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E. Royster Harper, vice president of student life, LSA seniors Jake Davidson, Diversity Peer Educator, and Amanda Champagne, a West Quad residential adviser, University President Mark Schlissel, and Dr. Marilyn De LaRoche, Senior Director for University Housing and Auxiliary Services, cut the commemorative opening ceremony ribbon at West Quad on Wednesday.

West Quad ribbon cutting celebrates dorm’s opening

Renovation concludes multi-year initiative to update housing on campus By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter

Shuttered for renovations over the last year, the West Quadrangle Residence Hall held an official reopening ceremony Wednes-

day afternoon — with University President Mark Schlissel and E. Royster Harper, vice president of student life, helping cut the blue ribbon. When Schlissel addressed the crowd, he marveled at the hall’s renovated features. “Man, I’m jealous,” he said. West Quad’s opening marks the latest in a series of projects launched a decade ago to improve housing on campus. West Quad is now the eighth residence hall to receive renovations through the

multi-million dollar Residential Life Initiative launched by former University President Mary Sue Coleman in 2004. The initiative also initiated the construction of North Quad as well as dining centers on Central Campus and in the Hill campus neighborhood. At Wednesday’s opening ceremony, University officials praised the designers, architects, housing staff, contractors and engineers for their work on the renovation, which focused on upgrading the building technologically

and improving spaces dedicated to diversity and inclusion, while keeping the historic feel of the hall. West Quad was originally constructed in 1937 and was funded by the Works Progress Administration of President Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Harper said it was important to University administration to maintain the building’s original look. “When we started these renovations almost a decade ago See DORM, Page 3A

New model aims to tailor resources to individual schools, reach more students By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter

The University’s Counseling and Psychological Services is increasingly embedding counselors in individual schools and colleges — and the office reports the initiative is working. CAPS Director Dr. Todd Sevig said the “embedded model,” originally piloted through similar services at Northwestern University and the University of Iowa, was launched last year in response to a growing number of students seeking mental health services. The CAPS 2014-2015 annual report said the office experienced a 17 percent increase in demand for services during the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Hand tansplant program could help amputees grasp, write Doctors say initiative will likely expand to other transplant types By TOM MCBRIEN Daily Staff Reporter

Amputees who have lost their hands may now have the chance to write, use a telephone and grasp objects again, thanks to a new transplant program at the University of Michigan Health System. The procedure, referred to as a “vascular composite allograft transplantation,” involves reattaching multiple types of tissue such as fat, skin, muscle and nerve cells. Patients accepted into the program will receive hands from recently deceased donors. The surgery is intense. It requires a team of 10 to 30 doctors depending on the complexity of each individual case, and

it lasts eight to 12 hours — compared to an average of four hours for a heart transplant. John Magee, transplant surgeon and director of the Transplant Center, said UMHS is well-positioned to offer the surgery. “The University of Michigan re-attaches more limbs per week than most people would think,” Magee said. “The hand effort builds upon a great deal of strength we already have, and the other efforts will build upon the successes we see with hand transplants.” The University already received approval to expand the program in the future, meaning it could soon be performing other VCA surgeries such as face transplants. According to Magee, however, those won’t come until after the program is comfortable with hand transplants. “A central issue, of course, is making sure we are successful and that we go about this in a See TRANSPLANT, Page 3A

“Our goal is to increase support, but not just to increase by doing the same old thing,” Sevig said. “We really wanted to grow in this new way, and that new way is a direct, local service delivery, local meeting within that particular place. And it also meets the needs of the schools and colleges.” Sevig said the ability to tailor resources to a specific school or college’s culture is part of what makes the embedded model so successful. “It’s the combination of these two things: it’s the ability to tailor, but then those decisions are from a staff member who knows intimately the culture of that place and has worked with students from that particular place, has worked with faculty from that particular place,” he said. The first phase of the model, launched in July 2014, assigned three counselors to the four North Campus schools and colleges — Art & Design, Architecture and Urban Planning, Music, See CAPS, Page 3A

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Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founding Partner and CEO of Zingerman’s, speaks about combining anarchism and creative business at Hatcher Graduate Library on Wednesday.

Zingerman’s co-founder talks business philosophy Deli CEO’s model draws lessons from anarchist pamphlets, activists By JULIA LISS Daily Staff Reporter

With 33 years under his belt as the CEO of Zingerman’s Delicatessen and the Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, Ari Weinzweig, the deli’s co-founder, shared his unique approach

to business with about 45 Ann Arbor community members on Wednesday night. The event, held in the Hatcher Graduate Library, was part of the Zingerman’s ZingTrain series, in which Weinzweig teaches his business philosophy to companies and organizations. Wednesday’s talk focused on the connections between anarchism and creative business models. The concept promotes several tenets, including a focus on reducing hierarchy, bringing out the best in every member of the organization and teach-

ing everyone to lead. He also emphasized encouraging an environment characterized by openness and positivity. “You can’t have a healthy business in an unhealthy ecosystem,” he said. Weinzweig outlined the several core beliefs he uses to run his business. He noted the importance of giving people the freedom to innovate and do good, rather than telling them what to do. The deli co-founder drew inspiration from a collection of See ZINGERMAN’S, Page 3A

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The second Republican presidential debate aired Wednesday, and the discussion largely steered clear of education and manufacturing — topics that have been the focus of political conversation in Michigan in recent months. Aaron Kall, director of the University’s debate program, said though a question on manufacturing made a brief appearance in the earlier JV debate, the prime time show was dictated by current events like the Iran Deal and the Syrian refugee crisis. However, Kall said the discussion could circle back to topics like higher education and See GOP, Page 3A

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The Michigan men’s soccer team fell victim to an upset loss Wednesday night against Detroit at U-M Soccer Stadium. The Wolverines, now 2-2-1 on the season, play next against Northwestern on Sunday.

In an interview with The New York Times, comedian Steve Rannazzisi admitted to lying about escaping from the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks. He apologized and said he did not know why he lied.

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“I think it’s more of a celebrity debate than actual policies being implemented; popularity wins in this case.” Mohak Suxena, LSA freshman

“I feel like (Michigan) is a pretty progressive environment so I’d definitely expect Bernie Sanders to do well compared with the rest of the nation.” Rachel Donabedian, LSA senior

“I think Jeb Bush has the advantage because he’s the elder statesman and he hasn’t entered the fray yet because he’s a seasoned politician from a political family but hopefully the previous two Bush administrations will count against him.” Erica Pelta Feldman, LSA PhD candidate

“There’s a few candidates I think I’m interested in but I have to read up more.” Nathan Hodge, LSA, junior

“(I hope they talk about) free education for college kids because I’m pretty broke and that would be sweet.” Jake Hilton, LSA sophomore

“I don’t really expect anything of substance to be said (at the debate). I think Donald Trump is going to say something funny and provocative and it’s going to be in the news. Nothing important is going to be said.” Elvan Ziyalan, LSA freshman

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LSA student builds, lives in tiny house After reviewing his yearly expenses for room and board and deciding they were too costly, Christopher Cerk, an LSA junior, decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. More than two summers ago, Cerk built a 170-square-foot house that he lives in during the school year. Dubbed the “Humble Trundle,” Cerk officially moved into the home last week. Cerk told USA Today that he considered living in a mobile home to cut down living expenses, but eventually decided building a home was best. “Living in a motor home would’ve taken the creativity out of the process,” he said. “I like knowing I built this myself.”

Business school sees increases in women faculty members The number of women faculty members at the Ross School of Business has increased by 25 percent since 2011, recent data in the Chronicle of Higher Education shows. Ross School of Business Dean Alison Davis-Blake told the chronicle shortly after she was hired as Dean in 2011, professors raised concerns about the gender make-up of the faculty. “This wasn’t so much about replacing them,” said DavisBlake. “They felt the faculty is stronger when it isn’t homogenous.” In turn, Davis implemented modifcations to the school’s hiring process. One change called for search committees to broaden their final candidate pool. Another gave committees the option to hire more than one professor in a single job search.

UM researchers awarded grant for Detroit River study University researchers earned a $3 million grant from the Erb Family Foundation that will fund research into how the Detroit River contributes to algae blooms that emerge in Lake Erie each summer. According to the University, the money will also go toward measuring the effectiveness of “green infrastructure” projects in Detroit. The specific projects in question are supposed to help control stormwater overflows. The overflows are thought to carry phosphorous that produces much of the algae into both the Detroit River and Lake Erie. The toxin-filled algae blooms have been a continual problem for Lake Erie and the people living in its proximity, having caused a water supply shutoff to 400,000 Toledo citizens in August 2014. The Detroit River supplies 80 percent of the water and between 40 to 50 percent of the phosphorous content to Lake Erie.

Cell phones can help fight disease in Latin American countries For the past eight years, University Prof. John Piette has studied “telehealth” and the positive effects it can have on people suffering from chronic diseases in several Latin American countries. Piette has developed programs to help patients manage their diseases by sharing their health information on their phones. The chronic diseases currently targeted by the program include diabetes, high blood pressure and depression. The programs are designed for patients to have more access to care by receiving health calls on their phones when they are in-between doctors appointments. The study is to be published in Telemedicine and e-Health journal this month.

GOP From Page 1A skilled trades down the road. He cited former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s support for Common Core as having the potential to open a conversation about education. Wednesday’s debate did solicit responses on criminal justice and marijuana use — subjects Kall said may particularly interest students. He noted that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is particularly popular among young people, largely due to his libertarian leanings. Though Michigan’s presidential primaries are still several months away, Kall said Ohio Gov. John Kasich is likely one of the more popular candidates among Michigan voters. Kasich is generally known as one of the more moderate candidates and is often seen as someone who would employ a similar approach to governance as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. During his time in office, Snyder has mostly steered clear of policymaking around social issues, focusing more intently on areas like job training and economic policy. Kall said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker might not have the same pull, given his geographic distance from the majority of Michigan voters and his more conservative leanings. “Kasich will have a much more ripe opportunity based on geography and the way he’s built his strategy,” he said. With such a large Republican field, Kall said Michigan could play a bigger role in the nominating process than in previous cycles. “The longer it drags on, then

CAPS From Page 1A Theatre & Dance and Engineering. Phase two, which includes the Ross School of Business, the Law School, the School of Dentistry and the Rackham Graduate School, rolled out this August. Sevig said the first phase proved the embedded model helps CAPS reach more students. “We learned a lot from phase one and we made some tweaks, but in short it really worked, it helps,” Sevig said. “We have that by way of data, we have that by way of anecdotal stories, we have that by way of the number of students that we’ve seen.” The annual report also said the four schools and colleges who participated in phase one of the embedded model experienced a 34-percent increase of students seeking initial consultations. He added the new model is helping reach students who otherwise would not have visited CAPS. “Based on the data and the numbers, we think we have met a need in two different ways,” Sevig said. “We have seen students who probably would have come to Central (Campus), that’s good because it makes it easier for students. The other beauty, based on the data, is we know that we are reaching students who wouldn’t have come and received help.” The three phase-one staff members dedicated 1,452 clinical hours and 189 hours of community service over the course of the 2014-2015 academic year. Students are still welcome at the CAPS Central Campus location, Sevig added. “If a student feels uncomfortable with seeing the person in that school or college, maybe they’re uncomfortable because someone will see them go to that staff member’s office let’s say, the beauty of that model and approach is that they can come to Central,” he said. Sevig said the schools selected to participate in phase two of the model were chosen for a variety of reasons, one of which was because they are all professional schools whose students operate on unique schedules. “After going through a number of possibilities we settled on for the most part the idea of professional schools,” he said. “We did do some thinking about what are the particulars, not just being a professional school, but what are the particulars that go into that. Who are we underserving?” Sevig said the Business school fit the mold for phase two not only because it is a professional school, but also because CAPS sees a lower percentage of stu-

