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With survey data, admins assess sexual assault at ‘U’ New initiatives, evaluative process kick in a year after Schlissel arrives
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Host Bill Kurtis at a taping of National Public Radio’s “Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!” at Hill Auditorium on Thursday. The show was presented by Eastern Michigan University’s public radio station, 89.1 WEMU, in honor of their 50th anniversary.
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University President Mark Schlissel and his administration have spent the last academic year working to roll out new policy initiatives regarding several campus issues — most notably, athletics, diversity, sexual assault, alcohol abuse and Greek life. The Michigan Daily concludes this week’s “Campus Context” series by delving into the chain of events that has led to a closer examination of the University’s approach toward sexual assault on campus. The overview: Though discussion of sexual assault on college campuses has generated discussion in the past, the case of former football kicker Brendan Gibbons brought the issue into the increased public focus. In January 2014, the Daily reported that Gibbons had been perma-
Host Peter Sagal talks Greek life, Michigan football at Hill Auditorium By EMMA KERR Daily News Editor
Peter Sagal, host of National Public Radio’s “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!,” opened Thursday night’s live show to a sold-
out audience in Hill Auditorium. Hosted in collaboration with public radio affiliate WEMU and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, the show returned to Ann Arbor for the first time since 2007, when it was hosted at The Michigan Theater. Producers and hosts of the show entered the stage clad in maize and blue hats and attire. Sagal was not hesitant to joke with the audience about the University’s recent notoriety in regard to student alcohol consumption
and Greek life. “This is the first time we have been allowed to the University’s campus. They had to make sure we could handle our liquor — I’m hoping to pledge a frat while I’m here,” Sagal said. Sagal continued, referencing the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity’s suspension following a January ski trip incident, saying, “As a Jewish man myself, I felt proud.” The famous quiz show’s special guest this week was University lecturer John Bacon, an
award-winning sports journalist and University alum. Bacon is also a member of the Board of Student Publications, which works with The Michigan Daily. Having written three of his seven books specifically about Michigan football, Bacon told stories of his time interviewing and even training with players. By way of explanation for the national attention Michigan football receives, Bacon told Sagal, “When you put your fist See WAIT WAIT, Page 2
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Students rally for Planned Parenthood
Gathering supports women’s health org. amid accusations, controversy By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
Students pledged to “Stand with Planned Parenthood” in an event on the Diag on Thursday to show support for the embattled women’s health care organization. In recent months, Planned Parenthood has faced a firestorm of accusations suggesting the nonprofit organization profits from the sale of fetal tissue of aborted fetuses to medical researchers — which would violate federal law. In July, an anti-abortion group released a series of undercover videos featuring Planned Parenthood representatives describing the process of preserving aborted fetuses for research purposes. LSA senior Amanda Vita, co-communications chair of Students for Choice, the organization that hosted the event, said the purpose of the event was to show support for the organization amid the controversy. “We are trying to raise support for Planned Parenthood amongst the media firestorm that’s happening surrounding Planned Parenthood and all of the congressional opposition,” Vita said.
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“We’re trying to show Planned Parenthood that we still stand with them.” Planned Parenthood has repeatedly stated it does not profit from the sale of fetal tissue, and that the videos are manipulated to create a fabricated message. Several state investigations have found the organization has not mishandled fetal tissue. The House Oversight Committee and Government Reform Committee grilled Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards about the videos for more than four hours Tuesday, and many Republicans threatened to block budget resolutions to fund the federal government if funding for the organization was included. A bill to fund the government through December that included funding for Planned Parenthood was passed Wednesday. During the day, students wrote letters to current Planned Parenthood staff members and launched an Instagram campaign to rally support by taking photos of students holding “Stand With Planned Parenthood” signs. By 12:00 p.m., Vita said she estimated about 100 students had stopped and spoke with members of the organization. “I’m really, really passionate about this cause,” said Engineering sophomore Sonia Thosar, who stopped by the event. “I just think that women’s bodily autonSee PARENTHOOD, Page 2
nently separated from the University for violating the school’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy — four years after the case had been reported. The delay brought into question the efficacy of the University’s adjudication policies. Months later, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into the University and more than 100 other schools’ handling of sexual assault cases. Since then, the University has been working to improve its prevention programs and make its policies more effective and transparent. The changes: Some changes are more visible than others. In 2013, the University updated its sexual misconduct policy to meet new standards recommended by the U.S. Department of Education. The updated policy decreased the burden of proof applied in sexual misconduct cases. Under the policy, decisions require a “preponderance of evidence,” which means an incident is more likely to have occurred than not. The University took part in two sexual assault surveys under Schlissel’s aegis — one See SCHLISSEL, Page 3
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LSA Senior Lania Robinson holds up self identifying sign during the Being Black Discussion at Trotter Multicultural Center on Thursday.
Black Student Union hosts event on intersectionality Students talk about how Black identity is defined on campus By ALYSSA BRANDON Daily Staff Reporter
Dozens of students crowded into the main lobby of Trotter Multicultural Center on Thursday for “I’m Black and…” — an open discussion that parsed the various cultural, ethnic and sexual identities within the Black community. Hosted by the Black Student Union, the forum was geared toward educating students on
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intersectionality — the concept of recognizing the interconnections between identities, particularly when it comes to discrimination. Public Policy senior Hattie McKinney, BSU vice-speaker, began the conversation by asking attendees how they would define being Black. While some attendees said Blackness is defined by music, dance, hair or fashion, LSA sophomore Shavon Edwards said she feels Blackness is often misdefined by people within the Black community. “I feel like a lot of people in our culture define Blackness in terms of a textbook definition and by history, and as we all know, history is never told
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in our favor,” she said. “When we are describing what Black should be, we should not base it off of books or how other people told us how we were at that time. For us to progress as a people, we need to come up with our own definition of what Black is.” McKinney then extended the question and asked attendees to think about what it means to be a Black student at the University. Some attendees said it means to be from Detroit and to be attending the University on a need-based scholarship. One student said it means to be the sole liaison to the Black community when any Black See BSU, Page 3
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In 2004, Eric Betzig was unemployed, tinkering in his friend Harald Hess’s living room. In 2005, he was a research group leader at the impressive Janelia Research Campus in Virginia on his way to winning the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The tinkering had paid off, leading Betzig to invent a microscope that saw things no other microscopes could. Betzig spoke at the Medical School on Thursday morning about developing the photo-activated localization microscope, or PALM, and gave an overview of the recent developments in microscopy. Traditionally, the limiting factor for microscopes was not their magnification. Instead, it was a property called “resolution,” which refers to the shortest distance between two separate points in a microscope’s field of view that can still be distinguished as distinct entities. If you imagine a microscope as drawing a picture, microscopes with poor resolution draw with See NOBEL, Page 3
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WHAT: Conference will discuss the rise of digital and mobile media technologies in South Asia. WHO: Center for South Asian Studies WHEN: Today from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: 1636 School of Social Work Building
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WAIT WAIT From Page 1 in the air on ‘hail,’ you are one of us.” To this, Sagal responded, “So you say ‘hail,’ not ‘heil,’ right?” Games played during the course of the night included “Who’s Bill This Time?” and “Not My Job.” The show’s panelists in attendance were comedian Alonzo Bodden, Washington Post journalist Roxanne Roberts and author Roy Blount Jr. The audience was composed mostly of local Michigan residents with relatively few University students in attendance. In an interview with the Daily, Business senior Sarah Burkhardt and Public Policy senior Grace Lutfy said this was no surprise. Burkhardt, who is a member of Greek life, said she was sympathetic to Sagal’s comments about some elements of the University’s reputation. “I think what they said was very true and it shows how peo-
ple outside of our community are responding to the news,” Burkhardt said. “It’s showing how, as college students, we can influence the news both for good or for bad.” “But that being said, they mentioned a lot about Harbaugh and that’s something good about our community that’s making news,” she added. Burkhardt said she appreciated how the show’s theme centered on the University. “We are seniors, so we really want to take advantage of these alternative opportunities,” Burkhardt said. “We could be at Rick’s right now but instead we are here, broadening our horizons.” Following the show, Sagal and panelists stayed on stage to answer questions from the audience. Sagal thanked the audience for their attendance, emphasizing his excitement to be at “one of the nation’s number-one party schools.”
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State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor) addressed the University’s chapter of College Democrats on what he considered key issues, including education, the environment and equality.
