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Research Assistant Katrina Lewandowski and Research Lab Specialist Scott Beld carefully clean mud off a mammoth skull at the Ruthven Museum of Natural History on Thursday. The remains arrived at the museum yesterday after they were discovered beneath Jim Bristle’s soybean farm in Lima Township last week.
‘Mammoth’ find arrives at Natural History Museum Scientifically significant discovery to reside on campus permanently By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT Daily Staff Reporter
A mammoth of a fossil display may be on its way to the University’s Museum of
Paleontology — as soon as paleontologists conduct further research and prepare the newly discovered bones for exhibition. A team of University researchers excavated the remains of a prehistoric woolly mammoth last week at a dig site near Chelsea, Mich. The owner of the site, Chelsea farmer James Bristle, donated the bones to the Museum of Paleontology and the specimens began arriving in Ann Arbor this week.
Led by Daniel Fisher, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of the Museum of Paleontology, the team uncovered nearly 20 percent of the animal’s skeleton, including a complete skull with tusks and teeth, vertebrae, ribs, pelvis and shoulder blades. The mammoth is estimated to be an adult male that lived between 11,700 and 15,000 years ago. Bristle came across part of the
A passion-filled EDM weekend in rural Georgia By ARIANA ASSAF Daily Arts Writer
Last weekend, Sunshine Sachs was presented with a nightmare. The New York-based PR firm was tasked with saving face for an already dying company that was being held responsible for one of the most talked about music debacles this year. Well, in my world it’s one of the most talked about music debacles this year, but that might have something to do with Facebook algorithms. Let’s back up: on the final day of TomorrowWorld, a threeday, three-year-old music festival in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, thousands of attendees were told they would not be allowed entry due to rainfall limiting “capacity of the parking lots, entrance roads and drop off locations.” The night before, tons of people were essen-
tially stranded in the forest after shuttles that were supposed to take them back to their cars, almost 10 or so miles away, were cancelled for the same weather-related reasons. Due to the beautifully mystical workings of the universe, I actually got to camp and attend the festival every day, and, let me tell you, it was wacky in all the best ways. I’m talking fire-breathing fish, trippy tapestries that pulsed under the influence of color changing light and maybe some other things (shoutout to BLVisuals — they’re based in Michigan! Go go go! ), and a huge rainbow marking the entrance to the campground that really made me feel as though I was walking into the best dream ever. I didn’t even care about having to slosh and ooze my way through mud for 10 minutes every time I wanted to leave my tent to pee. I arrived on Friday morning and was immediately assisted by some very friendly staff in carrying my stuff to an open spot. The campground known as Dreamville was buzzing with energy; people walked around blowing bubbles and getting to know each other and See TOMORROW, Page 5A
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A draft of updates to the University’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy released Thursday proposes revised investigation procedures that would allow students to appeal investigation findings to an external party. Currently, appeals of an investigation finding are reviewed by the same board that handles appeals of sanction. The release of the draft comes in advance of a series of roundtables aimed at gathering student feedback on potential changes to the policy. University President Mark Schlissel said in September that an updated policy would be released “before the new year.” “The External Reviewer
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pelvis bone when trying to install a drainage pipe in his field. He contacted the University team, who excavated what they could in a day, though they noted that there might still be some parts they may have missed. Fisher said the find is significant because it may alter the date when paleontologists and historians believe humans first lived in North America. “We know that humans were See FOSSILS, Page 3A
Under proposed changes, external party would handle appeals process
will be a neutral party outside of the University, usually an attorney, with knowledge of sexual misconduct cases, as well as the University’s policies and procedures,” the draft policy reads. “The External Reviewer must also be impartial and free from bias or conflict of interest.” The University would also move to identify all witnesses by name in investigative reports. Additionally, a resolution officer — who previously resolved appeals to sanctions or resolutions handed down by the resolution coordinator — will no longer be involved in the process. An appeals board composed of one student appointed by Central Student Government and at least two faculty members, including one from the Law School, would make those determinations. The policy would also explicitly state the instances when the sexual history of either party would be used in the investigation. The draft version also includes a section dedicated to detailing the policy’s definition See POLICY, Page 3A
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For medical students, new curriculum takes effect
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University alums Darren Criss and Joey Richter performed at “A Very Starkid Reunion” in honor of the 100th anniversary of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the Power Center on Thursday.
Changes to emphasize clinical experiences during program’s first years By SANJAY REDDY Daily Staff Reporter
IN REMEMBRANCE
Detroit activist Grace Lee Boggs left legacy at the ‘U’ Noted civil rights organizer dies at age 100 By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter
At 100 years old, human rights activist, feminist, environmentalist and author Grace Lee Boggs died at her home in Detroit on Monday.
Her death was announced by the James & Grace Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership, an organization Boggs established in 1993 after the death of her husband. Boggs had maintained a long-standing relationship with the University over the course of her lifetime. In 2003, she was the University’s keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. In 2009, she received an honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from the University. Additionally, she influenced the launch of Semester in Detroit, a University program that allows students to live and study in the city. Stephen Ward, assistant professor in the Residential College and in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, features Grace Lee Boggs prominently in his See BOGGS, Page 3A
Two years ago, the American Medical Association awarded a $1.1 million grant to the University’s Medical School to implement comprehensive curricular changes. This year, the changes are going into effect. Rajesh Mangrulkar, associate dean for medical student education at the University, is leading the way in implementing the changes. The new curriculum exposes students to the clinical setting as early as their first year and teaches them to have a greater understanding of the sociology and humanitarian side of medicine. Mangrulkar said these changes represent an initiative to improve the traditional medical school See CURRICULUM, Page 3A
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WHAT: Symosium honoring David Ballou featuring keynote speakers from universities across the nation. WHO: Biological Chemistry WHEN: Today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons, Forum Hall
WHAT: Panel discussions and presentations on the past, present and future of CSP and Summer Bridge. WHO: Comprehensive Studies Pogram WHEN: Today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League Ballroom
WHAT: Principal musicians offer a range of instrumental masterclasses. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 11 a.m. WHERE: Britton Recital Hall
WHAT: Susan Greenhalgh, professor of anthropology and Chinese society at Harvard University, will discuss the costs of America’s war on fat. WHO: Center for Chinese Studies WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: 2239 Lane Hall
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WHAT: Jennifer Monson will collaborate with students in a public event to discuss dance as an interdisciplinary research method. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 3 p.m. WHERE: 735 S. State Street
WHAT: Michigan Engineering will hold a parade for students, alumni and community members, featuring floats competing for seven themed awards and the first annual Golden Pickle Award. WHO: College of Engineering WHEN: Today from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Bonisteel Blvd.
WHAT: New York Philharmonic archivist Barbara Haws will discuss how the performance history of local areas relates to a region’s broader history and culture. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN:Today at 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Earl V. MooreGlenn E. Watkins Lecture Hall
WHAT: Kristina Ford, a University alum and the former director of city planning for New Orleans will discuss her career and her experiences during Hurricane Katrina. WHO: Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHERE: Art and Architecture Building
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Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, the Nobel Prize organization announced. Alexievich has chronicled the fall of the Soviet Union among other topics.
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Indiana University has suspended its chapter of the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega after a 29-second video surfaced of members being forced to perform oral sex on two women, the Indianapolis Star reports.
University announces summit, lectures on campus diversity Campus-wide assembly slated to take place in November BY ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
Though University President Mark Schlissel has hosted several invite-only summits on diversity and inclusion since taking office last year, he is now taking those efforts campuswide. In an e-mail released to faculty, students and staff on Thursday, Schlissel invited members of the community to join him for an interactive assembly to discuss diversity, equity and inclusivity on campus. Clarence Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and senior editorial board member of the Chicago Tribune, will join as the event’s
host. “The University of Michigan is currently undertaking a campuswide strategic planning process to create our vision for a diverse, equitable and inclusive campus,” Schlissel wrote in the message. “Faculty, students and staff: Your voice, your participation and your ideas are vital to shaping the future of Michigan.” The assembly aligns with a strategic planning process Schlissel has launched to address issues such as campus climate and the University’s accessibility to minority students. Schlissel has hosted two summits to discuss these topics and gather input toward the creation of a formal strategic plan for diversity. The most recent was held in September. “Dedication to academic excellence for the public good is inseparable from our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion,” Schlissel said dur-
ing the September address. “We cannot be excellent without being diverse in the broadest sense of that word.” Along with the community assembly, the University will host five events on diversity: a reflection on the history of campus diversity; a public lecture featuring one of only three Black surgeon generals of the United States, a conversation titled Leadership for Diversity in Higher Education: A System-wide Commitment; and the release of a staff committee report on diversity, equity and inclusion. Schlissel previously appointed 60 facilitators — representing each college and campus unit — to design programs for enhancing diversity unique to their unit. Those ideas would later be compiled into a larger, campus-wide vision for addressing the issue. In an interview with the Michigan Daily last month, Schlissel said he hoped to see initial initiatives to increase campus diversity reflected in Fall 2016 enrollment figures, which are typically released in October. “We began implementing some of the changes in the admissions and financial aid procedure a year ago,” he said. “We should start to see modest incremental changes in the direction of diversity now.” University conversations on diversity and race came to the forefront in 2013 when the University’s Black Student Union the #BBUM Twitter campaign, which encouraged students to share their experiences as Black students on campus. The hashtag spurred campus dialogue, particularly around the University’s decreasing minority population following the 2006 voter-enacted affirmative action ban in Michigan. According to last October’s enrollment figures, Black students made up 4.63 percent of the undergraduate population in 2014.
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‘U’ prof. teaches class in tandem with Moscow State University Trial section of course explores co-instruction with global partners BY LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
Ten University Honors students are working alongside peers in Moscow in a trial section of the humanities course, “The Land of Israel/Palestine Through the Ages.” The partnership, four years in the making, may be the first of its kind, according to Rabbinic Literature Prof. Yaron Eliav, who is leading the course along with faculty at Moscow State University. The class has been taught for 15 years at the University. Eliav said the trial section of the course represents both an important global experience for students and a new way to think about classroom dynamics. “There’s a shift from a teacher-centered class to a studentcentered class,” he said. “All
the way back to the Middle Ages, teaching was a professor providing information to his or her students. We’re kind of changing that.” The students involved in this partnership have a video conference with their Russian peers once a week for discussion led by either Eliav or the instructor in Moscow. The two courses are exactly the same, except for the language in which they are taught. Students are also paired with a Russian peer to work on assignments and research projects, so they have regular contact with them outside of the general meetings. “We discuss, unfortunately only in English, the topics of the course,” Eliav said. “This week we had a huge debate on the issue of ethnicity. Every week there is a discussion.” LSA freshman Talia Katz, who is enrolled in the class, said she appreciates the different perspective her Russian peers provided. “The language barrier is a little bit difficult to get across because some of them have limitations in regards to that,”
she said. “It is really interesting to discuss their point of view on modern issues based on some of the ancient historical facts that we have been studying.” The course was funded through a nearly $1 million grant from the University’s Third Century Initiative, which seeks to allocate funding to a series of academic pursuits, including broadening the University’s global reach. Looking to the future, Eliav said he sees these kinds of global partnerships as an important development in how the world of academia approaches teaching. “We envision that learning in the 21st century will not be confined anymore to the Ann Arbor campus, as the world has become too small for that,” he said. According to Eliav, six other universities from across the globe have expressed interest in joining in a similar partnership, teaching a class alongside a University one. “The word is getting out,” he said. “People are hearing about this and they want to come.”