News the more important states that are later in the process become,” he said. Public Policy senior Cody Giddings, chair of the University’s chapter of the College Republicans, said Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is the most popular candidate among University College Republicans, according to a straw poll conducted by the group earlier this week. “From my personal perspective, the large field is an advantage because it allows our organization to include an extremely diverse set of political beliefs from around campus. This political diversity allows us all to foster intellectual and constructive debate surrounding very important policy issues that our nation faces in the coming years. Giddings said the group’s straw poll also showed foreign policy is a central area of interest among the University’s College Republicans, and Wednesday’s debate covered that topic extensively. “Initially, I felt the topics of the discussion surrounding Donald Trump were unbecoming of a debate to nominate a presidential candidate,” he said. “Fortunately the debate shifted to a more professional policy setting in which, in my mind, foreign policy played a large role.” As for who won the debate, Giddings said he thinks it was Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO. “Carly Fiorina without a doubt won that debate,” he said. “Fiorina’s incredible display of technical policy knowledge was something I was extremely happy to see as a young Republican who has felt that debate surrounding actual policy is

dents from that school than from other schools and colleges. “Ross was an example of where the percentage of students coming to CAPS was lower than the University percentage,” he said. “It’s a little hard to know what goes into that, because you could call that we’re under-serving the Business School, but it gets conflated with gender. When we look at help seeking behavior in mental health care, it’s very standard that two-thirds are women and onethird are men. ” Business senior Jeffrey Yu, Ross Student Body President, wrote in an e-mail interview that he supports the embedded model. “I think that embedding a CAPS counselor at the business school is a great idea,” he wrote. “Although Ross has an undergraduate program, a large student population here consists of MBA and masters students who will rarely leave the business campus. Putting a CAPS counselor in Ross will make it more convenient for these students to access help if they need it.” Echoing Yu’s sentiments, Business junior Libby Guise said the school should work on publicizing the new resource. “I think the CAPS program is a great start to addressing mental health,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I think the only thing the school could do would be to raise awareness of the CAPS program. A lot of students aren’t aware of the resources the school offers, so doing a better job of conveying these opportunities to students would go a long way in terms of overall mental health on campus.” Business junior Anna Norman wrote in an e-mail that recent curriculum changes have made the business school more demanding for juniors. “Junior year is different now that Ross has changed the curriculum,” she wrote. “This year, most juniors have an all-Ross semester and are planning to study abroad for the winter term. This means that everyone is recruiting for summer internships (which is extremely time consuming to the point that it seems like another class) along with having very full semesters.” Business junior Sarah Perry said the Business School’s culture can lend itself to higher stress levels. “I think the competitive culture in Ross can be mentally taxing,” Perry said. “The majority of people I’ve met in the Ross community are nice, hard-working and intelligent people who want to see their peers succeed. Both the process of getting an internship through Ross and the grade determination encourage a cutthroat atmosphere, where students may be tempted to cheat or lie to peers in order to save their

something that has been seriously lacking in the race for 2016 so far. I would give Marco Rubio the second place slot, he demonstrated his foreign affairs knowledge very articulately and with a conviction that many like myself had been waiting to see from him.” Giddings said he has yet to see the appeal of Trump, however. “Donald Trump has impacted discussion in every single political organization across the nation and our organization is no exception,” he said. While millions of people around the country tuned in to CNN on Wednesday evening, the University’s chapter of the College Democrats held their weekly meeting instead. “We didn’t watch the debates at College Democrats,” said Public Policy senior Max Lerner, the group’s chair. “We had our executive board meeting and we weren’t going to let the Republican debate slow down our progress to get the word out about what Democrats are doing to try and improve this country and try and improve Michigan.” Still, Lerner said he was able to watch the beginning of the debate and felt the focus on Republican candidate Donald Trump has been overblown, whereas issues pertaining to income equality and higher education were not mentioned. “Republicans don’t want to talk about higher ed because just look at what they’ve done in Michigan, huge cuts to higher ed under Republican governors and a Republican legislature,” Lerner said. “That’s not just in Michigan, but that’s all across the country. Democrats are going to keep on fighting for students.”

own chances. A shift in the overall culture to a more collaborative, supportive atmosphere may increase overall mental health.” However, Perry acknowledged this competitive culture also seems to encourage certain students to be more productive. “I know many of my peers in Ross thrive in a competitive atmosphere, and the high stakes atmosphere has certainly kept me on my toes, so maybe it isn’t so bad after all,” she said. Yu rejected the idea that the Business school is more competitive than other schools and colleges at the University. “I wouldn’t say that our culture is more competitive than other schools such as LSA and Engineering,” he wrote. “Everyone here at Michigan strives to do well and Ross students are no exception. From group projects to interview prep sessions, Ross students are always helping each other out and pushing each other to do their best work.” While a third phase for the embedded model is not currently in the works, it is up for consideration, Sevig said. “There is not an active phase three,” he said. “At the same time, we are looking at other possible ways given that based on last year, the model is really working. So we are thinking of other ways that this could help the campus. I think we’re going to take this year and really delve into that.”

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DORM From Page 1A some of our buildings were, well, there’s historic and then there’s antiquated,” Harper said. “Some of our buildings were definitely on the antiquated side.” While the nearly 75-year-old original tile floors were kept, air conditioning was added, as well as a new creative suite and improved study spaces. The multicultural room was relocated and updated. LSA senior Amanda Champagne, a West Quad residential adviser, lived in the dorm her freshman year as well and said the improvements reflect the needs of the students. “As students, academics are our first priority, and they made sure to make that their priority as well by creating all of these awesome spaces for students to study,” Champagne said. “You can really tell that the renovations were made with the needs of residents in mind.” The updated building is over 30 percent more energy efficient than code standards require. Schlissel said improving buildings on campus will encourage more people to apply to the University. “Now I look at what we can provide in terms of accommodations for our students and I can’t wait to have a campus tour start walking through here,” Schlissel said. “Applications will go out through the roof even more than

ZINGERMAN’S From Page 1A anarchist pamphlets and social protest primary sources housed in the University Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection. As part of the series, Weinzweig is launching his own series of pamphlets which promote the Zingerman’s business model. During the talk, he read quotes from noted anarchists like Emma Goldman and Peter Koestenbaum with the aim of correcting misconceptions about anarchism. “The popular perception of anarchism is chaos, but it’s not,” Weinzweig said. “It’s just about freely chosen organization.”

TRANSPLANT From Page 1A responsible and measured process,” he said. Kagan Ozer, orthopaedic surgeon and the program’s surgical director, stressed that the skill of the doctors involved is only one of the important variables dictating the success of the surgery. Finding patients with the right mindsets is also crucial. “They have to be well-disciplined, persistent people who must be happy to carry someone else’s hand or face for the rest of their lives,” Ozer said. “That requires a certain level of commitment and ability to cope with that stress. The very first hand transplant performed in France resulted in the patient electing to get the hand removed nine months later. The patient couldn’t get over the feeling that the hand wasn’t his.”

they’ve been.” Harper said students are most interested in the creative suite, which features a sewing machine for students to use “With all of the new technology in this place I hear that students are flocking to the sewing machine,” Harper said. “People who say that millennial’s don’t care about old fashions skills need to go check out the sewing machine.” The designers also focused on improving multicultural, inclusive spaces for students. The Cultural Connector — a space lined with multicultural art that opens to East Madison Street and serves as the gateway to South Quad across the street — provides a space for students of all walks of life and backgrounds to connect with one another. The previous Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge was not ideal for students to associate with one another when Diversity Peer Educator Jake Davidson, an LSA senior, was a freshman in West Quad. He said he is excited to make use of the new space. “Prior to the renovation, the space was tucked into this corner of the concourse and had a rather intrusive column in the middle — needless to say that wasn’t too conducive for discussions,” Davidson said. “Since the renovation lounge has been moved to the center of the concourse in this new design that’s open space but it reflects its history of providing a safe space for students.”

He also said many people see anarchism as calling for the overthrow of all leadership. For him, that’s not the right way to think of it. “Leaders earn the right to lead by having content expertise and leading with integrity so people want them to lead,” Weinzweig said. Weinzweig served as half of the team that gave the University’s commencement speech in May 2015. He, along with Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw emphasized generosity to graduates. “I believe that going for greatness — greatness for you and not how everyone else in the world identifies it — is energizing,” Weinzweig said in May.

While Ozer said the surgery team is ready to perform the procedure, the physical, functional and psychiatric screening procedures mean that the first surgery could be months away. The VCA donation process is also different than the process for organ transplantations. Those who join the Michigan Donor Organ Registry are not considered to have given consent for their hands or faces to be used in a transplantation. “The Michigan donor registry does not cover VCA or the hand transplant,” said Tim Makinen, spokesman for Gift of Life Michigan, the organization responsible for organ and tissue recovery in Michigan. “That is a separate authorization that Gift of Life would get from the family.” The first hand transplantation took place in 1999, and fewer than 100 of the surgeries have been completed since.