PARENTHOOD From Page 1 omy is just kind of a basic right that you have, so I think it’s really amazing that they’re doing this.” Engineering junior Jake Satterelli, a member of Students for Choice, said Planned Parenthood’s continued operation was important to him because of his background. “It’s important to me because I come from a less privileged background,” Satterelli said. “So I know people in the community — especially women — should have appropriate health care and, specifically, reproductive health care.” LSA junior Rachel Crawford, vice president of the University’s
Irwin began his talk on Thursday by stressing the importance of the College Democrats as an organization. “I want each of you to think about how you can be a part of making a community a better place,” he said. “I want to encourage you to understand that the group you’re involved with here is a genuinely important group.” He then moved to one of the focuses of his policy agenda: education. Irwin discussed the problems he has faced in the state
legislature with funding higher education and the effects that has on students. “There was a time in our state’s history when you could go to college — even at a place like this — you could work while you were here and pay your bills just off of a part-time job. It’s not like that anymore,” he said. “In my parents’ generation, the state of Michigan paid for 70 percent of the cost of college. Today, based on the money that the state legislature appropriates, we are pay-
ing for about 15 percent.” Irwin then highlighted the change in momentum on this issue. “The shift has made it so that now we’re talking about student debt,” he said. “Now we are realizing that this is a tremendous weight around the neck of our young people. College is supposed to be a tool for social mobility, but it is not serving its purpose like it used to.” Read more online at michigandaily.com
chapter of Students for Life, wrote in a statement that the chapter is encouraging everyone to watch the videos in question and follow the professional investigations into Planned Parenthood. “Those who support Planned Parenthood are concerned that redistributing the federal funding of this organization to other women’s health centers is an attempt to restrict abortion access, but at the same time are quick to state that the federal funding does not in any way go towards abortions.” Students for Life also provided a statement on behalf of the chapter. “Students for Life would like to see the federal funds which are currently being given to Planned Parenthood be redistributed to the women’s community health centers
which provide mammograms and other life-saving care,” they wrote. Music, Theatre & Dance junior Katherine Kelley said if students don’t actively show their support for reproductive health, they are in danger of losing resources like Planned Parenthood. “I think if young people don’t get up and say that they want it to stay, then it’s going to get taken down,” Kelley said. Kelley said she thought the demonstration was timely not only because of the recent legislative controversy, but also because of misconceptions about reproduction she said were present in current presidential campaigns. Notably, in the most recent Republican presidential debate, former Hewlett-Packard CEO
Carly Fiorina, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, described an exaggerated scene of how Planned Parenthood saves fetal tissue as she says was presented in the undercover videos. Her comments — which were later debunked — received a thunderous applause. “Especially with the whole presidential campaign going on, it seems like a lot of people are giving out false information, where(as) I think Planned Parenthood gives out good information, and good help that people need,” she said. “It’s a lot more than just abortions. It’s a lot of health benefits and a lot of education that people don’t get elsewhere because nobody wants to talk about women’s health.”
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SCHLISSEL From Page 1 internal survey released to roughly 3,000 randomly selected students on campus, and one survey released through the American Association of University to all students on 28 college campuses. The results of each survey revealed both fairly high rates of sexual assault and high rates of disillusionment with the efficacy of the adjudication process. The University’s internal survey also revealed that certain groups are at higher risk for sexual assault; for example, students in Greek life are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault than students not in Greek life. With these numbers in hand, the University is developing a number of programs to target at-risk groups and expand their prevention programming for the entire student body. The context: In his first year, Schlissel and the University’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center worked to raise awareness of sexual assault through the “I Will” campaign and through both surveys, seeking data on campus climate surrounding sexual misconduct. In October 2014, students took it upon themselves to bring the issue to his attention. Students held a protest on campus, before issuing seven demands for the administration related to addressing sexual misconduct. “This protest seeks to actively disrupt the University of Michigan’s complacency in handling issues of sexual assault on this campus,” an anonymous group of survivors and allies stated in a viewpoint for the Daily. “To the administration: Students are taking action because it is time our voices are heard.” However, Schlissel said he was frustrated by the way the students framed the conversation. “The one thing I will object to, which drives me a little nutty, is framing things as demands,” Schlissel told the Daily. “I think that makes it really difficult to have discussions.” At the time, Schlissel said he was concerned that many of the demands made by the student protesters were actually covered by policies and procedures already in place, illustrating a lack of awareness among the student body at large. *** The University administration plays a large role in promoting sexual assault prevention — providing resources during New Student Orientation and in residence halls such as Relationship Remix, Change it Up! and an orientation skit performed by the Educational Theatre Company. However, there’s some disagreement about the extent to which these programs are successfully contributing shifting the culture around sexual assault on campus. Change it Up!, a bystander intervention program mandatory for freshmen during their first months at school, has recently expanded to cater to students of all years at the University. The program, which underwent its pilot year during Schlissel’s first year, prominently features sketches from the ETC to illustrate methods for bystander intervention. ETC Director Callie McKee says the theater company partners with Change it Up! to teach students the importance of bystander intervention when dealing with difficult situations, as well as dispel misinformation on sexual assault. “With this sketch, we seek to send a message that sexual assault is a community issue — that it is everyone’s responsibility to make sure everyone can feel safe and respected,” McKee said. According to research conducted at the University of New Hampshire, one of the schools tapped by Vice President Joe Biden to aid the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, freshmen learn University policies and practices best when given activities to review and think critically about the material they learn. “It may not be enough to read students the campus policies in a class OR ask them to watch a video on their own time,” the report concluded. “Rather, there may need to be an activity following the reading so that students can have help processing the information in a way that will give them more in-depth
understanding of the policy.” However, McKee says the play, which is developed in part through the input of students, is meant to teach students about a variety of topics, such as mental health, alcohol and community living. Pre- and post-survey data from the first iteration of Change it Up! show that the program has had an overall positive effect on its students. While 15.76 percent of students said they “strongly agreed” it was their business to intervene in harmful situations before the program, 24.18 percent said they felt that way afterward. Overall, the total percentage of students who answered with “agree” or “strongly agree” when asked if it was their business to intervene was 93.89 percent by the workshop’s end. Similarly, while 14.72 percent of students said they “strongly agreed” that they have confidence in their ability to intervene in harmful situations before completing the program, 24.49 percent said they felt that way afterward. Overall, the total percentage of students who felt confident enough in their intervention abilities to answer with “agree” or above was 93.41 percent by the workshop’s end. Business sophomore Maria Malinowski, who saw the ETC show last fall, pointed to Relationship Remix as a better educational means of preventing sexual assault though she said she already knew much of the information provided. “In the Relationship Remix presentation, we spent a significant amount of time learning about how to properly put on a condom,” she said. “While I think it’s important information, I feel that many students have already had this lesson in high school health classes and don’t need to spend 15 minutes reviewing how to do so.” LSA sophomore Rohin Patel said he also learned more from residence hall workshops like Relationship Remix and Change it Up! due to the ability to discuss the topics in detail with small groups. “I learned a good amount about sexual assault freshman year, but I feel that it wasn’t enough,” Patel said. “During orientation there are a lot of things students need to worry about, so oftentimes people can overlook this very important topic.” *** Another educational method the University uses to educate students is AlcoholEdu, an online quiz on alcohol abuse. Before arriving to campus, students are asked to take an online alcohol training program that indirectly addresses sexual assault prevention. According to Rider-Milkovich, this program has a 99-percent participation rate. However, some students still were not aware of the campus resources for survivors of sexual assault. Malinowski said she recalled the alcohol awareness quiz touching on sexual assault, though she did not learn about SAPAC or the University’s sexual assault policy. “If those modules we had to complete mentioned SAPAC or other resources, I don’t remember them having a strong emphasis on them,” she said. LSA sophomore Megan Mackenzie also said she was not aware of any University resources for sexual assault prevention before coming to campus, only Blue Light Emergency Phones around campus. During her freshman year, she said, she learned the most from the ETC play in regard to sexual assault prevention, but found Change it Up! “unnecessary.” “At the time, I was 18 years old and I felt that if we had to be reinforced this common knowledge at the University level, then something was very wrong,” Mackenzie said. As far as learning about the SAPAC policy on sexual assault, Patel and Malinowski both said they learned about it through non-administrative ways — Patel through running for CSG representative position and Malinowski through a women’s studies class. Malinowski said SAPAC representatives came to talk to her class about resources and the importance of consent, and said she wishes she received a similar presentation during orientation. “Although we talked about SAPAC in our dorm presentation, people do skip those and would miss this information,” she said. “I feel like if the University stressed this issue more during orientation, where people generally don’t skip events they’re supposed to attend or are significantly less likely to skip, more students would be aware of these resources.”