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CURRICULUM From Page 1A curriculum, which often consists of teaching basic science and anatomy for the first two years, then clinical science for the last two years. In line with this vision, one of the programs the Medical School launched this year was an “initial clinical experience” for its firstyear students. This program allows students to see firsthand how healthcare teams come together to provide good patient care, Mangrulkar said. “Before, shadowing doctors and being in the clinic during the first year of med school was something you had to arrange for yourself,” said Charlie Frank, a first-year Medical School student, said. “But now, every other week we are in a clinic, shadowing a diverse healthcare team that not only includes doctors but includes other important healthcare professionals such as nursing assistants and social workers.” In addition, a new “doctoring” course has been established for first-year students, where they will learn about clinical and interpersonal skills in medicine in an intimate setting with two faculty members who will work with them for their entire four years. Lastly, the Medical School has unveiled the MHome learning community for all of its students. The program divides students into houses, and each house has a director, faculty members, and students of all medical school years, Mangrulkar said. This allows students to work within a smaller community, plan community service events and focus on integrating their learning across the curriculum. Ed Hur, a second-year Medical School student, said MHome
provides a great opportunity for older Medical School students to mentor younger ones. “The idea of the MHome is to bridge the gap between first-, second-, third- and fourth-year med students,” Hur said. “We often have meet and greets with the first-year students, where older students like myself can give them advice on things such as research opportunities.” Facility renovations accompany the curriculum changes. Among these is the Taubman Health Sciences Library, which underwent a $55 million renovation. The new library was designed to bolster the improved model of medical school education. “The new library supports team-based learning that focuses on problem solving,” Mangrulkar said. “This will support the idea of students being change agents in society.” Curricular changes are not being introduced all at once, Mangrulkar said. For example, the “Paths of Excellence” programs that were designed to allow students to focus on a specific area of medicine are being introduced gradually. Initially optional, they will now become mandatory for the incoming Medical School class. Frank said initial feedback from the curricular changes has been positive overall. “The way medicine has been taught for a long time is now outdated,” he said. “The best doctors of the future are those that not only have a strong basic science understanding, but also have excellent clinical skills, teamwork skills and a social understanding. Teaching these skills was nonexistent in medical school education before, but is now at the forefront of the new curriculum.”
“The way medicine has been taught for a long time is now outdated.”
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UPPER: Research Assistant Katrina Lewandowski carefully cleans mud off a mammoth skull at the Ruthven Museum of Natural History on Thursday. The remains arrived at the museum yesterday morning after they were discovered beneath Jim Bristle’s soybean farm in Lima Township last week. LOWER: Carts of sediment from around the excavation site sit in the hallway of the Ruthven museum’s research wing.
FOSSILS From Page 1A here in North America by at least 13,000 years ago. The mammoth shows signs of human association way before that,” he said. “The age of this mammoth could very easily be very old, and if we buy this theory of human association, then we can push back the time (humans) were here.” The mammoth tusks, which contain growth layers, serve as a kind of record of the mammoth’s lifespan, according to Fisher. With further study, the team will be able to estimate the year the mammoth was born. The team’s preliminary
BOGGS From Page 1A curriculum and worked with her during her life. Ward studied the Black Power movement in graduate school and, in that context, became familiar with the Boggs’ work. “Although she’s not African American herself, she was very much immersed in the Black community in Detroit and the Black circles across the country,” Ward said. Born in Providence, R.I., in 1915, Boggs was the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Early in her childhood, her family relocated to New York, where Boggs grew up. She completed her bachelor’s degree in philosophy at Barnard College and her doctorate in philosophy at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. “I would describe her as a philosopher-activist,” Ward said, “She never taught philosophy, but philosophical thinking was always important to her.” After participating in the March on Washington Movement — formed to protest segregation in the armed forces — in the 1940s, Boggs was inspired to continue fighting for equal opportunity for the Black community for the next seven decades. Influenced deeply by Marxism and leftwing radicalism, she became active in the labor party, civil rights and the Black power struggles. Ward said Boggs’ more visible accomplishments through the University, such as her honorary degree, were important, but what’s more noteworthy were the less visible displays of University
hypothesis on how the mammoth came to be buried in Chelsea is that early humans were storing its remains in a pond for later consumption. That would also mean primitive humans would have had the technology and capabilities to hunt the large creatures, which has been the case in other prehistoric animal findings in Michigan. Signs of human interaction would include cut marks, which would be found only after the bones are washed and cleaned. The team also found a stone flake tool among the bones, which, Fisher hypothesized, could have been used by humans
to cut mammoth bone. Michael Cherney, a research assistant in the Museum of Paleontology and a Ph.D. candidate in geology sciences, said mammoth findings are comparatively less common in lower Michigan, noting that mastodon findings are actually more common locally. According to Smithsonian Magazine, mastodons and woolly mammoths are two distinct shaggy-haired species, though they are both considered proboscideans, which are generally described as species of animals with tusks and trunks. “There are around 300 mastodon skeletons recorded
for Michigan,” Cherney said. “There’s only on the order of 30 mammoth sites, and most sites only include a few bones here and there.” Cherney and Fisher both stressed that there is much work to be done in terms of dating and researching the recovered bones, but the significance of the find is already apparent. “Just the fact that it has tusks and teeth, it’s a significant find that it has those things, and they’re preserved well enough that we should be able to say a lot more,” Cherney said. “If the date turns out to be very old, it could be quite significant, but it is hard to say at this point.”
friendship such as the years of guest lecturing. “She didn’t just say what she had to say and leave. She really engaged with students, challenged students,” Ward said. “She challenged everyone she spoke with to think more deeply about what they were interested in and to see themselves as able to come up with the ideas and carry out the actions to bring about the changes that we need.” Ward said Boggs and her husband lectured at the University as early as 1962. “She’s been coming to U of M for decades,” Ward said. “In the 1970s they started coming every year.” Boggs settled in Detroit in 1953 and shortly thereafter wed James Boggs, an employee of Chrysler and fellow civil rights activist. Their home became a hub for visiting civil rights leaders, a breeding ground for fellow organizers hoping to see reforms for women, labor equality, education access and an end to institutionalized racial discrimination. “From over seven decades of being an activist and writer there was this really rich network of overlapping communities,” Ward said. Ward said Detroit was an important base for Boggs to develop her ideas and a network of activists because she saw the changes occur firsthand. “When she came to Detroit it was at its peak population of 2 million,” Ward said. “She lived through the population and
economic decline in those 60 years.” As of 2013, Detroit’s population is 688,701. Along with serving as an informal center for visiting activists, Boggs and her husband created several organizations to increase community development to combat the aftereffects of the Detroit race riots in the 1960s. Boggs also continued the tradition of uniting communities through education and activism in Detroit later in life with the creation of her charter elementary school — the James and Grace Lee Boggs School — in 2013. LSA sophomore Darian Razdar, an intern at the Boggs School last year, wrote in an e-mail interview, that his interest in human geography and radical social justice initially led him to apply for an internship. “I saw a revolution happening at the Boggs School thanks to the visions of James and Grace Lee Boggs, and it continues to give me faith in the work we do,” Razdar said. Razdar added that he was intrigued by how the school operated under a model called Place Based Education, a learning process which allows students to explore their communities at young ages. Amid these efforts, Boggs also continued political writing. She co-wrote the book “The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century” in 2011, describing how radical social
change can be created in the modern world. Ward said Boggs’ work profoundly influenced the reading materials and subject matter of his classes, which includes her book in a curriculum that centers around meaningful engagement with communities beyond the University. Her involvement was also central to the University’s Semester in Detroit program. Wards said Boggs had been involved with the program since its inception and was instrumental in the process. “She was connected to the program from the beginning — in her work and her writing and these networks that she built were instrumental,” he said. Razdar, who participated in Semester in Detroit, wrote that the program helped inform his interest in connecting with the city. “I had one of the most enriching educational experiences I could ask for with Semester in Detroit,” Razdar wrote. “All the academics provide a great context for actually living and engaging with the city through my internship, working with grassroots communities and just getting to know other people living there.” Overall, Razdar said he thought Boggs would want those she educated to reflect back on her life and move forward with their activism. “She’d want us to reflect on what she had taught us and to keep going, and planting the seeds for revolution in ourselves and our communities,” Razdar said. “So, that is what I have resolved to do in light of her death. Rest in Power, Grace Lee Boggs.”
“She didn’t just say what she had to say and leave.”
POLICY From Page 1A of consent. The core of the definition — “Consent is a clear and unambiguous agreement, expressed outwardly through mutually understandable words or actions, to engage in a particular activity” — remains unchanged. However, the drafted policy outlines several clarifying bullets, including the idea that “Consent is not to be inferred from silence, passivity, or a lack of resistance, and relying on non-verbal communication alone may not be sufficient to ascertain Consent.” In April, a Michigan Daily report pointed to a discrepancy between the definition of consent taught by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center — which promotes consent as requiring verbal agreement — and the official policy, which does not. E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, sent an e-mail to the student body on Oct. 1 advertising the roundtables, and also promoted a digital feedback survey for those who cannot attend in person.
In February 2014, the U.S. Department of Education announced it would investigatethe University’s handling of sexual misconduct reports. That investigation is ongoing. In a September interview with the Daily, Schlissel said he hoped to unveil updates to the sexual misconduct policy before the new year. “The goal of making change is to have the process be as fair as possible to the complainant and the respondent to help us arrive at a decision which is the right one,” Schlissel said. Last January, Schlissel announced a survey to gauge campus climate on sexual assault. According to the survey results, 11 percent of University students reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual behavior over the course of the 2014-2015 academic year. “As a university president, a physician-scientist, an educator and a father, the issue of sexual misconduct keeps me awake at night,” Schlissel said when the survey results were released in July. “I feel personally responsible for the safety and well-being of all students at the University of Michigan.”
