the values that stood the test of time, how integrity builds trust, and how trust allows us to grow. Thank you, Brady, for all you have done for so many people.” But Hoke didn’t stay after the event. As the audience stood up in applause, he exited without saying anything to players on his way out.
The Michigan men’s basketball team didn’t lose backto-back games last season, and coming off a loss to New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Wolverines will look to continue that trend Tuesday when they face Eastern Michigan. Michigan dropped a 72-70 contest to the nation’s lone independent Division I team Saturday, a result Michigan coach John Beilein called humbling. So when the Eagles visit Crisler Center Tuesday, it’s a safe bet Michigan will be itching to get rolling. But as has been the case for the Wolverines’ last two games, they’ll have to do so with limited contributions from sophomore guard Derrick Walton Jr. Walton sprained a toe in Michigan’s loss at Villanova in the Progressive Legends Classic Nov. 25 and hasn’t been at full strength since. He posted 16 points against the Highlanders in 38 minutes, but he played more as a result of surprise necessity than because he was fully ready, and he turned the ball over a season-high four times. Beilein said Walton sat out all of Sunday’s practice. “I held him out yesterday 100 percent,” Beilein said. “He just did a little bit of light shooting and did his weight training. I thought that was key, because he wasn’t moving well defensively in the game.” Beilein said he still expects Walton to play, but the guard is still in recovery mode. Junior guard Spike Albrecht, who was instrumental in Michigan’s win over Syracuse a week ago, will likely be looked to against an Eastern Michigan
team that plays the same 2-3 zone as the Orange. The junior carved up Syracuse with bounce passes and a dagger 3-pointer. While the Eagles don’t present the same level of athleticism, they’re a threat in their own right, especially on the glass. If Michigan wants to rebound from its loss, it will have to, well, rebound. The Wolverines enter the game ranked 263rd nationally in boards per game at 32.8, nowhere near the Eagles’ impressive mark of 42.5, good for 16th in the country. Boasting 6-foot-11 center Mike Samuels, Eastern Michigan should have a height advantage in the post all night. And when the Eagles turn to offense, Ray Lee, coming off a 26-point effort against Dayton on Saturday, has proven he can score points in bunches. “The good news is that it is very similar to the zone Syracuse plays,” Beilein said. “The bad news is it’s very similar, so now we’ve put our whole package out there. Now, they actually have a real scout (team), where usually you can’t really tell that. “They have depth, they really have put together a good run here, they gave Dayton a heck of a game. Just the physical bodies, how big they are inside (is a challenge).” Key to that effort will be junior guard Caris LeVert, who scored a career-high 32 points against NJIT. LeVert shot sixof-eight from beyond the arc and, while he won’t be expected to duplicate those numbers, it is becoming clear he is the go-to guy when things break down for the Wolverines. Eastern Michigan is no “guarantee game,” but it’s hard to imagine Michigan overlooking the Eagles after Saturday’s loss.
Wolverines faces stiff test in unbeaten Princeton squad By JACOB GASE Daily Sports Writer
Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico couldn’t have asked for a better start to the 2014 campaign. Despite their lack of size, the Wolverines have used a balanced offense to produce a 6-1 record — the team’s best start in Barnes Arico’s three seasons at Michigan. But when Michigan takes the court Tuesday night, it will face an opponent riding an even stronger wave of momentum: undefeated Princeton. The Tigers (8-0) are off to the best start in Ivy League history. Princeton also edged the one team that bested Michigan. One week before the Wolverines suffered their only loss at Pittsburgh, the Tigers dropped the Panthers by 16 points on the same court. Princeton — Michigan’s only home opponent so far to receive votes in the AP poll — stands as the Wolverines’ last true test at Crisler Center before the start of Big Ten play in three weeks. To snap the Tigers’ unbeaten streak and continue rolling into a daunting matchup with No. 2 Notre Dame on Saturday, Michigan’s offense needs to fire on all cylinders as the defense continues to improve. Barnes Arico emphasized that point Monday evening on Fox Sports Detroit’s “Inside Michigan Basketball” special. “I really like the way our team shares the basketball,” Barnes Arico said on the show. “I really like how unselfish we are and how we’re committed to improving on the defensive end. That’s something we struggled with early, and I think we’re getting better and better at it. Everybody’s buying into ‘the team, the team, the team.’ ” The Wolverines can take comfort in that they won’t be playing at quite a size disadvantage Tuesday.
Princeton’s starters stand at an average of 5-foot-10, which should come as a relief after Michigan’s game against a Wake Forest team featuring multiple six-footers. Instead of doing its damage down low, the Tigers have relied on a trio of guards who launch even more 3-point attempts than the Wolverines’ own deep threats. Led by senior guard and leading scorer Blake Dietrick, Princeton has knocked down 37.8 percent of its 127 attempts from downtown. The Wolverines can outmatch that production. With the help of its own triumvirate of 3-pointshooting guards — freshman Katelynn Flaherty, sophomore Siera Thompson and junior Madison Ristovski — Michigan is shooting 43 percent from
beyond the arc. But the only time this season the Wolverines encountered another proficient outsideshooting team, they went ice-cold on both offense and defense in the 21-point loss to Pittsburgh. Maintaining a high energy level will be crucial to avoiding a repeat occurrence Tuesday night. “Tired is a state of mind,” Barnes Arico said. “There is no such thing as tired. If you’re not feeling it today, act your way into feeling. That’s my responsibility as the head coach of this program — to make sure that I bring that energy, that enthusiasm and that passion every day. If I want our team to be the hardest working team in America, they need to see it from the top down.”
“I really like how unselfish we are.”
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Senior Shannon Smith and the Wolverines need to play well to top Princeton.