News *** To gather data on the subject, Schlissel issued a survey last winter to gauge campus climate in the beginning his second semester as University president. “Learning about the experiences of students and the degree to which students feel safe and respected will help us better understand how we can more effectively address and prevent sexual misconduct,” Schlissel wrote in a January 2015 e-mail sent to the student body to introduce the survey. Schlissel said a campus-specific survey would give the University better data to use in creating programs and interventions to reduce sexual violence on campus. “Learning about the experiences of students and the degree to which students feel safe and respected will help us better understand how we can more effectively address and prevent sexual misconduct,” Schlissel wrote in the e-mail. Schlissel said in a September interview with the Daily that the survey results, released in June, were disheartening. The results showed 11 percent of students reported experiencing some form of unwanted sexual behavior in the past year, and 12 percent of undergraduate females reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual penetration — yet 89 percent of all students reported feeling relatively safe from sexual misconduct on campus. “Anything that involves 20 or 30 percent of a population, that’s not a rare event — this is everyday life, this is culture,” Schlissel told the Daily. Furthermore, the survey found though nearly 86 percent of all students know the University has a Student Sexual Misconduct Policy, only 55 percent of students reported receiving training or attending programs on sexual assault prevention and reporting. A separate survey in which the University participated, administered by the Association of American Universities in March, showed of University students who said they experienced nonconsensual penetration involving physical force, 76.8 percent did not report the crime. Many who did not report said they did so because they did not consider it serious enough or because they thought nothing would be done about it. Schlissel and other administrators have stressed their continued dedication to preventing sexual misconduct on campus, but they have acknowledged that some students may be unaware or feel skeptical of these efforts. “We take every report of potential assault or misconduct of any kind very seriously,” Schlissel said. “So the obvious problem is that we are not getting that message across in a way that the students either hear or believe.” Moving forward: So far, Schlissel has emphasized data collection as a means for approaching sexual assault at the University. And with the survey results in, it appears that the University has room to improve. In an interview with the Daily following the AAU survey results’ release, Rider-Milkovich said teachings from programs like Relationship Remix seem to “wear off over time.” Subsequently, the University is working to make assault prevention a more continuous and visible topic of discussion on campus. For example, SAPAC has been working with Recreational Sports to create a poster campaign to appear in facilities across campus. “We want to be reinforcing that healthy relationships are a part of an overall wellness,” RiderMilkovich said. “So those kinds of messaging, specific to the ways that students engage in sports on our campus ... is an example of those targeted kinds of education efforts that need to complement the big-scale work that we’re doing. And all of that has to happen on many different levels.” In an e-mail to the student body Thursday, E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, invited students to provide feedback regarding the University’s sexual misconduct policy through a variety of student-led focus groups. Overall, administrators have made it clear that sexual assault is not an issue unique to the University — and struggling to find successful ways to mitigate the problem is not an challenge unique to the University either.
BSU From Page 1 subject is being discussed in class. LSA senior Chris James, BSU executive board member, said there should be no definition or stereotype of what it means to be Black at the University. “There is no fit definition of what Black is,” he said. “When you go into the real world, the first thing people are going to see is that you’re Black. They’re not going to see what comes along with that. Being Black can encompass so many other cultures and heritages and identities.” LSA junior Travis Jones III recounted the shootings of unarmed Black men by police officers in Staten Island, N.Y., and Ferguson, Mo. last year. After those incidents, he said, Black men were often painted as thugs. “That is a major stereotype in which people who are not in (the) culture have now used to describe us,” he said. “It’s really important that we understand these stereotypes because they’re using them against us and we don’t do anything about it. We all need to take action.” A portion of the discussion was also dedicated to thinking about how diverse sexualities fit within the Black community.
NOBEL From Page 1 dull crayons while microscopes with good resolution draw with fine-tipped pencils. As microscopes were improved, they hit a limit: The resolution could never get better than half a wavelength of light. Since microscopes use light to see, they can’t tell the difference between two objects closer together to each other than a ray of light. Because of this, microscopes could easily see cells and some of the larger objects inside. But important interactions such as viruses’ infecting a cell or the aggregating of proteins that cause Alzheimer’s were seen only very blurrily, if at all. Betzig, however, found a way around this physical constraint through PALM. PALM is a type of fluorescent microscopy. In fluorescent microscopy, the microscope doesn’t actually see the components of a cell, but instead glowin-the-dark, or “fluorescent,” molecules that attach themselves to the features of interest. The problem when attempting to look at a super-high-resolution image is that each fluorescent molecule looks like a fuzzy blob — Betzig calls these “fuzzballs” — and these blobs start to overlap each other. Betzig found a way through this problem by using fluorescent molecules that don’t automatically glow, but instead only glow when exposed to a certain color of light — hence the “photo-activated” component of PALM. He found a way to ensure that only a handful of these molecules would
Friday, October 2, 2015 — 3 BSU Speaker Capri’Nara Kendall, a Kinesiology senior, said she believes the Black community is generally not accepting of the LGBTQ community. “I feel sometimes people that identify as LGBTQ are often outcasted in the Black community,” she said. “I feel like heterosexual Black men tend to shy away from gay Black men because they don’t want to be associated with it. We as a community need to be more embracive of it so people that are afraid to come out feel comfortable and know that even though they are different, they will be accepted, because we all have differences that set us apart.” LSA senior Lawrielle West said it’s important to remember that attacks against the Black LGBTQ community can also come in the form of microaggressions. “Discrimination and making people uncomfortable isn’t always blatant,” she said. “We just have to be careful in our language and be aware that not everyone in our community will have heteronormative identities.” Trey Boynton, director of the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, said learning to listen to the LGBTQ community is vital in building connections with them. “What it would be like if we said, ‘Trans community, come
on. Let’s do this together, let’s talk about gayness and gay marriage’?” she asked. “This intersectionality conversation is so important because it’s all connected, the hate, the laws, the systems. If we approach this issue from that way, we can all connect.” LSA senior Cooper Charlton, Central Student Government president, was also present at the discussion Thursday. In an interview with the Daily after the forum, Charlton said the event was helpful in forming individual connections. “I think that last year, the Central Student Government didn’t do the best job of reaching out,” Charlton said. “It’s all about connections. I think the connections and getting to know people through personal relationships really comes down to personal interaction. I don’t think it’s fair for me to sit in chambers and make these constrictions of what the campus needs. I want to do that with others.” In an interview after the forum, McKinney said she hopes students will now take more ownership over their own identities. “I hope that students take away that can be who they are,” she said. “We fill in what we want to be and we can defy stereotypes, we decide our presents and our futures.”
glow in a given image. After taking many images, with only a few different molecules glowing in each one, he would clean the images so only the innermost cores of the fuzzballs were visible. Then, all of the images would be overlaid and the fuzzballs, now just bright points of light, would no longer be overlapping, thus surpassing the theoretical limit for resolution. Suddenly, a whole world of intracellular interactions was visible. Despite the novelty and power of this approach, Betzig described becoming quickly tired of PALM. “And so, again, I worked on PALM until 2008 and by that time I was sick of it for two reasons. One is that super-resolution became a big bandwagon with lots of people getting into it. And usually when that happens I want to run as far as possible in another direction. The other thing is that, like my earlier super-resolution methods, it has a lot of really intrinsic limitations,” Betzig said. The limitations mainly revolved around the fact that PALM is optimized for cells on a slide and isn’t adept at taking three-dimensional videos. “Basically, I got sick of looking at dead things,” Betzig said. In 2008, he was inspired by his colleague Mats Gustafsson, who developed structured illumination microscopy, or SIM. This technique also beat the theoretical resolution limitation, but only by an order of two instead of the almost unlimited resolution achieved by PALM. For this reason, Gustafsson was not also considered for the Nobel Prize, a fact that Betzig takes issue with. “Now, that was the reason
the Nobel Committee stated — because it was only a factor of two instead of theoretically unlimited by … PALM — as to why SIM was not part of the Nobel Prize. But, in my opinion, that’s a tremendous mistake. Honestly, I feel that SIM is the technique that has answered and will continue to answer many biological questions,” Betzig said. Despite the quickly evolving nature of his field, he says that the important reminder is to use these technologies for practical purposes. “Winning a Nobel Prize is fine. Publishing a bunch of cute papers is fine. But it all means diddlysquat if these tools don’t answer biological questions. And I’m really concerned about that. And it’s very important to me to make sure that these tools get into the hands of biologists.” Betzig said many challenges remain. Preparing samples properly is more difficult than ever, and the huge amount of data coming out of the microscopes can be overwhelming. “The problem with this microscope is each biologist comes for a week and leaves with 10 terabytes of data. And they have no fucking clue how to deal with it. You’ll never hear from them again because they’re too embarrassed to ask what to do,” he said. Betzig hopes, however, that as technologies and information sciences advance, soon his main goal will be achieved. “Putting these pieces together will get us closer than ever before to studying cell physiology as it actually happens.”