“The issue of sexual assault keeps me awake at night.”
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Bridging the gap The state must take proactive steps to decrease the wage gap
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ccording to the U.S. Census Burea data released last month, women in Michigan make approximately 75 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts; nationally, women make 79 cents for each dollar. Though this statistic is startling on its own, it fails to take into account the additional income discrepancies of African-American and Hispanic women: 64 and 53 cents to the dollar, respectively. Experts predict that if this trend continues, women will not achieve full pay equity until the year 2086. The wage gap stems from a complex cultural problem that won’t be solved overnight, but that doesn’t mean proactive steps can’t be taken today. Michigan legislators need to adopt legislation that will support both mothers and fathers taking time off to care for their children. Simultaneously, parents, educators and other leaders must strongly encourage both sexes, not just males, to explore corporate and STEM fields where interest exists. In the crossfire of the 2016 election season, the infamous gender wage gap has made its way to the forefront. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, who sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act to address income disparity, and Bernie Sanders, who voted in favor of the act, have been at the helm of this issue from the beginning, forcing their fellow candidates to follow suit. While the debate surges on at the national level, its effects are taking their toll right here at home. Michigan is currently ranked 42nd in the country on the issue of gender-based income equality. While there is no quick fix for this truly convoluted problem, there are several measures the state can take to prevent the wage gap from becoming an insurmountable gorge. The first of these solutions that should be considered is the FAMILY Act, which would partially compensate workers for up to 12 weeks for an absence due to birth, death or a medical emergency in their immediate family. As of right now, the bill is a low priority, but its passage is guaranteed to significantly benefit women, who are statistically less likely than men to pursue full-time work in favor of managing their household affairs. So far, a few states — including California, New Jersey and Rhode Island — have passed this legislation, and the University itself has even implemented a comparable worker compensation policy, yet the state of Michigan has not actively promoted any major regulations that resemble the proposed bill. According to the 2009 census, despite comprising approximately 48 percent of the workforce, women occupy just 24 percent of jobs in STEM fields — which is unfortunate, because women in STEM earn an average of
33 percent more than women in non-STEM occupations and consequently experience a smaller wage gap. While programs with campaigns to recruit girls and young women into the STEM fields, such as Women in the Sciences and Engineering, have gained traction in recent years, and some colleges and organizations have even offered scholarships that can fund the tuition for female students who pursue STEM majors, cultural barriers that deter women from this occupational sector are undoubtedly still present. The social norms that govern our behavior have inevitably carried over into the workforce; female scientists, in particular, bear the brunt of this stereotyping, marginalization and discouragement, which could explain why women constitute just 25 percent of computer scientists and a mere 13 percent of engineers. Amending this imbalance requires educators to encourage boys and girls equally from a young age to pursue their passions without fear of ridicule or discrimination, which can be achieved through modification of our statewide approach to STEM education. The wage gap is the symptom of our own deep-seated prejudices and severely gendered culture. Nearly a century after women began entering the workforce, we still have not learned to regard them as our equals in terms of both capability and talent. Making accommodations for workers with families, as well as supporting women who pursue corporate and STEM positions, is a step in the right direction for a country with a long history of workplace inequality. Now with a handful of presidential candidates shedding light on the issue, perhaps we will not have to wait 71 years for justice that is long overdue.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Claire Bryan, Regan Detwiler, Ben Keller, Payton Luokkala, Aarica Marsh, Adam Morton, Victoria Noble, Anna Polumbo-Levy, Melissa Scholke, Michael Schramm, Stephanie Trierweiler, Mary Kate Winn, Derek Wolfe
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Gymtimidation
fter the painfully awkward years of middle school, when making others uncomfortable wasn’t a voluntary activity, I’ve learned how fun it is to make people feel just a little awkward themselves. My favorite is buying a box of tampons, a box of tissues and a box of chocolate at the same time, then making sure I go to a male cashier. Another fun one is being frank with people. For example, tell- RACHAEL ing someone you’re “talking LACEY to” (whatever that means), “Hey, I’m getting mixed signals. Rather than playing this game with you, I’m going to ask you what you want from me. So here I am, please tell me what is on your mind so that there’s no misunderstanding between us and I can move on with my life.” That one really makes people uncomfortable. However, my new favorite is going to the weight room at the gym. I’m usually one of the only girls in there, if not the only one, and I’m not surprised. Almost immediately, I feel like a giant elephant in the room. Let’s just run with this theme, because it also makes me feel like an animal at the zoo. It’s almost as if there is an informational sign on my ass, reading, “While you might hold some preconceived notion that this species is usually found in its natural habitat of elliptical machines and Pilates classes, we have placed a rare breed in this
specially constructed room with you so that you can lose your shit while she deconstructs your standards.” Yes, it’s possible to be a little less blatant with your disbelief. Is it that insane to you that a girl could possibly be strong enough to bench press? Is it that foreign to you that a girl has every right to use the pull-up bar, no matter how desperately unsuccessful she is at actually pulling herself up? Is this your space that I am somehow invading? Maybe I’m like an animal that has escaped at the zoo. Yeah, elephants are majestic as fuck, but you wouldn’t want one running toward you. You wouldn’t want a girl who has enough physical strength to be in your sweaty, grunting, clanging, manly room of mirrors. You wouldn’t want a girl who doesn’t give two shits about how disgustingly sweaty she is. (Oh, did I say disgustingly? I meant impressively.) You wouldn’t want a girl who can lift her fists to the sky with a dumbbell in each hand because goodness, girls are supposed to have slim shoulders that don’t threaten your masculinity. You wouldn’t want a girl who does push-ups instead of letting people push her down; who gives new meaning to “curls for the girls”; who doesn’t need you to spot her, in either sense of the word, because she came to the gym to become stronger, not to get your attention. Yes, as much as it may startle you, I’m there because I like to work out. That’s it. At first, I hated it. Walking into that room was intimidating and uncomfortable, and I spent way too much time trying to find
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Remembering the tracks
here’s a new unfamiliar sight in the Motor City amid all the usual construction sites: train tracks. They sit unfinished and in pieces, as they will for at least another year and a half. It’s supposed to be a sign of the new Detroit, a city DAVID finally emerging HARRIS from its toils and recessions. For now, it’ll just be the familiar site of the unofficial state flower — the orange construction cones — but at least anything is better than the “People Mover” and the couple dozen people it moves each day. It’s not the first time in Detroit’s history when the streets were shared between cars and trains. Streetcars used to carry passengers around the city up until the mid-1950s, with major lines on Michigan Avenue, Gratiot Avenue, Jefferson Avenue and Woodward Avenue, exactly where the M-1 Rail will run. They might have been replaced by buses and taxis, but here we are, coming full circle back to the train era. Some places in Detroit, you can see remnants of the tracks. They never took them out of the streets, just paved over them. They peek through cracks in the concrete in spots, a reminder of a different past. Along Michigan Avenue in Corktown, the uneven brick road remains except for a strip of messy asphalt in the middle lane, covering where streetcars used to shuttle passengers from the nowabandoned Michigan Central Station to Downtown. The past is still there, unable to be removed, instead just poorly covered. Such is the way of Detroit. For every person who hails the city’s rebuilding process as a successful blueprint for American cities, there is someone in a Detroit neighbor-
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hood who claims to be forgotten. its own residents who were forced It’s still there, underneath all of the to deal with the worst years of the new development, poorly covered downturn and are left behind, the and only seen through the cracks in city reforming without them. the surface. The stadiums do little for them. There’s no doubt that much of A new Whole Foods doesn’t solve Detroit is different. It’s visibly inner-city problems. The problems different with filled storefronts, aren’t bottom lines and business offices and apartments. It’s eco- economics. The problems are no nomically different as it emerges different than the problems of any from its bankrupt past. The Spirit inner city for the last half century. of Detroit statue may have never Those in the suburbs can get what left, but the spirit itself is noticeably they want with such developments, different throughout. but the forgotten residents of the Yet, as I take my shortcuts city need developments for the through city outskirts to play in issues they want fixed as well. this rebirthing city or eat at anothDetroit will always have to face er new restaurant that just opened, the economic and racial tensions the areas where so that plague every much of the innerbig city in this city Detroiters live country. Detroit Detroit must — outside of the News columnist remember it’s Downtown and Nolan Finley wrote far more than a Midtown bustle a striking column — hardly look difabout the businesstrendy center of ferent than they centered transrevitalization. were before. The formation that burned-out houses has been the new and boarded-up Detroit rage in the windows remain. The highways news, a piece titled “Where are are newly paved for suburbanites the black people?” In the article, to commute, but city-street pot- Finley discussed the demographic holes turn into fishing holes. The differences between the city resiclosed schools still sit abandoned, a dents and those leading the revival. reminder that the foundation of the Though it may not be literal genfuture, the education of the youth trification in the real estate of the in the city, remains perilously inad- city quite yet, these residents are equate. already at risk of being pushed out The leaders of these efforts say of the city. Detroit must remember the city will benefit from addition- it’s far more than a trendy center al jobs and taxes, results that will of revitalization, but a city with trickle down into better services hundreds of thousands of residents for residents. And sure, recent city in need of the rewards of a turnplans like District Detroit show around as well. ideas for a newly revitalized city So, Detroit moves forward buildthat’s far better than the previous ing new train tracks, paving over iterations. But it would be naïve the old city, forgetting its struggles. to believe that a new sports arena, Like the old tracks, the people the shopping district and business new Detroit paves over, the resioffices are anything but more for dents who struggled with the city those outside the city limits with for so long, will peek through the money. Upwards of $280 million cracks where the cover breaks. The in Detroit taxpayer funds is being city can’t let them meet the fate used to subsidize the costs and tax- of the old streetcars if it wishes to payer-funded efforts rarely provide move forward. any measurable positive, economic impact on a city (instead often neg— David Harris can be reached ative impact). Detroit is forgetting at daharr@umich.edu.
Re-creating my roots
stepped out of the airport, inhaling the smell I had been craving for a decade: Hyderabad, India. I soaked up the sounds of the rickshaws and cars in one of the most densely populated cities in the world. I drove by people bargaining over sweet man- RABAB goes dressed JAFRI in shalwar kameez in all colors, T-shirts and jeans, or covered head to toe. I passed the old mosque and the Hindu temple, and stared up at the new railway being built to run through the city. I saw the old and the new of the place where I had spread my roots. Hyderabad is a city in India where there’s approximately one Muslim family for every Hindu family. The streets are filled with people living peacefully in a place with a rich history involving both religions that overlap in Hyderabadi culture. Instead of saying the Hindu “namaste” or the Muslim greeting “asalamu alaykum,” Hyderabadis say “adaab” as a sign of respect for both. Hyderabad is special for me, as it is the place my Dadi, my paternal grandmother, still lives and where my maternal grandparents lived before moving to Pakistan. For the people who know the political history of India and Pakistan, that may seem like a striking combination. But it’s not as dramatic as a Bollywood movie; it’s simply a part of my family’s cultural background.