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Not a date, temple

’m lucky because unlike the 19th century French-Jewish artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus and the AEPi Fraternity at Emory University, a Jewish fraternity that was vandalized ALISON with offensive graffiti in SCHALOP 2014, I have never experienced anti-Semitism. From a young age I’ve been taught that anti-Semitism is real and it could be lurking anywhere, but I never seemed to encounter this enigmatic monster. I was raised Jewish in New York City, where, according to The Wall Street Journal, 13 percent of the country’s Jewish population currently resides. Despite being a Midwestern public school, the University has a large Jewish population as well. The school offers a wide range of Judaic studies classes and has a huge Hillel and Chabad religious system. According to Hillel. org, the University of Michigan undergraduate population is about 16 percent Jewish. This is an astoundingly high number, considering estimates show that less than 2 percent of the United States’ population is Jewish. At the University, I’ve met a supportive group of people who come from of a variety of cultures. My group of friends is much more diverse religiously than they were at home. In New York, those who aren’t Jews know about Jewish culture. For the first time in my life, I’m surrounded by people who do not understand Judaism. I’ve never been in a place where people don’t know that “Bubbe” means grandma, “schvitzing” means sweating and “batmitzvah” means I had an over-the-top party when I was 13 because I sang a bunch of Hebrew words I didn’t understand in front of my 200 closest friends and family members. These words either come from Hebrew or Yiddish, a Jewish language of German origin that comes from Eastern Europe and is passed down in tidbits by Bubbes. It has hit me, in the past few weeks, that no one cares about Jewish holidays. No one seems to care about anyone else’s religion with the exception of the person who creates the Snapchat filters. Yet those are often used disrespectfully in contexts completely irrelevant to a given holiday. Everyone likes Christmas because it means happiness, cheer, Santa and, of course, presents. People like to talk about Hanukkah and Kwanza because they fall around the same time of year and they like potato pancakes. I’ve yet

to meet someone who celebrates Kwanza, but I’m not giving up. We’ve all heard of Ramadan. When I was little, I couldn’t fathom not eating for a whole month. I had yet to learn about the whole sun-sets-and-then-you-eat situation. All of this aside, when I run into friends dressed up, on my way to services, they say, “You look so nice! Are you going on a date?” It doesn’t even occur to them that I may have a religious commitment. Happy New Year? Shana Tova? Everyone’s confused. When it’s Easter, we all know why some are wearing pastels or headed to church in their “Sunday best.” It’s literally called your Sunday best. You go to church, on Sundays, wearing your best. The Jewish holy day actually falls on Saturday rather than Sunday. Since leaving New York, the reality has begun to hit me that I’m part of a minority population in our nation. Despite constantly feeling safe and comfortable in my own religious background, I now understand that I come from a group of people who went through a genocide less than a century ago. For the first time ever, I feel a connection with those who were oppressed in Europe in the 20th century. I feel frustrated. I feel frustrated that public schools often get three weeks off for Christmas, yet the holiest of Jewish holidays are completely brushed over. I miss my family and I miss my synagogue, but I can’t even take solace in time at Hillel or spent with Jewish friends because I’m too busy with other commitments. Club presidents, professors and GSIs seem to be completely blind to the holidays. The Apple Calendar on my computer didn’t have Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur automatically programmed in. I guess they don’t qualify as official U.S. holidays. I guess my religion isn’t important enough. I know this goes for so many other religions as well, and I know there are religions that are more obscure and brushed over than my own. I know I’m lucky that Jews are even acknowledged at all. I’m of an overrepresented minority with many powerful and wealthy people who make up an extremely small portion of the population. Yet, my religion being ignored and undervalued somehow makes me feel as if I’m a less important part of society. Since I was a little kid I was told that Hanukah is not as good as Christmas. Never has this rang so true. — Alison Schalop can be reached at aschalop@umich.edu.

Am I like Iggy?

hen I wear a kurta pyjama to my half-brother’s wedding in Germany, why do I think I’m not stepping into Iggy-Azalea-culturalappropriation territory? As a white person, I may not be “TumblrCertified” to defend my choice to wear formal desi clothing. However, I can speak to how I took one familiar element in my life — dance — and used it to surround myself with LIAM amazing new friends, an WIESENBERGER inspiring community and valuable experiences. When I first meet someone with an, “I’m Liam! Nice to meet you,” I can generally tell when their eyes check me off as irrelevant. At first glance, I don’t stand out much; I’m just another tall white guy wearing fitted sweatpants, Nikes and some University organization crewneck. Not that I really amount to more than that, but there is a bit more to what I’ve found at this school than meets the eye. After eight years of competitive dancing in typical western styles (jazz, hip hop, contemporary, ballet), I got involved with my high school’s Indian American Student Association, and did some basic bhangra and fusion performances. After discovering the community that came along with Indian American dance, I came to Michigan excited to continue. With the University’s IASA, I had the wonderful opportunity of learning and performing a Raas (traditional Gujarati dance) routine in 2014, and hope to learn and perform with IASA classical in 2015. The University’s fall IASA show is North America’s largest student-run production, and after sitting through last year’s two-hour long show of Indian dance performances, the first thing my dad says to me in his heavy Bavarian accent is, “You should join the German Student Association instead!” Sorry, dad. Never before in my GermanAmerican life had I been exposed to such a large community of students who 1) Have immigrant parents (a defining trait which I’ve found produces wonderfully insightful and

resilient humans), 2) Love to dance and care about putting on a killer performance, and 3) Are partially interested in me for the one thing I find boring about myself: being white. After one year of being a dancer and choreographer, I’m now one of four captains of Michigan Izzat, the University’s all-male bollywood-fusion dance team, which competes with a routine composed of bollywood, bhangra, hip-hop and contemporary. My freshman year, I got to compete with my new team in Austin, New York, Atlanta, Chicago and at the finals, Bollywood America, in Phoenix. I knew I was officially part of the collegiate Bollywood dance community once some members of other teams began referring to me as “King Liam,” a nickname my friends from high school now mock me for. I’m valued not only for my dancing abilities, but for being a token white boy. After winning first place in Atlanta, an Indian guy from another team told me I “stole the show.” Am I taking advantage of my race in an insidious way, or just playing my cards right and invoking some bizarre minority-as-amajority privilege? Am I taking the bollywood-fusion spotlight away from those who deserve it? I like to justify it by telling myself that it’s OK because it’s not like I’m running around at Coachella wearing a bindi, but is it? Just a few months ago, my interest in India broke through the dance lens with which I had always understood it. This summer, I spent four weeks in Amritsar, India, studying “Sustainable Nourishment” through langar and seva (service) at the Harmandir Sahib. Informally referred to as the Golden Temple, the site of the holiest Sikh gurdwara has been serving more than 40,000 free and nutritious meals per day for the past 400 years. And yes, to my extreme pleasure, we did also take daily bhangra classes in Amritsar. On my last day of doing seva at the Harmandir Sahib, I bought myself a kara, the steel bracelet which is one of the five articles of Sikhism, and haven’t taken it off since. I had reservations about wearing one due to cultural appropriation and the fact that I’ve barely scratched the surface of Sikhism, but my professor was very supportive. Yet, I still

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How to avoid Ben & Jerry

f you are anything like me, you have grown emotionally attached to your planner and have anxiety at the thought of losing it. At the beginning of each semester, I develop the urge to buy sticky notes, colored pens, a whiteboard, GRACE whiteboard CAREY markers, wood pencils, colored pencils, mechanical pencils, those fancy pencils with the roll-up erasers, and so many folders, notebooks and binders that it looks like I bought the entire “back to school” aisle at Staples. Needless to say, the beginning of any school year is a scary time, but before you decide to drop all of your classes and join the circus — come on, we’ve all thought about it — just hear me out. Each year, along with all of my new school supplies, I seem to develop a renewed sense of ambition. Classes aren’t hard yet, and even though I can tell some of them (shout out Chem 351) are going to be more than a handful, I somehow have a “bring it on!” attitude. Each semester, I feel ready to take on the world, but like clockwork, after the first set of midterms rolls around, I find myself halfway through a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, asking, “What did I get myself into?” Last semester, I decided to address this problem head-on. If I had so much motivation at the beginning of the semester, how could I maintain that mindset throughout the year? In Public Health 300 last winter (a class that I highly recommend), Dr. Vic Strecher talked about goal setting theory. The theory points out that specific goals, in combination

with feedback, lead to higher performances than does having no goals or vague goals. Though goal-setting may sound cliché, I realized that goals have a tendency to manifest in every aspect of my life, whether I make the conscious effort or not. Beginning in freshman health class in high school, we talked about setting goals at the most basic level. Before that, I was setting goals in gymnastics and working on them not just physically, but also visually. Today, on the wall at my gym, there are dozens of names under which people write, rewrite and eventually check off their personal goals. For me, goal setting has always been an important part of my athletic life, but I have realized that it can be extended outside to all realms of personal health; maintaining academic sanity, for one. Enter: colored sharpies. Since putting all of this together, which seems more like common sense after writing it down, I have taken advantage of my extensive collection of ink, chalk and whiteboard markers, and written down the different goals I have right now. The process of writing these goals was much more difficult than I expected, which is why I want to break down a few specifics: 1. Know your values: Before being able to write any sort of goal, it’s important to zero in on your personal values, and make sure that any goal you write is in support of and enhances those values. 2. Start in the future: Think about where you want to end up in 10 years first. There will only be a few goals, but that’s a good thing; no one should have their entire life planned during their junior year in college. After you have your 10-year goals, move back to five years, then one year and then six months. You’ll start

to see what you can do now to actually attain those goals that seem so far away. Short-term goals are a great way to reach those in the long-term. 3. SMART (or something like that): The concept of SMART goals (Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound) has been hammered into my mind since my high-school health class. I would add to this only the letter “C” for challenging (sorry if that screws up the acronym). In Strecher’s class last semester, we learned individuals committed to a goal would perform better when the goal difficulty is high. Still, it’s important to know yourself and set goals accordingly (see “R” above). 4. Write ‘em where you can see ‘em: This is a point that I cannot stress enough. Writing goals down and putting them somewhere you can see them reminds you every day what you’re working toward. Those ridiculously colorful words on my wall could mean the difference between success and ending up back with Ben & Jerry. 5. Don’t be afraid of change: Life is stressful, complicated and unpredictable. Roll with it! Staples sells erasers too! Goals are important only so long as you take a step back every once in a while to assess your progress, acknowledge what is going well or poorly and make modifications. Right now I’m thinking about how difficult this year is going to be. For me it’s one of those times when I ask myself how I’m going to do it all. The classes, research, volunteering and clubs … it can definitely get to be a bit much. I set my goals to remind me what I’m working toward, one day at a time. How well will it go? I’ll keep you posted. — Grace Carey can be reached at gecarey@umich.edu.

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An exercise in critical thinking

t’s already the second week of school, so there’s a good chance that some big questions and hard facts have already been raised and put on the table for discussion in courses, such as international tensions, systemic societal prejudices and why we bother to differentiate between stalacSARAH tites and stalagmites. Facing LEESON these problems, discussing them rationally with evidence and logic, and taking the next steps once you have a more complete understanding of these complex issues takes practice and an open mind. Even those with an experience in conflict resolution and diplomacy can struggle with this process, so I would like to walk us through an example as a start-of-the-school-year refresher. To start us off, here is an alarming statistic that I just made up: Nearly 90 percent of the pockets on pants marketed toward women have suffered from malnourishment to the point of near-extinction. They’re one of the fastest-climbing groups on the endangered list, right after the black rhino and the use of cursive. Out of all my pairs of jeans, there isn’t a single pair that I can fit my entire hand into, and I have average-sized hands; I’m sure individuals with well-endowed hands suffer even worse. Some of my pants even have fake pockets. In light of these serious facts, let me propose a conspiracy theory: the systematic extinction of pockets on pants marketed towards women is actually a ploy by Big Fashion to sell more purses. It makes sense, doesn’t it? (This is where the openmindedness