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Rethinking Detroit
t the Detroit Department of Transportation headquarters on September 17, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced the implementation of an improved bus system in Detroit. Instead of the bus sign behind them blinking a destination, as is usual with buses, it flashed, one by one, “Welcome — Joe Biden — Detroit.” Though the initiative to RABAB bring new buses to Detroit JAFRI may not be flashy, it has the real needs of Detroiters in mind to help them in their day-to-day lives and to bring them into a more stable standard of living. In the past, people have had to stand in the frigid Michigan cold for long hours in the winter waiting for buses that may have already been full. It impacts the lives of so many Detroiters who, with this new system, can get to work or school on time, safely and effectively. Biden has been a supporter of Detroit in the past. He, alongside the rest of the Obama administration, invested $40 million from the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation funds to create a research and development project in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. As Biden spoke of how “Detroit is off its back, off its knees, standing up again,” I felt a hope welling up inside that there’s potential for real change, but I also began to feel uneasy. His words echoed in my head: “We would never abandon the people of Detroit. It’s like abandoning the heart of America.” Though I believe in this effort and the work that Biden has done for Detroit in the past, I couldn’t stomach the idea that Detroit has never been neglected, to say the least. This isn’t to say progress in Detroit is not being made, but there are substantial problems in the city that have been overlooked. Every minute we avoid talking about the big picture and the complexities of the problems in Detroit is another person’s life negatively affected. So, instead, let’s talk about the good and the bad in Detroit, so that we are able to move forward together. Let’s start a real conversation about Detroit. At DDOT, as Biden talked about bringing in the brightest young people to Detroit, I couldn’t stop thinking about the young minds growing up in the city. Children in Detroit are suspended in an education system where teachers and faculty do most of the groundwork to improve their schools. I spent some time volunteering at Detroit Achievement Academy, a charter school in Detroit for children in kindergarten to third
grade, where the teachers truly care about their students and spend time encouraging them. While volunteering, I watched the children become excited to learn and to spend time with the volunteers. However, a looming reality hangs over them, as premature birth and violence are the top reasons for the death of children in Detroit in January 2014. Almost 500 children have been killed by homicide since 2010, and Detroit has had a higher homicide rate for children and adolescents than any U.S. city of equivalent or larger size. These are Detroit’s bright minds that need to be nurtured and kept in a safe environment, yet they’re often not. Though some people may want to make progress in the city, others are discouraged by high property taxes that cripple entrepreneurs while making it difficult for people to get out of homelessness, as suggested by the Detroit News in 2013. It also creates an extra burden on those that already reside in Detroit homes, and though the city may be in need of this money, high property taxes may not be the best alternative, as they push people away, hurting the Detroit economy. While listening to Biden speak about Detroit and its transportation system, my heart hurt the most when I thought about the recent Detroit water shutoff, which went without enough attention from the public, media or politicians. The city’s leaders gave out 3,000 notices to people that their water would be shut off if they didn’t pay their bill in 10 days. Furthermore, Duggan went against the Detroit City Council’s resolution to temporarily freeze the shutoff. Although delinquent water bills were a large problem that cost the city money, it ignored the public health issues this created for people who legitimately couldn’t afford to pay their water bills. This financial situation and health crisis shouldn’t have become so severe, with the United Nations speaking about the shutoff as a human rights violation before our nation’s federal government. But it did. I couldn’t fathom that something right in my backyard would be so terrible, but the situation is just a symptom of the attitudes and neglect Detroit has been through. Trying to instill hope in the people of Detroit, reminding them they’re not being abandoned and that Detroit is back is a valiant effort. A lot of progress is being made with this new bus system; it brings the people of Detroit something they need that is long overdue. But there’s still a lot of work to be done in order to bring Detroit back on its feet. My hope is that this really is a step to rethinking Detroit in terms of the most basic and urgent needs of the people. As Biden said “This isn’t an investment in buses, this is an investment in the people of Detroit.”
I felt a hope welling up inside that there’s potential for real change, but I also began to feel uneasy.
— Rabab Jafri can be reached at rfjafri@umich.edu.
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ww, I’m so sorry.” I’ve heard this said to me a few times recently. Don’t worry: I haven’t lost any childhood pets, I haven’t endured a messy breakup and I’m not the latest victim of a burglary. But I am Syrian. FARID And to my ALSABEH unpleasant surprise, this is often the exact response I get when I tell people. Don’t mistake my reaction for being unappreciative. I’m thankful for every ounce of sympathy that comes my way, from friends and strangers alike. I understand the underlying sentiment; it might come off as cold, if not inconsiderate, to ignore the fact that my status as a Syrian American means things have been tough for me recently (to say the least). But there’s something so heartbreaking, so unsettlingly bizarre, about evoking sympathy from something that is an integral part of your identity. Substitute “Syrian” for any other adjective and the absurdity becomes clear. Imagine if the next time you introduced yourself as a Wolverine, you heard, “My thoughts and prayers are with you.” Perhaps sympathy is something best expressed more subtly. This small observation is part of a bigger theme: people often have the right intentions, but go about things in the wrong way. To me, the most significant example of this comes up after the introductions end and the conversation begins. There’s a tendency, especially in such a politicallyconscious campus as ours, to engage in political discussion with people who are directly affected by current events. After all, they’re nothing short of
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primary sources. But all too often, these discussions are prompted and guided by ideas that oversimplify an incredibly complicated situation. The government you keep referring to as bloodthirsty and fascistic may be the only thing separating a family from living in a hellish Islamic dystopia. On the other hand, that terrorist group you’re reproaching may be another family’s last semblance of law and order in the face of complete anarchy. These nuances do not make for good headlines, but they are the harsh realities for many people who are personally affected by this conflict. Author and physician Michael Crichton has coined the term “GellMann Amnesia” to describe something he believes is pervasive in our society. Simply put, we’re hyper aware of factual errors when a news source reports on something we know very well. But when the next, perhaps more obscure news story comes on, we tend to submit fully to its narrative, seeming to forget that these nowobscure stories could eventually become ones we’ll be able to fact-check later. I believe this phenomenon applies to oversimplifications as well. When the news reports on systemic racism in police departments, we know the reality is much more complicated than “all cops are racist.” Yet, when the same news outlet reports on foreign conflicts, we see only as far as the headlines let us. I’ve been guilty of this myself. A couple of years ago, a Ukrainian family moved into our neighborhood. Whenever they were outside, I’d take the opportunity to chat them up, both in the interest of
being a good neighbor and because I wanted to hear about the conflict right from the source. Since I knew they were from the eastern part of Ukraine, I tailored my remarks to be pro-Russian and peppered them with a hint of Euroscepticism. Statistically, this was probably the right move. But that’s the point: Statistics are numbers, and people are people. Every individual has a unique experience — an experience that is undermined every time we cloud the conversation with generalities. Internet comments give enough room to flex our knowledge of global affairs. If our goal is to learn, we should make listening our priority. That being said, engaging in a political conversation requires more than listening. And there are certainly political truths that individual circumstances cannot speak to. So, what’s really needed here is some respect and patience. Avoid making claims about anything you haven’t spent a good deal of time researching. If someone’s experience doesn’t match the political narrative you’ve heard, try to learn from them rather than speak over them. Don’t categorize anyone as “pro” or “anti”; to do so would betray the complexities of the situation. Be prepared to hear a lot less about politics and a lot more about people — aunts, uncles and cousins, rather than stats and figures. Because at the end of the day, that’s what matters the most. A news story to you can be a life event for someone else. Remember to treat these situations with all the sensitivities they afford.
Engaging in a political conversation requires more than just listening.
— Farid Alsabeh can be reached at falsabeh@umich.edu
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I hope and pray that I don’t have to come out again during my tenure as president to offer my condolences to families in similar circumstances.”
— U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday evening in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after a mass shooting that left 10 dead at a small community college in Oregon.
BEN KELLER | VIEWPOINT
A crisis for the whole world
Often, we naturally look inward to our own problems and conflicts, forgetting that out in this vast world there are inconceivable challenges our fellow humans are facing. By virtue of being flanked by two oceans, many Americans tend not to focus on foreign issues. However, from time to time, a crisis of extreme enormity requires our attention and requires our action. As the self-proclaimed greatest nation on Earth, it is our duty as a virtuous citizenry to play a key role in these conflicts. The greatest migration since World War II is happening currently, and several Western governments seem simply not to care about the lives of millions. Already, nations such as Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia have shut their borders to asylum seekers, Denmark has taken out newspaper advertisements in Lebanon to discourage potential refugees from seeking hope there, a Hungarian news camerawoman was caught tripping refugees as they sprinted from a camp, and a Polish parliamentarian is facing criticism after openly describing migrants as “human garbage” on the floor of the European Parliament. In a classic case of xenophobia, entire nations and many observers would rather see their land and culture stay untouched by a new influx of humanity, for fears of burdening social systems and encroaching on established cultures. Unfortunately, this view is ignorant to the facts of immigration. Multiple
studies cited by The Washington Post have shown that immigration, more often than not, improves the economy. Though the initial cost of accepting refugees may be steep, in the long run, according to research, migrants tend to lift wages for the entire community and can have lasting positive effects on local economies. Moreover, in several European nations, the birth rate is not on par with what’s necessary for the population to remain steady. These nations may not realize it, but they may actually need new citizens, increasingly so in the next few decades. Beyond the logic that underpins the benefits of the act, accepting refugees is simply the right thing to do. Fear mongering related to immigrants has always existed, and there are those who would say these refugees pose a threat to our way of life, our institutions and even our national security. These opinions will always exist, and even if they are correct in the smallest of cases, there are systems such as the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the entire federal bureaucracy in place for a vetting process of new migrants. Those scenarios notwithstanding, it’s our duty as a part of humanity to do more to alleviate this situation. Think what a great accomplishment it would be for this nation to lead in this crisis, but more importantly, think about how much good we can do for this world if we help save the lives of millions.