When I arrived at my Dadi’s ly are treated with great care and house this summer, I felt at home esteem by the community. In Amerwalking along the green concrete ican culture, as anthropologist walls, passing a sign on the door Jared Diamond discussed, the “cult welcoming people in to pray and of youth” and emphasis on indibreak their fasts at the end of each vidualism take precedence over the day during Ramadan. Watching my family structure. Though there’s Dadi, a retired English professor, value in youth and individualism, I tend to these people who came to have a difficult time grasping some stop and rest reminded me of where of the attitudes toward family in I got some of my best traits; finding American culture. Even after comjoy in the simplicity of family and ing to the University, I still go back serving others is a familial trait. I to my parents’ home every weekremembered my late grandfather, end, as do my brothers even though who started the tradition of letting they are married with their own the community gather in his home. families. Often when I tell people I found the same compassion in this, they’re shocked at the idea, as Dadi’s eyes that I see in my par- many people only go home for the ents and in the people of Hyder- holidays even if they live nearby. abad, a community that feels close My Indian-Pakistani commuand small, even though it’s a large, nity still holds some of these prindensely populated ciples as well. city. The city’s inhabIt’s respectful to I found the same itants, most of whom greet elders as have never met me, compassion in Dadi’s soon as you see welcomed me as if them. If anyone eyes that I see in I had always been we know is ill, my parents and the everyone there. People in the and community act like people of Hyderabad. their family goes they are my Dadi’s to the hospital children themselves, to see them and as they bring over home-cooked ensure they are getting the best meals and ask about her well-being. care. That’s how the community They see her as a resource and ask functions as a large family and a her for advice, whether it be about support system that is always there their family or even marriage. when you need it most. Recreating Though my father, four uncles and that feeling even in America may aunt are dispersed throughout be difficult, especially as considAmerica and England, they still ering that each succeeding genlive by the principle they learned in eration has a weaker attachment Hyderabad: caring for their mother to Hyderabad both in space and and their community. They take time, but having the support of turns going to visit her, so that she my Hyderabadi cultural ideals is is always taken care of. invaluable and worth the work it In my culture, the concept of takes to recreate. family is central to the way people interact with one another, regard— Rabab Jafri can be reached less of their relation, and the elderat rfjafri@umich.edu.
the most inconspicuous corners of the room to work out in. And I know I’m not alone. One of my friends has even taken the step of purchasing her own dumbbells to use at home because she doesn’t want to deal with the unrelenting stares and the pervasive sense of hostility. Some of my friends have even given up on the idea of weightlifting because of this. But once I felt like I actually knew what I was doing (thanks, brothers, for teaching me how to properly get shredded), it became clear who was really uncomfortable.
Now, I just like to watch them squirm. Sometimes they stare without even noticing, until I look them in the eye and they freeze like I’m some sort of basilisk. I’m focusing on me, and if you also want to focus on me, fine. I’ll just make more gains than you. You won’t find me in the zoo. You’ll find me doing Tough Mudders, moving out of apartments by myself, and eating lots of peanut butter
for that “extra protein.” You’ll find me unabashedly wiping my body-shaped layer of sweat from the bench press. Maybe one day you’ll find me actually succeeding at doing a pull-up. You can stare at me all you want, but you can’t cage me. And I love how uncomfortable that makes you.
You can stare at me all you want, but you can’t cage me.
— Rachael Lacey can be reached at rachaelk@umich.edu.
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TOMORROW From Page 1A doling out high fives just because. In fact, a bridge that connected the campground to one area of stages often turned into a long line of comers and goers extending their hands seeking to give and receive validation of whatever they were wearing, saying, or feeling. If that sounds adorable to you, you’re so right All nine stages were perfectly arranged so that the sound stayed concentrated exactly where it was supposed to be, though several stages could be seen from many vantage points. You could always figure out what was going on across the way pretty easily, and it made the lineup of over 200 artists feel very manageable. The decor was outstanding: the main stage in particular was so smiley and massive it felt like it was hugging 160,000+ people at once. The ground’s lakes were converted into light-up fountains that gave off a magic castle vibe, and the random figures that could have come from a children’s storybook were arranged in various locations so that you’d always have something sweet to look at. I probably wasn’t supposed to get right up close, but one particular spot of larger-than-life mushrooms tucked behind a white picket fence made for a great spot to sit and let my thoughts swirl while watching everyone empty out at the end of the day. It was all very irresistible. Unfortunately, not everyone left TomorrowWorld feeling as warm and fuzzy as I did. Not everyone gleefully welcomed the sleep deprivation that comes with raging for 3-to-5 days, because a lot of people were sleep deprived after having spent Saturday night on a long trek back to their respective cars. My TomorrowWorld experience left me with nothing to desire but more of the perfect same, yet I can’t just leave out the not-so-perfect parts and pretend like everything was great for everyone. Before getting into the nitty gritty, I’d like to praise the members of the Sunshine Sachs team I was in contact with both leading up to and during the festival. It’s obvious you gals and guys work crazy hard and I’m sure I can’t even begin to comprehend how many hours you put into this weekend. Thank you to tomorrow and beyond for working everything out for me. To give you a little background, TomorrowWorld is a brand owned by SFX Entertainment. SFX was worth $1 billion in October 2013 at $13 a share. Near the end of this August, the value of the company dropped to $88 million at 91 cents a share. When the market closed on Sept. 24, the day before TomorrowWorld, SFX shares were only worth 43 cents each. Early Saturday evening, I and every other press attendee received a very proper e-mail from Sunshine Sachs, optimistically letting us know that guest safety was priority, that they were working to address the challenges the weather presented and that they felt lucky the festival site had such a “strong infrastructure.” I think sending that e-mail was a mistake. If the infrastructure was so strong, neither shuttles nor Sunday entry should have been so drastically affected. But the market has spoken, and it tells me that cancelling was probably the easiest, cheapest, and safest thing for SFX to do. The value of the company is so low it couldn’t really get much lower anyway, and this eliminated the risk (however small or large is a different question I’m not capable of answering) of them getting even more bad flack if something worse than a really long, cold, fucked up walk were to happen to anyone. Right now, SFX is doing so badly it’s on sale to the highest bidder. It would have been so great for organizers to have made the people whose weekend they ruined feel respected instead of neglected. But considering that the company had already been on a steady path to doom, I can’t help but think they just didn’t want to deal with it anymore. I think that if capitalism had told SFX that making that long, cold, fucked-up walk less fuckedup would have been worth it, they would have cared, and they would have actually done something. I certainly felt cared for when I arrived on Friday, but various accounts tell me there was hardly a staff member in sight when shuttles no-showed on Saturday night. Help was even harder to find for campers making their way off the grounds on Monday; all the assistance attendees had been offered on the way in what was entirely lacking on the way out. Suffice it
to say that SFX dropped the ball on multiple accounts, and leaving people with a pathetic apology dripping in stone cold PR professionalism just doesn’t cut it. As someone who has learned a whole lot more about music and the music industry in the past few days than pretty much ever before, a quote I read from SFX founder and CEO Robert Sillerman in this Forbes article from the end of August seriously freaked me out: “I know nothing about EDM ... I meet the people whose places we’re buying. And I haven’t a fucking clue what they do or what they’re talking about. Not a clue. And I love it. I just love it.” Good for you, Bob, good for you. I’m glad you love EDM. So do I. But you have to know you sound like a douche. I realize I’m doing that thing that people hate journalists to do in taking your quote out of context, but how many different interpretations of that statement are there? Are you actually the guy who buys and sells and tries to manipulate the fate of music because you think you know how much it’s worth? I’m sure you’re not a douche, but I think it’s safe to say you have more to learn about your own business. That’s awfully disappointing, and I won’t be surprised if future TomorrowWorlds are run by anyone else. At least we can take comfort in the fact that even if SFX goes kaboom, and on the off chance TomorrowWorld ceases to exist, the spirit of music will never die. How many of you just rolled your eyes at me? You were supposed to. Don’t worry, now we can talk about the fun stuff. My first day lineup included the likes of Dotcom slaying the It’s A Trap! stage (highlight: something about giving a fuck. “Nope.” BASS DROP AAAAH), a crash course in hardstyle at the Q-dance stage, and making the ridiculously surprising discovery that — brace yourselves — Shaq is a DJ now. No, it’s not some dude who tried to be clever and call himself Shaq (I was wrong), and he might have had the best set of the day. Mainstage headliners that night included Showtek, Steve Angello, Kaskade and Tiësto, and after roughly a week of processing what I heard during my time stopping in at the main stage between everything else that was going on, I think I finally get it ... that was “big room house”, right? Anyway, it wasn’t actually that interesting. I mean yeah, it’s great and energetic and fun and we were all was dancing our asses off, but one set didn’t really make me feel that much different than the other. And I don’t know, I could have used a little more “je ne sais quoi” with that one hand gesture everyone makes when they say that, instead of coming away not really knowing how to describe it because it didn’t really stick with me. That said, Tiësto (and the rest of you), I still want to hug you and your smiley Dutch self forever. Please be my fairy godmother, I feel like we would have so much fun together. So many amazing people played on Saturday (you don’t need the list, just look here if you wanna be insanely jealous of me) but the Mythical Frames stage at the end of the day stole my heart. Gramatik you sexy motherfucker, what even was that? On Saturday night (during his officially scheduled set), he spun out all these crazy breakdowns that literally had my brain going 100 miles a second. I don’t really remember if I moved along or if I tried; mostly I just remember thinking, “Holy shit.” He was jazzy and funky and innovative and did I mention sexy? SO SEXY. Speaking of sexy, let’s talk about the beatboxer who came on between Gramatik and Bassnectar and gave everyone the most surprising five minutes of the weekend. Seriously, it was filthy. Go watch the video — start halfway through if you’re really only trying to procrastinate a little you good student you-and try telling me you don’t want to know what else Reeps One can do with his mouth. Bless. While some people’s nights unfortunately turned to muck (ha ha), others who rightfully decided they weren’t going anywhere got treated to a late-night dance party after the rest of the music had stopped for the night, courtesy of none other than Gramatik. Dude, I don’t know why you did it (although I’m actively trying to reach him to get the scoop), but I would personally like to thank you and/or whoever got you to go back up there. You rock, we love you. SFX, take a hint from this guy please. Sunday was so bittersweet. The only bad thing about (my) Sunday was that I knew it would all be over in about 16 hours, when my thankfully-not-dead-by-then
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iPhone alarm would strike 4:45 a.m. and I would have to grab my bag and get on a bus back to the airport and ultimately, back to real life. Fortunately I saw a guy running around with a flag that said “Fuck Real Life” several times that day, so that made me feel a little better. The musical talent was of course out of this world. Appropriately, my day started with a phenomenal set by Space Jesus. I got to spend some time at the ironically named Grand Theatre later in the day, a tiny little outcrop of a stage that served as an experimental stomping ground for lesser known but very snazzy artists like Kink, Faul & Wad Ad and many more. Milo & Otis were the perfect amount of naughty, Martin Garrix has done some growing up (mostly just physically, but he’s getting there), David Guetta was very impassioned, Flux was hilarious and crazy, Excision killed, and Armin was predictably loveable. Oh, and there were fireworks both in the sky and in my head. It was great. I got to ask Jasha Tull (Space Jesus) to describe his music via an e-mail interview. Although his answer is specific to his style, it’s totally excellent, and I think it speaks to the overall spirit of TomorrowWorld: extremely talented, outrageously creative, entirely wacked out, and full of heart. “I would describe my music as channeling of inexplicable brain tickles to create sounds for robots and humans to play basketball to. When I write music I try to explore the confusion of alien sounds with innate musical nostalgia that exists within us all. In terms of a specific feeling I’m looking to evoke through my music, it would be the feeling of conceptualizing the universe, accept infinity, anything is possible. So my message would be to meditate on what i just said while you snap your neck back and forth to a ice-cold hip hop beat.” For everyone who’s read other stories about the insanity, or for anyone who lived it, I hope this is a nice reminder that even though CEOs can suck, somehow a bunch of artists with tons of passion got together and made something amazing. They’re the kinds of artists who think about what kind of music basketball-playing robots would listen to, the kinds who care so much about their audiences that they take a problem that isn’t theirs to solve into their own hands. I saw and felt a lot of unforgettable things that weekend, so to the people I met, you know who you are. To the music I heard, know that I’ll never stop listening. To TomorrowWorld, rock the fuck on.