comes in.) Less holding space needs to be made up for somehow, and if purchasing more is our only option, we’re going to do it. My needs are no different than those who wear pants from the men’s section; I need to have my phone, keys, various candies, various candles, umbrella, assortment of woodworking tools and wallet on my person at all times, which is impossible with the coin-purse sized pockets on my jeans. Instead, we are expected to invest in extra accessories to make up for the value-sized features provided to us. In this discourse like any other socratic seminar, others may bring up counterpoints or new facets to the issue, and listening is key. For instance, some may say that this problem is actually indicative of what has been called the “Woman Tax” or the “Pink Tax,” which alludes to the price gouging that the products marketed towards women go through; a razor put in the men’s section might be much cheaper than the same one in pink in the women’s section. Some might say that the only reason we as a society put up with this so-called tax is to adhere to limiting gender norms. Another point to bring up in this discussion is that the small pockets might actually be to encourage a slimmer fit to pants, which plays into the objectification and sexualization that women’s bodies are subjected to in our culture. However, I said my idea first and loudest, so all of these people that may say these other things are either wrong or don’t matter, and I win. Thus, step one is complete: establishing the facts and some background for further context to this ongoing injustice. Now, what’s important to remember about the issues that we discuss in classes and face as a society is that debate and understanding is only one step. Pro-

posing well-thought-out solutions and eventually implementing them is truly the end goal. In this case, I have a variety of solutions, all set to go. For instance, we can all just stop wearing pants. If we boycott the companies that force small pockets upon us and perhaps mix in a letter-writing campaign, then they’ll have to give into our demands. Similarly, we could perhaps all buy pants from whatever section we want, gendered or not, but giving them our business regardless of their pocket size decisions would only encourage more tomfoolery. Another idea would be to get rid of phones, keys, wallets, etc., and move our society towards more of a commune model in which there is no currency or individual housing. We wouldn’t need pockets nearly as much then, but the drawback here is that it might take more than a week, and we don’t have that kind of time to spare. Instead, I propose what is easily the best option of the bunch, which is to take down Big Fashion with an agent on the inside. They would never see it coming. At this point, one or many of these solutions would be championed by the masses, brought to the attention of the media and the world at large, and it would be fixed within days, thus ending this cycle of critical thinking and discourse. I’m certain that this exercise has been helpful and made the process a simple one to follow, and now it is well within our means to fix every problem the world is facing, now and in the future. You’re welcome. In all seriousness though, pants manufacturers: please, I’m begging you, give me somewhere to put my phone and a place for me to stick my hands when I’m standing awkwardly. It’s really not that much to ask. — Sarah Leeson can be reached at sleeson@umich.edu.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION Readers are encouraged to submit letters to the editor and viewpoints. Letters should be fewer than 300 words while viewpoints should be 550-850 words. Send the writer’s full name and University affiliation to tothedaily@michigandaily.com. stand by my original reservations. Do I have the right to dance and dress as the desis do, despite not having to endure the same racial, cultural and religious hardships? I like to tell myself that the dif-

ference between myself and Iggy is that I’m actually trying to educate myself and learn from Indian people, rather than taking fashionable elements and reappropriating them. I’m still not completely sure

where that line is drawn, but I hope to remain aware of its presence as I dance along it. — Liam Wiesenberger can be reached at wiesliam@umich.edu.

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For the Michigan men’s soccer team, it was the same story but a different season on Wednesday night 2 DETROIT against 1 MICHIGAN Detroit at U-M Soccer Stadium. Once again, the Wolverines fell hard at the hands of a lesser opponent after proving themselves against a national powerhouse, tying No. 4 Maryland on Friday. In the 12th minute of play, junior defender Rylee Woods turned the ball over to Detroit forward Tyler Moorman deep in Michigan’s defensive half, and it quickly became a costly mistake. Moorman played a quick combination with forward Spiro Pliakos before blasting the ball just inside the far post. The finish would be the first of the Titans’ two goals, as Michigan fell, 2-1. After the Wolverines (2-2-1) conceded a goal, they went on to dominate the half, but came away with nothing to show for it due to the Titans’ man-marking system. “Detroit always plays manmarking (defense),” said senior forward Colin McAtee. “They kind of just set a blockade back there when we’re in possession, because they know we’re a team that can out-possess them. Instead of high pressing, they just sit in there, and today they did it well. “Their center backs were all over us, and we didn’t do enough to find a second goal to get the result.” Eventually, in the 61st minute, the Titans shocked the Wolverines once more. After a failed clearance, Detroit midfielder Alex Mendonca

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Senior forward William Mellors-Blair scored a goal for Michigan, but it wasn’t enough in a 2-1 loss to Detroit.

received the ball out wide and lofted a service to the back post. Detroit defender Jason Leslie outjumped Stevens for the ball and hammered the ball just under the crossbar with his head, just out of reach of the outstretched arm of sophomore goalkeeper Evan Louro. After going down two, Daley switched to a 3-3-4 formation to generate a stronger attack, and the change quickly paid off. Just four minutes after the Titans’ second goal, senior forward William Mellors-Blair received a ball in the 18-yard box and was taken down for a penalty kick after beating his defender one-on-one. He stepped to the penalty spot and buried a shot into the bottom-left corner to cut Detroit’s lead to one. Following the senior’s penalty finish, the Wolverines seemed to find new life, forcing Detroit into a defensive shell as they generated opportunities. Michigan’s most threatening sequence came in the 73rd

minute, when Woods’ corner kick bounced back to him. Woods sent a second ball into the box that junior defender Lars Eckenrode deflected on target, but Detroit goalkeeper Nathan Steinwascher punched the ball away from goal. Throughout the Wolverines’ equalizing effort, Woods and sophomore defender Billy Stevens frequently attacked on the wing with overlapping runs, attempting to serve dangerous balls into the box for Michigan to finish. The Wolverines dominated possession and held the ball in Detroit’s defensive half, but could never penetrate the Titans’ (3-2-2) back line with a final pass to create legitimate scoring opportunities. “We dominated the ball but we didn’t really dominate chances, although we had more shots,” said Michigan coach Chaka Daley. “When the game is a little bit more even, it gives us an opportunity to have more of a free flowing (attack). When (they) sit in and don’t play as much, we

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have 10 guys behind the ball, and it certainly makes it a little bit challenging.” Michigan continued to dictate play through the midfield and combined well in the attacking third, but Detroit’s park-the-bus strategy proved too solid to break down. The Wolverines tallied seven shots and two corner kicks after Mellors-Blair’s goal, but couldn’t break through to score an equalizer. Despite the upset, Daley looked for a silver lining. “It’s a little bit of a struggle sometimes mentally,” Daley said. “We have a young group, so hopefully we can learn from it. It’s still early in the season, so hopefully we continue to grow. That was the message I gave the group.”

Six minutes into the second half of Michigan’s 2-1 loss to Detroit, Titans defender Jason Leslie rose highest in the penalty box to head the ball past Michigan sophomore goalkeeper Evan Louro, doubling Detroit’s lead. Now down 2-0, Michigan men’s soccer coach Chaka Daley subbed off sophomore midfielder Michael Kapitula and brought on freshman forward Marcello Borges in a bid to find goals. The already fast-paced match was about to become a hurricane. In the middle of the chaos was junior midfielder Brett Nason, a player who struggled for playing time last season but has started every game this season. “I think he’s been the most consistent player we’ve had all season,” Daley said. “In every game he’s done an outstanding job. He’s been solid and steady against every team, in every game and in every training session.” Solid and steady would be an understatement when describing Nason’s performance Wednesday night. The holding midfielder was a reference point for all his teammates on the pitch, ever-present to receive a pass. He was reliable in keeping and redistributing possession — by all standards, the team’s chief playmaker.

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Mattison finds stability with veteran defensive line Experienced core now flourishing with consistency By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor

In the four years he spent as the Michigan football team’s defensive coordinator, Greg Mattison preached experience. In that time, he knew he had young players getting playing time, and that they would be better for it in the long haul. The long haul he imagined is now, when Mattison’s defensive line features six fourth-year players on the two-deep and appears poised to be a part of a game-changing defense this season. But the path to get to this year wasn’t quite how Mattison drew it up. He came back to Michigan (after five years as a defensive coach in the 1990s) in 2011 to work for then-head coach Brady Hoke. Last offseason, when Hoke was fired, new coach Jim Harbaugh brought in D.J. Durkin from Florida to be the defensive coordinator. Mattison, who coordinated a successful defense in 2014 despite the team’s struggles, accepted a position as defensive line coach to complete the progress he had started with his defensive-line recruits. “It just shows that he cares about Michigan a lot,” said redshirt junior defensive tackle Matt Godin. “I know for a fact he wanted to finish out our group of guys, stay with us and coach us through. It means a lot.” Wednesday, Mattison downplayed the impact he has had as the lone holdover from last year’s staff. “I don’t know, I don’t ever think about that,” he said. “When a new staff comes in, they’re not new after about a week anyhow.” Mattison did acknowledge, though, that he has enjoyed

coaching the same group of players for four years. His presence, and the continuity it has established, are noticeable. In Michigan’s home opener Saturday, Oregon State burned the Wolverines with a seven-play, 79-yard touchdown drive on the opening possession. Two plays later, the defense headed back out after a fumble gave the Beavers the ball at Michigan’s 24-yard line. But Mattison, who has coached plenty of games in Michigan Stadium with the same players, wasn’t concerned. “There wasn’t any panic,” he said. “You knew it was a breakdown here and there that caused it. You knew that we were going to make the adjustments we had to on the sideline. D.J. does a great job with making sure he knows what’s going on in all parts of it. We just got everybody together and said, ‘This is what’s happened. This is what we can’t let happen.’ And they adjusted to it, and they did it.” Mattison has also kept expectations constant for his defensive line from last year to this year. Working with the players in the past allowed him to know their tendencies, so while Harbaugh and his staff came in and reevaluated the team as it fit into their system, the Wolverines knew where they stood with Mattison. That aspect of his presence, Mattison acknowledged, was an asset. “Me being with these guys, they know what I think they can do and what they have to do,” Mattison said. “So there’s not that (time) where you say, ‘Well, I didn’t know he was that good,’ or ‘He had this to work on.’ ” That consistency has allowed the defensive line to get to work

right away. Redshirt junior defensive tackle Chris Wormley has become a breakout player, with six tackles for loss in two games. Redshirt junior Willie Henry has moved to the outside, where he has been a capable replacement for the departed Frank Clark and Brennen Beyer. Even lesserknown names like Godin and junior defensive end Taco Charlton have stepped in and provided depth. That depth supports the hallmark of Mattison’s defensive lines — rotating bodies in and out to stay fresh. This season, the Wolverines have played as many as eight linemen in their two games this season. The modern spread offense is designed to wear defenses down by going sideline to sideline and pushing the tempo. Mattison’s scheme is designed to prevent that. The comfort level, expectations and depth have made the defensive line a capable component of the defense coordinated by Durkin, for whom Mattison had high praise as well. Mattison seems as optimistic about this defense as he has been with any of the ones he has had. “I like the energy,” he said. “I like the intensity. I mean, I like the guys. You’ve been with them a long time, you like them and you want them to have success. It’s been fun. It’s fun seeing them develop.” And for them, it has been fun developing under him. Three or four years ago, they committed to him, and in the offseason he committed to them in return. “He recruited me. He recruited all these guys,” Godin said. “It brings us definitely closer because we’ve been with him. He came to our houses. He brought us in. He’s part of the reason we came here, a lot of us.”

“He came to our houses. He brought us in.”