As I write this today, there are hundreds of thousands of men, women and children risking their lives to find hope anywhere possible. Sympathy and compassion can only go so far; the only way to positively affect this crisis would be to take action. That isn’t to say the United States should do all the work and take in an unrealistic amount of refugees or foot the entire bill for aid packages, but it does mean that as the leaders of the “free world,” we need to be at the forefront of a multilateral mission to both take in more refugees and help improve the situation for those who are making the journey as well as the vast amounts of individuals and families who feel migration is the only option left. This issue shouldn’t be politicized; it isn’t a matter of left or right, Republican or Democrat. It boils down to the challenge of living up to the creeds and values that guide this world of ours. As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — a document the United States voted in favor of — states in its preamble, “Whereas recognition … of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” It’s our responsibility to at least try and help these migrants achieve the same freedoms and happiness as we enjoy, for they’re in dire need of a helping hand. Ben Keller is an LSA sophomore and an assistant editorial page editor.
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PRADA From the first look, we knew Miuccia Prada was mixing business with pleasure for SS16. Though the death of her aunt prevented her from seeing the show in its live grandeur, we can only imagine the insight behind her sartorial articulation of the modern woman. It’s clear she designed for a woman of conflict — potentially one for a socialite who’s facing an identity crisis — Well, yes, power lunch at 12:30, but what about the ladies, are we lunching? The former version of the modern woman could easily be seen donning any of the collection’s precisely tailed power suits, while her alter ego outshines the #squad in the wispy emerald number topped with the oversize statement trench.
Modernized pencil skirts of the transparent, patchwork and asymmetric varieties radiated cheekiness typically exclusive to the brand’s little sister line, Miu Miu. Still, pantsuits reigned, proving the label’s everlasting contingency to the intellectual vibe of Dr. Prada herself. Accents of otherworldly adornments like colossal ear baubles and slashes of gold lipstick contrasted any seriousness of structured silhouettes. If this is the norm in corporate Prada cubicles, I want in. The collection’s whimsical overtones appeared throughout the show, ranging from trenches accented by vertical, gilded pinstripes and models donning multi-colored pumps to all those
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go-go’s. Accessories played a key role in the coquettish, yet bookish vibes, as the line traded in iconic Willy Wonka-esque sunglasses for pastel-rimmed spectacles. An overarching ’70s color palate of oranges, tan and muted greens and browns taught us that the
era’s trends are now cemented. However, I’m still trying to figure out those fishnet necklaces, or are they meant to be scarves? Dickeys, perhaps? Alas, Miuccia continually throws us for a sartorial loop. - CAROLINE FILIPS
MAX MARA Max Mara provided a fresh set of cool classics to lure in all ages. Creative Director Ian Griffiths settled on a nautical line for spring/summer, yet nothing feels boring or routine about this collection. The fabulous basics are there — stripes, sailor trousers, pea coats — fixed among a sea of edgy star knits, maritime prints on silk and modern jackets. The pacing of the show was excellent — one moment red summer stripes and the next a tasseled skirt paired with a nude starry knit. The fact that the show could move effortlessly from a classic striped jacket and pant combo to summer whites onto an
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edgy black power outfit can be attributed to a perfected Max Mara trademark of simultaneous dependability and novelty. Every look that came down the runway had amazing craftsmanship, luxurious fabrics and beautiful movement. The classic cuts synonymous with Max Mara paired perfectly with this season’s trends (primary colors, stars and stripes). This look of striped yellow sailor pants and cropped star knit with edgy round shades and killer flats shows how in touch Griffiths is with the modern woman’s needs. - MARA MACLEAN
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‘MSGV’: Old Dogs Lil Dicky exploits learn new tricks Jewish stereotypes By KENNETH SELANDER
New open-world series entry is clever and innovative By JACOB RICH Daily Film Editor
Since the dawn of cinema, art critics have been arguing about the concept of specificity as it relates to a medium. If a film has Acinematographic specificity (artis- Metal tic qualities that Gear Solid are unique to cinema), does it have V: The inherently more Phantom value than a film Pain that doesn’t? KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS Now, critics Kojima Let’s just hope he doesn’t pull a Fetty Wap. have begun to Productions carry this argusion or just dicking around in the acter in “Boyhood.” He shows up ment over to the PS4 (Reviewed), open world, the joy of “MGSV” once in a while with a few cheap interactive mediis discovering the clever, brutal presents under his arm, and it’s PS3, Xbox One, um. Is a game and often hilarious ways you can usually pretty fun and interesting Xbox 360, PC with more player interact with enemy soldiers. The when he does, but you never know agency more exhilaration of trying something when he’s going to ring your doorworthwhile, because it excels in new and having it succeed or fail bell. Him, and it, have consistency ways only video games can? gloriously is the joy of “MGSV.” issues. This critical dilemma is the The mission structures are genIt’s worth noting that the heart of the discussion surround- erally quite engaging and often cutscenes in this game are shameing the “Metal Gear Solid” series. act as a creative spark for encour- lessly catered to the heterosexual The popular stealth action fran- aging experimentation with the male gaze. The way the camera chise’s first four numbered games, mechanics. zooms in and lingers on female while all critically acclaimed, Further expanding upon the body parts will elicit at best eyehave received flak from fans and already excellent gameplay is rolls and at worst legitimate discritics regarding their cinematic the “buddy” system, an entirely gust from many players. It’s a huge influences. Some have argued the unique ally mechanic that adds bummer the direction isn’t more series relies too much on cutscenes yet another layer of options for in/ inclusive. and linear narrative. Others have exfiltration. At any time, the player But hey, at least its chauvinargued that “Metal Gear” ’s cin- can call upon an eclectic mix of ism runs at a great framerate. On ematic influences are extraordi- helpers — a horse, a dog, a sniper PS4, this game runs at a rock-solid narily compelling, and are part of and a robot — all with interesting, 1080p 60FPS, a visual standard what makes the series great. powerful and upgradable abilities. that few games on the console have That’s why it’s so fascinating The buddies each add a new angle met, but more should. that “Metal Gear Solid V,” the fifth of strategy to gameplay, and their The voice acting in this game numbered entry in this wildly most interesting uses are so fun to is strange. Kiefer Sutherland popular series, completely aban- discover and play around with that (Fox’s “24”) is excellent as prodons the focused narrative struc- they should not be spoiled here. tagonist Snake, but the character ture of the previous major games. When “MGSV” ’s full toy chest is mostly silent throughout the Instead, it relies almost entirely on of weapons, buddies, vehicles and game. There are several scenes open-ended, emergent gameplay, abilities are unlocked, there is no that almost require Snake to talk, favoring a high degree of player doubt that it becomes the greatest but he stands there, mute. Snake’s agency in problem solving over open-world sandbox game ever comrades do the vast majority of scripted sequences. made. the talking, suggesting that there The vast majority of “MGSV” However, the road to this may have been contract or budget is a military open-world game heightened state of emergent issues with Sutherland picking up that takes place in two humon- gameplay is a rocky and somewhat the part. gous areas based on real-world unsavory one. “MGSV” employs One more nitpick: the back third locations: Afghanistan and the a progression and unlock system of the mission menu in this game Angola-Zaire border region of straight from “Metal Gear Solid: is rife, confusingly, with optional Africa. As a member of military Peace Walker,” a game for the “extreme” versions of earlier misNGO “Diamond Dogs,” the player PSP that, by most accounts, very sions. While fun, these should have is tasked with completing military few people played. To unlock new been confined to a separate menu. objectives. But, rather than cram- weapons and items, the player While “MGSV” has its share ming its open world full of side must navigate a complex system of problems, it’s still the boldest activities and collectibles as many of recruitment, staff management and most original game the openof its contemporaries like “Assas- and research & development, none world genre has seen in many sin’s Creed,” “Grand Theft Auto” of which is particularly compel- years. Swinging from one extreme and “Mad Max” do, the world of ling, and all of which requires end of the “linear vs. open-ended” “MGSV” is mostly empty wilder- grinding. It’s the kind of mediocre spectrum to the other is no small ness, save for numerous guarded menu-based gameplay one would task, and the late Kojima Producoutposts. find in a mobile companion app for tions pulled it off swimmingly. It This lack of extraneous content a game, more “addicting” than fun. will be fascinating to see whether is undoubtedly a positive thing. The most bizarre facets of this this game attains “classic” status With few distractions, Kojima and system are the completely pointless among fans as its PlayStation preKonami were able to hone “Metal countdown timers that make the decessors have, because upsets in Gear” ’s core gameplay — infiltrat- player wait unreasonable amounts structure this huge rarely do well ing and exfiltrating guarded areas of time after unlocking weapons to by internet fandoms. Until then, — into the finest stealth action be able to use them. These feel like “MGSV” is a fascinating beast gameplay the genre has ever seen. remnants of a scummy microtrans- that demands to be experienced This is due to the incredible degree action system that was scrapped by the curious and worshipped by of control the player has over his late in development. the established open-world gamer. or her avatar, the sheer number of While the narrative of “MGSV” Few games are as risky, beautiful tactical options the player can use is far, far less central than in the and brilliant. Savor this one. in combat, and the flexibility of the other games, it still maintains “Metal Gear Solid V: The PhanAI in how it reacts to the player. something of a presence. The nar- tom Pain” was reviewed using a So, whether you’re focusing rative in this game is kind of like post-release digital copy provided on efficiently completing a mis- Ethan Hawke’s divorced dad char- by Konami.