My top 10 sartorial must-haves This summer, I devoted most of my daylight hours to helping women search for their perfect pair of jeans. After a meager 19 years in the search, my seasonal employment at a local retailer helped me discover what may very well be my life’s purpose: assessing denim sizCAROLINE ing with the FILIPS intention of boosting confidence levels. However, one fateful day, I just couldn’t help a bookish, petite brunette find her match. After handing her a sizeable stack of various washes and fits, she emerged from the fitting room rocking a pair of Paige’s that fit her near perfectly; I felt as if my divine gift had been shared, yet again. “These just don’t spark joy,” she said. I didn’t understand — one, how a ridiculously flattering pair of jeans couldn’t bring joy to this woman, and two, what she meant by this “spark joy” nonsense. Was she an electrician-turned-yogi? I didn’t know. In response to my puzzled countenance, she extolled the virtues of her fashion formula. She had recently finished author Marie Kondo’s “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.” In the self-help guide, Kondo explains her process of de-cluttering one’s life to be nothing more than keeping items that “spark joy” and ridding of anything that doesn’t. While I found the whole idea to be rather gimmicky and even more so in practice, I nevertheless resonated with bookish, petite brunette’s application of the maxim. I know when I like something or someone almost immediately. Clairvoyant? Maybe. There’s an initial gravitation towards the articles of clothing, pieces of jewelry, beauty products, books and social net-
work platforms that I consistently use and seldom stray from. Maybe I’m awful and materialistic, but I swear, something sparks when I find something of upstanding superior quality — maybe it’s joy, maybe me and petite bookish brunette are insane. Inspired by petite, bookish brunette and Kondo, I cultivated a collection this summer that I’m likely to maintain throughout the fall — a set of inspirations that have manifested into my identity, or I suppose “spark joy” (am I doing this right, petite, bookish brunette?). My must-haves can conveniently be reduced to a list of ten — from icons to internet platforms, in no particular order, here’s what’s crucial right now: 1. Rompers As I’ve stated before, the romper is the most ingenious garment for plebeians and runway models, alike. It’s versatile, innovative, the love of my life and above all, always there when I can’t decide what to wear during this awful summer-to-fall transition. 2. Nameplate Yes, nameplates have been popular for approximately two years and are verging on near-trendless. Then again, trends are a flop. I rock my gold-plated cursiveinscribed epithet from Etsy on the daily. Bonus: it forces everyone you meet in class to never forget your name. 3. Rosewater toner In theme of my general overdramatic praise of amazing beauty products, Thayer’s rosewater and witch hazel toner has changed my life for the better. Delicately scented and ridiculously low-priced ($8 a bottle), it’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a facial clarifier. 4. LinkedIn Premium This may seem like the outlier on the list, partially because it is. Get off Facebook, and start your free month of LinkedIn Premium ASAP. Your party pics may not be there, but professional connections await. 5. Espadrille Flats (seasonal) Mid-July, I finally purchased a pair of faux-leather, espadrille slip-ons that I may or may not
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6A — Friday, October 9, 2015
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Robinson impressing teammates Goalie Catt not a ICE HOCKEY
typical freshman
By KELLY HALL Daily Sports Writer
Aubrey Dawkins once witnessed Duncan Robinson make 41 consecutive 3-pointers before he missed a basket. It was an eye-opening experience. “Duncan can really shoot the ball, and I thought I could shoot,” Dawkins said Friday before the Wolverines’ first practice of the season. “I couldn’t match that.” Robinson, a 6-foot-8 redshirt sophomore swingman, will be eligible this year after transferring from Williams College before last season and sitting out per NCAA transfer rules. After averaging 17.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 34.7 minutes per game during his freshman year at the Division III level, he waited his turn and made some pretty considerable transformations. Robinson weighed in at 185 pounds at Williams, but just a year later, the guard built himself up to 210 pounds for this season. “All I know is Duncan can really shoot and really pass, and D.J. (Wilson) can really shoot, he can pass OK right now for a young guy,” said Michigan coach John Beilein in a radio interview on WKTA. “The biggest issues for both of them are, ‘I used to be a string bean and people used to push me around and so I didn’t like physical play … well now I weigh 20 or 30 pounds more and have to learn how to embrace physical play.’ ” Playing in Division I games will be reality soon enough, but in practice, Robinson has impressed everyone from Beilein to senior captain Spike Albrecht to former Wolverine and current Philidelphia 76ers guard Nik
By MINH DOAN Daily Sports Editor
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Duncan Robinson has impressed his teammates with his shooting ability so far during his time at Michigan.
Stauskas. “We need to schedule something,” Stauskas told the Daily this summer. “(Robinson) might even beat me — at least that’s what the guys have been telling me.” Albrecht, who, like Stauskas, is famous in his own right for sinking unorthodox 3-pointers, spent time in the gym with Robinson and can attest to his teammate’s talent. Though the Wolverines don’t plan on living and dying by the 3, Michigan
“You almost get confused when he misses.”
will undoubtedly have plenty of options beyond the arc. “Dunc’s just gonna be another weapon for us out there, especially offensively,” Albrecht said. “He has versatility. He’s long. He’s got length. He can obviously shoot the ball, everyone knows that. He’s a really high-IQ basketball player, so we’re looking forward to getting him out on the court with us.” But with a roster that showcases plenty of guards, including senior Caris LeVert, junior Derrick Walton Jr., Albrecht and sophomore classmates Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and Dawkins, the competition for playing time will be fierce. Minutes will be hard to come by,
but Robinson has been nothing short of impressive. During the Wolverines’ open practice on Friday, Robinson drained unopposed shots from all over the floor with ease. That could always change in live game action, but that isn’t something Robinson’s teammates are concerned about right now. They’ve seen his ability and don’t think it will stop. “We got some new weapons and some guys who add some stuff to our offense, so this year will be really exciting for us,” Walton said. “Aubrey and Caris can shoot, but Duncan is different — real different. “You almost get confused when he misses.”
For most freshmen, the start of college can be a phase when they might not know anyone at the University. The overall adjustment takes some time. For most freshman athletes, joining a new team takes some adjustment as well. But for Chad Catt, the Michigan hockey team’s freshman goaltender, the story is a little different. For one, he is 21 years old and hasn’t taken a class in two and a half years. “I’m the oldest possible freshman,” Catt joked. But that’s not all. Catt is also familiar with much of the team, having played with many of his new teammates at various levels of junior hockey. In 2009, Catt played with former Wolverine Andrew Copp and junior forward Max Shuart, and they won a national championship with Detroit Compuware. As Catt grew older, he ran into more current Michigan players, especially at Victory Honda U-18, where he teamed up with five current Wolverines including Shuart, sophomore forwards Alex Talcott, Niko Porikos and Tony Calderone and sophomore defenseman Cutler Martin. Catt’s familiarity with most of the team also provides him with many resources who have gone through his current transition, which has made it easier for Catt to find his way at Michigan. “The guys told me everything from just moving into the dorms, to knowing where classes are and to knowing how practices are organized,” Catt said. “It was nice to be able to talk to the guys over the summer. I came here for a couple skates over the summer,
too, so that was nice to see the guys.” But one of the most important junior hockey connections Catt has is with his goaltending counterpart, junior netminder Zach Nagelvoort. The two played together for a short period of time for the Aberdeen Wings, a Tier II junior hockey team that plays in the North American Hockey League. However, their ties go back even further than their days at Aberdeen. “We grew up facing each other in Detroit,” Nagelvoort said. “I don’t think we ever played with each other in youth hockey, but we knew each other well as the guy on the other side of the ice. “I knew he was coming from the USHL, so when I got traded (to Aberdeen) I had heard that Chad might be there, so that would be kind of interesting.” For the two goaltenders, the prior connection has helped them gel a lot faster than most veterans and freshman, and it has helped the two get straight to business instead of the formalities that come with a new season. “We had a good relationship at Aberdeen,” Nagelvoort said. “I think I played three or four more games than him there, but it was a pretty good working relationship. I got to jump right past that because I know Chad really well, and I knew what kind of kid he was and that coming in he was going to work his bag off and push me everyday, so I’d have to do the same.” While Catt may be older than the majority of the undergraduate population at Michigan, his time in Ann Arbor is just starting. With a plethora of old teammates here, he isn’t just any old freshman.