“I just try to put my teammates in better positions,” Nason said. “It’s very easy when your teammates are making great runs off the ball.” But Nason wasn’t just great at passing the ball. He was a defensive stalwart when it came to pressing the opponent, sticking in a foot and making the tackle and winning the ball back as quickly as possible. He was always where the Wolverines needed him to be, whether it was as an outlet when they needed to move the ball around, or in defense when they needed him to cover the Michigan fullbacks and break up the Titans’ play. “The one thing going through my head was win the ball and get it forward,” Nason said. “We needed a goal. I was just working hard for my teammates, and I know they were doing the same for me.” In a game where Michigan had subbed off its entire front line within 30 minutes of the starting whistle, and where players moved around the field to make room for extra forwards, Nason was the one player — barring Louro — who was neither subbed off nor moved into a different position. With long balls flying over his head back and forth, players running around him left and right, Nason was arguably the most reliable player on the pitch. He barely made a wrong step. He was the eye of the hurricane, even in defeat.

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Sports

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Quarterback play a numbers game Fisch wants starter Rudock to limit turnovers in coming weeks By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor

For Michigan passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch, measuring quarterback success is partially a numbers game. And through two games for fifth-year senior quarterback Jake Rudock, the numbers aren’t pretty. Rudock has been responsible for five turnovers as the Wolverines’ starter. He threw three interceptions in the season opener at Utah, and

fumbled early in Michigan’s victory against Oregon State before throwing an interception late in the game. During his career at Iowa, before he transferred to Michigan over the summer, Rudock wasn’t known as a turnover-prone quarterback. In fact, he was one of the best in the Big Ten at limiting giveaways. He threw just five interceptions last season as the Hawkeyes’ starter. Despite the rough start, Fisch believes Rudock can return toward his career mean. Fisch provided a math lesson to the media Wednesday to explain his point. “So he’s thrown four, which is two right now (per) game,” Fisch said. “If we can have a few games with zero, he can get right back to his average. If you

throw one a game, you throw 12 for the year. If you can get a few games with zero, you can get that number down to about six or seven. So he’s got to do that. Strive for that number, to get to somewhere less than 10 for the year, and try to double the touchdowns. (I’d) like to get to a 2:1 ratio there or more.” One ratio of Rudock’s that Fisch is pleased with is the number of sacks he has taken. In 76 dropbacks this season, Rudock has been sacked only once, a statistic that Fisch believes is reflective of Michigan’s entire offense. Somewhat surprisingly, the turnover that disappointed Fisch most was not one of his interceptions, but the lone sack that caused a Rudock fumble in the first quarter against the

Beavers. “That was most the avoidable,” Fisch said. “He had an opportunity to kick it out there when he was hot, and held onto the ball.” The coach, even while acknowledging room for improvement, is not short on confidence when it comes to his quarterback. He pointed to Rudock’s completion percentage against Oregon State (69.2) as a sign of success, saying that completing 70 percent of passes is a goal he has in mind for his quarterbacks. Despite Rudock’s reputation as little more than a game manager, Fisch is pleased with the way the Wolverines have attempted to spread the field early in the season. Fisch is also learning on the

job. This season has provided a new experience for the coach, who has worked as an offensive coordinator both in college football and the NFL. Fisch said this has been the first staff he has worked with that makes play calls as a group. Of course, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has the final say, but most decisions are the result of a collaborative effort, unlike on most teams where one coach calls all of the plays. The experience has been a positive one for Fisch, so much so that it’s something he would advocate for on any coaching staff he works on in the future. “It’s something that I would always do from now on,” Fisch said. That’s one success that can’t be broken down by the numbers.

BY THE NUMBERS Jake Rudock

Turnovers in two games, including three interceptions at Utah and another pick and a sack-fumble against Oregon State

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Rudock’s completion percentage against Oregon State (18-for-26)

Dropbacks in two games, only one of which ended in a sack

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National rank in passing defense for UNLV, Michigan’s next opponent

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Fair Food Network

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Fighting for healthy, sustainable eating MICHAEL FLYNN, Daily Arts Writer One of the most well-documented and controversial aspects of the United States is its complicated relationship with food. Through years of unsustainable agricultural practices, the U.S. faces shortages of fresh food, particularly in impoverished communities. Combined with the prevalence of obesity, diet-related illness and reliance on government food assistance, the dearth of healthy, fresh food in these areas paints a bleak picture. Emilie Engelhard, the communications director for the sustainable food startup Fair Food Network, sees the food dilemma more positively, as does the entire organization. “Where others see problems, we see opportunities,” Engelhard said. “The work at hand is really about pioneering inspiring but practical solutions that don’t solve problems, but that look at the food system as a whole and … work on multiple parts of it simultaneously.” Founded on the belief that everyone deserves access to healthy, fresh, sustainably grown food, Fair Food Network attempts to help underserved communities gain access to healthy food, help farmers earn more money and strengthen local economies.

“Part of what the work of this organization is building a more just and equitable food system that supports families in getting the most delicious and nutritious food possible while also insuring that farmers are earning a fair amount for their food,” Engelhard said. To Engelhard, the work is incredibly fulfilling, both due to the broad scope of food’s influence in our lives and the competence of the organization. “Food is something that connects all of us and it’s something that, when you’re working on the issue, you have the ability to talk about so many things, such as the foundation for a healthy society, stories about family and the ability to create a more fair system that supports everyone, both in terms of the health of our families, the health of our communities, local and regional economies, and our environment,” Engelhard said. “Food really fits some of the biggest challenges we face as a nation, and some of the biggest opportunities. It’s an honor to be a part of an organization that works in such a dynamic way to create a more just and equitable food system, and it’s also helping produce really powerful results for families and farmers.” To achieve this goal, Fair Food Network tailors

its efforts so that they can support the economy, farmers and consumers at the same time. “We really think of this as the ‘win-win-win’ solution in terms of supporting farmers, economic development and also, most of all, the local population,” Engelhard said. “That’s where we really see the need right now: being able to practice multi-win solutions that help move the field forward faster, and that don’t just tackle one problem at a time.” The company has achieved great success in this goal through several specific programs. Their Fair Food Funds program provides financial and business assistance to innovative sustainable food companies. Additionally, the company is part of the Michigan Good Food Fund, a loan and grant fund created to stimulate economic demand for locally grown food. The most well known of these programs is called Double Up Food Bucks, a healthy food incentive program which attempts to create economic incentives for producing and consuming locally grown food. Established in 2009 in a farmers market in Detroit, Double Up Food Bucks gives low income U.S. citizens an opportunity to purchase fresh produce at a discounted price. See FAIR FOOD, Page 2B

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FAIR FOOD From Page 1B “How it works is that if you’re a family, or you’re someone who’s received Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits, and you go to a participating site, and you spend $20 of your Nutrition Benefits at that site, you get a dollar-dollar match up to $20 a day to buy Michigan-grown fruits and vegetables,” Engelhard explained. “You can bring home $40 worth of healthy food for just $20.” Fair Food Network puts an emphasis on producing and publicizing tangible results with its programs, and the results of Double Up Food Bucks have proven to be a success. Since 2009, families participating in Double Up Food Bucks have purchased 4 million pounds of healthy food using the program and SNAP benefits. According to surveys conducted by Fair Food Network, participants of the program have greater access to fruits and vegetables and, as a result, can decrease the amount of junk food they consume. Farmers have also benefited from the program, with the year 2009 seeing a $7 million increase in SNAP and Double Up sales for farmers. 63 percent of farmers report making more money, and 50 percent report gaining a new customer base. Additionally, farmers are able to buy new equipment and plant a wider variety of crops with the money they have earned. Since its formation in 2009, the program has expanded to more than 150 sites across the state of Michigan, and Fair Food Network intends to expand this program even more. “We’re now helping partners in communities across the country to bring this proven model to their community,” Engelhard said. “There will be 239 Double Up markets in 13 states including Michigan. We’ve done a lot of work, translated the program into a toolkit and are now ready to provide technical assistance to partners to help them get up and running and leverage all the lessons learned.” The success of this program is the paragon of one of Fair Food Network’s primary goals: to create programs that can create a tangible impact in one area of the

country and replicate the program for use in other places. While their programs always begin at the local level, the company’s aspirations are to spread nationally. As communications director for Fair Food Network, Engelhard is tasked with presenting the organization’s goals and utility to the public in an accessible way. “The power of communication is really about storytelling,” Engelhard said. “What is the story of the work we do as an organization? Why is it important in the world today? And what are the results and evidence of the work that we’re doing? How I see my role, in a couple parts, is helping articulate that story and then communicate that story to both internal and external audiences. The other part of it is creating a lot of tools to support the organization in telling the story as well.”

Some tools at Engelhard’s disposal include social media channels and presentations. But perhaps the most powerful tool Engelhard uses to display Fair Food Network’s usefulness is the bounty of statistics that speak to the positive impact of the company’s programs such as Double Up Food Bucks. By keeping detailed tabs on the economic impact of the Double Up Food Bucks program, Fair Food Network has gained leverage to influence public policy and has used that leverage to great effect. The success of Double Up Food Bucks led to a provision in the 2014 Farm Bill to supply the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive program with $100 million, which will be used to fund similar programs — a massive financial gain for pioneers of sustainable food. Additionally, Fair Food Network received a $5.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand Double Up Food Bucks’ operations. Over the next three years, the grant will be matched with private funds, which will amount to more than

the b-side $10.4 million, which will be used to spread the program’s reach even further throughout Michigan farmer’s markets. Cooperating with the government is one of the many ways that Fair Food Network uses collaboration as a means of reaching its goals. “The success of this program is completely grounded in partnership,” Engelhard said. “Only by working together have we had the success that we have had. From local markets to meeting public, private and nonprofit organizations across the state, we really rely on the support of a diverse network of partners.” Integral to the success of the Double Up Food Bucks program is Fair Food Network’s cooperation with SNAP-Ed agencies, organizations that provide information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. These agencies integrate information about Double Up Food Bucks into their social media campaigns, bringing more exposure to the program and to Fair Food Network as a whole. Another important collaborator is the Michigan FarmVIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily ers Market Association. Through extensive communication with this organization, Fair Food Network received clearance to implement their programs in farmers markets throughout the state of Michigan, and the two organizations have jointly increased the prevalence of government food assistance in the state of Michigan. In 2007, less than $16,000 in SNAP dollars were used at Michigan farmers markets, whereas in 2014, just under $1.6 million in SNAP dollars were used. Today, Michigan ranks third in the nation and first in the Midwest for the use of SNAP dollars in farmers markets, even though less than four percent of all SNAP users live in the state of Michigan. This disproportionate amount of Michigan SNAP users has Fair Food Network and its collaborators to thank for helping them attain access to fresh, sustainably grown food. Fair Food Network does not claim to have invented the concept of the Healthy Food Incentive program, but does take credit for pioneering the idea of spreading such programs to the national level. “What makes our program unique is that Double Up Food Bucks is the first statewide healthy food incentive program to employ that reformed design and centralize administration in a local implementation,” Engelhard said. “Fair Food Network has developed the program — we administered the program at a statewide level. You can also earn Double Up Food Bucks in Detroit and use them at another participating site. Fair Food Network pioneered the first uniformly designed, robust program and demonstrated that we can really work at that scale in a huge geography supporting rural, urban and suburban communities alike.” Even considering everything the organization has done and the sheer scope of its operations, the Fair Food Network can’t take on this problem alone. To make sure the goal of a sustainable food system is met, ordinary people also have to do their part. “Research shows that when most of us think about food, we tend to think about what’s going to be for dinner at night,” Engelhard said. “We think about the food in our fridge. Some of us think about where we’re going to be shopping. What’s really needed right now is for us to be thinking more dynamically about food as a system. The opportunity ahead of us is to envision food as a system and not just our individual experiences with food.” “We cannot eat our way out of the challenges we face as a nation,” she continued with gravity. Hopefully, with the help of organizations such as Fair Food Network, we won’t have to.