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In light of the recent Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I think it’s the right time to express my distaste for Lil Dicky as a person of the Jewish faith. I do not consider myself highly religious, but I am proud of my heritage and identity as a Jew. The history of the Jewish people has been one of eternal struggle. Over thousands of years, the Jewish people have been enslaved and harshly discriminated against and, between 1939 and 1945, six million of my people were systematically murdered in the Holocaust. Things have been rough. I’ve been far luckier in my own life. I haven’t had to face the multitude or intensity of the struggles my ancestors have had to embrace in the quest for social and religious freedom. I grew up in an unusually Jewish area, where two massive temples are just a short drive from my house. And the University provides many resources for Jewish students, such as Hillel, the Jewish American Resource Center and even a Chabad house just down the street from me. Despite these welcoming environments, I’ve still had to deal with negative Jewish stereotypes on countless occasions in my life. I have been aware of Lil Dicky’s music for some time now, and he has acquired broad mainstream attention with his debut album Professional Rapper. His recent music video for “$ave Dat Money” is getting plenty of coverage, too. I wouldn’t write this article had he not achieved some level of success — and to my great surprise. According to Billboard he had the number one Rap Album in America in early August around the album’s release on July 31. Lil Dicky is exploiting his Jewish heritage for satire. “$ave Dat Money” is a direct appeal to the stereotype of Jews being cheap and petty about money. I’ll give him some credit — it was a wise career decision to get Fetty Wap and Yo Gotti on the track. The concept of making a rap music video for as little as possible is comical, too, but the fact that this endeavor is qualified as a product of his Jewishness is what ticks me off. The soliloquy where he makes a fuss about being double charged for a refill of coffee is unimaginative and insulting. In “$ave Dat Money,” he drops the line “I’mma get on Yelp in a minute and review / This piece of shit place like only a Kike know how.” The recklessness with which Lil Dicky plays up Jewish stereotypes isn’t a one time deal. In “All K” he proclaims “I’m a K-I-K-E.” “It’s OK because he’s Jewish,” fans (aptly known as “Dickheads”) might claim, or “It’s satire, you just don’t get it.” I’m sure some readers think I’m making a big deal out of nothing, or am being too sensitive, but whenever I hear Lil Dicky’s music I’m brought back to my own personal experiences with Jewish stereotypes.
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I cringe at Lil Dicky’s music because of the connections between the stereotypes he laughs about and the prejudice I’ve experienced in my own life. At one of my soccer buddies’ catechism celebrations back in the day, one of the family friends in attendance started ranting about Jews. The one particular topic I remember was how “Jews aren’t good at sports,” because they’re weak and unathletic. He continued on with other wild accusations of Jewish people and Israel that he sincerely believed. I would estimate this guy’s age at 55 years — a full grown adult with plenty of grey hairs. I was 12 or 13. I proudly identified myself as a Jew and defended myself, leaving shortly after in extreme discomfort. My friends’ parents simply brushed his remarks off as not a big deal. This would not be the last time I had such an experience. While this event is particularly salient in my mind as one of my earlier experiences with outright anti-Semitism, all throughout my life I have encountered people making remarks based on negative stereotypes of Jews that aren’t necessarily rooted in an outright hatred like that guy. I can laugh at myself or jokes about someone’s overbearing Jewish grandmother and use of halfassed Yiddish, but sometimes it’s different. Playing travel soccer in high school, I recall on a couple occasions an opponent muttering about us being “spoiled Jewish kids.” My first week at college, I met some kid on my hall. I introduced myself and told him my hometown. “Oh, so you’re a spoiled Jew.” I nervously laughed, “I wouldn’t say ‘spoiled.’” I didn’t appreciate his tone or diction. I would never see that kid again, anyway. Other times in my life I have experienced even more moderate occurrences in everyday life situations. “You still owe me $10, I’d appreciate it if you paid me back.” “You’re such a Jew, haha.” I’m not one to always take such comments lightly, as much as others might not like to make a fuss. Sometimes I angrily respond to such comments, typically surprising or upsetting
the person. They too are quick to excuse it and brush it aside. “It’s not a big deal.” “It’s just a joke, relax.” Other times I’m simply too tired to say much more than a half-hearted “F*** you.” I’d like to reiterate the fact that I have always gone through life with a strong Jewish minority around me in my communities, or, very infrequently, a majority. I can imagine it would only be worse being one of three Jewish students at a school of 2,000, like some of friends at my temple in high school, or living in parts of the U.S. where people my age have never met a Jewish person prior to college. I think Lil Dicky’s self-deprecating shtick gets old, but that’s not what I’m here to discuss. I can appreciate his goofy antics to some extent, but not how Lil Dicky uses negative Jewish stereotypes to carve out his comedic persona as a rapper. And it isn’t a challenge for him to achieve this image. He has Sephardic physical attributes that listeners likely associate with Jewishness — curly black hair, a black beard, etc. In relation to Lil Dicky feeding off of stereotypes, there’s something to be said of Black rappers using the N-word and perpetuating negative stereotypes, but I don’t believe it’s my place to say much because, as a white person, I don’t know what it’s like to experience that discrimination. I do know that in “All K” Lil Dicky claims that if Black people can “say the N word / I sure as fuck can say Kike / Do something about it, pussy.” I suppose socially speaking this may be true, but that doesn’t mean you should. As Dave Chappelle reflected on his time with “The Chappelle Show,” his sketches were “funny, but socially irresponsible.” Lil Dicky is purposefully utilizing hyper-exaggerated Jewish stereotypes as one of the primary pillars of his career. And there doesn’t appear to be a silver lining — he’s not using these stereotypes ironically to break them down. Listeners might be laughing, but as Dave Chappelle realized before deciding to cancel “The Chappelle Show,” there’s a certain way a group may be laughing at a joke that makes it not so funny or satirical. There’s a difference between people laughing with you and people laughing at you.
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Sophomore defenseman Cutler Martin is part of an experienced defense that returns all of its significant contributors.
Michigan hosts Toronto in exhibition to open season Preseason Big Ten No. 1 ranking puts high expectations on Wolverines
The Big Ten coaches picked the Wolverines to win the conference in the league’s poll Monday. Junior forward JT Compher, sophomore defenseman Zach Werenski and freshman forward Kyle Connor were also named to the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch list. Werenski, one of four unanimous selections to the list, leads a defensive unit that returns all of its significant contributors. Two freshmen, Joseph Cecconi and Nicholas Boka, will be adding to the talent on the blue line. Both come in as highly touted recruits and 2015 NHL Draft picks. “They’re younger, but they’re doing a good job taking everything in stride,” said sophomore defenseman Cutler Martin. “As soon as the games start to come, they’re going to learn a lot really fast, and they’re going to be an impact on our team.” Connor, the reigning United States Hockey League Player of the Year, is among the most highly touted of those freshmen. Another summer NHL draft
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Sunday, the Yost Ice Arena doors will swing open for the first time this season. After a summer of NHL development camps and Toronto at internships, the Michigan Michigan hockey Matchup: team hosts Toronto 0-0; Toronto in an Michigan 0-0 exhibition. When: Sunday “It’s our 5 P.M. first game, so I Where: Yost know we’ll be Ice Arena excited,” said Michigan coach TV/Radio: MGoBlue.com Red Berenson. “I hope we see the intensity of a real game. You play hockey all summer, and you get into summer habits. There’s no stopping and starting, no hitting, no break-out defense, so we want to start getting into some good habits.” But a new season also brings high expectations.
pick, he brings a wealth of talent to a team that lost its top three scorers from last season in Dylan Larkin, Andrew Copp and Zach Hyman. On the other side of the ice, Toronto comes into the game after a mediocre 16-16 season. Led by coach Darren Lowe, the Varsity Blues travel across the border to face two NCAA teams in Bowling Green and Michigan, before heading back to Canada to start their season. But in an exhibition, it won’t be the opponent that the Wolverines are worried about. It will be their own team. “A lot of the older guys, we know our systems, but executing those to more of a tee is going to be important this year because obviously, we’ve come one goal short or one game short of the tournament the past couple years,” Martin said. “Making sure everything is spot on from the very beginning and working out those kinks against Toronto is going to be big because two weeks later when we play Mercyhurst, it’s going to be important that we have everything worked out.”
“It’s our first game, so I know we’ll be excited.”