Swenson builds off of strong start to season By LELAND MITCHINSON Daily Sports Writer
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Sophomore forward Taylor Timko and Michigan scored a key Big Ten win over the Wildcats on Thursday night.
‘M’ dominates Northwestern By ORION SANG For the Daily
Thursday night, the Michigan women’s soccer team beat No. 22 Northwestern in a 1-0 game that was not N’WESTERN 0 nearly as 1 MICHIGAN close as the score indicated. The game’s lone goal came in the 34th minute, when senior midfielder Corinne Harris fired a shot from 25 yards out to provide the Wolverines with the only tally they needed. Michigan (4-1-1 Big Ten, 9-4-1 overall) dominated play and possession with a high-powered offense that generated 18 total shots compared to seven from the Wildcats (3-2-1, 9-3-2). “There was never any question who the better team was today,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “I thought from the first whistle to the last we were aggressively attacking.” The Wolverines got off to a quick offensive start, with junior forward Nicky Waldeck creating an early scoring opportunity a minute and a half into the game. It was one of many opportunities Michigan had on the day. On the other side, Northwestern was unable to establish a consistent attack.
Michigan’s defense stifled the Wildcats, successfully challenging balls in the midfield to prevent Northwestern from possessing it in the Wolverines’ half. “Our defensive organization was fantastic,” Ryan said. Leading the charge from the midfield was Harris, who was splendid on both offense and defense. “We had two center midfielders playing against three of them,” Ryan said, “and Corinne still dominates in that situation and finds the winning goal.” With 11 minutes left in the first half, Harris had perhaps her finest moment. Set up by a touch pass from freshman forward Reilly Martin, Harris took two dribbles before unleashing a shot into the upper right corner of the net. “As we get closer to the end of the season, the upperclassmen who have experience have been trying to step up more and make a difference in the games,”
Harris said. Michigan took the one-goal lead into half and would not give it up. The Wolverines continued their offensive onslaught after the break, equaling their shot output from the first half. Sophomore forward Taylor Timko and redshirt sophomore forward Ani Sarkisian both had late chances to extend Michigan’s lead, but neither was able to convert. It was an important win for the Wolverines, who were in a four-way tie for second place in the Big Ten heading into the game. With just five games left before the Big Ten conference tournament, Ryan feels good about where the Wolverines stand. “I feel like this is one of the best teams I’ve ever coached at Michigan,” Ryan said. “They needed tonight’s win against a top-ranked team so they have confidence. We face several of those teams over the next few weeks, so we need to roll up our sleeves and go after them.”
“There was never any question who was the better team today.”
Sam Swenson didn’t take much time to earn the starting goalkeeper position for the Michigan field hockey team. As a freshman, Swenson appeared in all 20 games for the Wolverines, starting 18 and posting a 1.34 goals-against average. The native of Harrogate, England, has continued her good form into her sophomore season. Through 12 games Swenson has improved her goals against average to .94 and carries a .796 save percentage into this Friday’s game against No. 20 Iowa. “I think my decision making has improved the most,” Swenson said. “I’m getting a lot better at knowing where I should be on the field, and the decisions I need to make as a play is progressing. I also feel more confident in my skills. I feel like that’s an aspect that has improved, that my actual skills have gotten better and I can execute once I’ve made the decisions out there.” Her coach, Marcia Pankratz, has counted on her from day one. “I think coming into the University of Michigan as a freshman, not only for the American kids but certainly someone who’s coming all the way across the ocean to a new culture, it’s a big adjustment,” Pankratz said. “I think coming into her sophomore year, she knows what it’s all about.” Though she is just a sophomore, Swenson brings plenty of experience, having captained her prep team in England for five seasons. Swenson’s play has been strong enough this year to earn two Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors. She has also been a part of four shutout performances by the Michigan defense while allowing just 11
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Sam Swenson has twice earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors.
goals all season. “It’s really nice to be recognized,” Swenson said. “As a defensive player it is something really special. Sometimes goalkeeper is not as rewarding as other positions on the field, so it is really nice to be recognized, but I couldn’t do it without the rest of my team. They really do push me in the right way every day in practice and in every game, so it’s really all down to them for making me who I am today.” Swenson has been able to learn on the job while benefitting from the support of an experienced Wolverine back line, but when the time comes, she has been in position to defend her net. The team, in turn, has taken advantage of having a goalie as good as Swenson, taking risks further up the field that it wouldn’t normally. They trust her to come up with the saves.
Early in the season, Swenson and the defense struggled defending penalty corners but Swenson has stepped up into a leadership role in penalty situations. Part of the leadership process for Swenson has been studying plenty of film prior to games. “She’s making the big-time saves,” Pankratz said. “She did last year as well, but even more this year. When the game has been tight and close, she’s been coming up with a couple of really big saves that have kept us in the game and have allowed our attack to then score in the second half to win it.” Swenson continues to grow and develop as a leader on the defense, just as the competition will toughen on the way to the Big Ten Tournament. But in her second year at Michigan, it’s safe to say she’s right at home.
October 10, 2015: Northwestern
The
NFL Influence
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Jim Harbaugh has said that to win on the road, you’d better pack your defense. This Saturday at Michigan Stadium, both teams will pack their defenses. The top two units in the country in points allowed match up on Homecoming at the Big House. The Wolverines will face their highest-ranked opponent of the season before a home tilt against Michigan State next weekend.
Max Cohen, Jake Lourim, Max Bultman and Zach Shaw
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Saturday brings a matchup of like vs. like: two blue-collar, physical, defensive-minded teams. NFL schemes and tendencies have made a noticeable impact on a reinvigorated Michigan team in 2015. Expect a low-scoring affair between two elite defenses.
Utah (Sept. 3): Well, at least the mountains were cool?
Michigan State (Oct. 17): These teams play a week earlier than last year, which Mark Dantonio will take as a sign of blatant disrespect.
Oregon State (Sept. 12): Imagine how Jim Harbaugh would have freaked out if Michigan lost.
Minnesota (Oct. 31): Plot twist: Michigan plays Minnesota for the Little Orange Pumpkin.
UNLV (Sept. 19): More like Loss Vegas.
Rutgers (Nov. 7): Will Michigan fans storm the field if the Wolverines avenge last year’s loss in Piscataway? We hope not.
BYU (Sept. 26): The Mormons left Ann Arbor with more wives than points.
Indiana (Nov. 14): Boring state. Hopefully not a boring game.
Maryland (Oct. 3): The Terrapins turtled at Michigan’s stingy defense.
Penn State (Nov. 21): Christian Hackenberg could be a first-round pi — aaand, he just got sacked again.
Northwestern (Oct. 10): Are you ready for M00N pt. 2: N00M?
Ohio State (Nov. 28): We wanted to make a joke, but the only one we could think of was, “Haha, your backup QB might win the Heisman.”
Cover photo by Allison Farrand
STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2015 football season.
Jake Lourim
Max Cohen
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Zach Shaw’s Tinder Matches
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No. 2 TCU (-9) at Kansas State
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No. 23 California (+7) at No. 5 Utah
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South Carolina (+18.5) at No. 7 LSU
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Arkansas (+16.5) at No. 8 Alabama
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No. 10 Oklahoma (-17) at Texas
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No. 11 Florida (-5) at Missouri
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Miami (FL) (+9) at No. 12 Florida State
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No. 13 N’Western (+7.5) at No. 18 Michigan
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New Mexico State (+43.5) at No. 14 Ole Miss
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Navy (+14.5) at No.15 Notre Dame
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Washington (+16.5) at No. 17 USC
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No. 21 Oklahoma State (+7) at West Virginia
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Kent State (+15) at No. 24 Toledo
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Wisconsin (+1.5) at Nebraska
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Central Michigan (-7.5) at Western Michigan
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N.C. State (-1.5) at Virginia Tech
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FootballSaturday, October 10, 2015
All eyes on defense Saturday By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor
In recent weeks, attempting to score against the Michigan football team’s defense has been an exercise in futility. The Northwestern Wolverines have mauled at Michigan opposing Matchup: offenses into Northwestern submission, 5-0; Michigan drive after 4-1 drive. When: Saturday Michigan’s 3:30 P.M. four Where: consecutive Michigan victories have Stadium been buoyed TV/Radio: by its defense. Big Ten Network The Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 4-1 overall) have posted consecutive shutouts and allowed just one touchdown apiece to UNLV and Oregon State in the two games before that. But this weekend, Michigan’s defense could meet its match. The Wolverines are currently the second-ranked team in the nation in total defense, allowing 184 yards per game — one of just two teams in the country allowing fewer than 200. One of the teams a few spots behind the Wolverines is Saturday’s opponent, Northwestern (1-0, 5-0). The Wildcats have allowed 247.4 yards per game, good for fifth in the country. Looking at scoring defense yields similar results. Northwestern is No. 1 in the country in that statistic, allowing seven points per game. Michigan is No. 2 in the nation at 7.6. The inclination based off these statistics is that Saturday’s game will largely be a defensive struggle. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is not entirely convinced that a matchup of two of the nation’s best defenses is relevant. “The two defenses won’t go against each other,” Harbaugh said Monday. “They won’t face each other, so look at it the way you always look at it: It’s three phases, and you want to win each of those phases.” Statistically, the teams are also similar on the offensive side of the ball. The Wolverines rank 77th nationally in total offense, while the Wildcats are 79th.
But because the calling card of both teams is defense, that phase of the game will be most tightly scrutinized Saturday. Michigan’s defensive players have not been afraid to vocalize their high goals for the unit. “I think our goal is to be the best defense in the country,” said redshirt junior defensive tackle Ryan Glasgow. “We don’t really shy away from talk about that, but the main key that is stressed every week is you have to remember what got you here.” Michigan defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin was not quite that bold when he met with the media Wednesday, but he, too, is satisfied by what he has seen from his unit. One of Durkin’s mantras has been to tell players to “stamp their personalities” on their role, meaning he wants them play with their own style and substance rather than act like “robots.” Durkin even applies that same standard to himself, by frequently being a hands-on coach and jumping into drills to demonstrate instead of standing back and
watching. He is not concerned about any laziness that could result from overconfidence after two straight shutouts. “It’s about how hard you work and how you prepare. And our guys, we’re obviously talking about that a bunch,” Durkin said. “I think they’re starting to understand that. That’s who we want to be: a blue-collar team.” Saturday, Michigan will face another team that could consider itself blue-collar, a foe with similar strengths to the Wolverines’. Michigan has had success against spread offenses like the Wildcats’ this year, despite struggling against similar offenses in recent memory. The Wolverines did not allow a score after the game’s opening moments against Oregon State, another opponent that ran a spread offense. Similar results would bode well for Michigan this weekend. As much as Harbaugh wants his team to focus on all three phases of the game, all eyes will be on the defensive side of the ball, no matter whose offense is on the field.