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HEALTH AND FITNESS COLUMN

Why you should take the 8:00 a.m. By HAILEY MIDDLEBROOK Daily Health and Fitness Columnist

In Stats 250, homework assignments always ended with the same yes or no question: Do you consider yourself sleep deprived? We were never told the reason behind the survey, so I’m assuming it was a longitudinal study on whether our sleep patterns changed throughout the course (see, look how much I learned!) but it needs closer inspection. Without fail, my cursor would drift toward the “Yes” box, because I’m a college kid. Saying “I’m so tired” has manifested into a nervous tick, something to groan when the Blue Bus comes around the corner: “How are you?” “I’m so tired.” Mutual fatigue is something we all share — at least, everyone tells us we’re sleep deprived and we dazedly agree. It’s widely accepted that the average college student’s schedule looks something like this: Wake up around 11:00 a.m., make a minimal effort to prepare for 11:30 class, buy a cheap meal around 2:00, hit the gym on a good day, then hunker down for a study session that will last until the wee hours of morning. Or, if it’s a weekend, replace the stacks with Skeeps. In every scenario, the common denominator is clear: Late nights and absent mornings. In order to balance sleep deprivation, our triedand true solution is to maximize the nighttime hours (where the “magic” happens) and sleep in as long as possible. This “magic” comes in different forms — it’s cracking that sweet solution in orgo after a midnight espresso shot, or sprinting down Hill Street in four-inch heels because the bars are closed and why not? — and is always more monumental in the moment than the next day, when we wake up with pounding headaches and a ticking reminder that half the day is spent. But wait — unconventional or not, if we students still get seven hours of sleep a night, sometimes more, why are we sleep deprived? What can we do to not always feel so tired? The answer is fundamentally

obvious: We aren’t nocturnal. Our bodies are programmed to rise with the sun and rest when it sets, so that our memories can consolidate, our muscles rebuild and our bones elongate. When the body’s internal clock is tweaked by habitual late nights and sleeping in, these processes stutter and slow, resulting in an unkickable feeling of fatigue. This tiredness then sets off a host of other bad habits, like disorganization, poor diet and exercise slack. According to Women’s Health, night owls consume about 248 more calories a day, double the junk food and half the amount of fruits and vegetables of an early riser — they’re also more sedentary, possibly due to a smaller time-frame to hit the gym. Forbes reports that people who hit the sack earlier and rise early are more in sync with Earth’s circadian rhythms, which provides more restorative sleep — and less pounding headaches. But the benefits of going to bed early and waking up earlier stretch beyond simply feeling less tired and making smarter choices about diet and exercise. Though we stubbornly associate early mornings with grogginess, studies have shown that the opposite is true — early birds tend to be more focused and self aware. In the Forbes article, studies found that “morning people” came out ahead in the workplace by using their early hours for setting goals and organizing the day; they were also more likely to anticipate challenges and tackle problems efficiently. Since memory is consolidated during sleep (meaning information we’ve absorbed throughout the day “sticks” so it can be later recalled), restorative sleep is the key ingredient to speedier mental function. Like muscles need protein to grow stronger, brains need sleep to be sharper. Ok. So say you close your laptop at 11:00 and set your alarm for 8:00, getting a full eight hours of Earth-dictated, circadian rhythm-synched sleep. But when you wake up with the chirping birds, you’re still — drumroll — exhausted. What then?

Roll out of bed and work out. Yes, it may be the last thing you want to do — as we tend to think early mornings cause grogginess, we also assume that exercising at dawn only exacerbates exhaustion — but you won’t regret it. Here’s why: Physical activity spikes energy levels and revs up metabolism, waking up your body much more effectively than a shot of espresso, or even an extra hour of sleep. While this energy boost can happen at any time of the day, morning exercise induces better sleep at night, whereas a sunset run is likely to leave you tossing in your sheets. Chances are, you’ve already heard this: Early bird catches the worm. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man happy, healthy and wise. Like most habits, it’s hard to nip late nights and lazy mornings in the bud, no matter how many studies tell us we’ll be happier if we run six miles at 7 a.m. and then spend an hour organizing our weekly schedule. The trick to becoming a morning person — or adapting any healthy habit, really — is to make compromises. For me, that compromise is a steaming cup of coffee. Every time I stumble out of bed to run at 6 a.m., I make a beeline for my coffee maker. While the coffee brews, I change into running clothes, lace up my shoes and pad back to the kitchen just in time for its sputtering stop. For 10 perfect minutes, I’ll sip my coffee and feel my body slowly twitch awake. This little routine is just enough motivation to keep me running out the door. And let’s face it. Drooping eyelids, pounding headaches and bloating from the Pizza House cheesy bread you had delivered to the UgLi last night aren’t pretty. Make it a goal to become a morning person by finding your own compromise, whether it’s an immediate cup of coffee or a stop at Bruegger’s on the way to your eight a.m. class. Then check “No” for the sleep deprivation survey — your body and mind will thank you for it. If you’re reading this, it’s too late to join Middlebrook on her run. To reschedule, email hailharp@umich.edu

SINGLE REVIEW It’s been nearly three years since P!NK dropped her last studio album, The Truth About Love. And aside from her colAlab album with City and Today’s Colour, she the Day has been relatively quiet P!NK until … until RCA now. She’s back and so is her singular sound. This year marks Ellen Degeneres’s 14th season on air, and seeing that her and the pop star are close friends, it only makes sense that she would pen the show’s new theme, “Today’s the Day.” However, this song is much more than a catchy intro to an afternoon talk show. It’s loud. It’s

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fun. It’s inspiring, much like its singer/songwriter. In typical P!NK fashion, the chorus soars up and away from the rhythmically spoken verses which pack a tongue-in-cheek punch of their own. Despite age and motherhood pulling the pop star away from her tough demeanor, lyrics “This kool-aid ain’t for me” and “I get so vicious when I don’t feel delicious” remind fans that the fire and

eye-rolling still radiate from the “Blow Me” songstress. Beyond the obvious self empowerment, the beats, delivery and bridge embody what a great pop song is. If you’ve been alone and bored in your bedroom, or are just looking for a song to score your fall semester, look no further. Today is P!NK’s day; Today is my day; Today is your day. - CHRISTIAN KENNEDY

TRAILER REVIEW “Black Mass” will mark the first time in probably a decade since Johnny Depp did not play “Johnny Depp.” You know the Aones — those sad renditions Black Mass and variaWarner Bros. tions on Jack Sparrow. It’s Sept. 18, 2015 an endearing kind of character, but the joke really expired in 2005. We’ve all come to expect the same old song and dance from the three-time Academy Award nominee. Well, Depp reinvents himself here as Whitey Bolger, the savage Irish-American crime boss from Boston who created the Winter Hill Gang. Bolger is famous for serving as an FBI informant for several years until fleeing supervision in the mid-1990s.

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He remained at large for 16 years until the age of 81 when he was apprehended in Santa Monica. “Black Mass” focuses on the period in the late 1970s and early ‘80s when Bolger rose to criminal prominence. A star-studded cast of supporting talent, which includes Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson and Kevin Bacon, gives the film a strong sense of character — obvi-

ously with Bolger at the helm. The most unnerving aspect of Depp’s character seems to be the way in which he compels people to betray their secrets, beliefs and alliances. He narrows his blue eyes, gets tense about the shoulders, inverts the natural smirk on his face and he digs. He digs straight to the things guarded and buried deep. - BRIAN BURLAGE

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Thursday, September 17, 2015 — 3B

Inspiring ideas at 826 ‘robot shop’

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A2 non-profit fosters creative writings skills By BAILEY KADIAN Daily Arts Writer

“What the heck is this thing?” One weekend, in the spring of 2013, Tom Bianchi passed by the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair shop on his way to get some coffee after work. After multiple occasions of passing the robot shop and questioning its purpose, Tom investigated to find a bit more information. Years later, Bianchi is the program assistant for the nonprofit. Bianchi’s reaction of intrigue is exactly what 826michigan hopes to evoke. The Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair shop is home to 826michigan, a nonprofit organization that is committed to developing creative writing skills through writing workshops and tutoring sessions for students ages six to 18. The traffic of people coming into the shop out of curiosity is how most volunteers and students get involved with the organization. “It is something that is subliminally in your mind all the time. A robot shop? That is a weird thing,” Bianchi said. “If you walk by enough times, it actually draws you in.” The shop isn’t designed to bring people seeking robot expertise to Liberty Street. It’s intended for the child who is enamored by the robot, and comes in to see more. Initially, when you walk into the shop, shelves full of robot-themed supplies, books and apparel greet you. Further in, you find the home of 826michigan, with tutoring areas, writing labs and shelves of children’s books, most of which are published works of the students who have worked with the organization. 826michigan is a branch of a national organization started in 2002 by writer and editor Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Clements Calegari. 826 has chapters in areas all over the country, serving students and teachers in numerous learning communities. 826michigan provides services such as writing workshops, field trips, drop-in tutoring, publishing and outreach projects that are meant to fuel creativity, at no cost to students. The programs for these projects are designed to be fun and productive, as 826 emphasizes the importance of one-on-one attention and assis-

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826michigan offers tutoring sessions for children aged six to 18.

tance for each student who works in the writing lab. Over 3,000 students in the southeastern Michigan area work annually with the organization. The focus of expressing imagination through writing encourages children to develop their ideas into a story. The satisfaction of seeing their work published keeps them coming back. Schools in the Ann Arbor area travel to the shop on field trips, where often an entire scenario is created through words, with layers of theatrics, to encourage students to get excited about a new writing experience. Volunteers and staff get to witness the process of students coming into a new environment, mixing ideas with excitement and eventually creating a story dictated entirely by their thoughts and imagination. After years of reading numerous stories written by children visiting the shop, Bianchi’s favorite works come from the wildest ideas. “With students that age, anything can happen,” Bianchi said. “We’re in the middle of a chase and the protagonist has to stop for coffee. If the characters want to, they stop for coffee.” During a staged interrogation in a crime-mystery themed field trip, one student’s theory was as follows: “We should ask every one of these potential suspects if they like cake. Because if they don’t like cake, then obviously they are a bad person, and they did it.” As Bianchi puts it, the kids’ ideas are “the perfect logic of it.” It’s out there. It’s unpredictable. It’s crazy. But it’s acceptable. During a release party at the Boggs School in Detroit — a partner school of the organization — students presented their new publication “Where Is It Coming From?” Communications coordinator of 826michigan Courtney Randolph described the experience as memorable and rewarding,

both for students and teachers. “I loved seeing their pride when Dave Eggers himself declared his love of the students’ pieces,” Randolph said. “He stepped away from the microphone to allow them to read their writing while he listened as part of the audience.” The transformation from students’ initial reactions to working with the organization, to the result of seeing their pride toward their published work is gratifying. “It moved me especially because some of the writers published in that book were terrified to write on the first day of our workshop,” Randolph said. “To see those same students beaming with broad smiles as they autographed books for Dave Eggers was very special.” The focus on personal recognition helps students feel individually encouraged toward their writing. 826 believes that their staff’s individual dedication to a story and excitement toward it will lay the foundation to continued development of writing skills for students of all ages. The one-on-one discussions between staff and students reminds students that their ideas are taken seriously and their work is valuable, which produces confidence toward their future development as writers. 826michigan has locations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, as well as a new location in Detroit. The nonprofit also travels to other schools in these areas to work with teachers and students in the comfort of their classrooms. “This has unequivocally been one of the best work experiences of my life,” Randolph said. “I deeply believe in our mission to teach and inspire a love of writing in students.” If you find yourself on East Liberty Street, passing the shop and asking yourself, “What the heck is this thing?” your curiosity will lead to a lot more than just robot repair supplies.