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ou might think that this column will be about What a Time To Be Alive, because FutureDrake/ LoveSounds is the collab of the century and that’s what I would write about if I took my job seriously. This column is not about What a Time ADAM to Be Alive, DEPOLLO however, and that’s because it’s definitely a time to be alive, but so was last time and next time will probably be, too. I’m also not sure what strange astrological nonsense had to happen for me to get this job, so I’m still working out how to take it seriously. Right now that means drinking vending machine coffee and putting pictures of bathroom graffiti on my Snapchat story at 4 a.m., but all things are possible through the Based God, who, as we all know, works in mysterious ways (#TYBG). In any case, we are in fact alive and, as Riff Raff once said, “time (time) goes by (goes by), it goes on (it goes on), and it don’t stop (don’t stop).” Winter changes to spring, spring changes to summer, and summer changes to Slime Season, the latest mixtape from Atlanta rapper/weirdo Young Thug, wherein we finally discover what Thugger orders at Chipotle. It’s the gotdamn salad, naturally. Slime Season isn’t all that interesting other than the salad thing, but you’ll recall from my last column that I’m somewhat preoccupied with salads — albeit of the Dadaist word and Caesar word varieties — so I suspect that Young Thug and I might actually be speaking the same blanguage. That’s a good thing, I think, because I’ve been hung up on what the fuck he’s
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talking about in his song “I Got (feat. Peewee Longway)” since last September, and I really miss being able to sleep at night. I’ll give you the lyrics to Thugger’s hook, just so we can all be on the same page: “I got, bitches in the dirt like a fucking termite / And this bitch must think I’m green, but ho, I’m red like a car light / And him against me, babe I’ma win like a pipe / Now give me eight million, I come to the rescue! / Yeah, I’ma protect your heart just like a vest do / Yeah, I’m a prince I don’t wake up like the rest do / I’ma ride on your ho like she a Mongoose.”
Life as an endless search for chocolaty exoskeletons. There are a few places we could start, but I think the best might be to get the obvious out of the way — this shit is bananas. Completely batshit brazy (or crazy, for those of my readers who aren’t wellversed in blood talk). The rest of the track is equally insane, with Young Thug rapping about a potentially racist, mildly incestuous sex scene and forgetting the difference between his head and his penis before Peewee Longway shows up to spit a 24 bar paraphrase of everything else that happens in the song. And yet, somehow all of that surrealist nonsense doesn’t really shock the conscience — it’s weird, but at the end of the day we’re left with a pretty standard trap song. Thugger spits his 24-bar verse, mentions the obligatory drug deals and luxury goods, and makes the traditional preposterous sexual boasts. In short, he follows all the rules. Except there’s one spot where Young Thug does something truly obscene, and here he’s offending not only the trap gods, but also the entire western metaphysical tradition. I’m talking, of course, about that “I’ma win like a pipe” line. Now, before you give up on me and go see what my friends in the sports section have to say about sportball, take a moment to consider Slovenian Marxist philosopher/human sinus infection Slavoj Žižek’s ruminations on the Kinder Surprise Egg in “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology” (if you haven’t seen the film, go ask the nearest white man with a beard to give you a brief synopsis). The Kinder Surprise Egg works in much the same way as a fortune cookie — you open up the egg/cookie, which has a milk chocolate/nondescript cookie shell, and inside you
find a plastic toy/fortune. In a traditional reading of the Kinder egg/fortune cookie, Slavoj explains, the toy/fortune — a hidden, secret meaning or richness — is the reason why the entire apparatus exists. You tear away the cookie or the milk chocolate shell to get at your toy/ fortune, the true object of your desire. The same metaphysical logic applies to certain ways of conceptualizing human activity, like Christianity, neoliberal capitalism and most Pitchfork reviews. As Slavoj goes on to argue, however, the traditional reading of the Kinder Egg problem isn’t necessarily the right one. You could, for example, treat the plastic toy/fortune — which is hard to assign a fixed identity to, particularly when you’re talking about the meaning of life instead of a bunch of lucky numbers — as the condition necessary to appreciate its chocolaty exoskeleton as the true object of our desire. This anti-metaphysical assertion is “hard to grasp,” as Slavoj puts it, and it’s somewhat unclear what’s at stake in thinking about life as an endless search for chocolaty exoskeletons. I don’t know about you, but it sounds kind of fetishistic. Which brings us back to our friend Young Thug. What is Thugger really saying when he raps “Bitch, I’mma win like a pipe”?
“Like a pipe” is the essence of Young Thugness. The answer, of course, is very simple: he’s gonna win. And yet that simple answer doesn’t quite explain what he said. He’s gonna win like a pipe. That “like a pipe” — a sort of dysfunctional simile that doesn’t actually explain how he’s going to win, but just makes a play on the word “windpipe,” which, of course, only works because Young Thug’s voice sounds like an autotuned crow — is the essence of Young Thugness. Thugger is (and we are) pure finesse: the gloriously absurd excess that justifies spending our lives rooting around, not unlike the pigs and termites populating his lyrics, in the quotidian muck of existence. The true meaning of life, as Žižek and Young Thug show us, is to learn to love neither the salad nor the dressing, but to love the act of pouring on the sauce … which might also explain why that dude is always rapping about ejaculating. DePollo is watching sportball. To find out about the philosophical underpinnings of the game, email adepollo@umich.edu.
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Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Maryland By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor
The last time the Michigan football team went on the road, no one knew what to expect. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was making his coaching debut, the starting quarterback was a mystery, the defensive replacements for NFL Draft picks Jake Ryan and Frank Clark were unknown and fans wondered just how competetive the team would be. One month after the Wolverines’ 24-17 loss to nowNo. 10 Utah, those questions have been answered. Jake Rudock is the starting quarterback. The defense is one of the deepest and highest-achieving units in the country. By outscoring its last three opponents 94-14 and entering the polls for the first time since Nov. 2, 2013, Michigan looks like it has the potential to surpass preseason expectations. While everything is going right for the Wolverines (3-1), everything is going wrong for their opponent. Maryland (2-2) hosts Michigan after getting blown out last week by West Virginia, 45-6, and losing by three touchdowns to mid-major Bowling Green three weeks ago. Here’s how things break down for Saturday: Michigan pass offense Maryland pass defense
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Before the season, the edge would have gone to Maryland’s pass defense. With plenty of returning defensive backs — including star junior Will Likely — pass defense was expected to be one of the Terrapins’ best units, while the Wolverines rolled out a new quarterback without a clear replacement at receiver for second-round draft pick Devin Funchess. However, Maryland’s secondary has underachieved, allowing opponents to complete
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Jake Rudock will look to build on last week’s performance against BYU.
60 percent of their passes for 267 yards per game, and gave up 491 yards in the air against Bowling Green. Michigan has looked more capable in the passing game each week. The Wolverines rank just 96th in the nation at 194 passing yards per game, but much of that has to do with the fact that they haven’t trailed in 11 quarters and have become a run-first team. Edge: Michigan Michigan rush offense Maryland rush defense
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Michigan has rushed for 732 yards and 10 touchdowns in its last three games and showcases its depth more each week. With four running backs who have started multiple games in their collegiate careers, the Wolverines might not even have to use their lead back, junior De’Veon Smith, who tweaked his right ankle in last week’s win against BYU. Likely to be behind early in stormy weather, Maryland can expect to see a lot of run plays Saturday. The question then becomes — after allowing over 200 yards per game and 4.31 yards per carry in its first four games — whether or not the defensive front can stop the inevitable. Edge: Michigan
Maryland pass offense Michigan pass defense
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Brandon Ross, Maryland has piled up 196 yards per game and is gaining 5.85 yards per carry. Fortunately for the Terrapins, they can count on four or five backs in any given game to ensure their rushing attack is not only effective, but creative. Rotating juniors and seniors in and out at will, Michigan’s run defense has shown flashes of dominance, allowing just 2.52 yards per carry and 82 yards per game. Tack on 17 tackles for loss, and Michigan has every capability to stall Maryland. Edge: Push Special teams
Perhaps one of the most lopsided matchups in the entire Big Ten, Michigan brings the nation’s fifth-best pass defense to College Park, while Maryland is still looking for a replacement after sixth-year senior C.J. Brown and his top two receiving targets graduated last year. None of the Terrapins’ three quarterbacks have been up to the task yet, completing 50.4 percent on their passes and tossing a nation-leading 12 interceptions on just 125 pass attempts. Maryland’s starting quarterback for Saturday, junior Caleb Rowe, threw four picks in three quarters against West Virginia last week. In Michigan’s corner is an upperclassman-heavy unit that is not only one of the most experienced in the country, but also one of the best. Whereas Maryland gave up 491 passing yards against Bowling Green, the Wolverines have given up 487 passing yards all season. Edge: Michigan Maryland rush offense Michigan rush defense
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In a matchup of two experienced and talented units, it’s tough to tell whose numbers hold more weight. Behind senior
What to watch for Saturday By MAX BULTMAN Daily Sports Editor
If nothing else, Maryland has a clear edge over the Wolverines on special teams. Senior kicker Brad Craddock was a secondteam All American last season after going 18-for-19 in field goals and converting all 41 extra-point attempts. In the return game, Will Likely will likely be the Terrapins’ biggest threat to find the end zone, as he already has 337 punt return yards — 109 more than any other returner in the country. Michigan has improved since last season in special teams. Sophomore safety Jabrill Peppers has shown glimpses of explosiveness in the return game, while seniors Blake O’Neill and Kenny Allen have brought consistency to the punting and kicking games, respectively, narrowing the gap evident last season between the two programs evident last season. Make no mistake, Maryland’s special teams are as good as any in the country. The only question is — with winds and a hurricane knocking on the door — will it impact the game enough for Maryland to have a shot? Edge: Maryland Prediction: Maryland 0
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While the earlier start could help shield fans and the athletes from the potentially catastrophic conditions, it’s not like the Wolverines and Terrapins will be squaring off in a sunny meadow. Winds of around 20 miles per hour are expected throughout the game, which is more than enough to impact play calling for both teams. Don’t expect to see many pass attempts or long field goals, and look for both teams to turn to their running backs on offense. A run-heavy game bodes well for Michigan’s stout defensive line, and it could also mean a quick game — an added bonus with the hurricane approaching. 2. Will De’Veon Smith play? Michigan’s workhorse tailback injured his ankle in the third quarter against BYU but said after the game he expected to be ready for Maryland. However, he also wore a boot as a precautionary measure, and Harbaugh was mum on the running back’s status in his Monday press conference. Smith’s status shouldn’t affect the outcome of the game — the Wolverines are heavy favorites — but it could be an indicator of how severe the injury is. Then again, with a stable of capable backs itching to play, Michigan could opt to rest Smith even if he is healthy, just to be safe. If Smith isn’t in the lineup, look
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De’Veon Smith is battling an ankle injury he suffered in last week’s game.