“That’s who we want to be: a bluecollar team.”
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Michigan defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin (bottom) has led one of the nation’s best defenses, anchored by a stout defensive front (top).
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‘M’ renaissance has NFL’s fingerprints By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor
Jim Harbaugh and one of his many football influences watched from the sideline during Michigan’s game at Maryland on Saturday. Over the past nine months, Harbaugh has alluded to countless people who have helped him become Michigan’s head coach — just as many on the field as off of it. Last week, he didn’t have to go far to get an outside perspective on his team’s 28-0 thrashing of the Terrapins. His brother, John — the head coach of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens — stood beside him at various points during the game. Harbaugh has drawn from many people in his transformation of Michigan football from a 5-7 team that missed the postseason to a 4-1 power that ranks No. 2 in the nation in scoring defense. Two weeks ago, after the Wolverines romped to a 31-0 victory over Brigham Young, Harbaugh admitted he borrowed a play John’s Ravens ran the week before for a touchdown. Against Maryland, redshirt junior wide receiver Jehu Chesson broke loose for a 66-yard touchdown run, and John Harbaugh said that play came from the Ravens, too. Five weeks in, on a Michigan team with eight former NFL coaches, the league has made a
sizable impact. “I don’t know the percentage, but it has,” Harbaugh said Monday. “It’s there. … (I) enjoy watching it as a coach. You don’t feel like it’s stealing. It’s research. But yeah, there are a lot of good ideas that come from high school coaches, college coaches, pro coaches.” Between coaches, schemes and formations, Michigan is starting to look more like a professional team. The eight former pro coaches have worked for a total of eight different teams. Harbaugh takes a screen pass from here and an end-around run from there until he has a viable approach. “I think our offense is a little more of an NFL-style offense schemewise,” said sophomore offensive tackle Mason Cole. “Besides that, getting coached by NFL coaches, they’ve all been there. Just learning from those guys is an incredible experience.” In little time, the Wolverines have entirely changed their appearance. And there’s still a lot ALLISON FARRAND/Daily more to come. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has borrowed material from NFL teams in reshaping the Michigan football team in his first year. *** After Harbaugh took the Michigan job in late December, he didn’t waste time installing his vision. He didn’t wait for his first recruiting class to reshape the roster the way he wanted it. At Stanford
and with the San Francisco 49ers, his team was loaded with fullbacks and tight ends for his power running scheme. This year, the Wolverines have seven fullbacks (if you count fullback-tight end hybrid Henry Poggi), more than double the three they had last year. ROBERT DUNNE/Daily
Fifth-year senior fullback Joe Kerridge has seen the field more in Harbaugh’s system, which emphasizes the power game.
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Fifth-year senior Joe Kerridge, redshirt junior Bobby Henderson and senior Sione Houma returned. Nick Volk converted from linebacker, Poggi from defensive end. Sophomores Joe Beneducci and Deyanco Hardwick joined the team. Several times this season, Michigan has lined up in tight sets with three men in the backfield, a somewhat rare formation, even in the NFL. Harbaugh’s influence created that opportunity. It came straight from the NFL, too, because power fullbacks are a dying breed in college football. While the Wolverines have seven on their roster, 12 teams in the top25 poll have zero. Just five other teams have three or more. “I think it’s just a different style of football,” Cole said. “You don’t see that a lot in college football anymore. I think it’s good.” One of the five fullback-heavy teams is Stanford, which Harbaugh built in a mold similar to the one he has started with Michigan. In between, he picked up tools in the NFL. When he reached the NFC Championship Game in each of his first three seasons in San Francisco, tight end Vernon Davis was in the top two on the team in receiving
yards and touchdowns each year. Dan Dierdorf, who now serves as the radio color commentator for Michigan football, was an AllAmerican offensive lineman under Bo Schembechler from 1967 to 1970 and then a Hall of Famer for the St. Louis Rams from 1971 to 1983. He sees the similarities between Michigan’s style and a pro style from the broadcast booth. “(Harbaugh) played quarterback his entire life. He coaches like he plays linebacker or he plays offensive guard,” Dierdorf said. “He coaches knowing the value of winning the battle at the line of scrimmage.” Before he coached in the pros, Harbaugh developed future pro tight ends in Coby Fleener and Zach Ertz at Stanford, and he’s on his way to doing the same at Michigan. The day before fall camp started, he called junior tight end Jake Butt one of the best NFL tight end prospects he has ever coached. Under Harbaugh, the Wolverines have eight tight ends (plus Poggi), up from six last year, but their development has allowed them to use three on the field at once. In the top 25, only Alabama and Mississippi possess more tight ends than Michigan.
In January, Harbaugh hired another familiar face to coach the tight ends — his son, Jay. An offensive assistant for his uncle John in Baltimore for the previous three years, Jay has emulated his father’s NFL tendencies. “You certainly watch, and you tend to know who does what well,” Jay Harbaugh said. “Some teams are better with tight ends than others. Some teams do really good stuff with backs out of the backfield, so if you’re looking for a certain idea, you know which teams to look at, whether it’s third down or red zone. There’s certainly some of that. “We’re open to getting ideas from anywhere.” The increased focus on tight ends has put Butt in the spotlight. In five games, he has 19 catches for 234 yards — both second on the team — and a touchdown. Other stats tell even more about Michigan’s new approach: Butt has been targeted 5.8 times per game this season, which ranks 10th in the country and first in the Big Ten among tight ends, according to rotogrinders.com. He has also taken 19.08 percent of the receiving workload, sixth in the country, and his eight catches in the season opener at Utah were the most by a Michigan tight end since 1995. Those numbers give the Harbaughs, father and son, reason to believe in their scheme. “I think that from the get-go (the tight ends) were really, really excited to be a part of this team, and I think it’s obvious why, with the opportunities in terms of playing time,” Jay Harbaugh said. “And the diversity of assignments and responsibility is kind of unparalleled at this level. No matter what anybody says, it’s really not close in terms of what we ask them to do.”
always good.” If that’s where Harbaugh’s focus lies, then Michigan’s tight ends coach’s intentions are in the right place. The Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski, the Panthers’ Greg Olsen and the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce rank first, second and eighth, respectively, among NFL tight ends in targets per game. If the Wolverines’ trends continue, their tight ends could soon be in similar positions. Michigan also takes ideas from other college teams — when it watched West Virginia and Maryland play to scout the Terrapins, for instance. But the Wolverines are so similar to some NFL teams and so different from some college teams that sometimes, it doesn’t make as much sense. “I think our offense lends itself to looking at NFL tape more than other colleges,” Jay Harbaugh said. “Probably just because it makes more sense for us to, because there’s more carryover in terms of protections and formations.” The other positions have pro applications as well. The defense uses multiple formations, frequently rotating between the 3-4 and the 4-3. There, Dierdorf sees shades of the NFL. Fifth-year senior Jake Rudock, a graduate transfer from Iowa, where he started for two years, also has a big responsibility. Michigan sends multiple plays in from the sideline, forcing Rudock to call one at the line. “You go to the line and everyone on offense is prepared to run one of several different plays,” Dierdorf said. “It requires a lot of coordination, a lot of smart people listening and anticipating what they’re going to hear from the quarterback in terms of what play they’re going to run.” Whatever the most important factor may be, the NFL focus has put the Wolverines in a position to contend for the Big Ten title in a year no one thought they could. If Michigan hoped NFL concepts would help give the team a leg up on the competition, that’s just what they have done.
“You don’t feel like it’s stealing. It’s research.”
*** It’s one thing to focus on the pro style, but to execute it, a team has to have the players and the coaches, but it also has to watch the film — which Michigan does, at length. The Wolverines have spoken about watching tape from different sources, even high-school games, to gain ideas. “Shoot, I’ve watched a lot of everybody,” Jay Harbaugh said. “The (Kansas City) Chiefs have done some nice stuff recently. I would say probably them the last couple weeks. They’ve done some pretty good stuff. (The Carolina) Panthers as well, and then the (New England) Patriots are
Tight ends coach Jay Harbaugh (top right) has overseen one of Michigan’s most important position groups, led by junior Jake Butt (bottom right), who has been one of the Wolverines’ most important offensive weapons.
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Breakdown: ‘M’ vs. Northwestern Average offenses may struggle against stingy defenses By MAX BULTMAN
55 on Arizona. Northwestern is the best defense Rudock has faced all season, and unless he makes a large leap in a hurry, it doesn’t look like a good matchup for the Wolverines.
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Edge: Northwestern Riding two straight shutouts, the Michigan football team is on a roll. No. 13 Northwestern comes to Ann Arbor this week, though, and it might take a third straight shutout to beat the Wildcats. Northwestern and the 18th-ranked Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 4-1 overall) boast the top two defenses in the Big Ten and two of the best in the nation. While Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh pointed out that the defenses won’t go head-to-head, all eyes will be on that side of the ball Saturday. The Daily broke down Michigan’s upcoming meeting with the Wildcats. Michigan pass offense vs. Northwestern pass defense The Wildcats should pose a difficult test for fifth-year senior Jake Rudock’s game-managing abilities. Rudock has been about average in his first five games as a Wolverine, turning the ball over a little too much but generally holding the offense steady against subpar defenses. The only time Rudock has faced a defense comparable to Northwestern’s was against Utah in the season opener, when he threw three interceptions, including a pick-six. Against the Wildcats’ stiff rush defense, Rudock will likely have to throw more than in past games, meaning accuracy will be at a premium. He is currently completing 60 percent of his passes but has not yet needed to be the focal point of the offense. He may need to be on Saturday. Some miscues have been surmountable against teams like Oregon State and Maryland, but against Northwestern, he’ll need to avoid mistakes at all costs. The Wildcats boast the No. 7 pass defense in the country, giving up just 130 yards per game, and held Stanford to just two field goals in Week 1. All the Cardinal have done since is hang 41 on Southern California, 42 on Oregon State and
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Michigan rush offense vs. Northwestern rush defense This pairing should be closer, and it will also be the centerpiece of the game. Michigan wants to pound the ball. Northwestern wants to stuff the run. It’s a match made in power-ball heaven. The Wolverines are averaging 201 yards per game, but they face a more-than-worthy opponent in the Wildcats’ 26th-ranked rush defense. One key factor will be the status of junior running back De’Veon Smith, who missed the Maryland game with an ankle injury. If Smith is at full strength, his tackle-breaking abilities are of paramount importance against the stingy Northwestern line. If he can’t play, or is limited, look to see redshirt junior Drake Johnson, who isn’t the bruising type of back Harbaugh prefers to use. Johnson spreads the field more with his agility and pass-catching abilities, but he’s also easier to tackle than Smith if you can catch up to him. In either case, the Wildcats will be ready and willing to face the run. Don’t expect Michigan to abandon its power style unless it trails late, though, no matter how much gridlock its running backs face. Edge: Northwestern Northwestern pass offense vs. Michigan pass defense According to the rankings, the Wolverines have the No. 3 pass defense in the country. But don’t tell that to the Michigan secondary, which believes it can be the nation’s best. Currently, opponents are averaging just 112.6 yards per game through the air, and the Wolverines have held their last two opponents well under 100 passing yards. Junior cornerback Jourdan Lewis has broken up seven passes this season and has been
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Fifth-year senior linebacker Desmond Morgan is one of the veterans on the Michigan football team’s second-ranked defense.