McDonald returns to Hill Auditorium By REBECCA GODWIN Daily Arts Writer

It would be an understatement to say that singer and actress Audra McDonald (“Private Practice”) is successful. Audra Successful doesn’t begin McDonald to encapsulate Sept. 17, all that she 7:30 p.m. has achieved. With six Tony Hill Auditorium Awards, two Tickets: $12-$70 Grammy Awards, and three Emmy nominations, McDonald is an entertainment powerhouse. And this Thursday, she returns to Hill Auditorium for her sixth concert at the University. McDonald was born in Berlin, Germany but grew up in the U.S., eventually receiving vocal training at Juilliard. Her first role on Broadway came in 1992, while still in school, when she was cast as a replacement in “The Secret Garden.” She won her first three Tony awards between 1994 and 1998 and was the first person to ever win three of the awards while still under the age of 30. In June 2014, she claimed her sixth Tony Award for her performance in the musical play “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” making her the recordholder for most Tony Awards ever won by single person. So why keep coming to Ann Arbor? McDonald said it’s the talent within the university that draws her back every time. “The school is wonderful and I think the musical theatre program has some magic pixie dust in their water or something because they keep churning out star after star after star,” said

McDonald, who is currently doing a concert tour around the country. “So I’m very impressed by the energy there and the talent there so that’s why I keep coming back.” McDonald was last in Ann Arbor in 2013 where she performed in honor of George and Ira Gershwin’s musical genius. During that concert she performed a number of classic Gershwin pieces as well as an array of other songs, including a few original pieces written especially for the singer. Audiences can expect a similar selection this time around. “It’ll be a plethora. The audience is pretty used to me introducing them to new songs from new composers that are making their way and then songs they know really well,” said McDonald. “I try to change it up quite a bit but there will certainly be composers that they are familiar with: Sondheim, there might even be some Gershwin, and there will definitely be some Roger and Hammerstein. Just a big variety.” This concert tour is just one of the projects McDonald is currently working on. Her movie, “Ricki and the Flash,” starring Meryl Streep just came out in August and she just finished filming the new live action of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” where she’ll be playing Garderobe, the wardrobe. She’ll even be making a return to Broadway next year in George Wolfe’s new musical “Shuffle Along.” With so many projects going at the same time, it would only be natural for McDonald to grow tired of the work, but work is her life, so she says, and she couldn’t see herself doing anything else. “What I am is what I do. It’s

‘True Cost’ reveals price of fast fashion By CARLY COLONNESE For The Daily

“The True Cost” is a documentary about fast fashion — a $3 trillion industry — and explores how the inexpensive clothing we buy at an alarmingly rapid pace directly influences how the items are made. Having such a low selling price means that production costs have to be even lower. This cheap and wildly successful business model has resulted in terrible work conditions, major environmental polluting and associated health affects that factory workers must endure due to these sordid environments. Directed by Andrew Morgan (“After the End”), it aims to educate viewers about the negative outcomes the fast fashion industry has on the planet, factory workers and consumers. It’s alarming that even in light of these facts, the billion-dollar companies in question have done nothing to improve the working conditions, raise factory workers’ pay or make any effort to reduce the pollution their factories

produce. “The True Cost” tells audiences about the 2013 Dhaka, Bangladesh factory collapse that killed more than a thousand workers. This tragedy was eminently avoidable if proper care would have been practiced to fix the cracked foundation of the building. Workers came to supervisors expressing their anxieties about the unstable building and some even went as far as to ask for the building to be fixed so they could work in a safe environment. However, rather than forgoing a day of work to secure and repair the building, managers inherently forced workers to stay, giving them an ultimatum — if they did not attend work, they would be fired. Later that same day, the building completely collapsed. Morgan interviews numerous garment factory workers from Bangladesh, a hub for Western fashion brands to produce their goods. The interviews illustrate both the working culture of these factories and how truly miniscule each worker’s pay is, often as low as $ a day. Garment fac-

tory workers are predominantly women and their workdays can sometimes exceed 16 hours. In countries where work is hard to find for (largely uneducated) women, factory work is often the only option. Surrounded by chemicals and hot conditions, these factories are near-toxic environments for the worker and the land surrounding them. “The True Cost” brings to light major facets of the fast fashion industry to showcase that the cheap clothing items are dangerous beyond the affordable price tag. How did business come to value cheap clothing more than human life and the environment? Fast fashion. The rise of fast fashion — think stores like Forever 21, H&M, Zara, Uniqlo and Topshop — is redefining what fashion is and means. These stores produce new clothing at such an alarmingly fast rate that the clothing you purchased from these fast fashion giants last week can already be out of style. Like anyone else who has shopped at these stores, the ease and appeal stems from

who I am. I don’t know anything else. It’s the only thing I know how to do,” she said. “I have deep admiration and respect for producers, directors and writers but I know that’s not my forte. I’m doing what I love and what I want to do.” Performing isn’t the only passion in her life though. McDonald is an avid supporter of a number of charities, including Covenant House, which assists homeless youth, as well as PFLAG, which offers support for the LBGTQ community. “These are issues having to do with equality and making sure there is social justice for everybody, and taking care of each other as citizens of the world,” said McDonald. “It is our job to take care of each other. You’ve got to give back.” And yet, giving back isn’t just limited to donations. McDonald understands that students may be strapped for cash, but as she explained, giving one’s time and energy is just as important as any financial contribution. “There’s always someplace to volunteer. Just volunteer your time even if it’s just at a local homeless shelter or the children’s hospital, or something. Just volunteer your time,” said McDonald. “Giving up your time is just as important, just as valuable.” For those students who may wish to follow in her impressive footsteps, she had this piece of advice: “Don’t turn down any opportunity to perform, whether it be at your local YMCA or church or community theater, the experience of being on stage is the same. No matter where it happens, live performance is the same dynamic, so get as much experience as you can, wherever you can.”

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purchasing many items for the cost of one brand name item. Marketing campaigns promoting fast fashion businesses have influenced consumers that quantity is more important than quality. I will admit, even I’ve completely fallen victim to fast fashion, as has most of the world, who collectively purchase more than 80 billion pieces of clothing. “The True Cost” prompts viewers: Is this ideation of quantity over quality still appealing when natural resources and human lives are at stake? My answer after watching: It’s complicated. This documentary seeks to educate viewers about the backend of the fashion industry

and why we all need to learn the importance of valuing the clothing you own. To value one’s clothes does not necessarily mean to stop shopping at these fast fashion stores. Rather it means to buy items there that you know you will wear a lot and appreciate them. Instead of owning six similar pieces, own a couple and take care of those items — whether that means spending more money on a higher quality piece rather than three inexpensive items that are obviously made cheaply the decision is on you. We as shoppers can choose quality over quantity, or we can choose to promote dangerously unethical practices through clothing that will not withstand

time and wear. Style is not about the brands you own or the amount of clothes in a closet, it is about consciously making sustainable choices by investing in pieces that are adaptable to different styles and will be worn over and over. As consumers we need to completely reprogram how we think about and how we understand shopping. The too good to be true, low-priced items found at these fast fashion giants may have instant appeal, but taking into consideration the short lifespan of the clothing and the negative impacts associated with the manufacturing, the price you pay is much higher than the sticker.

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‘U’ alum Logan Light talks confidence and growing crowds

By GILLIAN JAKAB Daily Cultural Cures Columnist

By REBECCA LERNER Daily Arts Writer

“It’s become second nature to the point of not getting nervous anymore. I walk out in front of 20,000 people in Chicago, and it’s the same thing I was doing in my bedroom four years ago.” University alum Logan Light balances the weekend triumphs of his EDM band, Mako, with a more traditional workday — finishing his last year of law school at New York University and working as a summer associate. The confidence that sometimes evades him in his law school classes comes naturally in times of high demand for dance music, such as the summer of 2015. Light, along with partner Alex Seaver, performed at highly anticipated festivals such as New York’s Electric Zoo, Michigan’s Electric Forest and Chicago’s Lollapalooza. Of course, as with any performances, there will be ups and downs. “Lollapalooza was quite an interesting experience,” Light said. “About three minutes in, someone comes yelling at us, ‘You gotta shut it down immediately, we’re evacuating the whole thing.’ ” There was a storm coming in and the management was concerned about heavy winds potentially blowing down stages. “It was a pretty big crowd for us and we were like, ‘You have gotta be kidding me.’ They put us in a car back to the hotel,” Light said. “Once we got back, they called us and said the storm missed the park, so as soon as we could get back (to Lollapalooza) we could go back on. We literally jumped back in the van.” It’s times like these where the lightness and agility of DJing equipment outweighs that of a band. Mako was able to quickly plug in while bands had to sound check gear again. “We literally plugged back in and played and the crowd ended up being 50 times bigger. They told us we had 25,000 people so it ended up working in our favor in a very bizarre, weird way,” Light said. “It went from being completely devastating to being one of the best shows we ever played, so it was pretty cool.” Before his current life of shows at festivals and clubs around the country, Light’s experiments with EDM were closer to home. He attended the University, majored in communications and graduated in 2011. “I guess I always grew up around (EDM). I have an older brother who was five years older than me who always kind of listened to it, and it was pretty common for me growing up.” Light said. “I ended up going my freshman year to Columbia in New York and I absolutely hated it. Michigan was the only school

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Light (left) forms one half of EDM duo Mako.