for redshirt sophomore Ty Isaac and junior Derrick Green to get the lion’s share of the carries, with redshirt junior Drake Johnson as a change-of-pace back.
unlikely, could inject life into an otherwise ugly season. The Wolverines aren’t on upset watch, but don’t be stunned if they don’t look as polished as they have in recent weeks.
3. Fear of a letdown/looking ahead
4. In all Likely-hood
Coming off a 31-0 win over BYU, there is some risk of a letdown for the newly ranked Wolverines. What’s more, No. 16 Northwestern comes to Ann Arbor a week later, setting up a dangerous bookend around an underwhelming Maryland team. But with Harbaugh at the helm, you can expect Michigan to be well prepared, if not at peak levels of motivation. Harbaugh said his message to his team after the win over BYU was simple: “Congratulations, outstanding game and onward.” If that isn’t enough, the Wolverines can also look to the fact that the Terrapins beat them at the Big House last season. For Maryland, knocking off a ranked Michigan team, however
Maryland’s star cornerback/ return specialist Will Likely gives fits to special teams units, just like he does to writers with limited vocabulary who want to describe a probable series of events. Harbaugh has sung Likely’s praises all week, and Michigan will likely avoid him all game if it can. Still, Likely will make his impact felt just by being in the Wolverines heads. He is averaging 28.1 yards per punt return and has already returned two for touchdowns this season. He’s almost as dangerous on kickoffs, where he is averaging 21.7 yards per return and has an 85-yard touchdown return. Punting to Will Likely is a bad idea. Don’t expect Michigan to do it.
By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor
Before this season, the Big Ten announced that this week’s Michigan at MichiganMaryland Maryland football game Matchup: would be an 8 Michigan 3-1; p.m. kickoff. Maryland 2-2 It appeared at When: the time that Saturday it might be a 12 P.M. chance for Big Where: Byrd Ten newcomer Stadium Maryland to knock off the TV/Radio: BTN Wolverines for a second straight year in their first visit to College Park. Now, the night-game atmosphere is gone, and the Terrapins’ chances of an upset have dwindled as well. Hurricane Joaquin, which could move through the midAtlantic on Saturday night, forced the conference to move the game up to noon. The two teams will take field moving in opposite directions, with No. 22 Michigan (3-1) coming off a 31-0 rout of Brigham Young and Maryland (2-2) limping from a 45-6 loss at West Virginia. That makes the Wolverines a safer road bet than any time in recent memory. Coming in as a favorite means the Wolverines must avoid disaster and eliminate variables, two tasks coach Jim Harbaugh has managed well this year. Michigan has some room for error on Saturday, but the worst-case scenario is dropping a winnable game and leaving College Park at 0-1 in the Big Ten. To avoid that, fifth-year senior Jake Rudock must avoid turnovers and the defense must limit big plays. In the former of those areas, Maryland has intercepted four
passes and recovered just one fumble this season. On the other side, the Terrapins have four touchdown passes of at least 35 yards, but their true big-play threat is punt returner Will Likely, who — despite being a cornerback — has a team-high 489 all-purpose yards this season. Some highlight-reel plays might be Maryland’s best chance to stay in the game, and Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is on “high alert” in the special-teams game. “The coverage units are going to have to be great, both the kickoff coverage and the punt coverage,” Harbaugh said Monday. “This return game that Maryland has is one of the best I’ve ever seen in college football, and so is their returner.” The Wolverines can do their best to control Maryland’s return game, but they can’t account for the intangibles, namely the road environment and the weather. But Michigan doesn’t intend to let those factors affect the game. It will keep the game plan the same, even in heavy rain or gusty winds. “We’re kind of a weatherproof team, I think, so it’s not something that we’re really concerned about,” said tight ends coach Jay Harbaugh. “We’ll play anywhere. We’ll play on the moon, or Mars. They found water there, so maybe that’s our next spot.” Still, the conditions aren’t ideal for Michigan’s first-ever trip to College Park. The Wolverines lost last year’s meeting in Ann Arbor, 23-16, missing out on their sixth win. A loss at Ohio State the following week dashed their bowl hopes for good. While it’s too early in the season for a must-win game, Maryland is in a similar position. The Terrapins have struggled this season and face question marks at several positions. It’s Michigan’s job to exploit them, just as it was Maryland’s last year.
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1. Raining cats and dogs
Michigan heads into uncharted territory
WOMEN’S SOCCER
By CHRIS CROWDER With a Category 4 hurricane bearing down on Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, Saturday’s game between Michigan and Maryland was moved from 8 p.m. to noon ET. That likely won’t stop Michigan fans from showing up, as the No. 22 Wolverines are ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since November 2013, and expectations under coach Jim Harbaugh are as high as ever. Assuming the game is played, here’s what to watch for when Michigan takes on Maryland.
FOOTBALL
In the Michigan women’s soccer team’s last match, it allowed its first goal in 39 seconds to rival MARYLAND 0 1 Michigan MICHIGAN State. In Thursday’s match against Maryland, though, the defense led the way, making it difficult for the Terrapins to score. The Wolverines (3-1 Big Ten, 8-4 overall) put last week’s loss behind them, shutting out Maryland (0-4, 5-7) to win, 1-0, in College Park. Michigan coach Greg Ryan said the Terrapin attack might be better than that of the Spartans. He knew the performance against Michigan State was not indicative of his team’s ability. With a relentless offensive attack and a defense that might as well have been a stone wall, the Wolverines outplayed Maryland throughout the game. Michigan came close to scoring in the 10th minute of the game on its third corner kick. Senior midfielder Christina Murillo crossed it to the right side of the six-yard box, and after two deflections, junior forward Madisson Lewis had a chance to put the ball into the net at the left post. But her header sailed harmlessly over the goal. Lewis had another shot on goal in the 17th minute off of a counterattack. After the Wolverines cut through the defense with an advantage, Lewis blasted a shot, but it was saved by Maryland goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands. “In the first half, we just continually attacked,” Ryan said. “The attack pressure we created was fantastic. We controlled the game because we had the ball more than they did.” Finally, the Wolverines’ attack paid off in the 35th minute. A cross outside the 18-yard box deflected off of a Terrapin defender, and
freshman midfielder Abby Kastroll was in the right place at the most opportune time. Kastroll ended up with the ball at her feet and nobody but the goalkeeper in front of her, and she easily scored from six yards out, giving Michigan a 1-0 lead. “(Kastroll) just dominated Maryland’s players when she was attacking throughout the game,” Ryan said. “Defensively, she was outstanding as well.” Despite a couple of Maryland scoring opportunities, the Wolverines’ lead was intact at halftime, and with seven corner kick opportunities to boot. For comparison, before Thursday’s match, Michigan averaged 8.5 corner kicks per game. Maryland had limited opportunities for the equalizer due to Michigan’s stifling defense, which switched to a five-player back line in the second half. The Terrapins had
a corner kick with 12 minutes left in the game, but the service hit the outside of the net. The Wolverine defense continued to be nearly impenetrable for the rest of the contest, as it earned its fifth shutout of the season. “(Compared to the match against Michigan State), our focus, our concentration and the energy we brought to the game (were) what was really different,” Ryan said. While the defense played virtually mistake-free ball, the offense had many opportunities to score, but failed to capitalize numerous times. Still, the sign of a more aggressive offense is promising as Michigan gets deeper into Big Ten conference play. “I told them after the game, ‘You guys have found yourselves again,’ ” Ryan said. “ ‘(How you played tonight) is what you have to bring into every game.’ ”
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