a shutdown corner in every sense of the word. He intercepted his first pass of the season last week, and against the Wildcats’ inexperienced quarterback Clayton Thorson, Lewis and the secondary will be salivating for more. Thorson has gone over 152 yards in just one game this season, and three of his four touchdown passes came against Ball State. He does, however, have four more touchdowns on the ground, meaning Michigan will need to contain him throughout the game. If the Wolverines can force Thorson to throw, the secondary is more than capable of winning the air battle.
but otherwise, this is one of the scariest units in the country. Between redshirt junior defensive ends Chris Wormley and Willie Henry, and redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Maurice Hurst, Michigan has enough weapons to be fresh all game. For the Wildcats, that should be a scary thought. Through five games, the Wolverines have 40 tackles for loss, totaling 149 yards. If that keeps up, it will be tough for Northwestern to sustain any kind of drive.
inches, that could prove decisive. Redshirt freshman Jabrill Peppers has also come close to breaking loose on a couple of punts this season, so expect the Wildcats to be well prepared for him. Northwestern’s Solomon Vault returned a kick 98 yards for a touchdown against Duke and is averaging 31.6 yards per return. As for the placekickers, the Wildcats’ Jack Mitchell is 10-for12 on the season with a long of 49, while Michigan’s Kenny Allen is 6-for-8 with a long of 40.
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Now that we have the defensive dominance out of the way, it’s time for the matchup that very well could determine the game. It would hardly surprise anyone if this turned into a battle of field position, with both sides trading punts and collecting field goals. If it devolves into that, fifthyear senior punter Blake O’Neill gives the Wolverines a key weapon in the punting game. O’Neill has booted punts as long as 59 yards this year and is averaging a respectable 40.7 yards. He has pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line 11 times already, and in a game that may be decided by
Even in just the second week of Big Ten play, there’s plenty on the line for these teams on Saturday. Michigan has seen a drastic rise in its stock over the last two weeks, and a win would only further that. But if the Wolverines get caught looking ahead to No. 4 Michigan State next week, Northwestern will be ready to pounce. The Wildcats have had an edge this season, and three straight overtime losses at the Wolverines’ hands will fuel their motivation.
Northwestern rush offense vs. Michigan rush defense So far, only Utah has given Michigan any trouble on the ground. Travis Wilson and Devontae Booker rang up 120 rushing yards on the Wolverines in the first game of the season, and the Wolverines have been sturdy since, holding every other opponent under 100 yards. The defense took a hit when Mario Ojemudia was lost for the season with an Achilles injury against the Terrapins,
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Behind Enemy Lines: Christian Jones By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor
In the Michigan football team’s ugly 10-9 win over Northwestern on Nov. 8, 2014, Wildcats wide receiver Christian Jones remembers cringing on the sideline. On the bench with a knee inury, Jones was forced to sit out all of Northwestern’s 2014 season, in which it went 5-7. Even after rehab, Jones was sidelined even longer because of a second knee surgery. This fall, Jones has seen several first-year players rise to help lead the now 13th-ranked Wildcats. No. 18 Michigan hosts Northwestern, also a resurgent program, on Saturday anticipating another close — though likely less sloppy — battle. Jones sat down with the Daily at Big Ten Media Days in August to discuss rehab, a new offense, playing with a chip on his shoulder and sloppy competitions against Michigan in the past. The Michigan Daily: Has your role changed since you were last a part of the offense? Christian Jones: Possibly, but I’m here to help the team however I can. Ideally, I never want to step off that field and want to be a part of every play and every game, but I know that can change, and I’m OK with that if it helps the team win. I want to do whatever I can to help. That might be extra reps, that might be more time on the bench — whatever it is, I’m ready. TMD: How did the team approach the summer after such a disappointing season? How did you help lead the team while still rehabbing for a second time? CJ: Lots of tape. Our coach came to us all and told us our team needs to better, and he wants us to do better by having a better culture and have more of a sense of accountability, and a lot of that came from watching tape and seeing where we can improve. I was there to help with that. Whatever I did to get myself back I did on the side, but I was there to get the team back to the standard we wanted to be at. TMD: You have a new quarterback this season. As a
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receiver, what traits are you looking for in your quarterback? CJ: When I think of the best quarterbacks I’ve had, confidence is a must, but you can’t be so confident that you know your pass was right and (the receivers) messed it up. You have to be humble enough to ask questions, ‘How do you want this throw? Where do you want me to hit you?’ And I think a quarterback that constantly wants to learn from his receivers and his running backs and his offensive linemen is constantly getting better. TMD: To those who haven’t seen (freshman running back) Justin Jackson, how would you
describe his play? CJ: Interesting. He’s very fun to watch. Every time I watch him he’s bouncing off tackles, cutting, making people miss — it’s pretty cool. I watched a three-yard gain by him in practice, and he was just weaving through, bouncing off people just to get those three yards. It was amazing to see. TMD: A team like Northwestern
doesn’t get many high-profile recruits. How do you make up for it against higherprofile teams? CJ: We have a chip on our shoulder. We understand that we’ve got to be a lot more gritty and we’ve got to work harder than these other guys and we have to have fight — we have to fight a lot more than the other teams to make up for it. TMD: Michigan and Northwestern have played in
“But it’s a ton of fun going up against Michigan.”
some close, but ugly, games as of late. What’s the mentality like in that matchup? Would you call it a rivalry? CJ: I’m not sure if it’s a rivalry, but it’s definitely a game we have circled on our calendar, especially the offensive guys because we haven’t done our jobs in the past two games. I remember cringing looking at the film this summer. It was one of our worst games both seasons as a unit. But it’s a ton of fun going up against Michigan. They bring a lot of excitement to our games and have a similar style of play to us. Now that they have (Jim Harbaugh), we’re that much more excited to battle them.
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What to Watch: ‘M’ seeks to replace Ojemudia on defense By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor
Both the No. 18 Michigan football team and No. 13 Northwestern enter Saturday’s matchup with plenty to smile about. The Wildcats (1-0 Big Ten, 5-0 overall) have already matched their 2014 win total, and the Wolverines (1-0, 4-1) can do the same with a win Saturday. Still, with impressive defenses, struggling offenses and a small sample size of ability, plenty of questions remain in the matchup. The Daily breaks down what to watch for Saturday. 1. Will anyone score? It’s statistically impossible for a game to finish without a score under today’s format, and Michigan hasn’t played such a game since 1938, but the sentiment is there. The two teams are the best in the nation in scoring defense — Northwestern is first, allowing seven points per game, and the Wolverines are right behind at 7.6. With plenty of returning contributors on defense and two hard-nosed coaches leading from the sidelines, both teams have the ability to shut down the most prolific offenses. They won’t have to on Saturday, though, as neither team has an offense to match their ‘D.’ Both teams have first-year quarterbacks — graduate transfer Jake Rudock for Michigan and freshman Clayton Thorson for the Wildcats — and have depended on their rushing attacks to score. Even then, the Wolverines are just 74th in the nation with 27.8 points per game, and Northwestern is 89th with 25.4. With the bulk of those points coming against mid-major or weaker teams, don’t expect these teams to surpass the game’s over/ under, set at 35 combined points. 2. Can Rudock replicate last year’s rampage? Though Rudock hasn’t put up dazzling numbers as a Wolverine, he has against Northwestern. In Iowa’s 48-7 win over the Wildcats
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last fall, Rudock averaged 19.9 yards per completion for 239 yards before being pulled in the second half. Expect plenty of action for Michigan’s four running backs Saturday, but don’t be surprised if Rudock — still learning much of the playbook after missing spring practices — airs it out Saturday. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said in a radio interview Thursday that Wednesday was Rudock’s best practice to date, and as his relationship with receivers grows, so does his potential for big plays. 3. Who levels up with Mario gone? Senior linebacker Mario Ojemudia — who had been playing more like Bowser before injuring his Achilles on Saturday against Maryland — is one of the only major injuries Michigan has suffered since the season began. Despite the general health of the
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team, the loss of the 6-foot-2, 252-pound defensive end leaves a sizable hole in the defense. Ojemudia had recorded 19 tackles, including six for loss in five games in 2015. Senior defensive end Royce Jenkins-Stone is listed as Ojemudia’s primary replacement, though Harbaugh indicated Monday that sophomore Lawrence Marshall would also see increased repetitions. More importantly, however, is whether the defense as a whole can replace the range and playmaking ability Ojemudia possessed. With one of the nation’s deepest defensive fronts going up against a predictable offense, there are plenty of potential options, but senior defensive end Chris Wormley is the likely candidate to get the lion’s share of blitzes as he looks to expand on his seven tackles for loss, good for sixth in the Big Ten.
4. Whose special teams are more special? In a game that is sure to feature plenty of adept defense and inept offense, special teams will likely play a larger role in a low-scoring affair. Michigan did a nice job controlling reigning All-Big Ten kicker Brad Craddock and likely All-American returner Will Likely in Maryland last week, but the Wildcats feature the nation’s No. 3 kickoff return and No. 38 punt return units. Kicker Jack Mitchell is also fourth in the nation with 10 made field goals. Michigan doesn’t boast the sexy numbers, but fifth-year senior punter Blake O’Neill, senior kicker Kenny Allen and sophomore return man Jabrill Peppers have been more than consistent enough to give the Wolverines superior net field position in all five of their games this season. As always, the winner of the game will score the
most points, but both teams can do themselves a big favor on special teams.
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Northwestern’s national ranking in scoring defense, at seven points per game
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The last time Michigan shut out three straight opponents
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Consecutive overtime wins for the Wolverines in the series