that would accept me for the winter semester, and that’s why I ended up going to Michigan. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.” He moved to Ann Arbor in the fall of his freshman year, not attending classes until the winter. “I convinced my parents to let me DJ and said, ‘Please can I borrow some money, I promise I’ll make some money doing this,’ and they said, ‘Yeah right.’ But they thankfully gave me some,” Light said. “I bought two turn tables and a buddy showed me how to do it. At that time it wasn’t common, it wasn’t easy, it wasn’t very cool like it is now, and I just taught myself how to do it in my brother’s living room.” EDM did not gain very much widespread popularity until about 2010, in Light’s junior year of college. “Until it changed, people would always request rap music. I just always remember people asking for T.I.’s ‘Whatever You Like.’ Just as the requests started to change in 2010, I realized (EDM) was picking up traction and it could be something real musical genre-wise.” Light began to contribute to the EDM scene in Ann Arbor, focusing specifically on working with downtown nightclub, Necto. “I ended up getting a call from the people at Necto, and in an effort to say ‘I want to play shows,’ I helped them book shows,” Light said. “My senior year to the year after I graduated, we brought in a bunch of artists like Avicii and Zedd and Above & Beyond. I think it was six of the now top ten DJs in the world, which was cool.” After graduation, Light met his future partner, Seaver, in Los Angeles. They come from different musical backgrounds, as Light had performed mostly electronic music for clubs and parties, and Seaver had just graduated from Julliard with a scholarship for a studio orchestra. But together, they were able to create a blend of both the expertise of classical infused with the sensation of EDM. When Light speaks of Seaver, it is impossible to miss the affection and respect in his voice. “Thankfully, Alex has the brain of a musical genius.” Light

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said. “He hates when I say this, but he probably is the most talented musical person I’ve ever met. And none of what we do would be possible without him. I mean he’s the brain of it all, and I’m lucky to be along for the ride. Musical composition is his world, and every once in a while I add my two cents and he says, ‘Oh that’s smart,’ but that’s his cup of tea, not mine.” Despite his modesty, it is clear without Light’s knowledge of EDM and charisma Mako would have never made it to the level that it is now. His passion for his art, even when it was considered “uncool,” has always been a priority for him. When discussing future plans for himself and Mako, the same touch of humble pride in his work shines through. “We’re planning to put an album out in January or February, and hopefully we can tour if people enjoy it. It will be more of a live band ordeal, so we can try and transition into that and get out of the DJ stigma and the DJ world,” Light said. “Because the way we write the music is more like a pop or a rock band … we want to give people a different show, something that’s a little more enjoyable and unique.” The excitement for this anticipated album is tangible when speaking to Light. However, the technology that has helped them succeed in an industry is also what prevents them from profiting financially. Light is part of a generation that believes in the freedom of everything, from information to music. In this vein, Mako has almost 13 hours of free mixes on iTunes in podcasts and their songs can be found in every corner of the Internet. “You’re looking at it from a purely monetary point of view, but there’s an emotional part. Since we like to share what we like to do, hopefully people are interested and want to come to the show,” Light said. “In this day and age, it kind of sucks to say, but music is free and for all the time and effort we put into one song there probably won’t be a financial return, but we’ll see it hopefully in shows. I don’t mind that the music is on there for free as long as people enjoy it and it gets to them. That’s all that really matters.”

Dear Cultural Cures – There’s this girl. Not a girl or some girl. This girl. I’ve known her forever, which is measured by the infinite number of hours I’ve thought of her since tripping over her speakers when we moved in freshman year. You know this girl. She’s at every party, every bar; she works the scene wherever she is with her restless (yet maddeningly easygoing) energy. I’m in love with her. So is the guy she sits with in Vic Lit. And the one who lives in her apartment. And the dude who bought her a cocktail with egg whites, or some shit, at The Last Word last night. And the one she’ll meet at the Blind Pig tomorrow. My best friend too. A friend of yours as well, I bet. Occasionally she enters into a sort of relationship with one of these guys, exquisite in its ambiguity, breathtaking in its commitmentlessness. It’s way south of “exclusive,” but just far enough north of the one-nighter to keep each poor bro thinking he can win her over, and that he can be jealous when she gets with the next one. We’re close, and often end up stumbling down South U. in search of late-night quesadillas together after the party dies down. Oh, she knows I love her. She says she loves me too and comes over at any hour whenever she needs to vent or talk — but when it comes to realizing a romance, you know, she “just can’t.” I nod and pretend I understand, somewhat happy that at least I’m not just another one of her whatevers. I’m playing it cool, but — not gonna lie — it’s torture. – South of South U. *** Dear South, Your femme impossible, like most goodies under the sun, is nothing new. From Aphrodite and her many lovers — some from afar, some from much closer up — to the “modern woman” of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, you can’t blame a girl for doing what she wants. That’s not to say she doesn’t have real feelings, including for you. I’m sure her affection is genuine, just multi-directional. You’re right to pity the fools who drool over this young lady, and those who read monthsor-more into her days-orless. They’re not worthy of Shakespeare’s “green eyed monster” of jealousy. This girl, despite confessions of feelings for you, is a wild thing, no more capturable than the wind. “If you let yourself love a wild thing,” Truman Capote explained in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “you’ll end up looking at the sky.” For how to proceed, I recommend you look at Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises.” Lady Brett Ashley is deep into the Parisian café scene. She is irresistible, with her boyish

haircut and exuberant effect. She dabbles in dalliances with pretty much every character in the book. Each wannabe suitor is a case study in how not to react to such a woman. Mike Campbell, Brett’s supposed fiancé, loses it one night drinking in Pamplona and has a throwdown with Robert Cohn, with whom Brett had gone to San Sebastian for some Basque sexy time. Mike’s drunken outburst is awkward for the entire group and reveals an awfully ugly side of him to Brett. South, I know you dismiss the other chaps revolving around your chica as somewhere between pitiable and pathetic, but did you mention your best friend among them? I’m guessing you respect him some? Try to be open with him and not bottle up your feelings; because after you down a few bottles, you will only break the cringe-meter and maybe some other stuff too. Even worse is Robert Cohn’s game, which begins with a clingy, stalkerish sort of approach and ends with pre-meditated physical harm to his perceived competitors. Not a good look, leaving him with nothing but memories of pinxtos in San Sebastian. Then there’s the 19-year-old toreador stud Pedro Romero. Romero’s tactic is to try to change Brett, get her to grow her hair longer and become more womanish, and presumably a more traditional, monogamous lady. Although Romero sees she’s not going to do that for him and ends up accepting her, Brett nonetheless decides she “just can’t.” These faulty characters covered, we are left with Jake Barnes. I’d say in your own scenario, Señor South, you’re playing Jake. Although I assume you don’t have a war injury that holds you back from consummating a relationship with your Lady Ashley, you, like Jake, are not one of her flings, but are her constant, her steady Platonic love. Jake bends at Brett’s will and runs at her beck and call. This isn’t healthy for him — or for you — and will only lead to a life of therapy and counseling. The best thing you can do is take some time away from her. You don’t need to make it a dramatic break up (that would require an official relationship), but try to see her a lot less: don’t pick up her Facetime in the middle of the night; hang out where she’s not likely to be. Maybe don’t like her Instagrams. Your absence will be noticed and this girl will either accept it, in which case you can try to move on and meet someone else, or realize that maybe she wants to give a shot at being with you. In either case, you’ll be better off than as her Jake. Whatever you do, don’t force her to choose like the guys in Spike Lee’s first film “She’s Gotta Have It.” Nola Darling, a confident Brooklyn girl with a sick apartment, loves to make love and

takes what she wants from her rotation of three boy interests. These guys are pretty onedimensional and each fits into a singular “type.” Jamie Overstreet is polite, sensitive and possessive; Greer Childs is a narcissistic male-model; and Mars Blackmon (played by Spike) is a fast-talking jokester. In the pseudo-documentary format of the film, the characters are interviewed about Nola and their relationships with her. Jamie: “to Nola we were all interchangeable, simply parts of a whole.” Greer: “You know in retrospect I can see that Nola saw me, Mars and Jamie as a whole. Not as three separate individuals , but as one organism. We let her create a three headed, six armed, six legged, three penised monster.” Jamie eventually gives her an ultimatum and Nola is tricked into thinking she wants to commit and be with only him. But its doomed because these men can’t change the fact that Nola, like Lady Ashley, is the only one who can curate her love life. “It’s about control,” Nola says. “My body, my mind. Who’s going to own ’em, them? Or Me? I am not a one-man woman.” You don’t need to take a Women’s Studies class to know there are still double standards for men and women when it comes to their sex lives. The point here, South, is to avoid being judgmental, and keep any conversations you have on the personal level rather than the general and gendered. So, Mr. South, my advice is to drop out of the web your Nola has created, don’t judge her for it, and definitely don’t try forcing her to choose if that’s not who she is. I believe she will come to you, but even if she doesn’t, you’ll be good in the long run. Let me leave you with some pictures to look at while you’re on your This Girl sabbatical, which could be a while. Gustave Klimt’s two paintings The Kiss and Tears: No matter how many sides your love polygon has, the simple cause and effect equation in Klimt’s symbolism, depicted in his signature gold leaf style, captures the raw emotion generated by envy and the mysteries of human sexuality. And how about a Warhol Marilyn Diptych? After flitting from DiMaggio to Miller to Brando and on, all while enchanting with the entire western world, and squeezing in a president for good measure, you become a cloned icon of pop art irony. Send an email to deargillian@ michigandaily.com describing a quandary about love, relationships, existence or their opposites. Gillian Jakab will attempt to summon the wisdom of the arts to soothe your troubled soul. We may publish your letter in the biweekly column with your first name (or penname) and year. Submissions should be 250 words or fewer and may be edited prior to publication.

MUSIC VIDEO REVIEW TDE has an incredible track record of posse cuts, ranging from Q’s “Say Wassup” to their “U.O.E.N.O” remix, and now we A can add Jay Rock’s “Vice Vice City City” to the Jay Rock ft. collection. Black Hippy Black Hippy, comprised Top Dawg of Jay Rock, Entertainment Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q, take turns using identical flows to pummel a Cardo-produced beat in a fleshed out barn filled with strippers. Kendrick strikes first, wearing a sweater with newspaper clippings about crime and his classic “i” hat, which is quickly turning into a strong “Compton superhero” look. Unlike his conscious raps from To Pimp a Butterfly, his verse here is basically a flex

in the form of his booking fee. Fighting off four strippers that threaten to quarter him, this isn’t exactly the Kendrick we’re used to, but it’s undeniably dope. Ab-soul was never going to have a traditional entrance, so it’s not surprising that he enters the video by jumping through a window that didn’t even exist a minute prior. In his classic Black-Einsteinon-acid aesthetic, he wanders between stripper poles reading books and throwing guaps at no one in particular. Also, there’s something vaguely Eazy E-esque about the way he swings a baseball bat with gloves. And then there’s Jay Rock himself, who spits his verse while lying down in a stretcher rolling through a makeshift stripper-runway. Definitely the most creatively directed shot in a rap video this year, if not the most hilariously lewd. Schoolboy Q closes out the

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show by standing in a spotlight and making fun of “weird” rappers who use “big words” like “philosophies.” You can’t help but wonder how Q works with someone like AbSoul, given his encyclopedic

vocabulary. Yet, as drastically different as the four of Black Hippy are in isolation, they have a seamless chemistry that produces hit after hit. - SHAYAN SHAFII